1. The Fifth Commandment

2. The Fifth Commandment Why Honor Parents?
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. (Exodus 20:12)

3. The Fifth Commandment Defining Honor
“Honor” (kabed) = “to be or become heavy, weighty.”

4. Exodus 21:17
17 “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.

5. Proverbs 20:20
20 If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

6. Proverbs 20:17
17 “The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures. (Prov. 30:17)

7. The Fifth Commandment
Manifestations of Honor
Parents

8. The Fifth Commandment Manifestations of Honor Parents
How to take care of parents

9. The Fifth Commandment
David (1 Sam. 22:3-4)

10. The Fifth Commandment
Ruth (Ruth 4:13)

11. The Fifth Commandment
Joseph (Gen. 47:11-12)

12. The Fifth Commandment
Jesus

13. John 19:26
26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,”

14. “The Fifth Commandment”
27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. (John 19:27)
Paul

15. 1 Timothy 5:4
4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.

16. 1 Timothy 5:8
8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

17. “The Fifth Commandment”
Care in today’s world
Advantages of care
4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel. (Mal. 4:4)

18. “The Fifth Commandment”
5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.
6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.” (Mal. 4:5-6)

19. Malachi 4:5
5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.

20. Malachi 4:6
6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”

21. The Fifth Commandment How Honor Shows Up Old Testament Obedience
1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, (Prov. 3:1)

22. Proverbs 3:2
2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.

23. Proverbs 3:3
3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

24. The Fifth Commandment
4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. (Prov. 3:4)
New Testament Obedience
1 Thess. 2:7-8
Heb. 13:17

25. The Fifth Commandment