Family problems are rooted in "the garden" .....

So some families refuse to see through the "other side" of the family puzzle.  They assume they know everything about another person, but they are quick to judge.  Assuming this or assuming that.

Is there a biblical root to the family problems episode?  Yes, I believe so.

The root is "image."  If one family member is "prettier" than another, the jealous family member could make the other one miserable and unable to live up to their full potential.

Disfiguring the "image" of someone.  Family and extended family simply cannot change their heritage.  And it isn't bad to have "beautiful appearance" it is bad to speak of things in a discouraging way.  A person simply cannot "uproot" whom they are related too and destroy or distort the sort of history shared with other individuals.

(contains foul language)

Anyhow, if a family member appears to have a sort of -Levant- heritage.....there COULD be tensions if the values are not on the same page.  Biblical faith by "word of mouth" or by actual "change of heart."  There IS a difference.  Religious outward appearance won't cut it and even the children feel the effects of that.  

Old Adam makes the family problems GROW....and could even lead to earlier DEATH, PAIN and SUFFERING.  We as humanity can ONLY trust in the one who redeems from the grave.

(If a family member I am related to assumes to know whom I am talking about when it comes to heritage differences in this post, the answer is simply this, they need to ask and speak face to face and recognize the sin problem rooted in the GARDEN first.  Otherwise they are assuming the wrong person that is currently alive here on earth.  Here is a hint: Aladdin is not involved in this matter as far as I know.)

It IS possible to overcome these sorts of trials on earth.  Jesus was John the Baptists' cousin (like within the second or third cousin range perhaps??).  But a person MUST be rooted in the foundation of God's word to understand all these things.

The bible has MANY solutions to these issues at hand.  God knew these problems would exist even before the computer, youtube and other sorts of technology.

**Eph_6:1  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.** (children only need obey in the Lord, not in lust-driven/sin-driven nature of a parent)

**Col_3:20  Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.** (same as above)



Some people DO suffer for Christ in the homes in which they are born or married.  Does this mean that a person should "give up" on them or a marriage?  Not really, so long as a person KNOWS the word and can communicate with God through prayer and listening attentively to his directions and guidance.

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