Law and Order

The Sabbath is a day for rest, Sabbath is a day of reflection – reflect on God’s provisions, reflect on God’s promises (double rainbow Meredith and I saw the other day), Sabbath is a day for renewal - Renewal of commitment, Renewal of conscience (2 ways we can do this – through worship and Fellowship)

Children had the opportunity especial on the Sabbath to listen to their parents and Grand-parents talk about God and what he had done and was doing! But we see that Israel moved away from this and raised up a generation that Did not know God! A look back at the 2nd command shows this! Which leads us to the next command! There’s hardly anything that forms or influences our relationship to God like our relationship with our parents.

Your relationship with your parents has a profound impact on how you view God:
• If you had a really demanding, never-satisfied dad, you end up thinking that about God, too. You end up resenting him.
• If you had a dad who was unfaithful, then a lot of times you have a real problem believing that God is not ever going to leave you, or you have a hard time believing that during painful times God is working everything out for good.
• If you had a dad who was emotionally distant, then if you’re a girl… a lot of times that manifests itself by craving the affection and attention of a boyfriend or a husband… and so you are a serial dater who can never be without a guy and then when you get married you get co-dependent and when, not if, but when your husband disappoints you, you either become really bitter in your marriage or start to with flirt with old boyfriends on Facebook.
• If you’re a guy and your dad was emotionally distant, then a lot of times you’ll have this insatiable craving to succeed, to get to the top. Psychologists say it is because you’re trying to prove you’re worth something and good at something so that someone will “good job,” and “you’re really important…” because your dad never did.


Principle #1:
Honor Your Parents because God commands you to do so.


Principle #2
Honor your parents in age-appropriate ways.

As a young person who is living at home, supported in any way by your parents, God’s call on your life is to immediate obedience with a positive attitude.


For a college/young adult, honoring your parents means going the extra mile to respect and cooperate with them. As a young adult, honoring your parents means accepting them for who they are and respecting them anyway.


As a mature adult, you honor your parents by staying in contact and caring for them.


As a wounded person, honoring your parents means respect for their position and forgiveness for their failures.