Obedience
to the parent - who has perfectly obeyed his parents all the time? Are
parents so decidedly correct about everything that they should be obeyed
all the time? There are some dreadful parents in the world who have
horribly abused their children. How could a perfect God expect the
children of such parents to fulfil this commandment? Every commandment
of God must be understood contextually and not absolutely. There is no
one in the world who has ever fulfilled a commandment of God absolutely.
God's commandments
are graded. The greatest commandments are always more important than the lesser
ones. One is obliged to obey all commandments. But the truth is that one cannot
obey all commandments. The genuine truth is that one may not even obey a single
commandment without the help of God. God alone can fulfil His requirements.
That is why a God follower is required to be a Christ follower and allow Christ
to live in him. Only Christ living in him can fulfil the requirements of God's
law.
Obedience to God supersedes obedience to any parent.
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