Proverbs 16 verse 31.
The hoary head is a crown of glory.
Proverbs 16 verse 31.
The hoary head is a crown of glory which means the gray or whitish hair.
If it be found in the way of righteousness, he that is slow to anger is better than the
mighty and he that rules his spirit than he that taketh the city.
The Bible is saying the person that gets older, that is elderly, if they love God then
you know what?
It's a glory.
It's something to be respected and honored.
Look, if there's people that love God that are at our church, we ought to have the proper
respect for them.
We ought to look at them and look at them as an example and respect them.
And part of it is just because hey, they've been serving God for a long time.
There's someone that loves God.
But here's the thing.
If Joe Biden showed up here today, I'm not shaking his hand.
I don't care if you think I'm Satan reincarnated.
The fact is you can't look at that television and say nothing happened on the 6th.
He's a devil.
Well, but he's an elder.
He's a wicked human being.
There's nothing, well, but he's older, you shouldn't, no, I'm not going to automatically
respect him when he hates God.
Now look, you ought to respect your boss and respect people that are elders in general,
but if there's like a wicked person, why would you respect that?
The Bible's saying you deserve respect and honor if you're a godly person.
But if someone's a wicked person, I mean, I'm not shaking Bill Clinton's hand or Hillary
Clinton or whatever the famous politicians are here that are wicked.
I'm not going to shake their hand.
I'm not going to respect them just because they're older if they hate God.
Why would I?
But here's the thing.
The idea is this, that you know what, as someone gets older, you expect them to be mature.
You expect them to be an example.
But that's not an automatic thing.
Doesn't always happen.
It should happen.
You ought to grow up and be mature.
I mean, I like to think I'm a lot more mature than when I was a little kid.
Yeah, when I was a little kid, you get in fights in the playground over something small,
but it's like when you get older, it's like, come on and grow up.