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The most important text from the Old Testament is Deuteronomy 6:49. I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church. But do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. Second, you can teach your child to take some initiative of his own in solving problems. You will leave all your material wealth behind, but a wealth of knowledge goes with you. Learning from your enemies is a way to be smarter than your enemies, because if your enemies learn only from themselves, but you learn from them, then you will know more than they do what they know plus what you know! Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. Nevertheless, I speak to you all because it is crucial that what God has to say about children be part of our shared Christian view of life. I have noticed how the next generation values authenticity. a culture where most people once went to church.2. God was at work all that time, and we are dismissing the God of the church to think that he was not having his Word faithfully taught during those times. (A word to grandparents too!) The third thing we need is conviction. Every thought obedient to Christ. May they be transformed by the renewing of their minds so that they may know your will which is good and pleasing and perfect. Theres a kernel of truth in it. Make it obedient. that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord,
We cant always tell ourselves the truth, because we dont stop to really think. Verse 7 says, "The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work which the Lord had done for Israel." We make it submit. OpenBible.info But the importance of parental instruction about God shines through. There are two reasons why this should not stop you. Your newsletter signup did not work out. Thoughts get disentangled when they go through the lips and the fingertips. and the media. the growing, deliberate agenda of the media elite to capture the next generation
Trace it through Scriptures. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.. Which means we cannot trust even what we think, ourselves. We must apply the Word of God. First, some might say that parents have no right to prejudice a child regarding what he will accept as true. 10:1; 17:21, 25; 19:26). The public schools (despite a minority of Christian teachers who are trying
We pursue knowledge of the Word, then perspective on why God does what he does, and, in doing so, we start to develop convictions. So dont merely resist it. Instead, he received them and blessed them, and in doing so, commended the parents for their concern. Psalm 103:7 says that the Lord made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel (KJV). The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. . lose its edge in science, and no longer have engineers and other innovators. We need to learn character. To be saved and
Why? While they lived, the people of Israel served God faithfully, because the memory of his greatness was preserved. Many groups are now
age. Alford has endeavoured to remove objections by taking as equivalent to , a race or family of people, and referring it to the continued existence of the Jews.He cites Jeremiah 8:3 (Septuagint); Matthew 12:45; Matthew 17:17; Matthew 23:36, etc., in . And the result of this ignorance is given in verse 11, "The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals; and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt." and unbelief, but that is changing. For years I have been warning churchgoers about this danger in my presentations. No? And when you begin to build a library of godly, Christian books, you are leaving a legacy for the next generation. Just because you get a thought doesnt mean its correct. next generation (through the education system, media, etc. Seeking the approval of other people can be a stronghold. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me (Matthew 11:2829). What is Gods perspective on temptation? If that's your situation in relation to your children and the Bible, then do like the college teacher: just stay a day ahead. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. While I was growing up, my dad was on the staff of a seminary. of the truth, as revealed in Gods Word (2 Timothy 3:1517). Anything that you make an idol in your life can be a stronghold fear, guilt, resentment, insecurity. We only believe what we actually do. Perhaps the biggest limitation on your growth and your ministry to others is your imagination. Instead, the cry rings out "We did all that we could!" Test every thought. Numbers 14:18 ) I learn from churches larger than Saddleback. Sadly, in our fallen world we are born in a natural sinful state and can only be redeemed by our Creator. It is better to leave all religious options open, and then when he chooses one, it will be owing to authentic commitment, not to parental authority. The problem in many of our churches is that before we genuinely apply last weeks message, or this mornings message, we are already coming back and learning (or teaching) something else. Then I would come back Sunday night to a thing called church training where I was supposed to have another application to change my life. I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. We want to be able to bring them in, build them up, train them forward, and send them out. with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five
Take a moment now and read Psalm 78:1-8. America is heading down the same path as Europe and England. day, giving a couple of thirty-minute lessons at church or home isnt enough. Atheistic evolution is taught as fact. the truth (1 Corinthians 3:67) and pray to God in faith. it themselves and certainly cant defend it to others. Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. And so we come to the last level of learning: skill. Doing. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. What can be said about this? No? The Bible says skill will bring success. Whatever you merely resist persists. . Who has heard such a thing? Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. P Put on the helmet of salvation. Truth is never invented; it is only discovered. I have noticed that my mind doesnt always mind. The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. And the reason why it is so intense is that your greatest asset is your mind. I stands for imagine great thoughts. Its both-and. Jesus gave the how-tos; he taught people how to do it. should haveand in one generation, the devil had those kids! Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. We tell ourselves that were doing okay when were not doing okay. When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land. O how I want the mothers and fathers of our church to be teachers of the Word of God in your homes. Our church recently entered into what were calling the Decade of Destiny. We have written out our dreams for the character changes we want to see in our lives over the next ten years. The environment? I dont want it. Then the Lord said to him, Not so! And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations. For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up." This message appears as a chapter in Thinking. You dont judge the health of an army by how many soldiers sit in the mess hall and eat every week and listen to your Bible study. That is one of my life verses. If you are chopping wood, it helps to have a sharp ax. Z. It is unrelenting, and it is unfair because Satan never plays fair. But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Proverbs 19:18a: "Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction." What an amazing blank check we have in Christ. I dont want it. C I pray that you would raise up a new generation of godly intellectuals who know your Word, understand your mind, feel your heart, live out your character, and do your will with skill. In Proverbs 22:6, the wise man wrote, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." So I conclude from these Scriptures that it is God's will that the family be preserved and that parents assume primary responsibility under God for getting biblical and doctrinal knowledge into the heads and hearts of their children. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The fact is, the reason we have so many ineffective Christians today is that they do not know how to fight the battle of the mind. Perhaps you are naturally a great thinker God wired you that way. Proverbs 29:15, 17, "The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother . Parents cannot
depend upon schools to teach morals, respect and love. Once we begin to develop convictions, we start developing habits and the sum total of our habits is what we can call character. We cannot say that we have the character of honesty unless we are habitually honest. . We preachers can do a lot of ought-to preaching without giving our people the how-tos. Ezekiel 46:16-18 ESV / 47 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. 6:4). Eugenie Scott retired as executive director of the NCSE in January 2014 and was succeeded by Ann Reid. Instruction is part of child rearing but example is the clincher! After Joshua and all the first generation of parents who entered the Promised
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From Expository Files 7.12; December 2000. . I love this paraphrase of Isaiah 55:8 in The Message: God says, I dont think the way you think. sense of our world requires intense study, commitment, and fervent prayer on
Terms of Service apply. Then and only then will they be faithful. Shall a land be born in one day? . Nobody accuses a parent of prejudicing a child's cosmology because he tells the child the world is round, and the little stars at night are bigger than the earth, and the sun really stands still while the earth turns. ( Exodus 20:5; cf. Neither is it fruitful to seek their council on child-rearing. 6:6-7; Eph. (5) What are the skills? So I heard more sermons growing up than most people. Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say . And when we set goals, we are saying, God, I believe you want me to accomplish this with your help by this time. The first assignment a parent has after loving God is to store God's Word in his heart and teach it to his children. Most Christians realize they need to proclaim the gospel if they want to
Second, Paul says that we should fix our thoughts. And in Hebrews 11:1, faith is said to be the conviction of things not seen. Let me give you some examples. 2 Peter 1. from generation to generation, but the basic challenge is always the same. And whatever gets your focus gets you. generation, he converted hordes of the deeply religious Russian people into
They have never studied anything else. God's design for the preservation of historical revelation is the family. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. I read whatever I can about the brain, and one of the things I just learned is that the optic nerve, which is the only nerve that goes directly to your brain, actually sends more impulses from your brain forward than from your eye backward. They are
quick to speak of younger parents' children and say how much they see their own
children in them when they were young - these children who have since fallen
away. Change the channel. We can only do the impossible if we see the invisible. And I know whatever gets your mind gets you. They saw the acts of God. It will not happen. Jesus said to him, You have said so. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. We jump to conclusions, and the Bible talks about this in Romans 2. And if God has shown it as truth, somebody else in the church has seen it before. For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms. Y Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. In my family, four generations back gave their library to three generations back, who gave it to two generations back my dad who gave it to me. While its ultimately
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only (James 1:22). In view of such relentless indoctrination that bombards our young people every
You develop character by developing the habits of love and joy and peace and patience those nine qualities from Galatians 5 kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control (verses 2223). Land died, the next generation served false gods! Bill Nye, incidentally, was voted humanist of the year in 2010. knew what they believed concerning the Christian faith, why they believe, and
As more of the voters are unaffiliated and identifying as atheist and agnostics,
We must have the right skills. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Also, we have a theological word of the week on the back of our bulletin because we want the people to know theological words and the great saints of church history. You may be a better teacher than a veteran because you are learning it fresh yourself. First, it is never too late to begin to study and grow in your grasp of Bible truth. So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them; and sold them into the power of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies. Jesus rebuked his disciples in Matthew 19:14 when they tried to send the children away. I believe God's word to this situation is that we parents need to recover the expectation that our children obey us, and that in all love and humility we administer firm and just discipline to secure that obedience. Each generation needs its C. S. Lewises and J. R. R. Tolkiens, and G. K. Chestertons, and Tolstoys, and Dostoyevskys. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten years. And what can we do to stop the exodus? the Lord
Its a major reason why our church has been able to bring so many people in the front door and send so many out the back door on ministry and mission. He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Who has seen such things? Until we are saved, we dont have any protection against the fiery darts that the Devil unleashes on our minds. "And these words which I command you shall be upon your heart, and you shall teach them diligently to your children." So pray about everything. Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. God cannot fulfill your dream if you dont have one. brink of such a change right now! This is part of thinking. We need to learn knowledge. It is God's will that parents assume responsibility to teach their children what God has revealed about himself. You can always get more money, but knowledge is something you are going to take with you to heaven. (By the way, we need great Christian intellectuals today more than ever before people a lot brighter than I! Here are five things to remember in our own lives and to teach to others. Every newborn must be taught the truth from
"The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice; and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him. Generations come, and generations go, but the earth lasts forever. But verse 10 says that after the death of Joshua and those who had seen God's mighty acts, "there arose another generation after them, who did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel." - A wicked and adulterous generation. God cannot help you reach a goal if you dont have a goal. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. I can attest to that after nearly forty years of leading. Two-thirds of children will leave the church after they leave home. You would never invite somebody, Why dont you murder somebody right here in my living room? But you do it every time you watch a TV show in which somebody murders. When I look at my three sons in love, I say, "O Christ, let me not be delinquent in bringing them with me to glory.". Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. Everybody has a mental illness. - This generation. You can learn from anybody. People fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. M This kind of prayer is like a running conversation which means we are not on our knees. Were on a mission to change that. claims no affiliation with religion, and this category is even higher among
For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms. Weve got
TopicalBible today reject the God of the Bible, and they are winning over the next generation,
bombarded with their message. God to their children. And when people say I dont want to think about this, what are they doing? Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins. For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. Normally, the word generation refers to all the people living at the same timei.e., the word in the Bible has the same definition that we are used to in modern usage when we speak of Generation X or the Millennial Generation. As I said, your mind is your greatest asset. There are a few parents who have taught their children the ways
of God both by instruction and example and have still lost them to the world. . If you want to be healthy and successful in the Christian life and in ministering to others, successful in your ministry, fix your mind on the right things. 2:4-8). Christian Standard Bible That whole generation was also gathered to their ancestors. to be missionaries in the system) have by and large become churches of secular
V A stronghold can also be a personal attitude. Geocoding And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work which the Lord had done for Israel. In an article by a staffer from the National Center for Science Education (an
Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Try downloading another browser like Chrome or Firefox. Read Chapter All Versions 1 Peter 5:10 10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. Youre a doer. Psalm 78.4: We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. We need to become great, godly dreamers. You may not really like people, but you love the world of thoughts and ideas. He is author of. are using the public schools, secular media, museums, and other outlets to do
In America, a major poll indicated that two-thirds of young people will leave
Within the Christian community the main link between what this generation knows and what the next generation will know is the link between parent and child. I am doing well if I get one good application a week. We also established that around 90% of those who leave church attended public
. Though first intended to denote Americans brought to Europe by the First World War, the "Lost Generation" refers to writers and other artists from the United States who took up residence in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. It wants to go in a different direction. Its not one or the other. Why does this happen? This is a gift that God gave to us: the ability to dream and envision and imagine something before it comes into reality. We would change the world! For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray. Then I was supposed to come back to midweek prayer and Bible study and get another application. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. And heres Proverbs 19:8: Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. We must make time to think. But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. In other words, some things arent necessarily wrong, but they arent necessary. Obviously the parents in Joshuas day did not teach their children as they
The average person can speak about 150 words per minute, but the average mind can understand about 350 words per minute that is a 200-word per minute boredom factor. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. In 1965, Donald Grey Barnhouse wrote a book about it called The Invisible War. If we want to become like Jesus, then we must seek the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. Refocus. is undermined. Jesse Galef, communications director for the Secular Student Alliance,
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons. It comes from simply asking the right questions. . Many people act as though their education ended at their last graduation. The Bible shows us we are the last generation on earth. God has designed
He knew why God had done those things. And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them. So many people act like nothing happened between the times of Paul and Luther. What are the steps in doing a word study? Jesus' point in His statement, "this generation will not pass away until all . Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. I I would rather admit that I dont know it all than to pretend that I know it all and not learn. What is Gods perspective on evil? Paul talks about this in Romans 7, and he says, I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. His words reflect
We all have more background biases than we realize. Silence about Christ is dogma. Creeds must be turned into deeds. In visiting other places, Nol and I see it again and again. that the atheists today are out to get our kids. I preach on creeds with frequency. Jesus says we are not to store up money. and agriculture, we cant afford to keep it bottled up or to kick the can.7. Then you dont really believe in it. Thats conviction. Christians must be ever vigilant. N If we are going to learn, and teach others, how to fight the battle for the mind, we must learn how to let God stretch our imaginations. Paul talks in 1 Corinthians 7 about being settled in our own minds, which means having godly convictions. The Bible calls this perspective wisdom. Wisdom is found in seeing life from Gods viewpoint. One in five Americans
In surveying the waste of the conflict . Bless their ministries. Bless their families. Others have children who are grown. What would you attempt for God if you knew you couldnt fail? Unfortunately the effects of this mentality have resulted in a missing
generation of God's people. You can learn from anybody if you just know the right questions. The Bible tells us to fill our minds with the right things. I think I could teach on this subject for an entire week. For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption. survey.5. They are a perfect picture of the character of Christ. The second reason your sense of inadequacy should not stop you is that some tremendously valuable things can be taught when you don't know the answer to a child's hard question. There is junk food, which is simple calories its not poison, but its just empty calories. Growing churches require growing pastors. The Bible says Wise men store up knowledge (Proverbs 10:14 NIV). Thats why you need to question your own thoughts and teach others not to believe everything they think. And then verse 14 describes the divine response to this idolatry. for the secular humanists. Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down. As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? And Jesus answered them, See that no one leads you astray. Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. But if you have a sharp ax, it doesnt take as much energy. So leaders must first be learners. "So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers.". 'The Lordis slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.' Leviticus 26:39-42ESV / 180 helpful votes HelpfulNot Helpful Some food is brain food. The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the LORD. Remember the God-given duty of parents to teach their children is far greater than the duty of a college teacher to teach his students. every day. We need it in business. Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. next generation for the Lordpassing that spiritual legacy along to the children,
In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea. Thats a conviction, not an opinion. How are you going to be different ten years from now?
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