LESSON 12
THE FOURTH
AND FIFTH
COMMANDMENTS
THE FOURTH
COMMANDMENT:
Love for God’s
Representatives
WHAT GOD
EXPECTS OF US:
Ephesians 6:1-2
1Children,
obey your parents in the
Lord, for this is right. 2"Honor your
father and mother"--which is the
first commandment with a
promise--
Hebrews 13:7, 17
7Remember
your leaders, who spoke the word of
God to you. Consider the outcome of their way
of life and imitate their faith. 17Obey your
leaders and submit to their authority. They
keep watch over you as men who must give an
account. Obey them so that their work will be a
joy, not a burden, for that would be of no
advantage to you.
Romans 13:1-2
1Everyone
must submit himself to the governing
authorities, for there is no authority except that
which God has established. The authorities
that exist have been established by God.
2Consequently, he who rebels against the
authority is rebelling against what God has
instituted, and those who do so will bring
judgment on themselves.
1 Timothy 5:4
4But
if a widow has children or grandchildren,
these should learn first of all to put their
religion into practice by caring for their own
family and so repaying their parents and
grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
What God Expects of Us
1. That we honor (respect, obey, love) our parents and
others in authority as long as they live.
Ephesians 6:1-5
1Children,
obey your parents in the Lord, for this
is right. 2"Honor your father and mother"-which is the first commandment with a
promise-- 3"that it may go well with you and
that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
4Fathers, do not exasperate your children;
instead, bring them up in the training and
instruction of the Lord.
5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect
and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as
you would obey Christ.
Colossians 3:20-24
20Children,
obey your parents in everything, for this
pleases the Lord.
21Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will
become discouraged.
22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and
do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their
favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the
Lord. 23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord, not for men, 24since you know
that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a
reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
What God Expects of Us
1. That we honor (respect, obey, love) our parents and
others in authority as long as they live.
2. That we do this out of love for Jesus since they serve
as God’s representatives through whom God
blesses us.
2 Samuel 15:1-12
1
In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and
with fifty men to run ahead of him. 2 He would get up early and stand by the
side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a
complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out
to him, "What town are you from?" He would answer, "Your servant is from
one of the tribes of Israel." 3 Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your
claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear
you." 4 And Absalom would add, "If only I were appointed judge in the land!
Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would
see that he gets justice."
5 Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom
would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. 6 Absalom behaved
in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice,
and so he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 15:1-12
7
At the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, "Let me go to
Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the LORD . 8 While your
servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: 'If the
LORD takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in
Hebron. ' "
9 The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he went to Hebron.
10 Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes
of Israel to say, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets,
then say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron.' " 11 Two hundred men
from Jerusalem had accompanied Absalom. They had been
invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing
about the matter. 12 While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he
also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, to
come from Giloh, his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained
strength, and Absalom's following kept on increasing.
2 Samuel 18:14-17
14
Joab said, "I'm not going to wait like this for
you." So he took three javelins in his hand and
plunged them into Absalom's heart while
Absalom was still alive in the oak tree. 15 And
ten of Joab's armor-bearers surrounded
Absalom, struck him and killed him.
16 Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the
troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted
them. 17 They took Absalom, threw him into a
big pit in the forest and piled up a large heap of
rocks over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites
fled to their homes.
Acts 5:29
29Peter
and the other apostles replied: "We must
obey God rather than men!
Matthew 10:37
37"Anyone
who loves his father or mother more
than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves
his son or daughter more than me is not
worthy of me;
What God Expects of Us
1. That we honor (respect, obey, love) our parents and
others in authority as long as they live.
2. That we do this out of love for Jesus since they serve
as God’s representatives through whom God
blesses us.
3. That we respectfully disobey them only when they tell
us to disobey God’s Word.
BLESSINGS FOR
THIS LIFE
PROMISED TO
THOSE WHO
HONOR THEIR
PARENTS
Ephesians 6:3
3"that
it may go well with you and that you may
enjoy long life on the earth."
Blessings For This Life Promised to
Those Who Honor Their Parents
1. We will have a good life.
2. We will enjoy a long life on the
earth (Absalom).
Application
Evaluate: Some parents or teachers lose their tempers
very easily. When we know this, it’s fun to see if we
can do something to get them to “blow their stacks.”
It’s wrong for those whom God places over us to
“blow their stacks.” God wants them to deal with us
patiently and with careful instruction. But their sin
doesn’t give us the right to think we can have some
fun by getting them to lose their tempers.
Remember, God says it is a serious sin to make his
representative angry.
THE FIFTH
COMMANDMENT:
Love for Human Life
WHAT GOD
EXPECTS OF US:
Psalm 31:15
15
My times are in your hands;
deliver me from my enemies
and from those who pursue me.
Isaiah 38, esp. v 5
1
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The
prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the
LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you
will not recover."
2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD , 3
"Remember, O LORD , how I have walked before you faithfully and
with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes."
And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: 5 "Go and tell
Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD , the God of your father
David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I
will add fifteen years to your life. 6 And I will deliver you and this
city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
7 " 'This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will do what he has
promised: 8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten
steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.' " So the sunlight went
back the ten steps it had gone down.
Genesis 9:6
6
"Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made man.
Romans 13:4
4For
he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do
wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for
nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to
bring punishment on the wrongdoer.
What God Expects of Us
1. That we recognize that God gives life and only He or
His chosen representatives (government) can
rightfully take a life (just war, capital punishment)
Isaiah 55:6
6
Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
What God Expects of Us
1. That we recognize that God gives life and only He or
His chosen representatives (government) can
rightfully take a life (just war, capital punishment)
2. That we value all human life as a time to come to faith
in Jesus and then serve Him.
Genesis 9:6
6
"Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made man.
What God Expects of Us
1. That we recognize that God gives life and only He or
His chosen representatives (government) can
rightfully take a life (just war, capital punishment)
2. That we value all human life as a time to come to faith
in Jesus and then serve Him.
3. That we do not wrongly take a life, including our own
(murder, suicide, abortion, mercy killing).
4. That we do not wrongly harm a life, including our
own (overeating, poor diet, drinking, drugs,
smoking, worry, etc.)
1 John 3:15
15Anyone
who hates his brother is a murderer, and
you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
Romans 12:19
19Do
not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for
God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge;
I will repay,“ says the Lord.
What God Expects of Us
1. That we recognize that God gives life and only He or
His chosen representatives (government) can
rightfully take a life (just war, capital punishment)
2. That we value all human life as a time to come to faith
in Jesus and then serve Him
3. That we do not wrongly take a life, including our own
(murder, suicide, abortion, mercy killing).
4. That we do not wrongly harm a life, including our
own (overeating, poor diet, drinking, drugs,
smoking, worry, etc.)
5. That we do not hate or even think evil of someone
(jealousy, revenge)
1 Samuel 26:1-12
1
The Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Is not David hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which faces
Jeshimon?"
2 So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search
there for David. 3 Saul made his camp beside the road on the hill of Hakilah facing Jeshimon, but
David stayed in the desert. When he saw that Saul had followed him there, 4 he sent out scouts and
learned that Saul had definitely arrived.
5 Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner
son of Ner, the commander of the army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the camp, with the
army encamped around him.
6 David then asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go
down into the camp with me to Saul?"
"I'll go with you," said Abishai.
7 So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp
with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.
8 Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin
him to the ground with one thrust of my spear; I won't strike him twice."
9 But David said to Abishai, "Don't destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the LORD's
anointed and be guiltless? 10 As surely as the LORD lives," he said, "the LORD
himself will strike him; either his time will come and he will die, or he will go into
battle and perish. 11 But the LORD forbid that I should lay a hand on the LORD's
anointed. Now get the spear and water jug that are near his head, and let's go."
12 So David took the spear and water jug near Saul's head, and they left. No one saw or knew about
it, nor did anyone wake up. They were all sleeping, because the LORD had put them into a deep
sleep.
Ephesians 4:32
32Be
kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave
you.
1 John 3:16
16This
is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid
down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our
lives for our brothers.
What God Expects of Us
1. That we recognize that God gives life and only He or
His chosen representatives (government) can
rightfully take a life (just war, capital punishment)
2. That we value all human life as a time to come to faith
in Jesus and then serve Him
3. That we do not wrongly take a life, including our own
(murder, suicide, abortion, mercy killing).
4. That we do not wrongly harm a life, including our
own (overeating, poor diet, drinking, drugs,
smoking, worry, etc.)
5. That we do not hate or even think evil of someone
(jealousy, revenge)
6. That we love, forgive, and be kind to others, just as
God loved and forgave us first.
ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT WEEK
1.
Study carefully the notes you have taken in class; be sure you understand them.
2.
Study carefully questions 63-86 in the Catechism. Be able to answer these
questions in your own words.
3.
Complete the “Working with God’s Word” section. Have your parent correct this
section.
4.
Memorize these Bible verses:
VIP Ephesians 6:1 – “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is
right.”
Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each
other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
5.
Memorize the 6th and 7th Commandments and What Does This Mean?
6.
Complete Worksheet #12 at home and have your parents correct it Be ready for
review of Lesson 12 on Wednesday, December 8h.
ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT WEEK
Complete Key Truth: The fourth commandment
is about love for God’s ____________, such as
_________ and others in authority. This we do
out of ______ for Jesus. We respectfully disobey
them when they tell us to ________ God’s Word.
The fifth commandment is about love for human
____. Human life is most important because it is
the only time to come to ______ in Jesus and
then serve him. God wants us to ____ and
_______ others just as he _____ and _______
us first.
Closing Prayer
Use me to show your love to someone else. Help me to
continue to learn your Word throughout my whole
life. Use it to bless me and keep me yours. Thank
you for children, parents, grandparents, and all those
you’ve given to bless me here. In Jesus’ name.
Amen.