The 5th Commandment

Lonnie Brooks

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Introduction

Today we come back to our sermon series on the 10 commandments.

As God brought the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt, He was leading them to the place where they would worship Him, where they would enter into a covenant agreement with God.

They would be His people and He would be there God.

So at Mt Sinai God called Moses up upon the mountain and God brought down the law, the 10 commandments to him to bring tot he people.

And as I have said all along, the 10 commandments are relevant to us today. Jesus himself said in

Exodus 21 ESV

1 “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. 2 When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. 3 If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out alone. 5 But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ 6 then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever. 7 “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. 8 If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her. 9 If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter. 10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights. 11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money. 12 “Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. 13 But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. 14 But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die. 15 “Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death. 16 “Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death. 17 “Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death. 18 “When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed, 19 then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed. 20 “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. 21 But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money. 22 “When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 “When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye. 27 If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free because of his tooth. 28 “When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable. 29 But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. 30 If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him. 31 If it gores a man’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule. 32 If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 “When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34 the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his. 35 “When one man’s ox butts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and share its price, and the dead beast also they shall share. 36 Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.

Exodus 21

Matthew 5:17 ESV

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

You might ask How Jesus has fulfilled them, He did so with His perfect sacrifice for sin. Everything that was written about him in the law and the prophets. He fulfilled them and they were sealed in the New Covenant instituted by His own blood. So then what of these commandments?

Exodus 19 ESV

1 On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the mountain, 3 while Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: 4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.” 7 So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him. 8 All the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord. 9 And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” When Moses told the words of the people to the Lord, 10 the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments 11 and be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 12 And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death. 13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” 14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments. 15 And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.” 16 On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. 19 And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder. 20 The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. 21 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish. 22 Also let the priests who come near to the Lord consecrate themselves, lest the Lord break out against them.” 23 And Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us, saying, ‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ” 24 And the Lord said to him, “Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the Lord, lest he break out against them.” 25 So Moses went down to the people and told them.

Jewish tradition holds that even Solomon taught the nothing, even the little notes of the law could not pass away… They must be taught faithfully for the glory of God.

So the 10 commandments tell us this: Gad has a law, in this body we cannot keep the law perfectly and in fact the law itself shows we are guilty before God. So we are guilty before God., But the blood of Jesus has saved us through our confession and admission that we are sinners, lost and hopeless, but inviting Him into our hearts Jesus saved us… He has made us justified in front of God.

So the word of God, and the law, more especially the 10 commandments are there to guide us, help us and to show us what is pleasing in the sight of God.

The law cannot be done away with.....

Now moving on.................

So farr before today we have looked at the first 4 commandments,

You shall have no other Gods before me.

Now so far before today we have looked at the first 4 commanments,

You shall not make any idols

You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain.

And last week, Honor the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

These are the 4 commandments that deal with our relationship with God himself and the vertical nature of the cross is symbolized in this portion of the law.

And today we begin the second section of the law, the horizontal portion that we can symbolized in are relational to each other.

So lets begin today, take your bibles and lets go to , verse 12 and lets look at the 5th Commandment.

Exodus 20:12 ESV

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

So when we look at this passage we find there are two sections to it, there is the command itself and then we come across the section we could call its promise or consequences for following it and or not following it.

But what can we see from this commandment that will help us go forth, lets look at these thoughts....

1. The Command Reminds Us of Our Eternal Parent.

Let me say this first:

When I look at this 5th command, and it says “Honor my Father and Mother...”, I am reminded that the call to honor my parents, helps me remember My Heavenly Father.

Now why would I begin with this thought today? I believe the idea itself reminds us the fact that God is the one who brought mankind into this world and in love he parents us, guides us and is in our lives.

1 Corinthians 15:29 ESV

29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?

He is the one who created:

If you looked back to the first two chapters of our Bibles, we see that God in Genesis chapters 1 and 2, He formed man from the dust of the earth and woman from Adam. He created them and brought life to them.

Genesis 1:26 ESV

26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

He was their parent if you will and as such He is our eternal parent.

He is our parent, all that we do in being parents, bringing children into this world is because of Him.

Consider my thought if you will, We do not create… we are not God, we do not say let us make a child and “poof” it happens, no not at all.

Our ability to have children is based solely on what God has entrusted to us.

God told man to be fruitful and to multiply… reminds us of this after God had created mankind.

Genesis 1:28 ESV

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

And thus it has been for every generation of people to come into this world since that time when Adam and Eve began to “pro-create” - they were doing so after God had blessed them them and given them the command to fill this earth.

With all this in mind my friends, when we look to our parents, as we love them and honor them, the very fact that we are here means that God gave us to them and their presence in our lives should cause us to look toward heaven and see that He is there and that He loves us.

And my friends, in , we see the parable of the prodigal son, and as the son went astray , left his earthly Father to persue his own desires, what the son left first and foremost was God.

For he did not honor his earthly father and in the same measure did not honor God.

Let me share this passage with you to consider…

Malachi 1:6 ESV

6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Just as we honor our parents, then do we honor God the Father in the same way?

Where is His Honor....

The command should point us to our eternal parent, the Lord God Almighty.

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And then I am reminded of this thought my friends...

2. The Command Reminds Us of the Duty to our Parents.

When I look at this command

2. The Command Reminds Us of the Duty to our Parents.

I use the word duty to remind us that it is something we are supposed to be doing, it is not a well command to be taken lightly, the Lord says for us to honor our father and our mother.

So lets look at this command my friends..

Exodus 20:12 ESV

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Now ask yourself this question,

Q.... Why has God called this truth to our attention?

Now the Hebrew word for honor is cab-bed, means to esteem or respect, to honor those set above us.... in this case the truth is our parents.

But it has a unique meaning attached to the word, it can also refer to that which should weight heavy on our minds, our hearts...

Listen this command is not something to be taken lightly, our parents should always be upon our mind to treat them with respect....

So let me share with you why I believe we are called to honor our parents....

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A. I think first of all because it is where we have our beginning. It is our parents, our Mother and Father who through the work of God in their lives bring children into the world.

Our days begin with them, and in the natural order of things it is where we learn, grow and develop as a young man and young woman.

Each of the gospel accounts and later on in the other epistles of the New Testament we as children are reminded to honor our mother and our Father.

And yes the Old Testament command us to honor them as well.

Leviticus 19:3 ESV

3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

The command has a purpose, we cannot forget about them ...

One of my favorite passages in the New Testament, I see that Jesus even demonstrates that with the care of Mary, He honored here by making sure She would be taken care off in the later years of her life.

John 19:26–27 ESV

26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

B. They provided for us, as they through the work of God brings children into the world, they provide for every need of the children. Now listen, I said need and not want… The provide protection, shelter, food and sustenance of every kind....

Jesus honored here even as he was moments from his death on the cross. What can we learn from them...

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As such children are called to revere and respect their mother and father.

When I look back, I cannot say my dad did everything right in my life, but I can say this.. He tried to teach me right and wrong, he tried to instill in me certain values and he tried to provide for me as best he could in the hopes that I would be taken care off in this life.

I love him for that very fact, and I respect him.

Do you love your mother and your father?

Now someone might say, but preacher what about bad parents, those who did not love, who did not care for, those who did not do what was right for me… what about them.?

My only answer here can be… regardless our position cannot change. They will have to give an account of their life before God one day..... and so shall you. Do you best to do what is right and honor the Word of God in your life.

God calls us to honor our Father and Mother and leave the rest to Him

And then finally I come to my last thought today...

3. The Command Reminds Us of a Promise.

This command has a promise attached to it. Oh my friends pay attention to this command and to what it is saying to us today?

Look back to our text today my friends....

Exodus 20:12 ESV

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

So if you do what is right… your days might be long in the land the Lord your God has given you...

So the word of God says if you want a long life, let your obedience, your reverence and honor be given to them… for in this it is right.

What do you think about such a command?

When you look at the phrase “that your days may be long...” in the Hebrew it has a meaning that implies adding length too.....,

Honor your Father and your Mother so that your days may be prolonged, lengthened, cause to be given more years of life.

The direct implication of this my friends is this… fail to do so and you may suffer a shortened existence on planet earth.

Have you every thought about that.... man people what to live a long time, they ask these folks who live over a 100 all the time, what is your secret to longevity?

Man i remember this one lady said I stayed away from men.... some say a little chocolate, a little this or that… my great grand father lived to be 97, he always had a shot of bourbon whiskey every morning and every night...

Now before anyone says I am promoting whiskey----- I am not , I am just telling you what he did..

Everyone says they have a secret.

God says in His word, it is NO secret, you want to have a long life, let it begin with honoring your Father and your mother.

Jeremiah 35:18–19 ESV

18 But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father and kept all his precepts and done all that he commanded you, 19 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall never lack a man to stand before me.”

You see God honored them for their ability to keep the commands of God, more especially the command that they honored and did what they where told by their Father.

But fail to do so, and your days might not go so well, the word of God reminds us,

Matthew 15:4 ESV

4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’

Matthew 15:14 ESV

14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Dishonor your father and or your mother and you shall surely die....

Man that is a promise my friends.

Conclusion....

Understand this, God has loved us with an eternal love, He has known us us from the foundation of the world, and He has called us forth to enjoy this life and fulfill the purpose He has placed before us.

He is our eternal parent and he has given us physical parents in this life. They have been the people through which God has given us life, and we are to honor and respect them… for this is right

and hold fast to the truth, you desire to have a long life, He has given us a promise to keep.

Exodus 20 ESV

1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 13 “You shall not murder. 14 “You shall not commit adultery. 15 “You shall not steal. 16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” 18 Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off 19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” 21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. 22 And the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. 24 An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it. 26 And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’