Title: Happy home (Hebrews 11:8-12)
Contents In the beginning, God created all things in the world, and on the 6th day, He created a man in the image of God. The first blessing God gave to people, who created Adam and Eve, is the family. The home is the field of life of those whom God has blessed. Therefore, people should enjoy the happiness and abundant life that God has promised through their families. Often, among those who have been attending church since childhood, there are those who think differently, saying, "The church is the church, the home is the family, and the workplace is the workplace." These people's thoughts are 'You can only live your life of faith in the church'.
Saints!
In fact, the field where we, as Christians, must live in the form of concrete faith is our home and workplace. However, I can't help but be surprised to find that there are surprisingly many believers who do not have the right attitude at home or at work, which is the actual field of life. In the case of men, they work with all their time and energy outside, thinking that their home is the only place to rest. So they evade all responsibilities for the family. indifferent. A wife expresses her dissatisfaction with a stuffy heart just like her wife. Therefore, the family that should be happy started to crack little by little, and now it is even broken. Surprisingly, if you look around, there are many people who live without a taste of happiness at home. We must restore family happiness.
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What is the first word that comes to mind when you hear the word 'happiness'? I am laughing. The whole family gathers together and smiles broadly, smiling brightly. I believe that there is always laughter in Happy Home. On a sunny spring day, the fox met his friend fox. Normally, he was a bad friend who only chose bad things, but while talking about various things, he said something really absurd.
"I can go to heaven if I put my mind to it" "Hey, my friend, does anyone go to heaven? You who choose only bad things can go to heaven?" "Of course" "How" "First, you go to heaven, open the door, look inside, and then run away. Then you open the door and slam it shut. That's what you're going to say!" "What do you say?" "Hey, bastard! Come in if you want to come in and leave if you want to leave! When you say this, you just need to sneak in."
In times like these, we should laugh. But there are people who don't always smile. What kind of people are you? Sick people never laugh. It is always the morbid people who are serious. However, our church is a church that responds very well to the message. I also go to various churches to give lectures and preach, but I have never been to a church as large as ours. It seems difficult to meet such good atmosphere and high-level members. So I have one more thing to say. Be prepared to laugh this time.
I have the number 4.5. The number 4.5 has always been bullied by the number 5. "You're younger than me, and you have dots, so don't pretend you know me. You're a little kid." 4.5 was upset when I saw only 5. One day, the upset 4.5 went everywhere and shouted at the 5. "Hey, don't be mean to me in front of you!
Saints!
We wish you a Happy Home, a happy family that is always full of laughter. In today's text, we are going to examine the family of Abraham, who was called the father of faith and the source of blessing, to find out what a happy family is like.
1. You should be able to say 'no' to something wrong.
If you look at Genesis 12, you can see that it begins with the word of God calling Abraham. God said to Abraham, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's house, and go to the land I will show you." So Abraham followed the word of Jehovah God and finally entered the land of Canaan. Abraham built an altar here to Jehovah God. But a famine came to the land. Abraham could not bear the pain and wanted to go to Egypt, which was the most livable and fertile land in that region at the time. And Abraham had his beautiful wife, Sarah, call her sister because of his life.
Genesis 12:11-13 "When he came near to Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know that you are a beautiful woman. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, "This is his wife," and I will kill you, but you will live. Say you are my sister, and I will be safe because of you, and I will preserve my life because of you."
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Look at Abraham's selfish thoughts. In order to save his life, he is telling his wife to be his sister. The age difference between Abraham and his wife Sarah is 10 years. So there are people who say that you can't say that you are a sister. But that shouldn't be the case. A couple should become one. When Jesus came to this earth, Pharisees came and asked, "Is it lawful to divorce his wife for any reason?" Then Jesus said, "Have you not read that the One who created man originally made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh? What has been joined together shall not be separated by man.??
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The couple is one body. No one can share. It should not be divided. But Abraham insists on taking his wife as his sister. In this situation, Sarah does not say anything to her husband Abraham. Saying nothing is a positive sign. With this in mind, I went to Egypt, but the Egyptians saw Sarah's beauty and took her right in front of her. Abraham's wife entered the king's concubine. At this time, God brought great calamity upon Pharaoh and his house. Through this disaster, King Pharaoh learned of the relationship between Abraham and Sarah and sent Sarah back to Abraham. What would have happened if God had not saved us?
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No matter how married, there should be a couple who can say 'no' to the fault of the husband or the fault of the wife. This is to maintain a good marital relationship and to keep a happy family. That is, the husband or wife must say 'no' to sin. In other words, we must create a holy home, a holy home.
When did Adam and Eve's family collapse? This is when sin entered the family. Look at the family of Ananias and Sapphira. Therefore, we must prevent unclean sins from entering our homes. It is possible when you say 'no' to wrongdoing. I hope you will always be a couple who can say 'no' to anything that is wrong.
2. We must live by faith.
In verse 8, it says, ?쏝y faith Abraham was??and in verse 11, it says, ?쏝y faith he also bought himself?? That is, Abraham or Sarah lived by faith. What does it mean that Abraham and Sarah lived by faith? The central point of these couples was faith. The family to which they belong and that was established by God was the family of faith. In other words, Abraham and Sarah were a married couple of faith, and their family was a family of faith. This means that Abraham and Sarah lived according to the Word of God.
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First, there are two meanings for wives to obey their husbands in the Lord. The first is to serve in the Lord. Serving is not because the wife is more submissive than the husband. Rather, it is because the husband lacks. Therefore, a wife serves as a helper who helps her husband. Serving also means the wife's maturity. It is always a mature person to serve.
The second is respect. It builds up and acknowledges the husband. And husbands should love their wives, but not torment them. To afflict here means to injure. You must not hurt your wife with your words or actions. Husbands should only hug and embrace their wives. Married couples should always be careful with their words and actions.
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In this way, the wife serves and respects her husband, and when the husband loves his wife, the family will be happy. The principle of the Word is simple. If you follow this principle, you will have a happy family. It is said that there are many public servants in the United States. Once, at a men's meeting, the host said, "All those who think they are public servants, gather to the right." Then the men got up and gathered to the right of Ururu. But there was only one person standing on the left.
The host and the men on the right were both surprised and delighted, so they rave about it, saying, "I really admire you." Then the lonely man standing alone said: "Actually, my wife told me not to go to places where there are a lot of people."
Saints!
I hope you can say 'no' to what's wrong. Also, I hope that you live by faith according to the principles of the Bible. So, I hope that all of our families will become a Happy Home. I hope that we can all enter Happy Home, Sweet Home every day.