Rounding third and headed home
Published on Feb 04, 2017
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Rounding 3rd and headed home
LIBERTY CHURCH OF CHRIST 3/5/2017 Isaiah 51:6
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Isa 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished.
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Do we have to grow old like a garment?
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Ec 11:7 Truly the light is sweet, And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun;
8 But if a man lives many years And rejoices in them all, Yet let him remember the days of darkness, For they will be many. All that is coming is vanity.
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BLESSINGS of GROWING OLDER
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Blessing #1 - Attaining an older age in and of itself is a tremendous blessing.
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1Ki 3:11 Then God said to him: "Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,
12 "behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.
13 "And I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings all your days.
14 "So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."
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Ex 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you
Eph 6:2 "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise:
3 "that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth."
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Pr 16:31 The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, If it is found in the way of righteousness.
Pr 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
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Ps 90:10 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away
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Blessing #2 - Old age has with it a Vaulted Vantage Point.
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Ec 3:1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:
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Ec 5:10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
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Yes, I may walk a little slower
and old they may call me
But I look a little longer
at each dawn that breaks for me
I hear a little better
all the sounds a day can hold
I love a whole lot stronger
all the worldly births I see unfold
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I see a little clearer
what the world holds out to me
I feel a whole lot deeper
for another’s misery
I dream a lot more often
of days that long have past
I acknowledge precious time
that ticks away so fast
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I hold a great deal tighter
to loving friend’s embraces
And oh, how I cherish laughing children
with life’s smudges on their faces
Yes, I may walk a little slower
and old they may call me
But do you know, I see, I hear, and I love
much better than that young girl
I used to be.
Bobbie Soutar.
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From the older vaulted vantage point, we realize how little we have ------
how little control we have in life and how little time we have left.....
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Blessing #3 - Wisdom
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Ps 90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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Job 12:12 Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding.
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Proverbs 5:1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; Lend your ear to my understanding,
2 That you may preserve discretion, And your lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of hell.
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Blessing #4 - Respect
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Le 19:31 'Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
32 'You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.
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1Ti 5:1 Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,
2 older women as mothers, younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 Honor widows who are really widows.
4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God
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Blessing #5 - Grandchildren
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Pr 17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father.
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Blessing #6 -
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older PEOPLE ARE almost "home"
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Php 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell.
23 For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
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