Lesson for 29th July - Honoring your Father And Mother
Hey guys, this is the rough work of heng guang. I thought it would be good if you guys read through it first.
Key verse: Ephesians 6:2-3 - "Honor your father and mother--which is the first commandment and a promise--that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth. Tuner: ?? Questions that come to everyone's minds when this commandment is heard, How do I honor my father and mother? What does honor even mean? The question we should ask is, what does honoring your father and your mother really mean? The Greek word for "to honor" in this verse means to prize, to fix a valuation upon, to revere, to value. So to honor your father and mother means to hold them in high regard and respect as the ones who you brought you into this world and raised you. hey may not have done a very good job in your own eyes, but God calls us to respect our parents nonetheless. What does honoring your father and your mother not mean? It doesn’t mean you necessarily agree with everything they believe and do – you can respectfully disagree and still be honoring your parents. If your parents told you to rob a bank, you would respectfully refuse because you know that stealing is wrong. Solomon, the wisest man, urged children to respect their parents (Proverbs 1:8; 30:17). Although we may no longer be directly under their authority, we cannot outgrow God’s command to honor our parents. Even Jesus, God the Son, submitted Himself to both His earthly parents (Luke 2:51) and His heavenly Father (Matthew 26:39). Following Christ’s example, we should treat our parents the way we would reverentially approach our heavenly Father (Hebrews 12:9; Malachi 1:6). Now that we know what honoring your parents means, how do we go about doing it? Honor them with both actions and attitudes. Honor their unspoken as well as spoken wishes. “A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke” (Proverbs 13:1). We should seek to honor our parents in much the same way that we strive to bring glory to God—in our thoughts, words, and actions. That includes listening(James 1:19), heeding, and submitting to their authority (Ephesians 6:1, Colossians 3:20), & in our speech (Proverbs 20:20). While we are required to honor parents, that doesn’t include imitating ungodly ones (Ezekiel 20:18-19). If a parent ever instructs a child to do something that clearly contradicts God’s commands, that child must obey God rather than his/her parents (Acts 5:29). Leaders should continue on the lesson with personal sharings on how they themselves go about honoring their fathers and mothers in their own lives. To make things more fun, a forum could be held between the youths and leaders!
Heng Guang
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