“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
Parents must raise their
children in faith.
At the time when Moses
was born, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt,
commanded the Hebrew
midwives Shiphrah and Puah,
'When you help the
Hebrew women in childbirth
and observe them on the
delivery stool,
if it is a boy, kill
him; but if it is a girl, let her live'
(Exodus 1:16).
Nevertheless, despite
this,
the Israelites continued
to multiply and become strong,
so Pharaoh commanded his
people,
'Every boy that is born
you must throw into the Nile,
but let every girl live'
(vv. 20-22).
It was at this time that
Moses was born,
and when his parents saw
that he was a fine child,
they hid him for three
months (Exodus 2:2).
When Moses was born, his
parents saw that he was a beautiful child,
and they were not afraid
of the king's edict.
They hid him for three
months by faith
(Hebrews 11:23).
Parents should raise
their children in faith.
This means raising them
in obedience to God's commands,
not fearing men but
fearing God, and trusting in God.
Without faith, parents
cannot raise the gift of children
that God has given them
according to God's will.
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