Honor those over You - Love your Neighbor

Prescriptions of Law 5
Prohibitions of Law 5

Honor all your fathers. If you don’t honor your fathers it is a sign of unbelief. Yes, your parents’ demands may seem hard, and may be hard, but you have to obey and show that you believe in God. Fathers have an obligation also. Fathers are to make it easy for subordinates to honor them by providing for them, loving them, instructing them, and disciplining them, rather than being cruel and crushing. Cruelty is a sign of unbelief.

Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ:

1. Do you struggle to honor those the Lord has placed over you? Then let your mind be drawn back to what Christ has done for you in his life and his death on the cross and that you are willing to submit to him and his Word. Though pride and resentment of those over you are natural, honoring your father is supernatural. You have been given that supernatural gift of love as a redeemed child of God.

2. Great blessings come on the covenant community when children honor their parents.