#63
- Question: What is the fifth commandment?
- Answer: The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
#64
- What is required in the fifth commandment?
- The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honor, and performing the duties, belonging to everyone in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals.
#65
- Question: What is forbidden in the Fifth Commandment?
- Answer: The Fifth Commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing anything against, the honor and duty which belongeth to everyone in their several places and relations.
#66
- Question: What is the reason annexed in the fifth commandment?
- Answer: The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God’s glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment.
Recommended Sermons
- WSC #57-#63: Keeping the Sabbath Holy, by JJ Lim [Text: Exodus 20:8-11 (Audio); Isaiah 58:13,14 (Audio)]
- WSC #64-#66: Honor to Whom Honor is Due, by JJ Lim [Text: Exodus 20:12 (Audio)]
- When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray
