A Family Matter
Matthew 5:14-16
"The unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean but as it is, they are holy."
(1 CORINTHIANS 7:14)
This is a difficult verse to understand, and I do not claim to fully grasp it myself. But one thing is clear: a family member who is a Christian has an opportunity to influence others in the home.
How is it that an unbelieving spouse has been sanctified through the believing spouse? And how is it that the children are holy? Paul says this is so, and I am left to conclude that the home is a powerful place for influencing people for God. Peter spoke of it also in 1 Peter 3:1-2 about the believing wife winning over the unbelieving husband through the behavior, purity and reverence in her life.
If this is true of a home where only one member is a Christian, how much more when both partners are believing? What an impact they have on the lives of their loved ones! It makes me see my own home as God's workshop, a place where lives are tempered and shaped for eternity. My wife knows me better than anyone, so I consider what does she see in my life that would cause her to want to be more like Christ?
INSIGHT
"LORD, HELP ME LIVE WITH THOSE WHO KNOW ME BEST IN SUCH A WAY THAT I CAN INFLUENCE THEM FOR ETERNITY."
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
2 Kings 7-8
Proverbs 14
1 Peter 1
1 Peter 3:1-2
New International Version (NIV)
3 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
Matthew 5:14-16
New Living Translation (NLT)
14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.
JEREMIAH THROUGH THE JESUS LENS
with Dr. Michael Williams
The prophet Jeremiah wrote about the potter and the clay. What was he talking about and does it connect with you and me today? It does if you read this passage through the Jesus lens.
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