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Honor your father and your mother

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[Exodus 20:12]

"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Do you know where the ‘Ten Commandments’ are written?

It's in Exodus (Chapter) 20.

The Bible we read today is the fifth commandment among the Ten Commandments.

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The Ten Commandments Moses received directly from God on Mount Sinai.

God has written down and gave it to the people who serve him.

God wrote ten commandments on two tablets.

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The first to fourth of the Ten commandments are commandments to love God.

And the fifth to tenth is the commandment for neighbor's love.

The first commandment of neighborly love is about parental respect.

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This fifth commandment has another characteristic.

God said that all commandments from the 6th to the 10th commandments "do not".

The fifth commandment, however, was spoken with the command "to do(Honor)".

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The word "honor" means that you honor it with honesty.

God has promised to give a special reward to those who are gracious to their parents.

It is a promise that you will live long in the land and bless you.

Let's read together the words of Deuteronomy 15:16

“But if he says to you, 'I will not go out from you,' because he loves you and your

household, since he is well-off with you,“ (Dt 15:16, ESV)

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Among the characteristics of people who have lived as a great believer, it is not difficult to

find in the Bible that they have a heart to honor their parents.

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Jesus who came as our Savior also wrote in the Bible that he had honored his parents with

all his heart in his childhood.

Let's read together Luke 2:51.

“And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his

mother treasured up all these things in her heart.”(Lk 2:51, ESV)

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David, who was a great king, is also a representative of his parents.

David 's father Jesse gave David an errand to bring food for his brothers. David's brothers

were at war with the Philistines. David's father told him to go on an errand for a

terrifying battlefield.

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What did David do when he heard his father?

 David listened to his father's words and left his work to another shepherd early in the

morning.

David is the one who has done his best to obey his Word. Let us read aloud 1(one)

Samuel 17:20.

“And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the

provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him.”(1Sm 17:20, ESV)

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Another person was Joseph, who was established as the prime minister of Egypt.

It was when Joseph's brothers were called Shechem to care for the sheep.

Joseph's father Jacob gave Joseph an errand to see if his brothers were well.

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How did Joseph respond to his father's words?

Let's read together Genesis 37:13.

“And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."(Gn 37:13, ESV)

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Here the expression Israel is differently called Jacob, Joseph's father.

Joseph replied that as soon as the words of his father were finished, he would go straight

away.

You can see that Joseph also honored his father and obeyed his word.

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David and Joseph, who honored and obeyed their parents, were greatly blessed by God.

Both of them received all the blessings promised that God would give them to those who

honor their parents.

God made one man king and the other man prime minister.

Through them, we can know that God's promises are made in their entirety.

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Parents are important people who let us know who God is.

Let's understand the love of God through the love our parents give us.

Through the way our parents sacrifice for us, Jesus realizes the grace that died on the

cross to save us.

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Those who can not honor their visible parents can not honor their invisible Heavenly

Father.

We must live with gratitude for the love and sacrifice our parents have given us.

From this day on, you should be more respectful to your parents. Amen!

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