Disobedient to Parents

(II Timothy 3:2)

The Greek Word used to describe disobedient is Apeithes. A = without and peitho = persuaded so it means “unable to be persuaded”. We can be disobedient to God (our heavenly parent) because we are unable to be persuaded by God and therefore we disobey Him. Sometimes He asks us to do something and we are not sure if it is God or not and we doubt and by the time we realize it was God, it’s too late. For example, one time God asked me to tell something very specific to a person at uni and I was taking so long to decide if I should or not that the time passed and I lost the opportunity. So I wasn’t able to be persuaded and therefore I disobeyed God. Also, God can tell us a mistake in our lives, for example I might be a habitual liar and God shows this to me but I justify my lies and say they were necessary and continue to lie. I am in this case unable to be persuaded to change and therefore I disobey God.

We can also be disobedient to our physical parents (mum and dad) and if you ever watch the program super nanny you’ll see just how disobedient children are today but they learn everything from their parents. If you are not able to be persuaded by God to obey Him then your children will also not be persuaded by you to obey you. For example, anger; if you are not persuaded by God to give up anger you will disobey God and get angry. Your child will learn your technique and although you tell him to not get angry, he’ll never be persuaded by you and therefore disobey you. And by disobeying you, they are also disobeying God because the Bible says we have to obey our parents. For example smoking and drinking; most children will smoke and drink if their parents do and this is true of drugs as well. So if you have a bad habit that you don’t want your child to copy then you better stop that behavior because if you love your child you will lead them in the right way.

Pr 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
We can see that children are getting worse and worse at obeying their parents and people in general are not obeying God and it’s getting worse and worse, so we can see that this sign of the end times is being fulfilled today showing us that Christ is coming soon. So we must get ready for His return and one way to be ready is to make sure you are not doing what it says in II Timothy 3:2.
So don’t love yourself more than others, don’t love money, don’t boast (blowing your own trumpet), don’t be arrogant (love is not proud), don’t blaspheme (ruin the reputation of others; God & people), don’t disobey your parents (God included; be persuaded by God to do what He tells you to do or to change).

By Hayley Boud