Build Close Relationships In Your Family | Zac Poonen
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Summary
The speaker urges listeners to redeem the time by making the most of their days, emphasizing that this involves more than just Bible study. A crucial aspect of redeeming time is building strong fellowship within the family, as the speaker notes that the Old Testament ends with a curse due to the distance between fathers and children. He concludes that in these last days, closeness within the family unit is vital preparation for the Lord's coming.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Make the most of your timeEphesians 5:16 tells us to redeem the time because the days are evil, which requires sacrificing other things just as Christ redeemed us.
Reading the Bible with patienceReading the Bible is essential even when parts seem heavy or difficult, just like eating necessary vegetables or taking medicine.
Spending time with your familyBeyond spiritual disciplines, we must use our time at home to build fellowship with our children through play and presence.
Restoring hearts in familiesThe Old Testament ends with a warning about a curse coming because the hearts of fathers and children are distant from one another.
Preparing families for the coming of ChristBefore Christ returns, families must come close together because the spiritual strength of a church depends on the strength of its constituent families.
Putting the marriage relationship firstGod gives us children after we are married so we build up our relationship as husband and wife first, which must remain primary over our love for our children.
Expressing affection and studying the Song of SolomonHusbands must love their wives as Christ loved the church, and couples should cherish the romantic and sacred partnership pictured in the Song of Solomon.
The tongue as a tree of lifeOur gift of speech distinguishes us from animals, and proverbs teaches that a soothing tongue is a tree of life that brings healing inside the home.
Avoiding a contentious spiritProverbs warns that it is better for a husband to live in a desert than with a contentious woman who constantly argues over small matters.Proverbs 21:19
The power of submission in building the homeThe wise woman builds her house by demonstrating the heavenly power of submission, which reflects Christ and allows God to dwell in the home.Proverbs 14:1
Encouraging one another dailyScripture commands us to encourage one another every day while it is called today, protecting each other from the deceitfulness of sin.Hebrews 3:13
Being merciful to one anotherBecause of the constant danger of becoming self-righteous pharisees, we must always be merciful to one another just as God has been merciful to us.
Family comes before church ministryA godly family life is the essential second storey foundation that must be built before engaging in public ministry in the church.
Teaching children total obedience and truthfulnessParents must train their children to obey and speak the truth so that it may go well with them and they can be a blessing to others.
Fathers must not provoke their childrenFathers must avoid provoking their children to anger and instead bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.Ephesians 6:4
Living a life of daily repentanceThose who have the hope of becoming like Christ must purify themselves by judging their own sin and repenting every single day.1 John 3:3
