ORDER OF WORSHIP:
Welcome
Song of Praise “This Is My Father’s World”
Call to Worship Psalm 103:11-13; 20-22
Song of Praise “All Creatures Of Our God And King”
Confession of Faith John 14:6-7
Song of Praise “Who You Say I Am”
Prayer of Adoration
Greet One Another
Ministry Spotlight Andrew Newman (RUF)
Prayer of Intercession
Giving of God’s Tithes and Our Offerings
Song of Preparation “Hear The Call Of The Kingdom”
Scripture Reading Exodus 20:12; Proverbs 23:12-16, 22-25
Sermon “Ten Laws For Life: Called To Honor” Craig Swartz
Prayer of Commitment
Song of Response “Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone”
Benediction
SERMON NOTES:
1 John 4:20
Martin Luther:
“What is a city but a collection of houses. Where a father and mother rule badly, and let their children have their own way, then neither city nor town or village, district, kingdom or empire can be well or peacefully governed.”
- THE FOR HONORING OUR PARENTS
Webster Dictionary:
“Honor: To respect greatly, regard highly; treat with deference and courtesy.”
Malachi 1:6
Thomas Carlyle:
“Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are.”
John 17:22-23
Heidelberg Catechism 104 on authority and submission:
“That I show all honor, love and faithfulness to my father and mother, and to all in authority over me; submit myself with due obedience to all their good instruction and correction, and also bear patiently with their infirmities, since it is God’s will to govern us by their hand.”
Richard Baxter:
“Though you cannot honor them as rich or wise or godly, you must honor them as your parents.”
2. THE OF NOT HONORING OUR PARENTS
Proverbs 23:13-14
Exodus 20:12
Howard Hendricks:
“Most of us are walking around with our umbilical chords hanging out looking for somewhere to plug them in.”
Proverbs 30:10-11
Proverbs 15:20
2 Timothy 3:2
Lewis Smedes:
“Whatever else he or she (the child) may feel about his parents, however deep his love or intense his anger, however rich his gratitude or bitter his resentment, the child is called to honor his parents. From the day the child is born until the day the parents die and even reaching beyond their graves is the effect of the parents on the child. Everything in the relationship may change except the moral duty of honor.”
3. THE FOR HONORING OUR PARENTS:
Exodus 20:12
John 1:12
Proverbs 23:22-25
J.I. Packer:
“The kind of love we really need is love that is completely accepting and completely unconditional and yet never puts up with self-destructive behavior.”
Zacharias Ursinus:
“The design or end of this commandment is the preservation of civil order, which God has appointed in the mutual duties between inferiors and their superiors. Superiors are all those whom God has placed over others, for the purpose of governing and defending them.”