Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Where the family and the church are concerned, to which error are you more prone?

Chris Brauns with a very helpful post here:

Both the Church (consisting of local churches) and the family are central aspects of God’s created order.

The Church (again I’ll say meeting in local churches) is God’s plan for this age. We are a chosen people, a royal priesthood (Peter 2:11-12). Indeed, the local church is as much God’s plan for this age, as the Ark was for Noah’s (Ephesians 3:10). Recall that Jesus taught that a commitment to Him takes precedence over even immediate family (Luke 14:26).

At the same time, the family is part of God’s created order and continues to be singularly important. Ephesians 5:22-6:4!

It is, perhaps, because the Church and the family are both central to God’s purposes, that we easily confuse one with the other. Indeed, all of us are probably prone to one of the two below mistakes. In which direction do you lean?

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