AN SU SEMINAR ON THE ESSENCE OF ONENESS IN A CHRISTIAN FAMILY DURING A FAMILY WEEK
The keywords In our theme include:
• Essence - substance or purpose of something.
• Oneness - wholeness, togetherness
• Christian Family - A place where each individual member is made to experience personal knowledge of the Lordship and saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and thereby being taught to practice Christian values according to the word of God.
This seminar paper covered the following:
1. Factors that promote Oneness in Christian Families
2. The Essence of Oneness in Christian Families
3. The challenges of Oneness in Christian Families
DISCUSSION
1. FACTORS THAT PROMOTE ONENESS IN CHRISTIAN FAMILIES: How do the following factors promote oneness in Christian families?
• Intimacy in Prayer and Daily Family Altar (Matt. 18: 19-20; Mark 1: 35; Josh. 1:8; Ps. 119: 205)
• Love and Caring (Heb. 13: 1; 2 Pet. 1:7)
• Encouraging one another (Acts 27: 22; 1 Thess. 5:11)
• Meeting and doing good to each other (Eph. 4: 29)
• Integrity and Trust (Prov. 11: 3: Acts 24: 16; Heb. 13: 18)
• Openness (Matt. 15: 10-11; Prov. 16: 13)
• Setting and Maintaining Boundaries (Prov. 22:28)
• Commitment and friendliness (Ruth 1: 16-17: Prov. 16:3)
• Obtaining feedback on what members think of each other (Matt. 16: 13-16)
• Ability to easily forgive (Matt. 18: 21-22; Eph. 4: 32; Col. 3: 12-13)
• Sexual and financial intimacy between the husband and wife (Gen. 2: 25; Prov. 5:15-20; 14
Cor. 7:4-5)
• Sexual Purity among family members (Ps. 119: 9-11; 1 Thess. 4: 3-8; 1 Cor. 6: 19-20)
2. THE ESSENCE OF ONENESS IN CHRISTIAN FAMILIES:
What and why is the Essence of Oneness in Christian Families?
Evidence of Oneness in the Christian Family (Psalms 133) includes: Pleasantness, love, joy, peace, trust; bonding, fruitfulness (2 Pet. 1:8)
All these results to:
Fulfillment/Victory
Oneness in the Christian Family produces/invokes: loving and caring as God for family victory like that of the eagle (Deut. 32: 9-12); corporate prayers and answers to prayers (Matt. 18: 18-20; Acts 2: 42-43); confidence and boldness (Acts 4:19-20), and assurance of victory (Rom. 8: 28; 1 John 4: 4-5)
THE CHALLENGES OF ONENESS IN CHRISTIAN FAMILIES:
3. Challenges of Oneness in Christian Families includes the following:
• Lack of Genuine Love (1 Cor. 13:8)
• Sectarianism (excessive devotion to a particular family member),
• Resentment (anger, ill will, hatred towards a family member) and Wrong Foundation (1 Cor. 3:5-12)
• When any member imbibes false teaching (1 Tim, 4: 1-5) Murmuring and Complain from neglect (Acts 6:1-6)
• Lack of true knowledge of God by member (Rom. 1:28-31).
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