Pastor Rusty Milton
Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV
"Children Honoring Parents"

Why should you obey your parents? In Ephesians 6:1-2, we read that this is a command from God: obedience to parents should be immediate and complete, with honor, and toward both mother and father. This is accompanied by a promised blessing: i.e. "that it may go well with you." How should we understand this blessing? Not as a guarantee that our lives will be easy and perfect; rather, that obeying and honoring our parents is the start to a good life because it puts our hearts in the right posture to honor and obey Christ. In this light, we can also understand that honoring and obeying parents brings joy to God.

Ephesians 6:1-3 English Standard Version (ESV) Children and Parents 
6 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.”