SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF DISHONORING PARENTS

TEXT- EXODUS 20:12

INTRODUCTION

LAST MONTH ON MOTHER'S DAY I SPOKE TO YOU ON THE TOPIC OF HONORING YOUR PARENTS.

IN THAT MESSAGE I EXPLAINED THAT THE FIRST SIX OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DEALS WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND THE LAST FOUR COMMANDMENTS DEALS WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.

FROM THIS WE LEARNED HOW THAT THE LOCATION OF THIS FIFTH COMMANDMENT SHOWS US THAT HONORING OUR PARENTS IS FIRST OF ALL BASED UPON OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND SECONDLY, THAT IT IS THE BASIS FOR ALL OTHER HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.

WE ALSO LEARNED THAT GOD PROMISES TO BLESS THOSE WHO WILL HONOR THEIR PARENTS AS HE COMMANDED.

THIS MORNING THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "NEGLECTING TO HONOR YOUR PARENTS" AND I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER SEVEN REASONS WHY SO MANY CHILDREN TODAY REFUSE TO HONOR THEIR PARENTS.

A LITTLE BOY AND HIS MOTHER WERE LOOKING THROUGH SOME OLD PICTURES.  THEY CAME UPON ONE OF A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN. "WHO IS THAT?" ASKED TIMMY. "THAT'S YOUR FATHER,"  REPLIED THE MOTHER PROUDLY. "OH YEAH?"  SAID TIMMY DOUBTFULLY.  "WELL, THEN WHO'S THAT OLD, FAT BALD-HEADED MAN THAT LIVES WITH US NOW?"

THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER SEVEN DEADLY SINS OR REASONS WHY SOME CHILDREN REFUSE TO HONOR THEIR PARENTS.