Hebraic Musing - Can there be a Civil Society Without Marriage & Family?
I
contend that the rioters, looters and troublemakers tearing up our cities do
not go home to their original father. So this article in the Daily Signal “How
American Civil Society Depends on Marriage, Family”* was “No
surprise”! But I was shocked at the
underlying statistic. “The number of children born outside of
wedlock grew from just 5% in 1960 to 40% in 2019.” And the percentage of women who are married
dropped 30%! In my Ministries to Men
ever since I made Jesus my Lord, I have focused on the importance of the role
of the father in the home.
Young men and women look to the father
for approval and acceptance.
Growing up after WWII, I can hardly remember a family
of single parents; it was unheard of. The men in the neighborhood were all
respected. But now we see so many
boys/children being raised by a single parent or in adopted parenting
homes. Where is the father figure for the child to learn respect and to gain
their needed approval. One answer is
“gangs.” Do BLM and Antifa fulfill that
role?
What does the Bible say about the role of the father? BTW -“Father”
appears over 900 times in the Bible!
·
Hebrews 12:7 “Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what
son is not disciplined by his father?”
If there’s no father in the
home, how can a lad understand this, or any other “father” references?
·
1 Timothy 5:1-2
“Do not rebuke an older man
harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father.
Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women
as sisters, with absolute purity.”
How could a typical young man experience that in a broken home?
·
1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging,
comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God,…” NIV
·
Matthew 19:19 “honor your father and
mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.” And Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother,…” Why is the father mentioned first?
·
Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the
church…” How can this be exampled, taught
or demonstrated in a broken home?
·
Colossians 3:21 “Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they
will become discouraged.”
According to the experts:
·
There is a direct link between the stability of
a home and a child’s rate of success.
·
“There’s
no such thing as parenting, there is mothering & there is fathering. Children do best with both.”
·
Children raised in a single-parent home are at
least twice as likely to live in poverty compared with children from a
two-parent household.
·
“Children
born to cohabiting couples are almost twice as likely to see their parents
break up, compared to children born to married couples, and there are other
factors, such as lack of parental education.” That’s now being compounded by multiple
generations of broken, single-parent child-raising.
·
“Children
raised by a mother and father
are less likely to exhibit behavioral issues, such as aggression.”
On a positive note, I especially admire the true
“Overcomers” – those who grew up without the Biblical family structure and have
overcome the adversity of not being raised in a Biblical two-parent home.
Points
to ponder
Without
family, to whom do we belong?
Is
today’s younger generation more likely to find “Acceptance”
and “Approval” in BLM, Antifa, gangs and similar fanatical groups?
Now
you know why I have given out so many copies of my “Biblical Marriage” book!!!
♫ I'm so glad I'm a part Of the family of God. I've been washed in the
fountain, Cleansed by His blood.
Joint
heirs with Jesus As we travel this sod,
For I'm part of the family, The family of God. ♫
Yosef a.k.a. Joe Brusherd
September
29, 2020
Author:
“Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring
the Hebrew roots of our faith”
“Biblical Marriage (by Yosef)” Weekly
“Hebraic Musings”
* Inspired & excerpted - from the article in the Daily Signal by –
Virginia Allen - 9/8/20
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