Isaiah 47:6 English Standard Version (ESV) I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
When older people come to Christ they have been subjected to a number of abuses. Not all abuses are physical. Some of those abuses have gone on for so long that they are not even recognized as abuse. If no one was there to speak the truth, the lie is all they have to listen to in life.
Kingdom learning is all about hearing the truth and allowing the truth to defeat the lies.
Psalm 119:100 English Standard Version (ESV) I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.
Those of us that came to Christ as older babes never learned His precepts correctly. We trusted the wrong sources when it came to discovering who God is in character and personality. Not everyone that spreads lies is a demon. Some of them present themselves to be spiritual without the abiding presence.
Matthew 7:21-23 English Standard Version
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
One of the translations of verse 23 indicates that lawlessness means unauthorized works.
It is the indwelling presence that gives voice to truth and reveals the will of God. Without that we walk in darkness.
Correction for misrepresentation of scriptures is only the first step in correction.
Older babes need a clean slate to begin learning truth.