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How to be filial? (Proverbs 23:22~25)
Just hearing the words “father” and “mother” is heartbreaking and captures our hearts. A parent's love is more precious than anything in the world, and nothing can replace it. A parent's love resembles God's love. As we celebrate Mother's Day today, I pray that it is a time to receive grace while thinking about the grace of your parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ”
Why should we be filial to our parents? Filial piety is the first law of humanity. The first human relationship a person establishes after being born is the relationship between parents and children. People learn human relationships through their parents and learn social life. Therefore, when you have a right relationship with your parents, you can have a right relationship with others. Filial piety is the basis of all morality and order. Unbelievers often misunderstand Christianity as a religion of filial piety, but there is no religion of filial piety more than Christianity. Christianity emphasizes the relationship between God and man and the right relationship between man and man. Then how do we filial piety?
I. We must obey our parents (22)
(Rockefeller illustration)
When we obey our parents, we also listen to the voice of God. Because ultimately, God has given life to children through parents. If we obey our parents, God will be pleased and He will pour out wonderful blessings both physically and spiritually. Filial piety is the way for me and my descendants to prosper and be blessed. It's a good way to go Obedience to parents is a command from God. Even if your parents are a little lacking, you should obey them in order to obey God's word. In doing so, we pray that you will receive the reward prepared by God.
Ⅱ. Parents should not be taken lightly (22)
(Example of Spiny Meat and Lobster)
Parents are the greatest beings after God. When you think big about your parents, your children will grow bigger, and you will receive God's blessings on this earth and your body and soul will prosper. To belittle one's parents is the way to ruin, curse, and the most foolish and foolish thing to do. (Proverbs 30:17) How can a child who despises his parents, whom he can see, properly serve God, whom he cannot see? Those who serve God properly will surely serve their parents properly and be filial. I pray that you will become a good child who pleases your parents by serving them greatly.
Parents are not eligible for relief. Feeling pity or pity is not filial piety. True filial piety is to listen to and obey the words of your parents. Not to be taken lightly, not to be neglected, not to be ignored is to honor one's parents. Love without respect can never be filial piety. Let us not pity, but esteem highly, and let us respect his wisdom and experience and his divine example.
Ⅲ. You must please your parents (24,25)
Here, the righteous refers to a person who possesses the truth, wisdom, admonition, and insight mentioned above in verse 24 and applies it in a specific life. The best way to show respect for such parents was none other than to obtain the truth, and through it to equip wisdom, admonition, and insight. Children are to please and please their parents. It should not break the hearts of the parents or make them cry. You should be filial to your parents while you are alive, and regretting it after you die is of no use.
We want our members to be filial to their parents and to have a happy and enjoyable family and church life. There are many things that take away and destroy our joy, but I hope that you will be filled with joy and joy because of our filial children and the love of God who loves us. I hope that with each passing day there will be more joy and joy. I wish you a life full of joy and joy, a pleasant family life, and a pleasant church life. (The illustration of Noah and his three sons)
Parental authority is God-given. Parental authority is not given by man, nor is it created by society's institutions. Parental authority comes from God, and no one can disobey this parental authority, and disobeying parental authority is a sin against God. Even if the parents are ignorant, have no financial power, and even if the parents do not feed their children well and do not receive a lot of education, they must respect them for one reason: they are parents. bless you (Deuteronomy 5:16)
Saints! If you have good parents, you have good children. You have to have good children to have good parents. Let's become better children and parents. If I do well, everything goes well and it comes back to me. Everything depends on me. Don't blame or blame. From now on, if I do well, I will have a happy life and family. Let's obey our parents. Don't underestimate your parents. Let's make our parents happy. I pray that you will become the saints who thoroughly obey the word of God and make parents happy.