A father is like the priest of the family and when he is spiritually and morally bankrupt, the family truly suffers. It may sound like its talking only about food, shelter, and money but there is more than these to life (Matt 6:25). This may not seem very encouraging but it is a frequently quoted verse when fathers are not providing for their families. If they do listen to their father and mother, it will be like a graceful garland (lovely essence) and pendants (displaying honor from not forsaking their instruction and teachings).įirst Timothy 5:8 “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” Parents have experience and wisdom and are concerned about preventing you from making the same mistakes that they made but these Scriptures are also intended for those children still living at home. Sometimes they can interfere but this is not what these verses are talking about. This doesn’t mean that husbands and wives must do what their parents or in-laws say but at least listen to them out of respect and as honoring them as given in the 5 th Commandment. Solomon doesn’t say to hear your father’s instruction and don’t’ forsake your mother’s teaching while you are at home…but even after children leave their homes to begin new families. Again, there is no time restriction given. This is given to sons and we can assume to daughters also. Like Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, “And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him-a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” When that third cord is God, then families are stronger and can withstand many of the storms of life.Īnother Reading on Patheos to Check Out: What Did Jesus Really Look Like: A Look at the Bible Facts Proverbs 1:8-9 “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.” When the Lord is honored things will go well with that family. This includes what movies to watch, what’s on TV, the Internet, in magazines, and whatever other media infiltrates the home. Families are stronger when the Lord is being considered before making decisions. He also made a statement about his family that for his household they “will serve the LORD.” When a family determines to serve the Lord, the Lord is determined to be a part of that family. Joshua made a statement to Israel after Moses was gone. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Get this great daily devotional for women written by Crystal McDowell in your email → Daughters Of The Creator Joshua 24:15 “Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. There is no time limit for honoring them and so even after they are dead, when we speak evil of them, we are not honoring our parents and by doing so, God will not hold to His promise that “you may live long.” That’s something to think about. Honor them if they have to move into an assisted living center. Honor them when they are frail and feeble. This commandment also doesn’t give a time limit to which it expires and so this means to honor them when you are grown and you have a family of your own. God knows that they are not perfect but neither are children. There are no conditions given by which you are to not honor your parents. Exodus 20:12 says “Honor your father and mother so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” God doesn’t say honor your parents if they are good parents, if they are always right or if they are always obedient to God.
The 5 th Commandment is the only one with a promise…the promise of a long life for the children that honor their father and their mother. Family is the foundation of any nation and people and when the institution of the family starts to crumble, so does the foundation of the nation.
The first four are vertical and are toward God but the next six are vertical and directed toward others.
The 5 th Commandment is the first commandment that relates to humans. What top Bible verses in the Bible can we read about family in the hopes of strengthening them? Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and mother so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” God created marriage He also created the family but today the family is under siege.
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