Deuteronomy 5:16 The Fifth Word The Fifth Word, Part One Sermon Outline for April 11, 2010 by Pastor Dennis Tuuri Dt. 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Ex. 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Lev. 19:3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 1. The Centrality of Lords Day and Parents; Church and Family Ex. 20 Sabbath holy, honor pop and mom Lev. 19:2,3 holy, reverence mom and pop, keep sabbaths Dt. 5 Sabbath day, honor pop and mom
Both Are Disappearing 2. Superiors and Inferiors WLC 123-133 (See attached); Dt. 16:18-18:22 Judges, 16:18-20 Visible submission to God, 16:21 - 17:5 Witnesses, 17:6-7 Verdicts, 17:8-13 Kings, 17:14-20 Levites, 18:1-8 Prophets, 18:9-22
3. The Fifth Commandment Proper A. The Obligation 1.)Honor Parents - Ex. 20:12; Dt. 5:16, Mt. 15:1-9
2.)Reverence Parents - Lev. 19:3
3.)[Minor Children] Obey Parents Eph. 6:1,2; Col. 3:20
4.)Parents to Act Honorably (Implied) Eph. 6:4, Col. 3:21 January 22, 1973
B. The Motivating Promise 1.) Long Life (On the whole) Prov. 4:10; 1-5 a. In the Land Dt. 5:16; Ex. 20:12
b. In the World Eph. 6:3
2.) Good Life (On the whole) Dt. 5:16 Past, Present and Future Societal Progress
3.) Pleasing our Heavenly Father (NOT On the whole!) Col. 3:20 |