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Honoring Your Parents
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise...) Ephesians 6:1-2 (KJV)
What is the promise that comes along with honoring your father and mother? It will be well with you, and you will live long on the earth. The Amplified translation says it this way: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord [as his representatives], for this is just and right. Honor (esteem, and value as precious) your father and mother..."
He did not say to honor them if they were right. Nor did it say to honor, esteem, and value your parents if they were perfect. God said, honor, esteem and value as precious your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise.
To honor your parents is to love them. And God's love is unconditional. The kind of love He expects us to exhibit as His children, as believers, is unconditional love even if we had parents who were terrible. Why is this? It is for your own preservation. Verse 3 says, "That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth." In other words, your prosperity in the earth is tied to how you treat your parents.
When your parents need help, and when they get old, they should not be thrown away like an old shoe in case they get in the way of your life. This is one reason why God expects you not to get into debt. When your parents get old you should be willing to assist them. The Bible said, as a man sows that shall he also reap. You do not know, if Jesus tarries, that you will be old one day and you may need assistance from your children.
People wonder why they do what the Bible says, and do not get the blessing. It is because they have not accepted all of the Bible. They picked up certain portions they wanted to pick up. They liked the mo ney cometh part, but not the take care of the parents' part. You have to accept all of God's word.
If you will live godly, God will bless your seed and your seed's seed. It says to honor your parents. Obey your parents. If you are a young person, it does not matter whether or not mama understands, do what she tells you to do. Do what your parents tell you to do and honor them, and you will live long and see good days on the earth.
Scripture References: Psalm 103:17; Proverbs 13:22; Galatians 6:7
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| Our preacher covered the similar during worship a couple of weeks ago. He, and this, explained it clearly! :) |
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| OK I was just telling Mom yesterday how I was gonna blog on this, and you beat me to it! But you did an awesome job showing God's truth. I wouldn't have been able to do it better. Lord bless! |
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| Wonderful blog my friend...This is one of my favorite scriptures! |
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This is a great one..........I have taken care of my parents for several years. My dad passed away in Jan, and I was alone with him at the time. I still take care of my mom, she is 85.
On the other hand, we have to honor my husband's parents by not being around them. That may sound crazy and we counseled with several pastors on this. Their world is one of physical, verbal, emotional and spiritual abuse, all of which I have been victim to, so have my husband and my children. Over and over we tried to love past it, and to no avail. To honor them, maintain our marriage and sanity and not put our grandchildren through it........we've broken ties. We pray for them daily. |
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| Great words, David! One of the major downfalls in modern Western (American) culture, kids are not disciplined well, if at all. Disrespect is rampant! Not only do kids disrespect their parents, but other adults as well. God knew what he was doing when he made this one of the ten... |
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I have been soooooooooooo nice to my foster parents and all that i just love them to death. |
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| Great blog David, I didnt have a mother to look up to growing up, there were many many reasons to not respect her.... however I did respect her, even though she did things I knew even as a kid were wrong.Thankfully the Lord did give me a dad who was a Godly man, and I was able to know the Lord through him. We dont pick our parents... but we need to honor them regardless. My experience only helps me to be a better mom to my kids, thank you again for this. Bless you David - Tam |
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Elvia |
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May 09, 2008 at 6:06am |
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| :-) Praise God for young men like you :-) Your words have touched my heart, I pray that young ones read your blog. Be Blessed David :-) God has a plan for YOU !! |
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| You are wise beyond you years David! Wisdom like that only comes from God, it's wonderful to see that God is raising up Davids with hearts like David's. Go God! Go David, you got the witness in you,(Acts 1:8). |
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May 09, 2008 at 7:05am |
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I agree that blessings come when we obey the Word of God. I do and did love and honor my Mom. She passed awy last May at the age of 59! We were shocked and desperately miss her. I was never entitled to know my real Father. I am thankful for all the memories I have of my Mom. I know I did my best to honor her when she was here with us. Treasure your parents. They may be gone overnight and you will only have memories of them....
Great insight by the way! |
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My parents retired last year and moved from Pittsburgh to Las Vegas. They bailed me out of a financial mess a few years ago brought on by my gambling addiction. We agreed that I would pay them back by letting them live in my house rent free until the debt was paid. I was nervous at first about the arrangement, but it has worked out really well. I love having them live in my house. We're closer now than ever before.
I know a lot of people that have bad relationships with their parents, and it breaks my heart. I don't know what I would do without my mom and dad. They are so important to me. I am so lucky to have such a great relationship with my parents. |
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