Godly Old Men - Part 1
I spoke at a mens’ prayer breakfast a few weeks ago on the topic of old men. This may seem like an odd topic. I chose it based on three conclusions I came to in my preparation.
- The Bible is very concerned to instruct different types of people in applying the gospel. The New Testament gives pointed exhortations to young men, young women, children, husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, widows, orphans, older women, slaves, masters, preachers, and sinners–to mention a few. If the NT does this, so should we.
- The Old Testament and New Testament contain a consistent doctrine on the importance and responsibilities of older men.
- Having drunken deeply of the “retirement” approach to old age, the church has lost a key age group that I’m affectionately calling “godly old men”.
Over the next three posts I plan to address what I see as the three lies that older–and younger–men believe about aging and growth in godliness. They are…
- Your physical prime is equivalent to you spiritual prime.
- Younger men–rather than older men–should bear the most responsibility for the work of the church.
- There is such a thing as spiritual grandfathers.
This is meant to stimulate your thoughts as we decimate these lies to God’s glory in the coming posts.
