Preached on Sunday, February 4, 2024
Honor Your Parents
Suppose you were a kid and I told you that upon infallible assurance from God if you would do one simple thing you would live a long life and prosper, would you do it? If you had a gnat’s amount of wisdom you would say yes. Unquestionably! This is it. Honor your parents by obeying them with the right attitude, because it is just the right thing to do because you owe them your very life and because of the promise of God.
Nobody in this world has or will ever love you more than your parents. You might be tempted to think, “Well, my boyfriend loves me more.” You might not think that in six months. Marry him and you may find after a couple of years that he hates your guts! Nobody in this world has done and will do more for you than your parents. For that they deserve your honor and appreciation.
Right below God are your parents! “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother,’ is the first commandment with a promise: that it may be well with you and you may love long on the earth.” (Eph.6:1-3) God put your parents in your life to bless you with provision and care. Therefore, they are to be honored for the place God gave them in your life. The first commandment with a promise means that of all the commandments of God in the Bible this is the very first one that God attached a promise to. All God’s promises are good. There are blessings for obeying God, especially when He directly attaches a promise to it, which He does here. And what is that promise? “That it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.” Do you want things to go well with you on this earth? Of course you do. Then honor your parents and do it with a good attitude.
Imagine what would happen if you started doing everything your parents said, without hesitation or griping about having to do it? They would move heaven and earth to do good things for you. Do you want the keys to the car, or your own car? You want privileges? You want freedom? Then honor your parents. There is nothing parents wouldn’t do for a kid who honors them in this way.
If you don’t honor your parents you probably won’t honor any of the other important people God places in your life. By honoring your parents you are learning to honor your teachers when you go to school. What a blessing to have access to a teacher who would bend over backwards to help a student who honored them by doing all their lessons, making good grades and cooperating in every way.
And if you don’t learn to honor your parents, how are you going to honor your country or the police whose sole job is to protect and serve you. Anyone who straps on a gun to go to work to protect you deserves to be honored. Salute the flag. Untold thousands of brave soldiers have died to give you the privilege of living in a free country.
III. Honor the Elderly
These are older people. In the Bible and in most other cultures, the elders are the leaders of the families and are honored for having lived and endured a long life. They have been through a lot and deserve to be treated wit
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