On the same day four in a family all died. A terrible tragedy; a disaster for the family. This was not just any family. The father was an elderly pastor and so was his two sons. The fourth was a pastor's wife, wife to one of the sons. How can such things happen to a religious and pious family? How could God?...
Eli and his sons failed God terribly.Eli was ignorant and spiritually numb while his two sons were wicked and sin greatly against God despite being the very spiritual leaders who should have been the driver to turn the people back to God. So, God fulfilled his words against Eli and his sons and gave all of them over to terrible deaths.
My dad is a pastor, I myself is a full-time church youth worker and my brother in-law is studying to be a pastor which makes my sister a pastor's wife. So reading this passage can be pretty scary. It's a passage to remind me that a life of holiness and obedience to God should never be taken for granted or treated carelessly. May the Lord himself keep us from temptation and strengthen us in times of trials so that we may walk faithfully in Him.
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