It’s becoming increasingly hard to move a raise because parents direct maintain acquire out society’s scapegoats.
But Christianity teaches a unlike view.
Parents are responsible for their parenting, together with they should create their best for the Lord (Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21). God volition guess them for their selfish, harsh, or permissive parenting.
However, parents are non responsible for the choices, actions, attitudes, together with lifestyles of their adult children.
Terrible parents sometimes direct maintain godly children, together with godly parents sometimes direct maintain terrible children.
If nosotros concur parents responsible for their children’s actions, none of us are guilty for our sins because nosotros all direct maintain parents to blame.
Ezekiel 18:20 puts this fault to rest:
"The kid volition non move punished for the parent's sins, together with the raise volition non move punished for the child's sins. Righteous people volition move rewarded for their ain righteous behavior, together with wicked people volition move punished for their ain wickedness."
So let's brand certain that nosotros exam our ain actions together with direct maintain responsibleness for our ain sins (Galatians 6:4-5).
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Are you lot a raise who is grieving over the lifestyle of your adult children?
Ask God's forgiveness for anything you lot did wrong, together with inquire your children's forgiveness if appropriate, only quit blaming yourself for your adult children’s choices together with quit accepting blame from your children. Perhaps you've misunderstood the saying nigh grooming upwards a child: Errors Some Christians Believe.
Are you lot individual who is blaming your parents for your behavior?
Grow up, starting fourth dimension taking responsibleness for your life, together with larn how to accolade the imperfect human beings God gave you lot for parents. See the 1-minute archive of helpful devotions nigh Honoring Parents.
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