Title: The Foundation of the Christian Family
(Therefore, anyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. When it rains, the floods come, and the wind blows, and crashes against that house, but it does not fall, because the foundation is laid on the rock. He who does not do it will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the wind blew and struck the house, and it fell and fell, and it fell, and it fell terribly) (Matthew 7:24-27)
May is often referred to as the queen of the seasons.
Seeing the mountains and fields covered in green with the blowing smoke,
It is no exaggeration to say that May is the best season of all seasons.
May is also called the season of roses.
This is probably because May is the month when the flower of love can bloom like a rose.
A group of young people set their wedding day on May 5th while cultivating their dreams.
Like the queen of the seasons, like the beautiful fragrance of roses, I decided to live like that, and got married in a sunny May.
So many people celebrate May.
As I watched the scene of this reunion of separated families, I was reminded of how noble, sublime, grievous, and desperate the love between husband and wife is among human love.
"How can I go alone"
“If we don’t see each other now, I will cry and cry,” said Grandmother Jeong, who had been separated and reunited for half a century.
Holding my husband's hand, he said, "It's as good as heaven and earth combined," and as we parted, he said, "The clock's hands don't stop. How desperate are these words!
And at the farewell reunion, I made a promise to my husband like a lover.
“When I look at the photos, I think of myself. If I want to see them, I will look at them.”
But even for a short time, as the hopeless parting approached again, I burst into tears that I had been holding back.
"I've lived alone for 52 years, how can I go alone again, I'm not going home.
Grandmother Jeong slept for a long time with her face buried in her husband's arms.
I cried while watching this scene.
Can a couple's love be so sublime on this earth? I thought deeply.
Then I looked at the situation today.
I also thought about why I should have a family month.
Moreover, through the Word, I came to think about what our Christian family should be like.
I heard that the divorce rate in our society today is at the level of advanced countries.
The total number of couples who divorced in Korea last year is 135,000.
This is an increase of 15,000 cases compared to the previous year, and is exactly three times compared to the 45,000 cases in 1990.
Sociologists say that as the economy grows, so does the divorce rate.
Rather, the divorce rate is low in countries with absolute poverty, but as people become a little more livable, their voices will be heard, so there are more cases of divorce even between husband and wife.
Although it is true that economic conditions have contributed to the remarkable rise in family dissolution in our society over the past decade, the underlying cause is rather a change in the perception of the traditional family system due to changes in social values. can be found in
1. What is the foundation on which to support the family?
Everyone wants a happy family.
We also try to build a happy family.
And I know that if I have some things, I will be happy.
The condition is that the first is , and , and .
It seems common to think that such things are the foundation of family happiness.
Moreover, it is easy to think that the basis of happiness is economic as today's social phenomenon flows into materialistic ideas.
At a glance, it seems that way.
It is true that living in a capitalist society emerges as this supreme priority.
But thinking that way is a problem.
The foundation of family happiness is not just material things.
Because the God who made the family did not make it that way.
This is because God did not build a home on material things.
First, the two were told to become one body.
Next, be fruitful and multiply.
And lastly, I was told to be in charge and rule over all of this.
This is the order of life. This is the order of the foundation of the family.
A couple is when two become one.
In the process of becoming one, children are born.
And we must rule and rule over all things in the earth, the sea, and the sky.
This is the foundation for building the family of God the Creator.
2. The foundation that supports the family must be faith.
Faith must be the foundation of the family.
If there is no belief and money dominates a family, even if you live, you will not be living.
A couple living without faith can break up at any time.
When the husband believes in his wife and the wife believes in her husband, the family becomes a harmonious family.
Most of the reasons why families are broken is because the hearts of those who have established the family have lost faith.
If trust is lost, it will be unwelcome to give anything.
Marriage is a marriage that everyone else does without any purpose, ideal, or plan in the course of life that other people go through.
The feeling of instinctive love is only momentary, and it is not the cornerstone of a happy family.
We must become one by believing in each other.
But that belief is relative.
We have to work together to make sure we trust each other.
That effort is an act of love.
Love isn't just about liking.
Love is self-giving.
Love is not a condition.
The culmination of this love is God's love for us humans.
If you are married against your face and are married based on the conditions your partner has,
When such things fall, love breaks down, faith breaks down, and families fall apart.
Therefore, the foundation of a Christian family should be faith toward God as the foundation stone of that family.
Blessing is not something you achieve, but a gift from God.
God has promised fruit and fruit to those who truly fear Him.
That is what is repeated in the Word of God.
God continues to keep this promise to those who fear Him.
In today's text, 'whoever hears these words of mine and puts them into practice' is like a house built on a rock, like the wise builders.
3. What kind of faith should support the family?
It must be a faith that leads to love.
Because I love you, there is no doubt that I can trust and depend on it for the rest of my life.
But what kind of love should a couple have in our families of faith?
The couple's love for believers, which cannot be found in people in the general world, must be something else.
How to love.
There is one model case.
What kind of love would you like to give and receive?
It is well expressed in Ephesians 5:22-33.
How did a husband tell his wife to love him?
'Just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it'.
What did Christ do for each of us who have made up the church?
gave himself up.
He offered his body as a sacrifice.
Husbands who love their wives so much, which wives, where is the wife who will not obey her husband?
It is said that he washed with water and sanctified by cleansing with the word.
I think today is the time to listen carefully.
This is a generation that needs faith to listen and obey.
Whoever hears these words of mine and does them...
There are many cases where we just listen to the Word.
If we only listen to the Word and do not act, the blessing will not come to us.
Happiness is not something I can create.
Blessings are not something that is given to you at will.
Blessing is a gift from God.
① Proverbs 22:4 “The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord is riches and glory and life.”
② Isaiah 58:13 “If you keep your feet from the sabbath, and do not do your pleasures on my holy day, and call the sabbath a pleasant day, and call the holy day of the Lord honorable, and honor it, and do not walk in your ways, do not seek your entertainment, judge it. If you do not speak a word, you will find joy in the LORD, and I will raise you up on the high places of the earth, and I will raise you up for the inheritance of your father Jacob, says the mouth of the LORD."
③ Ephesians 6:2 "Honor your father and mother, for this is the first commandment with a promise, that it may go well with you and you may live long on the earth."
⑤ In Deuteronomy 28:1-6, “If you listen carefully to the word of the LORD your God and keep and do all the commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you above all the nations of the world, and you will obey the word of the LORD your God. All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey. Blessed will be in the city and in the field, and blessings will be on the offspring of your body, and on the produce of your land, on the offspring of your animals and on the young of your sheep. The vessel will be blessed, and you will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.”
All the conditions for happiness are included in these words.
home to hear,
A family who lives in obedience
He said that in such a family, they will excel above the peoples of the world, and they will enjoy the blessings of their children, wealth, and prosperity.
We must all build the foundation of the Christian family right. ♣