Family originated from God:
Family originated from God: The Family is a God-ordained institution, a spiritual and organic system, that was established for the following purposes; To glorify God To subdue the earth. In this lies (Genesis 2) the duties of the husband, wife and children. The Scriptures readily set forth a theology of domestic duties. Husbands, wives and children have specific, God-honouring duties to perform in their respective stations in the economy of the redemptive plan of God. Their goal as a family is to; 1) honour God 2) edify the church 3) promote Christian values in their respective stations of society. All these originate from the moral and spiritual values in the home and functioning to honour Christ Jesus. In this regard was the Puritan conception of the family or household; Dr. William Perkins described the family as a little church, Dr. William Gouge called it the seminary of the Church and commonwealth and Rev. Richard Baxter characterised the...