"How can we honor the Lord more faithfully? What attitudes and efforts will keep us from honoring ourselves or others or the world in inappropriate ways?
"The Lord spoke powerfully about the idea of honor. He said 'Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed' (1 Sam 2:30)."
Wrote Ted L. Gibbons in his commentary on Old Testament Lesson 21: God Will Honor Those Who Honor Him. If you would like to read this article, click this link.
"Should parents be responsible for the unrighteous acts of their children? The Lord has said that parents have a duty and are accountable before Him to 'bring up [their] children in light and truth' and 'to set in order' their families (see D&C 93:40-43). The story of this Old Testament family reminds us that no matter how well we may perform our duties in the Church, sorrow will come if we neglect to correct our children in righteousness."
This is an excerpt from an article by Area Authority Seventy, Paulo R. Grahl, entitled "Eli and His Sons" in the June 2002 Ensign magazine. If you would like to read this article, click this link.
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