The Fifth Commandment: “Honor Your Father and Your Mother...”

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We are together in spirit with all our brothers and sisters in the spiritual family around the world as we prepare to observe the third season of the Feasts of the LORD God - the Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets (September 9, 2010), the Day of Atonement (September 18, 2010), the Feast of Tabernacles (September 23-29, 2010), the Eighth Day (September 30, 2010), and rejoice with great joy at the privilege of appearing before Him in the faithful congregation of the earth. For anyone who wants to join us in keeping these Feasts, from wherever you are, do come! We welcome you with thanksgiving and delight in sharing with you the blessings of Almighty Eternal GOD...

The Fifth Commandment: “Honor Your Father and Your Mother...”

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Sunday, 09 May 2010 23:49

honor_your_parents One of several perceptive hints in our picturesque Tagalog is that we use the word ugat for both ‘vein’ and ‘root,’ as observed by Raul de Asis-Hipe during the Sabbath message of May 1, 2010. In the quest for continuity, geneticists are now excited by the possibilities that come from isolating building blocks of human life such as embryonic or even amniotic stem cells, anticipating that its ability to self-renew will enable them to regenerate new cells, mend tissue damage, restore healthy blood and bone marrow, open the ears of the deaf and the eyes of the blind, make the body good as new...

Yet the very same roots our Almighty Creator commanded us to honor so we could have the kind of long life worth having, are slipping from our grasp. The more we race for youth and longevity, the more the younger workforce is forced to toil 24/7, relegates our parents to functionaries, valued only for their economic utility, slaves to their children, set aside as “non-performing assets” at a certain age, each generation a vile antithesis of the fifth commandment, wrinklier and sicker...

“Honor your father and your mother...” –Exodus 20:12a, NKJV

Could there be any particular reason why the LORD God turns our attention to parents immediately after the first four commandments? How does honoring our parents affect our being, the relationships we have and our view of life? What exactly about parents is most essential that we honor? How scathing is the condemnation of our Elder Brother Jesus Christ for those who help others or even give to the church at the expense of neglecting their parents? In what way does honoring our parents help years before a cuddly baby turns into a sulky teenager? Who is responsible for teaching sons and daughters how to honor parents? Is there any letup for parents’ effort to ensure their sons and daughters learn what often seems impossible to teach?

Does honoring our parents carry significant consequences for our destiny?

CLICK ON THE PODCAST EPISODE below to listen to or DOWNLOAD the MP3 LINK to take a second look at how deep and how far honoring our roots will take us...

HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER... mp3 file :: 8.03MB

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