家庭月專題系列 (1)在主裡孝敬父母

Family Month Special Topics (1): Honor Your Father and Mother in the Lord

Speakers: Bro. James Chen, Bro. Steve Wang

經文:弗6:1-3, 西3:20,申5:16, 27:16; 23:25; 15:4-6, 19:8

Scriptures: Eph 6;1-3; Col 3;20; Duet 5:16, 27:16; Prov 23:25; Matt 15:4-6, 19:8

背誦經文:1  你們作兒女的,要在主裏聽從父母,這是理所當然的 2-3 要孝敬父母,使你得福,在世長壽。」這是第一條帶應許的誡命(6:1-3)

Memorization Scripture: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  ÒHonor your father and mother,Ó which is the first commandment with promise:  Òthat it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.Ó (Eph 6: 1-3)

A)  建立「以 神為中心」的家庭乃是 神的旨意, 也是仇敵刻意且一直要破壞的

A)  Building a ÒGod centeredÓ family is GodÕs will, but also what the enemy wants to ruin - deliberately and continually

1)    這是傳統家庭觀念式微的世代

1)   This is a generation where the concept of the traditional family is declining

2)    回到聖經、回到起初」的挑戰

2)   The challenges of ÒBack to the Bible, Back to the BeginningÓ

¤  耶穌說:「摩西因為你們的心硬,所以許你們休妻,但起初並不是這樣(19:8)

¤  Jesus said: ÒÒMoses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.Ó

B)  神對作兒女的特殊要求

B)  GodÕs special request for children

a)   要求的本身

a)   The request itself

1)    是理所當然的 (6:1)

1)    It is right (Eph 6:1)

2)    是主所喜悅的 (西3:20)

2)    It is well pleasing to the Lord (Col 3:20)

3)    是主所賜福的 (6:2-3, 5:16)

3)    It is blessed by the Lord (Eph 6:2-3; Deut 5:16)

b)    要求的內容

b)    The contents of the request

a)   孝敬父母

a)   Honor your father and mother

¤   「『輕慢父母的,必受咒詛!』百姓都要說:『阿們!』( 27:16)

¤  ÔCursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.Õ (Deut 27:16)

¤  你要使父母歡喜,使生你的快樂(23:25)

¤  Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you rejoice. (Prov 23:25)

b)   順服父母

b)   Obey your parents

¤  你們作兒女的,要凡事聽從父母,因為這是主所喜悅的 (西3:20)

¤  Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord. (Col 3:20)

¤  4  神說:『當孝敬父母』;又說:『咒罵父母的,必治死他。』 5 你們倒說:『無論何人對父母說:我所當奉給你的已經作了供獻 6 他就可以不孝敬父母。』這就是你們藉著遺傳,廢了 神的誡命

¤   For God commanded, saying, ÔHonor your father and your motherÕ;  and, ÔHe who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.Õ But you say, ÔWhoever says to his father or mother, ÒWhatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to GodÓ— then he need not honor his father or mother.Õ  Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. (Matt 15:4-6)

C)  神對孝順者的特殊祝福

C)  GodÕs special blessings to those who honor their parents

¤  「『當照耶和華 神所吩咐的孝敬父母,使你得福,並使你的日子在耶和華 神所賜你的地上得以長久(5:16)

¤  Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. (Deut 5:16)

¤  2-3 要孝敬父母,使你得福,在世長壽。」這是第一條帶應許的誡命(6:2-3)

¤  ÒHonor your father and mother,Ó which is the first commandment with promise:  Òthat it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.Ó (Eph 6:2-3)