In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, touching the hearts of the next generation.

The title of this message is touching the hearts of the next generation. We have a divine obligation to teach our

children, the truth of God's Word, so that they'll be equipped to face life and understand

that they are children of God. He has a will for their life, a plan for their life, and it's

the parent's responsibility to introduce them to the Lord. And every following generation

has the same responsibility. We have a responsibility to teach our sons and daughters. Our

sons and daughters have the responsibility to teach their sons and daughters. And they have

the responsibility to teach their sons and daughters. And no place in the Bible does it say

we can have a generation gap when it comes to teaching the Word of God. So I want you to turn,

if you will, to the 78th Psalm. And I want us to look at this admonition concerning just exactly

what we're talking about. Psalm 78. And sometimes people will say, well, right in the middle of your sermon, you'll say,

now listen, where'd you get that from right here? Listen, oh, my people, to my instruction.

That's the way it goes. Listen, oh, my people to my instruction. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. That is, listen carefully.

What he's about to say is very, very important. I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter

dark sayings of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,

listen to this, we will not conceal them from their children,

but tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord

and his strength and his wondrous works that he has done.

For he established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel,

which He commanded our fathers, that they should teach them to their children,

that the generation to come might know even the children yet to be born,

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