Genesis 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD… WHAT ARE THE PRACTICAL ELEMENTS OF WHICH THIS RELIGION IS COMPOSED? 1. Every parent or guardian of a family is in duty hound to maintain proper domestic government. 2. The religious education of the family properly devolves upon the parent. 3. God must be worshipped in the family. 4. Religion in the family will be discovered in the exemplification of the Christian temper. II. We come to consider THE BLESSED RESULTS THAT ATTEND RELIGION IN THE FAMILY. The personal benefits, we apprehend, will be considerable; but we purpose to consider the relative advantages of religion in the family. 1. The conduct we have described will have an important bearing on the domestics, as to their future character and final destiny. 2. Your piety as parents will have an important bearing on the peace and happiness of the family. "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" 3. You may further consider that your religion in the family has an important bearing on society. Society is becoming increasingly corrupt — the rising race threaten to outdo their parents in crime; iniquity abounds. The want of religion in the heads of households has contributed in no small degree to this growing deterioration. (John Williams.) Parallel Verses KJV: For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. |
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