God’s provision is Grace

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. — Romans 5:1-2

Peace is more than the mercurial, vaporous, whimsical wish of folks who just want everyone to get along and things to be calm. The peace the apostle Paul is describing her, peace with God, goes much deeper than simply a desire for calm and for a lack of conflict. Jesus, through his sacrificial obedience to God, has made peace with God real for us. Yes, God provided it by grace. Yes, God is the one who insures it because of that grace. But, because this peace is tied to him and his character, we can rejoice and anticipate being caught up in the glory of our glorious God.

Forgiveness

Psalm 103:12
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Godly Families

. Believer’s Family
Acts 16:1
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.

. Baptized Family
1 Corinthians 1:16
(I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)

Children’s Responsibility 

. Honor your father …
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

. Keep … commands
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father's commandment,
and forsake not your mother's teaching.

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