2Ki 17:41 So while these nations feared the LORD, they also served their idols; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
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This morning I am reading about the demise of the nation of Israel as they continued to reject God generation after generation. Ultimately God judged them and scattered them to the nations. At the end of the chapter is this short verse. One thing that caught my eye were the last words..."so they do to this day." What the author was communicating is not only the sins of Israel and their results, but the reality that we are molding generations after us by how we live and raise our children. What we are they become and so on and so on....generation after generation. We are molding our grandchildren by how we raise our children. When God says the sins of the fathers will be visited on the children to the third and fourth generations he's speaking to the results of our sins in the lives of our lineage...our children and grandchildren will be affected and influenced by our lives and how we live...good or bad.
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Yesterday we had a great day celebrating Easter and spending the afternoon with the kids and grand kids. As I watch the grandchildren I realize how true this verse really is. How we raised our children and how we lived has affected even our grandchildren....and their children who may never know us. We have made an impression in the lives of generations. What are we molding into the lives of those yet to be born by the way we live and mold the children in our care? Do you want to make a difference in time and eternity? You have that opportunity....they are living in your house right now. You are molding those yet to live by the way you live today.
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