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HONOR IN THE HOME Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;

“Be careful which rut you choose because you may be in it the rest of your life”

Ephesians 6:1-3 1Children, 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 be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

I. HONOR IN THE HOME IS AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2Honor your father and mother."

Exodus 21:17 17 “He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. 2 Timothy 3:1-2 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents . . .

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2Honor your father and mother."

II. HONOR IN THE HOME IS AN ATTITUDE OF VALUE  2Honor your father and mother."

III. HONOR IN THE HOME CARRIES WITH IT A PROMISE

Exodus 20:12 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you. Deuteronomy 5:16 16 ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the Lord your God gives you.

2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

“Children need to understand that to dishonor one’s parents is to dishonor God. Any child who dishonors God by dishonoring their parents has signed their own personal death warrant. Their life will inevitably be cut short.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;

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