2009-09-25T10:46:49-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/obey+your+parents/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206:1&version=NIV 2009-09-25T10:46:49-05:00 Paul writes to the Ephesian children in this verse and urges them to obey their parents because honoring and obeying your parents is part of the ten commandments. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Col.3.20&version=NIV 2009-07-20T13:23:00-05:00 This exhortation to children to obey their parents echoes the same command given in the Ten Commandments thousands of years earlier. Love and respect within the family are important to God, and one mark of a healthy family is children who respect their parents.