INTRODUCTION:<\/p>\n
A. In 2 Kings 18:1, a man by the name of Hezekiah became the 13th king of Judah.<\/p>\n
1. Of his reign we are told – 2 Kings 18:3<\/p>\n
2. Hezekiah was a great king, but he displayed weakness of character when the king of Babylon sent messengers…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
a. These messengers came to congratulate Hezekiah upon his recovery from a very serious illness.<\/p>\n
b. Hezekiah seems to have the idea that he must convince the king of Babylon, through his messengers, that he was indeed a mighty king.<\/p>\n
c. Therefore – 2 Kings 20:13<\/p>\n
3. The Lord was carefully observing all that transpired and sends Isaiah to ask Hezekiah a few questions – Isaiah 39:3-4<\/p>\n
B. God through the prophet Isaiah asked Hezekiah, “What have they seen in thine house?”<\/p>\n
1. This is the question that I want to ask you today<\/p>\n
2. “What have they seen thine house?”<\/p>\n
DISCUSSION:<\/p>\n
A. WHAT HAS GOD SEEN IN THINE HOUSE?<\/p>\n
1. God knows our thoughts<\/p>\n
a. 1 Corinthians 3:20<\/p>\n
1) It takes time for a man’s life to reveal how he thinks<\/p>\n
2) But God already knows<\/p>\n
b. Wicked thoughts destroyed the world in Noah’s day (Gen. 9:5-6)<\/p>\n
c. Sin can be committed in the mind<\/p>\n
1) Matthew 5:28 … adultery in the heart<\/p>\n
2) 1 John 3:15 … hating a brother<\/p>\n
d. It is a very sobering thought to know that “The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man” (Psa. 94:11)<\/p>\n
1) The Lord knows what we think of Him (Psa. 56:5)<\/p>\n
2) The Lord knows what we think of others (Jam. 2:1-4) … prejudice<\/p>\n
3) The Lord knows when we think too highly of ourselves (Rom. 12:3)<\/p>\n
4) The Lord knows what we think of our families – whether we have a Christian attitude toward our wives, husbands, children, parents<\/p>\n
e. Is this not a scary thought?<\/p>\n
2. God is perfectly aware of our words<\/p>\n
a. Matthew 12:36<\/p>\n
b. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14<\/p>\n
1) How do you speak to your spouse?<\/p>\n
2) How do you speak to your children – your parents?<\/p>\n
3. God knows, sees, and will judge our actions<\/p>\n
a. To go to heaven we must DO for the Lord<\/p>\n
1) Luke 6:46<\/p>\n
2) Matthew 7:21<\/p>\n
b. What has God seen us do in regard to our family’s spiritual welfare?<\/p>\n
1) Are we all mouth and no action?<\/p>\n
2) Are we working, endeavoring, striving to DO for the Lord???<\/p>\n
4. What has God seen in thine house?<\/p>\n
B. WHAT HAVE THINE CHILDREN SEEN IN THY HOUSE?<\/p>\n
1. Children are quick to pickup hypocrisy!<\/p>\n
a. We may say that the church is the most important institution to us in the world<\/p>\n
1) Yet, when we miss worship regularly – attend Bible Study seldom – come late to worship services – fail to study our Bibles – What are we saying?<\/p>\n
2) What have your children seen in your house?<\/p>\n
b. Children at a very early life learn what our priorities are<\/p>\n
1) We MUST put God first; in fact, with God its first place or no place!<\/p>\n
2) The home is the BEST place for priorities to be branded in the minds of our children<\/p>\n
c. For this to occur, parents MUST listen to Jesus<\/p>\n
1) Matthew 22:37<\/p>\n
2) Matthew 6:33<\/p>\n
d. Our children must see us put God FIRST!<\/p>\n
e. What do our children see in our house when:<\/p>\n
1) They are not permitted to miss school, but are permitted to miss Bible Study and worship?<\/p>\n
2) We make them do their homework, but never see to it that they have time for Bible Study<\/p>\n
3) Do they see us study our Bibles?<\/p>\n
2. So many parents have wasted their years – they have not taken time enough for God, the Bible, the church, their children, their spouse, nor the Christian life.<\/p>\n
a. We can’t put off until tomorrow being a good Christian parent or a faithful Christian.<\/p>\n
b. POEM:<\/p>\n
\nI took a piece of plastic clay
And gently fashioned it one day:
And as my fingers pressed it still
It moved and yielded to my will.<\/p>\nI came again when days were past;
The bit of clay was hard at last.
The form I gave it still it bore.
But I could change that form no more.<\/p>\nI took a piece of living clay,
And gently formed it day by day,
And molded with my power and art,
A young childs soft and yielding heart<\/p>\nI came again when days were gone,
It was a man I looked upon.
He still that early impression wore.
And I could change it never more.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n3. It is important to ask the question, “What do our children see in our house?”<\/p>\n
C. WHAT HAVE OTHERS SEEN IN THY HOUSE?<\/p>\n
1. What do your friends and neighbors see in your house?<\/p>\n
a. Is there any difference between our’s and their’s.<\/p>\n
b. Sadly, in too many cases, there seems to be little difference between many Christian homes and homes of the world<\/p>\n
2. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18<\/p>\n
a. Different from worldly parents<\/p>\n
b. Different from spouses of the world<\/p>\n
3. 2 Corinthians 3:2<\/p>\n
a. Our lives are an open book – we are an “epistle”<\/p>\n
b. We should think of our lives in this fashion:<\/p>\n
1) The seconds of our lives are as words<\/p>\n
2) The minutes of our lives are as lines<\/p>\n
3) The hours of our lives are as paragraphs<\/p>\n
4) The days of our lives are as pages<\/p>\n
5) The weeks of our lives are as chapters<\/p>\n
6) The months of our lives are as sections<\/p>\n
7) The years of our lives are as volumes<\/p>\n
c. Our life is an open book!<\/p>\n
4. What has the world seen in thine house?<\/p>\n
D. WHAT SHOULD BE SEEN IN OUR HOUSE?<\/p>\n
1. A husband who is the head of the wife (Eph. 5:23)<\/p>\n
2. Husbands who love their wives (Eph. 5:25; Col. 3:19)<\/p>\n
3. Wives who are submissive to their husbands (Eph. 5:24)<\/p>\n
4. Wives who respect and love their husbands (Eph. 5:33)<\/p>\n
5. Children who are trained in the Scriptures (Pro. 22:6)<\/p>\n
6. Parents who discipline and spank their children (Pro. 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15; 13:24)<\/p>\n
7. Children who obey their parents (Eph. 6:1)<\/p>\n
8. Children who see their parents praying, studying and being faithful to the word of God.<\/p>\n
CONCLUSION:<\/p>\n
A. What have they seen in thine house?<\/p>\n
1. What has God seen? … What have you children seen?<\/p>\n
2. What have you neighbors seen?<\/p>\n
B. But most importantly, after this time of study, “WHAT WILL THEY SEE IN THY HOUSE?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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