We’ve always found that active learning is better learning, so we include here an outline of the lesson. Follow along and feel free to fill in the blanks to complete the text. Then print it for a lasting reminder of this important message on the family. 

Building a Forever Family:  Allegiance

The Cleavers go to church!?  Why?

Crisis in marriages/families has led 
churches to o help and
families to s it.
  --loss of e family
  --peer s for couples in 
    troubled times
  --place of a 
    cultural values
  --peer group for c 
    to have for "good" friends
  --r to help on 
    family and marriage matters

Something i i
is missing from this list!

What does the N.T. actually have to say?

Get ready for some s news--

It is s how l
is actually said!
  --many of the r topics
    are not directly addressed
  --very s, black
    and white
  --not a p focus at all

This is d divorce, 
promiscuity, and extramarital sex being
very real problems.

  --maybe we've missed the k 
    emphasis?
  --maybe we're just putting Band-Aids
    on g wounds

When we look carefully at the N.T., we
find three c messages
instead of the family:
1. S all we have and
   are to the Kingdom of God.

2. The cross teaches us the importance
   of s to redeem
   others.

3. The Resurrection reminds us of the 
   Spirit's power to c and
   remake us.

It is s what is 
actually said!

  --an almost a tone?
    the call of the Kingdom may actually
    i stress
	it did cause stress in 
      J family
	it did cause stress in the 
      f Christians families

  --but it is not anti-family, it is 
    F FAMILY!
      there is a higher good than my
      h--Eph 5:21
	there is a higher goal than my 
      h--1 Thess 4:13-18

God must be our primary g
and the source of our ultimate
f.

We must not worship the f
above the F!

So how will the Cleavers going to
church help their family?

  1. live by K 
     values.

  2. S their wills to the 
     needs of each other to honor Christ.

  3. Let the Spirit t
     and empower their lives together.