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 American psychologist and family physician Leonard Sacks authored a book entitled Collapsed Parenting.

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 And he recollects an encounter he had with a patient.

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 He says, Kyle was absorbed in a video game on his cell phone.

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 So I asked his mom, how long has Kyle had a stomachache?

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 Mom said, I'm thinking it's been about two days.

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 Then Kyle replied, shut up mom.

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 You don't know what you're talking about.

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 And he gave a snorty laugh.

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 Without looking up from his video game.

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 Kyle was 10 years old.

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 Sacks continues, I've been in a position for 29 years.

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 Distorted language and behavior from a 10 year old was very rare in the 1980s and 1990s.

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 It would have been unusual a decade ago.

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 It is common.

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 America's children are emerged in a culture of disrespect.

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 For parents, teachers, and one another.

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 They learn it from television.

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 Even on the Disney Channel, where parents are portrayed as clueless, out of touch, or absent.

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 They learn it from celebrities or the internet.

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 They learn it from social media.

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 They teach it to one another.

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 Our society's belief in ineluctable progress and individual autonomy create a fertile ground for Christal independence and contempt for whatever is old.

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 So there's a general disregard and dismiss that toward all that is old and a favorable action of what is new.

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 And in this kind of environment, children, it's easy for children to learn that their parents and grandparents are not with the times.

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 That they are out of touch with reality.

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 That they don't know what they are talking about.

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 Respect for one elder is not one of the prized virtues here in the United States today.

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 But this is not a biblical perspective.

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 When it comes to our faith and life in Christ, Jeremiah 6.16 commands us to walk in the ancient past.

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 Where the good way is.

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 Not in the newfangled past, but in the ancient past.

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 1 Timothy 5.5 says,

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 You who are younger, be subject to the elders.

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 1 Timothy 5.1 says,

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 Do not rebuke an older man, but encourage him that you would have followed.

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 Leviticus 19.32 says,

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 You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man.

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 And you shall fear your God.

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 I am the Lord.

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 Why?

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 Because Job 12.12 says,

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 Wisdom is with the ages.

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 And understanding in the length of days.

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 Proverbs 16.31 says,

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 Gray hair is a crown, a glory.

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 It is gained in a righteous life.

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 According to Isaiah 3.5,

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 When the youth are insolent to the elders,

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 that's a sign of divine judgment.

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 It's a sign of a society that is on the brink of destruction.

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 Even in the New Testament,

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 in 2 Timothy 3.2,

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 says that people who are disobedient to their parents

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 will mark the times of difficulty in the last days.

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 And that's why the fifth word of the Decalogue is this.

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 Honor your father and mother,

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 that your days may belong to the land that the Lord your God has given you.

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 This command serves as a bridge that links the first half of the Ten Commandments with the second half.

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 The first half deals with how we have to relate to God,

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 how to love God with all of our hearts.

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 And the second half deals with how to love our neighbors as ourselves.

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 If you examine the Ten Commandments,

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 the portion that we read this morning,

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 you might notice that the first five commandments,

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 all invoke the name of the Lord.

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 You'll see the Lord in all caps,

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 which is the personal pronoun,

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 the proper name,

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 the proper noun of God's name.

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 And by contrast that with the second half,

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 the last five commandments,

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 you'll see that the name of the Lord is not mentioned at all.

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 Instead,

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 it all has to do with what you do with your neighbors,

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 other people.

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 And the fifth commandment straddles both of those

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 because it invokes the name of the Lord

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 and grounds the commandment what the Lord has promised,

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 that your days may belong in the land of the Lord your God is giving you.

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 But on the other hand,

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 it addresses our relationship with other people,

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 our neighbors,

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 or specifically our fathers and mothers.

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 So it's the pivot commandment of the Decalogue.

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 And as we study this,

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 we're going to look at the importance of the commandment,

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 the promise of the command,

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 and the fulfillment of the command in turn.

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 Let's look first at the importance of this command.

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 Notice where this command is placed within the Decalogue.

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 I mentioned a few weeks ago

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 that if you examine the penalties

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 that the Bible describes

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 for the violation of these commandments,

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 you can see that the ten commandments

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 are arranged in a descending order

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 of weight and importance.

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 The punishment for breaking the commandment

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 gets less and less severe

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 as you go down the list.

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 That doesn't mean they're not important.

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 They're still part of the ten commandments.

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 But there is a priority and an order

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 in the ten commandments.

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 Now look at where this command is.

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 Honor your father and mother is the fifth word,

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 which precedes even the sixth word,

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 you shall not birth.

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 Later, Exodus 21, 15-17,

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 prescribes the death penalty

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 for striking or hurting one's parents.

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 Deuteronomy 21, verses 18-21,

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 commands that a stubborn and rebellious son

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 will not obey the voice of his father

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 or the voice of his mother,

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 and though they discipline him,

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 will not listen to them,

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 and persist in being a glutton and a drunkard,

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 that that such a man should be stoned to death

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 in order to purge the evil from their midst,

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 so that all Israel shall hear and fear.

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 Note that the parents have to have discipline him already.

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 If the children are stubborn and rebellious

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 because parents fail to discipline them,

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 that's not the children's fault.

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 That's the parents' fault.

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 And in such a case,

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 the children cannot be punished.

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 But in this kind of extreme case,

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 where the rebellious son is a glutton and a drunkard,

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 he's socially disruptive,

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 and even after repeated injuries and disciplines,

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 he does not reform his ways,

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 then execution is the final resort.

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 This likely seems like overkill to most of us.

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 So we need to ask ourselves,

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 why does the Old Testament take this seriously?

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 There are three reasons.

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 First, because children of today are the adults of tomorrow.

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 And because healthy parent-children relations

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 are essential for the health and growth of children,

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 it is not an overstatement to say

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 that parent-child relations are foundational

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 to a functioning society.

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 And for that reason,

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 the subversion or disruption of parent-child relations

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 unravels the very fabric of society.

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 And this can happen subtly.

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 Murder is obvious.

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 Everyone knows it's wrong.

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 Almost everyone.

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 And most people are not brave enough to do it.

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 But dishonoring one's parents is more insidious.

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 There are millions who condone it in others

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 and do it themselves.

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 It is for that reason all the more dangerous

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 and the evil must be purged

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 from the Israelite congregation.

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 As an example.

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 Second, while the fifth commandment

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 has primarily to do with one's parents,

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 as Paul confirmed in Ephesians 6 verse 1

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 where he cites this saying,

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 children, obey your parents,

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 it has implications still

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 for other authority figures

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 at all levels of society.

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 For example, throughout the Old Testament,

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 it's not merely one's biological parents

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 who are referred to as father and mother.

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 Joseph says in Genesis 45

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 that God has made him a father to Pharaoh.

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 In Judges 4.7, Deborah,

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 speaking of her role as Israel's judge,

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 said, I am role as a mother of Israel.

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 In 1 Samuel 24.11,

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 David addresses King Saul as father.

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 In Prophet Elijah and Prophet Elijah

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 are referred to as father by kings

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 and by other people that are under their charge.

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 It's the same in the New Testament.

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 1 Timothy 5.1 commands us to speak

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 to an older man as you would have father,

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 older woman as mother.

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 We are commanded to honor widows who are truly widows.

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 In the same way that we are commanded

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 to honor our father and mother,

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 the New Testament in various places

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 tells us to honor those to whom honor is owed.

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 In Romans 13.

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 For example, let the elders who rule well

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 be considered worthy of the whole honor.

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 1 Timothy 6.1, bond servants should regard

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 their own masters as worthy of all honor.

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 So you should honor your boss at work.

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 1 Peter 2.17 says,

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 honor the emperor.

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 So regardless of whether you voted for Joe Biden or not,

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 regardless of whether you approve of the job

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 he has done so far or not,

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 you should honor him by the virtue of his station,

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 his office.

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 Christians should take no part

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 in the arrogantly disrespectful

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 and contemptuous political discourse

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 that characterized our nation.

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 So this is yet another reason

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 why honoring one's parents is important.

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 it sets a precedent

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 for honoring other forms

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 of legitimate authority.

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 John Calvin puts it this way

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 in both the institutes of the Christian religion.

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 Now this precept of subjection

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 strongly conflicts

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 with the depravity of human nature,

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 which is swollen with the longing

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 for lofty position,

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 bears subjection drudgingly.

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 Accordingly, he has put forward

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 as an example that kind of superiority

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 which is by nature most amiable

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 and least invidious

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 because he could thus more easily

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 soften and bend our minds

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 to the habit of submission.

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 By that subjection,

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 which is easiest to tolerate,

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 the Lord therefore gradually

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 accustoms us to all lawful subjections

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 since the reason of all is the same.

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 By teaching us to submit to our parents,

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 which is the easiest

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 and most natural form of all submissions,

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 God humbles us

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 and teaches us to respect

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 other forms of legitimate authority as well.

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 The most important authority

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 that we need to learn

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 to be subject to, of course,

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 is God.

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 And that's the third

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 and most important reason

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 when we ask to honor our parents.

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 God reveals himself to us

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 as our heavenly father

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 throughout the scripture.

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 Theologian J.I. Packer

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 writes in his book,

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 Knowing God,

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 you sum up the whole

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 of your text in the religion

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 if you describe it

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 as the knowledge of God

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 as one holy father.

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 If you want to judge

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 how well a person

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 understands Christianity,

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 find out how much he makes

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 of the thought

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 of being God's child

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 and having God as his father.

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 If this is not the thought

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 that prompts and controls

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 his worship and prayers

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 and his whole outlook on life,

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 it means that he does not understand

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 Christianity very well at all.

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 For everything that Christ taught,

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 it sums up the knowledge

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 of the fatherhood of God.

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 Father is the Christian name for God.

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 Our understanding of Christianity

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 cannot be better

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 than our grasp of adoption.

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 This is how God

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 has revealed himself to his people.

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 Remember how earlier

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 in Exodus 4,

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 God called Israel

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 my firstborn son.

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 Let my son go

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 that they may serve me.

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 As the father

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 fights for and defends his children,

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 our God has been fighting

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 for the Israelites in Exodus.

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 Psalm 103 says,

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 As the father shows compassion

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 unto his children,

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 so the Lord shows compassion

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 to those who fear him.

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 For he knows our praise.

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 In the same way

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 that a compassionate dad

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 will excuse his daughter's tantrums

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 saying she is only a child.

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 Our heavenly father

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 who knows our praise

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 and knows our weaknesses

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 is compassionate for them.

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 In Matthew 7,

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 Jesus teaches us

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 even sinful,

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 earthly fathers

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 do not give a stone

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 to a child

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 who asks for bread.

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 If you then

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 who are evil

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 know how to give good

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 gifts to your children,

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 how much more

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 will your father

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 who is in heaven

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 give good things

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 to those who ask him?

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 Our heavenly father

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 is not begrudging

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 or stingy.

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 He is generous

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 and eager to give good

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 gifts to his children.

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 Yahweh is our father.

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 That's who he is.

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 And the fatherhood of God

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 puts into perspective

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 the importance

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 of the fifth commandment

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 because earthly parents

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 are tattered

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 after our heavenly father.

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 Similar to how God

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 feeds man in his own image,

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 in the image of God,

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 in Genesis 1,

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 in Genesis 5,

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 it says Adam,

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 the father,

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 the son,

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 in his own likeness

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 after his image.

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 Parents image God

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 in their beginning

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 and rearing of children

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 and that's why

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 obedience to parents

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 is so important

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 because the parents

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 are instituted by God

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 to exercise authority

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 over their children.

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 And that means

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 how the parents

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 behave for their children,

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 especially the way

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 the fathers exercise

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 their God-given authority

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 as heads

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 in respect to apostles,

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 is going to shape

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 the way children

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 perceive

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 and relate to God

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 the heavenly father.

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 And of course,

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 the converse is also true.

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 The way children

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 are taught to honor

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 the earthly authority

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 of their parents

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 is also going to affect

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 the way those children

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 honor the heavenly authority

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 of God the father.

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 That's why the English poet

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 William Shakespeare

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 puts it this way

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 in one of his poems,

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 the voice of parents

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 is the voice of God

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 for to their children

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 they are heaven's lieutenants.

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 God has given parents

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 authority over their children

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 that they should exercise

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 with love, humility,

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 and wisdom

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 and with his right

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 for the children

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 to honor them

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 and listen to them.

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 So these are some reasons

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 why the command

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 is so important

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 and note that the command

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 includes both

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 the father and mother.

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 This inclusion of the mother

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 is the same honor

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 due to the father

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 as due to the mother.

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 And this inclusion

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 of the mother

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 is exceptional

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 among ancient Near Eastern literature.

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 It is often the case

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 that rebellious children

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 will listen more

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 to their father

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 than to their mother.

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 So they will sometimes

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 say things like

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 You keep doing this.

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 If you don't listen

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 I'm going to tell this dad

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 when he comes home.

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 How many of you have heard this

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 when you're growing up?

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 Yeah, there you go.

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 When our toddler

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 is being strictly stubborn

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 and refusing to go to bed

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 while I'm away traveling

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 which they are

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 have a tendency to do

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 to take advantage

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 of my afternoon.

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 Hannah will sometimes

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 call me

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 and put me on the speaker phone

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 and say

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 Sean, tell me

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 to go to bed.

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 I don't know what it is

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 whether it's the

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 deep voice

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 or the

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 physical strength

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 I don't know what it is

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 but children

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 intuitively grasp

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 the father's authority.

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 But this is a warning

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 to touch children

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 who would refuse

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 to listen to their mother.

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 It doesn't say

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 honor your father only

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 it says honor your father

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 and your mother.

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 The mother deserves

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 as much honor

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 and respect

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 as the father.

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 but what does it mean

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 to honor them?

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 The word literally

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 means to be heavy.

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 So when it's used

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 in a figurative sense

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 like this

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 it means to

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 treat someone

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 as weighty.

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 Give weight

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 to someone

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 esteem someone

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 to take them

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 seriously

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 to value them

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 higher.

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 For children

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 this entails

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 obedience

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 and that means

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 children

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 should be oriented

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 toward their parents

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 to listen

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 to their parents

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 more than

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 their peers.

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 Developmental

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 psychologists

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 Gordon Neufeld

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 and Gabriel

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 Lament the loss

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 of this parental

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 orientation

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 among children

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 in their book

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 Hold On To Your Kids.

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 They say this

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 For the first time

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 in history

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 young people

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 are turning

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 for instruction

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 modeling

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 and guidance

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 not to mothers

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 or fathers

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 teachers

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 and other

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 responsible adults

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 but to people

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 whom nature

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 never intended

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 to play

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 in a parental role

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 their own peers.

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 They are not

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 manageable

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 teachable

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 or maturing

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 because they

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 no longer

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 take their cues

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 from adults.

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 Instead

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 children are

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 being brought up

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 by immature

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 persons

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 who cannot

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 possibly guide

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 them to maturity.

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 They are being

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 brought up

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 by each other.

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 The term

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 that seems

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 to fit more

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 than any other

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 for this phenomenon

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 is peer

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 orientation.

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 It is peer

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 orientation

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 that has muted

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 our parenting

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 instincts

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 eroded

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 our natural

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 authority

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 and calls us

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 to parent

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 not from the

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 heart

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 but from the

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 head

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 from manually

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 the advice

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 of experts

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 and the

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 confused

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 expectations

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 of society.

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 This trend

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 has been

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 accelerated

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 by the

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 pervasive

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 use of

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 TikTok

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 Snapchat

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 Instagram

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 YouTube

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 even among

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 young children.

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 Especially

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 as children

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 get older

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 it becomes

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 even more

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 of a problem

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 into their

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 pre-teens

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 and teenage years

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 some of them

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 resist the

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 authority

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 and guidance

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 of their parents

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 and turn

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 to the affirmations

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 of their peers.

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 but I want

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 to urge

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 all of you

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 to remember

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 that God

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 did not

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 give you

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 friends

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 to bring you

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 up in the

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 discipline

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 and instruction

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 of the Lord.

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 God gave you

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 parents

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 to bring you

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 up in the

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 discipline

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 and instruction

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 of the Lord.

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 Your peers

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 generally speaking

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 don't know

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 any better

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 that you do.

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 So why

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 listen to them?

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 Why learn

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 from them

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 when you can

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 listen to

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 and learn

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 from your

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 parents?

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 We don't

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 have very

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 many children

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 in our church

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 but we have

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 some of the

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 children.

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 In 1 Kings

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 12

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 Rehoboam

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 the son of

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 Solomon's son

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 takes over

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 as king

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 after his

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 father's

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 dead.

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 Solomon

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 oversaw

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 the nation

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 of Israel

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 at the

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 zenith

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 of their

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 power and

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 glory.

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 And so

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 Rehoboam

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 gets a good

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 start to

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 his reign

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 but soon

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 after he

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 begins to

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 rule

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 people

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 gather

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 themselves

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 together

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 before him

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 and they

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 petition him

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 saying

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 your father

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 made our

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 yoke heavy

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 that therefore

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 lighten the

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.840
 hard service

00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:00.120
 of your

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.460
 father

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:00.740
 and his

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.180
 heavy yoke

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.620
 on us

00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:02.000
 and we

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.580
 will serve

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:02.940
 you.

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:03.940
 Now

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.519
 Rehoboam

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.080
 tells them

00:20:05.080 --> 00:20:05.500
 hey give me

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 three days

00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:06.820
 to consult

00:20:06.820 --> 00:20:07.320
 with people

00:20:07.320 --> 00:20:08.540
 and I'll

00:20:08.540 --> 00:20:08.900
 get back

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.040
 to you

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.259
 with an

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.579
 answer

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.359
 and during

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:10.680
 that time

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.500
 he consults

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.460
 the old

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 men who

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.480
 had stood

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.200
 before Solomon

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 his father

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 while he

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 was yet

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:16.799
 alive

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.779
 and they

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.420
 counseled

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 him to

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 give the

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 people a

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 favorable

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.619
 answer

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 and that

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 he yields

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.819
 to them

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 now and

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.920
 he serves

00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:25.440
 them now

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.759
 that they

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 will serve

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.819
 him forever

00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:28.299
 but then

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:28.899
 he turned

00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.659
 and asked

00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:30.619
 his own

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 friend

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.619
 the young

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.139
 men who

00:20:32.139 --> 00:20:32.460
 had grown

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:32.899
 up with

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 him

00:20:33.159 --> 00:20:35.339
 and they

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.000
 told him

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.139
 to squash

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:37.740
 the complaint

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.039
 of the

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 Israelites

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 to work

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.299
 them even

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.839
 harder

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.500
 in order

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:40.980
 to nip

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.200
 their

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.940
 discontentment

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.200
 in the

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 body

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.019
 and keep

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.180
 them

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.740
 submissive

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:45.299
 unfortunately

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.779
 Rehoboam

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.380
 listened to

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.180
 his friends

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.839
 his peers

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.859
 instead of

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.359
 the counsel

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.660
 of his

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.099
 father

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:51.559
 and gave

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:51.980
 the harsh

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.519
 response

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:52.740
 and the

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.059
 result

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.480
 is that

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.000
 he loses

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.539
 10 of

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:54.920
 the 12

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.299
 tribes

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.680
 of Israel

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.000
 caused

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.579
 the schism

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:57.880
 of the

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.099
 nation

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:58.480
 of Israel

00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:02.120
 this is

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.460
 a lesson

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:02.740
 in the

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:02.940
 fifth

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.500
 commandment

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:05.339
 if

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.860
 Rehoboam

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.039
 had

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.360
 honored

00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:06.819
 his father

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.339
 Solomon

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.079
 by extension

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.700
 the man

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.380
 the counselor

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.839
 the old

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.079
 man

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.380
 that he

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:10.880
 had trusted

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.200
 in

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:13.000
 he would

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.180
 have avoided

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.559
 this

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.640
 national disaster

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:17.860
 Christians

00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:18.860
 should honor

00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:19.819
 their father

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.200
 and mother

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:22.059
 your parents

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.559
 were once

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.079
 teenagers

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.539
 too

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:25.220
 your parents

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.880
 were once

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.839
 newlyweds

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.180
 too

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.700
 your parents

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.320
 were once

00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:30.200
 had young

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.920
 kids too

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:32.779
 people who

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.600
 mature in

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.019
 Christian

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.620
 humility

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.840
 grow in

00:21:35.840 --> 00:21:36.620
 their appreciation

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.460
 for the

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.000
 sacrifice

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.400
 of their

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:38.880
 parents

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.740
 and for

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.120
 the wisdom

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.740
 and experience

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.060
 that they

00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:41.320
 have

00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:44.620
 we must

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.240
 not dismiss

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.759
 this command

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.200
 by telling

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.560
 ourselves

00:21:46.560 --> 00:21:46.920
 well I'm

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.240
 not a

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.000
 child anymore

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.460
 this doesn't

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:48.900
 apply to

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.160
 me

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:50.620
 note that

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.180
 this command

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.740
 is primarily

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.360
 addressed to

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:52.820
 adults

00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.299
 already

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.420
 the preceding

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.860
 command

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:56.000
 is commandment

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.519
 number four

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.039
 to keep the

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.299
 Sabbath

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:58.160
 he mentions

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.940
 your son

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.400
 or your

00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.740
 daughter

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.180
 so this

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.339
 fifth commandment

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.660
 to honor

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.039
 your father

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.339
 and mother

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:02.799
 is given

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.259
 to people

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.619
 who already

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.139
 have sons

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:04.619
 and daughters

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:08.000
 there is

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.440
 an important

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.960
 sense in

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.599
 which a man

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.000
 and woman

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.579
 leave their

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.079
 father and

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.579
 mother in

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:11.940
 order to

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.259
 form a

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.859
 new family

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.420
 in marriage

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:15.079
 but the

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.519
 command to

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.019
 honor your

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.420
 father and

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:16.940
 mother still

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.420
 applies

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.960
 we're no

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.599
 longer under

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.240
 our parental

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.900
 authority

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.819
 as when we

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.379
 were children

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:24.400
 and so we

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.900
 no longer

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.060
 we're no

00:22:26.060 --> 00:22:26.800
 longer required

00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:27.500
 obedience

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.900
 is no

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.440
 longer required

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.880
 of us

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.980
 but

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.700
 deference

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:32.000
 is still

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.400
 required

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.980
 of us

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:34.340
 honor

00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:36.900
 to give

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.400
 way to

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.560
 their

00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:37.920
 counsel

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.900
 to treat

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.280
 them with

00:22:39.280 --> 00:22:39.760
 respect

00:22:39.760 --> 00:22:41.320
 even when

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:41.600
 we don't

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.020
 like the

00:22:42.020 --> 00:22:42.520
 counsel they

00:22:42.520 --> 00:22:42.800
 give

00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:43.180
 regarding

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.240
 our choice

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.880
 of spouse

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.520
 or career

00:22:45.520 --> 00:22:47.880
 we should

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.440
 express

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.100
 appreciation

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.600
 to them

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.280
 thank them

00:22:50.280 --> 00:22:50.560
 for the

00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:51.080
 sacrifices

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.539
 they have

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:51.779
 made

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.379
 and suffering

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:52.740
 that they

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.139
 endured

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.679
 in raising

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:53.980
 us

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.899
 we should

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.559
 visit them

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.179
 and care

00:22:56.179 --> 00:22:56.559
 for them

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.179
 in old age

00:22:57.179 --> 00:22:58.980
 they changed

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.559
 our diapers

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.839
 and time

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.319
 might come

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.740
 when they're

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.119
 confirmed

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.419
 that we

00:23:02.419 --> 00:23:02.639
 have to

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:02.879
 change

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.419
 their diapers

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:08.399
 they

00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:09.279
 diced up

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.220
 and pureed

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.779
 food to

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.220
 feed us

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.519
 when we're

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:11.879
 infants

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.220
 when we

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.220
 had no

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.579
 teeth

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:15.720
 and likewise

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.339
 time might

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.639
 come

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.099
 when we

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.500
 will have

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.759
 to

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.980
 puree

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.419
 food

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:19.839
 and feed

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.039
 our

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.659
 toothless

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.160
 aging

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.720
 parents

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:23.140
 unless you

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.440
 have the

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.600
 money

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:23.960
 to get

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.440
 dentures

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.720
 or

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.080
 dental

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.560
 implants

00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:29.360
 honor

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:43.120
 your parents

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.500
 in the way

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.920
 you speak

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.320
 to them

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:46.819
 don't

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.399
 speak

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:48.299
 dismissively

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.859
 or scornfully

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.960
 to them

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.259
 in your

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.619
 pride

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:54.700
 and don't

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.059
 speak

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.799
 dismissively

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.939
 or scornfully

00:23:56.939 --> 00:23:58.139
 of them

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.839
 to other

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.339
 people

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:05.139
 at the

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.779
 very least

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.460
 our parents

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.500
 gave birth

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.939
 to us

00:24:07.939 --> 00:24:09.259
 at the

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.899
 very least

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:11.840
 that's

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:11.860
 that's

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:11.940
 what

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.220
 power

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.740
 23

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.060
 22

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.420
 says

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:13.759
 listen

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.100
 to your

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.480
 father

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.000
 who gave

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.300
 you

00:24:15.300 --> 00:24:15.759
 life

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:17.300
 even

00:24:17.300 --> 00:24:17.680
 for

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.280
 the

00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:18.780
 absolute

00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:19.340
 failure

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.580
 of

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:19.940
 parents

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.540
 at the

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:20.800
 very

00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:21.320
 least

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.820
 they

00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:22.080
 gave

00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:22.440
 birth

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.980
 to us

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:26.420
 we quite

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.759
 literally

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.180
 would not

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.700
 be here

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.660
 if it

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:28.860
 weren't

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.120
 for our

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.480
 parents

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:32.400
 this is

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.759
 not to

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.160
 ignore the

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.720
 fact that

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.560
 parents are

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:35.560
 sometimes wrong

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.720
 and sometimes

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.419
 wicked

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:40.679
 they often

00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:41.000
 are

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.159
 because they

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.740
 are sinful

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.339
 human beings

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.700
 just like

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.399
 all of us

00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:46.500
 but we

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.099
 don't always

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.440
 have to

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.960
 agree with

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.339
 them in

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.659
 order to

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 honor them

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 sometimes

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 we will

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.579
 need to

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.059
 correct our

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 parents

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.679
 but there's

00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:53.179
 also a

00:24:53.179 --> 00:24:53.460
 way to

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 do that

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 in an

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.539
 honoring

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 way

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 like I

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 said earlier

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 from verse

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 55

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 don't rebuke

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 an older

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 man but

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 encourage

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 him as

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 you would

00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:00.619
 applaud

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:02.119
 instead of

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.599
 an open

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.259
 rebuke

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.799
 you can

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.500
 bring gentle

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.940
 correction

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.200
 in the

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.500
 form of

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 encouragement

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:08.339
 even the

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 best of

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.259
 parents are

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 not going

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 to be

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 perfect

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 and they're

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 going to

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 instruct and

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 discipline us

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 as they

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 see fit

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 according to

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 their

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 fallible

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 wisdom and

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 discernment

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 but even

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 then we

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 can rest

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 assured

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 that our

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 heavenly

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.380
 father is

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 sovereignly

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 instructing

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 us and

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 guiding us

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 and disciplining

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 us for

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 our good

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 sometimes our

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 parents are

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 not only

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 wrong but

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 wicked

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 and there

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 will be

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 times when

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 they seek

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 to lead us

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 into disobedience

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.339
 to God

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 and we

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.019
 have to

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.899
 say along

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.180
 with the

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 apostles in

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 Acts 529

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.559
 we must

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 obey God

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.759
 rather than

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.099
 men

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:43.379
 a good

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 example of

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 this is

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 found in

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 first king

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 15 where

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 it says

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 king Asa

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 removed

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 Maaca his

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.899
 mother from

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 being queen

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.159
 mother because

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.659
 she had made

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 an abominable

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 image for

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 Asher

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 and Asa

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 cut down

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 her image

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.680
 and burned

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 it at the

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 brook

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.439
 children the

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 heart of

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 Asa was

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.619
 wholly true

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:01.979
 to the

00:26:01.979 --> 00:26:02.479
 Lord all

00:26:02.479 --> 00:26:03.039
 his things

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:04.859
 here Asa

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.479
 is commended

00:26:05.479 --> 00:26:06.099
 by scripture

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:07.139
 it was right

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.879
 for him to

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.439
 remove his

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:09.119
 mother's status

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.539
 as queen

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.459
 mother and

00:26:10.459 --> 00:26:11.219
 cut down the

00:26:11.219 --> 00:26:11.819
 idols that she

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.240
 had set up

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.959
 because it

00:26:12.959 --> 00:26:13.759
 would be wrong

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.839
 to violate the

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.359
 first and

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.319
 second commandment

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.899
 in order to

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.279
 keep the

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.019
 fifth commandment

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:20.500
 the commandment

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.959
 of God

00:26:20.959 --> 00:26:21.459
 cannot be

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:22.059
 pitted against

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.579
 each other

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.959
 God never

00:26:23.959 --> 00:26:24.740
 expects us to

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.240
 honor our

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.779
 parents at the

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.399
 expense of

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.019
 honoring God

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.960
 and when our

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.860
 parents fail in

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.560
 their responsibility

00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.620
 to represent God

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.400
 and instruct us

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:32.880
 in the way of

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.420
 the Lord we

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.200
 must not follow

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.580
 them

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:36.740
 we can still

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.300
 honor them

00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:40.040
 some of you

00:26:40.040 --> 00:26:40.720
 have sadly

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.880
 had parents

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.920
 who tried to

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.440
 abhor you

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:46.960
 some of you

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.519
 have had

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.660
 parents who

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.560
 abandoned you

00:26:49.560 --> 00:26:51.860
 some of you

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.700
 have had parents

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.800
 who abused you

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:56.859
 all of which

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.759
 is a

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.639
 heartbreaking

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.259
 breach

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.839
 of the

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.399
 sacred

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.119
 trust

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.559
 that God

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.059
 has placed

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.899
 in parents

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:04.980
 if that's

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.139
 you

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.619
 you probably

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.359
 have a

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.099
 hard time

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.740
 relating to

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.039
 God

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.339
 as your

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.000
 heavenly father

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.700
 but don't

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.599
 let your

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.240
 sinful

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.839
 parents

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.720
 mar your

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.399
 perception

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:15.159
 of our

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.940
 perfect

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.240
 heavenly father

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:20.980
 maybe your

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.620
 father or

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.259
 mother walked

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.000
 out on you

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:24.200
 but

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.000
 psalm 27

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.319
 10

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.759
 for my

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.680
 father and

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.099
 my mother

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.880
 have forsaken

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.339
 me

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.059
 but the

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.859
 Lord will

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.500
 take me

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.799
 in

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:32.359
 our

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.799
 father

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.759
 in heaven

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.700
 will never

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.359
 leave you

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.079
 nor forsake

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:40.799
 may your

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.220
 father and

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.799
 mother hurt

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.159
 you

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.339
 and make

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.919
 you feel

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.740
 unsafe

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.319
 insecure

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:49.599
 psalm 121

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.159
 tells us

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.419
 that our

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:51.119
 heavenly father

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.919
 watches over

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.319
 us

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.179
 and he

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:54.259
 protects us

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.119
 and he

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.740
 never

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.639
 slumbers

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:58.399
 he will

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.240
 not sleep

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.679
 as he

00:27:59.679 --> 00:27:59.980
 watches

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.639
 over you

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:05.780
 may your

00:28:05.780 --> 00:28:06.259
 father and

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.780
 mother fail

00:28:06.780 --> 00:28:07.280
 to provide

00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:07.820
 for you

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:09.440
 neglected

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.900
 you

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:12.920
 Matthew 6

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.120
 8

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.580
 tells us

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.000
 our heavenly

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.759
 mother knows

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.340
 what you

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.820
 need

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.840
 before

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.720
 you ask

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.060
 him

00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:20.100
 he provides

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.540
 even for

00:28:20.540 --> 00:28:21.340
 the sparrow

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.880
 will he

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.700
 not provide

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.400
 for his

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.060
 precious

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:25.600
 children

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:32.079
 maybe you

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.379
 had a

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:32.779
 father and

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.179
 mother who

00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:33.839
 despised

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.119
 you

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:37.079
 you

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.559
 grew up

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:37.859
 knowing

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.240
 that they

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.459
 didn't

00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:38.839
 like you

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.159
 at all

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:44.639
 you

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:44.959
 didn't

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.259
 know

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.500
 you

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.699
 never

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:46.000
 know

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.240
 a

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.639
 parent's

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:46.899
 tender

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.339
 care

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.339
 and

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.659
 love

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:50.859
 Isaiah

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.419
 43

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.859
 4

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.319
 says

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.480
 our

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.740
 heavenly

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.059
 father

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.359
 says

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.719
 you

00:28:53.719 --> 00:28:54.219
 are

00:28:54.219 --> 00:28:55.159
 precious

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.080
 in my

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.480
 eyes

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:58.880
 and

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.480
 honored

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.680
 and

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.220
 I

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.019
 love

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.779
 you

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:05.660
 it

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:05.840
 says

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:05.980
 in

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.440
 stephaniah

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.720
 3

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.060
 17

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:07.480
 that

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.620
 our

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:07.840
 heavenly

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.200
 father

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.100
 rejoices

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:10.060
 over

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.519
 us

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.080
 with

00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:11.860
 gladness

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.440
 that

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.640
 he

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.300
 quiets

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:13.600
 us

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:13.820
 by

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.060
 his

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:14.500
 love

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.060
 and

00:29:15.060 --> 00:29:15.200
 he

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.660
 goes

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.060
 over

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.340
 us

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:16.540
 with

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:17.019
 loud

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.920
 singing

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:21.400
 that's

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.560
 the

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:21.840
 love

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:22.000
 of

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.120
 the

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:22.380
 heavenly

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.840
 father

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.120
 for

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.519
 you

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:27.200
 so

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.480
 take

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:27.839
 heart

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.119
 even

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:28.359
 if

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.680
 you

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.240
 didn't

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.619
 have

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.799
 honorable

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.559
 earthly

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.039
 parents

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.960
 you

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.259
 have

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.440
 a

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.940
 father

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.259
 in

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.599
 heaven

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:34.900
 who

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.099
 is

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.539
 worthy

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.180
 of

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.639
 all

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.240
 honor

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.039
 and

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.680
 praise

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.500
 and

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.900
 glory

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:46.680
 and

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:46.780
 so

00:29:46.780 --> 00:29:46.920
 we

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.200
 have

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.780
 ample

00:29:47.780 --> 00:29:48.220
 reasons

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.340
 to

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:49.880
 honor

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.080
 our

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.300
 father

00:29:50.300 --> 00:29:50.480
 and

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.680
 mother

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:52.820
 but

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.100
 scripture

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:53.540
 provides

00:29:53.540 --> 00:29:53.920
 yet more

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.440
 motivation

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.040
 for us

00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:56.680
 honor

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:56.900
 your

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.160
 father

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.340
 and

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:57.580
 mother

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.759
 that

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.140
 your

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.680
 days

00:29:59.680 --> 00:29:59.980
 may

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.180
 be

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.660
 long

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:00.820
 in

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:00.920
 the

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.259
 land

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.400
 that

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.540
 the

00:30:01.540 --> 00:30:01.720
 Lord

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:01.880
 of

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.160
 God

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.340
 is

00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:02.540
 given

00:30:02.540 --> 00:30:02.780
 you

00:30:02.780 --> 00:30:03.980
 this

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.120
 is

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.380
 why

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.759
 Paul

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.140
 calls

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.340
 this

00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:05.840
 commandment

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:05.960
 in

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 Ephesians

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 6

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 2

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 the

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.380
 first

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.160
 commandment

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.380
 with

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.240
 promise

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.860
 there

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:10.940
 is

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 some

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.520
 debate

00:30:11.520 --> 00:30:11.800
 over

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.040
 whether

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:12.300
 this

00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:12.460
 is

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.020
 promising

00:30:13.020 --> 00:30:13.720
 longevity

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.220
 or

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.880
 inheritance

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.700
 a

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:15.940
 long

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.340
 life

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:17.080
 or

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.220
 a

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.740
 continual

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.380
 occupancy

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.540
 of

00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:18.660
 the

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:18.940
 promise

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.320
 land

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:20.240
 but

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.400
 the

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.760
 parallel

00:30:20.760 --> 00:30:21.080
 in

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.480
 Deuteronomy

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.700
 5

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.100
 16

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.620
 suggests

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:22.820
 that

00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:22.960
 the

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.320
 answer

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:23.620
 is

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.060
 both

00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:24.860
 that

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.040
 your

00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:25.520
 days

00:30:25.520 --> 00:30:25.860
 may

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.140
 be

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.680
 long

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:26.980
 and

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.160
 that

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.280
 it

00:30:27.280 --> 00:30:27.420
 may

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.580
 go

00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:27.960
 well

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.240
 with

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.400
 you

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.500
 in

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.620
 the

00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:28.880
 land

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.020
 that

00:30:29.020 --> 00:30:29.140
 the

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.300
 Lord

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:29.440
 your

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.660
 God

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:29.800
 has

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.020
 given

00:30:30.020 --> 00:30:30.300
 you

00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:31.740
 it

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:31.800
 is

00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:31.920
 an

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.260
 apt

00:30:32.260 --> 00:30:32.780
 reward

00:30:32.780 --> 00:30:33.020
 for

00:30:33.020 --> 00:30:33.400
 honoring

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.620
 one

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:33.900
 father

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.060
 and

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.299
 mother

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:35.679
 by

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.200
 honoring

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.559
 the

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:36.980
 parents

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.139
 who

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.339
 brought

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.500
 us

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.659
 into

00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:37.839
 the

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.220
 world

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.899
 we

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.059
 get

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.240
 to

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.619
 live

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.000
 well

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.200
 and

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.559
 long

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:40.839
 in

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:40.960
 the

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.220
 world

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.700
 by

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.179
 honoring

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.399
 our

00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:43.740
 elders

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.480
 we

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.619
 get

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:44.759
 to

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.419
 survive

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:45.759
 through

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.319
 elderhood

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.779
 ourselves

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.500
 by

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.919
 honoring

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.179
 our

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.480
 father

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.659
 and

00:30:49.659 --> 00:30:49.839
 mother

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.000
 and

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.480
 continuing

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.759
 in

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:50.899
 the

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.220
 faith

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.339
 of

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.480
 our

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.819
 father

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.259
 we

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.460
 get

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.619
 to

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.000
 inherit

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.240
 the

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.500
 land

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.700
 that

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.000
 God

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.200
 had

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.759
 promised

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.319
 to

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.460
 our

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.819
 father

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.299
 God

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.480
 had

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.799
 promised

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:56.940
 to

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.019
 our

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.279
 father

00:30:57.279 --> 00:31:00.159
 this

00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:00.319
 is

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.599
 very

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.019
 easy

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.279
 to

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.740
 illustrate

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.099
 from

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.559
 early

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.019
 childhood

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:05.980
 if

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.179
 my

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:06.480
 kids

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.639
 had

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:06.899
 not

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.159
 listened

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.339
 to

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.500
 their

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.839
 parents

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.279
 counsel

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:14.159
 don't

00:31:14.159 --> 00:31:14.480
 swallow

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.700
 that

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.059
 magnet

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:17.019
 don't

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.339
 stick

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.519
 that

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.720
 metal

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.259
 chopstick

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.419
 in

00:31:18.419 --> 00:31:18.539
 the

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.799
 outlet

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:20.079
 don't

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.319
 touch

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.519
 that

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.000
 fire

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.119
 no

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.419
 that

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:22.700
 kitchen

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.059
 knife

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.299
 is

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.599
 not

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:23.859
 your

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.279
 toy

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.619
 don't

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:25.879
 jump

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.079
 into

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.240
 the

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.579
 water

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.599
 check

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:27.919
 both

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:28.399
 sides

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.720
 of the

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:28.940
 street

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.339
 before

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.980
 crossing

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.379
 it

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:31.419
 wear

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:31.659
 your

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.000
 helmet

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.240
 when

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.339
 you

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.539
 ride

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:32.660
 a

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:32.940
 bike

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:34.000
 I

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.640
 mean

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.480
 they

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.700
 could

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:35.819
 have

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.319
 died

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.759
 many

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.160
 times

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.500
 over

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.160
 already

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:41.960
 but

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.180
 even

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.380
 as

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.519
 we

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.640
 get

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.059
 older

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.680
 this

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.000
 general

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.559
 principle

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.039
 remains

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.500
 true

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:47.279
 even

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.640
 if it's

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:47.819
 harder

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:47.960
 to

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.440
 demonstrate

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.819
 honoring

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.200
 our

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.579
 father

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.779
 and

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.019
 mother

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.660
 lengthens

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:51.859
 our

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.180
 days

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:54.680
 there

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:54.880
 are

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.380
 exceptions

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.640
 to

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:55.920
 this

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:57.039
 for

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.299
 example

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.539
 in

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.799
 1st

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:57.960
 King

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.380
 13

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.180
 prophet

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.799
 Ahijah

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:01.079
 prophesied

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.539
 the king

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.199
 jeroboam

00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:02.599
 son

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.299
 abijah

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:04.379
 will

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.699
 die

00:32:04.699 --> 00:32:04.879
 of

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.019
 his

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.399
 illness

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.939
 and

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.220
 while

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.439
 this

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:07.579
 is

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.019
 intended

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.279
 as

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.799
 punishing

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.079
 for

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.740
 jeroboam

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.699
 it

00:32:10.699 --> 00:32:10.839
 is

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.259
 intended

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.559
 as

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.699
 a

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:12.259
 reward

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.699
 for

00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:13.000
 his

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.379
 son

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.980
 abijah

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:15.039
 because

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.240
 it

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.439
 says

00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:16.019
 he

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.579
 only

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:18.319
 of

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.859
 jeroboam

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.139
 shall

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.480
 come

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.659
 to

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:19.779
 the

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.179
 grave

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:20.799
 because

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.000
 in

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.299
 him

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.500
 there

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.659
 is

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:21.899
 found

00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:22.339
 something

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.019
 pleasing

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.399
 to

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:23.539
 the

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.779
 lord

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:26.480
 the

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.700
 fact

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:26.879
 that

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.299
 abijah

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.759
 dies

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.180
 early

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.859
 and

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.039
 is

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.319
 buried

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.559
 in

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:29.940
 peace

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.420
 is

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.579
 a

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.180
 reward

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.819
 for

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.279
 having

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.180
 something

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.619
 still

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:33.980
 left

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.180
 in

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.519
 him

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.799
 that

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:34.940
 is

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.240
 pleasing

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.420
 to

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.539
 the

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.700
 lord

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.000
 unlike

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.240
 the

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.619
 rest of

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:36.779
 Jerusalem

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:40.779
 he

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:40.899
 will

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.059
 be

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.460
 spared

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:41.660
 the

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.099
 impending

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.599
 judgment

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:42.899
 and

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.539
 suffering

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.299
 and

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.720
 more

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.740
 that

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.119
 jeroboam

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.240
 his

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.460
 house

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.639
 will

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:46.839
 live

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.099
 here

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:48.920
 is

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.559
 57

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.259
 1-2

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.660
 captures

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:50.859
 the

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.079
 same

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.420
 sentiment

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.639
 it

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:51.859
 says

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.379
 the

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:52.779
 righteous

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.240
 man

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.839
 perishes

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.420
 devout

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.759
 man

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:54.920
 are

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.200
 taken

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.680
 away

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.120
 for

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.259
 the

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.539
 righteous

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.900
 man

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.059
 is

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.319
 taken

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.680
 away

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.039
 from

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.940
 calamity

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.680
 he

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.000
 enters

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.279
 into

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.799
 peace

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.299
 they

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.660
 rest

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:01.900
 in

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.059
 their

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.380
 bed

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.599
 who

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:02.920
 walk

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.160
 in

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.359
 their

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.839
 upright

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:05.980
 so

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.099
 it

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.200
 is

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.400
 not

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.700
 true

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:06.960
 that

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.299
 long

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.559
 life

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:07.700
 is

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:07.960
 always

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.299
 place

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.599
 sometimes

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.099
 God

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.279
 gives

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.420
 us

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.559
 a

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.900
 short

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.220
 life

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.380
 in

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:11.539
 order

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:11.819
 bless

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.099
 us

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:15.059
 in

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.299
 some

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.819
 situations

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.059
 it

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.160
 is

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.299
 the

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.519
 Lord

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.140
 mercy

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.519
 to

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.759
 bring

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:17.940
 a

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.279
 seemingly

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.859
 premature

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.240
 death

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.799
 but

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.299
 generally

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.779
 speaking

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.099
 God

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.460
 grants

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.640
 the

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.039
 blessing

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.279
 of

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.599
 long

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:23.960
 life

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.099
 to

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.579
 honor

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.779
 their

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.059
 father

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.180
 and

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.379
 mother

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:27.000
 but

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.119
 if

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.240
 the

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.579
 Israelites

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.019
 fail

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.240
 to

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.440
 honor

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.639
 their

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:28.879
 father

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.079
 and

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.319
 mother

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.659
 their

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.480
 lives

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.639
 will

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:30.740
 be

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:30.940
 cut

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.279
 short

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.480
 and

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.579
 they

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.659
 will

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:31.839
 be

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.420
 exiled

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.680
 from

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:32.819
 the

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.139
 promised

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.539
 land

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.779
 and

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:34.920
 I'm

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.319
 sure

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.680
 that

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:35.940
 many

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.099
 of

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.240
 you

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.399
 can

00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:36.720
 point

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:36.879
 to

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.319
 examples

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.659
 from

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:37.799
 your

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.039
 own

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.359
 life

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:38.899
 from

00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.099
 among

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.240
 your

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.579
 own

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.139
 friends

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:41.299
 rebellious

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.759
 peers

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.139
 who did

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.879
 not heed

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.420
 the advice

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.700
 of their

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.039
 parents

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.579
 and teachers

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.460
 and now

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.159
 you can look around

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.660
 to see where

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.880
 they

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:46.900
 where they

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.300
 end up

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:52.700
 parents

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.519
 generally have

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.880
 our best

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.200
 interest

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.580
 in mind

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:55.519
 and they

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.400
 generally have

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.940
 more wisdom

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.279
 than their

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.620
 children

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.340
 so it

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:58.980
 generally

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.820
 goes well

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.900
 for children

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.360
 who honor

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:01.940
 their parents

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:05.700
 like all

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:05.960
 the other

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.299
 commanded

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.740
 scriptures

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.519
 the fifth

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.900
 commandment

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.679
 also finds

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.220
 the ultimate

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.780
 fulfillment

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.300
 in Jesus

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:11.860
 and Jesus

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.619
 fulfills

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.179
 this

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.639
 in a way

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:13.960
 you might

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.679
 not expect

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.920
 he says

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.340
 in Matthew

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.700
 10

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.760
 34-39

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.679
 do not

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.019
 think

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.300
 that I

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.579
 have come

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.920
 to bring

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.380
 peace

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.659
 to the

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:20.880
 earth

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.659
 I have

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:21.840
 not

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.079
 come

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.440
 to bring

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.840
 peace

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.059
 but

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.619
 a sword

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.840
 for I

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:24.980
 have

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.200
 come

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:25.519
 to set

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.980
 a man

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.420
 against

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.059
 his father

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.740
 and a

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.039
 daughter

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.559
 against

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.900
 her

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.340
 mother

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.019
 and a

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.599
 daughter-in-law

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.079
 against

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.920
 her mother-in-law

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.740
 and a

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:33.300
 person's

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.599
 enemy

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.079
 will be

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.519
 those of

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.139
 his own

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.599
 household

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.559
 whoever

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.980
 loves

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.579
 father or

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.780
 mother

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.320
 more than

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.539
 me

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.980
 is not

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.340
 worthy

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.740
 of me

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.460
 and whoever

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.880
 loves

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.360
 son or

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.619
 daughter

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.079
 more than

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.260
 me

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.720
 is not

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.059
 worthy

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.480
 of me

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.480
 and whoever

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.059
 does not

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.519
 take his

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.880
 cross

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.360
 and follow

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.680
 me

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.599
 is not

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.059
 worthy

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.500
 of me

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:50.400
 whoever

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.840
 finds

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.260
 his life

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.680
 will lose

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:51.900
 it

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.519
 and whoever

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.860
 loses

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.300
 his life

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.700
 for my

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:54.019
 sake

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.360
 will

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.900
 find

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.360
 it

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:57.559
 the

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.039
 demand

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.720
 of Christian

00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.619
 discipleship

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.240
 of following

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:00.780
 Jesus

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.720
 takes

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.660
 precedence

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:03.240
 over

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.960
 even the

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.440
 demand

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.680
 of

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:05.160
 filial

00:35:05.160 --> 00:35:05.720
 tithing

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:08.400
 even here

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.660
 in the

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:09.280
 United States

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.760
 I know

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.400
 Christians

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.140
 who are

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.960
 ostracized

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.640
 within their

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:13.180
 families

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:14.700
 because of

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.140
 their faith

00:35:15.140 --> 00:35:15.460
 in Jesus

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.880
 Christ

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:18.840
 but overseas

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.660
 where Christians

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.400
 are persecuted

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.119
 the situation

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.780
 is far

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.360
 more dire

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.400
 there are

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.880
 Christians

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.240
 who are

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.900
 disowned

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.400
 by their

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.860
 parents

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.660
 beaten

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:27.480
 and in

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.059
 some cases

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.940
 even killed

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.780
 by their

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.500
 own

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.820
 family members

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:33.000
 for renouncing

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.539
 their

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.619
 ancestral

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.079
 religions

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.820
 and putting

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.220
 their faith

00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:36.579
 in Jesus

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:36.880
 Christ

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:39.440
 but that

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.340
 is precisely

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.720
 what the

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.300
 Lord Jesus

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.760
 demands

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:43.580
 because anyone

00:35:43.580 --> 00:35:43.980
 who loves

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.380
 his father

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.720
 and mother

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.200
 more than

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.560
 him

00:35:45.560 --> 00:35:46.620
 chooses

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:47.120
 his father

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:47.460
 and mother

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.200
 over him

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:49.000
 is not

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.340
 worthy

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:53.420
 and Jesus

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.000
 creates

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.700
 a new

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:55.520
 family structure

00:35:55.520 --> 00:35:56.920
 right

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.840
 in Mark 3

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.260
 when

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:59.860
 his disciples

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.560
 told Jesus

00:36:00.560 --> 00:36:00.860
 hey

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.820
 your mother

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.120
 and your

00:36:02.120 --> 00:36:02.440
 brothers

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.040
 are waiting

00:36:03.040 --> 00:36:03.400
 for you

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.780
 so you should

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:04.100
 go

00:36:04.100 --> 00:36:05.240
 and then

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:05.580
 Jesus

00:36:05.580 --> 00:36:06.060
 tells them

00:36:06.060 --> 00:36:06.500
 who is

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.040
 my mother

00:36:07.040 --> 00:36:07.720
 and who

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.400
 are my

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.840
 brothers

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.519
 and then

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.019
 he stretched

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.380
 out his

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.700
 hand

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.039
 toward

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.400
 his

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.820
 disciples

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.160
 and he

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.400
 said

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.140
 here

00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:13.340
 are

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.500
 my

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:13.760
 mother

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.059
 and my

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.420
 brothers

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.620
 for whoever

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:16.200
 does the

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.620
 will of my

00:36:16.620 --> 00:36:17.100
 father in

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:17.280
 heaven

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:17.680
 is my

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:18.039
 brother

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.860
 and sister

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.900
 and mother

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:22.480
 we were

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.059
 all one

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.579
 spiritual

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:23.940
 rebel

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.920
 and orphan

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.880
 but by

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.660
 dying on the

00:36:26.660 --> 00:36:26.960
 cross

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.320
 for our

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.539
 sins

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.980
 Jesus

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.920
 reconciles

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.260
 us to

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.640
 God the

00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:30.000
 father

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.000
 and it

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.300
 is by

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.780
 the spirit

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.340
 of God

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.800
 that we

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.500
 are adopted

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.059
 into his

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.519
 family

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.280
 under the

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.780
 fatherhood

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.180
 of God

00:36:36.180 --> 00:36:37.500
 so we

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.960
 are bound

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.539
 together as

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.059
 brothers and

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.420
 sisters

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:40.159
 in Christ

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:42.599
 this does

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.260
 not make

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:44.199
 the biological

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:45.639
 father son

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.320
 mother daughter

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.960
 relationship

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.500
 obsolete

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:49.119
 but it does

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:50.220
 relativize

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:51.220
 that relationship

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:54.920
 that's why

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.820
 in the church

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.579
 we can call

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.340
 we call fellow

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.699
 believers

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.300
 brothers and

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.679
 sisters

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.380
 like Paul

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:00.019
 called himself

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.679
 the spiritual

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.360
 father of the

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.179
 Corinthian church

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:03.380
 the spiritual

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.119
 family

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:05.380
 bonded together

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.000
 by the blood

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.639
 of Christ

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.940
 now transcends

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.800
 in importance

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.260
 even the

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:10.559
 blood

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.900
 tides

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.099
 of a

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.460
 biological

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.880
 family

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:13.800
 because this

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.059
 is the

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.559
 family that

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.039
 will actually

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.420
 last

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:17.440
 not only

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:17.700
 in this

00:37:17.700 --> 00:37:17.960
 life

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:21.460
 and so in

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.000
 Mark 10

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.340
 Jesus

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.860
 promises

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.440
 those who

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.700
 leave their

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:25.179
 home and

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.519
 the family

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.260
 follow him

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:27.220
 he says

00:37:27.220 --> 00:37:27.539
 those who

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.940
 have left

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.639
 house or

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.260
 brothers or

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.860
 sisters or

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.420
 mother or

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.000
 father or

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.659
 children or

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.500
 man for

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.099
 his sake

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.420
 and for

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.019
 the gospel

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:35.099
 will receive

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.740
 a hundred

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.220
 fold

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:37.300
 houses and

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.920
 brothers and

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.860
 sisters and

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.519
 mothers and

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.260
 children and

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:40.680
 ladies

00:37:40.680 --> 00:37:43.820
 do you

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.860
 grieve that

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.559
 you have no

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.220
 parents to

00:37:46.220 --> 00:37:46.420
 honor

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:50.720
 do you

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.260
 grieve that

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.720
 you have no

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.480
 children to be

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.099
 honored by

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:56.519
 are you sad

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:56.800
 that your

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.659
 relationships with

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.519
 your in-laws are

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:59.260
 not what you

00:37:59.260 --> 00:37:59.860
 had hoped it

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.280
 would be

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:03.680
 our God is

00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:04.960
 the father of

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.940
 the fatherless and

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:07.120
 protector of

00:38:07.120 --> 00:38:07.820
 widows and he

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.640
 settled the

00:38:08.640 --> 00:38:09.220
 solitary

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.700
 home

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:11.820
 God invites you

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.620
 to find your

00:38:12.620 --> 00:38:13.120
 home and

00:38:13.120 --> 00:38:13.960
 family here

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:16.600
 in the church

00:38:16.600 --> 00:38:17.160
 of God

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:18.220
 in the family

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:18.760
 of God

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:20.080
 honor your

00:38:20.080 --> 00:38:20.780
 spiritual father

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.220
 and mother

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:21.700
 here

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:23.180
 be a spiritual

00:38:23.180 --> 00:38:23.700
 father and

00:38:23.700 --> 00:38:24.360
 mother to the

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.100
 young ones in

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.639
 the church

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.759
 love them

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:27.739
 pray for them

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.699
 exhort them

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:32.059
 and let us

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.759
 do all of it

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:33.599
 under the

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.039
 authority

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:35.380
 and in the

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.039
 love of

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:37.039
 our father

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.380
 now

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.719
 pray together

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:46.039
 father

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.500
 thank you

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.819
 for your

00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:47.079
 love

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.599
 for us

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:53.779
 by your

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:54.339
 sovereign

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:54.659
 will

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.459
 you

00:38:55.459 --> 00:38:56.059
 adopted

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.379
 us

00:38:56.379 --> 00:38:56.639
 as your

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.019
 children

00:38:57.019 --> 00:39:01.439
 thank you

00:39:01.439 --> 00:39:01.619
 for

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:01.939
 choosing

00:39:01.939 --> 00:39:02.299
 us

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:08.219
 thank you

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.439
 for providing

00:39:09.439 --> 00:39:09.899
 for us

00:39:09.899 --> 00:39:15.179
 God

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:17.299
 help us

00:39:17.299 --> 00:39:17.839
 all to

00:39:17.839 --> 00:39:18.339
 relate to

00:39:18.339 --> 00:39:18.639
 you

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.639
 as we

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.079
 ought to

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:21.159
 as our

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.379
 loving

00:39:21.379 --> 00:39:21.679
 heavenly

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.039
 father

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:24.919
 and as

00:39:24.919 --> 00:39:25.259
 we do

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:25.519
 that

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:29.119
 teach us

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.639
 to honor

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.059
 the father

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.419
 and mother

00:39:30.419 --> 00:39:30.739
 in our

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:31.059
 lives

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:35.899
 for your

00:39:35.899 --> 00:39:36.219
 glory

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:38.659
 in

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.139
 Jesus name

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:39.559
 we pray

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.519
 amen

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:42.000
 amen

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:43.579
 and

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:54.039
GH