THE BIBLICAL MODEL FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

 Welcome to this course.   We hope and pray that it will be a blessing to you personally, and that as you apply, share, and teach what you will learn in this course, you will be an even greater blessing to others.  Please read carefully all of the information given below.  Then, as you begin your course, expect new insights and answers from God's Word that you have never before known!

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 Instructions to Guide You in This Study
 

1.   Begin your study by having prayer.  You need to understand what the Bible teaches.  God has promised to help you, and God keeps his promises.  As you pray, you can thank God that He will help you understand.  Pray with faith.   Put John 16:13 to the test!

2.  First, read all the Underlined Statements but not the Scripture. This is helps you to initially focus on the various aspects of the Subject you are studying.

3.  Now, read all the Bible verses after the Underlined Statements.  As you read, key into your notepad or word-doc any thoughts that you want to add.  Write a one-sentence statement affirming that you have read all of the required Bible verses.  Include this with all of the other course requirements.

4. Next, write a very concise summary statement of each of the nine (9) underlined sections.  Use not more than 150 words for each summary (50 to 100 is probably sufficient providing you understand the salient core of each section). 

5.  Meditate!  Continue to think about what the Bible teaches. Memorizing some of the key verses, while not required for this course, will produce valuable results.

6.  Never give up. With God's help you can be a faithful and effective Christian witness and worker.

Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth 2 Timothy 2:15.

 Course Name:    BIBLICAL MODEL FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

Definition: The home is God’s first and foundational institution for human fulfillment, religious training, cultural development and racial propagation.

I. The Bible teaches that God established the one man/one woman pattern

A. By the Adam/Eve example, Genesis 2:18, 21-25; Matthew 19:3-9; Mark 10:6-9,

B. By examples of strife and trouble when pattern is broken, Abraham and Hagar, Genesis 16:4-16 ; Hannah vs Peninnah, 1 Samuel 1:6-10; Solomon’s decline, 1 Kings 11:1-13

C. By showing that variations reveal “hardness” of heart, Malachi 2: 14-16; Matthew 19:7, 8; Mark 10: 2-5

D. By requiring the pattern in New Testament leaders, 1 Timothy 3:2; 12

E. By denouncing perversions as “vile affections”, Deuteronomy 27:20-23; Romans 1:24, 26, 27, 32; 1 Corinthians 6: 9,10

 

II. The Bible teaches that God established marital sex

A. To bond joyfully the one man/one woman relationship, Genesis 2:22-24; Proverbs 5:15-20; 15:17; Ephesians 5:22-33

B. To propagate the race, Genesis 1:28; 9:1

C. To protect husband/wife integrity, 1 Corinthians 7: 2-5; Hebrews 13:4

 

III. The Bible teaches that God established marital relationships in the one man/one woman pattern 

A. The physically stronger husband

1. Must provide for the other family members, 1 Timothy 5:8

2. Must love the one-woman wife exclusively and sacrificially, Ephesians 5:25-33; Proverbs 5:15-20; 1 Corinthians 6:13-20

3. Must honor the one-woman wife, 1 Peter 3:7

4. Must submit his body to his one woman wife’s sexual needs, 1 Corinthians 7:3-5

5. Must rejoice in his one woman wife, Proverbs 5:15-19; Ecclesiastes 9:9

B. The emotionally more tender wife

1. Must bear the birth of the children, Genesis 3:16

2. Must submit in the Lord to the husband’s leadership, Ephesians 5:22

3. Must be a crown to her husband, Proverbs 12:4; 18:22; 31:10-31; Genesis 2:22

4. Must submit her body to her one-man husband’s sexual needs, 1 Corinthians 7:3-5

5. Must be a spiritual testimony of the value of faith in Jesus, 1Peter 3:1, 2

 

IV. The Bible teaches that God intends for the one man/one woman family relationship to be should be joyful and respected

A. The bridegroom is a type of joyful fulfillment, Ezekiel 16:8- 14; Isaiah 61:10; Luke 5:34,35; Mark 2:19, 20; Matthew 9:15

B. The bridegroom is released from military duty and business obligations, Deuteronomy 24:5

C. The bride is a type of joyful fulfillment, Genesis 24:53-67; Isaiah 49:18; 61:10; Jeremiah 2:32; Revelation 21:2

D. The children are the gifts of God’s blessing, Psalm 113:9; Genesis 30:1; Psalm 127:3-5; Proverbs 17:6

E. The children are normally joyful and appreciated, Psalm 127:5; 128: 3

 

V. The Bible teaches that God has established the one man/one woman home as an educational institution

A. The children learn to give honor, Deuteronomy 27:16

B. The children learn obedience to true standards, Proverbs 1: 8, 9; 2:1-9; 3:1-4; 11,12; 3-7; 22:6

C. The parents teach the children

1. by example, Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 10:12; 1 Timothy 3: 4, 5; 12;5:14

2. by word, Deuteronomy 6: 7, 8, 20-25; 31:12,13; Psalm 34:11-19; Ephesians 6:4; 2Timothy 1:5; 3:15

D. The parents learn to teach in love, Matthew 18:1-6; 19:13- 15; Mark 10:13-16; Ephesians 6:4

 

VI. The Bible reveals God-given examples of proper home teaching in the one  man/one woman home relationships

A. Teaching as given in Proverbs, 1:8, 10, 15; 2:1; 3:1; 4:1,10, 20; 5:1, 20; 6:1, 3; 7:1; 31:1-4

B. Jesus’ childhood, Luke 2:51, 52

C. Timothy’s training, 2 Timothy 1:5; 3: 14-15-17

D. Example of bishop and deacon, 1 Timothy 3:4, 12

 

VII. The Bible teaches that God requires continued care by the one man/one woman home for disrupted members of the home

A. Care for the widow, Zechariah 7:10; Psalm 146:9; Jeremiah 22:3; James 1:27

B. Care for the orphan, Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 10:14,18; 27:10; 68:5

 

VIII. The Bible teaches that God uses the one man/one woman home relationships in allegorical teaching

A. Parent allegories

1. Unsaved are children of devil, John 8:44

2. Believers are children of God, John 1:12; Romans 8: 14-17; 1 John 3:1, 2

B. Marriage allegories

 1. Jehovah is betrothed to Israel, Joel 2:16-20

 2. The church is the Bride of Christ, Ephesians 5:23-33

 

IX. The Bible teaches that God expects the one man/one woman home to have proper external relationships

A. Government, Matthew 22:17-21; Romans 13:1-8; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13-17

B. Neighbors, Good Samaritan, Luke 10; 29-37; James 5:4-6; 1John 3:17; James 2:18,19

C. Enemies, Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:19-21

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