Sunday Sermons
Because They Don’t Know Yet
Honor Your Parents
Exodus 20 : 12
Ⅰ. Key Idea
The biggest enemy all-time for mankind is not out there but inside in yourself. Sickness?A death?A war?A natural disaster?A thorn and thistle do not come out from the land but from yourself. It is the inner-self attitude that tries to be God and to be higher than God.
It is an attempt to become Godly and ignore our God who created us.
However?A God makes us perceive Gods presence as we are born through parents and by serving them. Through our parents?A Gods invisible authority is shown and that is why Bible says respect your parents that way-- you can have a long and delightful life on this land.
It is an act of ignoring Gods purpose for the people who do not respect their parents because God let us to serve invisible God by giving parents the authority and for us to be obedient to them.
Being obedient to your parents means being obedient to God. Being obedient to the highest authority shows obedience to God. Authoritarianism oppresses people and trample other people down through superiority complex or worship like an idol. The true authority that comes from parents does not kill ourselves but to strengthen our lives and lead to the enriched life. When we live our life with obedient attitude towards our parents and face the situation like our parents cant prepare safety equipment or cant help us from trouble then God will give us His help for the ones who have been obedient for the right authority. This is what Bible is teaching about the key to the long delightful life by abundant live on this land. God gave us parents to learn how to serve God through parents authority.
II. Small Group Discussions
1. Lets discuss about love or pain you received from your parents. Why do you think their love appear as pain or distort time to time?
2. What do you think being obedient to your parents means? How do you behave when you meet someone with authority? How does your attitude affect in your life and how has it been affecting?
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