The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
When the home is kept, the word is kept.
Our modern sensibilities lead us to believe that the Word of God is blasphemed by obeying His Word. "I can't stay home and expect the world to respect my witness," a Christian wife and mother may be tempted to say. But the Bible tells us that giving into this temptation is what leads to God's Word being blasphemed. Blaspheme literally means "slow + fame." A blasphemer is slow to bring fame and praise to something that merits it. In this regard, the Word of God is not praised as quickly as it ought to be because women choose to impress the world rather than express themselves in their home.
When we keep the home, we keep the world.
The world will be saved by faithful witnesses to His Word, not by clever testimonies of compromise to it. The Word is what saves, not impressive resumes. Working hard to win the approval of the world is the best way to lose it and to secure as lost those in it. If you love the world, oppose it. It's what's best for it. To flatter the world is to shatter it. You guarantee its demise by making it your prize.
Keep the kids; keep the world.
A well-ordered home is the end of the world. The euchatastrophe is accompanied by wedding bells. The meek shall inherit the earth and those raising their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord are those who will inhabit it. The world will be retained by those who retain their posts. Be where God has placed you and fulfill your assignments as prescribed and we will see the world won over and Christ exalted as its one, true King.
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