There is much to commend in these writings, but I would like to focus on the importance of family in God's economy. Believers must marry each other. God clearly warns - again- and this isn't the last of the warnings - that an unbelieving spouse tends to pull the believer away from God. Why is this? Remember the Garden. Our sin nature naturally pulls us toward independence from the true God. The primary way that godliness is to be passed on to the next generation is through the parents. This is a difficult task made much more difficult when both parents aren't godly believers. The basic unit of God's kingdom is the family.
As the family has broken down in America, so has Christianity. As a church, we must do extra to help broken families teach God and His ways to the next generation. We need committed men and women who want to help. If our children can't get godly role models at home, let's help them get some at church. It would be even better to help ungodly parents to become godly and to encourage them to do their correct job of godly parenting.
Be there for your family now - or for your future family - and for maybe some others in the church.
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