The Old to Young

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“The older women admonish the young women to love, be discreet, to be chaste, good, obedient homemakers, that the word of God may not be blasphemed” Titus 2.

There’s a trend in the culture to do away with the old, do away with history, do away with the old-fashioned ways of living. So, if we get rid of anything that makes us “feel” bad, we can “feel” good, and the world will be a better place, which is a total lie. Rewriting history doesn’t change history; it only makes us repeat the same mistakes our ancestors made.

With this trend, the Christians have rejected the mentoring established in Titus 2. Instead of the younger clinging to the older for encouragement in the faith, they are pushing them out of the church and out of their lives for the more trending ways of living. Some churches have decided to have 2 services: a traditional one for the older, and a contemporary one for the younger, separating them even further from each other.

The older are being impacted by the rejection, resolving to keep their wisdom quiet in order to avoid strife, resulting in the younger being more influenced by the trends of the world. We could easily insert today’s Christian into Galatians 3:1: Oh foolish Christian! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth?

So, today, we encourage the old to encourage the young, and the young to embrace the old as we stand together in Christ.