“Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long
upon the land which Yahuah your Elohim giveth you” - Exodus 20:12.
The primary focus of the Fifth Commandment: the importance of
learning to respect others while we are still children.
The Fifth Commandment shows us from whom and how the fundamentals
of respect and honour are most effectively learned. It guides us to know how to
yield to others, how to properly submit to authority and how to accept the
influence of mentors.
That is why the apostle Paul wrote: “Honour your father and
mother; (which is the first Commandment with promise;) That it may be well with
you, and you may live long on the earth” - Ephesians 6:2-3.
Learning to obey this Commandment helps children establish a
lifetime pattern of respecting proper rules, traditions, principles and laws.
Honouring others should be a normal, natural habit learned during youth.
Solomon also gives us some advise; He who plunders a father,
chases away his mother, is a son causing shame and bringing reproach - Proverbs 19:26.
Are you respecting your parents!
Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is clear and
right - Proverbs 20:11.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp is put out in deep darkness.
An inheritance obtained with greed at the beginning is not blessed at the end -
Proverbs 20:20-21.
Yahuah (Heavenly Father) places the primary responsibility for
teaching children the basic principles of life directly on the shoulders of
parents. The ability of mothers and fathers to succeed in this responsibility
depends significantly on how much they in turn submit to Yahuah's instruction
and teaching and show love and respect for Him.
Yahuah's instruction to parents makes this clear: “And you shall
love Yahuah your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with
all your might. And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your
heart: And you shall teach them diligently unto your children, and shall talk
of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you
lie down, and when you rise up” - Deuteronomy 6:5-7.
We the children are the beneficiaries when we honor our parents.
This is the Commandment with the wonderful promise that life will
go better for us if we simply obey it.
Families are the building blocks of societies. Strong families
build strong societies and nations. Any individual or group, including whole
nations that understands the importance of strong families reaps the reward of
an improved relationship with and blessings from Yahuah.
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