Church & Family Obligations

I Timothy 5;3-15 talks about many good things. One of the central themes is church and family obligations. More specifically the churches obligation towards widows and the families obligation towards one another.

Let us look at the churches obligation first. The church is responsible to care for widows who are over sixty, have no family to care for them and are truly in need. Yet, the widow must have been faithful to her husband. She must be known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, hers or other. She must have a servants heart and be devoted to helping others as she is able. She must have a life of purity.

Let us look at the families responsibility. The children or great grandchildren are responsible for caring for their mother or grandmother who is really in need. We not only have a responsibility to care for our widowed mother or grandmother, but we are responsible in caring for all those in our family who depend on us to live or really in need. Fist our immediate family, then extended family.