So that you older people are not the cause of dishonoring God's word, so that you older people

are not the cause of giving the opponent something to say bad about the church and so that

you are not the cause of people who would doubt God's saving power, you need to live like

this.

A lot is at stake.

A lot is at stake. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

You can pay for products and procedures that claim to eradicate wrinkles or cushion your joints or boost your memory.

Our world is obsessed with looking and feeling young, fighting the passage of time.

Your question is, what does scripture say about aging?

As your years add up, are you supposed to resist that reality or embrace it?

Well, today, John MacArthur is going to show you

what the Bible says about old age, what you should put your energy into when you're older,

and how you can be a revolutionary influence for the kingdom no matter your age. The title of

John's series, Revolutionary Living in a Dark Culture. And now with a lesson, here is John.

Titus chapter two, and let me just read verses two and three. Older men are to be temperate,

dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance. Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their

behavior, not malicious gossips, not enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good. And so,

the Apostle Paul lays down some very specific characteristics that are to be manifest

in the older people in the congregation.

Let's look at the men.

As older men, we should have so much to offer.

Paul suggests, first of all, three characteristics.

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