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 right. Honour2 thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise) That it may be well with thee,3 and thou mayst live long upon the earth.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
4 and to requite their parents; for this is good and acceptable before 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 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
7 If ye endure chastning, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he, whom his father chastneth not?
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 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?12 Or if he ask a fish, for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?13 If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
8 But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.