Walk thru Eph #132
versebyverse | April 10, 2008 20:01
Thought: To me, our culture complicates the simplest of commands to our own hurt. What could be simpler and plainer than "children, obey your parents"?
Question: Do I command the obedience of my children?
Scripture: Ephesians 6:1 (NIV): "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."
On top of the foundational unity of the faith found between married couples, is the cooperation in that unity, of the offspring. All goes peaceably when every party in the lineup of authority cooperates.
This command goes back to Mosaic Law and the Ten Commandments, "honor your father and mother." Part of honoring is the practice of obedience. Obedience is the "right" thing to do toward someone who out-ranks you. Parents out-rank their children because they procreate them. We ought to obey God because He out-ranks us, having created us.
It occurs to me that much of what we ought to do in the Christian life is simply doing what is "right". It is always "right" to obey our parents..."in the Lord." What does this mean? To me, it means as long as the parental command does not clearly cross God's commands we ought to obey it. It is always "right" to obey parents when those parents are acting "in the Lord." But because other scriptures teach us that sometimes there will be times when we ought to "obey God rather than men", we will know these times of conflict. Then our priority duty is to do "right" and obey only God.
Prayer: Lord, help us, as a nation, to return to the plain and admirable tenets of our Christian heritage. Help parents to teach their children to respect them and obey them. Amen.
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