BIBLICAL FATHERHOOD--THE GREAT NEED OF THE WORLD 11ff ) THE SHEPHERDING FATHER LOVES A CLEAN HOUSE continued

Men, we want to dwell in God's house, but can God feel at home in our house? It is our awesome responsibility as fathers to teach our children the absolute importance of how to keep their bodies internally clean as a fit dwelling place for the Holy Spirit to abide.

Each one of our children have been birthed into this world for the primary purpose of expressing the likeness and image of God as revealed in the life of Jesus Christ, who bore the exact image of God. The image and likeness of God cannot be revealed in us, or in our children, if our hearts (spirits), souls (minds) and bodies are internally unclean.

We know how important it is to keep our external body clean, washed, and smelling fresh. Why do we not put even more importance on the inside where the Holy Spirit of God wants to feel comfortable and at home within us? We would not want to live in a haunted house where ghosts and unclean spirits scare the living daylights out of us. Why, therefore, do we expect the Holy Spirit to be comfortable with what we allow in our inner being?

In our future home called heaven there will be no cinemas or TV sets pumping out R-rated or even questionable PG movies or dubious literature that does nothing to promote the purity with which the Holy Spirit is comfortable.

Be encouraged.

Colin Campbell