Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Is the church losing this generation?

IS THE CHURCH ABOUT TO LOSE A GENERATION TO THE WORLD?

Let me take you back to the story of Joseph the son of Jacob. Whose name God changed to Israel after his wrestling match with the angel of God.
Joseph as a teenager had a couple dreams that he shared with the family, which mane his brothers angry, which added to there jealousy because he was his fathers favorite.
One thing lead to another, over the years He became second to Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Was able to bring his family to Egypt were they settled because of a famine in there Canaan.
Now fast forward 400 years the children of Isreal had grown at a rapid pace, causing fear to the then present Pharaoh who said they need to be have birth control so they don’t over power us.
With that in mind he ordered all male Israel children to be killed at birth. Keep the men in slavery, don’t allow them to rise up and revolt against us.
God seen they needed a deliver
Moses enters the story. Born of one of Jewish ladies was able to keep him a secret for 3 months. Than putting him in a basket puts him in the Nile river, the basket is seen by pharaoh’s daughter who said he is so lovely, I’ll adopt him and called him Moses. Needing someone to feed him, Moses sister happens to be there and offers to find that someone to feed him, In those days one was not weaned until about five years of age.
Those first years being the most important one to establish the fundament way of life one would carry though life, even though Moses then was schooled in the best of the Egypt learning institutions, he cared the early learning of his mother.
Today the biggest percentage of youngsters are drop off at day care, and the percentage of those getting little if any spiritual training.
Oh you say, we take them to church and they are in the nursery may be true, 1 hour a week when they go.
I believe the church of Jesus Christ has a mandate that every single one would have a day care run by the church, supported by the church. Training up children in the way they should go.
Lets not lose them to the world.