Honor Mother and Father - Bob Levin

• Command with a promise

          Ephesians 6:1-3 (Exodus 20:12)

 

• Failure to launch >>> what honor is not

          Leave mother & father… Genesis 2:24

 

          A developing independence… Luke 2:48-52

 

          Over control… John 2:1-5

 

          Individual calling… Matthew 12:46-50; Luke 14:26

 

• Honor mother & father

          Care & concern… John 19:25-27; I Timothy 5:3-4

 

          No excuses… Mark 7:10-13

 

          Heart of the matter… I Corinthians 12:14; 

                                             Proverbs 23:26

 

 

 

Appendix…

 

   Honoring a dishonorable parent? 

                 Be re-parented by God… Psalms 27:10; 68:5

                 Establish boundaries… John 2:24-5; Romans 12:18

       Heal the anger… Hebrews 12:15; Romans 12:17-21