Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
A son is stubborn and rebellious when he will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, even when they have chastened him and he will not hearken unto them. The law required his parents to bring him before the rulers or elders of Israel, and the community was to put him to death by stoning, so as to put evil away and cause Israel to fear. That law applies to a child who cannot be restrained on the point of appetite but gorges himself with whatever his taste craves. By this law gluttony is placed alongside drunkenness, and persistent indulgence of appetite is treated as a grave offense deeply offensive to God.
Parents who neglect their duty to educate and restrain their children place both their children and themselves in peril. The condition of such an unrestrained glutton is hopeless, with destructive effects on himself and others, for he is of no use to others and is a curse to himself, and no dependence can be placed upon him in anything.
His influence always contaminates others, and the world is better without such a character, because his terrible defects would be perpetuated. No one with a sense of accountability to God allows animal propensities to control reason, and those who do so are not Christians whatever their profession.