Stages of an individual’s life
- Birth (Newborn)
- Speaking in tongues.
- Babies tend to draw people in.
- Foundational Years (Ages 1 – 12)
- Learning & Growing a lot.
- Setting up the foundation for the rest of their lives.
- Teenage Years (Ages 13 – 19)
- Refusal to conform while conforming.
- Stubbornness, comparisons, and attempts are made to be somebody else.
- Young Adult (Ages 20 – 26)
- Learning a lot more than ever before.
- This is the average age group that attends college.
- Adult (Age 27 onward)
- Assimilated into life.
- Career-working individual.
- The most responsibility ever obtained before.
Stages of the Church’s life
- Birth (33 – 44 A.D.)
- Speaking in tongues.
- They made their presence known to everyone around [crying, laughing, pooping (think about Ananias and Sapphira), etc.] because babies tend to draw people in.
- Foundational Years (45 – 430 A.D.)
- The Apostles began writing their books.
- This was the age of the church fathers [i.e. Augustine]. So, they were learning & growing a lot.
- Teenage Years (431 – 1516 A.D.)
- They refused to translate the Scriptures.
- They refused to be who God made them to be [they tried to be Augustine].
- Young Adult (1517 – 1800 A.D.)
- Learning a lot more than ever before.
- Finding our path in life and beginning to do all that we can to get there.
- Adult (1801 – Present)
- We are finally into our career and it is taking off [the Great Commission]!
- We have more responsibility today than ever before in Church history.
Very interesting connection you’ve made here. 🙂
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