RESPECT FOR FAMILY MEMBERS (1)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Respect

a) As a child we were taught to respect elders, people in authority, parents, sisters and neighbors. We was also taught to love and honor God.

b) When the elderly man or woman needs a seat; give them yours. Or when the teacher tells you to do something; do it. Or at the checkout line in the grocery store, let the one with fewer items than you go ahead of you. 

c) Respect is a biblical principle that is becoming increasingly invisible in our world today. Respect, honor and esteem are very closely related words and in the Bible we see these words used interchangeably. 

2. Respect For Family Members

Exodus 20:12 
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 

Matthew 15:4 
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’

Colossians 3:21 
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 

Ephesians 5:33 
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. 

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