Passing the Torch

Welcome to this edition of PowerPoint with Jack Graham. A little later in the program we'll tell you how you can get a copy of the book, The Christmas Code. But first, here's his message, Passing the Torch. Every generation has the responsibility to pass the torch of truth to the succeeding or the coming generation, the next generation. We of course know that we are simply one generation away from total depravity and paganism. All you have to do is look at most of the churches in Western Europe and see a generation that has lost its way.

The churches are empty, young adults are not following Christ, and the lifestyle does not honor Christ. And if we're not careful, we can miss our opportunity today to pass this faith to the next generation. We have this huge, every parent has the responsibility to train up your own children to know Christ and to follow Him fully. And every church has the responsibility to train up a spiritual generation, a generation of children. This includes guarding the Gospel and that really is what 2 Timothy is about. As Paul, the great apostle, is teaching and training his young protege in the ministry, his son in the ministry, Timothy, training and propelling him forward with the faith. Every generation has this huge accountability before God and responsibility before God to make sure...