The Sunday Sermon

Honoring our Heavenly Father by Keeping His Commandments

By RPW. Sr.

The Proverbs of Solomon

Chapter 6 Verses 20-23

20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment,

and forsake not thy mother’s instruction.

21 Bind them always upon thine heart, and tie

them about thy neck.

22 It shall lead thee when thou walkest: it shall

watch for thee when thou sleepest, and when thou

wakest, it shall talk with thee.

23 For the commandment is a lantern, and instruction

a light: and corrections for instruction are the

way of life,

Normally, I do not preach in any of my postings. As you all have seen, most of my comments are just short little snippets, of notes and/or observations. However today I writing a short essay on the day that we have set aside to honor our fathers and what it means to me.

Paul the apostle wrote in his epistle to the Church at Ephesus, that we should always observe the commandment to honor our parents, as it is the first commandment with promise. (Deuteronomy 5:16; Ephesians 6:2;)

There are many today in this temporal secular world that have a myriad of answers suggesting ways in which we can pay tribute to our parents. The most popular, is of course Father’s day. It is not to be disputed, that having a day set aside to honor our dads, ( and likewise our moms in May), is a nice thing to do for those that have both raised us and given us life. But why only one day? Should we not additionally honor them each day? Indeed I believe it to be so, that such days, while nice, are quickly forgotten by ourselves and that the honor due those who deserve honor becomes as faded as morning dew. Additionally If we so quickly forget to honor our parents, how much more quickly are we to forget to honor our God, our Creator, our Heavenly Father?

So, how do we go about this task, this commandment from God? How can we honor both He, and our earthly parents? The answer for me, is quite simple and expressed in the above scripture used to open this essay. We are to keep the commandments, and by extention the wisdom of our Father. (Hebrews 12:9, 28;) If we do so, we will find that it will be a lamp unto our feet ( Psalm 119:105;). It will keep you on the right path ( Isaiah 30:21;) and never allow you to fall even if you should stumble. ( Psalm 119:165; Proverbs 3:23; Proverbs 4:12;)

In summation, let us keep the words of our Heavenly father, so that all will be well us. In doing so, we honor not only Him but our fathers and mothers here on earth. ( 2 Peter 1:10; Jeremiah 7:23;)