Honor Your Parents
Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1-3
Rev. Landis Elder
May 14, 2023

3 Questions About Honoring Parents

1.

Do We ? (Ex. 20:12)

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. (Ex. 20:12)

2.

Do We Honor Our and ? (Ex. 20:12; Eph. 6:1)

12 “Honor your father and your mother” (Ex. 20:12)

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. (Eph. 6:1)

3.

Do We Honor Our and ? (Ex. 20:12; Eph. 6:2-3)

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 

3 Questions Of Application:

1. How Do You Parent A Child Who

You?

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Lk 19:10)

2. How Do You Honor A

Father or Mother?

16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Rom. 12:16-21)

3. How Did

Honor His Father and Mother?

40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him. (Lk. 2:40)

50 And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. 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. (Lk. 2:50-52)