Honor Your Parents

Exodus 20:12 – Honor your father and your mother,  so that you may live long  in the land  the  Lord  your God is giving you.

Ephesians 6:1–3 – Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”  

When it comes to parents, God says to… 

#1 – & . 

Exodus 20:12 Honor your father & your mother… 

Honor = כָּבַד – kāḇaḏ

be weighty, make oneself dense, be made abundant, enjoy honor 

Galatians 5:17 – ¹⁷For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.  They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.

Romans 12:18-21 – 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.  19 Do not take revenge,  my dear friends…20 On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.  
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. 

2 Corinthians 5:17-19 (NIV) – 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation  has come:  The old has gone, the new is here!  18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ  and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:  19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.  And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 

Ephesians 6:1-2 – Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  2 “Honor your father and mother”…

PARENTS: Give your kids something to honor

Proverbs 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. 

Ephesians 6:4 – Fathers, do not exasperate your children;  instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. 

Students, College Students, Young Adults:  

Be submissive & obedient to your parents 

Ephesians 6:1-2– Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”

When it comes to parents, God says to… 

#2 – .

Exodus 20:12 – Honor your father and your mother… 

Ephesians 6:1 – Children, obey your parents in the Lord…

Hebrews 13:17 Have confidence in your leaders  and  submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you  as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

When it comes to parents, God says to… 

#3 – Because there’s a   

Exodus 20:12 – Honor your father and your mother,  so that you may live long  in the land  the  Lord  your God is giving you.

Ephesians 6:2–3 – 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”