Young or Old We Follow God’s Plan to Love Through Our Difficulties

Paul speaks to Timothy, his young apprentice in this passage, telling him not to rebuke an older man harshly but exhort him as if he were his father. There’s always another way to deal with people without unnecessary pressure or rebuking them. As we get older our thought processes slow down. Younger folk feel, they’re taking too long for this simple task to complete. It’s a good patience builder for younger men and women to tolerate the elders. All things work together for our good when we love the Lord (Romans 7:28). We need to treat younger men as brothers, not trying to lord over them with a prideful spiritual seniority mentality, which isn’t the Lord’s way at all. We should treat the older women as mothers, giving them the respect due because they’ve been fighting the good fight of faith longer than you and may have valuable knowledge you need to survive your coming crisis (1Timothy 6:12). Treating younger women as sisters and not looking down on them because of their lack of experience. That’s why you’re here so you can help them, and not criticize them. In absolute purity we must give ourselves to this practice especially in the church.