5/10/2020
HONOR THY FATHER and THY MOTHER
Mother’s Day 2020
Parental Disrespect Will Characterize The End Times
2 Timothy 3:1-4 …in the last days difficult times will come. People will be lovers of selves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God…
Israel Is a Historic Example of a People Who Failed In Honor To Their Parents
Ezekiel 22:1-7 The word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols, you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made.
You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries. Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil. “‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood. In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the alien and mistreated the fatherless and the widow…
Honoring Our Parents Is God’s Law
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.
The Lord Jesus Taught It
Mark 10:17-19 A man ran up to Jesus and fell on his knees before Him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answered …You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’
God Will Love You If You Practice It
Mark 10:20-21 “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.” …Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
The Lord Modeled It In Real Life
John 19:25-27 Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Dear woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
The Apostles Reiterated It
Ephesians 6:2-3 Honor your father and mother. This is the first commandment with a promise. If you honor your father and mother, things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.
God Expects It In Human and Spiritual Realms
Malachi 1:6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a Father, where is the honor due Me? If I am a Master, where is the respect due Me? says the LORD Almighty!
The Lord Clarified It
Matthew 15:3-7 Jesus replied, “Why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God has said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you might have received from me is a gift I devoted to God,’ he is not to ‘honor his father’ with it. Thus you nullify the Word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites!
Believers Should Adopt It
1 Timothy 5:4 …if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
To Reject It Is a Rejection of The Faith
1 Timothy 5:8 If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Honor Your Mother By Following Christ!
Matthew 12:47-50 Someone told Him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.” He replied to him, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers. For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”