“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
We live in a day when children are more and more considered a convenience. Parenthood is something pursued as a right, not a privilege. In other words, couples who embrace parenthood do so not from a sense of obedience to God’s command to be fruitful and multiply, but so they can say they are parents. It is becoming a status symbol more than a duty and calling.
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“As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, ‘Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.'” (ESV – Read the chapter)
For Israelites who were later being told this story as part of their people’s dark past, these words would have been chilling even before the narrative of what comes next. This whole situation would have left them shuddering in terror. This would have been a story you didn’t tell your children, but waited until they were a bit older and could handle it. Even now, this isn’t somewhere I’d point my boys to read just yet. Read the rest…
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