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By Daniel C. Juster, Director
The Scripture tells parents, especially
fathers, "You shall teach them [that is, the commandments] diligently to
your children." (Deuteronomy 6:7) The context of this parental mandate
is the Sh'ma, which teaches absolute commitment to God and His standards
beginning with the command to love Him with all our heart, soul, strength and
might. Furthermore, we are told to talk of these commands when we sit in our
house, when we walk by the way and when we lie down and rise up. The
central confession of Jewish biblical faith is thus connected to life and
instruction in the family. In the New Covenant Scriptures - echoing and
confirming the instructions given through Moses - fathers are told to raise
their children in the fear and admonition of the Lord (Ephesians 6:5). The
New Covenant commands take front and center, including the commands of Yeshua
and His apostles. These include abiding in the Vine and walking in the
Spirit. Again the family is paramount.
The Loss of the Next Generation
In the past I have lamented that we have lost a great number of our next generation. There are several reasons: the failure to disciple through the life of the congregation, the influence of higher educational institutions where our young people are socialized into immorality and secular thinking, congregational life that is perceived by our young as irrelevant and lacking power to transform people's lives. We have not prepared young people for their college years and do not provide supportive institutions for them during those years so they might stand strong. More critically, however, both the general Church world and the Messianic Jewish world in particular share a central problem: that we have not trained our people sufficiently in marriage and family life.
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicted, are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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