Honor your father and mother

Ephesians 6:1-4  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.

Why does God put such emphasis on the role of parents? Because parents will probably have the greatest influence in teaching children what submission looks like. Our greatest goal as parents is not to make more successful reproductions of ourselves. It is to present the most accurate representation of Godliness to our children as we can. Praying all the while that our children (either biological or other) would grow to know, love, and serve God better than ourselves.
Sermon delivered to the Galena Bible Church, Sunday May 8th, 2016 by pastor Chris Kopp.