00:00your hatred for sin must be stronger than your enjoyment of it
00:07if you love someone and you see them going astray please take whatever necessary step
00:18to address that issue and then you must carry your children along when it comes to your spiritual life
00:28carry your children along when it comes to your godly activities don't leave them behind
00:46thank you brother chris my name is bev i'm from christ church my question is in a world that is
00:56filled with things that are contrary to the word of god and saturated with a lot of social media
01:06especially with the youth how do you bring them to christ because you don't just want to have them
01:18convinced you want them to be converted how do you do that with a lot of opposition thank you
01:26wow thank you brother our brother is talking about a very common tool of distraction
01:37our phones social media
01:44a tool you are meant to use has begun using you
01:50it's very sad you see it's not just young people maybe it's more common in young people
01:57but you see people on their phone on social media
02:04minutes can become hours and you are wasting time valuable precious time our brother is talking about
02:14our reality so how do we deal with this first of all brother a little example has a very big
02:23influence
02:25as parents if you are referring to your own children as parents leadership is by example
02:35if you see someone you love doing something that is destructive for their life would you not take
02:45a significant action to deal with it i think the problem is is that we have become too comfortable
02:53with the very thing that is poisoning us
02:58everyone does it so we we just we just turn the other other way and that thing that phone
03:08is destroying the attention span of many young people stopping people from being focused when it comes to education
03:20stopping people stopping people from going out and having experiences in this world just staying in their room or alone
03:27so i think brother if we can identify as you have said this is a problem
03:32then you need to take a serious step to address it
03:38and as far as the children are in your home you have to
03:44be direct in instilling discipline we are not saying a phone is bad
03:50but even in the world
03:53i'm sure you are aware that in certain countries they have started
03:56banning phones and social media for a certain age range
04:00in the world if the world can begin to realize the danger of this
04:05what are we as christians doing
04:10so if you see a young person in your family you know i i said something yesterday
04:16within the sphere of your influence what example are you showing
04:22it starts in the home
04:25it starts with you within the sphere of your influence if there are
04:30people in your home as far as they are still in your home
04:35there is authority god has given you as a father as a parents you need to take this issue seriously
04:43but i agree with you it's not just a matter of saying
04:48don't use social media or don't use your phone
04:54it's a matter of helping them to understand how dangerous this is
05:01this is sadly a very common problem but i believe the greatest problem
05:10is our acceptance of that problem oh everyone does it so
05:18let me just permit it let me just allow it but if you love someone
05:26i want to say a very profound statement your hatred for sin must be stronger than your enjoyment of it
05:38if you love someone and you see them going astray
05:44please
05:47take whatever necessary step to address that issue
05:55and then you must carry your children along when it comes to your spiritual life
06:03carry your children along
06:05when it comes to your godly activities don't leave them behind
06:13i hope you understand brother example is where this starts and as parents that is
06:22the role of leadership god has divinely assigned you when you stand before jesus on the last day
06:28you will not only give an account of your own life you will give an account of your children
06:34it's a divine responsibility
06:42genuine acceptance of jesus christ
06:48is confirmed by commitment to jesus christ
06:54so if there's genuine salvation it is not lost
06:59you can make mistakes you will get back on track
07:03you may get it wrong you will repent and run back to him
07:07you
