The “Family” Under Attack

We start a series on Sunday entitled “The Family Under Attack.”  I’ve struggled with the title to the series simply because of some of the applicability ramifications.  What does a 70 year old retiree need to know about how the internet is affecting our teens?  What does a 12 year old need to know about reconciling differences in a marriage relationship?  I wasn’t exactly sure how I was going to make the series work for everyone in the congregation.  Then it hit me. 

The church is a family. 

The entire body needs to be aware of how its members are being affected by the everyday world we live in.  We need to know what is attacking our family members in order to best know how to help them!  So, we’re going to start looking at how Satan is using his same old tactics (remember, nothing’s REALLY new under the Sun!) to attack the Lord’s family. 

The first Sunday in March, we’ll look at what it means to be separated from God.  What actually separates us?  Does God separate Himself from us?  No.  Not according to Paul in Romans: “what can separate us from the love of God?”  NOTHING!  You see, we are the ones that separate ourselves from God.  Our own desires, thoughts, and pride are what get us into trouble day in and day out. 

One tool that Satan uses to attack our faith?  Doubt.

Here’s the REALLY cool part.  I read this morning that “they” have supposedly found Jesus’ tomb, along with bones from his son.  That’s right….”they” are now saying that Jesus had a child.  Not a new claim, really, but when I first saw the segment, my thought was “What is this going to do to the church?”  But I had to catch myself.  “Just another attack on the faith, God is in control,” I thought to myself.  Now, later in the same morning, I read that there is VERY little archaeological evidence to
support the claims of these “experts.” 

Another attack thwarted.  Time to get ready for the next one. 

Sundays in March: The Family of God Under Attack.