PASSIN’ THE FAITH ALONG

READING: DEUTERONOMY 6:1-9

Verse 7: “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.”

Psalm 78, verse 3 tells about the godly teaching which, as it says, “...we have heard and known and our fathers have told us”. It says that these teachings should not be hidden from our children. This responsibility is described in verse 4 as “...telling to the generations to come, the praises of the Lord...” Well what about that? Are we telling the generation to come the praises of the Lord, or are they receiving a different message? The volume and intensity of worldly statements are tremendous. Silence on the part of Christians would concede to those messages of the world. If godly messages are to get through, they must be transmitted directly, consistently and with authority. Deuteronomy 6:7 tells how to pass them on. It is urgent that every coming generation be prepared in, through and by the word of the Lord. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. What is a very pronounced way that the messages of the world get communicated to our children?

2. Who is primarily responsible to tell the coming generation the praises of the Lord?