Sermon from October 18

The Ten Commandments
5. Honor Your Father and Your Mother...

Exodus 20: 1 - 12

1. This Commandment transitions between our relationship with God and our relationship with each other.
2. Honoring and obeying our parents is practice for honoring and obeying God.
3. Our relationship with others begins with our parents.
4. God knows how important the family is. If it breaks down, so does society.
5. We obey our parents when we are young and we honor them throughout our lives. Colossians 3:20; Matthew 15: 3 – 9
6. If you must choose between obeying your parents and obeying God, you obey God. Matthew 10:37