The Importance of a Mom and Dad…

If anyone thinks it’s not important to raise a child with a man and woman in the home, read this passage. Joseph was about to leave Mary. He assumed she was unfaithful to him. It wasn’t until he was visited by an angel and told the truth about it, that he decided to stay. Even Jesus needed a mother and father at home, raising Him in fear and admonition of the Lord. The best situation, the necessary situation, for a child to be raised is by a father and mother in marriage at home. Are there alternative methods? Certainly, but the best is mentioned above. Doesn’t your child deserve the best? God thinks so.

18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will have a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through His prophet: 23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!She will give birth to a son,and they will call Him Immanuel,which means ‘God is with us.’ ” 24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. 25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named Him Jesus. Matthew 1:18-25