Order in the House....This is the Way We Roll

Lesson Summary – 25 Aug 10

Lesson Text: Josh 24:15 KJV
Sermon Series: Dominion In A Hip-Hop Culture
Lesson Title: “Order in the House: This Is The Way We Roll”

“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day who ye will serve;
whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or
the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will
serve the LORD. ”

The Israelites have crossed over into the Promised Land. They are now in a time of rest from the enemies that surround them. Joshua has called the people together to remind them of what the Lord has done up to this point. He tells them their story – from Abram to Egypt, from Egypt to the Exodus, from the Red Sea to the wilderness, from the Jordan to the promise. Joshua reminded them that even though the promise has been granted, there is still work to do – they must have dominion.

“But mark this: there will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than God – having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.”
2 Tim 3:1-5 NIV




We live in perilous times, chaos is all about. Chaos does not breed order; it breeds chaos. The only way to have dominion in this hip-hop culture is to have order.
• Me and my house
o House (as used in the text): a place of blessing; a place having bread
o Bethlehem: house of bread
• Dominion is synonymous with house
o Where there is chaos, there is no blessing
o Cannot acquire the things of God when the house is in chaos.
• By definition, my house is blessed
o Not about “stuff”
o My job is to have dominion in my house

This Is The Way We Roll
1. The Role of Man
2. The Role of Woman
3. The Role of Children

Point 1: The Role of Man – The Three L’s (Language, Law, Legacy)
The Character of Man: Partnership, Visionary, Authority
A Man does three things –
• Leads – Eph 5:23
• Loves – Eph 5:25
o a Man leads the way Christ leads
o a model for the relationship between man and wife

• Christ represents the man, the church represents the wife
• Served the church
• Washed the church
• Was crucified for the church
• Died for the church
o In charge of a team
• Everybody has gifts/talents
• Uses the gifts/talents of everyone to make the team better
• Loves – Eph 5:25
o A Man loves the way Christ loves
• Christ gave himself for the church, making her holy
• Learns – 1 Pet 3:7
o A Man studies his wife so that he may learn her and be considerate of her
• Women are cyclic; learn the rhythm and the flow of her
• Women are the weaker vessel, yet they are heirs with the man; equality in God

Point 2: The Roll of Woman
The Character of Woman: Accountability, Remembers Everything, Built to Last
A Woman does three things –
• Minister
• Helper
• Submissive

Bible Study ended on the edge.....more n the next blog....