What is family worship? (Click the arrow to the left)
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.
John 5:24-30
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
26 “For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;
27 and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
28 “Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,
29 and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
30 “I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Jesus has all authority to judge all people. Yet, because He is one with the Father, nothing is done apart from the Father. Jesus, the Word, reveals the Father’s will. God, in essence, remains simple. All His works are inseparable.
Jesus claims that everyone will exist after death. Some will be raised to the resurrection of life. Some will be raised to the resurrection of condemnation. According to Jesus here, each person’s destination depends on whether he did good or evil. Yet, earlier Jesus said plainly that anyone who hears His voice and believes in the Father will not come into judgment. Perhaps doing good accompanies hearing and believing. Perhaps good trees produce good fruit. Perhaps works are necessary evidence of faith. We can say we are saved by grace through faith. We can also recognize that faith without works is dead. We can say we are saved by grace through faith alone and also recognize that each person is judged according to his works. Good works show we have been saved. Evil works show we have not. Salvation is by grace alone, not grace that is alone. Regeneration logically precedes faith. Faith logically precedes works.
Today’s question from the New City Catechism:
Q- Why must the redeemer be truly human?
A- That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin.
Hebrews 2:17 says,
17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
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