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As Christians, particularly Christian men, we are responsible to lead our households with strength and resolve in the ways of Christ. Leading our families in devotions and family worship is one way to lead our families, raising our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, Jesus Christ (cf. Deuteronomy 6:7; Ephesians 6:4).
In my house, we do morning and evenings. In the morning after we eat breakfast together, we all have our quiet times. We read our Bibles seperately and journal what we see. In the evenings before bed, we talk about what we saw in our morning Bible reading, I share my insight from my own devotional time, we ask questions from the New City Catechism, we sing a couple worship songs together, and then we pray as a family. Family worship doesn’t have to look like this. It may look different for every household, but I want to invite you to join me in leading our families well. Every weekday on this blog, I want to provide a guide for fathers to lead their families in some form of family worship. If your household doesn’t have a father, I believe the responsibility falls to the mother. Design a routine that works for your family, but be intentional about leading in the only way that matters instead of getting too caught up with the affairs of this world. Every Christian man is the pastor of his home. I believe the most important thing we can do for our children is (1) lead them in the home and (2) be faithful to the church as a family. As the family goes, so goes the nation. Our job as pastors to our family matters.
If you went to church, talk as a family first about what everyone learned at church.
John 1:14-18
14 And the Word became flesh, and cdwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 John *atestified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’ ”
16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.
17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
The Word, Jesus, became flesh. I don’t understand this to mean that the divine transformed into flesh but rather assumed human flesh, such that the human flesh and nature was added to the divine nature without losing the divine nature in any degree or respect. In this incarnation, we were finally able to behold God—full of grace and truth. When we think about the incarnation in terms of visibility, we must realize that, because of the transcendent nature of the divine, incarnation is necessary if anyone is going to know God. Biblical Christianity is the only worldview that provides an incarnation such that there is no incoherence or non-correspondence.
John the Baptizer pointed to Jesus and testified that he was truly God the Word, now the begotten Son of the Father. In Christ Jesus, God gave us His fullness by grace because He wanted to. If God gave His fullness to us in Christ, there is no more revelation. The canon of Scripture is closed after Jesus was written about and His church established. That is why we don’t believe there are any new prophets, priests, incarnations, mahdi’s or otherwise since Jesus. If God gave the fullness of Himself already, He has nothing more to give because there is nothing more to be given.
No one has seen God because He is transcendent. We did see His incarnation. In His incarnation He is fully revealed. Moses gave the Law. By the Law, people could exercise their faith in obedience—knowing about their hope without having seen God. In Christ, now by grace and truth, God has been clearly seen in His fullness, and we can experience Him personally.
This is the Gospel; By our will and work, we cannot get to God. He is transcendent and beyond our reach. But, God came to us.
Today’s question from the New City Catechism:
Q- How many persons are there in God?
A- There are three persons in one God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 13:14 says,
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
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