In the sermon 'Nations Following Fools,' Mala Chindongo discusses the wisdom of God as seen in biblical commands to populate and fill the earth, highlighting how these have been echoed in scripture by figures like Jeremiah. The sermon critiques contemporary population policies, noting a shift from discouraging childbirth to incentivizing it due to economic effects. This change is seen as a consequence of rebellion against God's wisdom. Chindongo emphasizes the Christian duty to populate in order to disciple children to impact the world for Christ's glory. He raises concerns about modern childbirth practices, particularly the preference for cesarean sections, which may limit family size. The sermon calls Christians to be aware of and counter cultural influences by adhering to God's wisdom.
Yeah, the Word of God is full of wisdom. When God said, commanded man to dominate, to populate, to fill the earth, and Jeremiah comes and echoes the same thing to the children of Israel. God is wise. He knows what he's talking about. And today we have countries, which is slightly different from my context, but we have countries that are paying people to have more children.
Now, just a few decades, they were paying people, discouraging them not to have children. And so we're seeing the effects of all that rebellion on the economy, populations, and all of that. So it's affecting our way of living. So God is wise and the goal to populate, especially for Christians, is so that we can make disciples within our homes and we can send those disciples, those children out to impact the world for the glory of Christ. Now where I am, we are seeing the same philosophies being taught in our schools and in our communities where women are no longer encouraged to have a natural birth.
You know, so if you go to a hospital, you want to have a, you're expecting, you want to have a baby, the doctors, the first thing they would want to do is to have a cesarean section. The reason is so they can limit how many children you can have. And so this is, this influence is all over the world today, even where we are. And so Christians ought to wake up, see what is happening, follow God's wisdom, God's word, and know what the cultures say.