Gold Nugget 198 - Parental Obedience
Gratitude should lead the child to obey the parent, to whom he owes so very much. The constraint should be the sweet constraint of love. Reason should lead to the reflection – The parent has experience of human life, in which I am necessarily lacking; is not a parent’s judgment far more likely to be sound than is a child’s, or even a youth’s? …
Usually, obvious temporal advantages ensure upon such a course. This is proverbial and unquestionable. The satisfaction of a good conscience is a compensation not to be despised for any sacrifice of personal feeling in this matter. The approval of God is most emphatically pronounced upon those who honour and obey their parents. And this is usually followed by the confidence and admiration of fellow-men.
The Pulpit Commentary, Ruth p.56, Ruth 3:5-6, (James Morrison)
Gold Nugget 198
Parental Obedience
