Let no one despise your youth,
but be an example to the believers in word,
in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”
-1 TIMOTHY 4:12
An
older person is not necessarily a spiritual elder. We do not look to
the age of a person’s physical body when determining their spiritual
maturity. Of course, we owe a certain amount of respect to the aged by
virtue of their seniority; but they may not necessarily be our elder in
the things of the Lord.
One
can be older chronologically and be quite immature in spiritual
matters. Likewise, a relatively young man or woman can have a deep
relationship with the Lord and be light years ahead of those two or
three
times their age. A young man or woman who knows God is more elder than a
senior citizen who does not know God. We cannot judge by the flesh, or
we will be misled.
Source: "The Church in the Wilderness" by Chip Brogden
http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/the-church-in-the-wilderness
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