GENERATION TO GENERATION
A little girl called out, "Mommy, you know that vase china cabinet, the one that’s been handed down from generation to generation?"
Yes, dear, I know which one you mean, what about it?
"Well, Mommy, I’m sorry, but this generation just dropped it!"
Now some earthly possessions have sentimental value, and to break them is great loss, but how much more tragic it would be for a new generation to "drop it" spiritually - to fail to pass along the Godly heritage they have received! That would be an eternal loss.
In Deuteronomy 6:1-3, Moses gave the Israelites instructions before they entered the promised land. The purpose was, in Moses words, "that you may fear the Lord Your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I commanded you, you and your sons and grandsons, all the days of your Life". God’s laws were to be observed from generation to generation. Moses therefore told the people "You shall teach
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