BY YOUR EXAMPLE

    The first commandment God gives us is this:
    THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. 
    Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 
   Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:  for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;  (Exodus 20: 3-5)
    Do you bow down to idols or graven images and relics made with the hands of men?  Do you bow down to people?  Do you pray to and worship the spirits of dead people?
    If you participate in any of these activities you hate God according to God's own Word; for if your worship is not of Him and Him alone, then you are an idolator.
    Lately, we have been discussing the suffering of children around the world.  Why is this happening?  It is because children are inheriting the iniquities of their forefathers because God is visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, saith the Lord.
   You have the power to change this by coming to know Christ and receiving forgiveness of your sin; but you also have the power to reject Christ, which means that your iniquity will be received by your own children and your own grandchildren. 
   As a parent, you have the power of influence, and generally children do what the parents do.  What you believe they will believe.  And the direction you go they will follow.  Therefore, are you leading your children toward Christ and heaven, or are you leading your children in the other direction?  If your children believe as you believe, their place in the afterlife will be with you; and their lives in the future, even before they die, will be a time of suffering because your iniquities will be passed to them because of your rejection of Christ.
   The Holy Bible is very clear about two places after death:  one place is heaven with Christ and all people who have believed in Him, and the other place is hell with Satan and his demons and all people who have rejected Christ.  According to the Holy Bible, there is no middle room, no waiting room, or no distribution center where you go to wait for people to either pray or pay your way to get to heaven. Heaven or hell is all determined by your own choice while you are living now.  The Son of God paid your sin debt when He was crucified in Jerusalem 2012 years ago, and there is no other payment available; neither is there any amount of money people can pay for you to get to heaven.
   You have the power to make this choice today.  But then ask yourself:  what about your children and grandchildren?  Will your choice be their choice?  Will your future be their future?  Will they be in heaven with you, or will they be with you in hell?
   These are tough questions.  But these questions are true.  Therefore what kind of example do you want to be to your children and grandchildren?
   Know Christ and know the power of His love and salvation:  Neither is there salvation in any other:  for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.  (Acts 4:12)