Piety's Place
Godliness begins at home!
“…learn first to show piety at home…for this is good and acceptable before God.” ~ 1 Tim. 5:4
We hear the term “pompous piety.” What does this mean? The first word is defined as “a stately show or display; pretentious, self-important.” The latter word basically carries the thought of devotion. Putting the two together we have a person who displays their sham devotion publicly. The Pharisees were of this sort. They would rather give publicly to missions than privately to their needy Parents.
A Christian’s first priority and duty is to his home— not his church. The home takes precedent; God established it first. If we would follow this Divine order, then we would see changed churches. There’s truth to the little adage, “Charity begins at home.” Some are more charitable to a fault in the brethren in their assemblies than they are to loved ones under our own roofs.
As C.S. Lewis wrote, “It is terrible to find how little progress one’s philosophy and charity have made when they are brought to the test of domestic life.”
by an Aged Saint
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