A Godly Home Following God’s Wisdom

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A Godly Home Following God’s

Wisdom

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Introduction

Psalm 127:1“Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it.”

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IntroductionProverbs 24:3-4

“Through wisdom a house is built, and by

understanding it is established. By knowledge the rooms are filled with all

precious and pleasant riches.”

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IntroductionProverbs 3:33

“The curse of the Lord is on the house of the

wicked, but He blesses the home of the just.”

Why is American society in decline?

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Introduction

God’s wisdom is contrary to the wisdom of men, and will

seem foolish to most. But along the way, and certainly in the end, we will see the

fruit of His blessings. By faith we must see

them now.

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God’s CreationGen. 1:26-27 – “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

Both men & women reflect the image of God.

The Home As God Designed It

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Created For God’s Glory

Isaiah 43:7 – “Everyone who is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”


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Commanded to Fill the Earth with Godly

ChildrenGen. 1:28 – “God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth…’”Malachi 2:15 – “He seeks godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.”


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Man’s ProblemGenesis 2:18 – “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”


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Man Needs A HelperHelp - “to surround, i.e., protect or aid… succor” (Strong)“…help has a strong implication of advance toward a goal” (Webster).

Man needs a true helper – someone to work by his side to

help him glorify God.


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Man Needs A HelperMeet – “fit, in harmony in mood and spirit, suitable, suited to one’s needs” (Webster)God knew exactly how to meet

man’s needs with one who complemented man in just the

right ways.

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Made from Man’s SideWhy didn’t God make

woman from the ground?

God’s answer is in 1 Corinthians 11:7-9


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1 Corinthians 11:7-9

“woman is the glory of man. For man does not

originate from woman, but woman from man; for indeed man was not

created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the

man’s sake.”


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Made from Man’s SideJust as man’s origin from

dust shows what his God-glorifying work is

centered around, so the woman’s origin from man’s flesh shows what her God-

glorifying work is centered around.


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Named Her “Woman”Genesis 2:22-23 – “And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the

man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called

Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”


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Named Her “Woman”• Adam received her with

enthusiasm.• Adam cherished her as his own

flesh.• Adam was given the right to

name her, thus showing himself as her head.

• Adam acknowledged her female-ness.(literally, “she-man” or “womb-man”


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1 Corinthians 11:11-12“However, in the Lord, neither is

woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as

the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his

birth through the woman; and all things

originate from God.”


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One FleshGenesis 2:24 – “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall

cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

Matthew 19:6 – “So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man

separate.”


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God’s Punishments at the Fall are Related to the Woman’s and the Man’s Primary Roles.

Genesis 3:16-19


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Three Arguments AgainstMale Headship TodayJesus restored what was lost at the fall (Gal. 3:28).


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In Affirming Man’s Role of Headship,

Paul Appealed to the Order of Creation.

1 Tim. 2:12-131 Cor. 11:7-9


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1 Timothy 2:12-13“But I do not allow a woman to teach or to

exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. For it was Adam who was first created, and

then Eve….”


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1 Corinthians 11:7-9“For a man ought not to have his head

covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of

man. For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man; for indeed man was not created for the

woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake. Therefore a woman ought to have a

symbol of authority on her head…”


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Paul instructions were culturally-based and have no application to

today.


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1 Corinthians 11:3“But I want you to know

that the head of every man is Christ, the head of

woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”When? Just in that

culture?


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Paul instructions were culturally-based and have no application to

today.Having been educated as a

Pharisee, Paul was a chauvinist.


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The man reflects the glory of God by subjecting himself

to God as he performs his role as head of the home.

The woman reflects the glory of her husband by subjecting

herself to him as she performs her role as his helper.

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Will You Become A Christian?

Hear The Gospel (Rom. 10:17)

Believe in Jesus as the Son of God (John 8:24)

Repent of Your Sins (Acts 17:30)

Confess Jesus as the Son of God (Acts 8:37)

Be Baptized for Forgiveness of Sins (Acts 2:38)

Live Faithfully Until You Die (Rev. 2:10)

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