Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-02-10
/. The Importance Of the Home.

IC-How to Make Our Homes Chris
tan.
|. The Importance Of the Home.
The oldest and most important in
stitution in the world is the family.
II is the foundation stone upon which
all other institutions are built. In
the measure that the home is kept
pure and strong will the church, so
ciety and the nation be pure and
strong.
II. The Makers Of the Home.
The foundation upon which the
home is built is marriage, and the
makers of the home are the man and
the woman united in holy wedlock.
Ill. The Obligations OF the Members
of the Home.
l. The husband (Eph 5:25-32).
ID The husband is 10 love his wife
". PSI Observe
a. The measure of this love Is the
love of Christ for His church. Christ
loved the church so that He gave
Himself for it. His was self-empty
ing love The obligation enjoined then
on the husband Is to manifest that
self-emptying love toward his wife.
b. The purpose of this love wv. &c,
27).
The purpose of the husbands self
emptying love is the perfection Of his
wife's character.
C. The ground Of this love tvv.
2s-3O).
After all. the ground of the hus
bands love for his wife is his own
self. He that loveth his wife loveth
himself.
unto his wife (v. 31).
When the time comes for man to
establish home, he leaves his father
and mother and is joined to his wife.
This results in the creation Of the new
unity Of society.
2 The wife (Eph. 5 :22-24).
She is TO be subject to her own hus-
oand. This is not an arbitrary mat
ter, but it is according to the divine
arrangement. 1t is to be "as unto the
Lord" II is important TO inquire as
to what kind of subsection is enjoined.
In order to understand this, we must
grasp the figure which the apostle in
PRODUCES of Christ and the church.
Christ's loving the church is without
Interior motive. as true love 'seeketh
not it's own Since Christ gave Hin
self for the church, He thus lifted the
Oh, int
became to it Lord in the power of
His love- The church responds to this
love by lovingly recognizing the Lord
ship of Christ. Just as the church
graciously comes under the guidance
and direction Of Jesus Christ does the
band Headship of the man is the
divine order. Headship never sug-
gests 'boss-ship" nor governorship.
Observe with reference to this sub
lection
fa) The motive ". 22). "As unto
the Lord
(b) The ground tv. 23). The hus-
band is the head of the wife"
(c) The extent Of (v. 24). an
everything
3. The children GLIB.
The divine purpose in the union of
the male and the female in the bonds
of holy wedlock is the propagation of
the race. When God pronounced His
benedicton upon the first pair He
said, BE fruitful and multiply"
G Obedience TO parents (v. u.
The ground of this obedience is the
place of God to the child.
(2) Honor the parents ". y.
Obedience to parents is limited to
the period of imnaturity When the
children take their place in the estab-
lishment of new units in society they
are no longer under obligation to obey
their parents. Two gracious promises
are attached to this commandment,
that it may be well with thee and
that thou mayest live long ON the
earth
f. The parents ". ~.
Doubtless the word fathers was
intended to be inclusive OF the moth
ers.''
d) Provoke not your children to
wrath.
This doubtless means that in the ex-
ercise Of parental authority there
should he avoidance Of irritation.
q; 70 bring them up in the nur-
ture and admonition of the Lord.
Nurture doubtless means to educate
and admonitou means discipline.
Religious instruction
It is time that we give attention to
the rcliginnS Instruction Of ILa chill