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Children, obey your parents in everything

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Ephesians 6:

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3“that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
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20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
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When you are living with your parents, you should obey them closely. But always obey God first. When you are not, you have more personal freedom. Even then, we have obligations, 1 Timothy 5:

4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
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tonychanyt said:
When you are living with your parents, you should obey them closely. But always obey God first. When you are not, you have more personal freedom. Even then, we have obligations, 1 Timothy 5:
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The question then arises if one is still supposed to obey them once one is an adult? For example, if one had a nuclear family living together, with multiple generations, and there is a conflict between a grandmother and a mother on how best to raise children, does the Bible indicate that the grandmother should ultimately have the final word?

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KevinT said:
The question then arises if one is still supposed to obey them once one is an adult? For example, if one had a nuclear family living together, with multiple generations, and there is a conflict between a grandmother and a mother on how best to raise children, does the Bible indicate that the grandmother should ultimately have the final word?

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Great question, one that hit me in the heart :)

When I was working in Iceland, my mother visited us. She didn't like the way I ordered my kids in some instances. She wasn't a Christian. After a few days, I got upset with her, raised my voice, and told her not to interfere with my teaching my kids. She was with us for a month.

After she left, I felt bad about raising my voice to my own mother. Some years later, she passed away. Now that I am an old man, I wish I had dealt with her differently. If I could have done it all over again, I would have just let her and followed her advice. They were minor, inconsequential behavior issues of my little kids anyway, and I only had to tolerate her for a month. My kids now do not remember anything that she said.

BTW, my blue-eyed wife got along beautifully with my mother who couldn't speak a word of English :)
 
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