THIS IS A FREE COURSE

A Ten Unit Certificate
of Recognition
is Optional

In keeping with the idea that every Christian should be a life-long student of the Word of God, our Certificates of Recognition (CR's)  like Continuing Education Units(CEUs) are a means of self-improvement.

As a way of documenting your learning experience you can apply for an optional Ten Unit Certificate of Recognition, by affirming that you have completed this course as instructed, and  paying a $20.00 processing fee.

Your personalized Certificate of Recognition will be emailed to you as a PDF file ready for printing and suitable for framing.

Complete details are provided at the end of this course study guide page.



 

COURSE NAMEGod's Recipe for A Happy Home  God has ordained that the home should be the foundation for society.  This course deals with the fundamentals of this critical issue.  An especially important course in light of current attitudes toward the traditional family.

WELCOME TO A TUITION-FREE INDEPENDENT LEARNING COURSE.  It is not necessary to enroll at a student or pay tuition. You may begin this study immediately.  However, after you have completed the course, you may elect the option of receiving a Certificate of Recognition to officially document your learning experience.

Before you begin, please note:

  • FIRST: This is a comprehensive tuition-free study. You may complete the entire course without cost. After completing the course of study, you will be given the option of receiving recognition.

  • SECOND: This study is totally self-contained. You will only need your personal Bible.

  • THIRD: This is an independent learning experience, and is therefore self-directed and self-paced.  Move through it the way you find most helpful.

  • FOURTH: Even though it is free a free course, this is a serious study of the Bible.

Ten Instructions to Help Guide You

  1. Begin each study with prayer. You need to understand what the Bible teaches. God has promised to help you. God keeps his promises. Pray with faith. Put John 16:13 to the test.

  2. Utilize any method of study (time of day, place of study, etc.) that will produce good results.

  3. First, read all the Underlined Statements but not the Scripture. This is the Subject you are studying.

  4. Read carefully! Be sure you know the meaning of each word. Reading aloud may help.

  5. Now, read all the Bible verses after the Underlined Statements. As you read, write down any thoughts that you want to add. Write a summary of what the Holy Spirit enables you to learn. Since there are no tests to complete, the more carefully you read, and the more completely you write your summary, the more you will learn.

  6. Mark your Bible. Make notations in the margin if that is possible, or in the notes section of an electronic Bible.

  7. Meditate! Continue to think about what the Bible teaches. Memorize some verses.

  8. Live what the Bible teaches. Obey the Word of God. As you obey what you learn, God will teach you more.

  9. Share what you learn. As you teach and tell others what you have learned, God will help you to understand more clearly. You will help others and strengthen yourself.

  10. Never give up. With God's help you can be a more 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).

GOD'S RECIPE FOR A HAPPY HOME

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

...End of Course.

CONGRATULATIONS!

If you have completed the course as instructed, you have achieved an extremely important milestone in your walk with the Lord.  We rejoice with you, and trust that God will use you in an even greater way to minister to a world that is in desperate need of the life-changing Gospel of our Risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  May the Holy Spirit go before you and make every crooked place straight!  (Isaiah 45:2)

YOU CAN NOW APPLY FOR THE OPTIONAL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

Now that you have completed this course,  you have the option of receiving official recognition.   You can receive a Ten Unit Certificate of Recognition (CR), by affirming that you completed the course as instructed, and by paying a $20.00 processing fee.  Continuing education is always recommended by ministry organizations as a means of assuring that team members are keeping up with self-improvement.  Even more common is the Biblical teaching that every Christian ought to be a life-long student of the Word of God.

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YOU COULD QUALIFY FOR AN ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT BENEFIT.

You may also be able to turn CR credits into advanced standing credits.  By completing five (5) of our Independent Learning courses, you may apply to receive one (1) advanced standing credit that could count toward earning an Associate or Bachelor degree at Master's.  Request further details by completing the form at Contact Master's International University of Divinity if this is of interest to you.


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