Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The centre of the family is Christ Jesus



If we study the Bible rightly, every subject in it has as its centre Christ and his glory.   The centre of the family, and God’s Word about it, is Jesus Christ.  Marriage is a picture of Christ and his church.  Fatherhood brings children to Christ.  Think of God our Father who is the father of all good things; he brought us Christ.  Motherhood is a picture of the love of Christ for us.  As a hen gathers her chicks, so Christ gathers us to himself.  Children are part of the kingdom of God.  No one is to forbid them from coming to the Lord Jesus; so we are to have a Christ centred focus regarding children.  In some way they are holy when a parent has faith in Jesus. When we talk about family from God’s Word, Jesus is central.

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