Family Life in The Last Days | Pastor Daniel Batarseh

Well, good afternoon. Do you have your Bibles with

you? This afternoon meet me in the

book is second. Timothy please in chapter 3,

2nd, Timothy chapter 3. And if you're there just bow

your head with me as we pray, Lord.

Again we thank you for bringing us into this new year.

Lord, we begin this new year together on the Lord's day

because we dedicate this year to you.

You are our life. There is no other purpose.

There is no other ambition that can compare to our desire to

glorify you on the Earth. Lord, we ask that in this

moment, as we hunger for righteousness, that you would

fill us and how you would speak through the written word for it

is your voice Lord with all sincerity in desperation.

We pray that this message would be free from confusion that it

would build up that it would Adorn us with godliness that it

would help us worship the Christ.

We asked, oh, Lord, that this message would not be delivered

in mere words. The Lord in the power of the

Holy Spirit. Lord, we know that we cannot

purchase that power. We cannot fabricate it.

We can't replicate. It has to come from heaven and

we know Lord that you purchased the gift of the holy spirit for

us through the blood. And so we just ask, oh, God,

because we do not depend on the flesh.

Today, we are eager to receive your touch.

We are desperate to receive your conviction and your comfort.

Lord. You are well aware, who in this

place is not born of the spirit. You know, who needs to be born

again? Would you would you show them

that they need it? That they need your salvation

Lord, you are fully aware, who in this place is hiding pain

with a smile. You know, who in this place may

be singing with words, but their hearts are dry.

Lord do a Reviving work in this place.

We ask you in Jesus name that you would be exalted, we ask you

o. God that you would be the theme

of our conversation as a result of this morning.

Lord, have your way reign in our hearts and be be blessed by what

you hear and Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Second Timothy 3 beginning in verse 1.

But understand this, that in the last days, there will come times

of difficulty for people. Will be lovers of self.

Lovers of money proud, arrogant, abusive disobedient to their

parents ungrateful, Unholy heartless, unappeasable

slanderous without self-control brutal.

Not loving good treacherous. Reckless swollen with conceit

lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God having the

appearance of godliness. But denying its power of Avoid

such people. You and I over the past few

meetings paused in this series. In the book of 2nd Timothy to

rightfully commemorate, the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We took some time to worship God, in light of the events

surrounding his first Advent, when Christ entered into this

world and it deserves for us to pause and to reflect on.

And so we stopped and we turned our attention to that truth.

But now we give our Focus back not to the events that led to

the first coming. But to the events that will lead

to his second coming. To his return, to the return of

the reigning Christ, Jesus. And I'm sure, maybe you have

thought that we've spent quite some time on these things and

you're probably wondering, you said that we were going to touch

on these things and we're still here.

You've repeated the same text a few times.

So why is it that we are taking so much time to dissect this

list of carnal characteristics. That will pervade in society as

it is now, Many reasons, may I provide one among many.

Here's one that as you and I understand.

The contrast between us and the world made encourage us, not not

discouraged, as but encouraged us to shine.

All the brighter in light of the gloominess that will Cloud this

generation and future Generations.

In other words as you and I hear these things, it should motivate

us to be the exact opposite by the power of the Holy Spirit.

May, I remind you today of your identity and Christ you are the

salt of the earth. You and I are a light, a city on

a hill. and you and I are seeing these things not so that we can

get some kind of Prophetic Insight, it's pretty

straightforward but that as you and I continue to live in this

world, we would look at things like this say Lord, if this is

true, if the world to become more passionate about Sin, if

they're going to go from bad to worse than make me, holy or more

effective, give me the grace to be able to stand out at the wind

people to your kingdom. You and I from time to time are

also going to hear how Christ Jesus when he comes to this

world, that's going to be riddled with.

Such things is going to clean up house, and he's going to rule

and Reign and righteousness will cover this Earth as well as his

glory as the sea does. And so we come here and we read

these things. Again, hoping that you'll be

energized, hoping that you will you will sense and excitement.

That God, perhaps may use me in a world covered with this filth.

Does anything stand out to you from this list?

I'm sure if we had a conversation about it, you'd

say, isn't it amazing? That Paul said, this is an

amazing that people will increase in that and we have now

arrived to a certain portion that I believe is worthy to stop

on and to consider, I don't want you to be afraid.

We're not going to stop on every single point but there are some

things that just meditate on and we're going to meditate on where

we left off. Paul says concerning the last

days that one of the things that will go from bad to worse is

that children? We'll be more disobedient.

To their parents. I find that fascinating.

You know why I find it fascinating?

Because when you look at all these other evils there, there

is no trouble to see how they have broader application.

There are many ways, somebody can be a lover of self, there

are many ways, somebody can be proud.

There are many ways, somebody can be a lover of money, but

this sin is specific. It's very narrow.

It's highlighted, children will be disobedient to their parents.

And I believe, one reason why it is mentioned is because God is

trying to hint to us. That this is a great crime in

his sight. God is trying to show us his

heart that this is a significant disturbance to him and that

might challenge you that might disturb you because I'm sure you

can think of much more atrocious evils that do more damage than a

certain behavioral pattern that is common among children.

Anyway, is this really a big deal to God?

Is this really worthy of mentioning, is this a flag for

us to consider when we meditate on the final days before the

return of Christ? It is. if you understand the

mind of God, if you understand the value that he places on the

home, if you understand his design for the family, if you

understand his purpose in children, And US, bearing

children, you see? When Paul mentions that there

will be a greater Disobedience to parents, he's talking much

more than just about an unfortunate attitude.

That makes the job of parents a little bit more difficult.

No. He's speaking about the decay in

the most foundational institution that God has

ordained in order for a civilization to thrive.

We are not speaking about just a bad temper or a terrible twos.

No, we're talking about here that there will be a troubling

resistance to the ordained Authority that God has placed in

the home on a level. That it will corrupt the

culture. How?

very simple, because if you have people more specifically

children, Who will not will not abide by the authority of a

father and a mother then what makes you think that they're

going to accept any other system of authority in the Spheres of

society? That's the problem.

The problem is this, that if there is Disobedience at the

foundational level, what will it look like on the secondary ones?

If there is corruption and chaos and Havoc within the home?

What is going to happen in the schools?

What's going to happen at work? What's going to happen on the

streets? we must see that Paul is

speaking about here that be generation of the family when he

says That there will be Disobedience to parents and this

is particularly angering to God, why?

Because of Malachi 215 we learned that one of the purposes

in which God brings a man and a woman together is that they

would produce what Offspring no Godly offspring.

Death from generation to generation.

God, what have those who reflect the image of his son as a

witness to the world? And when you come to this text,

we realize that this assaults this attacks, the very DNA of

the purpose of God. And having children and raising

our Offspring. But I want to tell you that as

Paul prophesized this, he's not saying that this is just going

to happen out of nowhere. He's not just saying that this

is just gonna spring up and all you're gonna have is now as a

band of disobedient. Kids running around.

No, no. There are things that will lead

to this. This is the fruit of something

else. This is the result.

This is the consequence. I believe I've many things for

the sake of time today, we're not going to consider all the

things. But may I present to you, at

least Couple of options of why it is that in the days to come.

We're going to see greater Rebels.

We're going to see greater greater Rebels, and some of them

won't be able to drive yet. One of the things that I believe

will contribute to this, This dysfunction number one is that

there will be a growing neglect of Parental discipleship, there

will be a growing neglect of Parental discipleship.

Although I don't have kids. I don't have to do something

else before I get there. I don't have children.

I hope that my lack of experience will not bring

hindrance to your hearing. I praise God today that my my

job as a as a servant in the capacity of a minister is not to

tell you about my experience though.

It may help and I'm sure there's a level of authority that comes

from experience. I'm not against that but my job

today is used to tell you what God Said.

My task today is just to tell you what God says about the

matter and I trust that it is clear enough and it is

straightforward enough to provide instruction.

Though, the vessel may not be in the season of the subject.

With that being said, would you turn in the Old Testament with

me to the book of First Kings? and chapter 1 beginning in verse

5, First Kings chapter 1, beginning in verse 5, There will

1 Kings 1 · chapter mention

be a growing neglect of Parental discipleship.

And here is an example for us to consider First Kings 15.

We read now adonijah, The son of hagatha.

Exalted himself saying I will be king.

And he prepared for himself chariots and Horsemen and fifty

men to run before him adonijah. Keep that name in mind, we read

of this man early in the book of First Kings, right after the

first few verses in, which we learn about the failing body.

And the old age of King David himself.

Yes, that man after God's heart, and we are told now early in

this book about one of his sons named adonijah and he is one of

our many sons in fact, he's not just one among many sons, he is

one among many sons among many wives, More specifically.

He is the fourth son to his fourth wife.

I don't know what got into David said.

But if you read in a portion of scripture that with every wife,

he had a child, and what's interesting is that this man

after God's heart, Really failed in his understanding of God's

will for marriage. God's Will and design for the

home. And what we read here in this

verse is that one of his sons adonijah is ready to secure the

throne knowing full. Well that that Throne belongs to

his brother Solomon, the successor and we read here that

he exalted himself that he was puffed up with pride unashamedly

and he begins to create a problem with in not just the

home, but in the Kingdom of Israel itself, Now, I believe

there's a lesson here just based on that understanding, David's

background and the behavior of many of his children.

You see, here's the principal when you and I fail to trust in

God's design and its blueprint for relationships, especially

marriage, which includes the roles of marriage.

And we failed to understand the design and the blueprint for the

home, including children, what you and I will do is inherit

pain, confusion frustration, when we place our own ideas of

how we should Express and experience relationships, and we

don't trust God's wisdom about the standard of who a wife

should be or a husband. Then you inherit to a certain

degree, what David will inherit and that is much, much pain that

could have been avoided. If you would just believe God to

begin with, if you just trusted God, throughout the process

throughout the journey. And so, the fruit of what we're

about to discover in part comes from, David's failure to

understand how a family should even start.

But is that really the main reason?

Some would say yes and if you ever had wondered why it is that

God allows polygamy in the Bible realize that God never

permitted. It and realize that, with every

example of polygamy in the Bible, you never see a

successful home. Just because God is silent about

the issue. Does it mean that he is for it?

Just go to his will and you will see his mind on the matter.

But that's not the main reason polygamy is not the issue.

It contributed to it, it fueled it but it's what we read in the

next verse that shows us what happened for adonijah to be this

way verse 6. His father had never at any

time. Displeased him say Or asking why

have you done thus? And so he was also a very

handsome man, just like Dad and he was born next after Absalom.

Do you see it? Do you see it?

Why was adonijah willfully? Fighting against God's will for

the throne. Why was this man?

So puffed up, why was this man Gathering other men to come

against his own dad? It's not because of adonijah

though, he did have a will but in great part the holy spirit

is, showing us that he was deficient in his character

because of the lack of investment from his father.

The holy spirit is showing us this the holy spirit.

It's so clear. Why mention this right after

telling us about the Revolt that he's about to start?

There is a deficiency there, a deficiency.

So, great, that we are told that David never even questioned at

and I just Behavior. You might wonder why it is, was

David absent from his life was was David so busy with the

kingdom. I mean, I can tell you that if

you have several wives and each of them have a few children,

you're not going to be as present.

Or always David here in a trap throughout, his fatherhood the

Trap of, In The Name of Love, to smother your children with all

these gifts and a reservation to correct.

And to disciple them, lest you think that they will Rebel as a

result. So I better not step on their

toes and just, and just from time to time, maybe say a little

bit of a top but nothing significant enough to open their

eyes. Their sin David may have

provided in many ways for his children and for adonijah, but

he failed to give to him the very thing that would shape his

character, especially in the developmental years of his life.

Where was the discipleship? Proverbs 22:15 tells us Folly

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child but the rod of

discipline drives it far from him.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child.

That's very insightful, isn't it?

This may disappoint you, but our children don't enter into this

world. With the Book of Proverbs wired

in their system. Our children don't come with a

heart filled with discretion and knowledge and only manifests as

they develop their communication skills.

Know that bundle of joy, that bundle of cuteness, the roles on

their arms and their legs, the cute smile, all of that is

covering up a heart, ready to Rebel.

Not your child, of course, right. because of Adam, Because

that is the nature that we all inherited and look at the wisdom

of God, hears, the wisdom of God that as this gift is given to a

family. God designed foolishness to be

chiseled from them. Through the means of loving

discipline from a father and a mother who has been entrusted

with them. God designed it that way.

You see there's an attack on the home for greater things than

just attacking the home, this generational consequences and as

though God is saying, I'm going to provide you a gift that will

reflect my image and has the potential to be a vessel of

righteousness. But because of Adam, they will

come to you with a disposition to disobey me to disobey you,

and this will be others and left to themselves.

They will like Adonai just seek to be their own rulers.

They were like adonijah say, I want to be king.

I want to be Queen. But it is your duty to direct

them. It is your duty to guide them in

a way that would lead them ultimately, to my son, who can,

who can be the only one who ultimately changes them.

David didn't do this at all. The role of a parent is a great

responsibility and just watching parents.

Just traveling with their kids alone, I can feel the way that

can. I could see that I can see the

difficulty but one of the responsibilities that is so

great is to guide them to progressively, be delivered from

Adams nature, although we cannot save them.

There is a restraining power that God has given us through

the principles of his word. And our ultimate hope is that

they would meet Christ. Maybe change from the inside

out. David was a Man Who Loved god

with his heart. The Bible tells us that, but I'm

going to say something that might shock you.

Although he loved god with his heart, he indirectly hated his

son. Not directly hated his son.

indirectly hated his son because in the same Book of Proverbs we

read in Chapter 13 Verse 24, whoever spares his Rod hates his

son, Whoever spares the rod hates his son but he who loves

him is diligent to discipline him.

What does this mean? It means this that he refuses to

lovingly teach and worn and exhort and even at the

appropriate age provides some kind of discipline by the rod

according to God the person who neglects this.

Hates their child. No matter how much you say, you

love them, no matter how much you buy stuff for them, no

matter how much you feel about them.

If this is absent according to God, it is hatred and his sight,

he say, how can that be? Well let me ask you this if a

child was riddled with disease. Was infected with a disease and

the Cure the remedy has been placed in the hands of the

parent, but they refuse to give it to their child.

Would you not think that they hate their child?

And yet there is the sin of the Soul.

There's a sickness of the soul and the medicine has been

provided through the means of parents, who understand the word

of God and to apply the wisdom of the spirit and who operate

with the fruit of the spirit. In order to see a greater

Deliverance. ' for them to be people who would represent the

Prince of Peace. I'm not here today to provide

you lessons on how to best discipline your children.

That's Another time and there are people more qualified to

give that advice in the I believe.

But what I am saying is this David missed?

It completely, he completely missed it and the Bible is true

and showing us the reality of his failure.

I love the Bible because it does not hide the failures of men and

women. And what David failed to show

his son that I ja God does not fail to show his children.

Because my Bible and your Bible says in Hebrews 12 verse 6 for

Hebrews 12:6

the Lord disciplines, the one he loves.

How do you know? Jesus, love you?

Well for God. So loved the world that He Sent

His only begotten son. Wonderful.

Have you reached the point in your Christian Life where you

say? I know God loves me because he

disciplines me. Many Christians limit God's love

to what he provides for them to the blessings.

The new car, the great health. That's that's one expression.

But can I ask you this? Do you believe God loves you

through his discipline? Because the Bible says he loves

those whom he disciplines. You know what that means about

God. Unlike David he is not willing

to allow you to remain a state in a state of apathy in

disobedience. He will not, he loves you too

much as a father to allow you to remain in a condition that will

destroy you others. And ultimately, Taint his glory,

he loves you too much. And so what will he do?

He will disturb you lovingly, he will send piercing conviction.

He will even have to wound you in order to sanctify you and he

will allow you all trust me, he will allow you to stay in remain

in the season of hardship so that it can have a cleansing

work on your soul. Where am I getting this from?

This is my own idea, this is not the only place where it tells us

on more than one occasion. It tells Listen, our Bibles that

he chastises, Those whom he loves, and he told it to a whole

church at one point, a whole church that was plagued with

lukewarmness, and they were happy in that condition.

They thought were Rich were prosperous, we have Prestige, we

have pedigree that there were dead inside and God from Heaven,

as a heavenly father says, I cannot in my love.

Allow you to stay that way. So he sends a word of rebuke and

he says, are you You ready for me to spit you out of my mouth?

And then he clarifies by saying Those whom I rebuke Those whom I

discipline. Are those whom I love read in

Revelation 3:19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline.

Revelation 3:19

And so he was ready to shake them.

He was ready to do something spectacular.

That might have hurt that might have been painful, but what does

Hebrews tell us, just listen to it.

And don't don't turn there. You don't have to, in Hebrews 12

10. Speaking about Earthly fathers

for they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to

them. But he being God disciplines us

for our good. That we may share his holiness.

That we may share his holiness. It's always for our good.

David failed to show that to his son and had an eye job because

of that was not just trouble for David and his other Sons.

He brought trouble to Israel. And surely this will contribute

to the increased chaos in our culture, as David's, negligence

will be common in those days. I think it's appropriate to stop

here for a moment to speak about how what Paul says this

Disobedience among children will flourish and manifest.

Here's one of the ways among men, eight, We're seeing it

already. Are we not do we not perceive it

that the cultural continual assault on motherhood. and the

growing trend of a lack of examples from Godly men, Who

will lay down their lives for their wives and their children.

A couple of those things together and we have a recipe

for disaster. And you come to this book and

you see how countercultural it is on every issue including the

estimation and the value of the home.

Can I show you one place in the book of Titus, Titus?

2:4 we read when God instructs, not the pastor, not the Sunday

School teachers, when he's speaking to the mothers, he

speaking, to the older woman of the church and he says there in

Titus, 2:4 concerning the older woman and how they should relate

with the younger. Married woman.

And what do we read in Titus? 2:4 and so train.

Train, the young woman to love their husbands and children.

Train them. To be self-controlled pure

working at home. And if I read this, if I posted

this on social media, if I read this on my secular job, they

would whip me out of the place. Working at home, kind.

And submissive to their own husband's.

That the word of God may not be reviled.

Older women in the church, listen to this Arc command not

suggested Paul, Paul's not giving suggestions for the local

church commanding that older woman within the church be

intentional. And actually speaking to those

younger woman who have been married, who are freshly married

and what had a love, their husband and their children.

I read this and I thought to myself, is this really

emphasizing the local church. Among many other things.

How much is this really emphasized?

Do older, women really seek out younger woman?

And to provide the wisdom from their own experience and the

word of God do younger woman in their humility and hunger seek

out the wisdom of older women to know how they can be more

prepared and more Adorn for this wonderful role.

As a mother as a wife, It goes to show that God cherishes he

sees the incomparable value of the health of the home because I

want to tell you today that a holy church is built by holy

homes. it's not individualistic here when I just coming here and

just no, no, this is it integrates in life in the living

room in the kitchen, And God intends for the church, to be a

help to the home. And it's a circular thing, where

then the home comes in and blesses, the church, So he says,

among other things, older woman, train train the younger ones to

love their husbands and their children.

And you know what, the message of the world is it, it's the

opposite. Because what the world is

saying, don't get married at all.

And trained to love your children.

No, no. Children are burden and there's

such a burden that you have the right to kill them in the womb

if they're inconvenient. And if you are married.

Well. Okay, let's figure this out.

Since you did get married, if you are married trained to love

them with, loyalty, know if you feel like your heart fell out of

love. I follow your heart even if it

leads you away from your spouse. And this is why as we are

understanding, second Timothy 3, when I just dumping data on us

this afternoon, we're trying to understand as this is going to

become a growing Trend in the homes.

And the narratives of the world, we must as a church, strengthen

our understanding disciple and trained so that we would have

healthy. Holy homes, stand in contrast to

this wicked world. Growing negligence of Parental

discipleship. Oh, we can talk about it for the

next few Sundays. Just the mention is enough, I

believe But there will be a growing secondly influence from

corrupt surroundings, not just a growing negligence of Parental

discipleship, but a growing influence from corrupt

surroundings. I want us to look at another son

of David and if you turn to 2nd Samuel 13 will see another

insight to what Paul prophesied about children in the last days.

we looked at adonijah, but now we're going to look at amnion

I'm ninh. Emmalin's issue is not the same

as adonijah has issue. Adonijah had a craving for the

throne. And then had a lust for a woman.

And this lust was not, was not normal, because he was, he was

wanting his half-sister Tamar. And this desire was so intense.

It was eating up to such a degree that he actually became

physically ill. Physically ill and wanting this

woman that he knew he could not have.

And in the same way you and I heard the main cause to add an

eye, just dangerous and rebellious Behavior, you and I

are now going to see the key factor that pushed, and then

over the edge. What was the Tipping Point for

this man? To make this temptation become a

reality. Because unfortunately, when you

read this chapter, you will see that am ninh and then responded

to this desire in ended up raping his half-sister.

What was the reason? It's in verse 3. but amnion had

a friend. N had a friend whose name was

jonadab the son of shamya, David's, brother.

And jonadab was a very crafty man.

But Hamlin, had a friend, you see?

There was a man in an ins life. that was not a faithful friend,

you could almost say that this was a man and surroundings And

then did not have a friend that can look him in the eyes because

she discovered. Why was that a man's head was

low and his shoulders Shrugged jonadab ask him, what's going on

with you man? Every time I see you you looked

sad, you look depressed, you barely eat your food and and

then expresses his longings his fantasies with Tamar and jonadab

failed to be a faithful friend because a true friend would have

looked him in the eyes and says, what are you thinking, man?

Have you lost your mind? You're going to give in to this

do you realize what's going to happen to you?

You realize, what's going to happen to her?

Do you realize what's going to happen to the glory of God?

He failed to rebuke him. He failed to warn him.

He failed to admonish him and he didn't just fail to do that.

He actually did the opposite, he encouraged him.

See you have two types of friends in life.

You have friends who will help you fight your Temptation and

you have friends who will help you feel your temptation?

And I've seen many Christians who can't grow because like em

and they have a friend. They have a friend and they're

not just talking about people in the Gen Z category.

I'm talking about people who are baby boomers They can't.

They haven't grown in Christ in 20 years all because they had a

friend. And this man had a friend and he

fueled his temptation, he gave him a strategy, he gave him a

plan to know how to satisfy this list.

You know, what's incredible here?

I look at Jonah table and I see a glimpse into the world of the

last days, because as we learned, a few weeks ago, the

spirit informs us that in the final hour, in those moments

leading up to Christ's return people.

It will be a cultural norm. People will be lovers of self.

And we heard it. They will love pleasure more

than they will love God. Even if that pleasure offends

God, even if it's trips people from their rights, people be

love of pleasure, more than God. Unlike Jonah dad, the

suggestions of the culture, will only get louder and louder and

louder and what should be rightly recognized as perverted

will actually be deemed as normal.

That's what jonadab did. She see and then realize that he

couldn't go for this because it was abnormal and it was through

the Whispers of Jonah that I don't know.

This is fine. You can actually satisfy this

lies is that not what the culture is Whispering to our

children? If you feel it, do it, if you

think it, you are it. If you want it, you can have it.

Such a truth may cause parents this afternoon to leave this

place more discouraged and encourage more filled with

anxiety, than with hope. And I'm not here to give this

message to cause that. No, I'm here to give you a

message of Hope because, although, although, this will be

more and more prevalent, we serve a God who is powerful, and

he is so powerful and so faithful that he is supplied,

the church he is supplied, his Spirit, he is supplied, the word

of God to ensure that our children would be so strong.

That no cultural tide can overpower them.

We have to believe that. It's a Perfect Cue for a song is

enough. I know I think we should keep

it. I don't know anything.

God sounds more emotional, doesn't it?

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You and I have to understand something.

God has given us so much. To prepare our children.

I want to give you hope today and you might think well yeah

well well I'm then was the son of a man who was known as a

person after God's Own Heart. Any made this horrific decision?

And I'm here to tell you that, I completely understand.

I'm realistic in that people have grown up with Godly

Parents, can make foolish decisions.

But I'm also here to tell you that when you have a God-fearing

father, a God-fearing mother and makes it much more difficult for

their children to dishonor Christ.

There is a restraining power. In every almost every

institution. In fact, in every institution

that God has ordained in the home with the government.

With the church. And that is why our culture is

attacking every single one of those institutions.

Because it loosens the restraining power that God has

built through these institutions.

May, I remind you again, if you are not convinced What kind of a

father David was? How do you think David responded

when he heard about and then sin against against Tamar?

You don't have to guess go down to verse 21 of chapter 13.

When King David heard of all these things.

He was very angry rightfully so but that's all that we heard,

that's all that we see. He doesn't go to protect Tamar,

he doesn't go to provide healing and provide Comfort.

It he doesn't do anything of the sort and he never.

He never Warns or disciplines or chastises end?

makes you wonder if he was hesitant to do that because he

was reminded of his own sin with Bathsheba Makes you wonder that.

He felt this conviction. How can I go and tell my son?

What he did was wrong when I gave in to my own list.

I want to tell you today that although there will be a

corrupting culture that will try to reach the ears of our

children as it as it did for am ninh.

You have no reason to be afraid. I want to show you a negative

response as we close a negative response to a person who cared

for a child and the positive response to what you.

And I should do, when there is a threat directed to our own

children. We're still in Samuel.

Go to 2nd Samuel, chapter 4 and verse 4.

I want you to see here, how fear the fear of a, of a person who

has been given the responsibility to take care of a

child can be more harmful than beneficial.

I want you to see what can happen when panic and anxiety

overtakes the heart of a good-hearted person who wants to

really see their child Thrive and grow and be protected.

Jonathan the son of Saul had a son who was crippled in his

feet. He was five years old.

When the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel and

his nurse, the nurse who's been given the responsibility to take

care of him, took him up and fled and as she fled in her

haste, he fell down and became lame.

And his name was the fetish. Here's this tender little boy.

He was the son of Jonathan, the grandson of Saul and we learned

that that Saul and Jonathan died in battle and the News reaches

the kingdom and all-out panic breaks out.

And this nurse was unnamed begins to fear for mephibosheth

because she realizes that they're coming after the Royal

Line. Surely, he must be next.

And so in her genuine care and a genuine love, she Scoops up.

Mephibosheth and she flees, but we're told she flees in haste

and we're not told the details. But at one point as she runs

runs for, not just for her life, but for his life, she drops him.

And those tender little legs. That vulnerable neck.

That spine was affected. I don't know if she fell over

something. I don't know if it was a

balcony. I don't know if she crushed him

when she fell with him. I don't know what it was but it

was enough damage to make him paralyzed for the rest of his

life. And what's good news about my

fetish f? Is that we later see that David

brings him in and allows him to sit at the table, the Royal

table and to Feast with him because he promised he promised

Jonathan that I will take care of your descendants.

I will not do them harm and it's a picture of the Gospel.

It's a picture of the Gospel that you and I because of our

first parents are crippled or crippled, but he who is the son

of David brings us to his table. Although you and I have been

fractured by Adam's sin, you and I are invited to Feast with

Christ. What we see here is quite

amazing, though, because there's a practical implication that

this woman, this woman who is almost like a mother figure to

the feather shot was overcome by fear to such a point that she

acted in haste and she lost Mobility.

She lost focus and it caused more harm.

Than it did blessing. I think, I think a lot of

parents can fall into that trap. Think a lot of parents out of

great anxiety. Begin to operate more in the

flesh than in the spirit and they Implement certain

principles and disciplines that ultimately hurt their children

more than actually help them flourish and grow.

And so, although you and I look into the Horizon of our world

and we hear about threats that will probably come to our

children that are, in fact, not even, it's not even.

Solid more are targeted towards our children, may, we not erupt

which such fear to the point where we hurt more than we help.

Because here is the example to follow and it's not an example

that I'm pulling out as an example.

It's an example that God gives it's incredible.

That when you go to that Hall of faith and Hebrews 11 we think of

men like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob Samuel.

Moses. But tucked in all of that.

Are Moses parents. God, highlighted the faith.

Of a mother and a father that we just Brush by in the book of

Exodus. And I want you to leave with

this truth, as we look out and we see that it's only getting

lumiar and darker to not in haste, not in flesh, respond to

our children, Without faith in God, would you turn there in

Hebrews 11 23 as we close together?

I want to tell you today, that there is no reason to fear the

dangers in our world, to the point, where we lose our faith

in God's Sovereign will, and Sovereign wisdom.

Here's the faith of Moses parents.

By faith, Moses. When he was born, was hidden for

three months by his parents because they saw that the child

was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

Put yourself in their sandals for a moment.

Imagine a law that passes in America.

That every Christian male that is born must be killed.

And there are surveillance and there are people knocking at

your door. And there are people wanting to

see if you have a baby boy in your house.

That was the edict. I don't think many young couples

would be encouraged to have babies.

I have a feeling that many people would delay on obeying,

be fruitful and multiply but this couple, they weren't

afraid. They weren't afraid you think.

I don't know if I agree with that because that seems unwise.

If that's the case I'm going to hold off and having a child, I'm

going to wait until this passes by, they were not afraid because

God said something and they trusted it be fruitful and

multiply we're going to be fruitful and multiply now being

Fearless is not the same as being foolish because what do

you read there that they still hit him for three months?

They still protected him, they didn't expose him to Danger, see

it's not Faith to say well God's in control so let's just throw

our kids into the lions den. Know There's wisdom that he

should be applied still, but there's also a faith that God is

in control, even over Kings and their edicts even over the media

and the, the songs and all those things.

And the growing corruption in the land, god is Sovereign even

over that because he has an intent with your family and just

like Moses. I don't know if when they saw

that he was beautiful. They saw that.

There was a destiny that he was to fulfill many people debate.

What they meant by this? What?

It that they saw, was it? Because he was a beautiful baby

like all. He's beautiful.

So we better keep him. I doubt that is what it is.

But perhaps it is that they saw that there was a special calling

on Moses. And they wanted to protect him.

And this faith in God was so great for their child.

That these slaves, these immigrants in a different land.

Could stand up to the king because they knew that their God

was on their side and they knew that their child has been

dedicated to the true and living God.

They were not afraid because they were not afraid.

You read later on in the same, the same text that when Moses

grew up, actually. Let's turn there.

Look what happened to Moses as a result of the faith of his

parents. Verse 27.

By faith. He left, Egypt.

Not being afraid. Not being afraid of the anger of

the king. Where did he learn that from Mom

and Dad? His faith.

His fearlessness. Was something that he received

from to Fearless parents. And he can trust in God because

Mom and Dad trusted in God. and I want to tell you today, That

like, these parents over their child or your child.

May not be a Moses. The child may not be a preacher.

Believe that God's design God's intent for your children is that

they would be used by him. It be used by him.

Today, as we start this New Year, we're going to dedicate a

portion of our time to pray for our families to pray for our

children. And if your child is Wayward

tonight, this afternoon, if your child is not what you thought,

he or she would be though, you have prayed invested so much.

I can't stop but think of Samson that guy caused a lot of

Heartache to his mom and dad and they were Godly. you know, what

happened to Samson, his whole life was a train wreck, but at

the final moments, he turned to God.

Without Eyes without hair humbled and stripped of dignity.

He was included in the Hall of faith.

I want you to leave here. Encouraged today?

Yes, it's going to get worse out there with with families and

children, but that means you and I have a chance to disciple a

generation that will shine all the brighter for the glory of

God. God is with you.

He hears you, he sees you and he loves your children more than

you love them. You keep praying for them, you

keep loving them. You keep having fun with them.

Don't be afraid to sit with them and to talk to them about Sin.

The world is teaching them about Sin.

If we're not going to disciple them, if we're not going to have

those honest conversations, the world, gladly will.

And let's not just believe I'm ending it here.

Let's not just believe that our children will be protected.

That's one benefit, that's one side of the coin.

Let's believe that they will go back and Pierce.

The Darkness as they are filled with the holy spirit of God.

Believe God for your children as Moses believed God.

As his parents believe, God for him.

No. Need to fear this new year.

God is with us. Let's pray.

Let's pray. Shall we pray?

I can I have somebody on the keys.

Please. Just to kind of drowned out.

Any thoughts or distractions? Thank you Laurie.

Here's what we're going to do. If you're with your wife, if

you're with your husband, pray for your children in this

moment. If you are siblings, if you feel

like you want, if your parents are here, go and pray with your

parents. Let's be intentional about this.

Okay. We're not going to hear

something like this and then just wave it off.

Let's be intentional about this. If this is the, if this is the

prophetic word for the generations leading to Christ,

let's dedicate our hearts. All the more to Christ.

Let's pray for our family. So you have the right now at

this moment to get up and move closer to your parents, to your

spouse wherever, Baby and let's just spend time to pray for

them. Okay.

Shake It Off. I know it's not the routine

service but it's okay. Let's let the spirit of God lead

us. So just In This Moment now, pray

with your spouse, pray for the Salvation of your daughter, pray

for the Salvation of your son. Pray that God would use them.

Pray that God would protect them.