Listen to Your Elders Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Listen to Your Elders -------------------------- Date: 11/26/2000 Keywords: "elder" "listen" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Deuteronomy 32:7-8* 7. Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you. 8. When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. Questions 1. What can you learn from the past?   2. How could this principle help you resist pornography?   Practical help It looks like the church missed the sexual revolution. Before you say, "That's great," consider the downside. Compared to the emphasis our culture places on sex, how many sermons have you heard on the issue? In my entire life I remember a dozen, about the number of sexual references I see in three minutes of TV channel surfing. The church often lacks a frank response to the challenge of worldly sexuality and its current manifestation, pornography. Why are many elders reluctant to speak against it? And why do many younger Christians refuse to listen? The Israelites knew where their elders stood on a host of issues, including godly sexuality. How much could we gain from hearing about the successes and failures of those who have gone before us? Hook up with an elder in your church who can help you face your struggles. And as the old saw goes, listen. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.