Obeying Your Parents

Good morning and welcome in everybody. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture from the book of Ephesians.

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

First of all I want you to notice in this passage that it says,… “children” ,obey your parents. Children are obviously different than grown adults and when you become an adult, you will have to make your own decisions. Because of this, many times the choices you make will be in direct conflict with the requests of your own parents. Your parents might be involved with different religions or even false forms of heretical Christianity, and when you choose to follow the teachings of scripture, it’s going to place you at odds with them. 

Matthew 10:34-37 (KJB)  Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

So, once again, as children growing up in a home we are required to obey our parents, but as an adult you must make your own decisions, which a lot of the time are going to being complete opposition to the beliefs of your parents. Not everyone within your family are going to believe the same things as adults, and the choice to follow the teachings of Christ is going to create division, even amongst your own siblings. Variance is defined as strife, discord and contention, which leads to quarreling and division.

Luke 12:51-53 (KJB)  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Whenever you love a parent, or family member more than the Lord Jesus Christ, you become unworthy of the kingdom of God. This is because when you do this, you completely reject the first commandment. Love for God has to be greater than anyone or anything if you truly desire to enter into the kingdom of heaven. After all, He shed His own blood and died on the cross so that we could have forgiveness and a new opportunity to serve and obey God. If our precious Lord Jesus isn’t your greatest love, then your heart will be led astray by other people or the things of this world.  As an adult we are supposed to serve and obey Christ Jesus, rather than our parents. Jesus even turned away from his own mother because she was outside the will of God. 

Matthew 12:46-50 (KJB)  While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Obviously, one can honor their parent, but be in a heated disagreement with them at the same time. Honoring someone is different than obeying them. When you obey someone, it is to do their will, but in order to obtain eternal life, we must do the will of God rather than the will of a parent. 

Even when a wife marries her husband, she is commanded in the teachings of Christ to obey her husband in “everything.” (eph 5:24) This means that the will of her own parents is subordinate to the will of her husband. Because of this, it can cause great division and heated disagreements with relatives and in-laws. She must obey her man above and beyond any others in this world. When she allows others to come in-between her complete obedience to him and her marriage, she sins against Christ Jesus. If she chooses to listen and obey her parents rather than her husband, she sins against Christ Jesus. When grandparents desire control over their daughter and grandchildren, they usurp the head of the house, and sin against Christ. After all, they are his children, and she is his wife, and as we spoke about recently, those who come in between that relationship have no fear of God, and will be punished by Him as a busybody.

1 Peter 4:15 (KJB)  But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

In my own opinion, it’s no wonder why a lot of men in this world are so upset with grandparents because they are trying to be in control of something that does not belong to them at all. Grandchildren are simply part of their bloodline, but they were created by the seed of the husband, and they have absolutely zero right to command what is not theirs. When they attempt to do this, it is because of covetousness which will be punished by God. After all, they belong to the husband, not them. Those who choose to be involved with these types of activities are going to enter into tribulation because of their willful disobedience to the gospel of Christ. 

So again, as children grow up in a home, they need to obey their parents., and a wife must obey her husband in everything. Sometimes a wife will run off on her husband and even wickedly take his children from his presence against his will. Filled with the works of Satan, she will usurp his authority and break up the family unit. Remember that when Peter tried to usurp over Jesus, he called him Satan. 

Mark 8:33 (KJB)  But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

When a woman does these wicked deeds, she causes the children to offend. After all, how can children please and obey their dad when the wife rebelliously removes them from the home? At that point, these precious children cannot fulfill the teachings of scripture by obeying their dad, and the ones who are responsible are the wife, and others who encouraged them to do this evil thing. People who do this to children might as well go kill themselves, after all, that’s what Jesus Christ taught. They are worthless, wicked child abusers, who don’t care anything about the emotional needs of children. 

Matthew 18:6 (KJB)  But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

So whatever home that you might grow up in, if you truly believe in Jesus, you need to obey your parents, whether they are a Christian or not. Someday as an adult, you will need to make your own decisions based upon the teachings of scripture and the will of God, but until that day finally comes, make sure that you continue to keep….

…….Obeying Your Parents

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