Children, obey your parents in the Lord...

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Ramon

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Eph 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Eph 6:2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Eph 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Amen!! Yes obey your parents in the Lord, because it is right!!!

A lot of things are wrong, like lying, killing, and drinking, and smoking, and cursing. But what is wrong also is to be disrespectful to your parents.

If you disrespect your parents, you disrespect God, and don't think God will be pleased with you, even if you try to cover it with some self-righteous excuse. Jesus said that if anyone has anything against you go to them and make up and then come and give your gift at the altar. If you have bitterness in you, don't try to muffle it. It will only eat away at your soul. Humble yourself before the Lord. Cry if you have to, get all the pride out and then go and make up. Don't try to turn it around on the person. Jesus has taught you better, so you are responsible for it.

If you cannot honour your parents, you will not honour God. If you do not honor ALL people you dishonor God. Ask Jesus to forgive you of the sin and go make up, and then give the Lord your prayer, and he will hear you.

May Jesus bless you. :)
 
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TDWP22

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my parents earn my respect...if they act like children i treat them like such
 
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TDWP22

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but i do agree with obeying your parents (there are exceptions)
 
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Bobbyking

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Hi I am new here. :)

I have 3 daughters and the eldest is already 16. I teach them the reasons & benefits of obeying parents in the Lord. In addition, my own parents are still with me (but they are staying on their own). My kids are also watching me how I treat my own parents too. So, besides telling them what to do and what not to do, I must also lead by example.
 
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TDWP22 said:
my parents earn my respect...if they act like children i treat them like such
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If my son ever told me I should earn his respect I would take him out back and show him was it means to

SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.
 
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i know children round my estate who dont respect their parents because they dont behave like parents, they havnt shown them anything what would earn their respect, Im all for disaplin and the child beign respectful to the parents but if a parent expects their child to respect them they also need to behave in a way towards them what earms that childs respect too ( im not talking being soft and a pushover)..If a parent behaves badly abuses their power as a parent, treats their child wrongly abuseses them emotionally or physically they will lose that childs respect because they are expecting the child to do something they are not doing, the child will rebel and not respect them..

im just givin annother side here
 
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needmesomejesus

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Elizabeth619 said:
If my son ever told me I should earn his respect I would take him out back and show him was it means to

SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.
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poor kid :/ I agree some respect is earned and some respect is given. All humans deserve a level of respect, but if a parent is out acting like their kid I wouldn't give them much respect.
 
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Elizabeth619 said:
If my son ever told me I should earn his respect I would take him out back and show him was it means to

SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD.
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well I'm not your son so i could care less would you do with your children
 
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needmesomejesus said:
poor kid :/ I agree some respect is earned and some respect is given. All humans deserve a level of respect, but if a parent is out acting like their kid I wouldn't give them much respect.
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agreed!!!!!
 
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TDWP22 said:
well I'm not your son so i could care less would you do with your children
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The way a child treats his parents, is usually the way they will treat authority, and is the way the will treat God. If you do not honor your parents, you dishonor God.

May Jesus bless you.
 
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Ramon said:
The way a child treats his parents, is usually the way they will treat authority, and is the way the will treat God. If you do not honor your parents, you dishonor God.

May Jesus bless you.
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theres a difference between honor and respect

Honour or honor (from the Latin word honos, honoris) is the evaluation of a person's social status as judged by that individual's community.
in other words, do not taint your parent's status among the community
 
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Ramon

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TDWP22 said:
theres a difference between honor and respect

Honour or honor (from the Latin word honos, honoris) is the evaluation of a person's social status as judged by that individual's community.
in other words, do not taint your parent's status among the community
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Whether honor or respect, or words or definitions. God knows if rebellion is your main cause or not. He will judge the heart. And the mouth speaks the heart.

May Jesus bless you.
 
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Ramon said:
Whether honor or respect, or words or definitions. God knows if rebellion is your main cause or not. He will judge the heart. And the mouth speaks the heart.

May Jesus bless you.
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this has become an idle conversation...goodbye
 
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needmesomejesus

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Ramon said:
The way a child treats his parents, is usually the way they will treat authority, and is the way the will treat God. If you do not honor your parents, you dishonor God.

May Jesus bless you.
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There are three types of respect
1. Respect someone because they have done something honorable enough to earn respect
2. Respect you give to someone whose older than you- they have not earned it, but get it because of their age. You don't have to like them or agree with them just honor their position
3. Respect all human beings should automatically be given because they are humans

I think parents should be obeyed as long as it doesn't go against the morality and they should given the same respect anyone older is given. But you don't have to think highly of them. Once you're out of the house you still need to respect them, but don't necessarily have to obey them cause you're an adult. People sure focus on Ephesians 6:1 and sometimes parents forget Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.

You are right children will treat God the way they treat their parents especially their dad and they'll see God, the father the way they see their own father which is why the father's role is so important
 
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Context is such a sad word at times, it's so often neglected.

Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
 
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TDWP22 said:
well I'm not your son so i could care less would you do with your children
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Yet, i am very glad that you aren't mine. I would hate to see my child or any child desrespect his parents.

It is obvious you are bitter and angry toward your parents, and parents do some things that harm their children,

I do hope you can let go of your bitterness before it destroys you,
 
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TDWP22

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Elizabeth619 said:
Yet, i am very glad that you aren't mine. I would hate to see my child or any child desrespect his parents.

It is obvious you are bitter and angry toward your parents, and parents do some things that harm their children,

I do hope you can let go of your bitterness before it destroys you,
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well well, i meet another "3" who believes her/she knows what they are speaking of...insulting me intelligence? bad idea, i become very cruel when people do so...you assumed that i hate my parents, truth is i do not in fact i love them very much and thank them for their hard and well done job they've done. Yes i have treated them like children, they acted like such and they deserved to treated as such, why? so they could realized that if they wanted to be treated as adults and my parents, they had to act like such.

your mind is very simplistic
i do not need a mother like such, although my parents are too. they went through hell to raise me, Thats why i love, honor and respect them (at least i try to)
 
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I can't respect my parents because they're really impulsive and can rarely be civilized in a problem. They grew up in a hispanic culture where most family problems are solved(?) via yelling at each other. Only once in a blue moon do they act peacefully for the whole day. They also tell me to do things which don't make sense to do and when I ask for a reason they tell me "because we're the parents and you're the child." Don't get me wrong, they're generally nice people and I love them very much but how am I to respect that sort of behavior?
 
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this is how i deal with respect...if i met someone new, no matter how he's looks are, since i do not know them,i'm going to treat them with respect (although there are exceptions). once i began to know this individual, based on his/her behavior, do i decide to pay respect or not (and by not respecting, i do not mean cursing them out or talking bad about them ,although i might be very cruel to that person)
 
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TDWP22 said:
this is how i deal with respect...if i met someone new, no matter how he's looks are, since i do not know them,i'm going to treat them with respect (although there are exceptions). once i began to know this individual, based on his/her behavior, do i decide to pay respect or not (and by not respecting, i do not mean cursing them out or talking bad about them ,although i might be very cruel to that person)
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Yeah, I don't think respect should be based on authority status or anything as superficial as that. It should be based on how someone thinks, behaves, or anything that means special to the person giving respect. It has to be from a personal ideal not someone else's.
 
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