CHURCH FAMILY AFFECTS NATURAL FAMILY

FAMILY FRIDAY

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, ye have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel – 1 Corinthians 4:15

The highest authority in the family of God is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The highest authority in the local church is a father. And the highest authority in the home is a father.

Until we understand that the Kingdom of God is run like a family, we’ll forever walk in error. The reason our natural families are a mess is because our church families are a mess. Since most spiritual fathers are not submitted to the Father in heaven, they fail to model real fatherhood to their flock.

Today, spiritual fathers sleep with their spiritual daughters. That’s incest. Following their fathers’ example, brothers and sisters in the Lord also sleep with each other. More incest. This then leads to broken families and homes. We’ll never get the natural family right until we get the church family right. And that begins with spiritual fathers.

PRAYER

Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray for our fathers in the faith. Teach them fatherhood so that they can confidently say to their flock, ‘Follow me as I follow Christ.’ Amen.