Paul doesn't give us a code. He gives us wisdom.
In Ephesians 6:1–9, he addresses children, parents, slaves, and masters - not with an equation, but with a posture. A direction. A heart. And two words that sound similar but mean something very different: obey and honor.
One is for a season. One is for a lifetime.
In this message, Pastor Jimmy unpacks what it means to listen under your parents as a child - and what it means to give weight and value to them as you grow. He tells the story of his son Roman and the van. He tells the story of sneaking out to church in an Iowa winter in the back of a pickup truck. And he asks the question every person with complicated parents eventually has to answer: what do you do when honoring your parents and obeying God pull in different directions?
In this message:
- The Greek distinction between obey (listen under) and honor (give weight and value)
- Why Paul says obedience is just "common sense" - and why that matters
- Why Jesus, Lord of Lords, was submissive to Mary and Joseph
- What Proverbs says about the long-term fruit of honoring vs. scorning
- Where the line is when parents ask you to go against God's word
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