Where are our children?

9/4/2022

Matthew 19:14 states: But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

You can find basically the same words spoken by Jesus in Mark 10:14 and Luke 18:16. Jesus knew that children were important. We can even see it in the world today. The government wants beliefs and ways of life taught to our children from as early as they can so that they will grow up believing the lies of the devil and not the truths in the Bible. In Mark we see that when Jesus saw the people trying to keep the children away, “he was much displeased.”

I have not been to many different churches in the last few years, however most of the ones that I have been to have had very few. Are our churches failing in spreading the Word of God to the Youth? Or is it us, the adults, that are failing our children?

Ask yourself, “Am I raising my children and grandchildren in the way God wants me to?” If not, start today. Ask God what more can you do to lead them to Jesus. Make an effort to raise them in such a way that when they get older and the teachers and their friends try to lead them astray that they will be able to stand on the Word of God.

C.I. Wilson