How to be valued in old age:
In the onset the elders were esteemed:
The elderly was so valorized that there is promise:
Nonetheless, so that this could fulfill, see that there is a condition:
The great problem is that we are making over the gospel of Christ. If we don’t turn down all the proposes of Ha-Satan, we will end up as one of the many elders that exist in our society.
We need to take seriously what is written in the Holy Scripture and come to grips with the sin. Knock off to come up with excuses to justify our wrong choices. Let’s make off including from places that just look bad (1Thess 5.22). Loss of time makes for a tragic old age.
So, do you long for bearing fruits of the Holy Spirit in the old age? Follow the advice given by Paul and have a day fraught of wisdom in a place very distant from the congregation of the dead (Proverbs 21.16):
DON’T WASTE TIME WITH WHAT DOESN’T EDIFY!!!
- “Rulers were hanged by the hand; *the faces of elders were not honored*. They took the young men to grind, and the youths stumbled at the wood. *The elders have ceased from the gate*, the young men from their music.” (Lamentation 5.12-14).
In the onset the elders were esteemed:
- “The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the gray head.” (Prov 20:29).
The elderly was so valorized that there is promise:
- “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flowering; *to show that Jehovah is upright*; He is my rock, and no unrighteousness is in Him.” (Psalms 92.12-15).
Nonetheless, so that this could fulfill, see that there is a condition:
- “The gray head is a crown of glory, *if it is found in the way of righteousness*.” (Prov 16:31).
The great problem is that we are making over the gospel of Christ. If we don’t turn down all the proposes of Ha-Satan, we will end up as one of the many elders that exist in our society.
We need to take seriously what is written in the Holy Scripture and come to grips with the sin. Knock off to come up with excuses to justify our wrong choices. Let’s make off including from places that just look bad (1Thess 5.22). Loss of time makes for a tragic old age.
So, do you long for bearing fruits of the Holy Spirit in the old age? Follow the advice given by Paul and have a day fraught of wisdom in a place very distant from the congregation of the dead (Proverbs 21.16):
- “Walk in wisdom toward those on the outside, *redeeming the time*.” (Colossians 4.5).
- “Therefore he says, "Awake, sleeping ones! And arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, *redeeming the time*, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is”. (Ephesians 5.16,17)
DON’T WASTE TIME WITH WHAT DOESN’T EDIFY!!!