I realize so many of you are about as interested in hearing about the season’s reason and what Christmas really means, as you are interested in hearing more about the latest events in Iraq.
In other words, Christmas to you has the purest purpose and greatest reason and you know what it really means. So I won’t try to inspire you with the same ol’ message about Christmas although, for me personally, I could never hear enough about the greatest event in the history of the world.
The real world, for us, began when Jesus began. But there’s one comment that I would like to make about this event called Christmas. It took 42 generations from the time of Abraham to get to Jesus.
Each generation covered perfectly its purpose and plan from Abraham to Malachi. Many represented the 41st generation. Jesus came as representative of generation 42, and son, did He do a great job or what?
But here we are now, once again, we are approaching Generation 42. That’s right! It’s the second battalion since Jesus’ birth. “Generation 42 Part 2.”
As Jesus became the event to announce a whole new Spiritual beginning, I ask you who now will do the same? Who will represent THIS Generation 42?
Who will rise up as part of Generation 42 and begin to again remind this world that Jesus was—and still is—the Reason for the Season?
If there are any takers, I’m sorry, you’re too late because this position, (Generation 42) has already been spoken for! You can find them in Joel 2:8 and Acts 2:17. The Last of the Last And the Best of the Best….
The youth of today are the generation of God chasers, devil bashing, sin thrashing, flesh crashing, and Spirit bashing teens who have stood up and said to the world: “Enough is enough, it’s now time that we do it Jesus’ way! We are ‘Generation 42’ standing at attention and waiting for your orders, Sir!”
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Pastor Steve and Becky Munds began working with young people in 1975.
They've been traveling and working in camps, prisons, detention centers, churches, concerts, conferences, and more than 35 international outreaches including Peru, Mexico, Russia, Jamaica, and England. This includes schools, colleges, universities, TV, radio, just to name a few.
Basically, if it involves young people, they've been there!