S2:E4 - Why Does God Tell Us, "Honor Your Father and Mother"?

Welcome back Press Pause! This week we’ll be exploring every parent’s favorite piece of scripture, the fifth commandment. Here’s our question and answer for this week’s episode.

Q: Why does God tell us, “Honor your father and mother”?

A: So we will love and obey our parents.

God’s call for children to obey their parents isn’t isolated here in Exodus. He doesn’t simply tell children to listen and obey, but God tells us that is pleases him when children honor and respect their parents. Check Paul’s exhortation in Ephesians 6:1-3.

“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 go well with you and that you may live long in the land.’

Listening and obeying seems so simple and straightforward, yet we all struggle to do it consistently. What we want often gets in the way of what we’re asked to do, and we’d sometimes rather do our own thing than fall in line with expectations our parents have set before us. Why is it so important for us to learn to listen and obey? Grab your Bible, and read Exodus 20:12 together before listening to this week’s episode.