May 9, 2010: From Father to Son – Michael Hidalgo

Paul addresses little kids and fathers. From our perspective, who is the one more responsible? Certainly children have to listen and obey, but if we think about the roles we would most certainly hold the father more responsible. In the Colossian context fathers were the heads of the household. They were in charge. It was “their way of the highway.” Here, Paul calls on them to be a more gentle kind of person. 

Which is understandable. Why is it that father’s play such a large role in our lives as kids? What connection does this have to our understanding of God as father? How can those, who were embittered, no longer live a discouraged life, but find healing from the wounds of their Dad?