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In Exodus 20, Israel has come to Mt. Sinai where God gives Moses the famous Ten Commandments. Last week we studied the first four commandments.

Why did God give them commandments at all? Because they needed to be transformed. They had been living as slaves in Egypt. God set them free from the oppression, but they didn’t know how to live as men who were free and they certainly did not know what it meant to live as a holy people. Yet that is what God called them to be.

In chapter 19, God said, “I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself… that you might be a kingdom if priests, a holy nation.”

We are not under law, but under grace. But that doesn’t mean we can sin as we wish. Not at all, the word ‘godly’ means, like God. The commandments give us the heart of God and each of the commandments are for the benefit of God’s people as they help us understand His heart to protect us from danger.

The first four commandments summarize the greatest commandment, love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. The last six summarize the commandment that is like it, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

In other words…

Honor God by Honoring Others

 When you love your neighbor as yourself, you are honoring God.

 The relationship we have to others flows out of, is a result of, our relationship to God.

 Each of these reflects the heart of God’s holiness and righteousness and it is to our benefit to understand what God is saying in each one of these commandments.

I. Honor Your Father and Mother

 Scripture tells us that this is the first commandment with a promise; if you honor your father and mother your days will be prolonged in the land. In other words, you receive a blessing from God when you honor your father and mother.

 There are two ways of seeing that promise. Some suggest it means that by honoring your father and mother you will live a long life. I’m sure there has been more than one father who’s quoted the famous comedian, “I brought you into this world, and I’ll take you out.”

 But more likely, the promise that comes with this commandment is that they will be strong as a nation when they honor their father and mother. Why? Because…

A. Family is the foundation of a nation
 This promise was made to Israel, but the principle is most certainly true today. The family is a foundation and a key to a nation’s prosperity and strength. In other words, when the family breaks down, it’s only a matter of time before that nation weakens and crumbles.
 God’s intend with this commandment was to bless them as a nation and to keep them strong.
 Is not the fabric of our nation being destroyed before our eyes? Many children today are defiant and rebellious. Teachers in public schools should get hazard pay.
 Paul wrote that this is one of the conditions that indicate we are living in the last days.
2 Timothy 3:1-4, But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. Men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, and unloving…lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
 The answer is to honor God in your own life and then raise your children in the admonition and instruction of the Lord.
 There are two aspects of this commandment;
B. Be honorable parents
 Paul wrote that parents should not exasperate their children.
Ephesians 6:4, “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
 In my parenting class I give this basic principle; raise your children in such a way that they won’t need counseling later.
 Perhaps we could also set our sights higher and bring our children to a place of agreement with our heart. In other words, win their heart.
Amos 3:3, Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

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