OLD and Satisfied
Get started early before
the Silver Cord is broken
Gray Hair
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For
the man that is righteous, God says that his Gray Hair is a Crown of
Glory.
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God
cares about people who are up in age. - He made us and will support us,
carry us and deliver us.
It’s a promise. - It’s in the
Book -
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Man’s
average life span is about 70 years, but if we want, we can live 10 more years,
and still even more years by observing His statutes. - His desire is that we have life and have it more
abundantly and that it will be long enough to SATISFY us.
Isaiah 46:4 – God will carry the aged and deliver
them
4 even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
4 even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
(ESV)
Proverbs 16:31 - Gray hair is
a crown of glory
31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.
31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.
(ESV)
Psalm 90:10 – Live 70 or 80 years – even more
10 The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. (ESV)
10 The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. (ESV)
John 10:10
– God’s will is for us to have life MORE abundantly
10 The thief cometh not,
but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might
have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. KJV
Psalm 91:16 – We will be satisfied with a long
life
16 With long life I will SATISFY him and show him my salvation.
16 With long life I will SATISFY him and show him my salvation.
(ESV)
Length of Days
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How can we live a long
life? NYOBS 06.14 - DEATH
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By
asking God for our life to be lengthened.
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By
keeping Gods laws and Concepts.
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By
respecting God and honoring Him.
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By
asking God for the Understanding of Spiritual things.
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By
helping, respecting and speaking well of our parents.
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By
guarding our tongue that we not speak evil.
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By
showing love - It doesn’t matter how old your life gets to be, if you have not shown
love or goodness, you could be destined for another place and not even know
it.
Proverbs 10:27 – Respecting & Honoring God
adds life
27 The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short. (ESV)
27 The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short. (ESV)
1 Kings 3:14 – Keeping Gods Laws lengthens your
life
14 And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.” (ESV)
14 And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.” (ESV)
Proverbs 3:1-2 - Ask Understanding of Laws;
lengthens your life
1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. (ESV)
1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. (ESV)
Exodus 20:12 – Honor your parents – Lengthen your
life
12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. (ESV)
12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. (ESV)
Psalm 21:4 - We can ask for our life to be
lengthened
4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever. (ESV)
4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever. (ESV)
Psalm 34:12-13 – Guarding your tongue adds many
days
12 What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
12 What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
(ESV)
1 Peter 3:10-11 – Keep your tongue from evil &
deceit; Adds life
10 For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;
11 let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. (ESV)
10 For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;
11 let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. (ESV)
Ecclesiastes 6:3 – Long life without love –
destined for hell
3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life’s good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. (ESV)
3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life’s good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. (ESV)
Luke 16:22-24 - Two different places at death
22 "The time came
when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The
rich man also died and was buried.
23 In hell, where
he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his
side.
24 So he called to him,
`Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger
in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' NIV
What does Old look like?
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Old should mean sensible, serious
minded, reasonable, grounded in faith, loving and
patient, Holy behavior, uplifting in speech, teaching good things,
reverent in behavior, not slanderers and not given to much
wine.
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God adds wisdom and knowledge
to us as we grow old and the youth look to us for guidance. Age does not necessarily mean wise or good
understanding; it’s directly proportional to the Spirit that we put
inside us through the reading of God’s Word.
Therefore start putting God’s Word in your heart while you are still
young.
Titus 2:2-3 – Sober Minded – Dignified –
Self-Control – Steadfast
2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in LOVE, and in steadfastness.
3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, (ESV)
2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in LOVE, and in steadfastness.
3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, (ESV)
Job 12:12 - God adds wisdom and understanding as
we age
12 Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. (ESV)
12 Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. (ESV)
Job 32:7-8 – It’s the spirit of man that gives him
understanding
7 I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’
8 But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand. (ESV)
7 I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’
8 But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand. (ESV)
Our Place in His Plan
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Old
age is a wonderful time that we can shine forth like we’ve never shown
before. We can still bear fruit
in our old age, not necessarily children, but good works.
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Old
does not have to mean sick or feeble.
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When
we are old God wants us to still be found in Church with the young folks and
children praising His name. It’s in the
book.
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Old
folks should be a witness to the youth to show God’s strength and power.
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When
we go home to the Father, it will be at a full ripe age at the peak of our
season.
Job 11:17 – Old Age – A time to let our life show
fourth light
17 And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. (ESV)
17 And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. (ESV)
Psalm 92:14 – You can bear fruit; good works in
your old age
14 They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, (ESV)
14 They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, (ESV)
Psalm 148:12-13 – The Old are found in Church
praising God
12 Young men and maidens together, old men and children!
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. (ESV)
12 Young men and maidens together, old men and children!
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. (ESV)
Psalm 71:18 – We are a witness to the youth of
God’s power
18 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come. (ESV)
18 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come. (ESV)
Job 5:26 – When we die it will be at a full ripe
old age
26 You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. (ESV)
26 You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. (ESV)
Deuteronomy 34:7 – Old age can be full of health
7 Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. (ESV)
7 Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. (ESV)
Hebrews 10:24-25 – Don’t neglect the fellowship of
church
24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (ESV)
24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (ESV)
The Silver Cord
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You should remember God during your youth before the days of evil,
before your sight is dimmed and you shake when you move and your hearing
is diminished; before fear of the terror and meanness of the streets.
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Before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is
broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel
broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the
spirit returns to God who gave it. – Put
God in your Spirit in your Youth –
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When the Silver Cord is broken, and our Spirit returns
to the One who made it, we will have completed the thing which we were created
to do. – We will be absent from our body and present with our Lord. - SELAH
Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 – Remember God while you are
still young.
1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,
3 in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,
4 and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low—
5 they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets—
6 before THE SILVER CORD is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,
3 in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,
4 and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low—
5 they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets—
6 before THE SILVER CORD is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
(ESV)
Isa 55:11 – Our assignment will be completed at homecoming
11 So shall my word be
that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it
shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I sent it.
KJV
2 Corinthians 5:8 – Absent from the body – Present
with the Lord
8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. (NKJV)
8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. (NKJV)
OLD
– SATISFIED - COMPLETED
In
the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:14
I
am grateful to those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical
information, and scripture verses.
Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further that I
otherwise ever could have.
Bible Almanac; The – Packer-Tenney-White
English Standard Version
Bible – ESV
Expositor’s Bible
Commentary – Frank E. Gaebelein
King James Version Bible -
KJV
New International Version
Bible - NIV
Thru the Bible – J. Vernon McGee
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