Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Family-Ish - Part 1


Pericope: Luke 6:46-49
Sermon Text: Luke 6: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
Sermon title Family-ish
Introduction:  Tonight we began the sermon series on family. Everyone has a family and everybody has family issues they want to address. Family is the pillar of society. It is the incubator of all that is good and bad in society. The murderer and the millionaire both have a family, and more than likely they are who they are in part because of family influence...
Some families have suffered horrendous situations – abuse, mistreatment and estrangement.   While other families have had prosperity all around them, stability and a great family experience.  Then there are families that have a little of both.  No matter the experience, God uses all of them as tools to further his agenda in the earth through you and your family.
The objective of this sermon series is to equip your family with an arsenal of weapons to fulfill your purpose on earth and defeat the enemy on every battlefield and with every attack…
Our foundational text for tonight may not seem like a family text but it is. Jesus says if you comply with his teachings your house will survive whatever comes its way. The Greek word for house as it is used in the text means family. House = family and vice versa…
Everybody will have to deal with family-ish. Family-ish is my word for family issues problems, challenges, successes, sins failures, and roadblocks that every family has faced or will face. You are not unique. Your family is not the only family with problems and successes…
1.  Family HouseLuke 6:48-49 - he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
Definition - Greek word for house is oikia - family or household they can be blood related or not
2.  Family Foundations - Luke 6:48-49 - he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.[c] 49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
3.  Family FailuresLuke 6:49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
a.  Hearer but not a doer of the word
4.  Family DramaLuke 6:48-49
a.  The storm struck destruction was complete
                                                 i.    Satan will attack – Gen 3:4-5 - 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
                                               ii.    Three prong attack – 1 John 2:16 - For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
                                              iii.    Lust of the flesh (pleasing and desirable)
                                             iv.    Lust of the eyes (looked at the flesh)
                                               v.    Pride of life (be like God)
5.  Fortify your family
a.  God has a …
b.  God is a …
c.   Therefore God will…

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