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Just as generations of Israelites in that era repeatedly fell away from God\u2019s commandments, our generation is falling away from its Biblical foundation. As a culture, we have ceased to look for answers from the Word of God. Our schools and universities \u2013 many of which were founded as institutions of Christian instruction \u2013 no longer take the Bible seriously.<\/p>\n
Churches that once proclaimed the essence of the Gospel of Jesus Christ \u2013 namely, that Jesus alone saves \u2013 are now a dwindling minority. How can a person claim to be an evangelical Christian while denying the Lord\u2019s own claim (in John 14:6) to be the only way to God the Father? If Jesus is not the only way to God, then why did He have to die on the cross?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why the book of Judges is so instructive for us today. It\u2019s a warning to us whether we are single or married, whether we are parents or grandparents or have no children of our own. If we fail to transmit our faith and values to the next generation, our culture and our nation will suffer the same fate as ancient Israel. God calls us to teach the next generation, equip the next generation, and above all, pray for the next generation. This is the only cure for what I call \u201cmass spiritual amnesia\u201d \u2013 a culture-wide memory loss. One of Satan\u2019s key tactics in his spiritual war against us is the attempt to erase the memory of God\u2019s Truth from the minds of our children.<\/p>\n
If the book of Judges teaches us anything, it teaches that we must never give an inch to false religions, we must never settle for partial victories over sin, we must never give up our spiritual birthright, and we must never forget our spiritual heritage. We must always contend for every soul and pray intensely for our children and our children\u2019s children. We must stand firm for future generations so they will never fall prey to spiritual amnesia.<\/p>\n
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\u201c\u2018Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds . . . Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up\u201d<\/em> <\/b>(Deuteronomy 11:18-19).<\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just as generations of Israelites in that era repeatedly fell away from God\u2019s commandments, our generation is falling away from its Biblical foundation. As a culture, we have ceased to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-now-generation","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n