The Duty of Christian Youth

Every parent who has the knowledge of God desires that his or her children would obtain that knowledge too. You are here called upon by the Word of God to seek to know your father’s God. You know what God your father worships, but you do not know Him. You are here commanded to come to know God for yourself. It is not enough to believe that your father knew God and that God did many things for him. “Acquaint now thyself with Him and be at peace.” This knowledge is life eternal.

How are you to obtain this knowledge? See how Solomon came to know Him. Solomon continued to worship in the way that his father had taught him to worship, and it was while thus engaged, that God appeared to him and spoke to him. The Holy Spirit of God uses the written and spoken Word of God to speak to us, and you are to use these means to find the God of your father. It is a big thing to claim to know God. Beware of easy ways to the obtaining of this knowledge. There are many religious teachers who will make it very easy for you to come to the knowledge of God, but you are to wait for the Spirit of God to reveal Him unto you. Conversion is God’s work. When I say you are to wait for God, I do not mean that you are to sit back and do nothing, but what I mean is that you are to wait at the Word and prayer until you know that God is speaking to your soul. God makes Himself known in and through the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit alone can show this Person to the soul. “Know thou the God of thy father,” and not God as you or someone else imagines Him to be. And when you come to that knowledge, seek to say with Moses, “My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.”

“Know thou the God of thy father” (1 Chron. 28:9). “My father’s God, and I will exalt Him” (Exo. 15:2).

— Rev. A.E.W. MacDonald

Rock Valley bulletin

This month we hope to begin a series of short articles written as daily meditations for young adults, married or single. Often this age group in the twenties and thirties is neglected, despite the fact that it is a critical time of life when they are trying to establish their families on a scriptural foundation. These meditations will be based on the Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Days 12-14. They will also include a portion of Scripture to be read and a Psalter verse.

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