THAT THE NEXT GENERATION MIGHT KNOW

THAT THE NEXT GENERATION MIGHT KNOW

THAT THE NEXT GENERATION MIGHT KNOW
Psalm 78
Throughout All Generations – Part 3 of 3

HOW DOES THE CHURCH SUPPORT GENERATIONAL DISCIPLESHIP?

BY EQUIPPING The Home With The Truth

v. 3 “… things … that our fathers have told us.” (esv)

v. 2 “I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old …” (esv)

Nehemiah 8.7–8 “… the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law … They read from … the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. (esv)

Ephesians 4.11–12 “[God] gave … shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ …” (esv)

BY DEFENDING The Truth From Obscurity

v. 4 “We will not hide them from their children …” (esv)

BY COMMUNICATING Our Faith Without Apology

THAT God Is Glorious

v. 4b “… tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.” (esv) 

THAT Scripture Is Reliable

v. 5 “He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel …” (esv)

THAT Jesus Is Salvation  

v. 7 “… so that they should set their hope in God …”  (esv)

THAT God’s Friendship Is Precious

v. 7 “… and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments …” (esv)

THAT God’s Mission Is Theirs

v. 6 “… that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children …”  (esv)

v. 8 “… and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation …” (esv)