24 May Honoring Our Parents
Pastor Vincent - 26 September 2013
Answers We Need To Receive For Evangelism
To most people, "World Evangelism (WE)" seems too hardcore to accept, and it is not at all relevant to this world, it's so unachievable. But God's promise is all relevant to our conditions, daily living and level of faith. His promise stays and He will bring it to pass. Instead of soaking in self-insufficiencies, sinks in the truth and accept WE as your destiny. And when you are walking towards world evangelism, the problems and limitations that are unveiled before you are exactly where you need to find answers. Every part of you = Perfect Conditions for World Evangelism
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Problematic attitudes toward parents.
- Young children >>> Adult children
- More independent, feel smarter >>> Despise parents
- Pride
- Familiarity breeds contempt (take for granted)
- Self-entitlement
Why should we honor parents?
- Unique parents given by God
- Give us life
- They have loved us
- God’s clear command:
- <Ex 20:12> “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
- <Ep 6> 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
- Honoring parents is like honoring God.
- <Mt 15> 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
- Jesus is best example of honoring God and parents.
- “But what if my parents are not honorable?”
- “Honor” given not just for “merits” but also for “rank”.
- Forgive them as God has forgiven us.
- “But what if my parents are non-Christians?”
- Respect them for the wisdom that comes with age <Job 12:12>.
- But if they ask us to contradict God, then obey God rather than them.
- <Eze 20> 18 I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols. 19 I am the Lord your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
- Honor parents >>> Submit to other forms of authority
How should we honor our parents?
- Very young children >>> obey parents
- Adult children?
- God gives us parents for us to minister grace and love unto them
- Accept them for who they are, don’t be too critical of them
- Care most for their salvation
- Take good care of them
- <1 Ti 5:8> Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Seek to delight them
- <Prov 23:25> May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
- Intimacy
- Seek to understand them
- Express appreciation
- Seek their advice
- Mutual sibling love
- Honor parents not with material, but with heart (love).
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