“God’s Counsel To Children”
Thursday, January 23, 2025Key Verse
“But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols.” Ezekiel 20:18
Text — Ezekiel 20:18-21
Message
Many matters in life are very personal. A man goes to the university and obtained many degrees such as B.Sc, M.Sc, and Phd. None of this man’s children can use any of these certificates; either when the man is still living or after his death. Children cannot inherit their father’s certificate. The same happens in the spiritual; no child can inherit his father’s or mother’s salvation. The salvation of father or mother cannot deliver any of his/her children; in the same way, no child will be condemned to hell because of the sins of his/her parents. Each person stands alone before God.
God’s counsel to you as a child is, “I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;” (Ezekiel 20:19) Obedience to this counsel brings peace of mind, divine favour, protection, promotion, happiness and a blessed future to a child. Children like Joseph, Daniel, Esther, Timothy and others who walked by this counsel of God were successful and are now in heaven. To be able to walk in God’s counsel, you must be born again. When you are truly born again, you will have a new heart and a new spirit. You will also have the power to obey God and please Him. Then you will have the assurance of getting to heaven.
Further Reading
Deuteronomy 27:9,10
Prayer for today
Lord, give me the power to obey Your word. Make me a good child like Samuel.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
