Sunday Sermon On Family

 

This Sunday’s sermon will be on the family. Family is a three-ring circus. The mother and father, brothers and sisters, cousins come to mind, along with aunts, uncles, and grandparents. These family members form the nuclear and extended family circles. Mom, dad, and siblings are the nuclear family, and aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents are the extended family circle. In addition, there is also the ancestral family, which often goes unknown except to those studying their family tree. 

 

The nuclear family comprises a mother and father and any children they may have. This small cluster is the core of family life as traditionally thought. It is hard for nuclear family members not to know each other. They live and grow up together. When the children become adults, the family grows old together, usually staying connected until they die. The grown-up children’s children typically grow up knowing each other and form an extended family of cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents... 

 

The extended family comprises the cousins formed by grown-up nuclear family members staying connected. These cousins know their aunts, uncles, and grandparents that were the nuclear family they are from. In the extended family are also the in-laws and second cousins related by marriage to the extended family of the nuclear family grown-up staying in touch. This is the extent of family life for most. The extended family sometimes leads some family members to an interest in their ancestral family. These research their family tree and may even discover they are related to famous people or even royalty... 

 

The ancestral family comprises generations of family members that came before the grandparents in the extended and nuclear family, such as the great grandparents, the great, great grandparents, and so on. The Hebrew family tree is traced back to Adam, son of God, in the Bible. What does that mean for us? The Hebrew people believe all of humanity is descended from Adam and his wife Eve. That would mean to be human is to be a member of God’s family! We are all descendants of God, the invisible spirit being everything that happens is inside. God is humanity’s ancestral deity king. God is our relative and loves us all like family. Why not take some time off from social media to get to know him...