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 13:18-20
18 “I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
19 “From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.
20 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
After telling His disciples to be servants rather than exalting themselves, He revealed that He wasn’t speaking to all of them. He knew who He chose. Consequently, He also knows who He did not choose. It is not explicit, here, what Jesus has chosen some for and not others, but in close proximity He speaks of receiving Him and the Father. The most natural reading leads to us believing He spoke of Judas Iscariot. Jesus did not choose Judas to receive the Father so the Scripture may be fulfilled.
Judas would never receive Christ. Jesus told them all in advance, so when it happened, they may believe He was truly the Christ, the Son of God. This business of Christ choosing is tricky business for us. But, there is a promise here. Whoever receives Jesus also receives the Father. We can trust Christ with the salvation of people because He loves better than we can. If you have received Jesus, you have received the Father.
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