"Listen to your elders" what if yoru elders are wrong?

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FAITHFULGILLIAN

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maxwel said:
I think this is a good example of how a parent/child relationship is supposed to look.

The parent has to be pretty secure to be able to listen, discuss things, and even admit faults.
Most parents aren't secure enough to really do that.

God gives us a perfect example of this open communication in Isiah 1:18
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:"

God always knows better than us, and always knows the right answer,
but he doesn't say, "Shut up and listen".
God wants his children to talk to him, and discuss things.
Listening to us, even thought he doesn't need to,
is one way he shows love and compassion toward us.

If God, who is perfect, and always has the right answers, listens to his children,
then how much more should an imperfect parent, who isn't always right, listen to his children.
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That is a fair point and dialogue is probably beneficial. But ultimately a child under the care and protection of their parents is bound to obey them.
 
crossnote

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Honoring, treating with respect, and listening is one thing (it is part of 'honoring one's parents) but blind obedience regardless of what they say especially when it contradicts God's Word is another.
 
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FAITHFULGILLIAN

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crossnote said:
Honoring, treating with respect, and listening is one thing (it is part of 'honoring one's parents) but blind obedience regardless of what they say especially when it contradicts God's Word is another.
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Obedience to God of course overrides all other ties and obligations. That goes without saying.
 
Drett

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Ariel82 said:
1 Timothy 5

New King James Version (NKJV)

5 Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, [SUP]2 [/SUP]older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.


sometimes I forget that all you have to do is pray and keep reading :)

God bless and keep you.
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Does that include older people on this chat ?
 
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Drett said:
Does that include older people on this chat ?
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"that" referring to?

could you explain the difference between a rebuke and an exhortation?
 
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