 Good afternoon Pastor David. Hey John. Welcome everybody to a random moment with Pastor David unfiltered. Pastor I want to share a little bit about last night's message. It was out of Ephesians chapter six verses one through four. I spoke to many people and many of those who may be watching were here or tuned in last night to listen to it. All seven of them. It was a powerful message and it was not so much about children, yes it was, but the importance that we have as parents and leading our children. I think one of the more powerful things was your own personal application that you used and then at the end of the message you read the lyrics of Cat in the Cradle and that hit me. I was thinking of you. Was it the Silver Spoon or the Cow Jump over the Moon? It's a cat because you're a cool cat. And not only myself but as I spoke with a couple of the brothers even today were saying that that message was very powerful and it caused them to think. One of the brothers particularly came in and I met with him and he was sharing how his wife particularly was even crying because it was just a powerful message and you take last night's message and you bring that into our daily living as responsible parents. And then I think about everything around us. We're in our last days. It's just dark and I wanted to ask you has there been a loss of urgency for Christians today to live as if today is the last day that Jesus would be coming? You know when the Lord was speaking concerning conditions that were just prior to the finalization of world history as we know it he said when the Son of Man shall come shall he find faith on the earth. It's going to be a time when when the world is going to be caught up with the day-to-day affairs and are going to cease being aware of the moments that we're living in John and Jesus spoke a lot about that in different places and Paul when Paul was speaking concerning conditions when he was writing to Timothy he said men shall be lovers of themselves lovers of money and they're going to be disobedient to parents and you know just it's going to be a narcissistic self-serving environment which we find ourselves in now and so even as last night I was mentioning and and within no way of intentionally causing people to to become guilty you know because guilt doesn't do anything but cripple but to give people an opportunity to think of of where they stand right now and in their family and I was prompted and felt so bold as to ask the question what would your children say is the most important thing in your life I didn't realize that that little question there was going to trigger so much of response and it did they did even my own son said the moment I asked that he began to wonder and even asked his kids well what matters to me right I did the same thing last night yes yeah and you're still healing after what they told you right John for some reason they say cheeseburgers burritos tacos just colored food and we'll just put it all under one kind of banner right now I do think that that's important I mean if you ask my kids what is the most important thing to my father I would like them to know that it's the Lord and so that's not a an intentional condemning of or causing unintentional pain of grief it is a nice self-evaluation right so yeah in the last days people would be lovers of themselves lovers of money narcissists and and materialists and then he goes on about the rebellion and disobedience that that will make up the society just prior to the return of Christ and I think we're seeing the the the seeds of that sprouting even as as we're speaking when we consider the conditions that we hear in the United States live in and not every state is the same I I happen to live in we happen to live in one of the more perverse states in the nation California has lost its beauty California has has lost its allure and many people are leaving because of the that just the poor conditions poor government and you know the the lack of civility the lack of of education that that is centered on what is right rather than trying to brainwash and all of that our children yeah we're losing that right now and many Christian parents that I speak to you speak to our voicing concern their voicing um what am I going to do how am I going to combat this you know so yeah last night I was trying to share with the people that it we should do all things I didn't say this last night but I'll say it this way now we should do our life as if Christ is even at the door we should be living as if we're preparing our children to to see him face to face it's been said um that if you don't worship Christ you will worship antichrist there's there's no two other two options there's no other options that's just biblical fact to bow your knee to Christ voluntarily now or ultimately to bow your knee to Christ involuntarily though you will be more than willing at that moment then so we make the choice to bow our knee now what's that mean well that ought to mean that we're raising our children in the knowledge and nourishment of the Lord it should mean that that our children know that we have priorities that matter that that serving God on a Sunday is more important than than being at a soccer practice or a track meet on a Sunday because I talk and you do to parents on occasion who say I don't know what's happening my kids don't want to go to church anymore and then when you begin to dig below the surface well they haven't been in church for for months weeks years sometimes because they were on some traveling soccer team and or they've been playing some you know softball or whatever the sport may be on Sunday and what you did is you gave up your children you gave up their future you don't believe ultimately how evil this world really is and you really are not seeing the battle for your children's minds and lives and souls you're not seeing that and I really think that in light of the return of Christ and the conditions that are just straight out of scripture that we're seeing ourselves in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 and other places that speak up this is the way it shall be you know we need to wake up and our and the parents need to say as for me in my house we will serve the Lord I like when you closed with that scripture last night that all the people that were were repeating it it was amazing to hear that oh yeah that was that was cool they they were just in in saying that in agreement yeah that was kind of interesting neat because as you just said you just refreshed me yes I very slowly said as for me in my house just to emphasize what and I heard them joining and we will serve the Lord yeah that was really cool you know I read this meme and you hit it right on the head pastor with this and it said if I teach my son to keep his eye on the ball and take it instead of keeping his eyes on Jesus I have failed as a father that's very true you know I I as shared last night I I think that sports and activities and all of that are very important in many ways in many levels and physically you know our bodies can remain in some some kind of shape which is a good thing I think that we should take care of our bodies etc and there's a lot of fun in playing various sports I played them for many many years wish I could still do it I can't you know and intellectually you know there are many things we can do intellectually that broaden our understanding develop us in many ways as people and all in yes let's let's make sure we take care of our body let's take care of our mind but sometimes that is to the neglect of the soul you know Jesus said I have bread that you know nothing of you know and the bread of life Jesus himself he wants to give to us so that we have spiritual understanding in life you know and it's like it's like the lawyer who approaches Christ and and says what good you know he's asking about what is the great commandment right and and Jesus gives them the most famous scripture that every Jew at his time even to the state would know uh Deuteronomy 6 he speaks concerning uh the Lord thy God is one love him with everything right but he said the second is like unto the first love your neighbor as yourself and so after he speaks concerning that the man says oh to do these things is greater than the sum total of all all sacrifices and rituals and Jesus says you are not far from the kingdom which exposes that that to Jesus that this lawyer who is really a Pharisee plant actually heard and began to comprehend and took those thoughts and put them together and realized there's more to life than simple ritual religious observation that's that that's our task is to help our children to know that there is more to following Christ and going to church on Sunday occasionally or maybe having a Wednesday night or or even reading their devotions there's more to following Jesus than just the intellectual content of it but to have our souls fed it would mean that we are to be nourished by the word of life to take it in like a newborn baby desires a sincere milk of the word well we are too so that we may grow thereby right so he's the bread of life and his blood is the supply and life to us his flesh his blood it's been yielded to us and there needs to be a deep not only appreciation and comprehension but there needs to be a deep application and when that occurs in our lives then we can flow over to our children and the children will be able to say my dad or my mama these were sincere Christians and and any sin that I'm committing is against the light I've been trained better and so I really feel that that that has been a growing life goal for me John and and my children are out of my house they have children of their own I no longer have that primary spiritual responsibility for raising him in the ways of the Lord but I continued to have the influence in their lives to keep their feet to the fire and to walk with Jesus I love what you said last night in regards to this is that you were so faithful and you made it clear I'm not patting myself on the on the back you're just sharing about how consistent you were in giving them devotions and the point that you made that would really just hit me was that our children because we're born of a sinful nature that they're going to there's going to be a time where they're going to rebel and if you poured into them as much as you have and they're going to rebel that final chapter as you're mentioning they're going to return how difficult will it be if that foundation is if they have none of that information I believe that at least this is my practical belief that our consciences are formed by the various teachings we receive over time so conscience doesn't lead you to Christ it either accuses or excuses you but it could excuse you for doing the wrong thing simply because others they do any right so the conscience is really not is not the Holy Spirit the conscience is just something that can be sensitive to tell you right from wrong so if you're informing that conscience with the word of God then you have the supplement and you actually have the power there so that when that child is in a back seat of a car or some boyfriend's room and he's moving on on her to complete a desire he has to no concern for her feelings or dreams plans or what you would like for her life he just wants what he wants right now she's she's God willing going to have the ability to say this is not right the word of God teaches me otherwise shouldn't have gotten myself into this position I better get out of it at least we did our best to inform them what is right or wrong but if we say well do it your heart tells you what my heart is desperately wicked it's deceitful who can know it and God says I the Lord I know your heart and that's why he gave us his word that's why he gave us his life that's why we have his spirit that's why we have a company of fellow believers that's why we serve him that that's why all of these things are so important so when a parent neglects these things when they kiss them goodbye when they go to school and say well good luck have a good day or when they put them in bed and they're sitting on their own couch to watch the movies that they watch and the children can hear the sounds of the dialogue and daddy's watching a dirty movie or mama's watching some soap opera and they're hearing this well you know all the things that that father or mother says are being washed away by the things they're doing right and so sincerity matters it does faith matters and we make our mistakes and we make stupid decisions but when we're aware when we know it is right John we ought to do that especially at the sake and for the sake of my children and grandchildren souls and and I think last night some people did get it I I think they did and I pray that we see fruit from them and if you happen to miss last night's message you can actually go to our Facebook page Calvary Chapel Chino Valley's Facebook page and watch it or go to our YouTube page Calvary Chapel Chino Valley YouTube and you can actually download and watch the services again it was very impactful and it and administered to a lot of people and that's a question I went home right away and asked my kids the same thing and and Livy and and a couple of brothers told me they went home and did the same thing we heard David Aaron also mentioned that and so that that question was a question that we should live by everything and it drives you and so pastor thank you so much thank you guys for tuning in do want to invite you to come on out to our Sunday morning services at 830 and 1045 and and you mentioned a little bit about what your message is going to be about and so come check it out commandment what is the greatest commandment and and that kind of ties in with our Wednesday night message in a way yeah and so it's amazing how it's just kind of flowing together so come on out again if you missed last night's message you can find it on our on our church's Facebook page and YouTube and we look forward to seeing you on Sunday thank you pastor David God bless you thank you guys for tuning in and we'll see you soon