(Ephesians 6:1-3)

 

To Obtain a Promise:

“Obeying Parents
+
Honoring Parents =

Receive God’s Promise of Long Days

 

I. Obedience

1. 1 Samuel 15:1-26

2. Jeremiah 38:14-23 / Jeremiah 39:1-7

3. Matthew 21:28-31

4. Colossians 3:20

 

Timaō: “to prize, i.e. fix a valuation upon; by implication, to revere: honor, value”

 “The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him” (John 5:22-23)

 

II. Honor

1. Exodus 20:12

2. Leviticus 19:32

3. Proverbs 1:8-9

4. Matthew 15:7-9

 

III. God’s Promise

1. Exodus 3:17 /Joshua 1:3

2. Hebrews 6:13-18

3. Titus 1:1-4

 

IV. Epilogue –– Obey God and Live

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live (Luke 10:27-28)