Honoring Our Parents

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Pastor Vincent - 31 October 2013

The Undeserved Became The Deserving

Why the Gibeonites, the cursed and undeserved group eventually became deserving? Because they had come to Israelites, with fear, humility and trembling knowing that Israelite's God is truly the one and only God. We often use our judgment to perceive others, thinking that they will never understand what you believe. But the Word says share the gospel to the ends of the world, for the deserving ones will respond. Have you become the stumbling block of gospel? Blessed are you who can listen and believe in the gospel, for your salvation is purely by grace of God. One who has received much, will share abundantly of the good news he receives, and he will also realize that the purpose in life is none other than world evangelism. We have heard the truths many times. We have heard sermons after sermons in church and from the website. However, if one does not intentionally seek out the person of Christ of what he has heard through prayers with God, it will not give birth to the right spirit. May the Lord restore the right spirit inside us as we seek Him in our prayers, nailing our pride, worldly and convenient thinking on the cross repeatedly. May His heartbeat becomes ours.

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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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Preacher Hui Jun
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Huijun serves as Secretary of The Blessed RUN Ministries. She is also the Preacher at The Life Church and Missions (Singapore). She graduated from Singapore Bible College and currently lives in Singapore with her husband, Chengji.

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