• Jul. 9, 2007 - What is a Family?


In today's world it is not always easy to keep our definition of a family
the same as God's. We are bombarded with the idea that what "they" do and
believe is their business. And as long as they leave us alone we won't fuss
at them.


I cry "Nay!" Let me lay it out very simply. God views the family as a whole
unit. The world wants us to believe a family is a group of individuals who
happen to live together - for now.


Let's look at how we know how God defines a family. Even though it was Eve
who ate from Satan's apple the ultimate responsibility for this sin was
Adam's. Also, biblically it is fathers who can covenant for the entire
family and break a covenant for the entire family.


Traditionally it was obvious that this definition of a family was what
society held. When the Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence
were signed it was men who affixed their signatures as heads of households.
At that time the U.S. was commonly viewed as a compilation of families under
the headship of God-appointed men, or fathers.
For centuries when a Christian father signed a covenant or voted, he held
one vote for his entire family. Today people worry that this leaves out
women and children.

 But the real question is do you believe God's definition
of a family or the worlds? Is a family a group of single individuals or is
it a single unit? Is our family a group of single individuals or are we a
God-ordained team who recognizes the father as the head? 


God designed three institutions: state, church, and family. The state is to
have the power to enforce the law and see that justice is served upon those
who break it. The church is to teach the Word of God and bring discipline on
those who break God's laws. The family can do none of these. The family's
responsibility is exclusive. It has the responsibility of training and
governing it's own affairs according to the Word of God.


Each of these three institutions are to be independent but all are to be
held to a higher law, the law of God. This is what our founding fathers
believed when they set up the United States Government, shared
accountability under the law of God. This is a family.

Lorrie



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• Jul. 9, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Michelle32
Wonderful post! :)
Michelle
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• Jul. 29, 2007 - great post!

Posted by mtnmamaof4
Thank you so much for sharing! I am going to share it with my husband, too!
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• Jul. 29, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by daybydaygrace
Well said, Amen, Blessings, Traci
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• Sep. 13, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
God had the perfect plan, but people have a tendancy to want to please their own flesh. That is why the world is in the shape it is in today.
Thanks for this post. It is so good. Blessings, Traci
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