Through The Generations
The truth of who God is and the story of the gospel has always travelled the same road, from one life to another, one generation to another, carried by those who received it, were changed by it, and refused to stay silent about it. That’s how it got to you and me, and that’s the way it will get to the generation coming behind us.
In Psalm 78, Asaph, a leader of Israel in the worship of God, calls the people together with a message as urgent today as it was three thousand years ago. Throughout history and to today, God has chosen to move his story forward through his people. Through lives shaped by his Word, through voices that speak openly of what he has done, and through a hope that we can count on.
This Sunday, as we close our Imitators of God series, we’ll ask the question that underlies the whole of the Christian life: what am I doing with what I’ve been given? Because the faith that was entrusted to us was never meant to stop with us. It was meant to travel, through our words, our lives, our hope, to the generations we will never live to see. I’m looking forward to going through that with you. See you Sunday!
Series: Imitators of God
Message: 5 – Through the Generations
Text: Psalm 78:1-8
Jordan Coros
Harvest Bible Chapel
May 10, 2026
The church isn’t a collection of age-based silos. It is a Spirit-wrought community of young and old, redeemed by Christ and bound together in covenant love. The church’s beauty isn’t in its sameness but in its holy diversity. And one of the clearest demonstrations of that kingdom diversity is when generations walk together in Christ.
– Drew Daniels, Generations Together for the Glory of Christ
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/generations-together-glory-christ/
I will imitate God in shaping future generations when I…
…don’t ignore the Word of God (v. 1-3)
…don’t hide the works of God (v. 4-6)
2 Timothy 2:2
Tell it out, Christian friends, tell it out. The world must hear of a Saviour’s love. You are the only Bible some people will ever read. Your life is the only sermon some will ever hear.
– Charles Spurgeon, Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Vol. 10, 1864
…don’t forget the hope of God (v. 7-8)
Colossians 1:27
Psalm 145:4
The grace of God excludes your earning, but it doesn’t exclude your effort.
– Ray and Jani Ortlund, To the Tenth Generation
Resource:
To the Tenth Generation: God’s Heart for Your Family, Far into the Future
Ray and Jani Ortlund
https://a.co/d/0dIE4QqX
