I was having a conversation with my wife in which we talked about a bothersome thought that’s been banging around in my brain for a while: there’s so much sin that Christians don’t call sin anymore! The church, as a whole, tolerates more transgression than I ever thought possible…all in the name of not losing members, or perhaps to gain members, or maybe it’s just cowardice to stand for the truth. I don’t know. It scares me when I see how many times we are quiet about sin.
While this topic was being discussed, I looked over at our 16 month old daughter and I said to myself, “I wonder what her generation is going to embrace because we have tolerated it in this generation?” That’s a terrifying thought! Consider all the things that kids are allowed to do these days, and at what age they’re allowed to do them. Think about all the ways our kids are being bombarded with homosexual propaganda, or equal rights for gay couples, they’re being taught that sex is alright if you use protection…and that’s just the list from TODAY! What’s the list of tolerated sin going to look like when MY daughter hits high school?
There is no comfort coming from the world…it will always be full of sin until the Lord melts it away “with a fervent heat.” (II Peter 3:10). The only relief I have from this crazy future is the promise of God: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6). No matter what the world may look like in 14 years, God’s promise in Proverbs 22 will ever be the same. The question will be: how much time did I spend training her?
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