The Childrens Responsibilities to Their Parents Children Should Listen to Their Parents Instruction. Society encourages children to disregard their parents teachings and make their own choices. Young people often think their parents are unreasonable or do not understand. Proverbs 6:20-23 -- Listen to the instruction of parents, do not forsake it. Remember that parents are older and more experienced. They may not be perfect (neither are the kids!) yet they are still wiser. (See also Prov. 1:8; 15:5; 23:22). Children Should Respect Their Parents. Young people today mock, ridicule, and openly flaunt their parents. Such conduct is encouraged by many aspects of society and is ignored by many parents. Ephesians 6:2,3 -- Parents have God-given authority and have generally done much good for the children. They deserve to receive respectful treatment, including respectful speech and attitudes. (Cf. Matt. 15:4; Prov. 6:20-23; 15:5; 23:22.) Children Should Obey Their Parents. Rebellion is admired and encouraged by many. Acts that parents have disapproved are yet practiced -- openly or by deception -- because everybodys doing it or for a hundred other excuses. Some accept such conduct as inevitable. But all such is disobedience and rebellion. Ephesians 6:1 -- Children are commanded by the Lord to obey their parents. (See also Col. 3:20; 2 Tim. 3:1,2). Luke 2:51 -- Jesus set the example of subjection to his parents. Romans 1:30,32 -- One who refuses to obey his parents is worthy of death, and so are those who approve of such conduct (cf. Deut. 21:18-21). Children should obey all parental instructions unless they are told to do something sinful (Acts 5:29). The fact that the parents may have made some mistakes or even sinned does not justify disobedience by the children (Rom. 12:17-21; Luke 6:27-35; etc.) Children Should Care for Elderly Parents. Elderly people today are often neglected or shipped to nursing homes, not because this is really needed for the proper care of the parent, but because the children do not want to be bothered. 1 Timothy 5:4,8,16 -- When children are unwilling to care for their elderly parents, they lack appreciation for what their parents did for them, and they also deny the faith. Matt. 15:4-6; Ruth 4:13-15; John 19:25-27.) Making happy homes is not easy, especially in a corrupt society. But Gods plan is always best, and the homes that accomplish the most good are those that learn and do His will.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:09:42 +0000
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