HEALING THE HOME = Part 6

TOPIC:-THE PEOPLE WHO RUINED THEIR FAMILIES AND THE FAMILIES THAT BROUGHT THE DOWNFALL OF THEIR NATIONS

A.               THE FAMILY IS A CORPORATE INSTITUTION WHERE ONE PERSON’S ACTION AFFECTS THE OTHER. Romans 12:3-5

1.                  Achan- The man who destroyed his family because of greed, Covetousness and complacency of family members. Joshua 7:16-20, 24-26.

2.                Ahab- The family that lost existence because of greed, covetousness and a wife who took the laws into her hand. 1 Kings 21:7, 14-19.

3.                Eli- The family that brought the down fall of a nation because of careless father, immoral children and a silent or absent mother.1 Samuel 2:22-35, 4:17-22.

4.                Gehazi- 2 Kings 5:27.

5.                 The family that could have been completely wipe out except for the wisdom of the wife Abigail. The husband was a wicked and an ungodly husband. 1 Samuel 25:1-28. Abigail’s wisdom and godly action. 1 Samuel 25:36-38.

6.                Dathan, Korah and Abiram destroyed their families for rebellion, pride and comparing themselves with the man of God Moses. Numbers 16:1-35.

7.                 Haman a wicked man that ruined himself, family and an entire nation.

8.                Samuel who prophesied the doom of Eli and his children was one of the best prophets of God but his sons did not take after him. 1 Samuel  8:1-6

B. GODLY FAMILIES THAT AFFECTED THEIR FAMILY AND NATION

1.      Job. Job 1: 1-5

2.    Noah. Genesis 1:27-28; 2:18; 3:14-15; 18:17-19, Genesis 6:5-14

3.    The shunamite woman: The family that got a male child because of a homely thoughtful wife, a cooperative husband and a hospitable family.2Kings 4:8-10.

4.    A family that chose to serve God because of a husband that knows God,  had a conviction and a family members that obey their family head. Joshua 24:14-15.

5.     Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth. Luke 1:5-25, 57-66.

6.    Aquila and Priscilla. Romans 16:3-4.

7.     Mary and Joseph. Mathew 1:18-25.

c. PART OF FAMILY SAVE AND PART GOOD

1.      A man who lost his wife but saved the wife but gained his two daughters only for the two daughters to be a problem to him. Genesis 12:1-5, 13:6-16, 19:5-8, 19:24-26, 19:30-38.

2.    JOB AND Children good but wife is bad.

Conclusion: - Are you providing as husband true leadership for your wife and your household? Or are you a mere figure head. Any marriage that cannot form an altar of worship and prayer together is already altered. If women can give the home the attention that they give to themselves as in looking after their physical features, they can make their homes to be paradise on earth. When the man complements this, angels will like to come and rest in our homes.

By Pastor S.N. Maichibi