Sabbath Services
God has called the weak and the base but expects us to grow. We are called to build strong, godly, confounding families. How can we fulfill our roles as husbands, wives, and children to build such families?
The Kardashians have recently been deemed “America’s family”. God called the “nothings” of the world to make them great and show the “somethings” how small they are. One of the biggest ways in which we are called to is to confound the world is by the example we set with our families. Achieving a “Godly family status” is something we can always improve on. Our calling is to confound all of the world. “To confound” is “To make ashamed”, “To disgrace”, “To put to blush”. Through the amazing gift and miracle of His calling and the Holy Spirit, we are begotten into the God family, but not yet born. The concept of family and our qualification for the ultimate family should be on our minds everyday. Family is who we spend the majority of our time with. We all belong to one whether you are close or not. Family is the building block of all civilization. Nations are just families grown large. God is a family man. Are we? Are the anti-family sentiments permeating society permeating the church? God designed family from the beginning: Marriage between one man and one woman, and their children. We are called to leave and cleave once married. Mr. Kaidannek breaks down the responsibilities of each member in a family. Starting with husbands, he emphasizes their role in loving their wives and taking responsibility for their family. With wives, he focuses on their job of respecting and submitting to their husbands. With children, he first discusses the proper reasons for having kids and a few comments on the role of proper parenting. Then Mr. Kaidannek goes into the roles of children- namely in obeying their parents and eliminating the distractions and wrong influences that take them away from God and a Godly life. Finally, there is a discussion of the role of proper discipline in the raising of children. To end, we circle back to the family unit as a whole, urging all of us to not be ashamed of the God-given roles we have, and to build strong, godly, confounding families.
