Father's Lead whether good or bad, they lead!

There have been many times down through history when God gave the people what they wanted to show them that what they wanted was not good for them and would ultimately lead to their downfall.

Many mothers have done this as a parent too, when their adult teen children loved something that was not godly or good for them, they spoke once and then left them alone to make their own choice.

Wise mothers know it does no good to "force" an adult, and teens are adults, to do what they want. The rebellion in the hearts of the adult teens is so strong and supported by all their family and peers in the community that one person has no influence.

Sadly, they despised their mother for speaking at all while they had the approval of everyone else around them, making her seem like a grinch.

This constant approval of society for things that would corrupt their minds solidified their anger and disrespect toward their mother. This is common now because of the continual influence of society as a whole, which accepts many ungodly actions and attitudes.

Disrespect is promoted as long as the adult children think they have a good reason. The only reason that is needed in their minds is merely instruction or correction in righteousness.

I once heard a mother lament to me that her husband instructed her to never "lecture" her children, and he did it in front of the children. The children learned to ignore the mother because of the lead of the father. The father led the children in disrespect for the mother, and the children willingly followed him.

You see, fathers do lead; whichever way their attitude, good or bad, is, will be the way the children go.

Now we see why the culture has become apostate, having a form of religion and awfully proud of themselves for their determination to resist those who would instruct them.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 "Difficult Times Will Come
3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these."

It is no wonder we are in the last days of apostasy; false religion has replaced the principles of Christ because it has replaced Him with a false religion based on the two P's, prosperity and pleasure.

Thank the Lord that our time on earth is almost over, and we will be going home.