To a Longer Life
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God is giving to you. What does God require in the fifth commandment? That I show all honor, love, and faithfulness to my father and mother and to all those in authority over me, submit myself with due obedience to their good instruction and discipline, and also have patience with their weaknesses and shortcomings, since it is God’s will to govern us by their hand. For the Bible Tells Me So... Proverbs 1:8 — Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and reject not your mother’s teaching. Ephesians 6:1,2 — Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth. Romans 13:1 — Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist, h...
