Imitate Evil

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August 23, 2012

"Imitate Evil"

Scripture Reading:
1 John 3:11  (HCSB) Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

Devotional Reading:

Have you thought about the current epidemic we face as parents in this generation? There is more violence, sex, and immorality bombarding a child's intellect than ever. Look at the results: We see children, out of control, committing vicious murders, including killing their classmates, with little regard for their actions and getting away with it.  Who is to blame, parents.  Obviously, they are conditioned by what they see on TV and in the movies and what they get away with at home.  Do you remember George Orwell's book, 1984? When it came out in 1949, the world was shocked because he predicted that people would go to the movies and laugh at people being killed. That prediction has become reality. It's called "the numbing of America."  The number one issue in America is disrespect of elders from children.  Children have to be asked, "what do you say?"  "don't you have something to say?" and other prodding questions.  The cartoons, shows and videos have no respect for elders nor parents.  Brother doesn't it really show.  According to a pew report statistic from 2009,  the upcoming generation of children will be less respectful than their parents and have a greater sense of entitlement.  Then we look around and wonder what's wrong...disrespectful children and unengaging parents.  In most of the shows, dad if he is around is a buffoon, the kid is out of control and the kids rule the house.  There is a remedy. As a parent, you can teach your children to make decisions based on a formula that's been around for a while - WWJD - What Would Jesus Do?  Would Jesus call your sister that name, would Jesus hit your brother back, would Jesus throw things at other children...and so on! Can you think of any wrong your child might learn by doing this?  What WOULD Jesus do? The Bible shows us. Teach it to your child as a formula for learning right from wrong.  Stop codling, stop consoling stop worrying about self-esteem and save your child's life by teaching them discipline!  Still not a bad idea to apply WWJD to your life!  What can it hurt.

Keep the Son in your eyes,

Pastor Ben J Lahay

Galatians 2:20