What Is The Role Of Older Members In The Church?

What Is The Role Of Older Members In The Church? Watch This Episode on YouTube {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/what-is-the-role-of-older-members-in-the-church\/#arve-youtube-vqamkpuknrq656f3ccce9f95011290727","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/VQaMkPUKNRQ?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0","name":"What Is The Role Of Older Members In The Church?","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/STP-S222-EP01-The-Role-of-Older-Members-at-Church.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-09-29","description":"What Is The Role Of Older Members In The Church? This topic is addressed by Dr. Richard Caldwell on the Straight Truth Podcast"} Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel Support Our Podcast Join Our Mailing List Related Messages Consider listening to the following sermons exposited from these verses of Titus 2 by Dr. Caldwell as he seeks to faithfully preach and teach the Word of God. Generational Instruction The Contrast Of Healthy Teaching Applying The Gospel Authority & The Ministry Of The Word Of God The Church's Older Men What God Would Have Women To Be The Young Men Of The Church What Is The Role Of Older Members In The Church? Watch this episode on Vimeo {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/what-is-the-role-of-older-members-in-the-church\/#arve-vimeo-754043948656f3ccceaa5b260272835","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/754043948?h=0587560692&dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0","name":"What Is The Role Of Older Members In The Church?","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/STP-S222-EP01-The-Role-of-Older-Members-at-Church.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-09-29","description":"What Is The Role Of Older Members In The Church?"} Follow Us On Vimeo Listen to the Audio Podcast Subscribe on iPhone Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Spotify What Is The Role Of Older Members In The Church? Titus 2:1-5 envisions older members of the church influencing younger members. We read Paul telling Titus to speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. He shares instructions for Titus about what the older men and women in the church are to be and do so that the word of God will not be dishonored. These instructions include words such as teaching, encouraging, etc., meant for the older as they share with younger men and women. Psalm 145:4 declares, “One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.”. How can the people of God pursue this kind of ministry? What is required for this influence to occur in our churches? Is this meant to take place through discipleship or mentor relationships? What does this look like in the life of the church? In this episode of the Straight Truth Podcast, Dr. Richard Caldwell and Dr. Josh Philpot will help us to think through this passage and guide us in its application. Dr. Caldwell confirms there is a focus in these verses on the Word of God regarding older men and women. Yet, most of what Paul describes regarding older people influencing younger people has to do with character. It is helpful to see that what Paul has in view is the word of God as it is established in the lives of His people. These verses describe character traits that mark maturity in men and women of God. They describe lives that are submissive to the Scriptures, lives that understand the authority of the Scriptures, and lives that respond with obedience. These traits have come through the growth process of sanctification. They reflect the word of God being worked into the fabric of people's lives. This growth and maturing have taken place over time. With it comes an element of experience and wisdom.