In the sermon 'Nations Following Fools,' Mala Chindongo emphasizes the wisdom inherent in God's commands for humans to populate the earth, as echoed by Jeremiah. He contrasts this divine wisdom with contemporary societal trends, where some countries encourage population growth while others previously discouraged it. This shift has led to economic and social challenges. Chindongo points out that Christians are called to make disciples within their families and extend their influence globally. He criticizes current medical practices, which favor cesarean sections, as an attempt to limit childbirth, reflecting a broader cultural shift away from natural birth. The sermon calls for Christians to recognize these cultural influences, adhere to God's wisdom, and follow His word to counteract these trends.
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.