Honrar os pais
Honrar pai e mãe é mandamento de Deus com promessa de vida longa e feliz. A Bíblia ensina que respeitar, obedecer e cuidar dos pais é dever sagrado dos filhos.
O mandamento com promessa
Honra a teu pai e a tua mãe para que vá bem contigo e vivas muito tempo sobre a terra. É o primeiro mandamento com promessa.
2 "Honor your father and your mother." This is the first commandment with a promise,3 "That it may go well with you and you may be long-lived in the land."
1 CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.2 "Honor your father and your mother." This is the first commandment with a promise,3 "That it may go well with you and you may be long-lived in the land."4 And you, fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up in the education and admonition of the Lord.
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.
Obedecer e respeitar
Filhos, obedecei a vossos pais no Senhor. Ouvir a instrução do pai e não desprezar o ensino da mãe traz sabedoria.
3 He answered them, "And why do you violate the command of God for the sake of your tradition?4 For God said, 'Honor thy father and thy mother,' and, 'If any one speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.'
3 He answered them, "And why do you violate the command of God for the sake of your tradition?4 For God said, 'Honor thy father and thy mother,' and, 'If any one speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.'5 But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or to his mother, Whatever benefit you get from me is now dedicated to God,6 he shall not honor his father or his mother.' So you have nullified the command of God for the sake of your tradition.
Consequências da desonra
A Bíblia adverte severamente contra a desonra aos pais. Quem amaldiçoa ou agride os pais enfrenta consequências sérias.
1 I WOULD have you know this, that in the last days trying times will come;2 for people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,3 without family affection, relentless, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
Cuidar dos pais
Quem não cuida dos seus, principalmente de sua família, negou a fé. Honrar os pais inclui respeitar os idosos.
4 If any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to act piously toward their own family and to repay what they owe to their parents and grandparents. For this is pleasing in the sight of God.
8 If any one does not provide for his own, and especially those of his own household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.