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We have come again to the time for “Vacation Bible School” (VBS) when
we try to interest TV-saturated children in the truths of the Holy
Bible. They are immersed in cartoons and wild drama.
The Bible tells us that “the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it
is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be” (Rom. 8:7).
That’s our amusement-addicted children as much as it is adults. The
mind that is “at enmity against God” will crucify the Son of
God--that’s its natural course (see 1 John 3:15; in other words, you
can’t “hate” God without wanting to crucify His Son). The spiritual
and moral teachings of the Bible are unwelcome to such children, as
they usually are to their parents, too. It’s serious, because
Revelation says that in the last days the world will re-create the
crucifixion of Christ via enforcing “the mark of the beast” to
persecute and kill God’s people (13:11-17). The children in our VBS
will someday figure in that final drama, on one side or the other.
Those parents and teachers who obey Christ’s injunction, “What I say
to you I say to all, Watch!” (Mark 13:37), are concerned: how can we
hold the children’s attention to get something truthful to impress
their hearts appropriately?
It’s Jesus and the demon-possessed boy of Mark 9:14ff all over again.
The nine disciples were bewildered, for they couldn’t make headway
with him. When they asked Jesus why their failure, He said: “This kind
can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting” (vs. 29). If it’s your
job to teach the children, look up: earnest, heart-broken,
fasting-prayer still gets attention from Jesus: He will melt your
heart, give the teacher His Holy Spirit.
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