Sermon Outline:
- God is seeking true children
- Thankfulness is medicine against cheating
- God targets lovers trying to take His wife
Family Discussion Questions:
- Who is the Church’s husband?
- If we all start as enemies, how does a person become a child of God?
- Who is it that gives us our food?
- What should we use the things God gives us for?
- How did Jesus become the Husband of the church?
- Is it better to belong to Jesus or to yourself?
- Would having anything be better than having Jesus?
- Given that even children raised in Church are not automatically saved, what is the sad result of the church being careless about teaching, doctrine and holiness?
- Why should we see God’s jealousy as both terrifying and wonderful?
- What is the role of thankfulness in the church’s faithfulness?
- How does trusting in other things quickly turn to adultery?
- What are some of the painful medicines which God uses to cure idolatry?
- What is the purpose of those medicines?
- How should this shape our own marriages?
- How should this shape our church?
