Honour your Father and Mother

Previously on DO Christ

Number 5 in the 10 Commandments Series.

Last week we heard about how the 5th commandment is the basis of the first 5 commandments.

Today on DO Christ

Dig into the 5th Commandment and the importance of Family.

Discuss the 6th Commandment.

BIG IDEA, How honoring your parents is not just pleasing God, but is good for us as a people.

text for Today

Exodus 20:12 KJV 1900

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Reason and Reward

This Commandment is unique:

Only commandment with a reason and reward, Promise Ephesians 6:2 “2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),” Deuteronomy 5:16 ““ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.”

Only commandment asking us to honor.

This and Sabbath are the only ones telling us to do something.

Deuteronomy 5:16 ESV

“ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Reason is that the that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. What does this mean.

Long Life?

Going to give us Land for a long time?

Longevity of your people?

Not Long life. Not Land. It means that Your people, your language, your traditions, your religion, your culture last long on the land.

That thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. LET US TEST THIS PROMISE

God gave these commandments almost 4000 years ago to 80’000 Israelites. The first commandment was I am the Lord, your God.

2000 years ago, Jesus gave us a job that would take centuries to fulful, so we had Mothers and Fathers handing it down to their children.

Matthew 28:19–20 NIV

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

2000 years ago, Paul took the good news as far as he could walk warned us promised us that it will not be easy but, like Jesus said, God is with us till the end of age.

2 Corinthians 4:8–10 NIV

8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

We carry the sacrifice and atonement of Jesus in our Body. The Holy spirit is in us so that Jesus’ life can show in our bodies.

For Thousands of years Jews and their off-shoot Christians were

killed on crosses, Fed to animals,

oppressed

kicked out of countries,

holocaust.

Forced to pay protection taxes

prevented from taken certain jobs or even owning land.

TODAY, THROUGH A RELAY FROM PARENTS TO CHILDREN,

2.5 Billion Christians and Jews in the World.

Those Jews and Christian spread The Word of God all over the land.

Same God,

Same Commandments,

Same Sabbath

So powerful that the whole world uses our calendar. Its 2025, because we started the clock from zero when a Jewish carpenter was Born in Bethlehem.

HOW AMAZING. God keeping his promise, giving all this land to his chosen people, for 4000 years.

The Opposite is true, If you dont do this, our days on this land will be short.

The opposite is a key to taking over a country.

What happens, when Family is the foundation of society. When Family does not come first and Children do no Honour their parents

How do you go into a land and, in a few years, change:

their language,

their culture,

their religion,

their names,

everything?

You break the link between parents and children.

We do not have to go very far, just look at South Africa as an example.

Colonisation by breaking the link between children and parents.

Merchants, Missionary, Military. Military was clean up, Missionaries are central, they come to break down the family so that the children grow up to be loyal to them, not their parents.

Your Language was gone and second. They teach the children are tought in the new language.

They give you a Christian name. So you are not who you were born to be. You are another person.

Your parents were not top of your list on earth, Mission was.

You call the priest in that Catholic Church? Father. Why, Coz these new children are his children, and the Priest is your father.

Your days as a people will be long upon your earth.

If you say your are Swazi, but you hate your Country, do not Speak your language, do not observe your cultures… Are you really Swazi?

If you say you are Zulu but dont speak it .

Once Honor for parents is gone, your people will be gone too. Whether they are alive or dead, your children will no longer be your people. They will be the children and people of their new parents, their new government, new country, new ideas. .

See what happens when we do not honor our parents. We lose ourselves and But the world is changing: The Devils also has his own We are being Colonised by new Evils.

New Evils wish to get between children and parents:

Remove Father from the Household.

We saw what happened with Moses and Jesus.

If they remove boys and fathers they remove soldiers, protectors, providers, leaders.

What do you think happens to Children without Fathers:

Increased risk of crime and gang involvement.

Emotional and psychological struggles.

Lack of discipline, guidance, and purpose.

Higher school dropout rates.

Greater Risk of Poverty.

There is no Father in Heaven.

If there is no God, then who do you follow above your parents? Governments and World Ideas. They become God.

Children must decide who and what they are.

They decide if they are a boy or girl.

Where they want to stay.

Who they want as their parents.

Chaos.

Children are the boss in the House.

it is what they like and want that rules.

A group of people which is led by Children

What is Honour and How to do it.

Verb - Something to do.

HONOUR - Bring Honor to them and your family name. Make them proud to be your parents.

OBEDIENCE - Listen and Obey

NEXT GEN - Preserve their good teachings, Language, and your religion for the next generation.

O' CLOCK - To do that will take time. So you have to make time for them.

US FIRST - Blood is thicker than water. Protect and progress our people.

RESPECT - Show them High Respect Privately and Publically. Treat them as important and special people.

Honour your parents to obey God. Honour them so that it may go well with you. Honour them to you and your people may live on forever.

If we do not, us, our religion, our people and traditions will be history.

AMEN.