Aged

Titus 2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

When I see this verse I think differently than the editors of scriptures. That’s me, I think differently. Every translation says either aged men or old me. I on the other hand know men that have just come to the Lord in their 70’s and 80’s. So this is how I look at this verse.

Aged steaks have nothing to do with how old the cow was at the time of its butchering. It has everything to do with what you do to the meat after the death of the cow.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

The cow is dead but the steak is new and needs to be aged. So we, having died with Christ, are become new and need to begin the aging process. That is why everyone born again, regardless of age, begin as babes in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

There are some that resent being talked to like they are babies. That is a sign for a need for maturity. Paul speaks to them in the only terms they understand, carnal. We. Like the new born, may receive and feel the love, but have not learned yet how to give love in return.

Like a new born those first moments of rebirth are all about learning what it means to be alive.

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