Sunday 1st September 2024
Honour your father and mother.’ Exodus 20:12 NIV
To obey or not to obey, that is the question, right? Does God really just want us to behave like our parents’ minions? Sounds more like slavery than anything, doesn’t it? As important as taking the bins out is, there’s got to be more to the fifth commandment, ‘Honour your father and mother’, than simple drudgery. Is God just testing us until we’re old enough to be able to leave home and pay the bills for ourselves? Of course not!
One of God’s main roles is as a Father. It’s reflected within the relationships of the Trinity: Father, Spirit and Son. The family unit is really where God wants His Church to start and end. Is this still important even if we’re old enough to have moved out and can now rent our own place? Yes! Of course!
Jesus, the Son of God was also the Son of Man: He came to earth and was born into an earthly family. Luke 2:51 shows how He submitted to both. He honoured His heavenly Father in everything He did, but was every bit obedient to His earthly parents as well: ‘He was obedient to them.’ Following Christ’s example, we should honour our parents the same way we’d honour God. That means a little thing called submitting. Let’s look at that tomorrow.
SoulFood: Phil 2:5-11 Rev 19:11-16 Acts 3:1-16 Matt 1:18-21
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