{"id":9101,"date":"2021-08-01T04:37:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T04:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/?p=9101"},"modified":"2022-02-02T04:38:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T04:38:49","slug":"sss-respecting-ourselves-as-eders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/sss-respecting-ourselves-as-eders\/","title":{"rendered":"SS&#038;S &#8211; Respecting Ourselves as Eders"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\nThe writer of Proverbs said, \u201cThe silver-haired head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness\u201d (Prov. 16:31). Also, \u201cThe glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is their gray head\u201d (Prov. 20:29). The Bible is clear about respecting our elders, i.e., the older men and women among us. \u201cHonor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise\u201d (Eph. 6:2); \u201cYou shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD\u201d (Lev. 19:32).\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWe have heard all our lives, and correctly so, that we should treat our older people with respect. The Bible is plain. We also have preached to and scolded the young people when they fail to do this. Obviously, every generation has to work at respecting its elders, or else why would we have these admonitions from thousands of years ago? Paul lists disobedience to parents\u201d among the worst sins (2 Tim. 3:2; Rom. 1:30). We have also read dozens or hundreds of examples of disrespect in our own generation and there is no doubt we live in an unprecedented time of disdain for authority.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nI am asking in this article, however, if elders today don\u2019t display their own level of disrespect toward old age, and if we aren\u2019t as guilty of those biblical admonitions as anyone else. I don\u2019t mean that we can\u2019t laugh at ourselves. In fact, I enjoy those \u201coldies\u201d jokes as much as the next person. I believe that older people are much better off with a sense of humor about their age rather than taking offense, because it isn\u2019t going to change and you can\u2019t fight it. So it is not that seniors laugh at themselves or truly struggle with the pains of older age, but that we sometimes fight against God Himself over the experience of old age. We just don\u2019t like it and wish it were different. Here are a few thoughts.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOld age is a time appointed, we shouldn\u2019t fight it. Death is appointed to all people because of sin (Heb. 9:27). Moses wrote that God returns us to dust after 70 or 80 years because of our sin and it is only afterwards that we can \u201cfly way\u201d (Psa. 90:10). The marks of age are the pointers in that direction and it is God\u2019s will that we go that way. If we think correctly, we should honor it.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOld age brings burdens and these are our stewardship. Again Moses said, \u201cTheir boast is labor and sorrow\u201d (Psa. 90:10); Solomon said, \u201cI have no pleasure in them\u201d (Ecc. 12:1). David said, \u201cYea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for You are with me\u201d (Psa. 23:4). I know this is a tough assignment but this is the greatest time of testimony in your life. It witnesses to your faith in Christ\u2019s resurrection and your confidence in eternal life.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOld age is ridiculed by youth but this is the time of teaching and discipleship. We live with those aging maladies: we can\u2019t see as clearly anymore, we can\u2019t always hear what some are saying, we can\u2019t recall details as sharply as we once did. This is the whole subject of Ecclesiastes 12. Sure, we feel the sympathetic response of some as if they are sorry for us. Shouldn\u2019t we rather say with Solomon, remember your own Creator while you are young because these days are coming on you as well? (Ecc. 12:1). The conclusion of that chapter is that the whole duty of man is to fear God and keep His commandments (vs. 13). Let\u2019s show that our older age has increased our ability to do that!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOld age brings good and bad and we should accentuate the good. Besides all of those negative things that come with aging, there are many more positive things that we didn\u2019t pay attention to before. This is hard, but don\u2019t wallow in the difficulties as if \u201cnobody knows the trouble I see.\u201d Everyone knows them, or will. Be the exception to that rule. You are wiser and godly; you have strength to overcome these hardships; you have perspective on life that the younger ones can\u2019t have; you even have time to devote to God that a busy life didn\u2019t afford you. Say with Moses, \u201cSo teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom\u201d (Psa. 90:12).\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nI noticed that when Moses and Aaron were leading the nation out of Egypt that they constantly consulted the elders (Exod. 3:16, 18; 4:29; 12:21; et al). Rehoboam failed to do this (1 Kings 12) and Jeremiah lamented that destruction had come to Jerusalem because the \u201celders were not respected,\u201d nor \u201cshown favor\u201d (Lam. 4:16; 5:12). Generations before may be guilty of this but let\u2019s not encourage it ourselves.\r\n\r\n \r\n<div class=\"tb-button\" data-toolset-blocks-button=\"29fb578d5c3fe584c862585b9cd0340e\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Senior-Saints-August-2021-Respecting-Ourselves.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-9061\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9061 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GPS-Button-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GPS-Button-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GPS-Button.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The writer of Proverbs said, \u201cThe silver-haired head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness\u201d (Prov. 16:31). 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