The command to honor one's parents has always had limits. Israelite children were not to obey their parents, or any other human, if doing so meant disobeying God. (Deuteronomy 13:6-8) Likewise today, Christians "obey God rather than men." - ACTS 5:29.
In the Law God gave to Israel, he promised that children who honored their parents would live a long time and . . . prosper" in their God-given land. (Deuteronomy 5:16) They would not suffer the penalty that came upon the grown children who ignored God's Law and rebelled against their parents. (Deuteronomy 21:18-21) Time has not changed the principles behind those laws. (Ephesians 6:1-3) Whether young or old, we are accountable to our Creator. And true to his promise, children who obey him and their parents will have a long life. In fact, they have the hope of living forever. - 1 TIMOTHY 4:8; 16:18. 19.
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