FAITH CAPSULE: With God, no excuse is excusable for disobeying the word of God. 

1 Samuel 2:22-36

The Bible records the evil activities of Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli. 
The sons of Eli were corrupt and did not know the Lord.
1Samuel2: 12-17 documents how they despised the word of God in Shiloh to all the Israelites.
1 Samuel 2:17 mentions, “…the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men abhorred the offering of the Lord.” The evil sin rooted in not knowing God by the sons of Eli (Hophni and Phinehas) also counted against the household of Eli, with no exception for Eli.
Are you paying attention if there is dishonoring God having a place in your household? 
Is your children’s dishonoring of God that will count against you or our household? 
1 Samuel 2:30 records that God reacted to the house of Eli because of the evil sin of Hophni and Phinehas, “Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.” 
The Sons of Eli reduced Eli to the curse caused by their disobedience to the word of God.
Eli warned his sons of divine judgment (1 Samul 2:25), but the sons did not respond to his warnings of Eli.
Are you engaging in serious measures more than giving mouth warning to your children or anyone in your household to avoid the consequences of dishonoring (despising) God?
One or two sinners against the word of God in the house will make the household experience the consequence without exception.
Eli should have engaged more than mouth warming to correct the sin of his sons to avoid the consequences of violating God. 
Eli recorded everything right for God but not enough to avoid the destruction of his household. 
God spoke to Samuel about the sin of Eli: “For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.” (1 Samuel 3:13-14) 
The Sons of Eli were warned by Eli but not restrained from their evil.  
The sin against God by the sons of Eli made the household pay the consequence of their evil.
With God, no excuse is excusable when God is despised. 
Proverbs 13:13 buttresses, “He who despises the word will be destroyed, But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.” 
As one with the fear of God, spare no excuse for children to violate God by their way of life against the word of God.
The Eli warning for Hophni and Phinehas was short but not counted as an excuse for him from the consequence of sin before God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to cause you to hear and obey His word.