The family is the key to a stable, productive, sensitive, and healthy nation. The family is the smallest denominator of society. It is a small social society, which was God’s original intent.
If you put a number of families together it is called a community. If you put a number of communities together it is called a country.
Therefore, a strong home and marriage must be built on kingdom knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Let’s take a closer look at the three.
1. Knowledge: Knowledge is information.
2. Understanding is comprehension of the knowledge.
3. Wisdom is application. You cannot apply what you do not understand.
The family was established to reflect the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, the family life and relationships must be established on kingdom principles.
Therefore, as born-again believers we are to submit to a different set of laws and principles according to Heaven’s standards. These standards are clearly stated in the bible, the inerrant word of God.
Following God’s laws and principles according to Heaven’s standards allows you to establish the family’s true identity, discover it’s self-worth, place, and purpose in life.
Following laws and principles according to Heaven’s standards allows the family to experience security, stability, peace of mind, clarity, and total peace with God.
Following the laws and principles according to Heaven’s standards makes the believer’s purpose in life clear, the mind spiritually sound, and allows for the fulfilling of God’s purpose for the family!
God says, Wisdom is supreme. The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; and with all your possessions, acquire understanding. “Prize her, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
“She will place on your head a garland of grace; she will present you with a crown of beauty.” Prov. 4:7
Born-again believers live by higher standards, morals, ethics, and values than those of the earth. We do not value the things that people value in the world. 1 John 2: 15-17
The family culture is created by the laws and truths of the Kingdom of Heaven. The Word of God is the standard for the evaluation, judgment, and validation of life experiences.
It is the standard by which you measure events and circumstances in your life, and it provides the standard for what is acceptable and what is not as a born-again believer.
Therefore, as a born-again believer you must now learn the language of the Kingdom of Heaven. The language of the Kingdom of Heaven is the language of love, faith, hope, justice, and righteousness.
God, your new king accomplishes His will by speaking His desires. He says, “So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11
As a citizen of Heaven, you have that same power and authority. Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23.
Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matt. 17:20
The language of love, faith, hope, justice, and righteousness. is evidence that you are not from the world. You are in the world but not of the world.
“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” Rom. 3:10-12
The language of love, faith, hope, justice, and righteousness is not a religious ritual it is a national language a way of life. It is the culture of the Kingdom of Heaven.
When Adam sinned, he lost dominion over the earth and His connection with God. That’s why when Jesus started his ministry the first thing he said was, “Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Jesus said to them, “I must also preach the kingdom of God to the other cities, because I was sent for this purpose.” And He sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to perform healing. Luke 4:43; 9:2
Miracles are not a religious activity. Miracles were a sign that a new kingdom was here. When you read the bible, it never says that Jesus healed the sick and raised the dead. Instead, it says he preached the Kingdom and then healed the sick.
Jesus had to give evidence that a new kingdom had arrived. Sickness being cured was evidence that another kingdom was invading the earth taking back territory.
Today, the evidence that the new Kingdom was successful in establishing its rule in the earth is not performing miracles, signs, and wonders.
The evidence today that, the new Kingdom was successful in establishing its rule in the earth is its citizens are living a self-controlled life through the power of the Holy Spirit characterized by righteousness and abundant living.
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God. This is the culture of the Kingdom of Heaven 1 Thess. 4: 3-5
That’s why scriptures teaches, “Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
No one who remains in Him sins continually; no one who sins continually has seen Him or knows Him. Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning.
The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. No one who has been born of God practices sin because His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin continually, because he has been born of God.
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother and sister. 1 John 3:4-10
That’s why God says, if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘He is over here,’ do not believe him. For false Christ’s and false prophets will arise and will provide great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
Dominating the earth in righteous and justice fulfills God will for your life. God’s plan was not to take man to Heaven but to establish a heavenly society on earth.
You are not supposed to be a man of God after you get to Heaven. You are to be a man of God here on earth representing God’s power, authority, and character.
All societies create a culture that expresses the morals, values, standards, and nature of the country.
There are ten fundamental principles of the family.
1. The family is the foundational unit for reproduction because it is the only qualified unit for effective and total development. People need what God has put in the family structure.
2. The family is the prototype of society. When God created the family, He created a small society.
3. Society is only as strong as the family.
4. Society is a reflection of what’s happening in the nation. You cannot produce a nation or society better than the family.
5. The purpose of the family is to secure society. God created the family to protect society. Therefore, our focus must be on the family not society. Any entity that builds a strong family concept and priority you will find that entity prospering.
6. The sanctity of the family is the bedrock for human survival.
7. The family is not a product of the state.
8. The family produce the state
9. The dissolution of the family is the dissolution of society.
10. It is illegal custody when the state becomes the parent.
This knowledge allows us to understand the importance of how we raise our families and the role and influence they make on our community. Now each person has a clear understanding on how they can make the world a better place. We change the world one family at a time.
