Written by: Michelle Anthony<\/p>\n
If we want our faith to endure for all generations, we must become increasingly confident and focused about the kind of faith we are trying to pass on to our children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s look at what God has to say about faith. First, when Jesus speaks of His imminent return in Luke 18:8, He says, \u201cWhen the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?\u201d<\/em> He actually told us what He would expect from us. He could have said a myriad of things, but He said \u201cfaith\u201d.<\/p>\n In Psalm 78 we find a blueprint of God\u2019s grand method for faith replication throughout all generations. He chose to use the family <\/em>as the primary place to nurture faith.<\/p>\n The psalmist, Asaph, unveils God\u2019s plan:<\/p>\n I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter hidden things, things from of old\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us.<\/em><\/p>\n We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.<\/em><\/p>\n He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,<\/em><\/p>\n so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.<\/em><\/p>\n Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds <\/em>but would keep his commands. They would not be like their forefathers\u2014\u00a0<\/em>a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him. (Psalm 78: 2\u20138)<\/em><\/p>\n Having faith is not about just \u201cdoing good stuff.\u201d Jesus made this point when He gave the example of how we are to abide in the Vine. Jesus said, \u201cI am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing\u201d (John 15:5 NASB).<\/p>\n We are the branches. He is the Vine. The vine is the plant\u2019s food source. It is the way the branches are nourished with nutrients and water, which bring life to the budding fruit. Apart from Him we can do nothing. He instructs us that as we abide, then and only then will we bear fruit. There\u2019s also a caution in this for us to not just do \u201cgood stuff\u201d without the power source that makes it good: God. I love the visual embedded in this passage.<\/p>\n Intellectually, I understand that only God can change lives. But I confess to you that I am tempted daily to simply \u201ctry harder\u201d to walk this life of faith. Not only do I find this temptation in my own life, but I also struggle enormously not to impose this false faith on my children by encouraging them to \u201ctry harder\u201d as well. How foolish I am when I either try in my own efforts to be transformed, or more foolish yet, when I ignore altogether the path that He has set out for me!<\/p>\n Determine today that you will lean into your heavenly Father\u2019s plan for passing on faith in your family. Cling to Jesus and allow His presence and character to be put on display in your home. As you do this, He will germinate and grow faith in your family that will endure throughout the generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[757,20,1,37],"tags":[749,704,16,706,188,417],"class_list":{"0":"post-3976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allgenerations","8":"category-childrens-ministries","9":"category-general","10":"category-womens-ministries","11":"tag-749","12":"tag-all-generations","13":"tag-discipleship","14":"tag-faith","15":"tag-family","16":"tag-michelle-anthony","17":"entry"},"title_es":"Fe para todas las generaciones","content_es":"Escrito por: Michelle Anthony Si queremos que nuestra fe perdure para todas las generaciones, debemos ser cada vez m\u00e1s seguros y enfocados en el tipo de fe que estamos tratando de transmitir a nuestros hijos y nietos. Miremos lo que Dios tiene que decir sobre la fe. Primero, cuando Jes\u00fas habla de su regreso inminente en Lucas 18: 8, dice: \"Cuando venga el Hijo del Hombre, \u00bfhallar\u00e1 fe en la tierra?\"<\/em> En realidad, \u00e9l nos dijo lo que esperaba de nosotros. Pudo haber dicho una mir\u00edada de cosas, pero dijo \"fe\". En el Salmo 78 encontramos un anteproyecto del gran m\u00e9todo de Dios para la reproducci\u00f3n de la fe a trav\u00e9s de todas las generaciones. \u00c9l eligi\u00f3 usar a la familia<\/em> como el lugar principal para alimentar la fe. El salmista, Asaf, revela el plan de Dios: Abrir\u00e9 mi boca en par\u00e1bolas; Voy a pronunciar cosas ocultas, cosas de anta\u00f1o,<\/em> lo que hemos escuchado y conocido, lo que nuestros padres nos han dicho.<\/em> No los esconderemos de sus hijos; le diremos a la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n las obras loables de Jehov\u00e1, su poder y las maravillas que ha hecho.<\/em> Decret\u00f3 estatutos para Jacob y estableci\u00f3 la ley en Israel, que orden\u00f3 a nuestros antepasados \u200b\u200bque ense\u00f1aran a sus hijos,<\/em> para que la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n los conociera, incluso los ni\u00f1os que a\u00fan no hab\u00edan nacido, y ellos a su vez se lo contasen a sus hijos.<\/em> Entonces pondr\u00edan su confianza en Dios y no olvidar\u00eda sus obras,<\/em> pero guardar\u00edan sus \u00f3rdenes. No ser\u00edan como sus antepasados:<\/em> una generaci\u00f3n obstinada y rebelde, cuyos corazones no eran leales a Dios, cuyos esp\u00edritus no le eran fieles. (Salmo 78: 2-8)<\/em> Tener fe no se trata simplemente de \"hacer cosas buenas\". Jes\u00fas hizo este punto cuando dio el ejemplo de c\u00f3mo debemos permanecer en la Vid. Jes\u00fas dijo: \"Yo soy la vid, ustedes son las ramas; el que permanece en m\u00ed y yo en \u00e9l, da mucho fruto, porque separados de m\u00ed no pueden hacer nada \"(Juan 15: 5). Somos las ramas. \u00c9l es la Vid. La vid es la fuente de alimento de la planta. Es la forma en que las ramas se nutren con nutrientes y agua, que dan vida a la fruta en ciernes. Adem\u00e1s de \u00c9l, no podemos hacer nada. \u00c9l nos instruye que mientras permanezcamos, entonces y solo entonces daremos fruto. Tambi\u00e9n hay una precauci\u00f3n en esto para que nosotros no solo hagamos \"cosas buenas\" sin la fuente de energ\u00eda que lo hace bueno: Dios. Me encanta lo visual incrustado en este pasaje. Intelectualmente, entiendo que solo Dios puede cambiar vidas. Pero te confieso que todos los d\u00edas me siento tentado a simplemente \"esforzarme m\u00e1s\" por caminar esta vida de fe. No solo encuentro esta tentaci\u00f3n en mi propia vida, sino que tambi\u00e9n lucho enormemente para no imponer esta falsa fe a mis hijos anim\u00e1ndolos a \"esforzarse m\u00e1s\" tambi\u00e9n. \u00a1Qu\u00e9 tonto soy cuando, o bien intento en mi propio esfuerzo transformarme, o soy a\u00fan m\u00e1s tonto, cuando ignoro por completo el camino que \u00c9l ha establecido para m\u00ed! Determine hoy que se apoyar\u00e1 en el plan de su Padre celestial para transmitir la fe en su familia. Af\u00e9rrate a Jes\u00fas y permite que su presencia y su car\u00e1cter se muestren en tu hogar. Al hacer esto, \u00c9l germinar\u00e1 y har\u00e1 crecer la fe en su familia que perdurar\u00e1 a lo largo de las generaciones.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/MA-Faith-For-All-Generations.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-128","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}