A Godly Home
Following God’s
Wisdom
Introduction
Proverbs 24:3-4
“Through wisdom a house is
built, and by understanding it
is established. By knowledge
the rooms are filled with all
precious and pleasant riches.”
Introduction
Psalm 127:1
“Except the LORD build
the house, they labor
in vain that build it.”
The Home As God Designed It
Ephesians 5:22-24
“Wives, submit to your own
husbands, as to the Lord. For the
husband is head of the wife, as also
Christ is head of the church; and He
is the Savior of the body. Therefore,
just as the church is subject to
Christ, so let the wives be to their
own husbands in everything.”
The Home As God Designed It
Ephesians 5:32-33
“This is a great mystery, but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.
Nevertheless let each one of you in
particular so love his own wife as
himself, and let the wife see that
she respects her husband.”
The Home As God Designed It
A Man Leads His Family
Eph. 5:22-24; 6:4
Whether or not you agree that
God has so constructed the man
to be better qualified to lead
the home, God has spoken.
The Home As God Designed It
1 Corinthians 11:3
“But I want you to know that the
head of every man is Christ, the
head of woman is man, and
the head of Christ is God.”
The Home As God Designed It
1 Corinthians 11:7-8
“For a man…is the image and glory of
God; but the woman is the glory of
man. For
man does not originate from woman,
but woman from man; for indeed man
was not created for the woman’s sake,
but woman for the man’s sake.”
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The Home As God Designed It
The man reflects the glory
of God by subjecting himself
to God as he performs his
role as head of the home.
The woman reflects the glory
of her husband by subjecting
herself to him as she performs
her role as his helper.
The Home As God Designed It
God’s Punishments at the
Fall are Related to the
Woman’s and the Man’s
Primary Roles.
Genesis 3:16-19
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God’s Roles For Men
Provide Fulfillment
To Men
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A Man is Fulfilled by
Providing For His Family
Eph. 5:28-30; 1 Tim. 5:8
Physically, emotionally &
spiritually.
The Home As God Designed It
A Man is Fulfilled by
Providing For His Family
Eph. 5:28-30; 1 Tim. 5:8
Work ethic
Financial leadership
Choice of standard of living
The Home As God Designed It
A Man is Fulfilled by
Providing For His Family
Eph. 5:28-30; 1 Tim. 5:8
Sacrifices to meet all needs
Not a selfish, egotistical tyrant
Uses authority with justice & equity
“Authority is a poor substitute for
leadership.”
The Home As God Designed It
A Man is Fulfilled by
Providing For His Family
Eph. 5:28-30; 1 Tim. 5:8
Feminists complain bitterly about
selfish husbands. But their solution of
removing the man from head of the
family only makes matters worse.
The Home As God Designed It
A Man is Fulfilled by
Protecting His Family
Ephesians 5:23
“Saving” them from physical dangers
“Saving” them from spiritual dangers
Malachi 2:15 – “He seeks godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none
deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.”
The Home As God Designed It
A Man Is Fulfilled by
Training His Children
Eph. 6:4; Heb. 12:7-9
A father who doesn’t back up his word
with discipline teaches his children to
disrespect what God says.
The Home As God Designed It
God’s Roles For
Women
Provide Fulfillment
To Women
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A Woman is Fulfilled by Being
Her
Husband’s Ultimate Comfort
Proverbs 5:18-19
“Let your fountain be blessed, and
rejoice with the wife of your youth.
As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
and always be enraptured with her love.”
The Home As God Designed It
A Woman is Fulfilled by Being
Her
Husband’s Ultimate Comfort
Proverbs 31:10-31
“Who can find a virtuous wife? For her
worth is far above rubies. The heart
of her husband safely trusts her; So he
will have no lack of gain….”
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A Woman is Fulfilled by
Bearing and Raising Children
1 Timothy 2:15
“Nevertheless she will be saved in
childbearing if they continue in faith,
love, and holiness, with self-control.”
Samuel and Hannah; Moses and Jochebed;
Timothy, Eunice and Lois
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A Woman is Fulfilled by
Managing the Home
1 Timothy 5:14-15
“Therefore I desire that the younger widows
marry, bear children, manage the house,
give no opportunity to the adversary
to speak reproachfully.”
The Home As God Designed It
A Woman is Fulfilled by
Managing the Home
Titus 2:3-5
“…teachers of good things – that they
admonish the young women to love
their husbands, to love their children,
to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the
word of God may not be blasphemed.”
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A Woman is Fulfilled by Being a
Teacher of Younger Women
Titus 2:3-5
“…teachers of good things – that they
admonish the young women to love
their husbands, to love their children,
to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the
word of God may not be blasphemed.”
Ruth and Naomi (Ruth 1:16-17)
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A Woman is Fulfilled by
Doing Works of Kindness
1 Timothy 5:10
“…well reported for good works: if she
has brought up children, if she has
lodged strangers, if she has washed the
saints’ feet, if she has relieved the
afflicted, if she has diligently followed
every good work.”
The Home As God Designed It
A Woman is Fulfilled by
Doing Works of Kindness
Proverbs 31:26-29
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on
her tongue is the law of kindness. She
watches over the ways of her household,
and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her
children rise up and call her blessed; her
husband also, and he praises her: “Many
daughters have done well,
but you excel them all.”
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God’s Fulfilling Roles
for Women
She is her Husband’s Ultimate Comfort
She is a Bearer of Children
She is a Manager of the Home
She is a Teacher of Younger Women
She is a Worker of Kindness
Will You Become A Christian?
Hear The Gospel (Rom. 10:17)
Believe in Jesus as the Son of God (John
8:24)
Repent of Your Sins (Acts 17:30)
Confess Jesus as the Son of God (Acts
8:37)
Be Baptized for Forgiveness of Sins (Acts
2:38)
Live Faithfully Until You Die (Rev. 2:10)