The Importance of the Home

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:26-28

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place. And the Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. And the man said,
“This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Genesis 2:21-25

As we reflect on Christmas, let it be always remembered that Christ was born into a home. He was raised in a family atmosphere. When you read the above text, it is clear that the first institution ordained by God was marriage, the family, and the home. The fact that Christ was born and raised in a home, gives clarification to what God began.

It has been said that a nation is only as strong as the families in it. As we look around today the family is in great distress. There are those who want to destroy the family, others who want to redefine the family and others who just have no idea what a family is all about.

America has been a strong nation because she has had strong families. We need strong homes – and my conviction has always been when all else fails, you ought to follow the directions. If God created and ordained the family, then the instruction manual is the Bible. So we will begin to see and study some Biblical truths about the family and I would encourage you to pray not only for your family, but for others as well.