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Going Deeper
What are some of the challenges a nuclear family has when they donβt have a support system around them?
Genesis 2:20-24 lays out Godβs original design for a family. How does deviating from this design hurt a society?
Read the story of the jailer who led his whole household to Jesus in Acts 16:16-34. What does this teach about the benefits of Godβs design?
What kind of support can the church provide to help families be strong today?
Teaching Notes
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
The family is Godβs vision.
But for Adamβ―no suitable helperβ―was found.β―So theβ―Lordβ―God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;β―and while he was sleeping, he took one of the manβs ribsβ―and then closed up the place with flesh.β―Then theβ―Lordβ―God made a woman from the ribβ―he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
The man said, βThis is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be calledβ―βwoman,β for she was taken out of man.β
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is unitedβ―to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 2:20-24
God blessed them and said to them,β―βBe fruitful and increase in number;β―fill the earthβ―and subdue it.
Genesis 1:28
The problem today is not with the original design but with the removal of support.
God never intended the nuclear family to go it alone
Old Testament β Bayit β Household
Nuclear
Extended
Tribe
Israel
New Testament β Oikos β Household
When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home.
Acts 16:15
Westsideβs Focus
Symbol 1 β Who are we? β We are Godβs Familyβ¦
Symbol 2 β Why do we exist? - β¦loving Jesus, becoming like Jesus, sharing Jesusβ¦
Symbol 3 β What are we trusting God for? - β¦to raise up Christ-centered familiesβ¦
Symbol 4 β Where? - β¦in our city and beyondβ¦
Symbol 5 β How will we get there? - β¦by wrapping God family around your family.
What is a Christ-centered family?
A House where Christ at the center
A House that is living out the mission of loving Jesus, becoming like Jesus, sharing Jesus
Sunday Set List
The Lion and The Lamb- Leeland
Hallelujah Rising- Mitch Langley Music
King Of My Heart- Bethel Music
The Blessing- Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes
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