基督徒家庭
以弗所書五章22節至六章4節
22你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。
23因為丈夫是妻子的頭，如同基督是教會的頭；他又是教會全體的救主。
24教會怎樣順服基督，妻子也要怎樣凡事順服丈夫。
25你們作丈夫的，要愛你們的妻子，正如基督愛教會，為教會捨己。
26要用水藉著道把教會洗淨，成為聖潔，
27可以獻給自己，作個榮耀的教會，毫無玷污、皺紋等類的病，乃是聖潔沒有瑕疵的。
28丈夫也當照樣愛妻子，如同愛自己的身子；愛妻子便是愛自己了。
29從來沒有人恨惡自己的身子，總是保養顧惜，正像基督待教會一樣，
30因我們是他身上的肢體（有古卷在此有：就是他的骨他的肉）。
31為這個緣故，人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體。
32這是極大的奧祕，但我是指著基督和教會說的。
33然而，你們各人都當愛妻子，如同愛自己一樣。妻子也當敬重他的丈夫。
1你們作兒女的，要在主裡聽從父母，這是理所當然的。
2要孝敬父母，使你得福，在世長壽。這是第一條帶應許的誡命。
3a-4你們作父親的，不要惹兒女的氣，只要照著主的教訓和警戒養育他們。
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答案也許可以很簡單：「看看我們牆上所掛所陳列的，那些都是基督教的書籍和經文。我們每頓飯都謝飯。」這些是否就能證明基督的同在？或者只是一些副產品？基督真正的同在如何能顯明在家庭當中呢？
有基督的同在就有神的救恩在。耶穌在談到撒該的家時清楚表明。祂來到撒該的家中，對他說：「今天救恩到了這家。」（路十九9）
在基督徒的家庭裡，成員都進入到基督的救恩中，與基督有份。這關係的確立，有時候是婚後才產生。然而最理想的，是婚前雙方都已接受基督，並確認基督為一家之主。如果基督徒與未信者結合，那麼，除非未信者歸信，否則這種救恩的關係不能建立。
一個基督徒的家庭是禱告不斷的。在路加福音二十四章30節，基督在飯前很自然地禱告。這就是家庭的敬拜，家中所有成員都應參與其中。正如有人說：「一起禱告的家庭，定能團結一致。」
當基督住在家中，人們彼此間就有真愛，這愛更及於主裡的弟兄姊妹。以弗所書五章25節教導丈夫們說：「要愛你們的妻子，正如基督愛教會。」這個標準很高，但卻是一個很重要的典範。家庭裡父親對母親愛的流露，會幫助兒女彼此相愛。
當基督住在你的家中，你的家便能夠真正完全。你的家是否符合神的標準？求神幫助你的家成為一個合乎祂心意的家庭。
THE CHRISTIAN HOME
Ephesians 5:22 to 6:4
22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26 to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word,
27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
30 for we are members of his body.
31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[c]
32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—
3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”[a]
4 Fathers,[b] do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Message
It would be easy to reply. Well, we have texts on our walls. We have Christian books and literature around everywhere. We say grace before our meals. But are those things the real evidences of Christ's presence? Or are they the by-products? How is the presence of Christ really seen in a home?
When Christ is in a home, salvation is there. Jesus made a very illuminating statement concerning the home of Zaccheus. Sitting in that man's home Christ said, 'Today salvation has come to this house.' (Luke 19:9)
A Christian home is where the members of the family have entered into a saving relationship with Christ. This may have happened after the marriage. In most cases, however, it begins before and Christ is recognised as the Head of the home. That is the ideal. Where a Christian marries a non-Christian, the home will never be what it could be until both partners find Christ.
A Christian home sees prayer being constantly offered. In Luke 24:30, Christ naturally prayed before they were to eat. It was like family worship, something that the whole family should participate in. As someone has said, 'The family that prays together stays together.'
When Christ is in a home, there will be real love for each other and for the Lord's people. Ephesians 5:25 speaks to husbands: 'Love your wives as Christ loved the church.' That is quite a standard. It also becomes a wonderful example. If the family sees the father's love for the mother, it will be easier for them to love each other in the same way.
When Christ is in the home, the home can be truly complete. How does your home measure up to God's instructions? Ask God to help you make it what He wants it to be.