家庭的價值

我相信擁有一個好家庭是每個人的希望，當我年幼的時候，我始終有個願望，就是希望能夠有一個溫暖和樂的家庭，因為我年幼的時候就失去父親，還記得常常半夜醒來失望流淚，因為又夢到父親活過來回到家中與我們團聚，即使到現在我還能感覺到沒有父親的孩子的悽涼，因為他沒有父親可以作為生命的燈塔，照亮方向，沒有父親作為後院的大樹可以攀爬，依靠，乘涼，也沒有父親當朋友可以訴苦，說真心話，也就因為這樣，家庭對我很重要，我歸信的時候剛結婚，當時很感動傳教士的教導說我們的教會相信家庭是上帝的殿堂，受洗之後所以我也努力學習如何建立一個理想的家庭。

 

如今我有個溫暖的家庭，而且全家都成為基督徒，在移民來加拿大之後，這一年多的時間，靠信仰神作為依靠，我們全家一切都很平安，因此我見證我們的信仰可以協助我們建立一個理想的家庭，因為教會教導我們家庭要充滿著愛，夫妻要相愛，子女要敬愛父母，彼此扶持，過勤勞節儉的生活，愛你的鄰居，支持教會，謹守誡命。最後我們還可以在聖殿印証成為永恆的家庭，更可以爲死去的祖先完成受洗，最後在靈的世界團聚。

 

經文如何教導我們如何建立一個永恆的家庭。我想可以先從經文去了解

 

經文教導我們夫妻如何相處：

 

Eccl. 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest

歡樂的與你的妻子生活，他是你的最愛

John 13:34 that ye also love one another

你們要彼此相愛就像我愛你們一樣

22  ^aWives, ^bsubmit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

妻子要服從你的丈夫就像服從上帝一樣

23  For the ^ahusband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the ^bhead of the ^cchurch: and he is the saviour of the body.

丈夫是妻子的統領，就如同基督是教會的統領一樣，他是我們人類的救贖者

24  Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. (New Testament | Ephesians 5:22 - 24)

因此就像教會從屬於基督，妻子當在每樣事情上從屬於他的丈夫

Eph. 5:25 (Jacob 3:7; D&C 42:22) Husbands, love your wives

丈夫當要愛他的妻子，就像基督愛他的教會，甚至犧牲自己的生命

所以神教導我們夫妻要相愛。妻子當順服丈夫，丈夫當愛惜妻子。

 

經文教導我們如何教育我們的孩子：

19  For I ^aknow him, that he will ^bcommand his ^cchildren and his ^dhousehold after him, and they shall ^ekeep the way of the LORD, to do justice and ^fjudgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.(Old Testament | Genesis 18:19)

主領他的家庭與子女，他們當保持在神的道路成就正義與公理

13  And ^aall thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the ^bpeace of thy children. (Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 22:13)

9  Only take ^aheed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou ^bforget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but ^cteach them thy ^dsons, and thy sons' sons; (Old Testament Deuteronomy 4:9)

19  And ye shall ^ateach them your ^bchildren, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Old Testament | Deuteronomy 11:18 - 19)

6  ^aTrain up a ^bchild in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Old Testament | Proverbs 22:6)

 

1 Jn. 5:2 we love the children of God, when we love God

我們愛上帝的孩子就如同我們愛上帝一樣

Mal. 4:6 (D&C 110:15) he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children

基督會使父親的心轉向孩子

12    ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (Old Testament | Exodus 20:12)

榮耀你的父母，那你的生命將是長久的在天父給你的土地上

32        Thou shalt arise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. (Old Testament | Leviticus 19:31 - 32)

你當起身在年長者的面前，榮耀老人，敬畏神，我們的主宰

8        My son, hear the ^ainstruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy ^bmother: (Old Testament | Proverbs 1:8)

我的孩子，聽從你父親的指導，而且不要離棄你母親給你的規矩

22  ^aHearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. (Old Testament | Proverbs 23:22)

 

經文教導我們如何治理家庭：

21  ^aPray in your families unto the Father, always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blessed. (Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 18:21)

在你的家庭中向天父祈禱永遠以耶穌基督的名，你的妻子與兒女都將得到神的祝福

28  And again, verily I say unto you, that every ^aman who is obliged to ^bprovide for his own ^cfamily, let him provide, and he shall in nowise lose his crown; and let him labor in the church.

再一次我真實的對你說，每個男人需要供應家庭所需，而且他將不會失去他的皇冠，這也就是在為教會服務

29        Let every man be ^adiligent in all things. And the ^bidler shall not have place in the church, except he repent and mend his ways. (Doctrine and Covenants | Section 75:28 - 29)

讓每個人勤勉在所有的事物，懶惰的人將不可在教會有他的位置，除非他悔改。