Psalm 73:5-7
5 He commanded our fathers,
That they should make them known to their children;
6 That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
7 That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
5 He commanded our fathers,
That they should make them known to their children;
6 That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
7 That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
God has commanded man to teach his childen about God and his commandments. The children are then instructed to teach their children about all that God has done. This keeps going down the line of mankind. In May of 2010 Christianity Today reported that "Americans revere the Bible but, by and large, they don't read it." They also told us that "fewer than half could identify Genesis as the Bible's first book. Jay Leno and Stephen Colbert have made sport of Americans' inability to name the Ten Commandments—even among members of Congress who have pushed to have them posted publicly." First we have to admit that there is a problem. We can't recognize biblical references within the Bible itself. We need to see the whole picture of how the Bible relates from the Old Testament to the New Testament. We can't boil the Bible down to facts and figures, but we need to figure out how each book of the Bible meshes with the others. This calls for higher thinking skills and synthesis. In a church service we need to forget about time and allow the Holy Spirit lead the service. If it takes 90 minutes to get a point across, then the time needs to be taken. This is spiritual food we are talking about. We have been known to sit down at a physical meal and spend 90 minutes enjoying it. Why not take 90 minutes to enjoy spiritual food?
We need to first of all, find a church that preaches the whole Word of God. We need to take it all in. We need to read the Bible for ourselves before we even get to church. We need to do our homework and offer up prayers to God. We need to mediate on the Word. We need to memorize the Word of God. In short we need to put effort into our relationship with God. What will you do to change?
Father, help us to be able to relate the teachings of God's Word to our children. Help us to be literate in the Bible. Help us to use the information to the glory and honor of You, O God. Amen.
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