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Exodus 20:12 “12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.”
The Ten Commandments
1.
One God
2. No idols
3. Revere His Name
4. Remember to Rest
5. Honor Parents
6.
No murder
7.
No adultery
8.
No stealing
9.
No lying
10.
No coveting
Proverbs 30:17 (ESV)
17 The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
INTRODUCTION:
As you know, the Ten Commandments may be divided into two sections, each reinforcing the two greatest commandments.
The first four commands spell out what it means to love the Lord our God:
Not to have any other gods before Him;
not to make or serve any idols;
not to take His name in vain; and,
o keep the sabbath day holy.
The last six commands teach us how to love our neighbor as we do, in fact, love ourselves:
To honor our fathers and mothers;
not to murder,
commit adultery,
steal,
bear false witness, or
covet anything belonging to our neighbor.
Standing at the head of this second section, the commandment to honor our parents is foundational to keeping all that follow.
If we truly honor our parents,
we will not disgrace their name by
becoming a murderer,
by being unfaithful to our marriage vows,
by stealing,
by lying, or
by the greed and discontent underlying covetousness.
The keeping of the Fifth Commandment also works back toward the first four.
If we are rebellious and disrespectful toward our parents who gave us life and sustenance, we will also probably be rebellious and disrespectful toward the Lord God, our creator and sustainer.
Disrespect toward parents and God
will also carry over into disrespect for all authority,
and thus will result in a breakdown of law and order, leading to a disintegration of the very basis for civilized society.
Thus the keeping of the Fifth Commandment is not some outmoded, quaint idea to be set aside without consequence.
It is vital to the survival of our community, state, nation.
This passage has a narrow meaning which is very apparent as it applies to the family dynamic,
How children and parents are to act toward one another.
But it also has a more broad meaning.
it can show us how to honor all of those who God has placed in authority in our life.
We must honor and respect those whom God has placed over us in all areas of life.
How to Treat Your Parents
of The meaning of “honor”:
The word translated “honor” is a Hebrew word with a root meaning of “weight” or “heaviness.”
It is the same word often translated “glory” in reference to the Lord.
To glorify the Lord is to attach the utmost weight or significance to who He is and what He does.
It means to assign Him the highest place because He is worthy of it.
The opposite of glorifying God is to treat Him lightly,
to shrug off Him and His commands as insignificant.
Coupled with the idea of weight is that of value, which is the root meaning of the Greek word for honor.
Gold and silver are heavy, valuable metals.
We say of a valuable man, “He’s worth his weight in gold.”
Applied to parents,
to honor them is to have an attitude of respect for them that stems from the fact that we greatly value them and the contribution they’ve made to our lives.
To honor our parents is to assign a high place of value to them.
God’s instruction to us is to give our parent(s) “weighty worth.”
Obviously, the opposite would be to make “light” of, make fun of or
diminish the importance of parents.
The Lord wants from us is to have a “heavy appreciation” for our
parents.
Honor them by accepting their role.
Ephesians 6:1 “1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
The Greek word for obey is hupakouo, which means, to “listen under.”
The idea is that children are to listen to what their parents say because they are under the authority of their parents.
This is clear in Paul’s linking, “Children obey your parents” with the command to honor them (Eph.
6:1-3).
When Paul states, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord,”
he does not mean,
“Obey your parents only if they are in the Lord” (that is, Christians).
Nor does he mean, “Obey your parents when you think their decisions are in line with what you think the Lord wants.”
He means, it is your duty in the Lord to obey your parents.
The Book of Proverbs, after a brief introduction, begins,
“Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching; indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head, and ornaments about your neck” (Prov.
1:8-9).
The only exception to obeying your parents would be if they commanded you to do something that is a clear violation of Scripture.
But even then, you must demonstrate to your parents a submissive spirit that seeks to please them.
You should respectfully appeal to them and explain your reasons why you cannot obey them in this instance.
You should show that it grieves you to have to disobey them.
And, you should submit to any punishment they impose without complaint or rebellion,
but with a heart of joy in the Lord, that you are counted worthy to suffer for His name.
But such times when you must disobey your parents out of obedience to God will probably be rare
There comes a point, of course, where you move out from under your parents’ authority and are no longer obligated to obey them.
Wise parents let the reins go gradually, so that a young person assumes more and more responsibility for his own life, until he is on his own.
When is that?
It is not necessarily at some arbitrary age, such as 18 or even 21.
But a general rule of thumb is, if you are chafing under your parents’ authority, you are probably not ready to be out from under it.
Your obedience to your parents shows that you are mature enough to live apart from their direct authority, and that you are under the lordship of Christ.
But even when you’re out from under your parents’ authority, you always remain under their counsel.
As an adult, you answer directly to God, but it would be foolish to shrug off your parents’ counsel without careful consideration.
There are times as a Christian young person when you must follow God’s leading,
for example, to go to the mission field,
The life of William Borden is not your typical missionary hero story.
The beginning of his life was unique not only to many missionaries, but to most people in general.
He was born the heir of a million dollar family fortune in the late 1800s, a dairy company worth $2 billion today!
He earned his undergraduate degree from Yale and a graduate degree from Princeton seminary.
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