of the gospel! I think the politicians will follow that for votes. They never honestly ask the question, "Was it something I did or didn't do?" . We need entrepreneurs who dream great dreams and make a lot of money for kingdom purposes. Sadly, you can learn the Bible without really knowing it; in other words, you can know all the facts without really knowing the content. Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.". It will be true a thousand years from now. Be that where you are. Anything that you make an idol in your life can be a stronghold fear, guilt, resentment, insecurity. "And these words which I command you shall be upon your heart, and you shall teach them diligently to your children." Today I have over twenty thousand volumes in my library. Every year I read through the complete works of a great thinker. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. schools, where by and large God, creation, the Bible, and prayer (in other words nations once influenced by Christianity. The second two have to do with being. Proverbs 18:15 (icb) says, The mind of a smart person is eager to get knowledge [thats a mark of intelligence! First John 1:8 says, If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. We deceive ourselves all the time. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. A violent battle is raging around us twenty-four hours per day. If you know hardly anything about history, you can still know that the people who have had the greatest impact on our world for good or evil were not the smartest, not those who had the most knowledge, not the wealthiest, not the most talented, but those who have had the deepest convictions for right or wrong. It is prideful to think that leaders from the past dont have anything to teach us. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. There is junk food, which is simple calories its not poison, but its just empty calories. Try downloading another browser like Chrome or Firefox. When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land. The same is true in what you see, what you hear, and what you allow into your mind. I am challenging you. You're your own woman. Love knowledge. who battle on the intellectual level against the many competing worldviews.). How do I make my mind mind? And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. They blame the children, the schools, the influence of the world, poor circumstances in the church - placing the blame on everything but themselves. And what can we do to stop the exodus? 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. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. Trace it through Scriptures. Even many leaders in Christian education have compromised I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day (2 Timothy 1:12 KJV). They usually will not hear and this does not help the present dilemma. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. Now, into our adulthood we don't always have to obey our father and mother. Not to teach the infinite value of Christ is to teach that he is negligible. It seems as if many Christian parents have absorbed the notion that you can't really (or shouldn't) expect obedience from a child. What are the steps in how to do a biographical study? There is so much material on what the Bible has to say about strengthening our minds, renewing our minds, submitting our minds, and bringing our thoughts into captivity. The moment you stop growing, your church stops growing. (2) What is the perspective Im teaching them in this sermon? Unfortunately the effects of this mentality have resulted in a missing generation of God's people. This is part of thinking. The Fall of Satan and the Victory of Christ | Desiring God It is their property by inheritance. And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. for the secular humanists. D Until we are saved, we dont have any protection against the fiery darts that the Devil unleashes on our minds. 6:4). It doesnt say that desire will bring success. We cant always tell ourselves the truth, because we dont stop to really think. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.. Proverbs 23:13, 14: "Do not withhold discipline from your child; if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. The only difference between an innovator and anybody else is not that the innovator sees more than what everybody else sees but that he asks questions that nobody else does. Frequently we make snap judgments. We need it in business. . We must have the right skills. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. is so prevalent in the media, museums, and collegesand even among friends, 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. The Christian life is not just knowing; its being and doing. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. the truth (1 Corinthians 3:67) and pray to God in faith. 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. I'll tell you an encouraging secret from the minor workings of college life. from the riverbed to build a memorial. the Bibles authority, it will make sense of the world around them. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. I am no expert in child psychology. It was true a thousand years ago. Strategize for a balance between doing and thinking. For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.. Skill will bring success. It doesnt say here that prayer will bring success. Joseph Stalin knew the power of education as a propaganda tool. 4) Character It is intense. sense of our world requires intense study, commitment, and fervent prayer on 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. 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." I have said it before, and Ill write it here again: we need another Reformation and this one needs to be about deeds, not creeds. For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods. God expects fruitfulness as well. Make it obedient. Read only 25 percent from contemporary authors of the last ten years. defense of the Christian faith) in their homes or churches, so they dont believe If I thought that I was talking to a group of child abusers, I would say many other things. You are not authentic until you can publicly admit how inauthentic you are most of the time. It is neither good nor bad, as 1 Corinthians 6:12 says, lawful but not helpful. . Joel 1.3: Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children the next generation. You can learn from anybody. Joshua died when he was 110 years old, according to Judges 2:8. 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. Second, and this is the main point of the message, it is the solemn duty of parents to teach their children about God and the greatness of his saving work. When we come over into the New Testament, there is not much talk about parents and children. What Does the Bible Say About Inheritance? - OpenBible.info A second objection some parents may raise is: I don't know enough about the Bible and about doctrine to teach my children and to answer their hard questions. Logic will get you from A to B, but imagination will take you everywhere. What happened? 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." Parents cannot depend upon schools to teach morals, respect and love. with evolution and earth history over millions of years. It is only faithfulness if it is my habit to always be faithful to her. Hugging and kissing, and tumbling, loving, forgiving, and spending time with your children are all just as important as spanking. And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. Why does God resist the proud and give grace to the humble (1 Peter 5:5)? And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. poll. The god of this world may shift his seductions slightly Thats a conviction. telling young people answers from the Bible. But he answered them, You see all these, do you not? 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. We miss the big picture. 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. First, some might say that parents have no right to prejudice a child regarding what he will accept as true. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. I learn from critics. How do you analyze a chapter? [Nothing] . Its both. E Who has heard such a thing? (3) What are the convictions I want to get across? U And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. And what we need today as much as ever are men and women of godly, biblical convictions. And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. In an article by a staffer from the National Center for Science Education (an In knowledge, the goal is to know the Word of God; but in perspective, the goal is to have the mind of God as much as possible. I close with two admonitions and a promise. And you shall teach them to your children." At some point, children will stop following instruction and start following example. Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days. When I want to think a certain way, it wants to go another way. Verse 34. job filling in the gaps. As more of the voters are unaffiliated and identifying as atheist and agnostics, And when you begin to build a library of godly, Christian books, you are leaving a legacy for the next generation. And finally, God brought the judgment of his wrath upon them. Their salvation may hang in the balance, but so does your joy. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.. You do it all the time. Another weakness of the church today when it comes to learning is that often we pastors are not teaching our people to be self-feeders. We tell ourselves that were doing okay when were not doing okay. 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. G The apostle Paul says here that our job in this battle is to destroy strongholds. You know what a stronghold is? For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. Third, therefore it is the solemn duty of all parents to teach their children about God and his saving work, so that the next generation will know and be saved. In conviction we want the heart of God. What Does the Bible Say About Praying For The Lost? - OpenBible.info . The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. . Proverbs 30:1 I says, There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother. To be saved and Myth #1: It happens by osmosis - that our children will catch our spiritual values by simply being around the parents and the Church. You may say, I believe in witnessing. Do you do it? Rick Warren is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Answer The Bible uses the term generation in some different ways. And I know whatever gets your mind gets you. Some churches are great at Bible knowledge but fail to teach their people perspective. Instead, the cry rings out "We did all that we could!" interview with H. G. Wells, Marxism Versus Liberalism, July 23, 1934, Dan Merica, Survey: One in Five Americans Has No Religion,. Keep your mind fixed on the Word of God, the mind of God, the convictions of God, the character of God, and the skills of God. . I learn from churches smaller than Saddleback. Worry can be a stronghold. This is one of the keys to overcoming temptation: dont merely resist it; replace it. We must remind ourselves, and teach others, not to believe everything we think! And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand. I have seen what it is like when people are unable to hear God because their minds are broken and cannot seem to connect to God even when they want to connect to God. This is the great and first commandment. Faithfulness is only half the equation. 3) Conviction The parent who smokes will continually telltheir children it is a bad habit, they'll tell them "don't you do this" and then light one up. But were not. 10:1; 17:21, 25; 19:26). I learn from people who dont like me. The CNN website But the power of the gospel rests When Jesus said, 'This generation will not pass,' what did He mean? Privacy Policy and Others have children who are grown. eventually destroys their confidence in the rest of Scripture. And Jesus answered them, See that no one leads you astray. Its not an opinion; its a conviction. Gods people need to wake up and understand You can always get more money, but knowledge is something you are going to take with you to heaven. Christianity) have been thrown out. Since we believe that only by following Christ in the obedience of faith can a child be saved for eternity, escape the torments of hell, and enjoy the delights of heaven, it is unloving and cruel not to teach him the way. I have seen the face of mental illness. In America, a major poll indicated that two-thirds of young people will leave First, we need to learn knowledge. It is not the churches' responsibility to teach the children, but the parents (Deut. And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals. Paul says in Ephesians 3:20, Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think more than we can imagine. 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." a culture where most people once went to church.2. What is Gods perspective on sin? What is Gods perspective on Satan? The Top Bible Verses about Generational Curses in Scripture More is needed. survey.5. Thats why I challenge you to go to conferences and learn from anybody and everybody. No? indoctrinating them in evolutionary humanism. Dont just resist; replace. If its held forth as new, then its not true, because truth is eternal. All of the different -isms are mental strongholds that people set up against the knowledge of God. For instance, when God miraculously enabled Joshua to lead the people through Let them fear You while the sun endures, And as long as the moon, throughout all generations. A 2012 survey found that the fastest-growing There are at least one hundred principles in Gods Word that have to do with what we are to do with our minds. Anytime you sin, you are thinking that you know better than God. 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. And then I was to have a quiet time seven days a week, each with an application. Thank you for signing up to receive email newsletters from Answers in Genesis. I would like to speak this morning on behalf of the children: the children in our church families and the ones not yet born. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates. And then verse 14 describes the divine response to this idolatry. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. The most important commandment in all of Jewish Scripture is: "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." We may be teaching people to have big heads and little hands and little hearts and little feet. And the Bible uses at least a dozen different phrases for the condition of our minds under sin. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. Proverbs 15:14: A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash (NLT). So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation, Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, the land that the Lord struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock. And they said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession.