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There are a few scriptures in the Bible similar to....
Acts 11:14; and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.'
Luke 19:9; And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
Which seemingly seem to say that just because you are a believer, everyone in your family will automatically be saved.
But after going back and looking many of these passages, it seems their families were also believers.
Acts 10:2; a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.
Acts 16:15 And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.
Acts 16:33 And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
Acts 16:34 And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.
Perhaps the thought here is, if the head of the family is a believer then there is a good chance the the rest of the family will be believers also.
We live in a society today where everything is questioned with scepticism. Young people are discouraged from following family values and taught
to "find your own way" and "believe in your own thing". It seems that because the parents are believers, it doesn't necessarily mean the children
will be.
Acts 11:14; and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.'
Luke 19:9; And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
Which seemingly seem to say that just because you are a believer, everyone in your family will automatically be saved.
But after going back and looking many of these passages, it seems their families were also believers.
Acts 10:2; a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.
Acts 16:15 And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.
Acts 16:33 And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
Acts 16:34 And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.
Perhaps the thought here is, if the head of the family is a believer then there is a good chance the the rest of the family will be believers also.
We live in a society today where everything is questioned with scepticism. Young people are discouraged from following family values and taught
to "find your own way" and "believe in your own thing". It seems that because the parents are believers, it doesn't necessarily mean the children
will be.
