The Forest is covering up all the Trees
There are Christians who hold to a view of family in which the father is always in charge of his children. Even when the children grow up dad's the boss. These Christians go to the Old Testament saints to prove that their view is biblical.
But we must be careful...just because we can see the Old Testament saints practicing something doesn't make it right.
Many of the Old Testament saints also had more than one wife.
The same passage of Scripture that defeats many wives also defeats having the father in charge of his adult children.
Matt 19: 5
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
posted by Dale Callahan at 6:17 PM
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There always comes a time in a child's life where they need to choose to fear God more than they fear their parents. (Fear in the Biblical sense, of course.)
Parents who refuse to allow this transition to occur will ultimately find themselves fighting against God.
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