WHO IS A MAN?
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:13–14
A MAN IS A PROPHET IN THE HOME (PROPHET = A PROCLAIMER OF THE WORD)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church. Ephesians 5:25–29
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:5–9
HOW?
START WITH YOU.
TEACH THROUGH FAMILY DEVOTIONS
TEACH BY EXAMPLE (Does Christianity touch every aspect of your life?)
TEACH BY SHARING YOUR LIFE
A MAN IS A PRIEST IN THE HOME
SACRIFICE FOR AND INTERCEDE IN PRAYER FOR YOUR FAMILY
Love your wives as Christ loves the church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25
His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom. Job1:4–5
A MAN IS A KING IN THE HOME