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NASB | Ephesians 6:4 ¶ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 6:4 ¶ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |
Bible Question:
If this is OFF TOPIC, please let me know, as this is my first post. I am facing a difficult decision. My 19 y/o daughter is a Sophomore in College. She is very bright and excels in liberal arts (English,Philosophy, Theater). My daughter has developed a best friend (actually I feel the relatioship is overly enmeshed...but not sexual). My daughter's friend is a male homosexual. It appears that his influence in her life has outstripped any spiritual input she has had growing up (significant, but not legalistic). She has now announced that she will be moving in with her friend. I am in the dilemma of financing her education. She is of age. Do I cut her off financially? limit her finances (i.e. just tuition). My wife feels that we should continue to finance everything and "pray" for her. This is just about the only thing in my daughter's life that I have ever said "NO" to. She has (and is) a basically good kid, but has NO SPIRITUAL appetitie at this point. She has never attended church while at college, despite my encouragement, but not insistence. I am looking for godly, scriptural answers. Again, if this is off topic, I understand and will refrain. My daughter, myself and my wife are scheduled to see a Christian therapist on Tuesday. Apparently my daughter wants to let me know all the bad things I've done in our relationship...I am open to any wrongdoings and will surely repent of any, but there is nothing obvious, like physical/sexual/verbal abuse. Thanks for any assistance, Michael |
Bible Answer: Michael Consider two things first your daughter is at the age where she thinks she is far wiser than you. We have all been there with our parents at one time or another. Secondly she is asking you to compromise what you believe to accomplish what she wants. This is where you need to draw the line. She wants you to pay for her to live in an arrangement you see as morally wrong. You need to teach her she has no right to ask that of you. If she wants to live with another man (gay or not) that is her decision, but she can't expect you to be a part of it by paying for her to do it. The problem then becomes hers not yours. See the Christian counselor and pray but do not allow yourself to be manipulated into becoming a partaker in a situation that your daughter is trying to drag you into. EdB |