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When New Zealand was first established between Māori and the colonials it was based on mutual respect and a willingness to get along.
Māori were introduced to the God of the Bible from people like Samuel Marsden and other missionaries of the time.
So, it would be fair to say as New Zealand grew, it grew as a Christian nation.
I would even go as far to suggest this foundation established and shaped New Zealand’s beliefs and acceptance.
After all it was New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote.
Our decency and spirit for justice seen us join in and sacrifice our own in defeating evil forces during two world wars.
We have as a nation never stood back when it comes to fighting for the freedoms of citizens worldwide in different conflicts since then, in Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, Afghanistan and many other countries around the world.
In the 1970s we were outraged at nuclear bomb experiments In our backyards, we protested and then declared ourselves nuclear free.
Our sense of adventure, our courage and No 8-wire spirit saw us conquer the skies with the first manned flight, the conquering of the tallest mountain and dare I say it, winning the 2015 Rugby world Cup.
Speaking of Rugby, we marched and in 1981 we fought in the streets raising awareness of the injustice of Apartheid in South Africa during a rugby tour.
We as a nation have welcomed many different races to be kiwis alongside us.
Yes, we have been welcoming, willing to stand up against injustices and at times we have led the world with our culture.
Never could I ever imagine the day when, we as a nation would welcome the division of our population based on whether they have been subjected, out of fear, coercion, bullying into participation of a medical experiment.
Division is not the New Zealand way.
Gone is the team of five million.
Gone is the kindness.
Instead, we have the haves and the have nots.
Gone is the respect and tolerance we had for those in our community for individual choice.
If you can legislate for a two-tier system because of a vaccination, what is the next step.
This New Zealand government has pointed to it being the only source of truth.
I want to take this opportunity to disagree.
If we are looking for a single source of truth, there is only one place you can find it.
And where is that I hear you asking.
Here is the answer, The bible, 66 differing books all leading to one thing.
A book which speaks of courage, adventure, culture, a fight for injustice, and best of all love for neighbour.
To return New Zealand we don’t have to lead the world, protest, ascend greatness, or even play a game of rugby.
If New Zealand is to survive to be a worthwhile nation
We as New Zealanders need to put Christ back on the throne.
How do we do that?
We put Christ back on the throne of our hearts and our conscience.
We put Christ back on the throne of our families as much depends on us.
We get back in our right biblical place.
We put Christ on the throne of law and order and political order, as much depends on us.
As much as we can, we must push back against the darkness.
And we need to be taking that truth to world who is in bondage to darkness.
It is in this darkness New Zealanders are happy to divide themselves.
Jacinda Ardern may preach kindness.
But it is Jesus who promotes love for one another.
And you cannot show love if you separate your fellow countryman based on race, ethnicity, or vaccination certificate.
Let me leave you with this thought from an admonition Paul had for the Galatian congregation
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28)

Not sure if you are noticing

There’s a change happening in the country

You may be forgiven if you hadn’t noted because we have been subjected to gradualism.

To explain gradualism, you must know about the frog.

In this story if you were to out a frog into a pot of cold water, you have a happy frog.

But if you turn the heat up gradually the frog gets used to the new temperature and remains happy.

When the water is boiling, he doesn’t jump out of the pot, he stays there Happy in his little life.

Even though the temperature is boiling he doesn’t notice its bad for him as he has been subjected to the gradual rise in the temperature/

In New Zealand we have seen a gradual change in our culture and what we as Christians will today accept as the normal whereas a few years ago we would have frowned.

In decades past thousands and I mean literally thousands marched down the city streets of New Zealand protesting the killing of the unborn.

We were opposed to same sex marriage

We were opposed to Euthanasia

But today we accept it as being the norm.

I don’t know if you have noted how influential the Gay community is in pushing its agenda through Television shows and movies, these people want us to accept it as normal.

I recall people being outraged by foul language being used in the streets, and some were even prosecuted in the court for swearing.

But the foul mouthed, blasphemous Scottish comedian Billy Connelly appeared on many tV screens across the country and the audience soaked him up.

Guarantee if your daughter brought home a boyfriend who used similar language, he would probably be frog marched out the house/

You see gradualism has been happening and its affected our values our morals and our standing with our creator.

Today we are witnessing another change in our society and this one is to quote Jesus is happening like a thief in the night.

Under emergency powers the New Zealand Labour led government is changing laws to suit their own agenda.

They have and continue to use the current pandemic to install fear into the population to accept their agenda under the guise of health and safety.

Heed the warnings, there are many in this country who are awakening, and some are starting to push back.

Christians who maybe asking is it Ok to push back.

The answer is in Romans 13 and yes, it is ok.

But we should not do it alone.

We need the church and its leadership to rise and say enough is enough.

We cannot and should not rest on our pulpits.

And this is the warning I give to the church,

If you don’t stand up and lead your people, they will drift off and find someone who will.

The Bible talks about such a leader who will give them an answer.

This leader is identified as the Anti-Christ.

Vaccination passports are not the mark of the beast but it’s a pointer of the things to come.

So, wake up church, wake up, the water in the pot is near boiling point.

My friends as we await the coming of Jesus Christ, I don’t have to tell you,

The signs are here, we are very near the end.

This is our time. We have been called, we need to ensure we are right with God today, and we must continue to carry out his commands of taking the Good news of Gods kingdom to every man woman and child that we can reach.

If someone gives you something, it’s yours, right?

But what if you found something and it was full of riches, you can claim it be yours but is it.

It’s a simple question and the answer is certainly simple.

If you discover or find something, yes you can claim it but it begs the question as to whom it actually belongs too.

One of the big issues now is a bit like this.

On one hand we have a group of people claiming they own the land and everything on it.

But on the other hand, theirs another group that says hang on, it doesn’t work that way.

The current debate about the three waters that is the fresh water, the grey water and then there is the black water.

Let’s start with the black water, I’m more than happy for anyone to lay claim to this not so valuable resource and given all the talk from our politicians, well its only likely to increase.

The grey water, well it to can belong to any entity which wants to take care of it.

Ah but the fresh water, this is an asset which came with the land in form of rivers and lakes.

Here’s the thing, no one owns this resource, but it is up to mankind to protect it because of its value to all.

From a biblical perspective mankind was put on this earth which was created by God and in his words it was good.

Adam and Eve had been given the job to look after and expand on the garden of Eden.

But later on in the Bible we see a covenant given to Abraham where land, entitlement was given by God.

The land spoken about was vast, so Abraham and his descendants were entitled to settle there.

No arguments this was land given by the creator to Abraham, which gave him and his descendants rights to everything the land contained.

Not just in New Zealand, but worldwide, land has just been inhabited by man either through discovery or conquest, but here is the point.

Unlike the land God gave to Abraham and his seed, no one really has entitlement to ownership of the land but they are allowed by the grace of God to occupy it.

Water is such a valuable resource which is and should be freely available to all who occupy the land.

When we start squabbling who owns what we need to stop and remember, this is God’s earth, he created it with light, darkness, mountains, valleys, plants, animals, rivers, lakes, and seas and it is He who has sovereignty over it.

To squabble over these things is as King Solomon voiced it in the book of Ecclesiastes Its like chasing the wind

Traffic lights vaccination targets Vaccination passports, open borders, freedom, and free speech.

There is a lot going on in little old New Zealand now.

So, I thought it was right time to suggest we cancel Christmas.

Now this is a decision I have thought about for a few years, so I haven’t taken it lightly.

Every year we Christians ask what the reason for the season is, and every time we answer that Jesus is the reason.

But ask someone who is from a secular background and their answer will be a lot different.

It will feature time spent with families, presents and holidays.

All good reasons but they miss the point.

Christmas Day along with Easter are deeply rooted as traditional Christian holidays based on traditional and theological Christian beliefs.

My reason I want to cancel Christmas is not so much of being a grinch but being realistic.

The 2019 statistics showed a belief in God by the population has diminished to less than 39%.

But then in that figure is a lot of other beliefs like Eastern religions and the Church of the Spaghetti Eating Monster and let’s not forget the Jedis who number around 20,000.

Christmas is a time when the country stops to rest, but unfortunately not to reflect.

If it did then most people would reflect on what and why Christmas and the birth of Christ is so important.

I can hear somebody saying but didn’t Constantine combine a pagan festival in with Christmas.

Yes, that is true, but Christmas is and always will be about the birth of Jesus.

I want to see the Christmas holiday scrapped for non-believers.

After all we are no longer a Christian nation so why should the majority take the day off work.

Why should they have the gifts of giving and receiving, why should they be able to sit down and enjoy a meal and time together.

Why because these things are traditional, and an effort to go through the motions for just one day.

But everything I have spoken about is an integral part of what God has given us.

We reflect God’s grace in giving out of love.

But can we confidently say most people on Christmas Day will think on these things.

Will parents explain to their children about Jesus, about Mary, about Joseph, the angels the shepherds the wise men about the virgin birth about our Father in heaven?

You would hope they would but sad to say, it would go against the grain of those who do not believe.

But here’s the thing, if the government cancelled Christmas (and its possible because this is the same government who took Jesus out of the parliamentary prayer) as it is no longer relevant to the beliefs and the culture of New Zealand.

A Nation which rejects God

I wonder if it would be accepted or would there be an outcry.

• Yes, Jesus is the reason for the season,
• without him he could not have impacted the world,
•  he could not have died for our sins,
• he could not have risen to sit at the right hand of God,
• he could not come again and reclaim this earth for what it is- God Creation
• and establish his kingdom.

Amen

In today’s fear inspired society I am reminded of the story in the bible of Esther.

There she was the queen, in a privileged position with her own people under threat of annihilation.

For Esther to speak out about the injustices proposed upon the Jewish race at the time, would have meant two things.

She would reveal to her King, her true identity and secondly may suffer at the hands of those forces who were besieging the Jews at the time.

I am reminded of the words of Mordechai to his niece Esther.

^{Esther 14} For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish.

Like Esther you have come to this position for a time such as this.

This is our time, and as Christians our voice should not waiver.

The church in New Zealand is not broken but under threat of annihilation.

New Zealand does not need a new brand of religion.

It need’s the one thing that only God’s word can give it -the unchangeable, unchanging truth of God.

Like Mordecai, I am calling on the many timid church leaders who have caved – conforming to this world to speak against the tyranny which is enveloping this country and most of all return to teaching the truth about Gods word. 

Pastors maybe under a lot of pressure to tell people what they want to hear as their congregations aren’t always interested in what God says.

We must stop confusing God’s patience with His approval and preach with conviction from the pulpits again— “as dying men to dying men”.

We do not need hesitancy in our pulpits but strong leadership and united churches in this country to rise.

Can you hear them?

Just listen and you will hear the drums beating as the call to battle grows louder.

The peace and unity of this nation founded on Christian values of things like have love for one another is changing as forces attempt to divide it.

You and I have heard the cry from some “This nation is under attack”

Even some pastors are waking up to the fact that society is changing, and they now need to speak up, take some action, even join forces.

The question is from whom, from whom does the attack come.

It’s not like we have an army camped on our borders, ready to take control of the population.

If there is an attack and I agree there is an attack on the Freedoms of everyday New Zealanders with the vaccination passport.

But if there is an attack, it came with our own hands.

Like the apostles who accompanied Jesus to the garden of Gethsemane New Zealand has been asleep.

The apostles only woke when the soldiers came for Jesus.

Remember Peter pulled out his sword and cut of a soldier’s ear.

Our church leaders like the apostles, are now awakening, but dazed because some have been in denial and were not prepared for what suddenly came upon them.

But from the moment the soldier’s arrived to arrest Jesus, judgement had begun.

Our nation has been under attack for decades but in our good old kiwi way of she’ll be right has allowed attacks for decades, on families, on life, and the very foundation of New Zealand society

We opened the door and let the devil in and now it’s too late.

We must accept that this nation, New Zealand, is under judgement.

Not sure? check out Paul’s description of a nation under judgement in Romans 1

“What’s our message to this nation?”.

from today we must learn how to conduct ourselves as a minority, in a majority post-Christian era.

We must look and ask what faithfulness looks like in New Zealand, understand why it lost its way, – accept our nation is under the judgement of God

 To those pastors, and servants of God, to those who shepherd and to those who make up the church of God. To those who have been sleeping I say, “Wake Up” and strengthen what remains.

The battle for this nation is not over, we must not give up on fighting for the hearts and minds of our fellow citizens.

The drums are beating for freedom but choose your battle.

Some things are worth fighting for, others are not.

Remember Peter drew his sword.

And then Jesus told him to put it down.

This fight we are in is not a physical fight,

It is a spiritual fight not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

But if you are going to be prepared like Peter was, if you are going to draw your sword and go into battle then make it count.

Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand.

For our master, Jesus Christ is coming back soon.

And we need to be prepared for his return.

Look up my friends, look up for this is where your salvation is coming from.

By its very nature, cancel culture is joyless and lifeless.

It is built on negativity, criticism, and fault-finding.

 In the long term, it cannot be sustained.

Cancel culture produces death rather than life and fear rather than faith, stifling creativity and suffocating free expression.

As expressed by John Cleese of Monty Python fame, “I mean, if you’re going to come out with something really interesting artistically it’s going to come out of your unconscious, and if you’re having to edit everything you say before you say it then nothing it going to happen creatively—and also things that are rather lovely and funny in ordinary conversation, they’re not going to happen either, because everybody’s thinking ‘Ooh, somebody might [be offended]’.“

The latest intended victim of cancel culture is Clint Eastwood, based on a joke he made back in 1973—yes, 1973—during the Academy Awards.

As reported on Fox News, “The clip in question comes from the 1973 Academy Awards in which actor Marlon Brando famously refused to accept his award for best actor in The Godfather.

Instead he sent a Native American activist on stage to lament Hollywood’s treatment of American Indians by the film industry.”

The activist, Sacheen Littlefeather, explained his reasons as being a protest regarding the treatment of American Indians then by the film industry, and on television in movie reruns.

When Eastwood came to the podium to present another award, he quipped, “I don’t know if I should present this award, on behalf of all the cowboys shot in all the John Ford Westerns over the years.”

And for that, Eastwood has now been targeted (not that he will care, especially at this stage of life).

To be sure, our treatment of Native Americans over the centuries has often been shameful.

And without a doubt, there has often been a stereotyped, negative portrayal of them in movies, especially in past decades.

But to make an issue out of a joke Eastwood cracked in 1973 is to put the absurdity of cancel culture on full display.

That’s America for you, but what about New Zealand.

How long will it be before someone cancels our country’s much-loved comedian Billy T James and his portrayals of both Māori and Pakeha.

What about David Mc Phail, Jon Gadsby or Ginette McDonald for their past characters.

Today, jokes can’t be funny, lest someone be offended, whereas, for centuries, the offense was understood as part of the joke, as we all laughed at ourselves.

And there can be no nuance in a message, lest someone misunderstand the meaning, thereby putting everyone in fear of saying one wrong word.

Today, one cannot tread too carefully, which will result in smaller and smaller circles being drawn until only the tiniest, super-elite segment remains in good standing.

The key to overcoming this stifling, suffocating atmosphere is to reject the superior moral standing of these elitists, telling the few that we, the many, will not be intimidated or manipulated by them.

For our part, as followers of Jesus, it is love that compels us to honour and respect others and to interact graciously with those with whom we differ.

We would never intentionally insult someone or cause them pain or shame.

And if we have a blind spot, wouldn’t we want someone to point that out and help us to grow in sensitivity.

But I will not, for one moment, bow to a suffocating ideology that cancels and destroys all dissenters and silences all dissent. Neither should you.

And along the way, remember to smile. And laugh. It will do you good

Although 9000 plus episodes have been made of an American TV show called the price is right we have never seen it in New Zealand.

But the title “The Price is Right intrigues me because when you consider life, everything comes with a price.

Let me give you an example, when we were kids we learn the value of negotiation from the moment we sat in the high chair and your mum tried to give you brussels sprouts or something equally repulsive.

Mouths firmly closed we weren’t going to open them until the price was right.

This required parents to perform, and they did and still do with silly things like playing the game where the spoon was a choo choo train or an aero plane.

And this behavior continued as we grew up.

Whether you like it or not, you will be prepared to consider anything if the price is right.

I said consider because there are things I just would not do.

Uh uh, like lie in a box and allow cockroaches to crawl all over my face.

That’s a bridge too far for me, but for some, they do it.

Having worked a part of my life in marketing I know people will do just about anything, if the price is right.

Watching the New Zealand governments attempt to increase the number of Covid vaccinations where incentives were offered particularly for the Super Saturday event was a great example.

With all the messaging leading up to this event, what was it that coerced 130 plus thousands to go have a vaccination on this day?

Simple answer: The price was right.

For many the price was right whether it was a sausage, free KFC, or watching the director General of Health do a dance.

Now look I am not making judgement, just making an observation.

What we must ask ourselves is, What is my price?

You see Satan the Devil will tempt you, and tempt you and tempt you until you give in.

Look I’m easy, a bar of chocolate for the little things.

Yes, you can laugh. But think for a moment of the words of Jesus in Luke 16 who said if we can be faithful in small things, will be faithful in large ones.

And it is the little things we give into when it comes to temptation.

But like all things, the little block of chocolate, graduates to not so small things, and eventually you ender up lying in a box with cockroaches crawling over your face, you wonder how come you came so far.

Remember, we all have a price, so don’t beat yourself up about it because even those closest to Jesus had a price.

For Peter to deny Jesus three times, Satan found his price.

For Judas we know it was just thirty pieces of silver.

For God, to save you and I, he knew what he had to pay.

He gave his one and only Son.

So, I ask again, do you have a price which is right today.

What is it you are doing in your life which is not right before God?

What price would you pay to continue to live in this world.

A former chair of the United Nations Henri Spakk was reported in saying following WW2, the nations are ready to give the kingdoms of the world to any one man who will offer us a solution to the world’s problems.

What will be the price we will be willing to accept for these things?

For me, forget the chocolate bars I like the price offered in the Bible.

You know like in that Tv Show when the compere calls down a member from the audience to play “The Price is Right.”

I’m waiting for Jesus to do the opposite, call me up into the clouds so I can look towards the prize of eternal life.

That’s when the price is right.

One of the best pieces of news to have been reported by the media has been the decrease for a second year in the rates of suicides in this country.

A recent article in the NZ herald reported in the past year nationally there was a drop from 628 to 607.

While we can celebrate the drop in numbers 607 lives lost is still quite disturbing.

Many organisations have been set up to provide aid for this area of health.

It’s a bit like a merry go round each year as we hear of the lack of funding provided for mental health, alternate governments continue to throw money at the problem but when you still see 607 people in this country opt out of life -then the money is not the answer.

I’m not a psychologist counsellor therapist or even in the medical field, but even I can see the issue.

For every person who has committed suicide there is just one common denominator.

Whatever the reason, thy have considered that their life is no longer worth living.

You may ask yourself, why is that?

Let me just share a couple of thoughts with you on the answer.

In today’s culture, there are many things in life which sets us apart things we are encouraged to achieve like the numbers of friends we have, our jobs, our income and the list-well it’s a long one.

But there is nothing on the list which should give us confidence in who we are.

Each and every one of us is unique, we are special, and we have been fearfully and wonderfully made by our creator.

There, right there in the first chapter of the bible is our answer.

In Genesis 1 we read So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

In Jeremiah for I know the plans I have for you,” plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Philippians 4 -God promises he will give us the strength to get through for us to conquer.

These are just some of the scriptures in the book of life – The Bible.

And yet we still see people especially young ones opting out.

Why remains the question.

Here is the answer in part.

Young people do not know God like we do.

Young people were taught as a part of the school curriculum about God, but not now.

They see church as an institution which should be consigned to history.

You see if they knew who God is.

If they knew they were made in his image.

They would know how special they are.

We can spend millions of dollars looking for the answers to suicide.

But if you look at the graphs over the years and look to where the increase started, I am pretty sure it will be obvious.

When God was taken out of the school curriculum.

When the internet along with social media came into this country you will see.

So, what can we do about it?

Proverbs 22: Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they will not turn from it.

Deuteronomy 4 emphasises the need to Teach your children the way of the lord

 In the book of psalm, Isaiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the book of Acts, Romans, Timothy, in fact all through the bible we are commanded to teach our children about God.

We need to make them know we love them.

We need to make them know GOD loves them.

We need to make them know they are special because God made them in his image.

We won’t, we can’t save everyone from committing suicide.

But we can try.  

If you are worried about your or someone else’s mental health, then you need to get some help.

Can I suggest prayer is always the answer but ensure you get help from your GP or local mental health provider?

However, if you or someone else is in danger or endangering others, call police immediately on 111.

 WHERE TO GET HELP:

• LIFELINE: 0800 543 354 or 09 5222 999 within Auckland (available 24/7)
• SUICIDE CRISIS HELPLINE: 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO) (available 24/7)
• YOUTHLINE: 0800 376 633 ,free text 234 or email talk@youthline.co.nz or online chat.

Trends which usually start overseas eventually come to New Zealand

You would be correct If for a minute you think this country is upside down

But then that would depend on from what angle you are looking at it.

If you have a left leaning to the left of the politically or biblically spectrum, everything is ok.

But what happens if you’re on the opposite side of the spectrum, then the world isn’t ok.

Regardless of what generation you relate to, you will note how many trends have shaped our ideals, politics, lifestyle choices, fashion, music right down to what gender we think they are.

In my public talks called When a Nation Forgets God, I have often spoken about the revolutions I have noted in my short time on earth.

For those who are interested I am proud to call myself “a boomer”

One of the biggest revolutions had nothing to do with communism or even Elvis Presley hmm well maybe Elvis did play a part.

Culture always changes gradually but, in the fifties, when the world came out of the second world war, we witnessed a rapid societal change.

Dare I say it but, us boomers wanted freedom and fought for it with our protests, love ins anti-war stances.

But the biggest impact from that revolution came when we wanted sexual freedom.

Who knew what we as a generation started because we wanted to be unshackled from the restraints of the previous generations?

With hindsight we can look back at the huge impact of brought about by a pharmaceutical breakthrough, the contraception pill, causing a huge moral shift as the doors were flung opened, for what we are experiencing today.

It was called a sexual revolution in the sixties with its casual sex, permeating into STDs, unwanted children, and no-fault divorces.

 People didn’t want to go to church on Sundays to hear their pastors’ reproaching sermons about their unrestrained lust. So, they stopped listening.

By the seventies, the revolution continues turning to one founded  liberation and in the 80s it became all about rights.

Which brings us to the new lifestyle we see here in 2021.

This new lifestyle is potpourri of ideas about life, gender, and culture.

But it’s also about intolerance.

For those on the right of the spectrum, there is much intolerance towards these new lifestyles.

Yes, I can hear you say, you sound just like my parents did back in the day.

But back in the day, we listened to both sides of the debate.

Today we are expected to accept the changes, and no one wants to discuss the rights or wrongs.

You see those who are of more liberal and of the left persuasion are now in control and they won’t tolerate the opposite sides intolerance.

Regardless of the evidence put before them their thinking is correct, and everyone should just accept it and get on.

But for those who will not conform they will be mocked, they will be harassed, excluded, even discriminated against.

You can see this trend happening in your own neighbourhood.

For a quiet life, It would be easy for a Christian to give in, that’s what they and the devil wants

After all no one really wants to be persecuted for a viewpoint do they.

So while our landscape is changing rapidly before our eyes, we as Christians must be wary that we don’t accept anything, even if it’s a small thing, which is against the teachings of the Bible.

Dare I say it, but the Boomer generation allowed itself to be sucked in by the ruler of this world. when they cast all morality to one side.

They stopped listening to God, instead they listened to anyone who had an alternate rhetoric.

And these opinions and political postures grew from this revolution in the decades of the sixties, seventies, and eighties and continue to where we are at today.

They have been divisive in all walks of life

Worst of all for some, it has caused great division between mankind and his creator.

We here in New Zealand now  live in a divided nation

Ephesians 6 the apostle Paul says our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

We must recognise who it is, who has control of this world.

The ideology of rewriting history is not helpful to those who follow as it distorts the lessons of life.

Heed King Solomons words in Proverbs:  Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.

Further on in Ezekiel 13: its Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

Let’s not foolishly be enslaved to the trends of this world.

Let’s not be foolish and get caught up with the ways of the wicked.

For the sake of your generation, we must learn from the follies and mistakes of previous generations as we look toward the coming of our saviour Jesus Christ.