”Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you and your whole family shall be saved, you and your whole household.” Acts 16:25-33.
The word of the Lord in this passage was spoken to the Jailer who oversaw Paul and Silas while in Prison. As Paul and Silas prayed at Midnight and sang praises unto God, the doors of the prison open. When the jailer awakened from sleep, he assumed the prisoners had fled. He drew his sword and was about to kill himself, but Paul called out with a loud voice saying “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”
The jailer fell down before Paul and a Silas trembling asking “What shall I do to be saved?” Paul replied “ Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household.” Then they ministered the word of the Lord to them that night, all who were in his household. And they took them the same hour and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. Acts 16:25-33
Please understand, that the you and I are like that jailer, we are openings for our entire households as well. Rehab is one of the greatest examples in scripture of someone’s faith saving their house. “By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies peace.” Hebrews 11:31.
“By Faith Noah also, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness, which is according to faith.” Hebrews 11:7.
It is important to remember every act of our obedience affects our entire families. That is God’s promise to His covenant people. We are now the seeds of Abraham by faith, which allows us to receive this promise for our children also. God’s Covenant promise for our children’s salvation is sure according to Isaiah 49:25 “But thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.”
“Let they that have an ear hear what the spirit of the Lord is saying.” Rev. 3:22. In Jesus name . Amen.