We are Family Week 2 Family Culture

Family Culture: What Builds Up the Family

Ephesians 2:19–22

19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In Him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

I. Honor

1 Peter 2:17

17 Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

The Greek word timaō means “to place value upon.”

We can define honor as assigning Heaven’s value to individuals.

That is recognizing the God-given worth and value of a person and responding with attitudes, words, and actions that appropriately reflect that value.

A. Honor is a biblical command.

B. Honor people relationally as God sees them.

Romans 12:10

10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Love in Romans 12:10 is the Greek word Philadelphia, meaning brotherly love or family affection.

1. Honor with our speech.

2. Honor with our actions.

Honor shifts our culture:

● Judgment → Inclusion

● Tearing down → Building up

● Getting by → Outdoing one another

● My value → Our value

II. Humility

Philippians 2:3–5

3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but it is thinking of yourself less.

A. Establish humility spiritually.

B. Establish humility relationally.

Saved people serve people.

Humility shifts our culture:

● Preference → Purpose

● Pride → Unity

● Demanding → Serving

● Me → We

III. Hunger

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”

A. A healthy church is spiritually hungry.

B. A healthy church is hungry to see growth in others.

Hunger shifts our culture:

● Casual Christianity → Passionate discipleship

● Attending church → Actively engaging in the church

● Unsatisfied → Satisfied

● Stagnant → Overflowing

● My hunger → Our hunger

IV. Hospitality

Romans 12:13

Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

Acts 2:42

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

We value community – We do life together.

Hospitality shifts our culture:

● Cliques → Community

● Consumers → Contributors

● Strangers → Family