Obey Your Parents
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:49 pm
I was curious what to do with the passage in Colossians 3:20 "Children,obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."
And the Commandment in Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you."
There is quite a distinction between obey and honor, though out of the two I usually hear people say "the Bible said obey your parents" while honor your father and mother is a commandment I don't hear honor that much. And it seems that people put prevalence on "obeying" over honoring.
So I think we can all admit our parents are not perfect. So how do "children" act when their parent wants them to do something that would not be such a good idea, or if the child just has higher morals than their parents. Do they give them respect and honor them, but still make choices that are better, or obey?
Also, when do we determine they're adults?
And the Commandment in Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you."
There is quite a distinction between obey and honor, though out of the two I usually hear people say "the Bible said obey your parents" while honor your father and mother is a commandment I don't hear honor that much. And it seems that people put prevalence on "obeying" over honoring.
So I think we can all admit our parents are not perfect. So how do "children" act when their parent wants them to do something that would not be such a good idea, or if the child just has higher morals than their parents. Do they give them respect and honor them, but still make choices that are better, or obey?
Also, when do we determine they're adults?