It would take me forty-seven more years to achieve the age of Joshua when he stood before the assembled house of Israel and delivered his farewell address. If I had a time machine I'd go and listen. You can read the transcript in Joshua 24. Unfortunately, no video is available. Joshua challenged the people to fear and serve the Lord, and put away all competing gods, so-called.
Even with the cautions that Joshua put forth, the people promised to serve the Lord, and they did.
Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and had known all the deeds of the Lord which He had done for Israel. (31)
Then what happened?
The book of Judges.
That time when everyone did that which was right in his own eyes. Read it. It was an unmitigated mess.
Somehow there was a failure to pass on what the next generation, and the one after that needed to continue to serve the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 gives fathers the responsibility of bringing up children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. I figure that Father's Day is a good time for us to ask: How can we dads pass on not only what our children need to serve the Lord, but what they need to raise the next generation to do so, as well?
It's STTA
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