“Saintly Safety Goggles”

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is

giving you.” Exodus 20:12

Proverbs 30:17 “The eye that mocks a father & scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the

ravens of the valley & eaten by the vultures.”

I. The Basic Command: v12a

Exodus 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord

your God is giving you.

A. The Issue of Honor: “Honor…”

i. A Heart Matter:

1. Highly Prizing Them

2. Respect, Fear, Reverence

ii. Manifested in Concrete Acts:

1. Care

2. Obedience

B. The Objects of the Action:

i. Father: “…your father”

ii. Mother: “…and your mother…,”

II. Its Fundamental Purpose:

A. Maintenance Civil Society

B. Maintenance Covenant Community

C. Thriving ‘God Worshiping’ Families

D. Means of Instruction and Training Generations

E. Means of Caring for the Elderly

III. The Adjacent Promise: v12b

A. Its Content: Long Life / Blessed Condition: ”…that your days may be long in the land that the LORD

your God is giving you.”

B. Failure to Honor Parents Negated Promise

C. Apostolic N.T. Application