A Generation Which Knew Not the Lord
DeVries uses the biblical account of Israel's spiritual decline in Judges 2 to warn contemporary Reformed churches about the dangers of neglecting systematic Christian education and catechism instruction for covenant youth. The article emphasizes that knowing God through faithful transmission of biblical truth across generations is essential to maintaining spiritual vitality in the church and preventing doctrinal indifference.
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. Judges 2:10 Knowing God -- that is what the Christian religion is all about. To know God is unspeakably blessed. As Jesus says in John 17:3, it is eternal life. It is the spiritual knowledge of faith whereby we love God. Knowing God we delight in Him; we walk with Him; we serve Him. So the children of Israel had...
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