Honoring Our Parents

24 May Honoring Our Parents

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Preacher Huijun - 14 November 2013

No Problem Too Big If You Obey

God did not promise a problem-free life, but in His great love He promised His children that no problems in this world will harm us and we will have victory over problems! Yet, the most tragic problem of children of God is that despite knowing much, they harden their hearts and pursue what lies before their naked eyes and drift further from God's love. God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This He did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” (Hebrews 4:7 NIV) Today, God wants you to be reminded of His promises to you and get rid of any foothold in life. Wait no longer. The moment you wait, you lost strength and the devil will creep into the holes and steal the remaining strength you have away.

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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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