GOD'S BLUEPRINT FOR BUILDING A HOME | Pastor Will Hawk | March 15th, 2026

We open Colossians 3:18–4:1 and let God’s design for a household confront our instincts, our excuses, and our scorekeeping. We keep returning to the same aim: serve the Lord Christ first, and let that reshape marriage, parenting, work, and the way we use authority.

• why this passage creates tension for every role in the room 
• the hierarchy of a godly household as an aspiration, not a weapon 
• why this is about household order more than a generic gender debate 
• God’s design confronting what culture calls sensible 
• service replacing scorekeeping and moving Jesus back to the center 
• why Scripture starts with service before authority 
• wives submitting in the Lord with safeguards and humility 
• husbands loving without harshness and using truth with rejoicing 
• a real-life look at how tone changes hard conversations 
• encouragement for singles, divorced, and widowed to rejoice in Christ’s faithful love 
• children obeying because it pleases the Lord 
• fathers disciplining without provoking, vexing, or discouraging 
• bondservants and masters as a complex relationship under a higher Master 
• the Exodus 21 image of pierced belonging pointing to the cross and a new family

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