作家长的人该起来宣告
我现在特别对作家长的人说话。圣经里，所有负责的人，大概都是家长。作家长的人，特别在神面前要负一个责任，把自己全家都带来归主，都带来事奉主。你要站在家长的地位上宣告说，我的家要相信主，我的家不能有不信。家长能够替这一个家断定。就是小孩子不相信，你还能说，我这一个家是要相信主的。因为这个家是你的，不是他的；这个是你负责的，不是他负责的。你可以把约书亚二十四章十五节背出来，在神面前，和全家的人面前说，“至于我，和我家，我们必定事奉耶和华。”从今以后，人必须承认说，这一个家庭是相信主的家庭。你要用信心站在这一个断定上说话，也要让你的妻子儿女站在这一个地位上。你无论如何要抓住这一个：我是家长，我这一个家要相信神，我这一个家不能相信鬼魔。我定规这一个家，是敬拜神的一个家；我定规这一个家，是相信主的一个家。你有信心宣告，你用权柄带领，你就自然而然的把儿女都带进来。
我想，约书亚二十四章十五节的那一个宣告，是每一个家长都应当有的。你把你的儿女和附属在你家里的人都带来，通知他们说，“至于我，和我家，我们必定事奉耶和华。”你在这一个家，你这一个家就必定要事奉主，因为这一个家是你的，这一个事奉主的事是你定规的。当你站在这样的地位上的时候，你要看见说，下面的人都得来，他们没有法子逃掉，这是一件希奇的事。
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Whole Household Saved (3) – Jos. 24:15
Parents Have To Rise Up and Declare
Now, I am speaking specifically to those who are heads of households. In the Bible, almost all responsible individuals were heads of households. As the head of a household, you have a special responsibility before God – to bring your entire family to the Lord and lead them in serving Him. You must take your stand as the head of the household and declare, “My household will believe in the Lord and cannot have unbelief”. As the head, you have the authority to make this decision for your family. Even if the children do not yet believe, you can still declare, “This household will believe in the Lord”. Because this household belongs to you, not to them; you are responsible for it, not them.
You should memorize Joshua 24:15 and proclaim it before God and your whole family: “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” From that moment on, everyone has to recognize that this is a household believing in the Lord. You must take a stand in faith and declare this decision. You must also ensure that your wife and children stand on this foundation. No matter what, you must hold on to this truth: “I am the head of this household. My family will believe in God, not in demons. I have determined that this will be a household that worships God, and also a family that believes in the Lord”. If you declare this in faith and lead with authority, your children will naturally follow. I believe that the declaration in Joshua 24:15 is something that every head of a household should make. You should bring your children and every one living under your roof together and inform them: “As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord”. Since you are in this household, it must serve the Lord. And you have determined that it will serve the Lord. When you take this stand, you will see an amazing result – everyone under your household will come along; they will have no way to escape. This is truly a marvelous thing.