Deuteronomy 4:9 –9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
So how does a country which was close to God a short time ago so quickly turn away? The answer seems to be success, complacency, and apathy, along with not passing the truth down through their children.
Forty years old and under is getting very sparse in the church. Where the churches are growing it’s preaching worldly messages where itching ears are dying to hear.
I believe one of the biggest things we will be held accountable when we stand in front of the Lord is what did we do concerning our children and teaching them about the Lord.
They are ours to nurture.
Matthew 18:5-6 – 5 “And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. 6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
There is a big responsibility in these things. As a country it’s no secret that certain
parents didn’t teach their kids about the Lord 60 years ago. Then a few more, and a few more, till the minority is only left that makes God and Jesus the focal point.
Israel did forget to pass onto their children what they had seen and experienced in the Lord. America is towards the end of its rope also.
However, we have the blessed hope still in the rapture. Also we are reminded that no matter what the future may bring, we have the ultimate victory in Jesus should persecution come.
Matthew 10:28 – 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Always follow God and Jesus, no matter what.