The Christian Family

By Antonio Figueroa, Jr

The modern family faces difficult and trying challenges. The concepts of marriage and child rearing are diverging from their Biblical definitions. In this volume of the Action Ministry Bible Study Series, Antonio Figueroa, Jr. presents a Biblical point of view on marriage, child development, threats to the family, and conflict resolution. Through these eight studies, you can learn to build a stronger marriage, a stronger family, and a home built upon the solid foundation of God's word.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Antonio Figueroa, Jr
• Release date: Sep 13, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310018039

Antonio Figueroa, Jr

Antonio Figueroa, Jr. began working with church youth at the age of 14. He has since been teaching and preaching the word of God in both English and Spanish throughout the East Coast, Puerto Rico, and South America. His teaching videos have been seen in more than 30 countries around the world. His spanish language radio broadcast, Iglesia En Acción can be heard on 95.9FM WJRN Summerfield, Fl., or online at www.radiofe95.com. He is the founder of Action Ministries and author of the Action Ministries Bible Study Series. He is currently an itinerant preacher.

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The Christian Family

Action Ministries Bible Study Series

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Copyright 2014 Antonio Figueroa, Jr.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my parents, Antonio and Patricia, for teaching me the ways of the Lord during my childhood. They have been a great testimony of Christian parenting and are examples of the content of this series of studies

I also want to thank my wife Damaris and our three children, Isoel Antonio, Leonel Oscar, and Dariel Josue for their love and patience with me and for always believing God and his plans for us. This would not have been possible without them.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 The First Family

2 An Ideal Marriage

3 Stages of Development

4 Facing Threats To The Family Pt. 1

5 Facing Threats To The Family Pt. 2

6 Resolving Family Conflicts

7 Strengthening The Marriage

8 An Only Believer In The Home

About the Author

Preface

Ever since Lucifer’s rebellion against God in the kingdom of Heaven, the fallen Satan has desired to destroy the works of God. After Christ offered us redemption through his sacrifice on the cross of Calvary, Satan has set himself against the church of Christ.

There are many ways by which Satan tries to destroy the church. His most effective methods of waging war on the church, however, do not begin at church. They begin in the home of every Christian believer. The church is not made up of merely individuals, but rather of families. By waging war on the family, the church will automatically come under attack as well.

It is obvious as we observe our world that the family unit is being pulled different ways for time and attention. There are internal forces, as well as external forces, which struggle to make the family unit collapse. Marriages have to fight against worldly influences that rob of them of their time together and of their purpose as husband and wife. Parents have to strive with the influences of secular education and their children’s school friends to keep their children from losing the foundation they have worked so hard to establish.

In a time when the people of God are facing a spiritual war which begins in the home, the Bible offers powerful principles to establish our homes and our families upon the Rock which is Christ.

It is the goal of this series of studies to strengthen marriages and families that pertain to Christ and his eternal kingdom.

1 The First Family

Biblical Foundation:

And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

-Genesis 2:18

Introduction:

How often have we heard the stories contained in the Genesis account? When we hear the stories from the first three chapters of Genesis particularly, we might be tempted to think they are children’s tales with little if any life application. However, we should understand that all scripture is useful in study for every believer (2 Timothy 3:16).

Amidst the opening