GENERATIONAL CHRISTIANITY

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Generational Christianity
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• To prove his love for her, he swam the deepest
  river, crossed the widest desert and climbed the
  highest mountain. She divorced him. He was never
  home.

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Robert Orben

• Who can ever forget Winston Churchill's immortal
  words "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall
  fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in
  the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in
  the hills." It sounds exactly like our family
  vacation..

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• An exhaustive study shows that no woman has ever
  shot her husband while he was doing the dishes.

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• The man who seldom finds himself in hot water is
  the one with a wife, several daughters and one
  bathroom.

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• Ps 1451-4 1
• I will extol (exalt and lift up) You, my God, O
  King and I will bless (barak-kneel down before
  you and salute) Your name forever and ever. 2
  Every day I will bless You, and I will praise
  Your name forever and ever.

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• Ps 1451-4 1
• 3 Great (and mighty) is the LORD, and greatly to
  be praised and His greatness is unsearchable.
  (indescribable) 4 One generation shall praise
  Your works to another, and shall declare Your
  mighty acts.

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praiseshabach

• to address in a loud tone

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Works ma aseh (mah-as-eh')

• an action (good or bad) act, business, deed,
  do (-ing), operation, possession,

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Declare nagad (naw-gad')

• stand boldly out opposite by implication
  (causatively), to manifest to announce (always
  by word of mouth to one present) specifically,
  to expose, predict, explain, praisecertify,
  declare (-ing), expound, X fully, messenger,
  plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth),
  speak, tell, utter.

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Mighty Acts gebuwrah (gheb-oo-raw')

• force (literally or figuratively) by
  implication, valor, victory force, mastery,
  might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.

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GOOD AND EVIL PASS FROMONE GENERATION TOANOTHER

• Exod 2055 you shall not bow down to them nor
  serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a
  jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
  on the children to the third and fourth
  generations of those who hate Me, (NKJ)

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GOOD AND EVIL PASS FROMONE GENERATION TOANOTHER

• Num 141818 The LORD is longsuffering, and of
  great mercy, forgiving iniquity and
  transgression, and by no means clearing the
  guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon
  the children unto the third and fourth
  generation. (KJV)

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GOOD AND EVIL PASS FROMONE GENERATION TOANOTHER

• Deut 599 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto
  them, nor serve them for I the LORD thy God am a
  jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
  upon the children unto the third and fourth
  generation of them that hate me, (KJV)

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GOOD AND EVIL PASS FROMONE GENERATION TOANOTHER

• Deut 799
• "Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is
  God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and
  mercy for a thousand generations with those who
  love Him and keep His commandments (NKJ)

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THE CHOICES WE MAKE TODAY WILL AFFECT OUR
CHILDRENS CHILDREN AND THEIR CHLDRENS CHILDREN
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Max Jukes

• 1026 descendents.
• 300 were sent to prison for an average term of 13
  years
• 190 were public prostitutes
• 680 were admitted alcoholics.
• His family, thus far, has cost the state in
  excess of 420,000.They made no contribution to
  society.

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Jonathan Edwards

• 929 descendants.
• Of these 430 were ministers
• 86 became university professors
• 13 became university presidents
• 75 authored good books
• 5 were elected to the US congress and 2 to the
  Senate
• One was vice president of the US.
• His family never cost the state one cent, but has
  contributed immeasurably to the nation.

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We Can Change With GODS HELP
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• The Lord has promis'd good to me,His word my
  hope securesHe will my shield and portion
  be,As long as life endures.

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• Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,And
  mortal life shall ceaseI shall possess, within
  the veil,A life of joy and peace.

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• The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,The sun
  forbear to shineBut God, who call'd me here
  below,Will be forever mine.

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Brian Warner
Marilyn Manson
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Senator Joseph Lieberman

• Let every parent who tries to instill family
  values over dinner, be aware that their children
  will go into the living room to watch TV programs
  that tell their parents to go to hell

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What Can We Do To Make A Difference...

• Spend more time with the children
• Take courses on the family
• Bring them to church activities
• Model Christianity for them
• DO NOT DIVORCE (again)
• Regulate or eliminate TV (the latter is growing
  in urgency)
• Monitor and filter Internet use