Millennials to Become Largest Generation in 2019

[TheLayman]

Originally Posted by 1ofthechosen

Ok I see what you are saying, but I feel thats absolutely making excuses for people. My Bible says "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him. and I will raise him up at the last day." We don't have to make programs to fit people, we need to pray, fast, and consecrate ourself and create a atmosphere to draw God! "Where the Spirit of the Lord is liberty" let Him work out the rest. Because, just as in the 1st century church "the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved"; that statement is true today also.

This reminds me of this sermon by Larry Booker. He talks about the dark ages and how Barbaric the people were. I mean these millennials are nothing but upper class barbarian's it sounds like. Here it's not the exact same topic, but it's saying some similar things.

Let's just say this I was apart of Generation X. I didn't believe in God, but that didn't stop Him from reaching out to me and manifesting Himself unto me. Romans 1:20 is the same yesterday, today, and forever "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse." For me, and everyone else whoever lived, or will ever live. There's no excuse, don't entitle them that way! That's hurting them worse, because society enables them that way.

I agree, and if you knew me you would know that the last thing I'm going to do is feed a millennial's feeling of entitlement. When I teach this class this is hard for boomer's to wrap their head around...I'm always watching for the light to come on in people's eyes. By the way, one should look at a worldview like an operating system on a computer...it's always running in the background and is necessary for the operation of all your other programs.

Let me give you one example from the workplace, and this happened about 15 years ago (I worked at a very liberal university). One day a young man by the name of Marty who worked for me (early 20's, going to school) and was the truest representative of liberalism at work I have ever known came into my office and said, "Mark, I have a question I would like to pose if you don't mind, it's not about work." I said, "Sure, go ahead." He held up a picture of a cat in a magazine and said, "Why should we teach our children to call this a cat?" Marty is being absolutely serious. I answered, "So that he understands what others are referring to when they use the word 'cat' and so that others understand him." Marty then asked, "Do you think that's fair?" I was dumbfounded which was a common state for me to be in when talking to Marty. I replied, "Do I think it's fair? I don't think it's a matter of fair or unfair Marty, I think it is simply teaching someone to communicate correctly. What do you think would be the 'fair thing to do?" Marty replied, "Why not let our children decide what to call it, why do we need to force our reality onto them?" I said, "Why don't we let them choose what to call it? How about because we don't want them to be a highly functional idiot? Because, as I said, we want them to understand others and be understood by others. Because I don't think it would help either of my children to go through life calling a cat memowow." To make a long story short, he had this insane idea that we should allow children to create their own language because "forcing" them to use our language was simply forcing our construct of reality on them, etc., etc., etc. I say again, he believed this. As usual my belief that Marty was actually insane continued to grow.

Much to my surprise this very thing is actually addressed in "Total Truth." It's incredible. You see, postmodernism doesn't really use language to explain reality, it uses language to create it.

As for the church...I kept trying to tell Pastors that I knew that people in the pews are not necessarily understanding what you are saying the way you intend them to understand it. I'm not saying that are not hearing, I'm saying they are hearing something other than what you are saying...and I know this based on the questions I get asked by them. For example, when you say X is "truth," you say this intending people to understand the word "truth" to mean something that corresponds to "objective" reality, but the person you are saying this to has a filter that says "truth" is "relative" and "subjective" and understands what you said about X with through that filter.

I'm just saying that when you teach something from Scripture to a Boomer and to a Millennial who has been indoctrinated into post modernism, with them sitting next to each other, don't be surprised if even though they "hear" the same thing, they come away with two different "understandings."

You can take it or leave it but the topic is something way to complicated for me to do justice to trying to explain it in a series of posts. That's why I recommended the books.

TheLayman