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2006 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2006
Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15

 
Barzillai and Our Young People Today
The Brainwashing of Our Children Today

Introduction:
Comments on the newest movie, "The Ant Bully!"
See Becoming an Ant for the excellent write up on the communal and brain washing dangers of this movie!
(I know, the one verse that is used is not KJB - the word is devils, not demons)

Barzillai - a Great Old Man
(yes, I know now that I misprounced his name throughout the sermon.)
II Samuel 17:27-29; 19:31-40

King David asked Solomon to take care of Barzillai's children
I Kings 2:1-7

Our aged church family
You can still continue to grow spiritually towards being even greater old folks!
Titus 2:2,3
I Timothy 5:10,13-15
Job 12:12

...or you can choose not grow spiritually - and make no changes in your life:
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Psalm 55:19

You still have a purpose in this life, if you are still alive...
Psalm 92:14; 71:18; 78:4; 48:13,14

BUT...

Today's youth have had their minds changed towards adults!
Elihu - Job 32
He sounds good, but notice a few places where he seems a bit of a know it all!
Sounds like the 'youth' today and how they think towards the 'old hymns' - the 'old 1611 Bible' - one book for an authority - the old church 'design,' etc.

See Proverbs 30:11-14 for a description that fits the youth more and more as time marches on!

Look what happened to Barzillai's children - first blessed by Solomon, but now...
Ezra 2:61,62
Nehemiah 7:63,64
Our Children
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.  Proverbs 22:6
What way is that?

Jesus Christ, of course, yet as shown to us through Paul's ways!
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord,
who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ,
as I teach every where in every church.
I Corinthians 4:17

Our children must have Paul's manner of life!
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
II Timothy 3:10

How?

We will try to tackle that one on Sunday!