Deuteronomy 6:20

Deuteronomy 6:20 says, And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?  Moses said that the next generation would ask them what the testimonies, statutes, and judgments of God meant.  Even if they don't ask us, we need to make sure that the next generation always knows Who God is and what His laws are and we need to especially teach them about Jesus Christ.  Verse twenty-one adds, Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:  Moses said they were to tell their children, the next generation, about being in bondage in Egypt until God delivered them out of Egypt.  This was to be done in each coming generation.  We are to tell our children about how we were in bondage to sin until Jesus Christ delivered us from this bondage and set us free from its power.  We are to tell each coming generation the Gospel or it will not be known.  Verse twenty-two continues, And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:  Moses said they were to tell the coming generations about what God did to Pharaoh in Egypt, and we are to tell the coming generations about what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross.  This is an even mightier work than what God did for the people of Israel in Egypt.  Verse twenty-three states, And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.  Moses said that they were also to tell the coming generations how God had not only brought them out of bondage in Egypt, but He had brought them into the Promised Land, just as He will one day bring us into the Promised Land called Heaven if we are followers of Christ.  Verse twenty-four adds, And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.. Moses said that they were to tell them that God commanded them to follow His statutes for their own good.  When we follow God's laws, we are not being kept from anything good, but are being guided to the best life possible.  Verse twenty-five continues, And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.  Moses said that if they obeyed all God's laws it would be counted for their righteousness, but they never could keep them all.  This is why Jesus Christ had to come and die for our sins, because He is the only One Who is righteous.  Now, we need to tell the coming generation that putting our faith in Him is the only way to be made righteous before God.  As Christians, we must never fail in this responsibility.