The Family #1: Origin of the Family
Stephen Kaung shared seven messages on family in Washington, D.C. beginning in September, 1974. Thirty years have passed since these messages were spoken, however, they are as relevant today as they were then. The concept of family originates from God Himself. This first message shows that family originates with God.
As Stephen Kaung shared: "Family is not something accidental, nor is it something that originates from the will of the parents. It is not something initiated by the emotions of a man and a woman, nor is it governed by the customs of this world. Family originates from God. It is a divine concept. The Bible tells us very clearly that family is God's idea; it is not man's idea. Even in the very beginning when God created man, He had that concept in Himself."
This message is also printed in booklet form under the title: God's Purpose for the Family.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
