"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 6: 4)
What knowledge?
The knowledge of God.
If parents do not teach their children about God, it is doubtful that their children will ever come to know God in their lifetimes.
For if God is not important in the homes of parents, God will not likely be important in the homes of their children.
And if God is not good enough for parents, why should God be good enough for their children?
If the knowledge of God never becomes the knowledge of parents, the knowledge of God will not likely become the knowledge of their children.
If God has been treated as a stranger in the homes of parents, God will likely be treated as a stranger in the homes of their children.
Yes, parents can teach their children about Santa Claus and green trees, the Easter Bunny and colored eggs, Jack-o'-lanterns and spooks, Saint Patrick's Day and getting drunk on green beer, Mardi Gras and dancing in the streets, baseball, hot dogs, movies, music, cars, and birthday cakes.
Yes, parents can teach their kids everything in the world, and all the children will have when they leave home is the knowledge of the world: and God will be no more than a stranger among them, for their minds are void of the knowledge of God.
Not once did the parents ever say to them,
"God is love." (1st John 4: 8)
Along the way, however, some children are taught a little bit about infant baptism and how the water washes away their sins; and, in some cultures, children are taught to kill animals as blood sacrifices to their gods for their sins. Both will therefore believe they are on their way to paradise, or heaven, because of religious rituals taught to them by their parents, which they will believe until the day they die.
Water, however, is void of the love of God because water is also void of the knowledge of God.
Religion, also, is void of the love of God because religion is void of the knowledge of God.
For example, the World Religion that is rising in Jerusalem in September, 2016, will be void of the love of God because it is void of the knowledge of God. Therefore, this World Religion will be a religion of evil: and the whole earth will be filled with violence.
When parents receive the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, they become priests of God, teaching their children the knowledge of God. But when God is a stranger in the lives of parents, God will also be a stranger in the lives of their children: at which time evil will find them and destroy them---which is why God says,
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame." (Hosea 4: 6-7)
All across the earth today, there is a war against children. Now we know why. Because parents have neglected God, they have also neglected their children.
What knowledge?
The knowledge of God.
If parents do not teach their children about God, it is doubtful that their children will ever come to know God in their lifetimes.
For if God is not important in the homes of parents, God will not likely be important in the homes of their children.
And if God is not good enough for parents, why should God be good enough for their children?
If the knowledge of God never becomes the knowledge of parents, the knowledge of God will not likely become the knowledge of their children.
If God has been treated as a stranger in the homes of parents, God will likely be treated as a stranger in the homes of their children.
Yes, parents can teach their children about Santa Claus and green trees, the Easter Bunny and colored eggs, Jack-o'-lanterns and spooks, Saint Patrick's Day and getting drunk on green beer, Mardi Gras and dancing in the streets, baseball, hot dogs, movies, music, cars, and birthday cakes.
Yes, parents can teach their kids everything in the world, and all the children will have when they leave home is the knowledge of the world: and God will be no more than a stranger among them, for their minds are void of the knowledge of God.
Not once did the parents ever say to them,
"God is love." (1st John 4: 8)
Along the way, however, some children are taught a little bit about infant baptism and how the water washes away their sins; and, in some cultures, children are taught to kill animals as blood sacrifices to their gods for their sins. Both will therefore believe they are on their way to paradise, or heaven, because of religious rituals taught to them by their parents, which they will believe until the day they die.
Water, however, is void of the love of God because water is also void of the knowledge of God.
Religion, also, is void of the love of God because religion is void of the knowledge of God.
For example, the World Religion that is rising in Jerusalem in September, 2016, will be void of the love of God because it is void of the knowledge of God. Therefore, this World Religion will be a religion of evil: and the whole earth will be filled with violence.
When parents receive the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, they become priests of God, teaching their children the knowledge of God. But when God is a stranger in the lives of parents, God will also be a stranger in the lives of their children: at which time evil will find them and destroy them---which is why God says,
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame." (Hosea 4: 6-7)
All across the earth today, there is a war against children. Now we know why. Because parents have neglected God, they have also neglected their children.
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