I would like for us to read these
first 16 verses of 1 Timothy chapter 5. And I once again want
to thank you for your warmth and prayers and love to our family
during this time and encouragement. Thank you. We feel very loved. 1 Timothy chapter 5, beginning
in verse 1, Review not an elder. that entreat
him as a father. And the younger men as brethren,
the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters with all purity. Honor widows that are widows
indeed. But if any widow have children
and nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home and to
requite their parents that this is good and acceptable before
God. She that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God,
and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day, but
she that liveth in pleasure, or wantonness is the way the
word is quite often translated, is dead while she liveth. These things give in charge that
they may be blameless, but if any provide not for his own,
and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the
faith, and is worse than him to death. Let not a widow be taken into
the number, or I guess that's what that's talking about is
financial support of the church. Let not a widow be taken in under
the number under three or four years old, having been the wife
of one man, well reported of for good works, if she has brought
up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed
the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she
has diligently followed every good work. But the younger widows
refuse. Don't put them on the roll, for
when they have begun to wax wanton, against Christ, they will marry. Now he's not condemning them
for marrying, he's talking about them marrying unbelievers. That's
what that's a reference to because he actually says in verse 14,
I will therefore that the younger women marry. But he says, when
they wax wanting against Christ, they will marry having damnation
because they've cast off their first faith. And with all they
learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, not only
idle, but taplers also in busy bodies, speaking things which
they ought not. I will, therefore, that the younger
women marry their children, guide the house, give none occasion
to the adversary to speak reproachfully, for some are already turned aside
after Satan. If any man or woman that believeth
have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church
be charged, that it may relieve them that are widows indeed." Now, verse 4, once again, if
any man have, if any widow have children or nephews, let them
learn first to show piety at home, and to reply to their parents,
for this is good and acceptable before God. Piety. What do you think of when you
think of the word piety or pious? Well, I think of someone who
is acting religious. That's what I think of. They're
putting on an act. They're acting very religious.
They're acting very self-righteous. They're putting on religious
air. That's what I think of when I
think of pious or acting pious or piety. But this is actually
a scriptural word. And when Paul uses this word,
that's not what he's talking about. This word, piety, is a
word used to describe a believer, and there are some four or five
words that Paul uses, particularly in these pastoral epistles, which
come out of the same word, devout. We read of words like godliness,
godly, reverent, devout, piety or pious, And this word piety
is also translated as worship. If I'm a believer, I'm pious. Only the believer has this thing
of piety. And what it is, it's the fear
and the awe of God. That's what true piety is. It's the fear And the awe, this
is a good word, the awe of God. Now, we throw this word around
so easily. I've been guilty of it, you have.
We say, that was awesome. Really? Awe-inspiring? We use the word loosely, but
I... With regard to the living God,
with regard to His Word, with regard to the Gospel we believe,
All is a very appropriate word. We're in awe of this person.
We acknowledge and believe who he is as this word reveals it. We bow to what this word says
regarding who he is. Now our faith, I wish I could
say this right, Our faith is not so much having a cognitive
understanding of who He is, but it's just believing who He is. It's believing the mysteries
revealed regarding Him in the Scriptures. Being awed by who
He is. We are in awe of this Person. And when I talk about the Living
God, the Lord God, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit,
One God revealed in three different, distinct persons, all with their
part in salvation. I'm in awe. I'm in awe of the
greatness of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. I'm in awe of His attributes. I'm in awe of His holiness to
the extent that even when I use that word, I'm in awe. I'm in all of His sovereignty. The fact that He controls everything. That He's the first cause behind
everything. I'm in all of it. Aren't you? I'm in all of His
problems. Everything that happens, He's
the first cause behind it. And it's not hard for Him. He
controls everything. He controls the things that are
going through your mind right now. The inclinations of the
man and the It's of the Lord. It's of the Lord. And I'm in
all of his absolute, I'm in all his power. All the power that
he manifested in creation when he willed this universe into
existence. From something to nothing. I'm
in all of, I'm in all of his salvation. I'm in all of his
wisdom. How He in His great glorious
wisdom made a way to be just and be consistent with His absolute
justice where He will not clear the guilty and yet He forgives
sins by Christ. Aren't you in awe of that? I'm
in awe of His wisdom. I'm in awe of all of His glorious
attributes. I'm in awe of His immutability. The fact that He
never changes. Isn't that wonderful? I'm in
awe of His Wholeness, the fact that He's not made of parts.
Me and you are made of parts. We're part this and part that,
but not God. All we can do is believe. We can't understand
that. He's not part man, part God, part holy, part just, part
no. Everything He is, He's 100%.
Don't understand it, but believe it. Oh, aren't you in awe of
the living God? And that's what piety is. I'm
in awe of His Son. God's His Son. The greatness
of the Lord Jesus Christ is such that when God the Father speaks
to him, He says, Thy throne, O God, is full of God. A scepter
of righteousness is the scepter of God. What a glorious person. I'm in awe. He's full of God. And He's fully made. I'm in awe. I'm in awe that He's equal to
the Father. That's what piety is. It's awe of the Lord Jesus
Christ. It's vowing before who He is
in His Word. I'm in awe of His life. How He kept it. He never sinned. Don't you find that awe inspiring
to think that He never sinned. Never even thought of sinning.
Wouldn't even understand what sin is. I mean in the sense that
He never experienced it. I'm in awe of His life in the
sense that I'm in awe of this thing of imputation. How that
somehow my sin became His sin. And I'm in awe that His righteousness
actually becomes mine. Oh, I'm in awe of his death.
I'm in awe of what his death accomplished. First, I'm in awe
of the fact that he died. That's mysterious to me. How
could the God-man die? I remember one time I said the God-man died
and somebody woke me, which used to happen to me, the TV audience. I said, no, the man part died,
but the God didn't. Oh, well, you got that figured
out. I mean, this is mysterious. The God-man died. I mean, all
of that. And He gave Himself life from
the dead. He raised Himself from the dead because He ought complete
satisfaction. Aren't you in awe of that? What
He did when He was raised from the dead, all the sins of all
God's elect were put away. They were gone. We're in awe
of His ascension. We're in awe of the fact that
right now there's a man seated at the right hand of the Father.
I'm in awe of that representing me. He's my great high priest. He's representing me before God.
What a glorious person. We're in awe of Him. That's all
being pious means. We're in awe of Him. I'm in awe
of His Word. I am in awe of the Bible. This
book... You know, people argue, well,
I don't know, how do you know it's the Word of God? I know.
I know. I'm in awe of His glorious Word. It recommends itself as nothing
less than the Word of God. Jesus said, I stand in awe at
thy Word. Thou hast magnified Thy Word,
the Scripture says, above all Thy name. And I'm in awe of this
book, what it tells me about the Lord Jesus, what it tells
me about myself. I believe what this book says. I'm in awe of
God the Holy Spirit. He's God. He's God just as much
as God the Father and God the Son. I find it awe-inspiring
to think of the Lord Jesus Christ being placed in the womb by the
Holy Ghost. The Scripture says, the Holy
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall
overshadow thee. Therefore, that holy thing that
shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Aren't
you in awe of that? That God became a fetus, and
God the Holy Spirit Put Him in the womb. I'm in awe at the work
of the Holy Spirit in regeneration. I'm dead in sin by nature. And
God the Holy Spirit gives me life, life from the dead. I'm
actually made to be a partaker of the divine nature. I'm given
a new nature, a holy nature, the nature of God so that every
believer is a God-bearer. I'm in awe of that. I'm in awe
of the Gospel. I'm in awe of the Gospel that
takes somebody like me And makes me to be just like Jesus Christ. I'm in awe at the thought of
the future that I have. One of these days I'm not going
to sin anymore. And that I'm going to be perfectly
conformed to the image of Christ. I'm awed by that. That I won't have to deal with
unbelief anymore. I won't have to deal with my
sin anymore. That's what piety is. It's the
awe of God. Truly, He is awesome. And the gospel we believe is
awesome. It's worthy of God. Awe inspiring. That's what piety
is. Awe of God. All of God the Father,
all of God the Son, all of God the Holy Spirit, all of His Word. Awesome. That is the gospel we
believe, and that's what piety means, it's godliness. Godliness. Great is the mystery of Godliness. You know, I love the way, I love
the mystery. Great is the mystery of Godliness. Almost the same word. Great is
the mystery of piety. Great! It's just believed. It's
not so much understood, but believed and received and vowed to. It's
glorious Godliness. But notice what he says in verse
4. Does any widow have children
or nephews? Let them learn first to show
piety at home. Now this awe of God is to be
shown at home. and to requite, to treat their
parents right, for this is good and acceptable before God." Now,
this piety, this godliness, this reverence is to be shown at home. And if it's not shown at home,
it's not real. It's not true piety. It's not
the true fear of God. Now, I know whether or not Lynn
really despises me. I do. She knows whether or not
I really hate her. Let them first learn to show
piety at home." Now, I've always thought that 1 Timothy 5 is an
unusual chapter because he deals extensively with the care of
widows. Now, why is there such detail
given to this in the Scripture? Who should be cared for? Well,
this line of thinking begins in 1 Timothy chapter 3. Would
you turn with me there, verse 15? But if I tarry long, that thou mayest
know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God,
which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the ground
of the truth. Behavior in the house of God
has something to do with how I treat you. Your behavior in
the house of God has something to do with how you treat me. Now, the Lord put it this way,
in as much as you've done it to the least of these, my brethren,
you've done it to me. And in as much as you did it
not to the least of these, my brethren, you did it not to me.
Remember when The Lord said to Saul of Tarsus, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou Me? Now, the Lord was at the right
hand of the Father, ruling and reigning. How could He say to
Saul, you persecute Me when He's in such security and glory? Because
if He did it to one of His people, He did it to Him. And we've already
looked at chapter 4. about behavior in the house of
God, but this thought is continued in chapter 5. So let's look in
chapter 5, verses 1 and 2. And this has something to do
with piety. Rebuke not an elder. Now there, I don't believe he's
talking about a pastor, because he says something about that
on down, but an older believer. Rebuke not an older believer,
but entreat him as a father. Rebuke not a younger believer,
but entreat him as a brother. Rebuke not an older woman, but
entreat her as you would your mother. And rebuke not your younger
sisters, but treat them as you would a sister with all purity."
Now, in a family, There are fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters,
and genuine piety will lead to respect for the family of God. That's what he's talking about
here, he says. Don't fly off the handle, that
word rebuke. Don't sharply criticize an older believer. Now, while
older believers are not to be indulged in sin or error, they
are to be reproved and corrected as parents. Not rebuking them,
but entreating them in a much kinder and gentler way. Now, I love that proverb. I wish
I could always put it into practice. A soft answer turns away wrath. But grievous words stir up anger. And I don't know how many times
I've used grievous words. But that's not the way we should
be. He said, don't rebuke an elder. You know, I think of that scripture
in James 3, be not many masters, many instructors. Of course,
he said there are many things we can do. If me and you are
together, I'm going to see you, you're going to see me. And it's
going to happen. That's what happens when you
get sinful men and women together. But love covers things, and we're
not to rebuke heartless, but to treat. How do I treat an older
believer? That's my problem. That's my
problem. How do I treat an older woman
who's a believer? How would you rebuke your mother? If she needed to
be rebuked, you would rebuke her, wouldn't you? You would
treat her as a mother. The same way with younger men
and brethren. And the younger women and sisters
with all purity. What that means is you're not
going to do anything in a public manner. You're not going to expose
them to ridicule. Always. And treat them in a... How do you do your family? You
know, we don't want our family's sins exposed, do we? We don't
want our family's failures and weaknesses exposed. We treat
them in gentleness. Now, rebuke not an elder, but
treat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren, the
elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity. And now, if that's true, It's
the way we would operate in a natural family. It should be even more
so in a spiritual family. Now look what he says in verse
3. Honor widows. that are widows indeed. Now this
is one of the works of true piety, and honor means more than holding
them in high esteem. Look in verse 9, let not a widow
be taken into the number. Taken, that's put on the payroll
basically. Under three score years old,
having been the wife of one man. Verse 16, if any man or woman
that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not
the church be charged, that it may relieve them that are widows
indeed. This has to do with really taking care of widows. honor
them, pay them, support them, that are widows indeed, that
actually need help. Now, he put some qualifications
on it. He doesn't say just honor widows,
period. I can't tell you how many times
during the week somebody will call me and say, y'all help pay
rent, y'all help with light bills, do you all help? I've got a bad
situation. Do you all help? Sure. Come on over. We'll get the coffers out. The point I'm making is, if you
opened up things like that, everybody in town would be coming with
their hand out, and you just don't do that. And Paul gives
instruction not to. He says, don't give money. Don't put a widow on the roll
unless she's a widow indeed. And we're going to, let's go
in reading, so let me show you what he's talking about here.
He said, but if any, verse 4, if any have children or nephews,
a widow that has children or nephews, let them learn first.
Let the children learn first to show piety at home and to
requite, to take care of their parents. For that is good and
acceptable before God. Now to fail to do that is to
be like the Pharisees. Turn with me a moment to Mark
chapter 7. This is a, as far as who to help,
that's a touchy situation. I mean, because I want to be,
I want to have my heart open to anybody who needs help. I
really do. I want to have my heart open
to anybody. I want to be quick to give and not to, and that
being said, there's been several times where able-bodied men came
over here looking for money. I mean, I see these cars pull
up, they come in, and able-bodied men, Now, I'd say sometimes I say
some things I wish I hadn't said. I get mad, but... At any rate,
Mark chapter 7, verse 9. And He said unto them, these
Pharisees, For well you reject the commandment of God, that
you may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honor thy father
and thy mother. And whoso curseth father or mother,
let him die the death. But you say, if a man shall say
to his father or mother, it's Corbin, that is to say a gift. Now this money that I've got,
I've willed it to the church, therefore I can't give it to
you. Even though you're in need, I've already willed it to the
church, and so I've got to keep it until I die, and then the
church is going to get it, therefore I can't give it to you. Can't
you see how transparently evil that is? And that's what these
people were saying. Corbin, it's a gift. I don't have to give
it to you. And what our Lord says is that's a failure to honor
your mother and father. Moses said, Honor thy father
and mother. Whoso curses father and mother shall die to death.
But you say, If a man shall say to his father and mother, It's
Corbin, that is to say, a gift. But whatsoever thou mightest
be profited by me, he shall be free. And yet you suffer no more
to do aught for his father and mother, making the word of God
of none effect through your traditions which you have delivered. And
many such things like that do you." Now, this is interesting. Somehow I've lost my last page
of notes, so I'm going to have to wing it. I know basically what
I was going to say. How did I do that? Hold on just a second. Well, I had another page of notes,
so let's go back to our text. It was the Lord's will for me
to lose those notes. And so I'm glad. 1 Timothy chapter 5. Now here's the widow. This is
part of piety. Now, she that is a widow indeed and desolate,
trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night
and day, that's the one you want to support. But she that lives
in pleasure, in wantness is the word, is dead while she lives.
You don't want to support her. Now these things give in charge
that they may be blameless, but if any provides not for his own,
and especially for those of his own house, He's denied the faith. Now, do you hear that? He's denied
the faith. And he is worse than an infidel, no matter what kind
of profession he makes. He's denied the faith. Now, let
not a widow be taken into the number under 3, 4 years old,
under 60. If someone's 55, they can't be
taken onto the role. They have to be over 60, having
been the wife of one man, well reported of for good works. If
she's brought up children, if she's lodged the strangers, if
she's washed the saint's feet, if she's relieved the afflicted,
if she's diligently followed every good work, that's the one
you want to support. But the younger widows refuse.
Don't support them. When they've begun to wax wanton
against Christ, they'll marry. And here he's not talking about
it's wrong to get married again because a widow is free to get
married only in the Lord. He's talking about marrying an
unbeliever. having damnation because they've cast off their
first faith. And with all they learn to be
idle, wandering about from house to house, not only idle, but
tantalers also in busy bodies, speaking things which they ought
not. I will therefore that the younger women marry, so this
will be the case. bear children, guide the house, give medication
to the adversary, to speak reproachfully, for some are already turned aside
after Satan. And if any man or woman that
believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let them not
the church be charged, that it may relieve them that are widows
indeed." Now, all of that is a part of piety. I was talking
about that awe of God. This is just as much a part of
the awe of God as all the things I was saying at the first meeting.
And this is what came to my mind. I've had this on my mind for
quite some time. Would you turn to James chapter
2? James chapter 2. Now quite often when people hear
the gospel that we believe, The gospel of God's grace. How the
salvation is of the morning and how your works have absolutely
nothing to do with His grace. Aren't you glad it's that way? I sure am. I'm sure. Salvation is by grace, not of
works, lest any man should boast for where his work may shift.
Now, people hear this message, and they say, well, what about
James chapter 2? What about James chapter 2 where it says salvation
is not by faith only but works also. Man is not justified by
faith only but works also. What about that? What about James
chapter 2? Now I'm asking that question in light of the fact
that piety is seen in my works. True piety is seen in my conduct. True piety is seen in my behavior. But let's look at James chapter
2. What about James chapter 2? Now let's begin in verse 14. James asked a question. What
does it profit, my brethren, though a man say he has faith? I have faith. I believe the gospel. I believe the doctrine of grace.
I really believe the Bible teaches totem depravity, unconditional
election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance
of faith. I believe that. I really do. I believe that.
I believe that's what the Bible teaches. I've got faith. I'm not looking
anywhere but Christ. I've got faith. What does a prophet,
my brethren, though a man say he has faith and have not works,
can faith save him? Can that kind of faith save him?
Well, he answers that question by asking another question. Look
at verse 15. If a brother or sister be naked
and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them,
Depart in peace. Think of this. Somebody comes
knocking on your door, destitute, cold, hungry, without sufficient
clothing. And they knock on your door and
you open it up to them. And it's a brother. It's a member
of this church. Isaac, it's you. You come up and you've lost your
job. You're in trouble. You come up and knock on my door.
I'm hungry. I'm thirsty. I don't have sufficient
clothing. If a brother or sister be naked
and destitute and they refuse you, and they knock on the door
and you open up and you say, to park in peace, to be warm and fit. What was standard? Give him not
those things which are needful to the body, what do you promise?
What do you promise? Absolutely nothing. I would still
cold and I would still hungry, even though they're more than
somebody else's food. What did it profit him? Absolutely nothing. Prove him so, verse 17. Prove
him so. Faith. If it hath not works,
is dead. Being alone. Yea, a man may say thou hast
faith and I have works, but show me thy faith without thy works,
I'll show thee my faith by my works. Now, I've heard and read
people say, well, what this means is your works have nothing to
do with your standing before God and your salvation before
God, but what this has to do is your works proving to men
that you're saved, that you're a real Christian. Now, I want
to be careful the way that I say this, and I don't want to... I want you to think I'm a believer,
but it doesn't really matter that much whether you think I
am or not. I mean, in the grand scheme of things. If I am, everything's
fine whether you think I am or not. You know, I don't know how
many times people have come up to me and said, do you think
I'm safe? They say that to be pretty cool. Do you think I'm
safe? What difference does it make what I think? If I think
you are, it doesn't mean you are. If I think you're not, it
doesn't mean you're not. That's not the point. I'm concerned
with what the Lord sees, what the Lord believes. I'm not concerned
about trying to prove to you I'm a Christian. I hope my life
will say I am a Christian, but this is not about trying to prove
to another man I'm a Christian. Somebody says, I want people
to see Christ in me. Well, they didn't see Christ
in Christ. I don't know what makes you think they'll see Him in
you. It don't work that way. So what does He mean? Verse 19, Thou believest that there's one
God. You're a monotheist and you're
not a polytheist. You only believe there's one
God. Well, that's good. That's good. I mean, it's ignorant
to not believe that way, because there is only one God. Hear,
O Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord, one God. There's only
one God. Not two. One God, revealed in
three distinct verses. You believe there's only one
God? Yes, I do. Congratulations. Satan believes
it too. He's sure of it. He has no doubt
about it. You can be sure that the devils
know that there's only one God. Not only that, they tremble.
You know, the demons show much more respect to the living God
than your active religious person. They know there's one God and
they tremble. They know of his power, his might,
and they know they're in his hands and he can cast them away
right now. They know there's one God and
they tremble. Verse 20, but wilt thou know,
O vain man, that faith without works is dead. Does that mean that the only
way you can know that your faith is good is if you've got good
works to accompany it? And you can see these works. And I've got these works, therefore
my faith must be real. That has nothing to do with what
it means. Now let me assure you of that.
As a matter of fact, if you can take a look at your works and
think, hey, I must have faith because look at these good works.
I feel quite sure that you're blind as a bat and you're a stranger
to grace. That's not what that's talking
about. saying, well, I've got enough good works to kind of
give me some assurance that my faith is real. Well, let's go
on reading. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without
works is dead. And here's the example he gives.
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac
his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought
with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the
Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God,
and he was imputed unto him for righteousness, and he was called
the friend of God. You see then how that by works
a man is justified, and not by faith only. Now, what did Paul
mean when he said, to him that worketh not? but believe it,
on him that justifieth the ungodliness, his faith is canon for righteousness."
How do you put those two together, where it says then, James says,
that works is dead, and man is justified by works also, and
not by faith only. What in the world does that mean?
Well, it's understood the same way we understand piety, that
view toward God is seen in our actions. Abraham, he uses Abraham
as the example. God appeared to Abraham when
he was in heathen idolatry. And he said, Abraham, look at
the stars. Can you count them? So shall
your seed be. And he promised him that indeed
shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. And this is
talking about the Messiah coming through his seed. He didn't have
any evidence that it would be, but he believed God. He believed
God. And some years later, after Isaac
had been born, and God told him the Messiah is going to come
through Isaac, God all of a sudden said, take that boy that I promised
the Messiah to come through, and take him up to Mount Moriah
and kill him. Offer him there as a burnt offering
to me. Put him to death and offer him. Now, Abraham could have thought
of two things. If I do that, he'll mess up God's
plan, and he'll mess up God's purpose. Now what would he have
proved if he would have thought that? That he didn't believe
God. You see, God said the Messiah is going to come through Isaac.
And if he would have said, well, I can't do that because God's
purpose won't come to pass if I kill him. All he would prove
by that is he did not believe God. But Abraham believed, and
those are from Hebrews 11, Abraham believed that even if he put
that boy to death, God would raise him from the dead. Because God had promised the
Messiah when he came to this world. So what demonstrates that
Abraham really did believe the Word of God? When he held up
that knife to slay the Son of Man. Because he knew that he
was going to be killing him, and in his mind he'd already
killed him. God was going to raise him from the dead, because
he believed God's word. Now what is it that proved he
believed God's word? Because he said he did? No, what
proved it was when he was there at that time, the slave, his
son, in obedience to God's command, believed that God would raise
him from the dead. By his works, his faith was made
complete. If he would have refused to have
done that, all he would have proved is that he didn't really
believe God. He uses the same example with
Rahab in verse 25. Likewise also was not Rahab the
harlot justified by works? when she'd received the messengers
and sent them out another way. For as the body without the spirit
is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Now you remember
Rahab. She said, I know, I've heard what God's done. And I
know He's going to destroy us through you. And I know the only
hope I have is if you have mercy on me. And if you save my family. What proves she really believed
that? She received the spies with peace. And she hid them
because she knew that her only hope was those spies representing
her before the children of Israel because she knew God was going
to bless the children of Israel and defeat them. So what proves
she believed God? Her works. Now what proves somebody's
pious? that they actually have this
fear and reverence of God, that they stand in awe of God. They
stand in awe of His Gospel, of the Father, the Son, and the
Spirit. They stand in awe of His way of saving sinners. It's
going to be seen in their conduct. And if it's not in their conduct,
everything they say is just talk. Nothing more. May the Lord enable
us to learn Oh, may God give me grace to do this. May He give
me grace to do this, to learn, to show piety first at home. Let's pray.