Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
What can give young people an experience that will capture their heart-devotion to Christ? What can keep them faithful in today's seductive allurements even through the trials in the ultimate mark of the beast crisis? For sure, deception has never been more subtle and enticing than it is today.
"But where sin abound[s], grace [does] much more abound" (Rom. 5:20). One thoughtful writer has said, "God has enriched the world in these last days proportionately with the increase of ungodliness if His people will only lay hold of His priceless gift." What is that "priceless gift"? An increased "enrichment" of His grace that is greater than the "increased ungodliness" that thoughtful people deplore. Youth will not respond to increased fear-laden propaganda. Spouting hell-fire and brimstone may frighten them temporarily, but they will soon relapse into their usual spiritual complacency.
Only a message of "grace" gets enthroned in young people's hearts. Thank God, His Holy Spirit is working to "enrich the world" with a message of much more abounding grace that is more than complementary to the devil's abounding sin of today. Youth are bombarded with Christmas carols but few are encouraged to stop and think about what the angel said to the shepherds at Bethlehem: "Don't be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people" (Luke 2:10, GNB).
Those parents, teachers and pastors who have a heart burden to help youth must ponder that message: fear is not the motivation that will work! The shepherds were "terribly afraid," says Luke; but the angel said, That fear is not what I want to awaken in your hearts; I want you to appreciate how good the Good News is which I bring you! Children and youth need massive injections of the "news" of that grace. And don't be afraid that "news" about "grace" will encourage sin; nothing else can motivate anyone to "deny ungodliness and worldly lusts" (Titus 2:12).
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: December 20, 2000.Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
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What can give young people an experience that will capture their heart-devotion to Christ? What can keep them faithful in today's seductive allurements even through the trials in the ultimate mark of the beast crisis? For sure, deception has never been more subtle and enticing than it is today.
"But where sin abound[s], grace [does] much more abound" (Rom. 5:20). One thoughtful writer has said, "God has enriched the world in these last days proportionately with the increase of ungodliness if His people will only lay hold of His priceless gift." What is that "priceless gift"? An increased "enrichment" of His grace that is greater than the "increased ungodliness" that thoughtful people deplore. Youth will not respond to increased fear-laden propaganda. Spouting hell-fire and brimstone may frighten them temporarily, but they will soon relapse into their usual spiritual complacency.
Only a message of "grace" gets enthroned in young people's hearts. Thank God, His Holy Spirit is working to "enrich the world" with a message of much more abounding grace that is more than complementary to the devil's abounding sin of today. Youth are bombarded with Christmas carols but few are encouraged to stop and think about what the angel said to the shepherds at Bethlehem: "Don't be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people" (Luke 2:10, GNB).
Those parents, teachers and pastors who have a heart burden to help youth must ponder that message: fear is not the motivation that will work! The shepherds were "terribly afraid," says Luke; but the angel said, That fear is not what I want to awaken in your hearts; I want you to appreciate how good the Good News is which I bring you! Children and youth need massive injections of the "news" of that grace. And don't be afraid that "news" about "grace" will encourage sin; nothing else can motivate anyone to "deny ungodliness and worldly lusts" (Titus 2:12).
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: December 20, 2000.Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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Please forward these messages to your friends and encourage them to subscribe. The "Dial Daily Bread" Web site resides at: http://1888message.org/
To subscribe send an e-mail message with "subscribe" in the body of the message to: dailybread@1888message.org
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Robert J. Wieland's inspirational "Dial Daily Bread" messages are availalbe via e-mail to anyone who wishes to receive a daily portion of uplifting Good News. "Dial Daily Bread" is FREE. Due to travel or other circumstances, there may be intervals when "Dial Daily Bread" will not be sent.
