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Introduction
We have finished the 1st table of the law that pertains to our relationship with God
Today we begin to look at the 2nd table of the law which addresses our relationship to others.
An important reminder as we make this transition is given to us by Jesus in Matthew 22:37-39 when he was asked what is the greatest commandment:
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the great and first commandment.
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Two observations:
Love is the fulfilment of the ten commandments.
Even though we are looking at commandments that pertain to others we can not separate it from our relationship to God.
Without love for God, there can be no love for others.
Honor Your Parents
We see this command repeated in Ephesians 6:1-3 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.””
What does it mean to honor your parents (WLC 127)
all due reverence in heart, word, and behavior
prayer and thanksgiving for them
gratitude - parents sacrifice a lot for their kids.
imitation of their virtues and graces
willing obedience to their lawful commands and counsels and due submission to their corrections
faithfulness to, defense, and maintenance of their persons and authority
bearing with their infirmities, and covering them in love
Honoring our parents means: reverence, thankfulness, prayer, imitation, obedience and submission, faithfulness and care, love and forgiveness.
A stubborn and rebellious son was to be put to death in Israel (Dt.
21:18-21)
Applies to adult children with aging parents.
Proverbs 23:22 “Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”
Not necessarily obedience.
Husband and wives - leave, cleave, and become one flesh.
An example of breaking this commandment is given by Jesus in Mt. 15:3-6
The Pharisees claimed to obey the commandment but they left parents destitute.
Limits to this command - This does not mean that we must always obey our parents.
We must always obey God.
Acts 5:29 “But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.”
When our parents ask us to sin, we must obey God over our parents.
To do what God forbids or when they forbid us to do what God commands.
Phone call, “Tell them I am not at home”
WLC 127 - “willing obedience to their lawful commands and counsels and due submission to their corrections
Application
The blessing: “that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
“ (Ex.
20:12b)
He gives us a motivation for holiness.
“is an express promise of long life and prosperity, as far as it shall serve for God’s glory and their own good, to all such as keep this commandment.”
(WLC 133)
Not a universal promise, but a biblical principle.
Kevin DeYoung, The phrase really has to do with abundant life.
If you want to enjoy to the full the blessings that God has for you in the Promised Land, you’ll listen to your mom and dad
Implied curse for disobedience.
Honor is an expression of love
No one can claim to love their neighbor who does not love or honor their parents.
Love for God is the foundation for love for others.
Go to God when our parents and fail us.
Because they will!
Psalm 27:10 “For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.”
God is described as our Father and the Spirit teaches us to cry out to Him Abba
The prodigal son in Lk. 15:24 “For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’
And they began to celebrate.”
Every failing of our earthly parents should cause us to long for the love of our heavenly Father and the rule of Christ in the New Creation.
Christ is the fulfillment of the commandment
He was submissive to his earthly parents - 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.”
Jesus honored his mother - John 19:26-27 “When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!”
And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.”
Jesus perfectly honored and obeyed His Father - and has been honored by the Father
Col. 2:9-10 “For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.”
Closing Hymn: 163 At the Name of Jesus
Benediction: to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever.
Amen
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