Obeying Our Parents

This is one question I mean to address through this article. First off, let me just set the stage for my hub. This Valentine's my father and I attended a father/daughter dinner and had a fun evening with friends from church.

The Point of this Father/Daughter Dinner?

To have a fun time, learn our roles and how we relate to each other, how we can be godly daughters and how our fathers can nurture their daughters. I think the evening was a success--lots of fun games and fellowship balanced with biblical instruction and advice straight from God's Word.

Since I was one of the older daughters present, I had been asked to share what godly daughters' lives should look like. This hub is simply the advice I shared with the other daughters at the dinner.

In the Bible, the word 'obey' is mentioned hundreds of times. Obviously, obedience is important to God. Therefore, it should also be important to us.

Throughout the Bible, God tells children to obey their parents. In Exodus, He says: “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.” (20:12)

What exactly does it mean to honor our parents? Honoring our parents means treating them with respect, distinction and love. We are to love, cherish, trust, obey and respect our parents with a cheerful heart that wants to obey. In other words, we honor our parents by obeying them.

When Jesus was a child he obeyed his earthly parents, Joseph & Mary. By obeying them, he obeyed and pleased God. In Luke, we are told that “[Jesus] went down with [his parents] and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them.” (2:51)

As daughters, God has a wonderful plan for us. Right now, our fathers (and mothers) protect, guide and teach us. When we are older, our fathers will give each of us in marriage to a man who will love, guide, protect and teach us. We will always be under the authority of a man; right now that is our fathers and later it will be our husbands.

Just like a godly wife will submit to her husband, so we will submit and obey our father and mother now. Our fathers are wise and truly want the best for us. In Proverbs, God tells us, “Listen to your father” (Prov. 22:23).

In Colossians, God commands, “Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord .“ (3:20) This verse tells us that our obedience pleases God. In other words, when we obey our parents, God is happy. If our mom or dad asks us to set the table for dinner, when we obey quickly and with a cheerful heart, God is pleased. By obeying our parents, we are serving and obeying God, too.

Answer: #2 is False--See this hub