Zac Poonen - UNDERSTANDING THE NEW COVENANT Part 11: Family Life in the New Covenant

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: UNDERSTANDING THE NEW COVENANT Part 11: Family Life in the New Covenant Date: 11/12/2023 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Summary

The sermon reviews the tenets of the New Covenant, covering topics like the seriousness of sin, forgiveness, and the role of the Holy Spirit. It then shifts focus to family life, arguing that unlike the Old Covenant, the New Testament places a high emphasis on it. The speaker emphasizes that a key mark of being filled with the Holy Spirit is proper family conduct, citing passages like 1 Timothy 3 and Ephesians 5, which link spiritual fullness to submission and thanksgiving within the family unit.

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Reviewing the first ten marks of the New CovenantZac reviews the previous ten sessions on the New Covenant, ranging from the seriousness of sin and the assurance of forgiven past sins, to knowing God as Father, desiring and receiving power to do His will, and being detached from money.

The importance of family life in the New CovenantThe speaker explains that under the Old Covenant, there was no command for husbands to love their wives or parents to bring up children in the fear of God, citing the flawed family lives of Old Testament prophets like Moses and Samuel.

New Testament standards for leadership and familyIn contrast to the Old Testament, New Testament leadership requires an elder to manage his own family well and keep his children under control, highlighting a standard that many modern preachers ignore.1 Timothy 3:4

Being filled with the Holy Spirit as the sourceZac connects the command to be filled with the Holy Spirit in Ephesians 5 with its practical results: a spirit of thanksgiving, mutual submission between husbands and wives, and godly child-rearing.Ephesians 5:18–21

Bringing up children in the discipline of the LordParents must bring up children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord rather than being too soft or too harsh out of personal anger.Ephesians 6:4

Last days conditions and the necessity of disciplineReflecting on the perilous times of the last days where children are disobedient to parents, Zac stresses that God's discipline of believers is proof of true sonship.2 Timothy 3:1

Reflecting Christ and the church in marriageThe husband-wife relationship reflects Christ and the church, warning that husbands must love Christ more than their wives by not compromising with ungodly behavior for false peace.

Headship, veils, and spiritual authority in the homeZac explains the biblical order of headship involving God, Christ, man, and woman, noting that husbands must be strong spiritual leaders in their homes rather than passive cowards.

The three-story building of the Christian life and churchSummarizing the message, Zac illustrates the Christian life as a three-story building: the foundation in the Trinity, the middle floor in a godly family life and financial stewardship, culminating in the top floor of a New Covenant church.