A Father’s Covenant
“Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 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 18:18–19).
Whereas: God associated himself with the patriarchs of old and declared his renown as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;
Whereas: The church of the living God has been built upon his prophets and apostles (patriarchs all), Jesus Christ, himself, being the chief cornerstone;
Whereas: The early church fathers, martyrs, reformers, and patriarchs of America have faithfully run their lap of the Christian faith and passed a godly heritage to us;
Whereas: God’s Word states, “For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me” (Exodus 20:5b). It is not the sins of the mothers, the sins of the church, the sins of the state, and the sins of the culture that are passed to children. No! It is the sins of the fathers. Therefore, what we as men say or do not say, what we do or do not do, has more of a direct and profound impact upon our children, humanly speaking, than any other influence in the world.
Whereas: It is God’s will to turn the fathers’ hearts to their children and the children’s hearts to their fathers, lest the curse on our nation increase (Malachi 4:5, 6; Luke 1:17);
Whereas: The majority of scriptures on child rearing are addressed to fathers and not to mothers, church, or state;
Whereas: Our culture, state, and even large segments of the church has devalued the importance of having children for the glory of God and the advancement of his kingdom (Psalm 127:3-5; Malachi 2:15; and Matthew 19:14);
Whereas: God never ordained the church or state to educate our children and has reserved that privilege and responsibility for parents (Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 32:46, 47);
Whereas: The book of wisdom, Proverbs, is written from the perspective of a kingly father faithfully passing on a scepter of righteousness, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding to his children;
Whereas: The church has failed in recent years to train men in their responsibilities as men, husbands, fathers, and leaders;
Whereas: The American culture has been taken captive by feminism and a man-hating spirit that has spawned subsequent evils, such as, birth control, abortion, sexual immorality, homosexuality, divorce, pornography etc;
Whereas: The American entertainment industry ridicules men in general, and fathers specifically;
Be It Therefore Highly Resolved: By the grace of God and power of the Holy Ghost to return to my role, responsibility, and place in God’s kingdom as a man, husband, and father. I pledge before God to reclaim the virtue of biblical patriarchy with all its duties, obligations, and benefits. I promise to discharge faithfully these duties and courageously lead my family with the Word of God. I expect God to watch over his Word and my obedience to raise up through my loins a Christian dynasty of children who will become mighty in the land and possess the gates of their enemies.
