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EXODUS 20:12

SEVERAL INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS CONCERNING THE 5TH COMMANDMENT;

   THERE ARE CULTURAL VARIABLES …
   FATHER AND MOTHER IS THE IDEAL …
   IN A PATRIARCHIAL SOCIETY MOSES INCLUDES “MOTHERS”

WHAT DOES “TO HONOR” MEAN?
KABAD= “A HEAVY WEIGHT” -  “LAYING IT ON”

“WHAT IS HONORED IN A LAND WILL BE CULTIVATED THERE.” PLATO

THE PROMISE, “… THAT YOU DAYS MAYBE PROLONGED IN THE LAND …”

   POINT: THE FAMILY IS THE BASIC UNIT OF SOCIETY
   EXODUS 21:17,

THE POSITION,

   PARENTS,

      WHY,
THERE IS HARDLY ANYTHING THAT FORMS OR INFLUENCES OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD LIKE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR PARENTS …

      WHAT,
CHILDREN LEARN TO HONOR GOD’S AUTHORITY BY HONORING THEIR PARENTS AUTHORITY …

   CHILDREN,

      RECOGNIZE THE INSTITUTION OF PARENTHOOD …
      RESPECT IS EARNED, HONOR IS GIVEN …

THE PROBLEM,

   HOW DO WE HONOR DISHONORABLE PARENTS?
      GIVE GRACE,
      GIVE FORGIVENESS,
      GIVE AN EXAMPLE,
      GIVE THANKS,
      GIVE HONOR,

THE PATTERN,

      THE 5TH COMMANDMENT WAS WRITTEN TO ADULT CHILDREN CONCERNING THEIR RESPONCIBILITY TO AGING PARENTS …

   I TIMOTHY 5:8

THE PRAISE,

   IN JESUS WE FIND THE LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE WE FIRST SEARCHED FOR FROM OUR PARENTS …

   “YOU WOUNDED ME AND IT HURT, BUT IT WASN’T FATAL. I USE TO NEED YOUR APPROVAL, BUT NO LONGER; I USE TO WEEP OVER YOUR LACK OF LOVE FOR ME, BUT NO LONGER. I FOUND IT IN GOD. IN CHRIST I FOUND WHAT I MOST CRAVED, WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO REPRESENT, HE HAS FULFILLED.”