“What Will the Next Generation Be Like?”

 “What Will the Next Generation Be Like?”

 

God gave His Law to Jacob’s descendants, the people of Israel.  And He told our ancestors to teach their children, so that each new generation would KNOW His Law and TELL it to the next.   Psalm 78:5-6

 

Most people, when they start a family, want the VERY BEST for their children.  They work very hard to provide the BEST HOME, the BEST FOOD, the BEST CLOTHING, the BEST MEDICAL CARE, well, you get the picture, they want the BEST OF EVERYTHING that this SINFUL, WICKED, WORLD will offer.  WHAT!! DID I JUST SAY, they WANT SINFUL, WICKED, WORLDLY things for their children??  Well, if you are NOT MORE INTENT on giving them the BEST of the VERY BEST, which is the KNOWLEDGE of GOD and His Son, JESUS Christ, and their PLAN of SALVATION. And Why JESUS died for THEM, then this SINFUL, WICKED, WORLD will DEVOUR them, like a ROARING LION, it will SWALLOW them up.  UNLESS, you are VIGILANT about the VERY BEST for their SPIRITUAL WELL BEING.  Their SPIRITUAL DESTINY could DEPEND on how YOU prepare them.

 

The Psalmist, Asaph, wanted the PRESENT GENERATION of JEWS, at that time, to TEACH their CHILDREN the WORD of God, so that EACH NEW GENERATION, would KNOW ABOUT His LAW, and then TELL it to the NEXT GENERATION.  Asaph, wanted the children to TRUST GOD, and to OBEY His TEACHINGS, WITHOUT forgetting  ANYTHING God had done.  He wanted them to LEARN from the PAST.  Then they would be DIFFERENT than their ANCESTORS, who were STUBBORN, REBELLIOUS, and UNFAITHFUL to God.  And they MISSED OUT on the BLESSINGS, God had in store for them.  

 

This is an ENCOURAGING WARNING,  ENCOURAGING you to be a POSITIVE INFLUENCE on SPIRITUAL THINGS, for your child’s SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING, and POSSIBLY their ETERNAL DESTINY.  A WARNING, because this SINFUL, WICKED, WORLD, has SINFUL, WICKED PLANS for those who are WILLING to REJECT and REBEL against GOD’S LOVE, and SALVATION from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. DON’T LET THIS BE YOUR OR YOUR CHILD’S ETERNAL DESTINY.  

 

If YOU have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, and are NOT FOLLOWING the WORD of GOD, then you can’t possibly SET the EXAMPLE or TEACH your CHILDREN about God’s LOVE and His SALVATION.  Here’s what you NEED to do:  First, ADMIT that you are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM, your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and ATTEND a BIBLE-BELIEVING, BIBLE-TEACHING CHURCH, and be a POSITIVE SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE for you Children.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!