Sociology: The Divine Imprint

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Lesson 7 – Sociology: The Divine Imprint

1. Introduction – The God of Order
   
   
   
   1. Psalm 19 – "The heavens declare the glory of God ..."
   
   
   2. Job 12 – "But ask the animals, and they will teach you ..."
   
   
   3. Listening to a chicken egg – The exquisite design and intricacy seen in a chicken egg
   
   
   4. Scriptural emphasis of order – Job 25:2, 1 Corinthians 14:33, James 3:16


2. Social Order – The Divine Imprint
   
   
   
   1. "It is not good" – Genesis 2:18 – Why was it "not good" for man to be alone?
   
   
   2. Triune structure stamped upon Social Order
      
      
      
      1. God – Father, Son, Holy Spirit
      
      
      2. Family – Husband, Wife, Children
      
      
      3. Church – Christ, Leaders, Flock
      
      
      4. Our world – Three realms – Physical, Spiritual and Social
   
   
   3. Relationships, Roles, Authority, Submission and Unity within social spheres


3. Importance of relationships
   
   
   
   1. What happened at the fall? – Relationships were severed and damaged – between God & man, man & man, and man & creation
   
   
   2. Aloneness - "It is not good for man to be alone" – Aloneness is contrary to God's nature; in all eternity, there had never been aloneness before
   
   
   3. God's design of social institutions and social laws
   
   
   4. Intimate Three – God's design for unity, intimacy, oneness - Family, Church, God and Man


4. Family & Church
   
   
   
   1. Ephesians 5 – Roles and relationships of members in these spheres – Authority, Submission, Oneness
   
   
   2. Love and Respect between husband and wife
   
   
   3. Honor between children and parents, flock and church leaders




1. Divorce – Malachi 2:16 – "I hate divorce ..."


2. Lack of respect – 1 Peter 3:7 – " ... so that nothing will hinder your prayers ..."


5. Conclusion – Pathologies of the Family