WWW.VICTORY SERIES: Multi-generational

“…what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us, we will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children, so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands”
Psalm 78:3-7.

We honor God when we obey his command to go and make disciples. But who are we supposed to reach out to? The bible tells us that we are to reach the multi-generation. Not just one generation but thousands of generations before us.

“This is my name forever. The name you shall call me from generation to generation”
Exodus 15b.

Illustration:
Our forefathers ->Their children->Next Generation ->Children yet to be born->their children->so forth.

Read Joshua 2:7-12.

“After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel”
Joshua 2:10.

Joshua and his generation succeeded in everything during their lifetime but failed to teach the next generation about the LORD, whereas, in the New Testament, the apostle Paul stressed the importance of passing on sincere faith to multi-generation in his letter to his disciple, Timothy as he reminded him of the faith that his grandmother had passed on to his mother and then to him.

“I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also”
2 Timothy 1:5.

Paul referred to grandmother Eunice’s sincere faith. What is sincere faith? Sincere faith is having a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ. Paul, then, urged Timothy to continue to pass on the faith to the generations after him. If your faith is not sincere, you cannot pass it on.

“and the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others”
2 Timothy 2:2.

ESTABLISHED GENERATION or the NOW-GEN.
The NOW-GEN refers to the present generation of Christians who know, love and obey God. There are three types of people in the NOW-GEN: The Spectators, the Commentators and the Coaches. The Spectators watch the action happen, the Commentators express their opinions on the action happening in front of them and the coaches are the ones who pass on the baton to the EMERGING GENERATION or the NEXT-GEN.

EMERGING GENERATION or the NEXT-GEN.
These are the people who will remember God’s deeds.

“so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children”
Psalm 78:6.

LET GOD BE HONORED IN EVERY GENERATION IN EVERY NATION

“Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands” Psalm 78:7.

“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me . Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age”
Matthew 28:18-20.