Why the Family

There is an Enemy
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8)

There is an Enemy
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking HOMES he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8)

There is an Enemy
Satan
Was the anointed cherub
Wanted to be God
Was cast down from Heaven
Ezekiel 28:12-17
Isaiah 14:12-15

There is an Enemy
Satan
Hates
God.

There is an Enemy
Satan
Hates what
God Creates.

There is an Enemy
Satan
Hates what
God Loves.

There is an Enemy
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:27-28)

There is an Enemy
God Created and Loves the Family.
Genesis 2:18-24

There is an Enemy
Satan
Hates & Wants to Destroy the Family.

There is an Enemy
God loved Adam.
Adam loved Eve.
Satan Attacked their Home.
Genesis 3

There is an Enemy
FIRST FAMILY PROBLEMS
Adam failed to Lead.
Eve took the Lead.
Genesis 3

There is an Enemy
Satan Successfully
Divided the Home.
Genesis 3

There is an Enemy
From one bite to the next there was division between Adam & Eve.
Genesis 3

There is an Enemy
Separation from God
Shame, Blame
&
No more the Same.
Genesis 3

There is an Emergency
The HOME is the
Foundation of Truth and Knowledge of God.

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
(Deuteronomy 6:5-7)

A Child should not have to come to Church to be introduced to God.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
(Ephesians 6:4)

And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
(Judges 2:10)

Even though 80 percent could name the ingredients of a Big Mac only 6 in 10 could name the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.” 2007 “Ten Commandments Survey of Americans.

Most of the participants in the Kelton Research survey recalled the names of the four Beatles but many could not recall one single commandment. 2007 “Ten Commandments Survey of Americans.

(Judges 2:10)

A Gallup poll in 2000 revealed that only 33% of Americans knew that Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. Many answered that it was Billy Graham.

Divorce Rates in America

According to a 2009 Census report,
13.9 million single parents were raising 21.8 million children.

63%
Of youth suicides are from fatherless homes.

71%
Of high school dropouts are from fatherless homes.

85%
Of children with behavioral disorders are from fatherless homes.

70%
Of incarcerated juveniles are from fatherless homes.

(Judges 2:10)

Children from low income, intact families are twice as likely to be high achievers than those from high income broken homes.

47%
Of children in low income families in Michigan have been exposed to domestic violence.

25%
Of women have been victims of domestic violence.

37%
Of women visiting an emergency room for violence were victims of domestic violence.

8%
Of men have reported being victims of domestic violence.

A British study revealed that 1/6 girls begins puberty by age 8 and ½ by age 10!

“Girls are now having sex before their great-great-grandmothers had their first period.”

The study concluded that the primary cause was the absence of a warm, positive relationship with their fathers.

FAITH
Family
Faith and the Family
go hand in hand.

20.4%
Attended church in 1990

19.8%
Attended church in 2000

1990-2000

4%
Decrease in Sandusky County
1990-2000

11%
Of Americans will attend church by 2050

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Family
Problems
Rise
Church
Attendance
Declines
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(Judges 2:10)

There is an Energy
And He (Jesus) shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
(Luke 1:17)

There is an Energy
Strong
Churches
Strong Families
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There is an Energy
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. (Psalms 127:1)

Children
GOD
Wife
Husband

Children
Husband
GOD
Wife

Why the Family

by Pastor Gary Click on Oct 18, 2011

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