Family Line

Family

Line

The most important value in your DNA is FAITH

You know where your family line has been, but where is it going?

Your children are important to you and important to God

Your humble tent of Godly values is far more important than the lessons of the city 

Remember we are sojourners in this land

Look at Moses, the most humble man on earth Numbers 12:3

Who lived in tents, his life is still affecting the world in powerful ways

Be faithful and God will say

“Will never fail to have a man to serve me.”

Out of the line of you, “I will have a son or daughter serve me”

Don’t despise or be discouraged by your humble tent

God wants to take your faith and pass it through your family line

Your faith does make differences for generations 

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Most of us get bored when reading the

scriptures that tell us so-in-so begot so-in-so.

But over and over again the scriptures are

telling us of a promise that God will do

something with a family line or showing

us how someone came from a family line.

 

In Jeremiah 35 is one of these families.

Jeremiah is told to go invite the Recabite

family to the house of the Lord for a drink…

When Jeremiah sets the wine in front of them and said “Drink some wine”

But they replied, "We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jonadab son of Recab gave us this command: 'Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine. Also you must never build houses, sow seed or plant vineyards; you must never have any of these things, but must always live in tents. Then you will live a long time in the land where you are nomads.' We have obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab son of Recab commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters have ever drunk wine or built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields or crops. We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab commanded us.

 Jeremiah 35:6-10

We obeyed everything our forefather

Jonadab son of Recab commanded us.

This family had a strong

family bond because of a father.

It is thought that many others joined the

family and followed the commands of Jonadab.

You and I cannot image living in tents,

 but I think Jonadab saw concerns with city life.

He saw the need for family to have

strong dependence on each other.

In Jeremiah 35, we see God honors the

commitment of this family and says…

'You have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and

have followed all his instructions and have done everything he ordered.'

 Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

'Jonadab son of Recab will never fail to have a man to serve me.'"

Jeremiah 35:18-19

I find it very interesting that God is looking

to find people in a family line to serve Him.

It makes me think of my grandchildren

and wonder what God will do.

I want all my children and

grandchildren to follow the Lord.

I want the influence of Jonadab…

To be the type of man that has

the respect of family and friends.

But as you know generations later,

 the parents way back on

the family tree are forgotten.

Yet, God seems to look at family

lines to pick out people for His glory. 

You may not think of yourself as a person

whose influence goes beyond your children.

 Sometimes their actions cause you

to question if you have any influence.

 

But God honors the faithful.

 You may not see what

God does in your life time.

It may be generations later…

 A branch of the family tree that does not exist

now where God takes one of your descendants

to make world impact for His glory.

Your children are important to

you and important to God.

Your humble tent of Godly values is far

more important than the lessons of the city.

  

Remember we are sojourners in this land.

Look at Moses, the most humble man on earth.

Numbers 12:3

Who lived in tents, his life is still

affecting the world in powerful ways.

Be faithful and God will say…

“Will never fail to have a man to serve me.”

Out of the line of you,

“I will have a son or daughter serve me’.

Don’t despise or be

discouraged by your humble tent.

God wants to take your faith and

pass it through your family line.

Your faith does make

differences for generations. 

Scripture Reading

Jeremiah 35 NIV

35:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD during the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: 2 "Go to the Recabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the house of the LORD and give them wine to drink."

3 So I went to get Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons — the whole family of the Recabites. 4 I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the room of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God. It was next to the room of the officials, which was over that of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper. 5 Then I set bowls full of wine and some cups before the men of the Recabite family and said to them, "Drink some wine."

6 But they replied, "We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jonadab son of Recab gave us this command: 'Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine. 7 Also you must never build houses, sow seed or plant vineyards; you must never have any of these things, but must always live in tents. Then you will live a long time in the land where you are nomads.' 8 We have obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab son of Recab commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters have ever drunk wine 9 or built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields or crops. 10 We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab commanded us. 11 But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded this land, we said, 'Come, we must go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian and Aramean armies.' So we have remained in Jerusalem."

12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying: 13 "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, 'Will you not learn a lesson and obey my words?' declares the LORD. 14'Jonadab son of Recab ordered his sons not to drink wine and this command has been kept. To this day they do not drink wine, because they obey their forefather's command. But I have spoken to you again and again, yet you have not obeyed me. 15 Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, "Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your fathers." But you have not paid attention or listened to me. 16 The descendants of Jonadab son of Recab have carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not obeyed me.'

17 "Therefore, this is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Listen! I am going to bring on Judah and on everyone living in Jerusalem every disaster I pronounced against them. I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.'"

18 Then Jeremiah said to the family of the Recabites, "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'You have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have followed all his instructions and have done everything he ordered.' 19 Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Jonadab son of Recab will never fail to have a man to serve me.'"