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Lesson 18
Losing Our Young People
Child Conditioning
Conditioning (words, habits, values, etc.) plays a big part in a person’s life…What foods you eat or clothes you wear. What political party you choose.What sports team you follow.What education or job you will have.What you will be religiously.
Losing Our Young People Many parents are heartbroken over the
loss of their children; some parents lose their children to physical illness and death, others to spiritual illness and death (Luke 15:11).
It is estimated that 50% of young people “leave the faith” (in denominations, in the Lord’s church)
Why are young people lost? What can we do to prevent this? Is there anything that we can do?
11 Then He said: “A certain man had two
sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he
divided to them his livelihood. 13 And not many days after, the
younger son gathered all together, journeyed
to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.
Lack of proper teaching of spiritual values
Deut. 6:6-9; Judg. 2:10; Hos. 4;6; Eph. 6:4; 2 Tim. 1:5; 3:15. Parents should be more concerned
about their child’s spiritual education than their secular education.
Losing Our Young PeopleDeut 6:6-9 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 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. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as
frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the
doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Judges 2:10 When all that generation
had been gathered to their fathers, another
generation arose after them who did
not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge.Because you have
rejected knowledge,I also will reject you from
being priest for Me;Because you have
forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
Ephe 6:4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your
children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the
Lord.
2 Tim 1:5 when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt
first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am
persuaded is in you also.
2 Tim 3:15 and that from
childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to
make you wise for salvation through faith which is in
Christ Jesus.
Hypocritical parents / faulty role models
1 Kings 11:4; Prov. 20:7; Mt.18:6 Parents should say and do;
actions often speak louder than words; “monkey see, monkey do”
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1 Kg 11:4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other
gods; and his heart was not loyal to the
Lord his God, as was the heart of his
father David.
Prov 20:7 The righteous man
walks in his integrity;
His children are blessed after him.
Mt 18:6 “Whoever causes one of these
little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for
him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he
were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Worldly “friends” Deut. 13:6; Psa. 1:1-2; Prov. 1:10; Prov. 12:26; Prov. 22:24-25; Prov. 24:1; 1 Cor. 15:33) Parents should guard their children against a
worldly environment (Rom. 12:2; Jas. 4:4; 1 Jn. 2:15)
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Deut 13:6 “If your brother, the son of your mother, your son or your daughter, the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, secretly entices
you, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you
have not known, neither you nor your fathers,
Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night
Prov 1:10 My son, if
sinners entice you,
Do not consent.
Prov 12:26 The righteous should
choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads
them astray.
Prov 22:24-26 Make no friendship with
an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,25 Lest you learn his
ways And set a snare for your soul.
Prov 24:1Do not be envious of
evil men,Nor desire to be with
them;
33 Do not be deceived: “Evil
company corrupts good
habits.”
• Is the world doing a better of job of
teaching your children than you
are?• Is the world getting
to your children before you do?
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Mat 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and all these
things shall be added to you.
Eph 5:15-16 See then that you
walk circumspectly, not as fools but
as wise, 16 redeeming the
time, because the days are evil.
1 Tim 6:9-10 But those who desire to be rich fall into
temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful
lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for
which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness,
and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
We need to bring the little children to Jesus (Mt. 19:13-15;
Mk. 10;13-16; Lk. 18:15-17)
But, we need to keep the young
people with Jesus!
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Mat 19:13-15 Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said,
“Let the little children come to Me, and do not
forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And He laid His hands
on them and departed from there.
Mark 10:13-16 13 Then they brought little children to Him, that He might
touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. 14 But when
Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not
forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. 15 Assuredly, I say to you,
whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” 16 And He took them up in His
arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.
Luke 18:15-17 Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when
the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to Him and said,
“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.
17 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the
kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”