“What Have They Seen
in Your House?”
(2 Kings 20:15)
Introduction:
A.
The
Importance and relevance of the home to our society.
1.
“Broken Homes”,
“Latch-Key kids”,
and “single parent
families” suggests to our society that we desperately need divine
guidance in the home.
2.
The
words of Ps. 127:1
are so relevant to us today (Ps. 101:2).
3.
The home
was the first divine institution God created. It is older than any covenant, and the
church.
4.
God also
formed the first family unity in Genesis 2. We need to go back to God to be the kind
of home He wants.
5.
Someone
has rightly said, “as goes the home, so goes the nation.” How true it is that the problems of our
nation are the root problems of our homes.
If your home were the basis for our nation, what shape would we be in??
B.
Background
of 2 Kings 20:15.
1.
Verses
1-11 tell of Hezekiah’s miraculous recovery.
2.
Verses12-19
tell of his ignorant diplomacy
a.
He
showed the Babylonians what was in God’s house.
b.
Isaiah
rebuked him for doing this.
3.
The
question of Isaiah is a question for the ages; “What have they seen in
your house?”
4.
The real
question is not what have others seen in our house, but what has God seen in
our homes (I Jn. 3:20, Jn. 2:25, Heb. 4:13).??
C.
To
determine if we have a godly home we are going to ask 3 questions. The way in which you answer these
questions will determine if your home is built by the Lord’s standards.
I.
Have they seen a Godly Home?
A. What is a home? What is a Godly Home? “Home is a place where all live for and love each other and where all live for and love God.”
B.
Deuteronomy 6:4-15 gives us the most detailed analysis of what
a godly home really is. From this
text we learn four characteristics of a godly home:
1.
One that
hears the Lord constantly
(Deut. 6:4).
a.
The
importance of hearing (Mk 4:24, Lk
8:18, 7 churches, Lk 9:44, Acts 7:51, 1 Sam. 3:9).
b.
How do
we hear the Lord?
i.
ii.
Study (2
Tim. 2:15—devotional in home).
iii.
Practice—Quote
a home without a Bible
2.
One that
loves the Lord fervently
(Deut. 6:5, Mk. 12:30, Matt. 6:33, 1 Jn. 4:8, Jn. 14:15).
3. One were children are taught faithfully
(Deut. 6:6-7).
a.
Socrates
once said “Could I climb to the highest place in Athens, I would life my
voice and proclaim: ‘Fellow Citizens, why do ye turn and scrape every
stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom one day
you must relinquish it all?”
b.
We need
biblically taught children (2 Tim. 3:14-15, Eccl 12:1, behind every godly
person is godly parents, Hannah and Samuel)
c.
This
quote should emphasize the need to teach our children: INTROSPECTION
4.
One that
obeys the Lord Fully
(Deut. 6:8-15; Rev. 2:10, 1 Cor. 15:58).
a.
Dishonest
parents make dishonest children.
b.
Unfaithful
to assembly (Heb. 10:25, parents, Nichols).
A.
For the
home be godly, it must have godly members!!
1.
A
beautiful lamb doesn’t give birth to a weasel.
2.
Ungodly
parents don’t raise godly children.
B. In Col. 3:18-20, God gives us a capsular version of the proper roles in the home.
C.
Wives Submit to your husbands (Col. 3:18).
1.
The
Priclessness of a godly wife (Prov. 18:22—“thing”, 1 Pet.
3:7-9—“Lord”, Gen 2:16, Prov. 12:4—crown, 31:10, 1 Cor.
11:7).
2.
Submission
is nor at all inferiority!
a.
Submission
does not mean you are a slave (Phil. 2:5-6).
b.
Submission
does not mean you are under the grunt rule.
c.
Church
to Christ, WE to God, To one another (Eph. 5:21).
3.
Submission
means that you lovingly and willfully allow the husband to lead the home
because of the respect he has earned from you. Some husband don’t have the
respect to lead, but wives must still submit as is fitting to the Lord.
D.
Husbands are to love their wives (Col. 3:19).
1.
Not a
reincarnation of Adolf Hitler. Not
a dictatorship.
a.
Committed
Love—Heb. 13:5-6, Mal. 2:16, Mk. 10:6, remember your vows, Gen. 29:20.
b.
Sacrificial
Love—Eph. 5:25
c.
Everlasting
Love Jer. 31:3, till death, Song 8:6-7
d.
Active
Love 1 Jn. 3:18
E.
Children Obey (Ps. 127:3,5, Ex. 20:12,
Deut. 27:16).
A. Sins of Husband and Wives.
1.
Lack of Closeness—Home is a
glorified Holiday Inn, 1 Pet. 3:7, Matt. 19:4-6, we used to be close,
but…
2.
Lack of Commitment—For Life
(Rom. 7:2-4, Matt. 19:9, 5:32, Eccl. 5:4-5, Marriage license is a hunting
license for only one deer.
3.
Lack of Consideration—selfish,
what do others do in the home
4.
Lack of Communication—Eph.
4:29, a family that prays together stays together.
B.
Sins of
Children.
1.
Disobedience—Ex. 20:12, Deut. 27:16, Eph. 6:1
2.
Disrespect—Less respect now day, no more yes ma’am and no ma’am
DOES GOD DWELL
IN YOUR HOME??
DO YOU HAVE A
GODLY HOME??
WHAT DOES GOD
SEE IN YOUR HOUSE??