Tell the Coming Generation

 

Psalm 78:1-16

July 23-2022

 

Tell the Coming Generation

A Maskil of Asaph.

Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;  incline your ears to the words of my mouth!  I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known,  that our fathers have told us.  We will not hide them from their children but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.

He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.l  The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.  They did not keep God's covenant but refused to walk according to his law.  They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them.
 In the sight of their fathers, he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.  He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap.   In the daytime, he led them with a cloud and all the night with a fiery light.  He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.  He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

 

What happens to a generation that the Father has not told them the glorious deeds of the Lord, and His might, and the wonders that he has done?  They begin to do as this generation, they believe the lies being told to them, yes they believe good is bad and bad is good.  The Children of that generation become more foolish and have no understanding, they are arrogant and prideful and with no respect for authority.   They do not look to worship their Creator, nor do they look and study His written account.

 

They become foolish people looking to others who are eviler than them, to serve to lead them, and they buy into the killing of babies for the convenience of the mother. Climate change is as if a man is in control and can control the weather.  They no longer use their mind to seek truth, or they would understand that if oil removal from the earth was terrible, it is bad for the planet no matter who does it.  If coal is terrible for producing energy it will affect the world no matter who does it.  I understand and have the wisdom not because of age, but because I’ve studied the Scriptures and know that man has learned nothing from history, so he keeps repeating it.

 

When it comes to any form of government other than Capitalism, as we have in the USA, that was established by men who believed in freedom from the control of the government, the ability to worship and speak out against the government, and the right to arm oneself if that government set out to take away those rights.  They believe that these rights are not given by man but given by God, to all who obey the laws of God and man.

 

This generation, will not study history, will not open God’s written word, and have chosen to act as if they “can do it their way.” How does that work, let me tell you they are headed for a wreck, for they were too foolish to seek truth, and chose the ways of evil one.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice