Ephesians 5:32. However, each of you must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.   I appeal to all fathers to take up the mantle of the spiritual leadership in their homes. We can teach our children physical skills but we often...

Ephesians 5:32. However, each of you must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.   Firstly, the father is responsible for the tender care of his wife. In Ephesians 5:28 husbands are told to love their wives as they love their...

Ephesians 5:32. However, each of you must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.   This line of thought arises out of our consideration of the 5th commandment. I am returning to the theme of the family briefly, because of the...

Exodus 20:12. Honour your father and your mother...   This is my final word on this commandment and will be a little longer than usual. The Bible indicates that in the normal course of events, although elderly people by virtue of age or infirmity may no longer...

Exodus 20:12. Honour your Father and your Mother.   Ministers are not employed primarily by the church but by God. Of course to keep order alive is a responsibility on the elders of a congregation to call and pray for a good minister for their flock. But having...

Exodus 20:12. Honour your father and your mother   Applying this command to families and civic leaders does not exhaust the implications of this very foundational commandment which is fundamental to happiness in our homes and in our society. There is still...

Exodus 20 v 12: Honour your father and your mother…   We sometimes think men put men into authority. The political code-word today is democracy but like all other systems, democracy can be manipulated to accomplish what the most dominant forces in a society...

Exodus 20 v 12. Honour your father and your mother.   You may wonder why I am staying so long on this text. It is because this law is a basic foundational text for understanding the idea of authority and structure in our society. It speaks to a hunger we all have...

Exodus 20:12. Honour your father and your mother…   While I have concentrated so far on the challenge of orderly family living the challenge of this commandment does not stop there – it extends to all of life. The challenge of creating an orderly society with...

Exodus 20 v 12. Honour your father and your mother.   To have a home like we discussed yesterday we need spousal relationships that are good, healing, sincere and intimate. So it stands to reason that we must safeguard our marriage. A marriage which is merely...

Exodus 20:12. Honour your father and your mother.   Compare this reading with the words of the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 6:1-3: “Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.” Honour your father and your mother is the first commandment with a promise...

Exodus 20 v 12. Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.   We pick up our train of thought from yesterday, and continue to reflect on the duty of parenting.   At this point we need to bear in...

Exodus 20:12. Honour your father and your mother that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.   Honour I have already drawn the distinction between honouring and obeying. Now let me suggest some ways in which children can actually honour...

Exodus 20 v 12. Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.   God’s Promise This commandment carries with it the promise of long life. In Proverbs 4:10 we read, ‘Hear my son, and receive my sayings,...

Exodus 20 v 12. Honour your father and your mother.   What about the comment to obey? Does this apply when we are adults and our parents are still demanding?   I draw your attention to the requirement which the scripture lays upon us. Honour your father and...

Exodus 20 v 12. Honour your father and your mother.   What about children? What are their responsibilities to their parents? This blog will also be a little longer than usual.   In Leviticus 19:3 we read that we are to respect our mother and our father. In...

Exodus 20 v 12. Honour your father and your mother.   Today I want to write about HOPE in family relationships. Sometimes even professing Christians are guilty of the sin of breaking up their marriages. Partners sometimes become perverse and wreck the marriage...

Exodus 20 v 12. Honour your father and your mother   Your Role in the Family How are we supposed to behave with each other? There are certain basic requirements, rules and functions that must operate in a family under God. Today I mention Honour. This piece will...

Exodus 20 v 13 “Honour your father and your mother”   What Constitutes a Family? According to the Bible the family is made up of father and mother and children – not father, mother, mistress and children, nor father, mother, lover and children. This command is...

Exodus 20 v 12 “Honour your father and your mother so that you may live long …”   Why Families are Important If to honour parents is so important that God makes it one of the ten commandments then the family must be very important. When God begins to legislate...

Exodus 20 v 12. Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.   This is an important and profound command from God, which like the rest of the ten commandments has far reaching consequences for our...

Exodus 20 v 7 Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy.   Let me summarise the important things about the Sabbath Day we should all remember.   1. We should take the God-given opportunity to rest our bodies and minds from the stresses of daily labour.  ...

Exodus 20 v 6 For in six days the Lord made heaven and Earth, the sea and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.   In Genesis the Sabbath day seems to merge with the glory of the Garden...

Exodus 20 v 8 … On it, you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien that is within your gates.   On first reading, this sounds like a bit of overkill to get people to...

Exodus 20 v 8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labour and do all your work but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.   This fourth commandment requires some thinking on our part. But for starters let’s remember that...

Exodus 20 v 7. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.   I want to turn once more, finally, to these words for today’s reflection. I urge you to consider the meaning of these words again. Any behaviour that is not consistent with godly living means...

Exodus 20 v 7 ... the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless that misuses the Lord’s name.   God’s great name, his person, his attributes are his glory. He is the supreme Creator of all we can see or know, and all we cannot see and do not know. We can easily see...

Exodus 20 v 7. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.   This commandment was given to those who had experienced the miraculous deliverance from Egypt. When God gave the Hebrews these...

Exodus 20 v 7 You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.   Like all of God’s word, this third commandment is much needed today. To misuse God’s name is to act or speak in such a way that...