Growing Up to Know Jesus
I know many parents, myself included, who want their children to grow up to know Jesus Christ. The last thing we want is for our kids to just see him as just a religious tradition. This is happening in an alarming number of young people. It seems to me that we should make an effort to raise our children in a community of people in hot pursuit of Jesus Christ. In urgent pursuit of nothing else and no one else. Imagine if we trained our young people to share Jesus Christ in every meeting, imagine if we began to follow the training of Paul recorded in 1 Corinthians, “if all prophesy“.
“Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad? But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all; the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you.” – 1 Corinthians 14:23-25 NASB
It says ‘All‘ Not ‘Some‘
- “IF ALL PROPHESY”
- “CONVICTED BY ALL“
- “CALLED TO ACCOUNT BY ALL “
Paul counted on all of his people participating in order one by one.
There is something supernatural when Jesus Christ can speak and control and orchestrate a bunch of nobodies. A bunch of unprofessional clergymen; so called “lay people” having a meeting orchestrated by the spirit of Jesus himself. Simple men and women of all ages who have the singular and powerful bond of adoring and pursuing Jesus Christ.
One by one, all participating, in order.
I’ve seen this first hand, its real, people actually meet this way. It takes just a little training and some supernatural love but it is possible.
Jesus, when seen alive in a variety of people, is irresistible. Seeing him work among a variety of personalities, genders and ages declares him to all generations far better than sermons and songs. Which seem to wear out rather quickly any more.
If really we care about the next generation knowing Jesus perhaps it is time we reconsider our meeting traditions.
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