Halbrook Philippine Trip April 19-20, 2018
Dear family, brethren, and friends around the world,
Wednesday night I got to bed at 1:30 A.M. (i.e., Thursday morning) because after the classes each night I work on email trying to answer and help Filipino brethren with many things. Some of the time is spent waiting on the weak slow internet connection or trying to reconnect because the connection breaks. Fortunately, Mark and Lordy had the first classes Thursday morning as we continued teaching on the home and family.
Mark taught a final lesson in the series on the new man in Christ, then Lordy introduced the Sermon on the Mount with the beatitudes and I followed with two studies on the Sermon showing the proper conduct of citizens in the new kingdom of God. Proper conduct must be applied in all realms and relationships of life including the home. There will be harmony in the home when we provide a good example in our conduct (salt, light), when we avoid sinful expressions of anger, when we follow Jesus’ teaching on how to settle conflicts, when we avoid sinful sexual lusts, when we avoid fornication and divorce, when we are truthful at all times, etc., etc.
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