Saturday Idiom: Wild Oats

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The concept of sowing one's wild oats is in my mind primarily secular.

According to 'The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms it is usually in regard to young men that live a life of enjoyment before settling down to quieter, more respectable life. Wordsworth (1993: 420).

The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms (1993), Cumberland House, Hertfordshire. 

The New Testament would not support a wild oats view in a prescriptive sense certainly...

Ephesians 6:4

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

This concept reminds me of my former pastor and his concept that I have heard in more than one sermon.

The concept being that at 60 years of age one will have more regrets than at 40 years of age and that 40 years of age one will have more regrets than at 20 years of age.

At 35+ years of age I can testify that it is a reasonable view and I wonder why with human finitude and sinfulness, or at least imperfection from a secular worldview, one would willingly want to spend years of life being stupid and foolish?

At any age?

This is bad secular advice to give to anyone, by the way (parents family and friends).

To be clear, I am not at any point in life against having fun.

I always want to have fun.

I mean look at this blog.

I even have fun at work. Even while being professional.

I believe in being youthful. Not old, not tired, not unwise, not stupid.

There is also the issue of 'tracks' which I discussed on a previous post. This a theological concept from a theology professor from Trinity Western University that sin becomes habitual in a person as in tracks.

Therefore while a person in sowing wild oats sin and sinful activity can become set in tracks and could last for a lifetime. Similar issues and problems repeat.

Sound familiar?

Tracks are there for everyone unfortunately.

However:

Romans 3: 23-28 23 for all [a]have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as a [b]propitiation [c]in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, [d]because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; 26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who [e]has faith in Jesus.

Romans 6:23 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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