Tag5th Commandment

Nurturing family in the faith

Now, within the family, the idea is not just to give life to children but also to care for them and also to teach them about God. When the new testament repeats the fifth commandment Paul adds to it in Ephesians chapter 6: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that...

Do I have a father and a mother?

Today we come to the 5th Commandment. I’m going to speak about that today. We’re looking at what we can learn from the Book of Exodus and Israel’s journeys through the wilderness. And we’ve started looking at the 10 Commandments, the central event of the Old Testament in which God gives His commandments to His people. All that comes after that is really about how they will...