“Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God gives you” (Exodus 20:12).
The New Testament instructs children to “obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right” (Ephesians 6:1) and “obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord” (Colossians 3:20). Are children to obey only the things they want to, or that sound reasonable to them? No; in order to please the Lord, they are to obey “in all things.” That doesn’t mean their parents will always make wise decisions or treat their children as they should, but God will hold the parents accountable for their own actions. Regardless of the parents’ parenting skills, the children are to obey—that is their role for which God will hold them accountable.
To honor our parents is to esteem them, show them respect, and obey them. The best of us haven’t honored our parents as we should. These commandments, or God's law, brings the knowledge of sin. By not following them we are showing disrespect and have dishonored our parents. As parents we must “train up a child in the way he should go” (Proverbs 22:6). A child who will not submit to the authority of his parents, who are God’s agents to train and discipline him, is very unlikely to submit to God’s authority and obey God’s Laws.
Give your parents the respect and honor by following God's laws. May God bless you.
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