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About 4,000 years ago,
there lived a man in the
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land of Canaan, in what
today is the general area
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of the nation of Israel.
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His name was Lot and he
was the nephew of Abraham.
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He had a wife and a family,
a place of prominence in
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society, and had
grown quite wealthy.
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You might say he
was successful.
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But then, something
went terribly wrong.
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Lot lived in the
ancient city of Sodom.
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Sodom and its sister city
Gomorrah were judged and
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destroyed by God for their
decadence and corruption.
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But this story is not
just of the downfall of a
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sinful city, but the
tragic collapse of a
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family as well.
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Lot escaped with his life,
but his family paid a dear
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price.
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What can we learn
from the story of Lot?
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How can this apply to us,
in a world of increasing
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evil?
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How can we expect to guide
our family, our children,
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in our society today?
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So, how can we raise
good kids today?
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I’ll be right back
with the answer.
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♪
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Welcome to Tomorrow’s
World, where we help you
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make sense of your world
through the pages of the
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Bible.
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About 4,000 years ago
there lived a man named
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Lot.
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He was the nephew of
Abraham, the ancestor of
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the children of Israel.
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Before Lot moved to Sodom,
he lived near his uncle
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Abraham.
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But as their flocks and
herds grew, the land
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wasn't large enough
for both of them.
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So, they had to separate.
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Abraham told Lot to
choose which direction he
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would go, and Abraham
would go the opposite.
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Notice how the story
unfolds in Genesis 13:10...
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“And Lot lifted his eyes
and saw all the plain of
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Jordan, that it was well
watered everywhere...
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like the garden of the
LORD.”
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When Lot saw the land surrounding Sodom, he
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was impressed. It looked good.
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It was fertile and lush, a
perfect place to raise his
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flocks and herds.
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But there was something
wrong with this area as
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well.
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What was it? Let's read in Genesis 13:11...
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“Then Lot
chose for himself all the
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plain of Jordan, and
Lot journeyed east...
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and Lot dwelt in the
cities of the plain and
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pitched his tent
even as far as Sodom.
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But the men of Sodom were
exceedingly wicked and
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sinful against the
LORD.”
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You see what was happening.
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Lot was drawn to Sodom,
because it looked good--a
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place to grow wealth,
to raise his flocks, to raise
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his family--a rich
and fertile land.
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But the inhabitants had
a way of life totally
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contrary to what he had
learned from his uncle
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Abraham.
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Sodom already had
a bad reputation.
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The point is, Lot chose
to move toward Sodom, not
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away from it.
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And he made that choice,
even though there were
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warning signs that this
was not a good idea.
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It eventually brought
disastrous results on
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his family, and on his own life, as we’ll see
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later in this program.
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But what does that have to
do with us now, living in
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the end-times?
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Well, let’s discuss our first
key to raising kids in our
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world today:
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1. Resist the pulls
of the world.
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The Bible tells us that as
Christians, we must resist
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the temptations of this
world, and be different.
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This is even more
important as we find
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ourselves at the
end of the age.
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We’ve got to discern the
direction the world is
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going, and choose instead
to embrace God’s way.
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Jesus inspired the Apostle
John to write these words in
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Revelation 18:4...
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“And I heard another voice from heaven saying, ‘Come out
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of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and
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lest you receive of her plagues.
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For her sins have reached
to heaven, and God has
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remembered her
iniquities.”
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Sodom was judged and destroyed for promoting a lifestyle in
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direct violation
of God’s ways.
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The Book of Revelation
shows that the society of
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the last days will
be promoting the same
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anti-God ways.
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That end-time society will
be judged and punished,
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just like Sodom.
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And God says to
Christians,
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don’t get caught up in that world.
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Be different, come out of
it,
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and you can be spared.
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So, why should this
concern parents?
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Well, our children soak up
the environment they grow in.
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The choices we
make--whether we are
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coming out of the world,
or being drawn into
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it--directly affect the
viewpoints and attitudes
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our children will adopt.
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Many well-meaning, loving
parents are unwittingly
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allowing the world to
have too much influence on
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their children.
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The corrosive nature
of the world erodes the
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values the
parents hold dear.
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And one day, too many
parents are shocked to
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discover their children
don’t hold their values at
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all.
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Maybe part of the solution
is understanding what it
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means to come
out of the world.
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Are we to run away and
isolate ourselves from
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society?
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That’s not
what Christ meant, when He said
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this in John 17:15...
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“I do not
pray that You should take
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them out of the world, but
that You should keep them
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from the evil one.”
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We must function in this society.
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We have to work and make a
living to provide for our
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families.
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But we also must protect
our children from the
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corrosive nature
of this world.
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And that means
evaluating our decisions.
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Do our choices reinforce
our efforts to train our
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children God’s ways?
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Or do they unknowingly
tear down the character
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we're trying to
help them build?
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Today, through technology,
the world comes to us.
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Through our televisions,
our computers, and our phones,
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we can literally feed on the
world’s anti-God values if
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we’re not careful.
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Think about the themes
that come flooding into
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our lives through
entertainment and media.
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Our homes should be havens
of peace that promote
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Christian values of love,
self-control and faith.
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But too often, we allow
the world to inundate us
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with violence,
selfishness, immorality
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and rebellion.
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If these corrosive themes
fill our homes, why would
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we be surprised if they
fill the minds of our children?
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As parents, we need to be
the primary influence in
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our children’s lives.
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No, we can’t shelter them
from the world forever.
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But we can protect them
and nurture them so that
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as they approach
adulthood, they are ready
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and prepared to resist
the pulls of the world.
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We're living in
the end of the age.
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Our society is not going
in the right direction.
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And it’s a challenge being
a parent in a time such as
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this.
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But you can be a
successful parent, even in
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difficult times.
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Welcome back.
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In the last segment, we
saw that Lot was drawn to
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the allure of the city of
Sodom, in spite of its bad
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reputation.
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So what happened to him?
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And what became of his family?
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In this segment, we’ll
continue his story.
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As mentioned before,
Sodom was beautiful.
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It was green, lush,
and prosperous.
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But it was wicked and
rebellious as well.
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God sent two angels--who
appeared as two ordinary
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men--to warn Lot and his
family that the city would
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be destroyed.
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We read in Genesis 19:1
that Lot met these men at
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the gate of the city,
and invited them into his
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home.
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He knew it would be
dangerous for them to stay
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out in the open
square all night.
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But things did not
go well that evening.
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The men of the city
surrounded Lot’s house,
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demanding that he bring
out these men, that they
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might abuse them.
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They even violently
threatened Lot, almost
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breaking down his door.
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You can read the story for
yourself in Genesis 19.
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But notice Lot’s
response to them.
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We read it in Genesis 19:7,
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“[Lot] said, ‘Please, my
brethren, do not do
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wickedly!
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See now, I have two
daughters who have not
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known a man; please, let
me bring them out to you,
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and you may do to them as
you wish; only do nothing
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to these men, since this
is the reason they have
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come under the shadow of
my roof.’”
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As a father of daughters of my own, I can't even
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begin to comprehend why Lot would say such a thing.
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On the one hand, he
was risking his life to
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protect these men
under his care.
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But on the other hand, he was
brazenly willing to put
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his daughters in
unspeakable humiliation
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and danger themselves,
in the place of these men.
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How could Lot possibly
think this way?
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Well, let’s think this through.
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We know Sodom was
well-known for its
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extremely lax morals.
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And maybe Lot’s actions were
an illustration of how
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tainted his own thinking
had become by being
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immersed in that world.
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He was a righteous man--2
Peter 2:7 says that--but
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perhaps he had absorbed
more of Sodom than he
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thought.
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What about today?
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Is there a lesson for
parents today, seeking to
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navigate the dangers
of our anti-God world?
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There is.
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And that brings us to our
second key to bringing up
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children in
today’s world:
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2. Don't underestimate how
the world is affecting you.
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Like it or not, we're
living in this world.
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And the world affects us
more than we may realize.
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It’s good to ask
ourselves, how is the
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world impacting me?
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Do my spouse and I
find ourselves getting
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impatient and critical
with each other, when we
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don't intend to?
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Maybe we're allowing the
spirit of selfishness that
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pervades out world
to rub off on us?
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Do we watch TV shows or
movies filled with casual
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sex and immoral behavior?
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If we do, that’s going
to affect how we think
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ourselves.
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Do we find ourselves
getting anxious or
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negative, for
no good reason?
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There is a spirit world
out there that is actively
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broadcasting a message of
anger, animosity and fear.
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Are we absorbing it?
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Then we shouldn't be
surprised when our
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thoughts, our words and
our actions reflect the world
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more than they reflect
our professed Christian
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beliefs.
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The apostle James gives
helpful advice on learning
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how to discern what is
coming from the world, and
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what's coming from
God and His word.
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He writes this in James 3:14,
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“... If you have bitter envy
and self-seeking in your
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hearts, do not boast and
lie against the truth.
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This wisdom does not
descend from above, but is
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earthly, sensual, demonic.
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For where envy and
self-seeking exist,
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confusion and every
evil thing are there.
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But the wisdom that is
from above is first pure,
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then peaceable, gentle,
willing to yield, full of
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mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and
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without hypocrisy.”
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In order to know how to guide our children, we need to
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first look at the fruit of our lives.
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Is there love, joy,
peace, faithfulness, and
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self-control?
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These are just a few
of the fruits of God’s
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Spirit, as outlined
in Galatians 5.
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Or, is there selfishness,
disrespect, outbursts of
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wrath, and impure
thoughts and actions?
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It’s critical we examine
our own selves first, to
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know how to help
our children.
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James said we must not
“lie against the truth.”
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There is objective truth,
and the Bible defines what
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it is.
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And yet, overwhelmingly,
our society does not
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recognize universal
truths, especially when it
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comes to morality.
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The Barna research group
reported on this in a 2018
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study: “We live in an
increasingly ‘post-truth’
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political climate.... Over
time, consensus on key
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moral principles has
waned, and the younger
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generations are now
inheriting this new moral
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landscape.” The report
goes on to explain how
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each generation, in
general, approaches sex
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before marriage: “21% of
Gen Z strongly believes
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sex before marriage is
wrong--though they are
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mostly on par with other
generations.”
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Think about that statement.
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The beliefs of Generation
Z--that is, those born
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from 1996 to 2015--are
roughly the same as other
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ages, when it comes to
their views on sex before
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marriage.
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In fact, only 22% of both
“Elders” and “Boomers”
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believed sex before
marriage is wrong.
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That’s only 1 percentage
point difference than
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Generation Zs.
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Do we see any correlation
between what the younger
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generation thinks, with
what they've been taught
14:57.529 --> 15:00.699
by the examples of
the older generation?
15:00.766 --> 15:03.302
We might blame the
youngest generations for
15:03.369 --> 15:04.637
the moral slide.
15:04.703 --> 15:05.971
But who taught them?
15:06.038 --> 15:07.239
Who showed them the way?
15:07.306 --> 15:10.276
Who gave them excuses
to adopt a relativistic
15:10.342 --> 15:11.443
world view?
15:11.510 --> 15:14.313
If we are parents, we
have to look at our own
15:14.380 --> 15:15.414
examples.
15:15.481 --> 15:17.683
And we must not
underestimate the
15:17.750 --> 15:21.954
corrosive effects of
society on us, which in
15:22.021 --> 15:24.056
turn affects our children.
15:24.123 --> 15:25.357
So what do we do?
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There is a better way.
15:27.493 --> 15:30.095
It’s defined in the
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And it’s explained in our
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15:39.838 --> 15:42.474
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15:49.581 --> 15:51.083
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15:51.150 --> 15:52.651
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In the last segment of our
program, we reviewed the
16:40.933 --> 16:43.535
story of Lot and the
angelic visitors he
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sheltered in his house.
16:45.537 --> 16:47.840
After the incident at the
house, the next morning,
16:47.906 --> 16:50.576
the visitors told Lot and
his family it was time to
16:50.642 --> 16:51.744
get out.
16:51.810 --> 16:54.246
They were given specific
instructions to leave and
16:54.313 --> 16:56.281
not look back.
16:56.348 --> 16:59.017
Sodom and Gomorrah
were destroyed.
16:59.084 --> 17:01.653
But Lot’s wife,
tragically, turned to view
17:01.720 --> 17:05.190
the destruction of those
sinful cities, and died.
17:05.257 --> 17:08.394
Lot escaped with his two
daughters, and the story
17:08.460 --> 17:11.330
ends with another sad
event in the lives of Lot
17:11.397 --> 17:12.498
and his family.
17:12.564 --> 17:15.868
Let’s read that, in Genesis 19:30...
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“Then
Lot went up...
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and dwelt in the
mountains, and his two
17:20.272 --> 17:21.640
daughters were with him...
17:21.707 --> 17:24.443
Now the firstborn said to
the younger, ‘Our father
17:24.510 --> 17:27.045
is old, and there is no
man on the earth to come
17:27.112 --> 17:30.449
in to us as is the
custom of all the earth.
17:30.516 --> 17:33.886
Come, let us make our
father drink wine, and we
17:33.952 --> 17:37.122
will lie with him, that we
may preserve the lineage
17:37.189 --> 17:38.690
of our father.”
17:38.757 --> 17:40.692
And that’s exactly what they did.
17:40.759 --> 17:43.395
The eldest daughter the
first night, and the other
17:43.462 --> 17:45.063
daughter the next night.
17:45.130 --> 17:48.567
And so, Lot had children
by his two daughters, and
17:48.634 --> 17:51.270
those children grew to
become the Ammonites and
17:51.336 --> 17:52.604
the Moabites.
17:52.671 --> 17:55.340
Now, it’s a little hard
to fathom the thinking of
17:55.407 --> 17:56.708
these young girls.
17:56.775 --> 17:59.278
What a shame, they were
so confused in their
17:59.344 --> 18:02.181
value-system, that they
thought it would be a good
18:02.247 --> 18:05.651
idea to commit fornication
and even incest with their
18:05.717 --> 18:07.052
father.
18:07.119 --> 18:10.622
You must wonder, where was
the spiritual training?
18:10.689 --> 18:13.592
Did Lot really teach his
children about God, His
18:13.659 --> 18:15.727
Laws and His way of life?
18:15.794 --> 18:17.796
Was God real to them?
18:17.863 --> 18:22.234
Or, were they sort of just left
to learn from their peers?
18:22.301 --> 18:25.103
Lot was a conflicted
individual.
18:25.170 --> 18:27.473
On the one hand, he's
described as a righteous
18:27.539 --> 18:32.110
man in 2 Peter 2:7, as we've seen before.
18:32.177 --> 18:35.080
But on the other hand, we
see a man whose example
18:35.147 --> 18:37.616
didn't always measure
up to his beliefs.
18:37.683 --> 18:40.586
And I think we can assume,
despite being a good man
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overall, Lot did not fully
discern his God-given duty
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to teach his children.
18:47.159 --> 18:50.395
It wasn't that he
wasn't capable.
18:50.462 --> 18:52.498
If you review the
beginning of the story,
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you'll find Lot was a
prominent citizen in
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Sodom.
18:56.468 --> 19:00.839
We read that in Genesis 19:1
that he “sat in the gate
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of the city.” That meant
he may have even been a
19:04.776 --> 19:06.945
high official in Sodom.
19:07.012 --> 19:09.648
And yet, even though a
prominent and relatively
19:09.715 --> 19:13.218
successful citizen, Lot
appears to have not made
19:13.285 --> 19:17.656
it a priority to teach his
children spiritual values.
19:17.723 --> 19:21.093
And that brings us to our
third key to raising good
19:21.159 --> 19:23.328
kids in today’s world,
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3. Make teaching your
children spiritual values
19:27.833 --> 19:30.135
a high priority.
19:30.202 --> 19:33.005
When we think of our own
lives, maybe we can relate
19:33.071 --> 19:34.540
to Lot.
19:34.606 --> 19:37.109
As parents, we sometimes
struggle with our own
19:37.175 --> 19:39.044
burdens and stresses.
19:39.111 --> 19:42.014
We may feel overwhelmed
from time to time.
19:42.080 --> 19:45.551
We strive to live as best
we can, but we know our
19:45.617 --> 19:47.553
example isn't perfect.
19:47.619 --> 19:50.055
And we sometimes feel
inadequate guiding and
19:50.122 --> 19:51.690
teaching our children.
19:51.757 --> 19:54.760
Yet, as Christians, we
must make the spiritual
19:54.826 --> 19:58.931
training of our children
a high priority.
19:58.997 --> 20:02.301
And God will help
us if we ask Him to.
20:02.367 --> 20:04.136
In the book of
Deuteronomy, God taught
20:04.202 --> 20:07.639
Moses the principles of
living a godly life, so he
20:07.706 --> 20:09.441
could teach the parents.
20:09.508 --> 20:12.844
And they were in turn to teach
their own children.
20:12.911 --> 20:18.016
Notice how He describes
that in Deuteronomy 6:5,
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“You shall love the Lord
your God with all your
20:20.786 --> 20:23.822
heart, with all your
soul, and with all your
20:23.889 --> 20:25.057
strength.
20:25.123 --> 20:27.392
And these words which I
command you today shall be
20:27.459 --> 20:29.061
in your heart.
20:29.127 --> 20:31.463
You shall teach them
diligently to your
20:31.530 --> 20:34.199
children, and shall talk
of them when you sit in
20:34.266 --> 20:37.336
your house, when you walk
by the way, when you lie
20:37.402 --> 20:39.838
down, and when you rise
up.”
20:39.905 --> 20:43.642
God wants us as parents to make it a habit to talk with
20:43.709 --> 20:47.245
our children--to use normal,
everyday situations to
20:47.312 --> 20:49.915
teach the principles
of godly living.
20:49.982 --> 20:53.218
And we do it in ways that
children can understand.
20:53.285 --> 20:56.321
We teach them godly
values, such as: Don't hit
20:56.388 --> 20:57.422
your sister.
20:57.489 --> 20:59.191
Take turns on
the playground.
20:59.257 --> 21:00.392
Share your toys.
21:00.459 --> 21:01.627
Pray to God.
21:01.693 --> 21:03.528
Show respect
to your elders.
21:03.595 --> 21:05.597
Don't throw your
peas on the floor.
21:05.664 --> 21:08.100
You get the idea.
21:08.166 --> 21:11.503
Notice Malachi 2:15,
21:11.570 --> 21:15.040
“But did He not make them one, having a remnant
21:15.107 --> 21:17.576
of the Spirit? And why one?
21:17.643 --> 21:20.312
He seeks godly offspring.
21:20.379 --> 21:23.248
Therefore take heed to
your spirit, and let none
21:23.315 --> 21:26.852
deal treacherously with
the wife of his youth.”
21:26.918 --> 21:29.521
Marriage as
an institution was created
21:29.588 --> 21:30.722
by God.
21:30.789 --> 21:32.024
But why?
21:32.090 --> 21:35.527
Because God loves children
and He wants to bring “many
21:35.594 --> 21:40.065
sons to glory”, as it
says in Hebrews 2:10.
21:40.132 --> 21:42.434
But He doesn’t just want
lots of children running
21:42.501 --> 21:46.304
around who are rebellious,
confused, miserable and
21:46.371 --> 21:48.373
disrespectful
to authority.
21:48.440 --> 21:50.275
He wants godly children.
21:50.342 --> 21:52.644
He wants sons and
daughters who have learned
21:52.711 --> 21:56.081
to exercise self-control
and self-restraint.
21:56.148 --> 21:58.483
He wants to see our
children have learned to
21:58.550 --> 22:02.287
care for and love
other human beings.
22:02.354 --> 22:05.090
Notice what Paul says, in
Ephesians 6:1...
22:05.157 --> 22:11.430
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
22:11.496 --> 22:13.832
“Honor your father and
mother,” which is the
22:13.899 --> 22:16.935
first commandment with a
promise: “that it may be
22:17.002 --> 22:20.906
well with you and you may
live long on the earth.
22:20.972 --> 22:23.909
And you, fathers, do not
provoke your children to
22:23.975 --> 22:26.645
wrath, but bring them
up in the training and
22:26.712 --> 22:28.747
admonition of the Lord.”
22:28.814 --> 22:33.051
The Ten Commandments include one just for families: Honor your
22:33.118 --> 22:35.454
father and your mother.
22:35.520 --> 22:38.190
It’s our job to help our
children understand what
22:38.256 --> 22:39.291
that means.
22:39.357 --> 22:42.761
And sometimes we must
gently but firmly correct
22:42.828 --> 22:45.731
them for behavior that
doesn’t measure up.
22:45.797 --> 22:49.134
Not because we hate them,
but because we love them.
22:49.201 --> 22:52.404
They may not like it at
that moment, but that’s ok.
22:52.471 --> 22:54.439
They'll be ok.
22:54.506 --> 22:56.975
None of us likes
correction when we get it.
22:57.042 --> 23:00.712
But if we teach and even
correct them in love, in a
23:00.779 --> 23:03.715
spirit of teaching them
a better way, over time
23:03.782 --> 23:05.350
they'll understand.
23:05.417 --> 23:08.353
And they'll grow more
secure, knowing there are
23:08.420 --> 23:12.090
clear boundaries
of right and wrong.
23:12.157 --> 23:14.526
There’s a lot to think
about on this topic.
23:14.593 --> 23:17.229
But that’s why we’ve
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23:20.098 --> 23:24.002
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23:24.069 --> 23:27.072
encouraging and helpful
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23:27.139 --> 23:28.240
parent.
23:28.306 --> 23:30.575
Pastor and Tomorrow’s
world writer Jonathan
23:30.642 --> 23:34.279
McNair explains how
teaching self-control, for
23:34.346 --> 23:37.749
example, at an early age,
is a vital step in the
23:37.816 --> 23:40.619
moral and spiritual
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23:40.685 --> 23:41.853
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A few years ago, doctors
Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate
25:01.399 --> 25:04.069
collaborated on a
book entitled Hold Onto
25:04.135 --> 25:08.673
Your Kids: Why Parents
Need to Matter More Than Peers.
25:08.740 --> 25:11.109
On page 7 of the book,
they make a powerful
25:11.176 --> 25:15.080
statement of the challenge
facing parents today: “For
25:15.146 --> 25:17.749
the first time in history
young people are turning
25:17.816 --> 25:20.986
for instruction, modeling,
and guidance not to
25:21.052 --> 25:24.122
mothers, fathers, teachers
and other responsible
25:24.189 --> 25:27.959
adults but to people whom
nature never intended to
25:28.026 --> 25:32.063
place in a parenting
role--their own peers.
25:32.130 --> 25:34.933
They are not manageable,
teachable, or maturing
25:35.000 --> 25:37.402
because they no longer
take their cues from
25:37.469 --> 25:38.603
adults.
25:38.670 --> 25:40.805
Instead, children are
being brought up by
25:40.872 --> 25:44.142
immature persons who
cannot possibly guide them
25:44.209 --> 25:45.410
to maturity.
25:45.477 --> 25:49.114
They are being brought
up by each other.”
25:49.180 --> 25:51.883
What a summation of the
experience of too many
25:51.950 --> 25:54.085
children growing up today.
25:54.152 --> 25:56.554
That’s the world
we live in.
25:56.621 --> 25:59.257
But as we’ve reviewed the
story of Lot today,
25:59.324 --> 26:02.527
we can see these challenges
are not really new.
26:02.594 --> 26:05.664
Other generations have
faced the difficulty of
26:05.730 --> 26:09.501
raising children in
corrupt societies as well.
26:09.567 --> 26:11.436
What we need to do
is learn from their
26:11.503 --> 26:12.804
experiences.
26:12.871 --> 26:16.808
Our story and our family’s
story does not have to end
26:16.875 --> 26:18.043
up like Lot’s.
26:18.109 --> 26:21.212
Consider what God said
regarding Lot’s uncle,
26:21.279 --> 26:22.314
Abraham.
26:22.380 --> 26:25.583
He was living in the same
time, but took a very
26:25.650 --> 26:27.786
different path than Lot.
26:27.852 --> 26:33.558
Notice what God said about
Abraham in Genesis 18:19,
26:33.625 --> 26:36.928
“For I have known him, in
order that he may command
26:36.995 --> 26:39.898
his children and his
household after him, that
26:39.965 --> 26:43.501
they keep the way of the
Lord, to do righteousness
26:43.568 --> 26:47.439
and justice, that the Lord
may bring to Abraham what
26:47.505 --> 26:49.607
He has spoken to him.”
26:49.674 --> 26:52.610
God takes special note of parents who are striving
26:52.677 --> 26:55.380
to live godly lives and pass on His
26:55.447 --> 26:58.984
truth to the next generation. And God will help them, if
26:59.050 --> 27:01.553
they sincerely ask Him for help.
27:01.619 --> 27:04.990
God cares about you
and your children.
27:05.056 --> 27:06.891
And we do as well.
27:06.958 --> 27:09.160
Which is why we’re doing
what we’re doing here at
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Tomorrow’s World.
27:10.762 --> 27:13.465
And this is why we’re
offering the free DVD,
27:13.531 --> 27:17.635
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27:21.272 --> 27:24.509
happy, with hearts and
minds turned to our
27:24.576 --> 27:27.479
Heavenly Father, and our
Lord and Savior, Jesus
27:27.545 --> 27:29.147
Christ.
27:29.214 --> 27:30.782
Thank you for
being with us.
27:30.849 --> 27:32.650
We invite you to
keep watching for more
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Tomorrow’s World episodes.
27:34.652 --> 27:37.689
As Gerald Weston, Richard
Ames, Wallace Smith and I
27:37.756 --> 27:40.692
explain how to navigate
through the challenges of
27:40.759 --> 27:43.862
today’s world, and what
we can look forward to in
27:43.928 --> 27:45.697
Tomorrow’s World.
27:45.764 --> 27:49.300
It’s truly Good News, and
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27:49.367 --> 27:52.937
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