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A Biblical View of Worship

Hwang Sang Ho

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is what justice requires. Honor your father and mother, this is the first commandment with a promise. May it be good for you and you will live long on earth. Eph. 6, 1-3 Christianity requires believers to first honor God, and then honor their father and mother. The word “reverence” has four meanings: to fear, to treat well, to respect and to honor. But the present age is arrogant and arrogant, proud and filled with irreverence. Today we refuse to honor not only God, but even our own parents, mentors and pastors. Dear brothers and sisters! If until now we have treated our parents with disdain, rudeness and ungratefulness, then, after listening to this sermon, let us repent of our sins and change our attitude. Dear believers! Let's start analyzing the main text. First of all, he teaches us that respect for father and mother should be God-centered. The first text says, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord.” Deuteronomy 5:16 says: “Honor your father and your mother.” Followers of Buddhism and Confucianism, as well as lay people, maintain respect for the carnal part of a person and for deceased parents. In most cases, such reverence leads to idolatry and superstition. The commandment is not the blind obedience characteristic of a slave. Notice that while the first verse of the main text says “obey,” the second says “honor.” Thus, reverence is higher than obedience. Luther once said: “We must extol our parents, but after God.” In gratitude for God's grace, we should honor God. We should honor our parents for their good deeds. Dear believers! Honoring parents is the responsibility of children. From the first verse it follows: “For this is what justice requires.” In other words, children are required to obey their parents. We are obliged to honor them, because they brought us into this world, raised us and gave us everything we need for this life. And we are obliged to honor God, because He regenerated, adopted and loved us. Our God is the Father of our spirit. For us, God is our spiritual parents. Dear brothers and sisters! We should not forget that honoring parents pleases God. In 1 Tim. 5:4 Paul encourages us to “give honor to our parents, for this pleases God.” We know that God is pleased with our praises, prayers, material donations, martyrdom and honoring our parents. These are sacrifices pleasing to God. Honoring parents is the first step on the ladder that leads us to honoring God. A person who does not honor his parents cannot love and honor God, whom he does not see. Therefore, honoring parents is a sign or symbol of honoring God. Love and reverence for the invisible God can only be manifested in love for our parents. Through the four commandments carved on the first tablet, God teaches us to honor and love Him. We must love God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our strength. The remaining six commandments show us how we, having fear of God, should treat our neighbors. We must love our neighbors as ourselves. The closest people to us are our parents. Therefore, we are obliged to love them as ourselves. In other words, we should take care of our parents as we take care of ourselves. At the same time, we are obliged to take care not only of their flesh, but also of their souls. Dear brothers and sisters! We are obliged to honor our parents out of gratitude for their blessings. The grace that the Lord pours out on His children, and the good deeds that our parents performed towards their children, cannot be described in any words and measured by any measuring stick. Throughout their lives, children will not be able to repay them for the good they did for us. The Bible teaches us how we should honor our parents. I would like to emphasize the perfect example of filial love that Jesus Christ Himself showed. For thirty years, Jesus shared the family's burdens through His daily work. Having completed his earthly ministry, dying on the cross, in his death throes, Jesus did not forget about His mother and entrusted her to his beloved disciple John. John immediately took Mary into his home and from that time on tenderly cared for her. Dear believers! Here it is worth remembering a Moabite woman named Ruth, who, despite all the persuasion of her mother-in-law Naomi to return to her parents’ home, decided to stay with the elderly widow in order to be support and comfort for her. Children! Bring as much joy to your parents as possible. In Prov. 23:25 it says: “Let your father rejoice, and let your mother, who gave birth to you, rejoice.” The laws of Hamurappi read as follows: “Whoever beats and raises his hand against his parents, cut off his hand. Deprive the prodigal son of the right of inheritance!” Dear believers! How many times have you driven a nail into your parents' hearts? How many times have you made them cry tears of blood? How many times have you neglected their attention and humiliated them? How many times have you given them headaches and deprived them of sleep? Maybe. Uncountable number. In Prov. 23:22 it says: “...do not despise your mother when she is old.” In Prov. 15, 20 it says: “...a foolish man despises his mother.” In Prov. 12:1 it says: “...whoever hates reproof is ignorant.” They say that the white stork is an unusual bird. In old age, when the mother bird becomes helpless, the baby does not leave her. It brings food in its beak and feeds it. Dear believers! Sometimes we behave worse than these birds. We don't react in any way when our parents get sick. But as soon as our children get sick, we spare no expense and rush in search of the best clinics and doctors. We quickly forget the maternal love that warmed us for several decades. But how we rejoice at the momentary attention shown to us by our sons. Having sent a certain amount of money to their parents by mail, many children calm themselves with the thought: “I have fulfilled my filial duty!” Today, children categorically refuse to accept any advice, guidance or reproof from their parents, explaining this by generational differences. Dear brothers and sisters! The highest respect is caring for parental souls. After all, even non-believers can serve their parents, provide them with money, take care of their health and appearance, and send them on trips. Their attitude towards their parents is: “Live well on this earth, and then go safely to hell!” They are not at all concerned about the problem of the parent's soul. They are not interested in whether their parents believe in God or not. Are they living godly lives or not? If there are such people among you, then repent!!! If we do not pray for our parents, do not worry about their souls, do not admonish them with faith and do not worry about where they will remain after death, then do we have the right to be called children who honor their parents? The Bible shows us the consequences of disobedience in children who disobey their parents. “The eye that mocks the father and neglects obedience to the mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, and the eagle’s chicks will be devoured” (Proverbs 30:17). “Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death” (Ex. 21:15). As an example, we can mention Absalom and the sons of the priest Elijah: Hophni and Phinehas. The Bible views disobedience to parents as a grave sin and considers it worse than murder, fornication and theft. Dear believers! To show us how acceptable submission is to God, a promise is added to this commandment. The essence of the promise boils down to the following: for those who “obey their parents, it will be good and they will live long on the earth.” By good here we mean earthly and spiritual blessings... In Deut. 5:16 it says: “...so that your days may be lengthened, and that it may go well with you on earth.” Longevity without blessing is a curse. In Prov. 1:8-9 it says: “Listen, my son, to the instruction of your father... for this is a beautiful crown for your head and an ornament for your neck.” Children! Do not forget the good deeds of your parents! Don’t you dare grumble at your parents, take out your anger on them and neglect them! Our parents may have some shortcomings and vices. We must not lose sight of the fact that there is a difference in age and thinking between children and parents. But no matter what, we are obliged to obey our parents. Sometimes we are proud of the education we have received and say to our parents: “You are ignorant!” But I want to ask you: “Thanks to whom did you accumulate all the intellectual and practical experience? Thanks to whom did you begin to believe in God?!” Dear brothers and sisters! If you have hurt your parents more than once, if you have ever rejected them, if you have been the cause of a mother's tears many times, if you have ever deceived them, if you have never witnessed to them or cared for their souls, then let's Let's repent of everything now! Amen.

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Why should children honor their parents?

First, because nature requires it, as Paul says: “This is what justice requires.” God created humanity in this way so that children would honor their parents. All people, at all times, knew this and accepted it as a matter of course.

Secondly, God's law requires it. Paul quotes the fifth commandment to show that God demands worship, that this is His will for mankind.

Thirdly, the Gospel demands it. Paul exhorts children to obey their parents “in the Lord.” Those who have placed their faith in the Lord are called to follow Him in all things. The gospel assures children that they can joyfully honor their parents and gives them motivation to do so.

What will happen to those who listen to nature, law and gospel and honor their father and mother? God blesses them: “May your days be lengthened, and may it be good for you in that land.” God's blessing for those who keep the fifth commandment takes two forms: long life and good life. These blessings become both a motivator and a natural consequence of obedience.

Duty of Honor

You and I live today, and not in the times of ancient Israel. We are no longer subject to the civil law of the Israeli people. But God's blessings extend to our days, to us. The Apostle Paul himself exhorts the children of Ephesus, saying that God will bless them if they honor their parents. They recognized, as we recognize today, that the promise of the Promised Land was no longer valid. (Did you notice that in Ephesians 6, Paul quotes the Old Testament, but does not include the promise of the land “that the Lord God is giving you”?) But the basic rule remains: If we live in obedience to God, God will favor us, if we do not listen to Him, He withdraws His favor. We have an obligation to our parents to honor them. And it looks like this: honor God by honoring your parents, and expect that everything will be fine with you; dishonor God by dishonoring your parents, and expect nothing good. This is how God created this world.

Question

God extends His blessings to those who honor their father and mother. The Bible does not teach any restrictions on this commandment. There is no indication that the duty to honor parents ends with adulthood, marriage, or financial independence. There are no exceptions for cases where our parents behave dishonestly, evilly, intolerably and even cruelly. We will definitely talk about this in the future, after talking about the sensitive topic of submission.

But for now, let me end this conversation with a question: Do you want blessings? Do you want to experience God's favor for yourself? Then honor your father and mother. The way I see it, it's simple and straightforward. God blesses those who fulfill this commandment.

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Long life, good life

The Ten Commandments were given by God to a specific people in a unique context. In those days, longevity and life in the Promised Land were the main evidence of God's blessing. These were signs of divine favor, manifested in the fact that people received the promised good life, which comes from the faithful fulfillment of the commandment obligations. On the other hand, a short life or a life in exile were clear signs of God's wrath, evidence of curses resulting from failure to fulfill the commandments.

We must understand, as the Israelites understood, that promises were not guarantees. God does not say “honor your parents and then you will have at least 80 birthdays.” Also, there is no statement in His words that “if your life is short, this is proof that you did not honor your parents.” The essence of His promises is that those who honor their parents will live better lives than those who do not. Why? Because those who honor their father and mother live according to God's plan.

What then is included in the promise of a good and long life? Dennis Rainey answers this question this way: “Do you want to live in God's favor? Would you like to feel God's hand in your life? Then obey His commandments." Rainey also points out another hidden benefit of fulfilling the fifth commandment: “Honoring our parents helps us complete the last stage of growing up - the transition to adulthood.” When we intentionally seek ways to honor our father and mother, we begin to reciprocate the love they have shown us since the moment we were born. This brings to fullness a relationship in which love moves in two directions: from parents to children and from children to parents. Love, care, respect are now mutual - just as God wanted for us. We've finally grown up.