WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.080 Go ahead and take your Bibles this morning and go over to Proverbs chapter 22. 00:00:03.580 --> 00:00:09.240 ! Proverbs chapter 22, as we'll look into the Word of God here this morning. 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:14.220 As I was looking at and speaking just a moment ago, 00:00:14.220 --> 00:00:19.740 a week that the kids are there at camp and focus upon the Word of God 00:00:19.740 --> 00:00:23.100 is really engaging them multiple ways. 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:28.359 And they engage them physically, you know, and with the games and the activities 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:30.620 and all the things going on. 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:33.859 But, you know, another element is probably more important. 00:00:33.979 --> 00:00:37.960 The two things following are more important because it engages them mentally to the soul 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:39.600 and to who they are. 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:43.019 You know, understanding who they are as an individual 00:00:43.019 --> 00:00:48.799 and to understand the need and necessity that our soul has for God. 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:55.140 And as they took the time to learn and to be understanding those things, 00:00:55.219 --> 00:00:57.260 how it touches the soul of an individual. 00:00:57.259 --> 00:01:00.780 You know, the preaching of the Word of God, that's what it's aimed towards. 00:01:00.859 --> 00:01:02.619 It's not aimed towards your physical body. 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:06.379 It's aimed towards mental, who you are, your soul, 00:01:07.019 --> 00:01:10.200 the very core of who you are as an individual. 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:12.620 But it also touches you spiritually. 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:16.840 You know, because remember, the Bible makes it clear we're made up of a body 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:20.780 and a soul and a spirit, and all of those interact one with another. 00:01:20.780 --> 00:01:28.120 And at camp, the kids get an opportunity to engage all of those things throughout the week. 00:01:28.739 --> 00:01:36.480 And so we saw a testimony of that and the dynamics that are incorporated with that make a difference. 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:40.560 And these had an opportunity to decide a direction. 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:44.560 You know, these kids had an opportunity to decide a direction in their life, 00:01:44.700 --> 00:01:51.340 something that impacted them from within that we want to see come out in their life. 00:01:51.340 --> 00:01:57.439 Because we make decisions spiritually and with our soul and with God in view. 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:00.180 You know, oftentimes we operate the other way. 00:02:00.180 --> 00:02:03.720 We play with our soul and our physical body dominate. 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:08.980 Instead of thinking the most important thing is my soul and my relationship with God. 00:02:10.340 --> 00:02:14.700 You know, our physical body is important, but I want you to understand it just houses who you are. 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:17.920 It's going to pass away. 00:02:19.100 --> 00:02:22.240 And you know, this morning, I just want to take the time here this morning, 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:25.780 the few minutes we have left, just to encourage you here with some things. 00:02:25.780 --> 00:02:31.879 And consider the impact that, you know, oftentimes we look at the impact that camp has. 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:35.099 But I want you to consider the impact that you have as a parent. 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:39.180 You have a great more and lasting impact. 00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:44.819 What happens at camp is a result of what happens day in and day out. 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:49.180 Because we are not a summation of a one point in time. 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:52.840 It's our entire life that impacts us. 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:56.800 And as parents, what we do impacts the next generation. 00:02:57.580 --> 00:03:05.039 It lays a foundation and ability for them to continue and to do those things. 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:09.099 And so I'm speaking to parents, but really not just to parents, 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:13.140 because everybody impacts the life of somebody else. 00:03:14.259 --> 00:03:17.800 And so if you found Proverbs chapter 22 this morning, let's stand together. 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:20.460 We'll read our verse here for this morning. 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.520 And we'll get it right into the message here. 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:24.560 Let's look together. 00:03:24.700 --> 00:03:28.480 If you found chapter 22, verse 6 says this, very familiar to most people. 00:03:28.980 --> 00:03:29.280 It says, 00:03:29.540 --> 00:03:31.480 Train up a child in the way he should go. 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:36.100 And when he is old, he will not depart from it. 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:41.720 Heavenly Fathers, we just take a few moments here this morning as we look into your word. 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:50.579 Lord, we pray that you'd just stir our hearts, Lord, to understand the importance of what this simple sentence has for us. 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:59.360 Lord, the reality of how it plays out in a much bigger and broader picture in our lives and in the lives of others. 00:04:00.099 --> 00:04:04.740 Lord, help us to understand and to draw close to you even here today. 00:04:04.740 --> 00:04:11.219 Lord, understanding the responsibility that comes with it and the impact that it has. 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:13.900 And Lord, we ask it all in your precious name. 00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:14.919 Amen. 00:04:15.180 --> 00:04:15.659 May you be seated. 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:21.199 You know, as we see here in Proverbs 22, Proverbs 22 covers a lot of things. 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:26.339 There's a lot of statements about cause and effect in Proverbs chapter 22. 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:30.500 It talks about the cause and effect of a good name worth more than riches. 00:04:31.019 --> 00:04:33.579 It talks about a prudent man avoids evil. 00:04:33.579 --> 00:04:35.819 And when he sees it, he avoids it. 00:04:35.819 --> 00:04:44.920 It talks about humility and fear of the Lord and thorns and snares of how perverse people can snag us and how those things need to be avoided. 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:51.620 And then he comes to verse 6 and he says very simply, he says, train up a child in the way he should go. 00:04:51.620 --> 00:05:01.399 You know, the truth here in this verse is something that we really need to stop and contemplate because, you know, oftentimes simple statements have complex function. 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:08.240 In other words, they're easy to say, but we really never stop to consider what's involved to make that happen. 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:12.040 Because what it's saying here is really pretty simple. 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:14.139 It says train up a child. 00:05:14.699 --> 00:05:15.480 Sounds easy. 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:16.600 Wouldn't tell you have a kid. 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:23.000 But I want you to understand, even as a parent, how you're going to train your children starts before you ever have children. 00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:28.579 How you're going to train your children starts in your thinking before you are even married. 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:33.340 It starts in your thinking because it also impacts what's been put in. 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:37.100 Because what has been put in impacts what comes out. 00:05:37.100 --> 00:05:43.620 And we see here this morning of this consideration, what does it mean to train up a child? 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:45.980 To train up your child. 00:05:46.620 --> 00:05:51.140 How can parents guide their children in a way that prepares them for life? 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:54.840 You know, parents spend a lot of time preparing children. 00:05:55.760 --> 00:05:58.700 In today's world, parents invest a lot in their kids. 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:04.000 There's without a doubt we are a generation that's probably more kid focused than any generation before us. 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:11.379 Before, oftentimes, we were sustaining, trying to earn, trying to survive, trying to make sure they had food. 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:17.459 But, you know, generally speaking, in America, we're a generation where people have the necessities provided. 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:21.759 As a general, our society has much blessing. 00:06:21.939 --> 00:06:25.220 I mean, when you look at what other people have around the world, we are a blessed nation. 00:06:25.220 --> 00:06:31.220 But what it's done is given parents more time to spend with their children. 00:06:31.320 --> 00:06:32.740 The problem is, what are they spending? 00:06:33.980 --> 00:06:35.300 How are they spending it? 00:06:36.260 --> 00:06:38.060 And what is that investment doing? 00:06:38.060 --> 00:06:43.079 Because if we make an investment, we want to see a return on it. 00:06:43.100 --> 00:06:47.759 And oftentimes, I think parents are, like I said, they're spending a lot, investing a lot in their kids. 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:52.620 But we need to be careful because we're not talking just about financial and time. 00:06:53.060 --> 00:06:56.319 Because the what you invest is the most critical part. 00:06:57.779 --> 00:07:03.060 The what is more important than even the time or the amount. 00:07:03.060 --> 00:07:07.680 Because if you invest a lot in the wrong things, you know what, you still end up with the wrong thing. 00:07:07.899 --> 00:07:12.019 If you invest wrongly, you still end up with a poor investment. 00:07:13.660 --> 00:07:17.259 You know, when we invest money, we talk about return on investment. 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:19.040 You know, you want to see it grow. 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:20.220 You want to see it multiply. 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:23.199 You want to see a growth from what you invest. 00:07:24.459 --> 00:07:26.639 Training up a child is that. 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.220 It's investing in our kids. 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:34.080 When we train, there's a need to see the desired outcome. 00:07:34.880 --> 00:07:37.020 You know, there should be a direction and a purpose. 00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:39.040 Training is critical. 00:07:39.200 --> 00:07:40.880 And training is something we understand. 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:46.200 You know, consider, you know, I got to think about this and looked at trees. 00:07:46.820 --> 00:07:48.180 You know, trees can be trained. 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:49.680 Have you ever seen a tree that looks like this? 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:54.040 Why do they stake it and put a strap on it like that? 00:07:54.260 --> 00:07:58.900 They're training the tree to make sure it grows straight. 00:07:58.899 --> 00:07:59.739 Because you know what happens? 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:09.259 When that tree is held there, when its outside forces direct it, it's not there to restrain the tree. 00:08:10.099 --> 00:08:12.319 It's not there to keep the tree from growing. 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:17.439 It's there to help the tree to maintain a base that's going to be beneficial. 00:08:18.899 --> 00:08:20.819 But, you know, what does it mean to train? 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:23.139 Now, I want to look at the second one I found here. 00:08:23.139 --> 00:08:28.399 You know, training goes for everything from the simple to the complex. 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:33.199 When you train your child, are you simply trying to do the basics? 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:40.600 Are you trying to develop them into the person and desire the outcome of what does God want them to be? 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:44.120 How are we investing in a generation? 00:08:44.659 --> 00:08:46.500 I know that's a pretty amazing picture, isn't it? 00:08:46.500 --> 00:08:49.919 I mean, that was one of the more simple ones. 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.620 I mean, they had one where a guy actually made a chair out of a tree. 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:58.240 And actually had it formed up like one of them wicker baskets. 00:08:58.639 --> 00:08:59.379 And it was like, whoa. 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:02.799 But I had to pay to get a picture, and I'm cheap. 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:05.100 So this is the one you guys get. 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:11.420 But I want you to see here that this tree had a desired outcome. 00:09:12.340 --> 00:09:16.220 And that outcome will affect that tree for the rest of its life. 00:09:17.259 --> 00:09:19.720 Because you know what's amazing about when they train a tree? 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:25.600 How they train it, once it's established, it stays that way. 00:09:25.800 --> 00:09:28.860 It impacts a tree for the rest of its life. 00:09:28.860 --> 00:09:34.820 I want you to understand when you train your children, it impacts them for the rest of their life. 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:38.860 What you put in makes a difference. 00:09:39.899 --> 00:09:48.700 You know, this timeless truth found here in Proverbs 22 emphasizes the importance of starting them on the right path early in life 00:09:48.700 --> 00:09:56.080 and building toward a life that will ground them in truth, not just for today, but more importantly, truth for tomorrow. 00:09:57.440 --> 00:09:58.420 What are they going to do? 00:09:58.480 --> 00:09:59.300 How are they going to live? 00:09:59.379 --> 00:10:01.700 What are they going to do in their life? 00:10:01.700 --> 00:10:07.100 And we see here this morning that it says, train up a child in the way you should go. 00:10:07.160 --> 00:10:11.840 This word child here talks about everything from a newborn to an adolescent. 00:10:11.980 --> 00:10:13.000 That's the term that's used. 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:15.259 It covers that whole broad spectrum of life. 00:10:17.100 --> 00:10:20.620 So in other words, this training isn't just at the beginning. 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:29.639 This is a long-term investment that has far-reaching impacts. 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:35.159 Because we're going to look quickly here at three things that I think we need to understand of what training requires. 00:10:35.940 --> 00:10:39.039 Because the first thing is training requires intentionality. 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:43.179 You know, you never train anything without intention. 00:10:43.299 --> 00:10:44.480 You know, we looked at those two trees. 00:10:44.580 --> 00:10:46.080 Do you think they got that way by accident? 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:47.539 You know, especially the second one. 00:10:47.539 --> 00:10:50.000 And we can look at that and say there was no way that was accident. 00:10:50.339 --> 00:10:52.360 The guy didn't get that tree that way overnight. 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:58.620 I guarantee you that was years of continual training. 00:11:00.059 --> 00:11:10.539 Waiting for it to grow and to mature and to train again and to move it into those areas and position and have it grow back together. 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:13.039 All those things and those elements in it was something. 00:11:13.319 --> 00:11:16.679 It was an intentional investment. 00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:20.439 There was an intentionality to it. 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:23.740 And, you know, we talk about training up a child. 00:11:23.839 --> 00:11:25.279 What does it mean to train up? 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:26.519 I mean, that's a good question. 00:11:26.599 --> 00:11:29.799 We know what a child is, but what's it talk about when it says train up? 00:11:30.959 --> 00:11:35.620 You know, oftentimes we think about that as, okay, they brush their teeth and they know how to get dressed. 00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:37.740 And they know how to speak to an adult. 00:11:37.860 --> 00:11:38.980 You know, how to be polite. 00:11:39.259 --> 00:11:41.659 You know, they know how to read. 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:47.360 But I want you to understand that the term here is a very interesting term in the scripture. 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:53.100 Because the term train up here is to dedicate with purpose. 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:54.180 It's interesting. 00:11:54.320 --> 00:12:00.460 This same word, Hebrew word, is used by Solomon when he dedicated the temple. 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:06.060 The word dedicate in 1 Kings chapter 8 and verse 63, there in the middle of that verse, 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:09.000 that all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.559 It's the same word that Proverbs uses when it says to train up. 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:19.980 When we train, what the picture is here, there's a dedication of that individual to the Lord. 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.960 To say my purpose is going to have direction. 00:12:23.419 --> 00:12:24.639 It's going to have intention. 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:27.639 It's going to be, it requires necessity. 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:33.120 You know, because there is a dedication involved in training a child, you know. 00:12:34.059 --> 00:12:36.360 What it's speaking about here is to narrow. 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:42.680 Because when you dedicate something, you narrow what it's going to be used for. 00:12:43.940 --> 00:12:46.659 You narrow down what the intent is. 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:49.120 Because some things are going to happen naturally. 00:12:49.500 --> 00:12:51.700 But I want you to understand, training a child is to say, 00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:54.500 this is what we're going to focus because this is critical. 00:12:55.779 --> 00:12:58.460 This is essential for what we do. 00:12:58.659 --> 00:13:03.820 And we understand the way that is mentioned here is speaking about the course of life. 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:09.060 Notice in our verse there, it says, train up a child in the way he should go. 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:12.400 I want you to understand, the word way here is the same word we use, 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:17.060 it's translated other ways in the scripture called your conversation, your way of life. 00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:22.980 It's used that way in the Old Testament and the New Testament in the same context. 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.260 The word conversation, when you read your Bible, 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:29.840 I don't think there's an incident where it's talking about our talk. 00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:34.879 Your conversation is, what is your life saying? 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:38.879 Because think about it, how, you know, we hear that, oh, you shouldn't judge people by appearance. 00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:41.779 It's like, how many don't judge people by appearance? 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:45.179 It's natural to judge people by appearance in what you see. 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:46.740 I'm not talking just their clothes. 00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:50.620 But you judge them by their actions and their interactions. 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.980 Let me give you an example. 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:55.919 If somebody's screaming and yelling at somebody, what's your idea of that person? 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:56.980 I wonder if they're angry. 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:00.060 That's a bitter person. 00:14:00.180 --> 00:14:03.399 You know, sometimes we see things in people's life and conversation, 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.120 we say, that don't fit right, or it doesn't, you know, 00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:10.620 identify some characteristics about that person by what they do. 00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:13.980 That's your way of life, your conversation. 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:17.419 It involves more than just appearance. 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:22.220 It has to do with who you are and how you interact with others. 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:26.899 You know, as a parent, we need to be careful about our interactions and the intentionality. 00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:29.480 You know, it's shown in our conversation. 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.519 You know, Psalm 37, verse 14 says this, 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:35.180 The wicked hath drawn out the sword and bent their bow, 00:14:35.180 --> 00:14:37.200 and cast down the poor and needy, 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:41.460 and to slay as such be of an upright conversation. 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:47.240 That word conversation is the same word that we find in our text called the way. 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:48.580 It's a way of life. 00:14:48.680 --> 00:14:49.740 It's a way of interaction. 00:14:50.780 --> 00:14:52.440 It's a way that we engage. 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:55.259 It's used the same way in the New Testament, 00:14:55.420 --> 00:14:58.240 Philippians chapter 1, in verse 27, 00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:59.860 where the apostle Paul says this, 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:02.100 Let your conversation be as it what? 00:15:02.180 --> 00:15:02.879 Becometh what? 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:06.100 Altogether now, becometh what? 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:08.019 Gospel of Christ. 00:15:09.060 --> 00:15:12.920 He's given a direction for your life. 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:21.639 Now, I want you to understand what he's talking about here is not everything is just one individual thing, 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:24.240 but it has to do with the big picture. 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:28.460 Your conversation is the big picture of who you are. 00:15:29.540 --> 00:15:31.100 It's not just one thing. 00:15:31.180 --> 00:15:32.399 It's all of you. 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:38.559 You know, we find that this is used in 1 Peter 3.16, 00:15:38.819 --> 00:15:39.659 and he says, 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:42.100 Having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you, 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:43.539 of evildoers they may be ashamed, 00:15:43.819 --> 00:15:48.159 and falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.360 What's it talking about? 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:53.559 It's talking about the way somebody's living. 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:56.059 That conversation. 00:15:56.059 --> 00:15:58.500 You know, I want you to understand, parents, 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:03.179 this verse is talking about something important because it's talking about a path that you set your kids on. 00:16:03.479 --> 00:16:05.659 Every parent sets their kids on a path, 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:07.119 whether they want to or not. 00:16:07.219 --> 00:16:10.339 You know, kids that get abandoned, their parents have set them on a path. 00:16:11.719 --> 00:16:15.059 Their parents that are extremely engaged have set their kids on a path. 00:16:15.059 --> 00:16:21.579 Every parent in between is sending their kid, their children on a path. 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:25.419 That's going to affect them the rest of their life. 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:29.839 We need to be intentional about what we're going to do. 00:16:29.979 --> 00:16:33.119 You know, Deuteronomy chapter 6 talks about this. 00:16:33.199 --> 00:16:35.359 If you notice there, at the end of verse 7, it says, 00:16:35.699 --> 00:16:38.619 it talks about when thou walkest by the way. 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:42.740 That term way is the same one used in Proverbs. 00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:45.580 When you're speaking about Jesus, when you're training, 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:48.980 it's not just in their conversation, it's in yours. 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:50.120 Kids are watching. 00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:53.740 Now, I said this message is for parents, but it's also for those that aren't parents 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.419 because you know what? 00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:56.139 Your kids are influenced by more than you. 00:16:56.539 --> 00:17:01.779 We all have a responsibility to understand what are we investing, 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:04.339 what are we putting in the life of another. 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:08.699 You know, parents, we need to be intentional in what we teach 00:17:08.699 --> 00:17:10.899 and train up what we put into our children. 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:12.740 You know, we send our kids to school. 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:17.639 When you send your kids to school or you homeschool 00:17:17.639 --> 00:17:21.000 or whatever method that you might choose to use, 00:17:22.379 --> 00:17:25.000 nobody goes into it and says, we're just spending hours. 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.740 I want to put the hours in. 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:30.699 The hours aren't what is important. 00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:34.759 It's what's being, those hours are being spent on that becomes important 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:37.259 because it's an intention there, isn't it? 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:41.500 Nobody goes, well, my kids sat and sat there and did school for five hours 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.400 and doesn't know nothing. 00:17:42.600 --> 00:17:43.400 What would you call that? 00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:45.519 You call that a failure because you're investing 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:47.460 and you want them to do what you want them to learn. 00:17:47.580 --> 00:17:49.200 You want them to grab a hold of something. 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:51.819 You want them to, you want a desired outcome. 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.200 And during that, you directed it. 00:17:55.340 --> 00:17:56.120 It was intentional. 00:17:56.500 --> 00:18:00.220 It was not just, okay, let's talk about this and that and this over here. 00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:02.380 When you do, when you're training somebody, what do you do? 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:05.519 You focus upon an area. 00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:09.380 To focus upon it, you know, 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:14.539 and the priorities that we exercise in our life are important, even as parents. 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.620 You know, Moses, his parents in Exodus chapter two, 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:23.839 I mean, took steps to guide him in the way that would shape his future. 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:28.360 The investment that Moses' parents made at the beginning of his life 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:30.659 shaped Moses' life. 00:18:30.939 --> 00:18:34.339 The rest of the years of his life were all shaped by what he learned early. 00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:39.699 The Bible tells us very clearly that element, but it not only requires intentionality, 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:41.059 but it requires consistency. 00:18:42.659 --> 00:18:50.019 Consistency, you know, consistency, and let me put something else, inconsistency teaches also. 00:18:50.399 --> 00:18:53.959 Most people don't consider that inconsistency teaches somebody something too. 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:57.500 Because your kids are watching. 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:59.059 Kids watch what's important. 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:00.579 What's being invested in. 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:02.940 What's being focused on. 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.100 Notice our text, 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:07.920 In the way he should go, that when he is old, he will not depart. 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:10.539 There's a consistency not only in your life, 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:13.019 but also in the life of those that you're training. 00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:17.660 You want to see a consistency that's passed on. 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.220 You know, let's look back quick at Deuteronomy chapter six and verse seven. 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.940 Notice what it tells us here. 00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.259 It says, 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:25.339 In these words shall I command thee this day, 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:27.460 shall be in thine heart. 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.579 Now notice where it starts. 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.519 It starts in you. 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:31.779 As a parent, it's your responsibility. 00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:38.100 And it's also an individual responsibility for your relationship with God. 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:42.319 You can have all the information, but if you do nothing with it, it serves no good. 00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.400 But look what it says, 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:46.259 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:48.840 and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, 00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:50.620 and when thou walkest by the way, 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.780 and when thou liest down, 00:19:51.820 --> 00:19:52.940 and when thou risest up. 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.180 Now think about it. 00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.280 What's that verse talking about? 00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:57.200 It covers a lot of Terry, 00:19:57.280 --> 00:19:58.100 but it's talking about what? 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.140 Consistency. 00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:03.160 Being consistent. 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.900 Whether it's in the morning, 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.700 or the evening, 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:09.680 or whether it's conducting business during the day, 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:12.460 or whatever interaction you might have with people, 00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:14.180 how you treat somebody who makes you mad. 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:16.060 You know, we all know how that happens. 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.880 You know, you go someplace, 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.980 you even get bad service, 00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:21.400 and you start complaining about the waiter, 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:22.100 or the waitress. 00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:24.160 When was the last time you're thinking, 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:25.560 that's training my kids, 00:20:25.580 --> 00:20:26.500 or training others, 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.980 by how I interact? 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:32.120 Those things are important. 00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:35.160 How do you deal with people at the store? 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.240 How do you deal with coworkers? 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:38.360 How do you deal with your spouse? 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:41.500 You know, we've talked about those important elements, 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:43.799 and the impact that it has, 00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:46.619 and we understand that their consistent faith, 00:20:46.959 --> 00:20:48.579 it needs to be nurtured. 00:20:48.699 --> 00:20:50.839 You know, 2 Timothy 1.5 tells us this, 00:20:50.919 --> 00:20:51.919 When I call to remembrance, 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:54.279 the unfamed faith that is in thee, 00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:56.319 which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:57.159 and thy mother Eunice, 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:59.859 and then persuaded that is in thee also. 00:20:59.979 --> 00:21:01.279 When Paul's writing to Timothy, 00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:02.819 he says there's an influence, 00:21:02.919 --> 00:21:07.039 there was a consistency that happened. 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:10.740 And it impacted him in his life. 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:12.319 There was a consistent faith. 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:18.159 You know, that consistency reinforces those things. 00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:20.759 It's a long-term path and way 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:22.240 that children are going to take. 00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:26.039 You know, Psalm 78 tells us this, 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.159 and it says this, 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.359 In which ye have heard and known, 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.980 and our fathers have told us, 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:32.720 we will not hide them from our children, 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:34.259 showing to the generation to come 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:36.819 the praises of the Lord and his strength 00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:38.599 and his wonderful works that he hath done. 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:43.440 It goes on in verse 6 and says this very clearly. 00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:43.779 He says, 00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:45.440 That the generation to come, 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:45.700 what? 00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:47.720 Might know them, 00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:49.740 even the children which should be born, 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:52.220 who should arise and declare it to their children. 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:55.640 Consistency has an impact. 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:58.400 Because consistency is summed up 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.740 in the next thing, faithfulness. 00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:02.200 Faithfulness is important. 00:22:02.280 --> 00:22:03.680 The last part of this verse, 00:22:04.020 --> 00:22:05.259 let's look back at our text. 00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.040 It says this. 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:06.860 He says, 00:22:07.780 --> 00:22:09.480 Train up a child in the way he should go, 00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:10.300 and when he is old, 00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:11.580 he will not depart from it. 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.960 Now, I want you to understand, 00:22:13.060 --> 00:22:14.560 the last part of this verse, 00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:16.180 some people have claimed this, 00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:17.880 okay, if I just do these things, 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.580 there's a guarantee. 00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:19.880 I want you to understand, 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:21.500 this verse is not a promise. 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:25.119 This verse is not a guarantee, 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.240 because you know what? 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:29.359 God already understands, 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:32.000 you can give somebody everything they need 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.920 to live godly, 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:36.099 but the choice still rests upon what they do with it. 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:39.400 Because every child, 00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:41.779 every individual in here was born a sinner. 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.519 It's our nature. 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:47.920 We're not separated from God because we sin. 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:50.820 We sin and are separated from God 00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:52.500 because we're a sinner by nature. 00:22:52.820 --> 00:22:54.440 You never have to teach a child to sin. 00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.440 Like I tell them, 00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:58.180 if anybody that has that philosophy, 00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:58.580 I tell them, 00:22:58.620 --> 00:23:00.160 just go work in the nursery for a few days. 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.080 I've yet to see, 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.900 have to teach it, 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.680 go take that toy from him. 00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:05.519 You know, 00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:06.720 you never hear that in the nursery. 00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.080 It's like, 00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:07.740 the kid will go, 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.340 mine, 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.840 mine. 00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.940 It's ingrained. 00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:11.340 You have to train 00:23:11.340 --> 00:23:14.080 and instill the right things. 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:16.359 And that takes, 00:23:17.199 --> 00:23:19.759 investing in the faithfulness that is there. 00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:21.919 It requires faithfulness in you. 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.599 Because you know what? 00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:24.399 Oftentimes I see a problem. 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:26.519 Sometimes we get started out with good intentions. 00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:28.639 And this even involves with the kids here 00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:30.119 that come back from camp 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:31.339 and even others, 00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:31.619 you know, 00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:33.179 as we're engaging those things, 00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:34.579 we make a decision for God. 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.119 And we say, 00:23:35.199 --> 00:23:36.199 we want to be consistent. 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.619 We want to be intentional. 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.339 But you know what? 00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:38.839 Ultimately, 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.019 God boils it down. 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.879 Are you going to be faithful? 00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:43.759 Because faithful moves it from a short term 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:45.819 to a long term. 00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:50.519 Faithfulness isn't measured from today to tomorrow. 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:55.640 Faithfulness is measured from today on out. 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:59.799 Faithfulness has a different measuring stick. 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:04.119 It's not just a week or a month or a year. 00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:06.339 When you look at faithfulness in the scripture, 00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.740 it talks about a lifetime. 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.519 It talks about who you are. 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:11.599 They will not depart from it. 00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:14.399 The word depart means something very interesting here. 00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.039 I think it's important. 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.519 It means to turn off. 00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:16.919 Now, 00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:19.279 I want you to understand that if you instill in your children 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.759 godly things, 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:24.539 they might choose to ignore them. 00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:27.740 The promise here in the scripture says, 00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.459 God says they cannot turn them off. 00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:31.379 Well, 00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:32.139 how does that apply? 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:34.000 It means they're still rattling around up here. 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.980 They have an understanding of things 00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:37.899 that's been ingrained within them. 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:41.640 Have you ever noticed that sometimes people who grew up in church 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.720 get really bitter and angry? 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.320 You know why they stay bitter and angry? 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:46.800 Because they can't turn off what's been put in. 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:48.320 If they're angry at God, 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.940 they're angry at everything about God. 00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:51.940 That's a different message of dealing with that. 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.500 Because we need to understand, 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.360 your parents aren't perfect. 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:57.519 And what you do with the Lord is important. 00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.380 Matter of fact, 00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.980 it's critical. 00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:01.360 What your parents did 00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:02.800 after you mature 00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:05.720 is secondary to the decisions you make. 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:07.660 Because you move up to a point 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:09.720 where you're no longer being trained up, 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:12.819 but how are you applying those things? 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:15.180 And even if you didn't grow up with them, 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.519 you can put in them, 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:18.299 those elements into your life. 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:20.140 It's not something that just happens at childbirth. 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.920 Old things can be renewed. 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.759 Do you know what happens? 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:24.039 The Bible says 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:25.400 that when you get saved, 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:27.079 you become a new creature in Christ. 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:28.180 You could have the worst, 00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:29.600 most wicked upbringing 00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:31.100 and come to Christ 00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.460 and your life is different. 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:34.799 And Christ talks about 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:36.720 the renewing of your mind. 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:40.039 Why is your mind need renewed? 00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.720 Because you need to get out the things 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:43.039 that have been put in 00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.240 because the problem is, 00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:46.039 is bad things stick with us 00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.279 as much as the good things. 00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.740 And Christ tells us 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.380 that we need to replace those things 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.319 with the right things. 00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.600 That's one thing he talked about 00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.460 this week at camp. 00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:56.220 I thought it really hits home 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.940 to the reality 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.980 because sometimes we want 00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.900 to put things away. 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.840 The problem is 00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.860 you can't put something away 00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:02.019 and not put something else in. 00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:04.240 Throughout the scripture, 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.400 you'll find two phrases, 00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:07.039 put off and put on. 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.380 And whenever you find those two, 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.259 they're intertwined. 00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:13.279 God never tells you 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.059 to get rid of something. 00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.680 He doesn't tell you 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.759 to replace it with something. 00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.620 Because let me tell you 00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:18.000 something about the physical world 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.460 and even you as a person. 00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:22.920 A void creates a vacuum 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:24.220 that something gets sucked into. 00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:26.340 If you get rid of something 00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:27.019 in your life, 00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:27.880 you better make sure 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.819 you have the right thing 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.740 to put back in 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.519 because something will fill it. 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.660 I want you to understand 00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:35.039 these are important dynamics 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.740 and to understand here 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.720 this idea they can't turn it off. 00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:40.200 You're building a foundation 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.839 in their life 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.299 that can never be removed. 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.400 It can never, 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.579 it might be ignored, 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.019 but it's always a part of them. 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.720 That's the reason 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.619 it's so important 00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.740 of what are you putting in? 00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.139 Because sometimes dealing 00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:52.220 with the after effect 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.059 is devastating. 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.279 And as a parent 00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.079 and even others, 00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.019 I want to encourage you 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.339 to understand the importance 00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.500 of saying, 00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.699 I want a faithful, 00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:01.339 solid foundation 00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.619 for my kids. 00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.959 But I do want to encourage you 00:27:03.959 --> 00:27:04.480 to understand 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:06.139 no place in this passage 00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:08.459 tells us that you are responsible 00:27:08.459 --> 00:27:09.699 for your child's salvation. 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.899 You're responsible 00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:12.480 to give them the truth. 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.279 You're responsible 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.439 to live the truth. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.079 You're responsible 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.599 to do your part. 00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:20.740 And I say that 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.500 to keep in mind 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.699 because every person 00:27:22.699 --> 00:27:24.019 has to make a personal choice 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.939 when it comes to Christ. 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.920 You can give them 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:27.180 all the advantages. 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:30.059 And if you grow up 00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.920 in a Christian home 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:32.259 under sound Bible preaching 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.759 and you have a consistent 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:35.880 family life at home, 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.960 you know what? 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.240 You have a great advantage 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.539 because you've been given 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:41.940 all the things you need 00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.380 to understand who you are, 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.320 who Christ is, 00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.400 and what he's done for you. 00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.039 I tell you what, 00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.000 that's a big advantage. 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.759 Talk to somebody 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.620 who's come to Christ 00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.500 after their life 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.400 has been in shambles. 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.759 Drug and alcohol, 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.039 and all these other things. 00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.480 You know what? 00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.180 I guarantee you, 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.080 if they get saved, 00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.799 they're going to look back 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.000 and say, 00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.880 I wish I would have done 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.660 this a lot sooner. 00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.600 I wish I would have 00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.960 understood this a lot sooner. 00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.080 Because it does, 00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.700 it changes your life. 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.100 To understand 00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:09.240 the importance here. 00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.519 And so, 00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.420 as we look here today, 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.340 what foundation 00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:13.140 are you building 00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:14.660 in your life, 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:16.160 in the life of your kids? 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.940 How are you preparing them 00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.820 for a lifetime 00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.940 of faithfulness? 00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.000 You know, 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.920 just like the trees 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.880 we saw earlier, 00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.940 godly training 00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.920 shapes children, 00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.980 not just for today, 00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.320 but for eternity. 00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.680 It's important 00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.259 because you need 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.940 to be intentional, 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.680 you need to be consistent, 00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.440 and then you need 00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.320 to be faithful. 00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.340 Faithfulness moves 00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:41.180 after they come out 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.680 of the house. 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.580 It should be there 00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.300 the whole time, 00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:43.880 but you know what? 00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.440 As a parent, 00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.480 your kids are still 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.019 looking at you. 00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.000 They're looking at you 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.880 later to see what, 00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:49.060 did their mom and dad 00:28:49.060 --> 00:28:49.820 really mean that, 00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.279 or were they just 00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.420 doing that to fill time? 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.840 God calls parents 00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.240 and others 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.420 to train up children 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.980 in this way, 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.480 because I want you 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.019 to understand, 00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.820 your kids are going 00:28:57.820 --> 00:28:58.920 to go one of two directions. 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.640 Proverbs 14, 12 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.200 says this, 00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.480 it says, 00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.000 there's a way 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.860 which seemeth right 00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.420 unto a man, 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.180 but the end thereof 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.140 are the ways of death. 00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.580 Proverbs 12, 28 00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.200 says this, 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.519 it says, 00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.560 in the way of righteousness 00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.360 is life, 00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:11.880 and in the pathway 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.900 thereof there is 00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:14.360 no death. 00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.160 What we're talking 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.600 about today 00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.420 starts with you 00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.200 as an individual 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.380 of what you've done 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.960 with Christ. 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:20.180 Have you trusted Him? 00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:22.480 Which path 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.220 are you choosing? 00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:23.880 The path 00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:25.519 of sin, 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.440 the Bible says 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.279 the wages of sin 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.840 is death, 00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.220 but through Christ 00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:30.779 there's life. 00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.799 Which path 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:33.860 are you taking? 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.580 Which path 00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.380 are you instilling 00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:37.640 in the generation 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.160 to come? 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.640 You know, 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.500 the way of righteousness 00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.480 is only found 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.640 in Jesus Christ, 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.240 and I encourage you, 00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.160 if you don't know Christ, 00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.019 that today would be 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.900 the day that you'd 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.560 settle that. 00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:48.519 there's no better 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.339 day than today, 00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.079 but maybe you're here 00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.659 today and there's 00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.339 other things saying, 00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.639 I need to be faithful 00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.720 in other areas 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.460 of my life, 00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:57.359 that I might be 00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:58.460 intentional 00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.299 and consistent, 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.559 and that I might 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:02.599 show faithfulness 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:05.099 to the generation 00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.639 to come. 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.179 If you need to speak 00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.980 to the Lord today, 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.759 I encourage you so. 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.159 Let's pray. 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.679 Heavenly Father, 00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.839 as we come before you 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.259 this morning, 00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.460 Lord, 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.159 we just thank you 00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.659 and praise you 00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.119 for the day, 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.879 for the opportunity 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.820 that we have 00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.520 to meet together 00:30:16.520 --> 00:30:17.080 here today. 00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.360 Lord, 00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.220 as we've looked 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.960 into your word, 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.240 Lord, 00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:20.660 I pray that you 00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.120 just continue 00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:23.600 to help us 00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.400 be intentional 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:25.280 and consistent 00:30:25.280 --> 00:30:27.220 and faithful 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.040 in what we do 00:30:28.040 --> 00:30:29.520 because the way 00:30:29.520 --> 00:30:30.220 of our life 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.240 impacts the way 00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:33.140 of those around us. 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.320 Lord, 00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.780 I pray that you 00:30:35.780 --> 00:30:36.740 just stir our hearts 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.220 and minds 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.020 towards you today. 00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.620 Might draw close 00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:39.920 and Lord, 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.460 that we might not 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.640 just go away 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.240 the same way 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.840 we came in, 00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.160 but Lord, 00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:44.260 that we might be changed, 00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.539 not by just the words 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.140 that were said, 00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.859 but by the truth 00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.460 of your word. 00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.079 And Lord, 00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:49.500 we just give you 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.099 all the praise 00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:51.140 in Jesus' name. 00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.700 Amen. 00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.460 As heads are bowed 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.160 and eyes are closed 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.539 this morning, 00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.579 what about you today? 00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.019 You know, 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.440 it's always good 00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.140 to have an opportunity 00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:59.039 to respond 00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.900 to the truth 00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.460 of God's word.