What Does the Bible Say About: Family conflict
Dr. Christopher Young
Part of What Does The Bible Say About:
September 22, 2021

Family conflict is a

in the Bible.

Name some:

Mark 3:21 And when His family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”

Some family conflicts are

.

What Does the Bible Say About Family Conflict?

Most family problems emerge when we

against God’s design original plan.

John 15:14–15 You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

John 13:34 Love one another as I have loved you.

gets in the way.

Matthew 10:34–36 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.

Micah 7:6 for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

The key to

in families is .

Ephesians 5:21 submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

But God’s way is to

.

Galatians 5:24–25 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

1 Peter 2:23 When they hurled their insults at Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats. Instead, He entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

Most family problems could be lessened if we

the instructions given to us by Jesus.

Philippians 2:3–4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Romans 12:18–21 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Healthy families are to be a

for every member to express his or her feelings, thoughts, opinions, and desires.

God designed the family to be a place where every member feels

, where differences can be acknowledged and respected, and where inevitable conflicts are peacefully resolved.

1 Corinthians 12:12–31

What’s the more excellent way? –

Bottom Line.


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