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Love And Family -101-
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Family Facts Society / media influence some families more than they like to admit If marriage is not nurtured it will fail like any other relationship Most people don’t know what love is
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I. Love
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Love regulates every relationship Mt.22:37-40 Ro.13:8-10 Church Work Family Government Play Love
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Four overlapping love words 1. Desire – our ‘erotic’: desire for a thing Pr.7:18... Pr.4:6, feel passionately about, have a longing for, feel fervently about Affection both pure and impure, divine and human – BDB. Est.2:17 The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor...
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Four overlapping love words 1. Desire – ‘erotic’: desire for a thing 2. Natural affection – love of kindred, esp. parents for children, v. versa Ro.1:31; 2 Tim.3:3 Mother bear unloving, NKJV heartless, ESV inhuman, NRSV
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Four overlapping love words 1. Desire – ‘erotic’: desire for a thing 2. Natural affection – love of kindred, esp. parents for children, v. versa 3. Friendship – tender affection Lk.14:12... but 1 Co.16:22 Marriage built only on affection? What happens when affection leaves?
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Four overlapping love words 1. Desire – ‘erotic’: desire for a thing 2. Natural affection – love of kindred, esp. parents for children, v. versa 3. Friendship – tender affection 4. Choice, will – not impulse of feelings Mt.5:44, based on feelings? Love is goodness in action – Ro.5:8
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I. Love II. Relationships
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1. Husband → Wife Ep.5:25, the supreme test Ep.5:28-29, the self test (Mt.7:12) 1. Pleasant, Col.3:19 Not bitter, harsh, severe, irritated Ep.4:31, no resentment, spite Gn.16
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1. Husband → Wife Ep.5:25, the supreme test Ep.5:28-29, the self test (Mt.7:12) 1. Pleasant, Col.3:19 2. Provide, 1 Tim.5:8 Care for someone
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1. Husband → Wife Ep.5:25, the supreme test Ep.5:28-29, the self test (Mt.7:12) 1. Pleasant, Col.3:19 2. Provide, 1 Tim.5:8 3. Prize, 1 Pt.3:7 Understanding, honor, attention 1 Pt.3:8, court ▪ eous Court, lit. ‘befitting a royal court’
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1. Husband → Wife 2. Wife → Husband Tit.2:4, her love 1 Tim.2:15, her longing 2 Tim.3:6, her liability Respect, Ep.5:33 Romance, 1 Co.7:1-5 Restraint, Tit.2:5 Submit: to subject, subordinate, obey. Pr.19:13; 21:9; 27:15
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1. Husband → Wife 2. Wife → Husband 3. Parents ↔ Children Tit.2:4, loving one’s children Why necessary? Drained of all energy Disturbed (sick? …shots? …school?) Distracted by other things
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1. Husband → Wife 2. Wife → Husband 3. Parents ↔ Children Tit.2:4, loving one’s children What included (parents and children)? Esteem for parental authority, Pr.1:8; Ep.6:1-3 [Lk.23:21-23] Exercise of discipline, Pr.13:24; Ep.6:4; Hb.12:5 Emphasis on soul, Ep.6:4
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1. Husband → Wife 2. Wife → Husband 3. Parents ↔ Children Tit.2:4, loving one’s children Emphasis on soul (Ep.6:4) requires... Respect rights of others, 2 Sm.14 Righteous companion, Gn.24 Remember God, Ec.12:1 Mt.6:33 Ep.5:16 Hb.10:25
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