Our Kids Need Jesus — E.A. Johnston

The Spiritual Crisis Among Church-Raised Youth

Well, I'm sad today friends because I just got the news of the death of a 21 year old boy whom I knew since he was a young teenager. He grew up in church and went to a private Christian school and he died of a drug overdose.

My heart breaks. My heart bleeds for his family and my heart grieves for this Generation of young people today who grew up in church and post pictures of themselves on their media sites. Hugging their homosexual lover or their live-in girlfriend as they're smoking their blunts and flipping off the world.

I'm saddened by this lost generation of church kids that slipped out of our grasp and out of our church door. While still being on the membership roll. But without ever having their name written in the Lamb's Book of Life in our churches today.

The Church's Substitutes Cannot Replace Jesus

Our kids don't need a denominational program. Our kids don't need pizza night and Movie night. Our kids don't need loud rock music or laughter or entertainment. Our kids need Jesus. We gave them substitutes.

Everything they wanted but we didn't give them what they needed. They needed Jesus. So instead of having Jesus they have turned to this world and its Enjoyments and they've gone to the devil as quick as they could they left our churches that they grew up in have gone into a Christ hating world without knowing the Christ to the Bible.

The Transforming Jesus of the Bible

We gave them a shot in the arm of our so-called religion and Inoculated them against the claims of Christ upon them. Our kids need Jesus. They need the Jesus of the Bible who can take a heart of stone and make it a heart of flesh and transform a life for the glory of God.

Why Religious Decisions Do Not Equal Conversion

Our kids don't need to repeat a prayer. Our kids don't need to walk an aisle or to make a decision. They've all already done that a long time ago, and that's the problem. We watched them grow up in Vacation Bible school and we watched them learn Bible verses in Sunday school.

We talked them into swallowing a formula that we thought was evangelism and told them. They were now Christians and they grew up being familiar faces at church. But strangers to Christ Jesus as their Savior from sin our kids need Jesus.

Parents Must Model Godliness at Home

Even though they're not kids anymore. They still need Jesus. What can we do now as parents when I met when we missed our chances to mold them for Christ? When we told them do as I say rather than lead them.

We're the do-as-I-do Godly example in the home. Is it too late now? Have they all gone to the devil? Sadly many of them have. Oh, what can we do for our kids is to turn off our TV? And go into the next room and get down on our faces and stay there.

The Enduring Power of Persistent Prayer

Until the carpet is wet with our tears and God has heard our broken-hearted petitions unto him over the sake of our kids souls. Never give up praying for a loved one friend for there is no expiration of a prayer for a prayer once made has wings a life and a force that reach foreign to the future and Eternity all for the glory of God.

Praying for Salvation Rather Than Mere Restoration

Our kids need Jesus and we need to spend more time and intercession and prayer for them. We need to change our prayers somewhat and quit praying for our kids. Stop their backsliding and come back to the Lord instead.

We should pray for the Lord to save them. My Bible declares in John 3 36. He that believeth on the Son Hath everlasting life. And he that believeth not the Son shall not see life. But the wrath of God abideth on him.

This is a serious matter friends the hour is late. This generation of young folks today. Don't give a flip about your Jesus. Nevertheless, our kids need Jesus. Let us pray.