Matthew Stuckey from Verity Baptist Church Manila and I wanted to make a quick video talking about
the responsibility we have when we're in a family. Okay in Genesis chapter 7 verse 1 the Bible reads
and the Lord said unto Noah come now and all thy house into the ark for thee have I seen righteous
before me in this generation. So the Lord says to Noah that you and your entire house which is his
wife his three sons his son's wives they're to come into the ark and the reason why they're
coming into the ark he says for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. See every
word of God in the Bible is there for a reason okay and God told him thee have I seen righteous
thee is singular he doesn't say well all eight of you have been righteous he doesn't say well most
of you have been righteous no he says thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation and
so this is a verse that can be a comforting verse but it can also be a verse that kind of gives us
a good kick in the pants where we know we have to live a godly and righteous life because of the
fact Noah is the one who spared his whole family's lives because of the fact he was righteous and so
they were spared because of Noah and when it comes to us as individuals whether it's us as husbands
or fathers or wives or moms you know it's our responsibility to live a godly life for the sake
of our house and you know you might be someone who your your husband doesn't love the Lord I the sad
reality is I know many people whose husbands aren't even saved or they don't really love God
and the wives love soul winning they love the things of God and unfortunately they're in that
situation and they're left raising their kids and having a husband that isn't really on board with
the things of God but the situation is also reversed where a guy can marry a woman and the
woman doesn't care about the things of God she doesn't want to live for the God for God she
rejects what the Bible says but if you're a person who's in that situation what you need to do as an
individual is just decide that you're gonna live a righteous and godly life and you're gonna spare
God's judgment upon your household you're gonna make sure that the blessing comes upon your house
and so if you're someone who say let's say you read the Bible 20 minutes a day and you say man I
wish my wife would read it 20 minutes a day or I wish my husband would read 20 minutes a day well
you might want to just double your Bible reading and make up the difference for what they're not doing and
look I'm not saying it's an easy situation if you're in that situation I understand it it's
difficult to live for the Lord even if you're not in that situation but you know the reality is it's
very important for you though for the sake of your entire family if you really care about them and
you really love them realize you have the opportunity to spare that family by the the godly
and righteous life that you live thank you and God bless