Wednesday, March 18, 2026
“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you” (Galatians 4:17,18 KJV).
Let us see if we can identify and comprehend the dangers of relying on emotions….
Human emotional maturity is not attained until approximately age 30 for women and 40 for men. Avoiding accountability, unrestrained feelings, and a preoccupation with “drama, drama, drama” are three sure signs of emotional childishness. Moreover, the human brain still astronomically develops well into the 20s and possibly the 30s (varying by person). Therefore, young adults are not as stable in their thoughts as they suppose! Bearing in mind these peaks of emotional maturity and intellectual maturity, we grasp why younger people are more susceptible to the effects of “this present evil world.” Firstly, they have yet to understand what emotions are, what they are not, and how to regulate them. Secondly, their mental processes are still under construction, for they are learning new data and figuring out how to assemble it into a comprehensive worldview.
Whatever views are learned during the first three or four decades generally serve as the foundation for the remainder of life’s lessons and choices. Once cemented, it will be next to impossible to reverse these opinions or substantially alter them. This is not necessarily bad news though. As long as the correct information enters the system at the earliest possible time, and there is a continued positive attitude toward additional right information, one can expect to steadily become more aware of the appropriate path to take. There is never sinlessness in this life, but the quality of beliefs and decisions ought to improve with the passage of time. Foolishness and darkness should be gradually fading from one’s life. Are they?
Observe. If there are no parents with sound Bible doctrine to teach the children, or if the children fail to learn the sound Bible doctrine from the parents, then the children become victims of three brutal menaces: (1) their own unstable, deceptive emotions; (2) their own unsteady mental processes; and (3) the unstable, deceptive emotions and unsteady mental processes of other children who will solidify their immaturity. This was the Galatians, and many others in our modern world….
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