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Doodle Bible School
Lesson 13
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1. What is the theme of Numbers 17?
2. Can you doodle the picture clue?
3. How long did it take before God revealed His choice? (17:8)
4. Can you quote the memory verse?
5. How many staffs were collected? (17:2)
6. What was to be written on each staff? (17:2)
7. Where did Moses put the staffs? (17:7)
8. Besides just budding, what else did Aaron’s staff produce? (17:8)
9. Where was Aaron’s staff stored? (17:10)
10. Do you have anything in your house that reminds everyone of a certain person’s authority?
Application Sermon Questions
Lesson 13
Were you able to watch the entire lesson?
1. What was the purpose of presenting the staffs to God? (Numbers 17:5, 10)
2. What was the result of Miriam complaining against Moses? (Numbers 12)
3. What was the result of Korah complaining against Moses? (Numbers 16)
4. What was the result of the people complaining against Moses after the death of Korah and the 250? (Numbers 16)
5. Besides budding, what did Aaron’s staff do? (Numbers 17:8)
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Home Church Worship Guide – Numbers 17
The Joy of Doodling Assignment
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Reading Assignment
Lesson 13
Keeping the In-laws from Becoming the Outlaws
“What am I supposed to do?” asked the young man to his best friend. “Every woman that I bring home to meet my parents, my mother doesn’t like.”
“Oh, that’s easy,” said his friend. “All you have to do is find a woman that is just like your mother.”
“I did that already,” said the young man. “That one my father didn’t like.”
Few things are more divisive in a new relationship than conflict over family. It takes time and much dedication to blend two families into one. God knew this and addressed this difficulty in the second chapter of the very first book of the Bible. In Genesis 2:24 God said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” From this passage, we can draw three very important pieces of advice for new couples – leave, unite, and become.
1. “leave” – Within this one small word, God summed up so many important principles. The word “leave” means to physically move out. If you are old enough to join in marriage, you are old enough to provide for your own needs. Living with your parents or relatives is a very bad idea.
The word “leave” also means taking yourself out from under the authority of your parents. Scripture has always taught that children should honor their parents and, no matter how old you get, that command will never change. However, while living in your parent’s home, the word honor also includes obedience to their authority. For the sake of your marriage and your sanity, you must move out and you must move out from under.
Parents often try to hang on to their children by holding on to the influence they have over them. To do this, they may use a domineering personality, make their child feel guilty, or even hold money over their head. To fully obey the words of Genesis 2:24, a couple should avoid all things that give parents authority within their relationship. This is especially true for the husband. Because God has called the man to be the head of the wife (Ephesians 5:22-24), he has also called him into a position of authority. Whenever parents on either side of the family are allowed to undermine the husband’s authority within his own home, their actions effectively emasculate the man. Being employed by parents is also a bad idea.
2. “united” – Outside of your own salvation experience, no other relationship in life is more sacred than the union that is formed in marriage. Children are not called to become one flesh with their parents. In fact, parenthood was designed by God to lead to eventual separation. Marriage, on the other hand, was designed by God to lead to a life-long union.
Sadly, some parents become so jealous of their child’s mate that they actually encourage divorce by their actions or their words. They may do this very subtly or they may even do it without being fully aware of their actions. However it happens, when the union between child and parent is stronger than the union between husband and wife, the relationship is destined for certain problems.
3. “become” – The heart of Genesis 2:24 is the goal of becoming “one flesh.” These small words carry a great amount of importance and a multiplicity of applications.
Becoming one flesh means sexual unity. Some issues are so private that only on very rare occasions should anyone except your “one flesh” partner be aware of them. Although post-marital sexual advice from parents may occasionally be necessary, it should only be sought after much prayer and consideration of how they will deal with such information. Few things can undermine trust more quickly than criticizing your sex life to others, especially to parents who are already undermining your relationship in other ways.
The result of the “one flesh” relationship is children. Children are meant to be raised by the ones who brought them into the world. Although grandparents can be a convenient source of childcare, they can also become an easy excuse for neglect of your own parental duties. By placing your child under the regular care of grandparents or others, you are undermining the authority of your own home. Childcare providers have every right to exercise some level of authority over the children they are watching. For every piece of authority you give to them, you also subtract a piece of the authority that God intended for you to have. Grandparents can be a wonderful source of parental support, but they must only be that—a support. Inform your parents of your standards and parental techniques. If they are unable or unwilling to support your approach, do not leave your children in their care. Your children were not given to your parents. They were given to you and your “one flesh” partner. Obey the principles of Genesis 2:24.
Marital Blissters Questions
Lesson 13
1. Make a list of three things that can create a temptation to not fully leave your father and mother. How have or will you avoid these things?
2. Being united to your spouse means defending your mate from potential family controversies. List three controversies and what you will do to protect your partner.
3. Besides sexual unity and children, what else is meant by the words “become one flesh”?
4. In the reading, the word “emasculate” was used with regard to an undermining of a man’s authority within the home. What should a wife do to keep this from happening?
5. In an earlier lesson, the triangle illustration was used (with God at the top while the husband and wife grow closer together as they grow closer to God.) How does that illustration relate to this lesson and the three key words, leave, united, and become?