Title The Family of Faith (Deuteronomy 1)
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The family is the first community that God has allowed, and it is the place where God's holy will is realized. Fearing God and loving God should be practiced together with the family. So, the family should be the first gathering to worship God.
Even after he sinned, there was worship in Adam's family. The two sons worshiped God by building an altar. Building an altar is knowing God and worshiping Him. Since Adam, the family of believers has lived a life of building altars. Abraham lived the life of a God-centered worshiper. He went to where God told him to go, built altars wherever he went, and lived in obedience to God's will. On the other hand, humanistic families lead a life that only pursues the joy of themselves and their family members.
The first is a child-centered home. The second is a patriarchal father-centered family, and the third is a woman-centered family.
The head of the household should play a central role in the family. At the same time, the center of the family should be God. It is for the head of the household to fulfill the priestly mission in his own family, so that God is the owner and God reigns in the family.
Today is Father's Day.
Worshiping God at home and realizing God's will is accomplished through obedience to parents. This is because the faith to fear God the Father is revealed by revering and serving the parents. You cannot say that you love an invisible God without loving your visible parents. To obey one's parents is to obey God's will. Because parental authority is God-given.
Also, when dealing with children, you have to take responsibility for your family as someone who acts on behalf of God's rule. As it is said that children's greatest teachers are their parents, children learn to fear God through their parents.
We pray that May be the month of the family to establish a family of faith.