And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
(Acts 16:31 MKJV)
We have learnt extensively on this blog how that salvation is not for a "predestined" few (in God's Salvation Plan - Salvation for All). Do you dream it to see you and EVERY member of your family in the same spiritual fervour and height as you? Do you dream to see ALL of your family members gather together to worship Jesus with you? Imagine seeing ALL of your friends, your spouse, your house neighbours; altogether come to the knowledge of the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Well, to answer that this is possible is a very contemptible statement. God has done it! The Father not only wants all to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1Timothy 2:4), the Father not only do not desire that any should perish, He has also made available the resources for you oh son of God to reach and win over the blind over to Him.
The word of God is the weak point of every die-hard unbeliever
Also pray that God will give me the right WORDS to say. Then I will speak boldly when I reveal the mystery of the Good News.
(Ephesians 6:19 GOD'S WORD)
There is a weakness in every stubborn, hardened criminal through which he or she can give way unto Christ. There is a folly in every rich fool who says there is no God with which he can be handcuffed. That weakness is the word of God. This only can break him down. The word the Spirit testifies about Christ will break the stony heart and make the eternal change in the hearer.
But if everyone is proclaiming God's message when some unbelievers or ordinary people come in, they will be convinced of their sin by what they hear. They will be judged by all they hear, their secret thoughts will be brought into the open, and they will bow down and worship God, confessing, "Truly God is here among you!"
(1 Corinthians 14:24-25 GNB)
Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most stubborn resistance]?
(Jeremiah 23:29 AMP)
So we conclude that the sinner is just a hearing of the word away from salvation and the knowledge of the truth.
Just a prayer away
The unsaved is just a prayer of intercession away from conviction.I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men... For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. (1Timothy 2:1-4)
Command your house
Get your house together. Take power over the young ones! Don't give them the option of whether they want to hear the truth or not. Sit them down and teach them and the power of God will be present to confirm the word; because you have been entrusted with the truth of the gospel. God relies on preaching to deliver the massive extravagant sacrifice in redemption to the people, so we must reach with the word.For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
(Genesis 18:19)
