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A Theology of Aging, part 3 - What Happens in Old Age?

10/21/2013

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A Theology of Aging, part 3

    One of the longest sections of Scripture that have to do with aging is Ecclesiastes 12:1-8.  It has quite a commentary on what happens to us as we age.  It is a laudry list of the affects of aging on the human body.  It begins with comments about the loss of our ability to see as we age - and does not stop there.  Let me quote each verse and let you know what Solomon is telling us as he describes aging.  Also understand that all of this is done under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.  In other words, God wants us to know these things about aging.  I'll reserve my comments on why for when we are through with this passage.

Verse 2 - ". . . before the sun and moon are darkened . . . " - This refers to our sight getting worse as we age.  The sun and moon have not lost light - but we gradually lose the ability to see it as well.   

". . . and clouds return after the rain."  - This is a Hebraism that refers to trouble and difficulty.  The clouds returning after the rain refers to one trouble ending - and as it ends, another begins.  I can tell you that as you get older, between your own health problems, the health problems of loved ones - and the beginning of the death of friends and family - it can seem that as soon as one trouble ends - the clouds of another are on the horizon.  

". . . in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through the windows grow dim . . ." - This entire section is an amazing, although somewhat depressing picture of our feebling with age as pictured through a house and business starting to crumble. The watchmen should be strong, yet he trembles more as he ages in this task.  The mighty men stooping refer to our legs and back giving way to age and weakening over time. Thus they stoop rather than stand tall and erect.  The grinding ones being idle and few refer to our teeth which are used to grind food, but which age over time and are not as strong for this task.  The sight is again mentioned as the looking out the window is dimmed with age.  The truth is that as we age our bodies will break down - and our abilities will be dimmed and diminished.  

Verse 4 - ". . . the doors on the street are shut as the sounding of the grinding mill is low . . ." verse 4 - The doors on the street are shut and the ability to hear the grinding refer to our loss of hearing.  

". . . and one will arise at the sound of a bird . . . "  Our sleep will also be affected with age.  We will seem to wake at the sounds of anything in the night. 

". . .  and all the daughters of song will sing softly." - the reference here is to an ability to sing and speak, which too will be less.  It is interesting to hear and great singer in the latter stages of life.  They do not usually have the power or the clarity with which they sang when they were younger.  This is because the lungs, voice box, throat are all affected by age and that affects the ability we have to speak and sing.

Verse 5 - "Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road . . ." - Here is a verse about a couple of things.  First, our feet and our sureness of our step is affected with age.  You know the reason old folks walk like they do?  It's because they are old - and age affects our joints and our muscles.  We don't walk with the confidence and light step we used to have.  Our tendons become tight and inflexible - and our muscle mass lessens over time and age.  For this reason we are not as sure as we walk - and that is multiplied by high places.  We are more concerned walking down steps - or in their case up and down mountain-sides.  What they could bound up and down as a young man or woman - is much more fearful as our steps are not as sure.  The next statement is that we experience terrors on the road.  Journeys are not as carefree - because we know that we are not as nimble in step - nor exact in eyesight.  Something common to older people in our day is a nervousness about driving at night.  We just don't navigate and drive as well as we used to.  

". . . the almond tree blossoms . . ." - When the almond tree does this - the blooms on the flowers are white.  The picture is of the white hair of those who age.  We color our hair in this generation to hide this.  If it were not for these chemicals we put in our hair - we'd notice that as we age - our hair grows grey and white - and - we look like an almond tree in bloom.

". . . the grasshopper drags himself along . . . " - This is a picture of strength and vitality.  The grasshopper usually hops along - but now can only drag themselves along the ground.  Young men bound to a task when asked to help - but for an older man - the bounce is not in his step and difficult tasks seem to cause us to drag after even a short stint doing them.

". . . and the caperberry is ineffective." - The caperberry was a stimulant of sexual desire.  Those desires also wane and begin to go away with age.

Verse 6 - "Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed." - Many believe these to be illustrative of various parts of the body. The silver cord refers to our spine and back - which deteriorates with age.  The golden bowl refers to our head or more importantly our brain - which is actually the last thing to go at death.  The pitcher by the well refers to our heart - which can no longer draw water and distribute it throughout the body - and the wheel on the cistern, most likely refers to the aorta - which then takes the water and delivers it - thus the heart pushes the blood through this artery - but at death it no longer delivers the blood throughout the body.  

Verse 7 - "Then the dust will return to the earth . . . " - This speaks of the body, which came from dust, then returning to dust and decaying in the ground.  

". . . and the spirit returns to God who gave it." - This refers to the immaterial part of man - which God breathed into man to make him a living being.  That will return to God - to stand before Him.  The phrase here, "who gave it," has interesting implications.  Since God gave us life - we do not just return to dust.  We return to God in our immaterial part - to stand and give account to the One who gave us life.  

Verse 8 - "Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, "all is vanity!" - The end of this aging process is seeing that those who live only for this life, this world, and this body in which our spirit lives, is living a vain life.  The ultimate fact of life is aging and death.  Therefore to live for only now - is foolish. It is not a pleasant thought - but definitely an accurate one - that we all will die.  When we do, our bodies will age, fall apart, die, and decay.  Our spirit, though, returns to God who gave it.

     A proper theology of aging recognizes that our physical bodies are aging, becoming more feeble over time, and eventually die.  Therefore to live only for them is truly a waste of our lives.  Our focus should be that while we live in these physical bodies - we focus on the spiritual realities.  We focus on God - His will - His purposes - His intentions - His plans - and His pleasure.  Thus, when the process of living in the physical is over - we return to Him having lived this life for what matters.  

But you might ask - why the depressing description of the human aging process?  What is it God is trying to teach us by walking us through a truly bummer-ific look at the latter years of living?  We'll look more at that next time.


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I Just Don't Feel Forgiven!  part 3 - What'cha Lookin' At?

10/29/2012

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            For a couple of  weeks we’ve  looked at what to do when we just don’t feel like we are forgiven.  This week I want to probe deeper into where our eyes might be when this happens.

            There are times when we just don’t feel forgiven that our problem is that we are working on the basis of our feelings rather than our faith.  But there are other times when this happens that there is something deeper going on that blocks forgiveness.  Until that blockage is removed, we will not experience the joy of forgiveness—or at least the joy of restored fellowship with God.

            The Bible speaks of things that bring a barrier between us and God.  One of those things, according to Psalm 66:18, has to do with where our eyes are—or better said at what we are aiming.  The psalmist said the following, “If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear.”  We see from this verse that there are things that will keep us from hearing God—even in regard to knowing and “feeling” forgiven.  Let’s look deeper into this in this week’s article.

            What does it mean to “regard wickedness in our heart?”  The word for “regard” is the Hebrew word “raah” which means to see.  Here the word speaks of our sight in reference to aiming at something.  Another way of saying it is that whatever we are seeing is “in our sights.”  Imagine either looking through a scope on a rifle—or down the barrel of our gun.  We are “sighting” in our target.  Other things may be in our peripheral vision, but there is only one thing in our sights.  We are aiming at something—and it is the main thing in our vision pattern.  That is where we are aiming. 

            Our Psalm speaks of having wickedness in our sights.  Here is how this relates to “feeling forgiven.”  We may confess our sin—and even feel bad about it—but the problem is we do not want to forsake it.  The truth is that even in our confession of sin—what we did or what we want is still our aim.  We continue to have that person, that action, the desire in our sights.  When that happens—our prayers—our confession goes unheard by God.  He is not looking at our words in this, He looks at our hearts.  We may confess our sin—but there is no real intent on turning from it.  If we do this there will be a very distinct sense that we are not forgiven.  God is not hearing us until there is a true turning from our sin.  John said in 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He will forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Note, God wants to do 2 things—forgive sin, cleanse from un-right activity.  If our “sights” were not altered—there was no real confession of sin.  Confession involves not just being sorry for it—but genuinely wanting something different.  So, if you’ve not changed your target—from sin to righteousness—from ungodly choices, words, actions, and attitudes—to godly ones—you won’t “feel” forgiven. 
           
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You Da' Man, part 3 - Are You Fighting?

11/10/2011

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I wanted to take a one week break in the midst of this series of articles to ask a simple question.  That question is this, "Are you fighting?"  That may seem like an interesting question to ask - but it is very applicable to the battle of being a godly man.  Let me quote a pamphlet with that same title, Are You Fighting? which was written by J. C. Ryle.  

"There are thousands of men and women who go to churches and chapels every Sunday and call themselves Christians . . . but you never see any 'fight' about their religion!  Of spiritual strife, and exertion, and conflict, and self-denial, and watching, and warring they know literally nothing at all.  Such Christianity may satisfy man, and those who say anything against it may be thought very hard and uncharitable; but it certainly is not the Christianity of the Bible.  It is not the religion which the Lord Jesus founded, and His apostles preached.  True Christianity is a 'fight.'"

As we've walked through Psalm 101 we've seen some pretty strong language used.  One might even say that this language is the language of conflict - of battle - of war.  My answer to this is simple - IT IS!  Our fight is perennially one against the flesh, the world, and the devil.  These three are our main enemies - and if we are not engaged in a fight with them - we are most likely enslaved by them.  One thing the Bible promises to us is that these enemies will not be idle.  They are constantly looking for ways to make inroads in our lives.  They want to set up beach heads that will serve as launching pads for further incursions into our lives morally and spiritually.  What I am trying to say is that if we are not having any "fight" in our religion - we are losing a battle of which we not even aware.

Raging all around us currently is a war currently for the souls of the men of our nation.  The main front of that battle is for the menl of the church.  But even that front has multiple avenues where we are being attacked.  Let me mention a few (and please know that in no way is this seeking to be an exhaustive list).  

#1 - Guys . . . are you fighting with your eyes?  I know this is a battle that seems to rage everywhere you go.  From the grocery store where they put immoral magazines right at the checkout lines (and no I am not referring to Playboy, but to the women's magazines and tabloids in saying this - anyone want to argue with me biblically on this point?) to the television, to movies, to the way that women dress in our society, the battle is raging.  But guys, we need to fight with our eyes - by turning them away from lust.  Jesus put it this way, "if you right eye makes you stumble - rip it out and throw it from you."  That sounds like a fight to me?  But are we fighting?  May God grant us grace to battle the lust of the eyes daily.  I know that it is tough - and that at times we grow weak - but we cannot give in to the immorality of the world - the lust of our own flesh - or the lure of the devil in this.  We need to FIGHT!  

#2 - Guys . . . are you fighting with your mind?  This is closely related to the first - but it is important.  What is filling your mind?  The world will offer you a smorgesboard of things to fill your mind - and none of them will draw you closer to Christ - or encourage you to walk in His ways.  Our flesh will rise up and fight getting into the Word - but do it anyway.  With younger men this battle rages through the world of games - both on game consoles and on the internet.  The amount of time that is wasted by our young men in this pursuits is monumental.  Hours upon hours are spend filling our minds with worthless quests into an electronic world that provides escape from the real world.  The frightening part of all this is that these escapes are from reality - and from the real issues of manhood that should be wrestled with at this age.  To bring this up, I realize, is to possibly alienate myself from a whole younger generation.  But unless someone says something - we are going to either delay an entire generation from becoming real men - or - lose them altogether.  We need to fight for our minds.

#3 - Guys . . . are you fighting for your morals?  Here is a third area where we are being destroyed by the world, devil , and the flesh.  I am speaking about pornography and gratifying our flesh.  Recently I went to a sight that helps men get free from these things - and saw that they have had over 320,000 clients come to their site for help.  According to their reasoning - this represents about 1 in 10 of the men in the church who struggle with these sins.  If that is accurate - we have a problem in our country.  There is reason to believe that somewhere in the rage of 3 million men, IN THE CHURCH, have these problems.  I am not saying this to make you feel condemned, but rather to call all of us to action.  If we are not free - we need to be - as soon as possible.  Once we get free - we need to continue to FIGHT - not just for ourselves - but for our brothers in Christ as well.  

#4 - Guys . . . are you fighting for your integrity?  This goes beyond the battle in our minds - to the battle for our daily actions in our jobs, our homes, our churches, and anywhere else we walk.  This is the fight to take what we learn from the Word and make it a part of our lifestyles.  Here is the reason why so much is falling apart in our society - a lack of integrity.  Every scandal at its core happened because someone somewhere did not maintain their integrity.  When you multiply that times over 350 million Americans - you are going to have serious problems.  Are you willing to fight for integrity - even when your competitor does not?  Are you and I willing to trust the Lord to prosper and keep us afloat - even if we do not cut corners and "cook the books" for our benefit?  The worst crisis we face as a nation is not financial.  Our worst problems are not healthcare, jobs, or security.  Our key crisis is one of integrity.  Without men of integrity our nation will not continue to stand.    Will you be one of the first to embrace God's call to integrity - and fight for it even though many other men around you will not?  

These are just four areas where the battle rages - or should be raging.  What is sad is that many shun the fight.  They just want a comfortable life - one without difficulties or the struggles it takes to "fight the good fight of faith" the Bible presents to us.  But as long as we remain on a fallen earth - filled with fallen people - who do fallen things - and who promote fallen lifestyles - there is going to be a fight.  So hear me brothers as I seek to encourage you today!

Brothers in Christ . . . we are called to be MEN OF GOD!  We are called out of this present darkness into His glorious light to embrace the conflict that WILL begin the moment we are saved.  We are not perfect - but we are in the process where God is perfecting us!  We are not sinless - but oh how we are called to both hate and battle sin in our lives.  We are called to put on the armor of God - daily putting each piece on so that we can stand - and after we have fought to the last ounce of strength which God provides - to keep on standing!  We cannot afford to quit!  We cannot afford to be lazy and undisciplined!  We fight for our families!  We fight for our children - esepecially our sons, who are watching and begging us to be men they can follow!  We fight for the church - the bride of our Lord - the pillar of truth - and the manifestation of God's grace - and the place where the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ should shine forth the brightest!  

But in this hour, my blessed brothers, we are fighting for our lives!  The devil and his world system feel they are on the brink of victory.  They flex their muscles through the media and government thinking that they will win the day.  We face onslaught after onslaught - attack after attack - and battle after battle.  They fight us personally in our minds - relationally in our homes and churches - and morally in our national discourse.  But like those who have stood in what seemed like impossible battles - we stand.  Like the 300 Spartans who stood alone against the invaders who landed on their shores - we stand against hordes of those who fight against our God and against His Word.  But know this, brothers, we will stand.  We will stand upon the Word of God that has faced countless attacks and yet stands firm as the revelation of God.  We will stand upon the grace of God in the gospel that has won millions upon millions in every generation - under every form of government - in every trial - and under every type of oppression.  Finally, we will stand with our Lord Jesus Christ - Who has vanquished sin, death, and hell by His cross.  Who has stood strong against the attack of every false prophet, every false philosophy, every false religion, and every falsehood the devil has thrown at Him.  We will stand in Him knowing that He has won the victory - not just at the end of the age - but He has won the victory in every generation.  Now is not the time for us to faint.  Now is the time for us to FIGHT!  
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You Da' Man, Part 2 - The Eyes of a Godly Man

11/1/2011

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     May the Lord grant you grace as you are a “man of integrity” within your own home.  We continue this week in our look at the man of integrity from Psalm 101.  This week we are going to focus on what a man of integrity “looks at” within his home.  The Psalmist states the following about his desire to be a man of integrity—one who “gives heed to the blameless way.”  He says at the beginning of verse 3, “I will set no worthless thing before my eyes.”  Let’s take a look today at what it means to have the sight of the blameless way in our eyes. 

     The word “worthless” here is from the Hebrew word “beliyyaal” which has as its most basic meaning that of utter worthlessness.  The word always has a very strong moral component to it and therefore has the idea of wickedness and something that is good for nothing at all.  In the Septuagint (the Greek version of the Old Testament) this word was used as a personal name for Satan.  Those who were of the most corrupt and godless character were called, “sons of beliyyaal,” and were seen as being in rebellion against God’s moral authority.  Therefore the blameless man who seeks to maintain integrity in his home is careful not to put anything that is morally worthless and base before his eyes.  Note also that he does this by making strong choices against it.  He has a will SET in God’s direction—a will that is SET according to God’s moral compass and the Word of God.  This will not be easy in our society.  It requires hard choices—and choices that may seem legalistic to others around you.

     How do we live this way then?  How do we live as men who do not want to set any morally worthless thing before our eyes?  First, we must set the Word of God before our eyes—for through His Word God will begin clearly defining what is and is not morally worthless.  Here are a few.  In the Old Testament we are told not to look upon the nakedness of    anyone other than our wife—and that is to be done in the marriage bed as a holy thing.  Well, that pretty much rules out R-rated movies (and for that matter a large number of PG-13 rated ones where the nakedness of others is paraded   before us on a regular basis.)  Then there is the passage in Ephesians that says, “. . . And there must be no filthiness and silly talk or coarse jesting, which are not fitting . . . “  Filthiness is defined by the Amplified Bible as obscenity or   indecency.”  So, all things which are in these categories are out as well.  I hate to say it, but this pretty much rules out probably 90-95% of what is on television and what is in the movie theaters.  Here is where we will hear the accusations of legalism come out.  But those who do this miss that Scripture tells us that it is the “grace of God that teaches to say no to ungodliness.” 

     Let me ask a question at this point about the moral sloppiness that is based on this “non-teaching” grace of today.  Where has it led us?  How is it morally in the church today?  Has the practice of being lenient with our eyes brought great blessing to our marriages?  Has it blessed us with great moral fiber and steadfastness?  The eyes are the windows into our souls.  What we allow to pass through them has the ability to bless us—or torture us with temptation and unnecessary trials.  A man who desires to be blameless and maintain integrity in his home will guard his eyes, and make sure that he places NOTHING worthless before them.  This is part and parcel of why he continues as a blameless man.

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