Eli, the Non-restrainer
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In the first few chapters of I Samuel we learn about Eli and his ungodly sons, Hopni and Phineas. Eli is rebuked and cut off from the priesthood because he failed to restrain his two boys from sinning in several different ways. Here’s my question: Was Eli wrong in not restraining them with fatherly authority or priestly/judgely authority?
on both counts
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If that’s true, Rob, then why are we not accountable now to restrain our adult children?
Eli’s lack of restraint started before his sons became adults. Further, we may have a cultural difference to consider.
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