<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Mark 7;9-13<div><br></div><div><b>9. &nbsp;And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting&nbsp;the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition!</b></div><div><b>10. &nbsp;For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surly die’;</b></div><div><b>11. &nbsp;but you&nbsp;say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is Corban’ (that is, given to God)—</b></div><div><b>12. &nbsp;then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,</b></div><div><b>13. &nbsp;thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on. &nbsp;And many such things you do.”</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>See how high God has lifted the office of father and mother! &nbsp;Keeping the Fourth&nbsp;Commandment is reckoned&nbsp; by&nbsp;Jesus as equal to&nbsp;our own personal devotion&nbsp;to God.&nbsp; We may never use our religious devotion to God as an excuse for dishonoring father and mother. &nbsp;Our parents were given to us from God. &nbsp;To honor them is to honor God’s own will and command.</div><div><br></div><div>I love Luther’s explanation of the Fourth Commandment meaning: &nbsp;<i>“We should fear and love God, that we may not despise our parents nor masters </i>(those in authority, ie.&nbsp;police, magistrates, teachers etc.), <i>nor provoke them to anger, but, give them honor, serve and obey them, and hold them in love and esteem.”</i></div><div>(Luther’s Small Catechism)</div><div><br></div><div>Some cults call their followers to abandon their parents and extended families in favor of serving the cult leader, (often such leaders falsely claim to be mini-christs). &nbsp;Such cults are certainly not of God, but rather from hell itself. &nbsp;They are demonically directed, f<span>lee from them. &nbsp;Pay no heed to their teachings, ever.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>Unbelieving parents are still&nbsp;to be honored as God’s gift to us, also those who are&nbsp;in prison, or disabled by&nbsp;their own weaknesses <span>and</span>&nbsp;addictions. &nbsp;We may not always respect the things they have done&nbsp;or failed to do, but we must never despise them or show them disregard. &nbsp;We are to help and serve them, love and honor them. &nbsp;The only time we may disobey our parents is if they command us to disobey God. &nbsp;Then, we must with due respect, humbly refuse. &nbsp;We must obey God, rather than man.</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Jesus reserved his harshest words for pretentious,&nbsp;puffed up, prideful, religious pretenders. &nbsp;They&nbsp;honor God with their lips, but their hearts are far from Him. &nbsp;He called them hypocrites, and well did they deserve it.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>True love of God means we will always honor our fathers and mothers as best as we are able. &nbsp;</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Scripture teaches, <i>“If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” &nbsp;</i>(1 Timothy 5;8)</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Prayer: &nbsp;Dear Father in Heaven, You have given us parents and command that we honor them. &nbsp;Deliver us from ignoring Your Commandment. &nbsp;Bless us to know that even if our parents behave dishonorably, You still command us in Christ&nbsp;to love and respect them. &nbsp;Bless us to faithfully obey Your blessed will and be blessed as we do. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Love,</span></div><div><span>Dad/Baba/Eric</span></div><div><span>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</span></div><div><span>“A chapter a day, every day,,progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”</span></div><div><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Mark 7;9-13
9.  And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition!10.  For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surly die’;11.  but you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is Corban’ (that is, given to God)—12.  then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,13.  thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on.  And many such things you do.”
See how high God has lifted the office of father and mother!  Keeping the Fourth Commandment is reckoned  by Jesus as equal to our own personal devotion to God.  We may never use our religious devotion to God as an excuse for dishonoring father and mother.  Our parents were given to us from God.  To honor them is to honor God’s own will and command.
I love Luther’s explanation of the Fourth Commandment meaning:  “We should fear and love God, that we may not despise our parents nor masters (those in authority, ie. police, magistrates, teachers etc.), nor provoke them to anger, but, give them honor, serve and obey them, and hold them in love and esteem.”(Luther’s Small Catechism)
Some cults call their followers to abandon their parents and extended families in favor of serving the cult leader, (often such leaders falsely claim to be mini-christs).  Such cults are certainly not of God, but rather from hell itself.  They are demonically directed, flee from them.  Pay no heed to their teachings, ever.
Unbelieving parents are still to be honored as God’s gift to us, also those who are in prison, or disabled by their own weaknesses and addictions.  We may not always respect the things they have done or failed to do, but we must never despise them or show them disregard.  We are to help and serve them, love and honor them.  The only time we may disobey our parents is if they command us to disobey God.  Then, we must with due respect, humbly refuse.  We must obey God, rather than man.
Jesus reserved his harshest words for pretentious, puffed up, prideful, religious pretenders.  They honor God with their lips, but their hearts are far from Him.  He called them hypocrites, and well did they deserve it.
True love of God means we will always honor our fathers and mothers as best as we are able.  
Scripture teaches, “If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”  (1 Timothy 5;8)
Prayer:  Dear Father in Heaven, You have given us parents and command that we honor them.  Deliver us from ignoring Your Commandment.  Bless us to know that even if our parents behave dishonorably, You still command us in Christ to love and respect them.  Bless us to faithfully obey Your blessed will and be blessed as we do.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day,,progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”

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