Wednesday October 01st, 2025
« Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.” »
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
We discussed the first and second seasons of life over the past two days and will progress to discuss the third season of life today.
- In the third season of a person’s life, he or she moves from trying to impress people to trying to influence people.
This is the period where a person wants to become a voice.
This is the season when you want to say like Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:1NLT
« And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ »
Many times, people in this season look for others in the younger generation to mentor.
In this season, you would become hungry to pass on knowledge to others.
When you get to this stage, you are now maturing because you are after impact more than anything else.
« The things [the doctrine, the precepts, the admonitions, the sum of my ministry] which you have heard me teach in the presence of many witnesses, entrust [as a treasure] to reliable and faithful men who will also be capable and qualified to teach others »
2 Timothy 2:2Amplified
If you fail to properly learn the truth about life, you would begin to pass on your erroneous understanding to others and hence become a negative influence and not a positive one.
You must be careful in this season not to spread a virus in the systems of people.
When people seem to have found someone whose message they enjoy, they begin to spread it and before long, that message would have become a doctrine.
What we know today as the extreme and erroneous message of grace was started by a man called Nicholas.
He was amongst the first deacons, Acts 6:5 ; however, he had adopted an erroneous way of living a so-called Christian life and by the time we get to Revelation 2:15 , we see that his erroneous way had become a misleading doctrine within the Church, as it still is today.
- In this third season of life, your lifestyle and behaviour will also begin to influence others.
An example can be seen in 2 Peter 2:15 where some Christians were described to be following in the steps of Balaam who chose to use the power of God for material gains.
Beloved, it is very dangerous to mislead those who look up to you.
You must be particularly careful not to influence others negatively, Matthew 18:6.
Food for thought – If you are in the third season of life, please be sure that you are influencing people correctly.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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