Title: Guiding Children, Honoring Parents
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00:24 How Do We Wisely Apply "Rod Language" Today?
12:40 How Do I Honor Parents Who Are Not Honorable?
17:03 What's Next?
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### Proverbs
* Proverbs 13:24 – “Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.”
* Proverbs 22:15 – “Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.”
* Proverbs 29:17 – “Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.”
* Proverbs 23:13–15 – “Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die…”
* Proverbs 1:8 – “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching.”
* Proverbs 20:20 – “If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.”
### Other Scripture References
* Psalm 23:4 – “Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
* Genesis 49:10 – “The scepter shall not depart from Judah…”
* Ephesians 6:1 – “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
* Colossians 3:21 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.”
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In this episode of Reverberate, Pastors Jed and Isaias join Jason to unpack Proverbs’ teaching on family life. They discuss the call for parents to discipline their children in love, noting that “the rod” in Proverbs points to correction and authority, not cruelty or abuse. Discipline is meant to shape hearts toward wisdom through consistent, loving guidance rather than anger or domination.
The conversation also explores how children, especially adults, can honor parents even when their lives have not been honorable. Honor does not mean blind obedience or imitation but showing respect, listening with openness, and extending opportunities for trust, while still holding to biblical wisdom.
Together, these principles reflect God’s own loving authority and help families walk in His design for correction, respect, and restoration.
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