Title: The Benefits of Obedience to Parents
2012
May
13 days
Sermon Title
Benefits of Obedience to Parents
preacher
Old Testament text
Proverbs 4:1-4
New Testament text
Ephesians 6:1-4
sermon video
Old Testament
1. Listen, sons, to your father's instruction, and take heed to gain understanding.
2. I tell you a good doctrine, do not depart from my law.
3. I also was a son to my father, and in my mother's eyes I was the only son in weakness.
4. My father taught me, saying, Put my words in your heart, and keep my commandments, and you will live.
new testament
1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2. Honor your father and mother, for this is the first commandment with a promise.
3. In this way, it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.
4. Also, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
sermon
Some people mistakenly think that Christianity teaches filial piety. This stems from a misconception that Christianity forbids ancestral rites as filial piety. If you've read the Bible even once, you wouldn't be able to say that. In the Bible, we are told to honor our parents several times. God does not tell parents to be filial, but to obey in the Lord. The Lord's children who follow this command will benefit in many ways.
1. Get peace of mind The Bible tells us that it is right to obey our parents. The right thing to do is the right thing to do as a person. God gives peace to those who do what is right. Those who disobey their parents cannot find peace because they do not acknowledge their origins.
2. You will have a right relationship with God. He said that honoring father and mother is the first commandment with promise. Among the Ten Commandments, the first commandment to be kept in relationships with people is respect for parents, and this command has a promise. Our main motive for honoring our parents is not because there is a promise, but because it is God's will.
3. Receive good fortune. Honoring our parents is a way for us to not only gain peace of mind, build a right relationship with God, but also do well. Everyone wants to be well, but things don't go as people want. God must be with you. God said that those who honor their parents will prosper and live long on the earth.
Even the laws of nature teach that it is right for us to give obedience to our parents, since our lives come from our parents. Much less God's revelation law recommends obedience to parents with greater authority than natural law. Those who humbly obey the timeless word of truth will be blessed.
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