LIVE LONG AND PROSPER (6 OF 11)
Scripture: Exodus 20:12
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Live Long and Prosper (6 of 11)
Series: The 10 Commandments
Colin Wimberly
Exodus 20:12
CIT - God commands the people of Israel to honor their parents that they might live and prosper in the land.
PROPOSITION - God commands people today to respect their parents so that they might live long and prosper.
INTRODUCTION:
How many of you are Star Trek fans - how many of you will admit it. I have to. As a kid, I love the show- I would race home after school to catch the 4:00 show. My parents soon learned that the most effective discipline for me was to ground me from watching TV in the afternoon - I missed Captain Kirk, Solu, and of course, Mr. Spock. He was my favorite.
One of his trademark lines was the Vulcan greeting - Live Long and Prosper. I spent weeks learning how to hold my fingers right to make the Vulcan V greeting!
What I didn't know was that the line from the movie was made up by Leonard Nimoy, and ad-libbed on the set. Nimoy is a committed, practicing Jew. Live Long and Prosper is a Jewish blessing taken from this passage and others like it. If you obey God - He blesses you. Obedience brings prosperity of the soul.
The ten commandments are God will for the believer's life. We are not saved by obeying them, but obedience and honor brings the blessing of God on our life.
In our passage this morning we will see how God says we can live long and prosper through obeying our parents!
THE PRIORITY OF THE FAMILY -
The ten commandments can be divided up into two tables - the first table containing the first four commandments are vertical commandments, having to do directly with our relationship to God.
The second group are horizontal - they deal with human relationships.
Therefore, it is significant that the first commandment to deal with human relationships deals with family life.
The family is a priority to God. The home was the first institution created by God. Before there was a church, there was the home. Before there ...
Series: The 10 Commandments
Colin Wimberly
Exodus 20:12
CIT - God commands the people of Israel to honor their parents that they might live and prosper in the land.
PROPOSITION - God commands people today to respect their parents so that they might live long and prosper.
INTRODUCTION:
How many of you are Star Trek fans - how many of you will admit it. I have to. As a kid, I love the show- I would race home after school to catch the 4:00 show. My parents soon learned that the most effective discipline for me was to ground me from watching TV in the afternoon - I missed Captain Kirk, Solu, and of course, Mr. Spock. He was my favorite.
One of his trademark lines was the Vulcan greeting - Live Long and Prosper. I spent weeks learning how to hold my fingers right to make the Vulcan V greeting!
What I didn't know was that the line from the movie was made up by Leonard Nimoy, and ad-libbed on the set. Nimoy is a committed, practicing Jew. Live Long and Prosper is a Jewish blessing taken from this passage and others like it. If you obey God - He blesses you. Obedience brings prosperity of the soul.
The ten commandments are God will for the believer's life. We are not saved by obeying them, but obedience and honor brings the blessing of God on our life.
In our passage this morning we will see how God says we can live long and prosper through obeying our parents!
THE PRIORITY OF THE FAMILY -
The ten commandments can be divided up into two tables - the first table containing the first four commandments are vertical commandments, having to do directly with our relationship to God.
The second group are horizontal - they deal with human relationships.
Therefore, it is significant that the first commandment to deal with human relationships deals with family life.
The family is a priority to God. The home was the first institution created by God. Before there was a church, there was the home. Before there ...
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