Is Disrespect Sinful?

Deuteronomy
"50 a hard-faced nation who shall not respect the old or show mercy to the young."

Hebrews 12:9
"9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?"

I am reminded of the small child who pretended to respect his parent by sitting down when he was told to sit down. OH but wait, there's more.

When the child was told to sit down he did as he was told but then retorted, "I am sitting down on the outside but standing up on the inside."

This is the manner of some who claim they respected their parents while all the time resenting them on the inside for having to obey.

If someone sends a gift out of, what they call respect, and the rest of the year snark and snarl at the receiver, we know the gift was not given out of respect in the heart. It was given as a show for others to see. In other words it was sort of a trick to appear respectful without actually having respect in the heart.

Appearances can be very deceiving!

Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 they worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”…"

We can imagine how God must feel when we put on a show of respect, pretending to be godly, all the while making sure it is a demonstration for others to see.

Those who say they are Bible believing while negating God's principles and ignoring His commands, are not in obedience, do not care if they honor God but want others to think they do.

Do you want to be an authentic Bible believer or a phony superficial one who only cares about appearances.

How do we become an authentic follower of Christ? Its quite simple really, just pray for understanding as you read His Word and then obey what He tells you. Seek Christ with all your heart and you will be authentic.