Bad Stuff - Good Answer

Is there any problem in our society with children being out of control, disobedient and rebellious? It sure looks that way, but let's not just place that on the children's shoulders. All of society is like that, adults and children. Its not unexpected though, Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 3 about what things would look like in the future. He said to expect that people would become "lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good ..." and so forth.

Isn't that what we see in our world today? Why do you suppose that is? Could it be that our culture and our schools are teaching everyone that truth, right and wrong, are relative? They are whatever you want them to be. Its all about you. Look at the harvest of that kind of thinking.

Paul went on in 2 Timothy 3:15-17 to tell us that the Bible has the answer. Truth is absolute. There are absolute rights and wrongs and God's word tells how to discern them. God's word, especially when we learn it from infancy, is able to make us wise, equipping us for every good work. The answer is there if we will just study it and apply it to our lives. Sounds simple enough, but the world is warring against us in this.

Even though God's word gives clear answers and direction for life, our culture, our schools and our government don't want you to go there. Sound foolish? Consider the 1980 Supreme Court decision in Stone v. Graham. I quote "If the posted copies of the Ten Commandments are to have any effect at all, it will be to induce the schoolchildren to read, meditate upon, perhaps to venerate and obey, the Commandments."

Horrible, wouldn't it be? What if children were taught not to take the Lord's name in vain, not to kill, not to steal, not to lie, not to commit adultery, not to want other peoples stuff. What if children were taught to honor their father and mother, to honor marriage, and to respect authority?

Let's see, society doesn't want it taught, the schools won't allow it to be taught nor will the government and the courts tolerate it, so who's left?? Could it be you? You can study, learn, and apply God's word to your life! Then you can teach your children God's commands for their lives! You can make the commitment and change your children's lives.

As Moses said in Deuteronomy, choose this day, life or death, blessings or curses. The balls in your court, what will you do?