TITLE: Consult the Architect

TEXT: Genesis 2:21-25

PROPOSITION: The designer of the home demand that we build according to the blueprints.

QUESTION: What?

KEY WORD: Demands

SCRIPTURE READING: Same

INTRODUCTION:

1. This lesson begins a series “Building the Home”
2. The home and family are in serious trouble.
3. Marriages are falling apart. Divorce rate 1 out of 3.
4. Story of little girl – living in hotel – waiting for house to be built.
   Adult said to her, “I’m sorry you don’t have a home.”
   Girl said, “We have a home. Just no house to put it in.”
5. What if you came home and found nothing but ashes, house burned to ground?
   You can’t burn memories, attitudes, and character.
   All you would lose are – THINGS!
6. Three demands of the Architect.

Severance “leave father and mother”

1. Cut the cord with parents.
   Parents – cut the apron strings
   Children – No longer dependant
2. At wedding – father “gives away” the bride.
3. Song Billy Boy –  (see attached)
   She is 85 and gat let go of parents.
4. Don’t call Mama and Papa – call your wife.
   In argument – “Do what I want or I will go home to mama.”

Permanence “cleave to his wife”

1. You must depart to attach; sever to bond; loosen to secure
2. Cleave = glue, mucilage – This is Super Glue.
3. W. Churchill – “Wars are not won by evacuation.”

Unity “become one”

1. Not instant
   Work at it, develop, learn to become one
   You must blend – temperaments, gifts, habits, backgrounds
2. Unity <> Uniformity
   Uniformity = donut machine; car assembly line
   Unity = 2 people blend into each others lives

The Floor Plan – Proverbs 24:3-4

1. Built with Wisdom
   Built = to make repair, restore, rebuild
   Wisdom = seeing with discernment
2. Established with Understanding
   Established = to erect, upright position
   Understanding = responding with insight
3. Filled with Knowledge
   Filled = overflowing
   Knowledge = learning with perception

Conclusion: Charlie Shedd quote (see attached)