A society of law and order begins in the home.
The home is the nation’s first place of government and law and order. This is why the home is so important to a healthy society.
To think that the first place of government is where your capitol city is situated in your state and country is not correct thinking. Respect for law and order begins in the home. It is not in the capitol building, but the home building.
The home is the first place where we teach right from wrong and all the fundamental principles of law and order. The home is the first place where godly parents should teach their children to respect family rules and laws along with the disciplines of refusing to obey family values and ethics.
Even the church you attend is not the first place where your children should be taught law, order, and values. The public school, or even the Christian school, is not the first place of teaching. It’s not kindergarten or preschool. It’s not the military, navy, or boot camp.
ELEVATE YOUR HOME TO A CAPITOL STATUS FOR THIS IS WHERE GOD’S GOVERNMENT BEGINS.
Elevate your home to a capitol status for this is where God’s government begins.
Every child that is born into this world is meant to be nurtured and taught the first principles of right and wrong and justice and judgment in the home.
Genesis 2:17-19: “And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations o the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”
God would not hide from Abraham what He was about to do in Sodom and Gomorrah. Why? Because . . .
1. God knew that Abraham would “command his children and his household after him.” In other words, Abraham and Sarah would be the first to follow God’s commandments and then teach their children and all the servants.
2. God knew that Abraham would “keep the way of the Lord.”
3. God knew that Abraham would execute “justice and judgment.”
This enabled God to bring to pass His prophetic word given to Abraham.
The parental teaching of the way of the Lord, as well as justice and judgment, made Abraham’s home a capitol home.
All the capitol buildings in the world cannot surpass or even equal the importance God has placed upon your family home.
When the mother vacates the home to pursue a career outside of the home, she vacates the most important position of government and learning to be found in all of society.
Abraham’s home was the learning center of justice and judgment and the commandments of the Lord.
Abraham was God’s president and the supreme court judge of his home.
Abraham’s tent was God’s capitol building.
Abraham was God’s pattern father.
The reason our government can make so many wrong decisions is that there was, and is, a big failure in the teaching of God’s ways and commands in the family home.
Justice and judgment were not taught by God-fearing parents in their homes. Foundational truths were not ingrained into their hearts when they were little and growing up. The failure of righteous government can be easily traced back to the failure of law and order and the teaching of justice and judgment in the home.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell