Lord, I find the genealogy of my Savior strangely checkered with four remarkable changes in four immediate generations.
- Rehoboam begat Abijah; that is, a bad father begat a bad son.
- Abijah begat Asa; that is, a bad father begat a good son.
- Asa begat Jehoshaphat; that is, a good father a good son.
- Jehoshaphat begat Joram; that is, a good father a bad son.
I see, Lord, from hence that my father's piety cannot be entailed; that is bad news for me. But I see also that actual impiety is not always hereditary; that is good news for my son.
Thomas Fuller
Join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m., as we consider what the Bible records about the successes and failures of dads. A father’s hope and a warning.