CHRISTIAN FAMILY

THE PREFALL STATE

The Lord God Most High created man. The Lord God Most High breathed into the man's nostril the Breath of Life and man became a Living Being. Man was created; and given the Holy Spirit to indwell within man so that man could be the Lord God Most High's companion.

The Lord God Most High brought the animals to man to find a suitable helper. When none could be found, the Lord God Most High took from man and made the woman to be the helper of the man.

The woman was made from the man and was given the pride and the emotions of the man in such a manner that the man would want the woman in order to have himself back as a whole being.  Part of man was taken away to make the woman; and the man wanting to be a whole being, desired, or loved, the woman so that he would be a whole being again.

So man and woman, together would be a whole person, and spiritually was to be one. The Lord God Most High looked to the man, addressing the man in regards to the Garden of Eden, long before woman was made and even after the woman was made.

When the woman was deceived, because of the emotions and pride within her, the man chose to partake of the sin.  The Lord God Most High confronted the man with the great sin, not the woman. In the disobedient state of decay, as the man and the woman started dying since the spiritual death took place when they disobeyed the Word of God, God still confronted the man and held him accountable.

THE FALL

When the Fall of Man took place, everything of man became a state of decay, a state of death in wait of time. Man’s thought process, no longer having the Holy Spirit to guide and control, became a decayed process of hopelessness for he knew he was dying, time would come to an end and he would be no more.

Man and his helpmate were driven from the Garden of Eden. And the way to it was guarded to keep man from returning. Man was alone, without the Spirit of the Living God to guide him, to control his thought process to perform the Will and Pleasure of the Lord God Most High.

THE FIRST CARNAL STATE  FAMILY

Man had intercourse with his helpmate and a like kind was produced, not the being having the Spirit of God indwelling, but one without life, one that was dying from birth. This being that was borne, had the complete man indwelling, for he had both male and female within himself. 

The first man borne from the beings of darkness (one not having Light or the Holy Spirit indwelling) was named Cain. A second son was borne and given the name Abel. As they grew in decay, the first man born in darkness murdered the second man born in the same darkness. The emotions of the man called Cain, brought about the killing.

The man Cain was driven away from the father and mother, cursed of God, to be marked to all who saw him, that he was to live and not physically die until a time to come.

A third man was born from the man and woman and was called Seth.  From this man's generations would come the woman who would carry the Seed of Life, the Salvation of Mankind, the Lamb of God, the Living Word, the One and Only, who would restore man to God so that man would once more have the indwelling Holy Spirit.

This was the first family.  This was the first family of darkness.  This was the first family with the first-born full of murder and deceit, the second-born to die an early death from the hand of his elder brother, and the third born to carry the Seed of Hope through the generations yet to come.  There were other sons and daughters of darkness born to the first man and woman who became darkness.

THE CARNAL FAMILY PRIME PURPOSE

This is not the family instituted from the Lord God Most High.  It is the resulting action of darkness, with minds, emotions, and souls born of darkness, having no Light. These creatures are beings of decay, not of God, having yielded themselves to the gods of this world, the rulers of self-will.  They seek to become like God, being self-motivated from the darkness, to install humanistic societies, to overcome the curse and maintain the root principle of darkness of self-redemption for the human race in its revolt against the Lord God Most High.  This family is yielded to self-preservation as its prime motive. 

THE HINDRANCES FROM THE CARNAL FAMILY

As each family member, especially husband and wife, embraces Christianity, a whole new world opens up to them, and the old world fades away and dies.  If the Believer continues in any of the old world values and habits, then the death of self is not complete and the Kingdom is hindered from advancing in the  Believer's life.  Through such lack of denial will come the forces of darkness and the Believer will began stumbling and then falling and eventually their love will grow cold and they will walk away, returning to their old ways in accordance with the Scripture, "the dog returns to its vomit”.

Yes, the carnal ways are taken in view by the Lord in the very manner of being "vomit", something that is thrown away except in the animal kingdom which actually eats it again.

It is these fallen Believers, or stumbling Believers, that hinders and in many cases prevent the rest of the Believers from continuing in their election of Christianity.  These are the ones who places rules and regulations, and forces and chains and bondage on the rest of those Believers who want to reach out and truly embrace the Lord's Will.  It is not the world, but those Believers who refuses to embrace the faith in truth, that hinders and prevents the true Believers in their run after Christ.  This must stop.  The true Believers must walk away and leave behind those who chains and binds them with the bondage of the decays of the world and its values.

Now, more than any other time before, true Believers must be willing to walk out of houses and families in the middle of the night, without anything. They must have the will to deny themselves the comfort of the worldly family and its values. The emotional state of love that is from the carnal state will destroy the Believer, if it is not taken to the Cross.

As long as they do not deny themselves, they do not walk in the manner of Christ, and their so called Christianity is in jeopardy.

FROM CARNAL  FAMILY TO CHRISTIAN FAMILY

The family that has come out of the darkness has to undergo many changes, dividing itself from the existing customs, cultural traditions and religions.

As each member draws unto Christ, their eyes are opened more and more to the Kingdom of God.  As time travels, more Light is revealed and the family member will draw away from the carnal family towards the new family, the Christian family, the Body of Christ.

Each family member will undergo persecution with words and possible violence, during the growth process, to reach the understanding and faith to leave the worldly kingdom behind This is because the worldly family does not want to give up what they claim to have the right to have.  This is a very serious state and much determination has to be taken.

True to the Lord's words, each Believer has to make their choice to follow after Christ regardless of the hindrances that may come about. This is the time of faith and trust that is built in the Lord.  It is also the time when many fall and turn back to the worldly ways.

Each Believer has to undergo their family changes, embracing Christ more and more, leaving behind all of the old family values.  The new values for the family is a greater love and greater commitment than ever before, between each one in the family who is following after Christ.  There becomes a greater bond between each person that embraces Christianity

If the family members refuses to embrace Christ, the Believer may have to depart for a season or even for good, subject to that particular family's state of mind.  The Believer must be willing to walk away from the carnal family and all of its ways to embrace Christ and the Kingdom of God.

The first love must always be for the Lord God Most High. The Kingdom of God and Its' values must become the prime principle of behaviour for the family member who has become a Believer.  When the testing comes and surely it will, the Believer must stand in faith. There can not be any compromise in this situation, no denial of Christ and the heavenly Father's Will.

THE PLAN OF SALVATION - RESTORATION FROM THE FALL

For God to bring about the Salvation of man through His Plan of Salvation, He carried throughout generations a life-blood that would be used to carry the Seed of Life that would bring about the complete curse to fulfillment so that man would be free from that curse and reconciled unto the Lord God Most High. 

Then, those who would believe and receive the Lord Jesus Christ would be reconciled unto the Lord God Most High.  And in this state of Faith, these people would become the family of God, the Children of the Promise.  They would be the brothers and sisters of Christ for they would follow the control and guidance of the Holy Spirit.  From the darkness and death, through faith, they would be born of Light and once more live eternally.

They would become aliens and strangers in the world of darkness.  They would enter into a new Kingdom, and no longer partake of the basic principles of self-preservation and self-rule.

Their marriages would take on the leading and guiding of the Holy Spirit in their lives.  Their children would become holy offspring for servitude to God, as kings and priests of His Kingdom.

Children would be brought up to know they were no longer a part of the world, but their purpose was to be a witness of the Kingdom of Heaven, and of God's Plan of Salvation...the Lord Jesus Christ. They would further be taught of the Carnal nature of man and its dark purpose.

The Christian family is born of God.  Born in the Kingdom of God. No relationship to the world of darkness.  A complete separation from the self-rule of man.

THE FAMILY

The Lord God Most High does ordain families.  Each one of these families are full of the Holy Spirit with the offspring receiving the same Holy Spirit to bring the Lord God Most High's Will into his/her life.  Such families will have the complete total reliance upon the Holy Spirit for all things.  Each member will have the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and of Power, and the Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord. 

They will delight in the Fear of the Lord.  They will walk and exist in the manner of God's wonderful love and protection.

This family, borne of the Spirit of God, would no longer partake of the Tree of Knowledge, resisting the temptation through the Power of the Spirit.  This family would be in such relationship with the Lord of Glory, they would be His daily companion.

The Father and the Son would come and fellowship and live and guide and love this family.  Angels would guard and minister to this family.

This family would be a separated people, one belonging to the Lord. Distinct in all of their principles and ways, true aliens and strangers upon and in the world of darkness. These would set forth to show and prove by their manner of Love for each other; and commitment for the Kingdom of Heaven, that the Lord Jesus has come already in the flesh and was raised from the dead by the Father-God Most High. 

This family, truly the family God has brought forth from the darkness and calls to be His own children and people. 

HUSBAND

The husband has but one wife.  The husband is yielded to the Holy Spirit for controlling his mind and leading him where the Spirit wants the family to go, and instructing him in what the family is to do.  The husband is obedient unto the Holy Spirit, in total submission to the Will of the Father-God.

The husband, having the position of the Lord Jesus to represent, loves his wife and children dearly, always pointing them toward Heaven and its rule. The husband is the servant to care and lead the wife and Godly offspring to the Master for all things.  He points to Jesus and decreases in his nature so that Christ may increase in fullness through him to his wife and children.

WIFE

The wife, has the position of the Body of Christ, or Church, to play.  The wife also has the position of the Holy Spirit to represent.  She decreases in herself and points everything toward the husband.  She yields herself to her husband and become like minded and singleness of purpose and heart in all things, giving full and complete unity to the glory of the husband.

She returns to her former glory in the Garden of Eden and truly becomes the helpmate.  She walks in the devoted love of commitment and never points to herself, but always to her husband.

The wife leads the children to the husband, showing the children the unity of the faith and teaching them the obedience that comes from faith.  She does not speak of her own, but only what she is told, does she willingly obey and speak.  All of her action is guided by the Holy Spirit, her mind subjected to the control of the Holy Spirit, desiring to please and to serve the Master.  

CHILDREN

The children, being brought up in such a fashion, become a separate people from the world, having a love and living knowledge for and of the Kingdom of Heaven. They excel in everything they do for they only do what they are led to do.  They learn to concern their lives to the Will of the Father, and go about being the obedient children of faith, walking in the Light of Life, bringing all glory unto the Lord God Most High, their Father. They are the future servants of the Kingdom, learning how to perform their respective duties through the instructions of the Holy Spirit.

CONCLUSION

The Lord God Most High ordains the family of God.  The family are His children who has come out of the darkness, those who receive Jesus as Lord, as is clearly defined in John 1.

The family of God is the family who no longer eats of the Tree of Knowledge, but has the total and complete trust in God for every bit of knowledge that is required or needed. Restoration to the State before the Rebellion (The Fall).

He has not nor does not ordain families in general, those who are of the world. But on an individual basis, the Holy Spirit brings forth the witness and conviction of sin, righteousness and judgement.  Those who yield to the Spirit, become children of God, those who do not remains in the state of being condemned already.

The God brings forth His purpose and Will into His children's lives and joins those together for a set purpose and the family is borne of God.

The Christian family, simply stated, is created when true Christians are brought together by the power and instructions of the Holy Spirit to be united as one. Then the Christian family has a divine purpose and plan from the Most High God, predestined in advance for a good work.

It has to be made very clear that the Lord God Most High does not bend to man's will, but the will of man must be subjected and given to the Holy Spirit for the absolute control and guidance through the person's life.  When the Christian male and female comes together through the Spirit of the Lord’s instructions, this couple is marked of God Most High to be "one flesh" for His purpose. The Christian family is made of these Believers who utterly depend and trust in the Lord Jesus for every aspect of their lives, especially in the marriage.

God did not ordain the worldly (carnal) family. But He did ordain the Christian family.  May all Glory and Honour and Power be unto the Lord God Most High forever more, Amen!

Dated: April 18, 1996