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Robert Jeffress - The Fifth Commandment - Honor Your Parents

June 9, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - The Fifth Commandment - Honor Your Parents
Pathway to Victory offers a practical application of God’s Word to everyday life through the clear, biblical teaching of Pastor Jeffress.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Fifth Commandment - Honor Your Parents | June 9, 2026
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  • From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i am robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory".
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  • The bible often describes god as our heavenly father.
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  • He loves us unconditionally,
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  • He sacrificed himself for us,
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  • And yes, he disciplines us when we step out of line,
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  • So it's no surprise
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  • That our heavenly father would also care deeply
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  • About our earthly parents.
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  • Today, i'm going to describe some practical ways
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  • We can all obey the fifth commandment
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  • No matter our stage in life.
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  • My message is titled, honor your parents,
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory".
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  • You are probably familiar with fairytales
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  • Like "cinderella", "little red riding hood", "snow white",
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  • But i imagine there is one old german fairytale
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  • You've never heard before,
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  • It's a real one,
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  • It's called "the old grandfather's corner".
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  • It's a story about an old man who is living with his son
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  • And daughter-in-law and their children.
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  • He's getting more and more feeble,
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  • His hands shake badly.
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  • In fact, they shake so much that when he eats soup,
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  • He gets more soup on himself and on the tablecloth
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  • Than in his mouth.
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  • And so the daughter-in-law is disgusted and she said,
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  • "you're not going to be able to eat with us any longer.
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  • Instead, we're going to put you in a corner over there
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  • And you have to eat in the corner behind the screen
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  • So we don't get sick looking at you eat."
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  • And so he's over there in the corner eating his soup one day
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  • When his feeble hands drop the bowl
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  • And the clay bowl shatters into a thousand pieces.
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  • And now the daughter-in-law has really had it,
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  • And she said, "we'll build you a wooden bowl
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  • And you'll have to eat your soup out of the wooden bowl."
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  • One day the father and the family saw his young son
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  • Playing with two pieces of wood.
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  • He said, "son, what are you doing?"
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  • He said, "i'm building a bowl for you and mama
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  • To eat your soup out of when i grow old."
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  • (crowd laughing)
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  • One thing i've learned as a father and grandfather
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  • Is that our children and grandchildren are watching us
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  • Very closely.
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  • And if we want our children to honor us in our old age,
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  • They better see us honoring our parents in their old age,
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  • And that is the focus of the fifth commandment.
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  • If you have your bibles,
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  • Turn to exodus 20,
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  • Beginning with verse 12,
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  • As we discover why we should honor our parents.
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  • As a pastor for more than 40 years,
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  • I've discovered time and time again
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  • Our attitude toward our parents
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  • Shapes every other relationship we have in life.
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  • And i believe that's why it's no accident
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  • That god begins with that parent-child relationship.
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  • Now, today in the few minutes we have,
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  • We're going to answer four crucial questions
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  • About this commandment,
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  • Because as we'll see in a moment,
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  • This is the first commandment
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  • That has a specific promise linked to those who obey it.
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  • First of all, what's so important about families?
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  • Why would god start talking about the family relationship?
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  • Why is that so important?
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  • Why is the family so crucial?
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  • In the little book "laws that liberate",
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  • The writer gives five reasons the family's important,
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  • I want to expand on those for just a moment.
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  • First of all,
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  • The family is the basic building block of society.
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  • That was true in the days of israel,
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  • It's true today as well.
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  • Secondly, the parent-child relationship
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  • Is our only lifelong relationship.
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  • Think about that.
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  • I had to think about it a little bit this week.
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  • The only lifelong relationship we ever have
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  • Is with our parents.
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  • Thirdly, the parent-child relationship
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  • Shapes a child's self-image.
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  • The parent-child relationship shapes a child's self-image.
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  • How we think of ourself is largely influenced
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  • By how our parents think about us.
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  • A fourth one, the family is the incubator
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  • For shaping a child's attitude toward authority.
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  • One crucial reason the family is important
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  • Is it shapes a child's attitude toward authority.
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  • Listen, children who learn early on
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  • That there are boundaries in their behavior within the home
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  • Don't have as much trouble
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  • Accepting that there are boundaries outside the home,
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  • In school, in society, at work.
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  • And if they don't learn obedience to authority in the home,
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  • They'll struggle with it in every other area of their life.
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  • And finally, the family establishes a child's values.
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  • You know, the hebrew word for parent is horim,
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  • It's the root word that we get teacher from.
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  • Our parents are our most important teachers
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  • And what they teach us that is most important
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  • Is what to value in life.
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  • If a parent values physical appearance, money, possessions,
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  • That's what the child will value as well,
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  • But if we value or we model to our children
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  • That the most important thing in life is serving
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  • And obeying jesus christ,
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  • They will pick up on that value as well.
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  • There's an old saying,
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  • "some things are better caught than taught,"
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  • Or as the scottish say,
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  • "some things are better felt than telt."
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  • But it's true.
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  • Yes, our words are important,
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  • But even more important than our words is our behavior
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  • And what we value in life.
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  • You know, it's interesting,
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  • In deuteronomy 6,
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  • What's called the great shema,
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  • "hear, o israel."
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  • God said through moses,
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  • "you are to diligently teach your children to love god."
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  • But before that, moses said,
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  • "you are to love the lord your god
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  • With all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength,
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  • And then you're to diligently teach your children."
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  • You can't give away something you don't possess.
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  • You can't model something
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  • That is not a part of your life as well.
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  • But that leads to a second question,
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  • What does it mean to honor your parents,
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  • To honor your father and mother?
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  • That word honor is the hebrew word kabad.
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  • It literally means weighty, substantive,
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  • It's the same word we get glory from.
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  • When we say that our duty is to glorify god,
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  • Literally it means to make god heavy, weighty, substantive.
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  • You say, well, how can we make god heavy?
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  • He already is heavy, he's substantive,
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  • But most people don't know that.
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  • And so we ascribe heaviness to him
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  • By how we treat him in the eyes of other people.
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  • Is he first in our life?
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  • Do we speak of him with reverence?
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  • It's the same thing.
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  • To honor our parents means to ascribe worth to them,
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  • Substance to them.
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  • Leviticus 19:3 says,
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  • "every one of you shall reverence
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  • His father and his mother."
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  • Why should we honor our father and mother?
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  • That's the third question.
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  • Now, the easy answer would be because god says so,
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  • But that answer probably goes over about as well with you
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  • As it does with your children
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  • When they say, why should i do this?
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  • Well, because i said so.
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  • Fortunately, god gives us some reasons
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  • That we ought to honor our father and mother.
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  • First of all, there's a theological answer to that question,
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  • And that is our attitude toward our parents
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  • Both reflects and shapes our attitude toward god.
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  • That's the theological reason we're to obey our parents,
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  • But there's a sociological reason as well.
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  • Anarchy in the home leads to anarchy in the nation.
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  • I mean, that's just the fact.
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  • You see that in the heart of this commandment.
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  • Let's look for a moment, first of all,
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  • At the promise of the commandment.
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  • Exodus 20:12 says, "honor your father and mother
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  • That your days may be prolonged in the land,
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  • Which the lord your god gives you."
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  • Now, this is not specifically a promise of long life,
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  • That's how we take it.
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  • It means that,
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  • Well, in the words of deuteronomy 5:16,
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  • "honor your father and mother
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  • That your days may be prolonged
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  • And that it will go well with you in the land."
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  • God was talking to israel
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  • And he said, "if you want to survive well in the nation,
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  • If you want your nation to do well,
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  • Then the key to order in your society is order in the home.
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  • Interestingly, when paul repeated this command
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  • In ephesians 6:2-3,
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  • He talks about an additional promise,
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  • And that is it may be well with you
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  • And you may live long on the earth.
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  • Does obeying your parents means
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  • You're going to live a long time?
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  • Not all the time, but sometimes it does.
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  • Following their laws, their rules,
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  • May keep you away from dangerous
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  • Substantives, addictions, behavior,
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  • That would shorten your life.
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  • But there is a principle behind this fifth commandment
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  • That i want you to see,
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  • And that is simply this,
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  • God honors a society that honors the family.
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  • You know, it's no coincidence
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  • That these totalitarian nations
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  • That seek control of the world,
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  • One of their strategies is to separate children
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  • From their parents.
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  • When they invade a country,
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  • They want to separate parents from their children.
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  • The bible says there is an anthropological answer
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  • To why we should obey our parents as well,
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  • And that is appreciation,
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  • Appreciating our elders maintains their dignity
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  • In an undignified world.
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  • You know, this idea of obeying your elders
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  • Applies to children and parents,
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  • But the bible extrapolates that idea
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  • To say that we ought to have respect for elders
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  • In our society.
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  • 1 timothy 5:1-2,
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  • We don't have time to look at it.
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  • 1 peter 5:5 says that we are to honor elders,
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  • And how we treat our elders is a reflection
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  • Of how we treat god.
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  • You say, where do you get that in the bible?
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  • Well, leviticus 19:32,
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  • "you shall rise up before the gray headed
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  • And honor the aged,
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  • And you shall revere your god.
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  • I am the lord."
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  • Do you see the connection,
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  • Revering the gray headed?
  • 00:11:51.567 --> 00:11:55.104
  • (crowd laughing)
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  • Those with gray hair, those with no hair,
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  • Regardless, we are to revere them.
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  • Do i hear an amen on that?
  • 00:12:03.145 --> 00:12:05.014
  • Because how we treat them is a reflection
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  • Of how we're going to treat god.
  • 00:12:08.217 --> 00:12:09.885
  • Proverbs 20:29 says,
  • 00:12:09.885 --> 00:12:11.854
  • "the glory of young men is their strength
  • 00:12:11.854 --> 00:12:14.824
  • And the honor of old men is their gray hair."
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  • There are a lot of you with a lot of honor out there
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  • And up here as well.
  • 00:12:22.064 --> 00:12:24.366
  • You know, i tell men and women go into the seminary,
  • 00:12:24.366 --> 00:12:28.904
  • If you're going to choose a professor,
  • 00:12:28.904 --> 00:12:31.207
  • Choose the ones that have gray hair,
  • 00:12:31.207 --> 00:12:34.243
  • Because not only have they had time
  • 00:12:34.243 --> 00:12:35.978
  • To develop their expertise in their subject matter,
  • 00:12:35.978 --> 00:12:39.315
  • But they've had time to gather, hopefully, wisdom
  • 00:12:39.315 --> 00:12:42.117
  • In balancing their theology with everyday life.
  • 00:12:42.117 --> 00:12:45.721
  • The late warren wiersbe had a great quote.
  • 00:12:45.721 --> 00:12:47.990
  • He said, "the elderly are the only outcast group
  • 00:12:47.990 --> 00:12:52.628
  • That everybody expects to join
  • 00:12:52.628 --> 00:12:54.563
  • Because nobody wants the alternative,
  • 00:12:54.563 --> 00:12:57.466
  • But how we treat them today will determine
  • 00:12:57.466 --> 00:13:00.369
  • How we're treated tomorrow because we reap what we sow."
  • 00:13:00.369 --> 00:13:05.708
  • And that leads to the final question,
  • 00:13:06.542 --> 00:13:08.477
  • How do we honor our parents?
  • 00:13:09.078 --> 00:13:10.779
  • What are some practical ways we can honor our parents?
  • 00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:14.149
  • This command is obeyed in different ways
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  • At different stages in our life.
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  • First of all, there's an application for children.
  • 00:13:21.123 --> 00:13:23.993
  • For children to honor their parent
  • 00:13:23.993 --> 00:13:25.694
  • Means for them to obey their parents.
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  • Colossians 3:20,
  • 00:13:29.531 --> 00:13:31.033
  • "children, be obedient to your parents in all things,
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  • For this is well-pleasing to the lord."
  • 00:13:34.069 --> 00:13:36.906
  • Ephesians 6:1, "children, obey your parents and the lord
  • 00:13:36.906 --> 00:13:40.342
  • For this is right."
  • 00:13:40.342 --> 00:13:42.244
  • Now, notice the boundary,
  • 00:13:42.244 --> 00:13:44.179
  • We're to obey them in the lord,
  • 00:13:44.179 --> 00:13:46.649
  • In the lord.
  • 00:13:46.649 --> 00:13:48.050
  • What if a child is asked to do something
  • 00:13:48.050 --> 00:13:49.919
  • That is illegal or immoral?
  • 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:52.922
  • No, in that case, acts 5:29 applies,
  • 00:13:52.922 --> 00:13:57.426
  • "we ought to obey god rather than man."
  • 00:13:57.426 --> 00:14:00.562
  • No, we obey them when they ask us to do things
  • 00:14:00.562 --> 00:14:04.033
  • Which are in accordance with god's will.
  • 00:14:04.033 --> 00:14:07.569
  • By the way, some people would say this would apply
  • 00:14:07.569 --> 00:14:10.606
  • To even young adults who are living in their parents' home
  • 00:14:10.606 --> 00:14:15.110
  • And still depending on their parents for financial aid.
  • 00:14:15.110 --> 00:14:19.348
  • And the bible said...
  • 00:14:19.348 --> 00:14:20.382
  • I hear an amen on that.
  • 00:14:20.382 --> 00:14:22.418
  • God's plan is for young adults
  • 00:14:23.052 --> 00:14:25.487
  • To gradually leave the home emotionally,
  • 00:14:25.487 --> 00:14:28.657
  • Financially, physically,
  • 00:14:28.657 --> 00:14:30.559
  • But that doesn't mean that ends our relationship
  • 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:32.594
  • With our parents.
  • 00:14:32.594 --> 00:14:34.163
  • There's a way to apply this, honor your father and mother,
  • 00:14:34.163 --> 00:14:37.232
  • To young adults,
  • 00:14:37.232 --> 00:14:38.534
  • And that is through our respect for them.
  • 00:14:38.534 --> 00:14:41.537
  • In proverbs 6:20-23, solomon said,
  • 00:14:41.537 --> 00:14:45.741
  • "my son, obey your father's commands
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  • And don't neglect your mother's instruction.
  • 00:14:48.344 --> 00:14:51.180
  • Keep their words always in your heart,
  • 00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:53.615
  • Tie them around your neck.
  • 00:14:53.615 --> 00:14:55.317
  • When you walk, their counsel will lead you.
  • 00:14:55.317 --> 00:14:57.953
  • When you sleep, they will protect you.
  • 00:14:57.953 --> 00:15:00.255
  • When you wake up, they will advise you.
  • 00:15:00.255 --> 00:15:02.791
  • For their command is a lamp
  • 00:15:02.791 --> 00:15:04.893
  • And their instruction a light,
  • 00:15:04.893 --> 00:15:06.829
  • And their corrective discipline is the way to life."
  • 00:15:06.829 --> 00:15:11.734
  • If you're a young adult and making a key decision,
  • 00:15:12.735 --> 00:15:16.105
  • Maybe about a marriage partner,
  • 00:15:16.105 --> 00:15:18.007
  • About a career, about a financial decision,
  • 00:15:18.007 --> 00:15:21.143
  • You ought to seek the advice of your parents.
  • 00:15:21.143 --> 00:15:23.779
  • You're not under their command any longer,
  • 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:26.749
  • But remember, they know you better
  • 00:15:26.749 --> 00:15:28.217
  • Probably than anybody in the world.
  • 00:15:28.217 --> 00:15:30.619
  • They love you,
  • 00:15:30.619 --> 00:15:31.587
  • They want the best for you,
  • 00:15:31.587 --> 00:15:32.988
  • And you ought to at least seek their advice.
  • 00:15:32.988 --> 00:15:35.557
  • But there may be some times you have to say no
  • 00:15:35.557 --> 00:15:37.726
  • To their advice
  • 00:15:37.726 --> 00:15:39.328
  • Because of god's leading in your own life.
  • 00:15:39.328 --> 00:15:42.531
  • You all have heard me tell the story about my mom
  • 00:15:42.531 --> 00:15:45.367
  • Who grew up in another denomination,
  • 00:15:46.135 --> 00:15:49.038
  • She never became a christian,
  • 00:15:49.038 --> 00:15:51.073
  • Saved at a billy graham crusade,
  • 00:15:51.073 --> 00:15:53.142
  • And she ended up joining our church
  • 00:15:53.142 --> 00:15:55.611
  • On the day billy graham joined our church in 1953.
  • 00:15:55.611 --> 00:15:59.515
  • She said, "if it was good enough for billy graham,
  • 00:15:59.515 --> 00:16:01.417
  • It's good enough for me."
  • 00:16:01.417 --> 00:16:02.584
  • That was our comment.
  • 00:16:02.584 --> 00:16:05.087
  • But to be a natural member here,
  • 00:16:05.087 --> 00:16:07.689
  • She needed to be scripturally baptized.
  • 00:16:07.689 --> 00:16:10.225
  • And dr. criswell explained to her why that was,
  • 00:16:10.225 --> 00:16:13.028
  • And she did her own study of the bible
  • 00:16:13.028 --> 00:16:15.264
  • And came to that conclusion.
  • 00:16:15.264 --> 00:16:17.399
  • Well, her parents didn't understand,
  • 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.436
  • Thought she was forsaking her heritage
  • 00:16:20.436 --> 00:16:23.072
  • By being baptized in a baptist church.
  • 00:16:23.072 --> 00:16:27.776
  • But she went ahead and got baptized.
  • 00:16:27.776 --> 00:16:29.545
  • Her parents refused to attend the baptismal ceremony
  • 00:16:29.545 --> 00:16:33.849
  • Because they thought it was such an affront.
  • 00:16:33.849 --> 00:16:36.785
  • But through the years, they had a change of heart.
  • 00:16:36.785 --> 00:16:38.854
  • After my mom died,
  • 00:16:38.854 --> 00:16:40.422
  • My grandfather was still alive,
  • 00:16:40.422 --> 00:16:42.191
  • And one day he said to me,
  • 00:16:42.191 --> 00:16:43.992
  • He said, "you know, robert,
  • 00:16:43.992 --> 00:16:45.627
  • The best decision your mom ever made
  • 00:16:45.627 --> 00:16:48.163
  • Was to join that first baptist church in dallas.
  • 00:16:48.163 --> 00:16:51.633
  • And if i were physically able,
  • 00:16:51.633 --> 00:16:53.469
  • I'd walk down the aisle of that church
  • 00:16:53.469 --> 00:16:55.504
  • And get baptized myself."
  • 00:16:55.504 --> 00:16:58.040
  • Eventually they came around and they understood.
  • 00:16:58.040 --> 00:17:01.577
  • What i'm saying to you is if you're a young adult,
  • 00:17:01.577 --> 00:17:04.113
  • Treat your parents with respect,
  • 00:17:04.113 --> 00:17:05.781
  • Seek their advice,
  • 00:17:05.781 --> 00:17:07.116
  • But ultimately, you have to obey
  • 00:17:07.116 --> 00:17:09.284
  • What god is leading you to do.
  • 00:17:09.284 --> 00:17:11.520
  • And that leads to a third way we honor our parents
  • 00:17:11.520 --> 00:17:14.756
  • In middle age,
  • 00:17:14.756 --> 00:17:16.024
  • And that is through our support of our parents.
  • 00:17:16.024 --> 00:17:19.495
  • Sometimes that support is financial support.
  • 00:17:19.495 --> 00:17:23.265
  • Again, you know, i'm doing everything i can.
  • 00:17:23.265 --> 00:17:25.834
  • Amy and i are doing everything we can
  • 00:17:25.834 --> 00:17:28.203
  • Not to be a financial burden to our children,
  • 00:17:28.203 --> 00:17:31.807
  • But sometimes that's beyond the parent's control.
  • 00:17:31.807 --> 00:17:34.409
  • If your parent has a need,
  • 00:17:34.409 --> 00:17:36.145
  • You're the first one to meet that need.
  • 00:17:36.145 --> 00:17:38.780
  • You know, 1 timothy 5 talks about widows in the church
  • 00:17:38.780 --> 00:17:43.619
  • And talks about widows who have financial need,
  • 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:46.655
  • And it says, "if a widow has a family
  • 00:17:46.655 --> 00:17:49.224
  • That can provide for her,
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  • Let the family provide for that widow
  • 00:17:50.792 --> 00:17:52.861
  • And let not the church be burdened."
  • 00:17:52.861 --> 00:17:55.797
  • That was paul's words.
  • 00:17:55.797 --> 00:17:57.666
  • He said, "it's the family's responsibility."
  • 00:17:57.666 --> 00:18:00.269
  • And then he says in verse eight of 1 timothy 5,
  • 00:18:00.269 --> 00:18:03.605
  • "for if anybody does not provide for his own household,
  • 00:18:03.605 --> 00:18:07.409
  • His own family,
  • 00:18:07.409 --> 00:18:08.744
  • Especially those of his own household,
  • 00:18:08.744 --> 00:18:10.846
  • He is worse than an unbeliever and has denied the faith."
  • 00:18:10.846 --> 00:18:15.417
  • In mark 7, jesus chastised the pharisees
  • 00:18:15.417 --> 00:18:19.321
  • Because they found a loophole, they thought,
  • 00:18:19.321 --> 00:18:22.057
  • Not to care for their parents.
  • 00:18:22.057 --> 00:18:24.092
  • And we don't have time to look at it,
  • 00:18:24.092 --> 00:18:25.861
  • But jesus condemned them for that.
  • 00:18:25.861 --> 00:18:28.597
  • By the way, supporting your parents
  • 00:18:28.597 --> 00:18:30.365
  • Doesn't always mean financially supporting them.
  • 00:18:30.365 --> 00:18:33.402
  • We need to be an emotional support to them,
  • 00:18:33.402 --> 00:18:36.171
  • Call them, check up on them,
  • 00:18:36.171 --> 00:18:39.408
  • Invite them to family events.
  • 00:18:39.408 --> 00:18:41.977
  • They need to know that they're still
  • 00:18:41.977 --> 00:18:43.779
  • An important part of our lives.
  • 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:45.881
  • And finally, we honor our parents through our reverence,
  • 00:18:45.881 --> 00:18:49.952
  • Specifically, how we speak about them
  • 00:18:49.952 --> 00:18:53.555
  • And how we remember them.
  • 00:18:54.122 --> 00:18:57.326
  • Did you know it's possible?
  • 00:18:57.326 --> 00:18:58.627
  • It's not only possible,
  • 00:18:58.627 --> 00:19:00.028
  • It's critical that we honor our parents
  • 00:19:00.028 --> 00:19:03.065
  • Even after our parents have died.
  • 00:19:03.065 --> 00:19:06.335
  • I remember when my father died,
  • 00:19:06.969 --> 00:19:10.606
  • Both my parents, as you know, died
  • 00:19:10.606 --> 00:19:12.341
  • When i was in my late 20s and early 30s.
  • 00:19:12.341 --> 00:19:15.811
  • And there was something about my dad dying,
  • 00:19:15.811 --> 00:19:18.747
  • He was the second one to die,
  • 00:19:18.747 --> 00:19:20.916
  • That hit me especially hard.
  • 00:19:20.916 --> 00:19:22.985
  • Those of you who have lost parents know
  • 00:19:22.985 --> 00:19:24.987
  • That when that second parent dies,
  • 00:19:24.987 --> 00:19:27.089
  • It's really many times a traumatic event.
  • 00:19:27.089 --> 00:19:30.993
  • And the week after he died,
  • 00:19:30.993 --> 00:19:32.527
  • I was under pressure to get a book manuscript done,
  • 00:19:32.527 --> 00:19:35.964
  • My second book,
  • 00:19:35.964 --> 00:19:37.099
  • And i was reading over it
  • 00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:39.101
  • And i came to a paragraph i had written about my father.
  • 00:19:39.101 --> 00:19:43.005
  • It wasn't anything bad,
  • 00:19:43.005 --> 00:19:44.806
  • But as i read that, i thought,
  • 00:19:44.806 --> 00:19:46.108
  • You know, some people could get the wrong idea
  • 00:19:46.108 --> 00:19:48.744
  • About my father,
  • 00:19:48.744 --> 00:19:50.479
  • And i don't want anybody to have the wrong idea
  • 00:19:50.479 --> 00:19:52.547
  • About my dad,
  • 00:19:52.547 --> 00:19:53.482
  • So i deleted that, a paragraph.
  • 00:19:53.482 --> 00:19:57.052
  • We need to be careful about how we speak about our parents,
  • 00:19:58.220 --> 00:20:00.922
  • We need to speak about them with reverence
  • 00:20:00.922 --> 00:20:03.725
  • To our own children, our grandchildren,
  • 00:20:03.725 --> 00:20:07.029
  • And other people as well.
  • 00:20:07.029 --> 00:20:09.564
  • It's one way we reverence our parents.
  • 00:20:09.564 --> 00:20:13.101
  • You know, i bet every one of us could dredge up
  • 00:20:13.101 --> 00:20:15.337
  • Some awful memory of our father or mother,
  • 00:20:15.337 --> 00:20:20.042
  • Something they did wrong,
  • 00:20:20.042 --> 00:20:21.810
  • Just as our children can about us as well.
  • 00:20:21.810 --> 00:20:25.647
  • But hopefully there's some good things,
  • 00:20:25.647 --> 00:20:28.016
  • Some positive things you can remember about your parents
  • 00:20:28.016 --> 00:20:31.586
  • And thank god for as well.
  • 00:20:31.586 --> 00:20:33.855
  • We don't get to choose what happens to us,
  • 00:20:33.855 --> 00:20:37.392
  • But we choose what we dwell on,
  • 00:20:37.392 --> 00:20:39.795
  • What we think about.
  • 00:20:39.795 --> 00:20:41.797
  • Philippians 4:8 says, "whatever is true,
  • 00:20:41.797 --> 00:20:44.966
  • Whatever is honorable, whatever is right,
  • 00:20:44.966 --> 00:20:47.135
  • Whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
  • 00:20:47.135 --> 00:20:49.671
  • Whatever is of good repute,
  • 00:20:49.671 --> 00:20:51.106
  • If there is any excellence
  • 00:20:51.106 --> 00:20:52.641
  • And if anything worthy of praise,
  • 00:20:52.641 --> 00:20:56.211
  • Dwell on these things,
  • 00:20:56.211 --> 00:20:58.613
  • Dwell on these things."
  • 00:20:58.613 --> 00:21:01.083
  • Some of you're saying, robert, you don't understand.
  • 00:21:02.117 --> 00:21:06.288
  • You don't understand the abuse,
  • 00:21:06.922 --> 00:21:09.124
  • The heartache i've suffered
  • 00:21:09.124 --> 00:21:11.593
  • Because of my mother or my father.
  • 00:21:11.593 --> 00:21:14.830
  • You're right, i don't understand,
  • 00:21:15.564 --> 00:21:18.667
  • But god understands.
  • 00:21:18.667 --> 00:21:21.203
  • And i would say to you as gently
  • 00:21:21.203 --> 00:21:23.572
  • And as compassionately as i can,
  • 00:21:23.572 --> 00:21:26.241
  • The only way you're going to be free
  • 00:21:27.042 --> 00:21:29.811
  • And experience the relief you want
  • 00:21:29.811 --> 00:21:31.947
  • Is by forgiving your parents
  • 00:21:31.947 --> 00:21:34.249
  • Of those wrong things that they did.
  • 00:21:34.249 --> 00:21:37.219
  • Forgiveness isn't about denying you've been wronged,
  • 00:21:38.253 --> 00:21:42.324
  • It's not about rationalizing what happened to you.
  • 00:21:43.358 --> 00:21:47.362
  • Remember, it's impossible to forgive people
  • 00:21:47.362 --> 00:21:49.731
  • You first don't blame,
  • 00:21:49.731 --> 00:21:51.266
  • You have to blame somebody before you can forgive them.
  • 00:21:51.266 --> 00:21:54.403
  • Acknowledge your pain to god,
  • 00:21:55.036 --> 00:21:57.973
  • But then choose to let go of that hurt you've experienced.
  • 00:21:57.973 --> 00:22:01.843
  • Give up your right to get even,
  • 00:22:01.843 --> 00:22:04.746
  • Leave it up to god to settle the score.
  • 00:22:04.746 --> 00:22:07.616
  • Say to your heavenly father,
  • 00:22:07.616 --> 00:22:09.718
  • Lord, you know how much this parent has hurt me,
  • 00:22:09.718 --> 00:22:12.687
  • How much it's affected me,
  • 00:22:12.687 --> 00:22:15.123
  • But today i'm choosing to forgive, to let go,
  • 00:22:15.123 --> 00:22:18.493
  • Not because that parent ever asked me to forgive them,
  • 00:22:18.493 --> 00:22:21.263
  • Not because they deserve to be forgiving,
  • 00:22:21.263 --> 00:22:24.332
  • I'm forgiving because you have forgiven me.
  • 00:22:24.332 --> 00:22:26.835
  • Isn't that what the scripture says?
  • 00:22:26.835 --> 00:22:28.670
  • "be kind to one another, tenderhearted,
  • 00:22:28.670 --> 00:22:32.140
  • Forgiving one another,
  • 00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:34.609
  • Just as god in christ has forgiven you."
  • 00:22:35.477 --> 00:22:39.681
  • Now, again, i say this compassionately,
  • 00:22:40.549 --> 00:22:43.952
  • But jesus was pretty clear about this in matthew 6.
  • 00:22:43.952 --> 00:22:47.589
  • He said, "if we forgive others,
  • 00:22:47.589 --> 00:22:50.058
  • God will forgive us.
  • 00:22:50.058 --> 00:22:52.294
  • If we refuse to forgive others,
  • 00:22:52.928 --> 00:22:55.497
  • God will refuse to forgive us."
  • 00:22:55.497 --> 00:22:58.800
  • As i look back with my parents,
  • 00:22:59.434 --> 00:23:01.269
  • What i'm most grateful for is when both of them died,
  • 00:23:01.269 --> 00:23:04.372
  • There was no unfinished business between us.
  • 00:23:04.372 --> 00:23:08.009
  • We said everything that needed to be said.
  • 00:23:08.009 --> 00:23:11.513
  • They knew i loved them,
  • 00:23:11.513 --> 00:23:13.715
  • I knew they loved me.
  • 00:23:13.715 --> 00:23:16.318
  • I hope the same is true for you.
  • 00:23:16.952 --> 00:23:18.453
  • When you get that final phone call
  • 00:23:18.453 --> 00:23:20.922
  • Telling you that your second parent has gone home
  • 00:23:20.922 --> 00:23:25.160
  • To be with the lord,
  • 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:26.394
  • I pray there's no unfinished business
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  • Between you and your parents
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  • That will impact the rest of your life.
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  • The best way to make sure there is no unfinished business
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  • Is to honor your parents
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  • In your attitude toward them,
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  • In your words toward them,
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  • In your memories of them.
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  • (uplifting music)
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  • The fifth commandment doesn't just apply to children.
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  • God instructs us to honor our parents
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  • In every stage of life.
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  • Now, in closing today,
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  • Let me tell you
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  • About the in god we trust matching challenge.
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  • Right now and until july 5th,
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  • Your gift to "pathway to victory" will be matched
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  • And therefore doubled in its impact
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  • Until we reach the goal of $1.5 million.
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  • Friends, i don't have to tell you,
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  • America is in a spiritual crisis
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  • And the only hope for our nation is the transforming power
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  • Of the gospel of jesus christ.
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  • Today i'm inviting you to partner with us
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  • To get god's word to more people while there's still time.
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  • Now, please, stay right there,
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  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory"
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  • In just a moment.
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  • Most of us grew up seeing the 10 commandments
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  • Posted in our schools and courthouses,
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  • So why don't we seem to follow
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  • Those 10 commandments anymore?
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  • In "the 10",
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  • Dr. robert jeffress shows us these ancient truths
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  • Were not given to us to take away our freedom,
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  • They were given to enhance our happiness
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  • And to invite us into a deeper love relationship with god.
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  • In a culture where moral confusion reigns,
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  • Where what's right is wrong and what's wrong is right,
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  • We desperately need to get back to the basics of morality,
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  • And that's exactly what the 10 commandments help us do.
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  • "the 10" by dr. robert jeffress,
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  • A copy is yours today
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  • When you give a generous gift to "pathway to victory".
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  • And when your ministry gift is $125 or more,
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  • But a personal and group study guide,
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  • The 10 encouragement cards,
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  • A colorful children's book
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  • Called "the 10 commandments for kids",
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  • And the complete series on dvd video and audio disc.
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  • You will never make it to heaven
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  • By keeping the 10 commandments,
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  • But you will have a much better life here on earth
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  • If you do,
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  • That is the promise that god is making.
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  • For 30 years,
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  • "pathway to victory" has been sharing god's truth
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  • With a world that needs it now more than ever.
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  • And when you give today,
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  • Your gift will be doubled in impact
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  • Through the in god we trust matching challenge.
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  • Thank you for helping us pierce the darkness
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  • With the light of god's word.
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  • For many of us,
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  • Today's message has brought to mind
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  • Fond memories of our parents,
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  • But i also know that many others are struggling
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  • With painful memories.
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  • Friends, god sees you, he understands,
  • 00:26:23.772 --> 00:26:26.775
  • But he also knows
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  • That forgiveness is your only path to freedom.
  • 00:26:28.076 --> 00:26:31.279
  • Well, violence has become an unavoidable reality
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  • In our culture
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  • And it weighs heavily on all of us.
  • 00:26:36.217 --> 00:26:38.420
  • Next time, we'll see how god's sixth commandment
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  • Addresses this at its root.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview
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  • Of what's coming up next in our series the 10.
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  • A key indicator of whether a society is healthy or not
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  • Is whether that society is just,
  • 00:26:55.770 --> 00:26:59.307
  • And a key indicator of whether a society is just
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  • Is how it values human life.
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  • "human life is so valuable," god said,
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  • "that anybody who takes it presumptuously
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  • Shall have his life taken."
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  • Set your dvr and join us next time for the message,
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  • The sixth command: preserve life,
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  • Here on "pathway to victory".
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