Christians
today gives less attention to the Ten Commandments, the major expression of
God’s moral law. Churches, ministries, community around the world celebrate,
Year of The Family, Year of Jubilee, Year of Evangelization, Year of Service
and Year of Faith but why is there no Year of the Ten Commandments? The
importance of Ten Commandments is less taught to the generations today. The
main law of God that we were continually told to keep is not being practice
among Christians today. Research has shown that 60% of Christians today can’t
name even five of the Ten Commandments. No wonder people break the Ten
Commandments all the time. Youth ministries are asked to fix problems, provide
entertainment and keep kids busy. How many local-church youth programs actually
produce substantial Bible knowledge in young people? The centrality of biblical preaching to
the formation of disciples is lost, and Christian ignorance leads to Christian
indolence and worse. This really is our problem, and it is up to this
generation of Christians to reverse course. Recovery starts at home. Parents
are to be the first and most important educators of their own children,
diligently teaching them the Word of God.
[See Deuteronomy 6:4-9.] Parents cannot franchise their responsibility to the
congregation, no matter how faithful and biblical its may be. God assigned
parents this non-negotiable responsibility, and children must see their
Christian parents as teachers and fellow students of God's Word. “Hear,
O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your might. These
commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on
your children. Recite them when you sit at home and when you walk along the
road. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write
them on the door frames of your house and on your gates.” (Deuteronomy
6:4-9)
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PAMELA SANTIAGO. All Rights Reserved.
Adapted
from the book Journey of A Thousand
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