Episode notes
By Pastor Jason Lim
As the saying goes: teachers fear principals, principals fear parents, parents fear
children—while children fear no one. In these last days (2 Tim. 3:2), the Fifth
Commandment is urgently relevant.
THE EXPLANATION
Honour means esteeming and valuing. In Hebrew, it’s ‘make heavy’: regard parents as
weighty and important—not beneath us—because God set them over us.
THE EXCELLENCE
God promises good to those who honour their parents and judgment to those who curse or
attack them. Honour is wise—parents guard, guide, and grow us.
THE EXPRESSION
Honouring our parents is not just attitudinal; it is also actionable. There are concrete
manifestations:
Submit
Speak well
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None of us keeps this Law; only Jesus did—honouring His parent ...