Obedience To Parents

Obedience To Parents

Outlines:

1. Introduction.
2. The necessity of obedience.
3. Disobedience.
4. Conclusion.

It is our duty to obey our parents, that is, to do always what they tell us to do. All that we have is given to us by our parents food, clothing and education. They tend us when we are too young to do anything for our self. They watch over us in times of sickness, provide for our amusement, teach us the principles of their religion and guard us from evil influences. Obedience is a very simple way of showing gratitude for these benefits. It is a way that is well within the reach of the young infant as well as the full grown son.

Parents are not only the providers of benefits, what are the guides of their children in all the relations of life. There may be cases where a father and mother prove themselves unworthy of their children's regards; but it is usually found that parents are as solicitous for their children's welfare as their own. Being adults and having experience of the world, they are in a position to form better judgements than their children. Therefore, not only is it the duty of a child to obey his parents, but in doing so he is consulting his best interest. Just as the boy who would learn to read must attend to the instructions of his teacher, so those who wish to grow up into honest and useful men must follow the dictates of your parents. The captain, when entering a strange port, trusts to the pilot to guide his ship safely. One parents are our pilots. Resale in strange waters, and our safety depends on submission to the directions of those who are more experience. We are not always well advised in our choice of companion. When the time comes for us to decide what trade or profession we are to follow, when miss understanding and perplexities arise, then our parents step in and see that this thing or that thing should be done; and it is our duty to be implicitly, for love and experience combine to give value to their advice.

Examples of disobedient sons and daughters are but too common in this world, and very regret table have often been the results of disobedience. In former times, among the Romans, it was considered a serious crime and the father might, if he was no mind it punish it by death. One of the Ten Commandments given by God Was: “Honour the father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in this land which the lord thy God giveth these.” Disobedience is base ingratitude, and one of the greatest cruelties a child can inflict upon a parent who has toiled for years he is sake, and lavished upon him all his affections, regardless of self.

It is a crime which brings its own punishment. How bitter must be the remorse of one who, standing by the death bed of a parents, remembers all that parents love and constant unselfishness, which have been repaid by disregard for his wishes and outspoken contempt for his orders!