Family Worship

Family Worship (Eph 5:22-6:4)
Intro: Church history, Dt 6:5-9
'From the earliest period in the history of the church, family instruction has been emphasized as the most important of all agencies in perpetuating the knowledge of divine truth' (B.M. Palmer, The Family)

Dt 6:5-9

Exposition

1. This is a passage on responsibilities
2. The overwhelming majority of the passage is addressed to the husband and father
3. Men bear a particular spiritual responsibility (and authority, and accountability to God) for wives (5:26-29) & children (6:4) for their spiritual nurture & cleansing by the Word.

'The sternest feminist need not grudge my sex the crown [for it is the crown] of thorns' (Lewis)

Doctrine
Someone in your home is responsible for the sins, the spots, the blemishes, or rather the holiness, the sanctification, the cleansing application of the word of God to the people that live at your address.

Application: Allowing our church to usurp this spiritual responsibility is unbiblical & ungodly, & extremely detrimental to the spiritual health of each family & the next generation as a whole.

Practical Assistance:

• The Bible
• Shorter catechism
• Psalms
• The Scots Worthies / Foxes Martyrs, Biographies