Like Father Like Son

4 July 2007 – Like Father Like Son

Hebrew 1:3

The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

There is an old saying which is ‘Like father like son’, it is true that no matter how a son like or hate his/her father, and they will soon become some ‘shadow’ of their parents. It is unavoidable, because they are the person who live with us most of the time during our young ages, they are the person who interact with us most of our lifetime, they are the person who love us the most more than others!

A son plays an important role to the parents, some say parents educating children are just like they are baking cakes, they use all the best ingredients and portions to ‘bake’ a ‘wonderful’ cake, but reality often disappoints us, they will be some ‘impurities’ mixed inside that causes the cake become spoiled. Nevertheless, son radiates the glory of his father! Just like how Jesus do for God!

When someone saw the attitude of the child, immediately they will think about their parents, if the attitudes are nice, parents will be enjoying appraisal; but when the attitudes are intolerant, parents will experience critics and judges. Children radiate the glory of their parents and express the very character of their parents!

It is absolutely unavoidable that children will learn from their parents more than they learn from outside world. So, the attitude and character of the children are also reflecting the character of their parents.

The bible has many times emphasizing the verses that a child should honor their parents so that they may live long in the inherited land. The reason that the focus is on the child is that not everyone has a chance becoming a parents in their lifetime, but everyone are the children of their parents!

Friends, let us be a good child at home and a good example to our future sons, doing such will be delighted by everyone else in the world outside and differences can be made and impacts can be achieved!

Franco