基督徒家庭
以弗所书五章22节至六章4节
22你们作妻子的，当顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺服主。
23因为丈夫是妻子的头，如同基督是教会的头；他又是教会全体的救主。
24教会怎样顺服基督，妻子也要怎样凡事顺服丈夫。
25你们作丈夫的，要爱你们的妻子，正如基督爱教会，为教会舍己。
26要用水借着道把教会洗净，成为圣洁，
27可以献给自己，作个荣耀的教会，毫无玷污、皱纹等类的病，乃是圣洁没有瑕疵的。
28丈夫也当照样爱妻子，如同爱自己的身子；爱妻子便是爱自己了。
29从来没有人恨恶自己的身子，总是保养顾惜，正像基督待教会一样，
30因我们是他身上的肢体（有古卷在此有：就是他的骨他的肉）。
31为这个缘故，人要离开父母，与妻子连合，二人成为一体。
32这是极大的奥秘，但我是指着基督和教会说的。
33然而，你们各人都当爱妻子，如同爱自己一样。妻子也当敬重他的丈夫。
1你们作儿女的，要在主里听从父母，这是理所当然的。
2要孝敬父母，使你得福，在世长寿。这是第一条带应许的诫命。
3a-4你们作父亲的，不要惹儿女的气，只要照着主的教训和警戒养育他们。
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答案也许可以很简单：「看看我们墙上所挂所陈列的，那些都是基督教的书籍和经文。我们每顿饭都谢饭。」这些是否就能证明基督的同在？或者只是一些副产品？基督真正的同在如何能显明在家庭当中呢？
有基督的同在就有神的救恩在。耶稣在谈到撒该的家时清楚表明。祂来到撒该的家中，对他说：「今天救恩到了这家。」（路十九9）
在基督徒的家庭里，成员都进入到基督的救恩中，与基督有份。这关系的确立，有时候是婚后才产生。然而最理想的，是婚前双方都已接受基督，并确认基督为一家之主。如果基督徒与未信者结合，那么，除非未信者归信，否则这种救恩的关系不能建立。
一个基督徒的家庭是祷告不断的。在路加福音二十四章30节，基督在饭前很自然地祷告。这就是家庭的敬拜，家中所有成员都应参与其中。正如有人说：「一起祷告的家庭，定能团结一致。」
当基督住在家中，人们彼此间就有真爱，这爱更及于主里的弟兄姊妹。以弗所书五章25节教导丈夫们说：「要爱你们的妻子，正如基督爱教会。」这个标准很高，但却是一个很重要的典范。家庭里父亲对母亲爱的流露，会帮助儿女彼此相爱。
当基督住在你的家中，你的家便能够真正完全。你的家是否符合神的标准？求神帮助你的家成为一个合乎祂心意的家庭。
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.