BIBLICAL FATHERHOOD--THE GREAT NEED OF THE WORLD 11ee ) THE SHEPHERDING FATHER KEEPS A CLEAN HOUSE

It is not just the church building, or even the gathering together of God's people to worship, where we should sense the presence of God. The New Testament house of the Lord is each and every one of us, no matter where we are.

Each one of our homes should be a house of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:19 says, "What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own." Wherever we are, we are privileged to dwell in the "house of the Lord."

The following verse, v.20 states, "For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's."

Before we were converted to Christ our body was our own house, but now that we have been bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, our body has become the house of the Lord. We are indeed blessed to cohabitate with the Lord in our body that belongs to Him. This is a priceless treasure that should motivate us to CLEAN OUR HOUSE of everything, great or small. Anything that would in the slightest grieve the indwelling Holy Spirit or make Him feel uncomfortable in our lives.

Fathers, we must teach our children the absolute importance of having a clean house for God to dwell in.

Be encouraged.

Colin Campbell