6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
There is a sense of hierarchy in God's plan for His people, with Him as our Head, our compass point to whom we look for direction. But that's also in our families. The father is the head with the mother coming alongside, working to be responsible for and give direction to their children. The children look up to the parents obeying them, so they can also learn to obey God. Yet this passage warns not to take that hierarchy on a power trip, provoking children to anger, pushing them away. God never does that with us. He is always there taking responsibility for our salvation, guiding us, disciplining us in love, teaching us to be His children. That's the God we know and love; let's trust and obey Him!
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