hoop-ot-as'-so to subordinate; reflexively to Exo_20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long

upon-the under obedience obey: be land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (obedient), put under, subdue Deu_5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that (to, unto), unto, (be, make) subject thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which thesubjection (to, under), be (put) in LORD thy God giveth thee. submit self unto. For 30 years the Divine son of God was under Eph 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. the obedience of His Eph 6:2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) earthly Eph 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on theparents how much more we earth. mortals the Lord. Col 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto should emulate & follow Luk 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and wasHis example them: but subject unto his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. Honour Hebrew word Kabad, Kabed which means to be heavy or make weighty. To honour parents means to revere, respect and obey them in all proper conduct. When parents behave contrary to the word of God, and demand their children to do likewise, it could then be understood that they have grounds for not honouring them in such matters Obey Greek word Hupakouo which means to hear under (as a subordinate), that is to listen attentively. By implication to heed or conform to a command or authority

PARENTS DAY

hupotassoLuke 2:52 Subject

2 COMMANDS FOR CHILDREN (INWARD ESTEEM/REVERENCE SHOWN IN OUTWARDS

ACTS/CONDUCT)

1. Honor parents 2. Obey parents i. ii. iii. iv. v. This is right This is well pleasing unto the Lord That your days may be prolonged upon the earth That it may go well with thee Because this is a commandment

5 REASONS FOR CHILDREN TO OBEY PARENTS

THE OUTWARDS ACTS TO SHOW YOU HONOR/OBEY YOUR PARENTS

a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) Obedience to lawful commands Come when they call you Go when they send you Do what they bid you do Refrain from what they forbid Submission to their counsel and correction Endeavouring in everything to comfort parents Maintain them if they need support i.e. financial, materially, socially, morally

Exo_21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. Exo_21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. Lev_20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Lev_19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. Lev_21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. Deu_21:18-21 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. Deu_27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.3 Pro_1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Pro_3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.1 Pro_4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Pro_6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Pro_10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Pro_13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. Pro_15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. Pro_15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. Pro_17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. Pro_17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. Pro_19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: Pro_19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. Pro_20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Pro_23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. Pro_23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Pro_23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. Pro_28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. Pro_28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. Pro_29:3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. Pro_30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. Pro_30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. Isa_45:10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

WILL YOUR PARENTS DESCRIBE YOU WITH THESE WORDS

A smiter of parents A curser of parents Stubborn Rebellious Gluttony Drunkard - Sober Waster Good steward Chaser of parents Companion of fools/riotous men Robber Mocker Despiser Disobedient

sacrifice financially when you send us to school The time we were sick nemanyoka when you corrected us when we went astray we learnt our first syllables and words from you you introduced us to the world & we believed you when we know no one but to trust you our DNA WAS HID IN YOU we were introduced into the world through you, otherwise if did not fear God we might have been history by now through abortion