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NASB | Exodus 20:12 ¶ "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 20:12 ¶ "Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged in the land the LORD your God gives you. |
Bible Question: I am new to the forum, but I have a serious dilemma. I am new to the body of Christ. I totally gave my life to Christ in February of 2001; I was 17 years old. Since then, I have been growing so much in Him. He is continually teaching me, and I am grateful for that. My problem is, I believe differently than my parents. There are some things that they practice in their denomination and in their church that I don't agree with. So since I have been in college, I have been practicing what I beleive. I do not go to church with my parents when I do go home and they have a major problem with that. It would be different if I just had qualms with their church and was operating out of my flesh, but God has spoken to me repeatedly about their church and I am not to go back there. What I need to know is how, as a 19-year-old college student (who is by no means self-sufficient), do I seek after God without compromising our relationship and still honor my parents? I would especially like it if people with children my age would answer because I really need to know. Thank you and God bless. |
Bible Answer: Dear Sweetest Mami: You are right in your desire to honor your parents and you should make every effort to demonstrate to them that you love and honor them (if that is the case, and from the import of your message, I gather that it is). You have not been specific enough, however, in your question to allow me, and I should think, others to present any really meaningful suggestions to you beyond the suggestion that you would do well by yourself and your parents if you sat down with them and had a heart-to-heart talk, explaining to them in simple and plain language exactly wherein and for what reasons the differences between their convictions and yours lie. I'm curious to know exactly how God has spoken to you about your parents' denomination and relayed the message to you not to go back to a service there. It would indeed be helpful to know to which denomination your parents belong and to which you belong, if you would care to divulge this information without giving out any personal or private information. This is the best I can do with the general dilemma you have presented. Not to accuse or to pry, but I wonder whether either your church affiliation or your parents' might be considered unorthodox or even in some manner cultic. --Hank |