HONORING YOUR PARENTS


TEXT- EXODUS 20:12

INTRODUCTION

SINCE TODAY IS MOTHER'S DAY, WE ARE EMPHASIZING THE THEME OF THE FAMILY IN TODAY'S SERVICE.

OUR TEXT THIS MORNING IS FOUND IN EXODUS 20:12 AND THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "HONORING YOUR PARENTS."

TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO READ YOU A TRIBUTE FROM SOMEONE TO THEIR MOTHER.

IF YOU WILL PICK UP YOUR BIBLES AND TURN TO EXODUS CHAPTER 20 YOU WILL FIND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR BIBLE WITH YOU THEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE SERMON PAGE OF YOUR BULLETIN.

THESE TEN COMMANDS WERE GIVEN BY GOD TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL AFTER HE BROUGHT THEM OUT OF SLAVERY IN EGYPT.

WHILE MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY CAN'T QUOTE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THEY ARE PROBABLY AT LEAST FAMILIAR WITH MOST OF THEM LIKE, "THOU SHALT NOT MURDER," OR "THOUGH SHALT NOT STEAL," ETC.

BUT ONE OF THESE COMMANDMENTS THAT IS OVER TIMES OVERLOOKED THESE DAYS IS THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT FOUND IN VERSE 12 WHICH SAYS, "HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER, THAT YOUR DAYS MAY BE PROLONGED IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD GIVES YOU."

AS WE STUDY THIS VERSE AND WHAT IT HAS TO SAY CONCERNING HONORING OUR PARENTS THERE ARE TWO THINGS I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER.