PASSIONATE PURSUIT...PLANT IN GOOD GROUND

II Corinthians 12:14
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
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As we seek to come into the unity of the faith, it is necessary to mention that children must be covered and protected. This generation is a rather perverted and backward generation if you haven’t already seen it with your own eyes. Through covetous practices many are being deceived who have been once established firmly on the foundation of faith. It is needful that we recognize as many people are building and setting aside for things we consider to be inheritance and the such that we understand that parents store up for the children. This is not just the things concerning the flesh but those concerning that of the Spirit.
Jesus stated that He has gone to prepare a place for us and that if it were not so he would not have told us. We, too, ought to store up for the children. The spiritual treasures concerning the faith which are the gifts and fruits of the spirit. How can we have an expectation of godliness if it is not sown into the children. We must teach them that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus. We must teach them to be servants. We must teach them the ways of holiness so that they have righteous expectations and fear the Lord with their whole heart. We see all around us day after day how the world continues to spin and grow evil, but we stand on the sidelines and behold and spectate as if we do not have a responsibility to give the word and establish them with righteous values. If we don’t do the work, who will? We cannot expect a righteous harvest without faithfully do the work to plant and sow on good ground. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word. If don’t want our children to walk in the character of man, we must teach them the difference between the lusts of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit. How can they have treasures stored up in heavenly places if we don’t? We, too, must seek after the Holy Spirit and walk therein. The lord stated, “Be ye Holy, for I am Holy.” The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few. No one wants to do the work anymore, but they do want the reward. This is what the Lord means by perverted and untoward generation. If we don’t do the work, we are contributing to the falsehood that we have been attempting to avoid. We must teach that the love of God is to be treasured and that we must let our light shine because if our gospel is hid it is hid to them that are lost. Also, our children aren’t our meal ticket. We shouldn’t be sitting there hoping that they take care of us. There is a spiritual order of things, just as the world has rules and laws. There are heavenly ordinances. The ordinance starts with faith an obedience to do the will and purpose of the Lord. The blessings trickle downward from the righteous head. Unfortunately, it is needful to state these truths for many will give up a child in a minute if it meant them receiving a blessing and therein is the covetous practices that the Lord Jesus has warned us of and stated for us to flee from lest we be subject to the second death. He said in the last days there will be perilous times and that many of our foes would be of our own household because of such things including failure to surrender to the will and purpose of Christ. The Lord stated that He came, and He laid down His life. We, too, must love Him enough to lay down our flesh to walk after the Spirit of Truth. Let us eat the whole loaf of the Word and not just be hearers and denying the power of God. Watch and pray. Repent. Seek for His Holy Spirit. Let us take heed those who think they stand lest they fall. Be not weary in well doing knowing that we shall reap if we faint not.
Matthew 6:19-21
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.