Author: barbaramcox

I am the author of The Step-Father’s Step-Son. The book is available through Family Matters Publishing at www.stepfathersstepson.com and Amazon.com. The book covers subjects such as: adultery, family, relationships, and parenting. The book is written primarily for the first family and the children of the parents of the first family.

Rabbi, Rabbi

Jesus said in Matthew 23:2-11, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat in Moses’ seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe; that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the border of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi, But be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”

Around the world today, most still follow the teachings and laws of the lost children of the house of Israel, Jacob’s second family. These laws lay heavy burdens on the sons (and daughters) of the first family and do not do anything to lift those burdens. Today, many are still called “Rabbi, Rabbi”. It is time for us to put our faith and trust in the son of God, the son of Mary and God, the son of the first family, Jesus! It is time for us to put our families back together in the correct order – first family first – not last!

Go to the prisons. Care for the poor and the sick. Share what you have!

Matthew 25:35-36, “For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger and ye took me in. Naked, and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” Matthew 25:40-43, “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.”

The lost children and the children of the kingdom

As the title suggests, we have two different types of children – the lost children and the children of the kingdom. The children of the kingdom are the ones that appear to be the good kids and the children of the first family appear to be the bad kids. The children of the first family pay a great price so that the children of the second family – the children of the kingdom can pretend to be a man’s first family. Here is what Jesus said about the subject. First of all, we have two different fathers; one is a step-father and one is the father.

  1. Jesus said in Luke 16:18, “Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.” First of all both men think that they are kings because they can legally do something that God does not allow. Both men have split the first family into two parts. The first part, the man that puts away his wife and marries another, is the adulterous father. The second part, the man that marries the divorced woman, is the “step-father”.
  2. This scripture refers to the abused children of the first family by the hands of a live-in boy friend or a step-father. (Step-mothers can abuse the children of the first family too.) Matthew 18:7, “Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!” Matthew 8:11, “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
  3. Now, let’s talk about the children of the second family, the children of the kingdom. Jesus said in Matthew 8:12, “But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” It appears that there is a penalty for replacing the children of the first family. God seems to have no place for these children in his Kingdom no matter how perfect that they appear to be.
  4. (Do not forget that a woman is never ever supposed to have children with a man other than her first husband. She is never supposed to have children with two men. I will address this matter soon.)

The one lost child is very important

Jesus said in Matthew 18: 12-14,”How think ye? if a man has an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.”

These poor little children from very confusing childhoods are lost. They are still fearful little children even as adults. God wants all of our children to be blessed from childhood with a true mother and father. Do not invite unrelated adults into the family home to sleep in the parent’s bed. Protect your children from the confusion – let no man separate the first family. Save the first family!

The despised lost children

Jesus said in Matthew 18:11, “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”

Our children of the first family are the ones that are lost, left behind, and despised when their parents divorce and remarry. The second family replaces them. These children are alone, abandoned, and lost in the confusion and in the adultery. Adults that are considered loners are most likely from this group. They have no real family because everything has been given to another man and to another woman and to their children.  These little children are stripped of everything that was theirs so that their father can play house with another woman and so that another man can marry the father’s divorced wife. Oh, but the cost of adultery is high. In the physical realm, it is the children of the first family that pay the price, but in heaven it is the adulterers that pay the final and the ultimate price – with their souls!

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