Pais e filhos
A relação entre pais e filhos é uma das mais preciosas na Bíblia. Deus estabeleceu a família como escola de fé, amor e formação de caráter.
Honrar pai e mãe
Honrar os pais é o primeiro mandamento com promessa. Os filhos são chamados a obedecer, respeitar e cuidar de seus pais.
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is just.2 Honor your father and mother, (which is the first commandment with a promise,)3 that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.
4 but if any widow have children, or grandchildren, let these learn first piously to take care of their own family, and then to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Instruir os filhos
Os pais devem instruir os filhos no caminho certo. A educação começa cedo, com disciplina amorosa e ensino constante da Palavra.
4 Also, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; but bring them up in the correction and instruction of the Lord.
21 Fathers, do not exasperate your children, lest they be discouraged.
7 If you endure chastisement, God deals with you as his children. For what son is there whom his father does not chastise?
Filhos como bênção
Os filhos são herança do Senhor. A coroa dos velhos são os filhos dos filhos, e a glória dos filhos são seus pais.
11 What father amongst you, would give his son a stone when he asks bread; or, when he asks a fish, would, instead of a fish, give him a serpent;12 or, when he asks an egg, would give him a scorpion?13 If you, therefore, bad as you are, can give good things to your children; how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him!
8 For if any one provide not for his own, and especially those of his own family, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.