Reaching the Next Generation

Judges 2:6-13

7 out of 10…

1) David2) Josh3) Autumn4) Jessica5) Adam

6) Stephanie7) Luke8) Sam9) Jaeden10) Melissa

7 out of 10…

1) David2) Josh3) Autumn4) Jessica5) Adam

6) Stephanie7) Luke8) Sam9) Jaeden10) Melissa

6 6 When Joshua had dismissed the people, When Joshua had dismissed the people, the sons of Israel went each to his the sons of Israel went each to his inheritance to possess the land. inheritance to possess the land. 7 7 The The people served the Lord all the days of people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who had seen all the who survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the Lord which He had done great work of the Lord which He had done for Israel. for Israel. 8 8 Then Joshua the son of Nun, the Then Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten. hundred and ten. 9 9 And they buried him in And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. of Mount Gaash. 

10 All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel. 

11 Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals, 12 and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the Lord to anger. 13 So they forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

The 2nd Generation witnessed partial obedience

*Judges 1:27, “…did not…” *Judges 1:27, “…did not…”

*Judges 1:28, “…did not…”*Judges 1:28, “…did not…”

*Judges 1:29, “…did not…”*Judges 1:29, “…did not…”

*Judges 1:30, “…did not…”*Judges 1:30, “…did not…”

*Judges 1:31, “…did *Judges 1:31, “…did not…”not…”

*Judges 1:32, “…did *Judges 1:32, “…did not…”not…”

*Judges 1:33, “…did *Judges 1:33, “…did not…”not…”

The 2nd Generation did not heed God’s Word…

Deuteronomy 6:4-6 Deuteronomy 6:4-6 ““44Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! the Lord is one! 5 5 You shall love You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your with all your soul and with all your might. might. 6 6 These words, which I am These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your commanding you today, shall be on your heart.  heart.  7 7 You shall teach them diligently to You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you way and when you lie down and when you rise up. rise up. 8 8 You shall bind them as a sign on You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.your forehead.9 9 You shall write them on the You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your doorposts of your house and on your gates.”gates.”

Psalm 145:3-4 Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,And His greatness is unsearchable.4 One generation shall praise Your works to another,And shall declare Your mighty acts. 

 Psalm 71:18And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,Until I declare Your strength to this generation,Your power to all who are to come.

 Titus 2:3-4 3 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,is good,4 4 so that they may encourage the so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to young women to love their husbands, to love their children, love their children, 5 5 to be sensible, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.God will not be dishonored.

Titus 2:6-8 6 Likewise urge the young men to be sensible; 7 in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, 8 sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us. 

 Judges 2:14-15Judges 2:14-15““14 14 The anger of the Lord burned against The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their could no longer stand before their enemies. enemies. 15 15 Wherever they went, the Wherever they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken and as evil, as the Lord had spoken and as the Lord had sworn to them, so that the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.”they were severely distressed.”

“If we allow our children to grow up without [the knowledge of God], we

serve not only their ignorance and unbelief,

but also their destruction.”

-John Piper

Reaching the Next Generation

Judges 2:6-13