Lesson 3 · July 21, 1906
Duty of Children Toward Their Parents
Questions.
- 1.Repeat the fifth commandment. .
- 2.What is this commandment said to be? . Why? Note 1.
- 3.What admonition is given children regarding their parents? ; . Note 2.
- 4.What further admonition is given the young in this matter? .
- 5.What will be the blessed result? .
- 6.What attitude will a wise son take regarding the instruction of his father? .
- 7.What sad evil in the home, between parents and children, will constitute a sign of the last days? . Is this sign now being fulfilled?
- 8.How does the Lord regard this evil thing? .
- 9.What example of obedience to his parents is left the young by the Saviour? .
- 10.What great work is to be wrought in the home between parents and children before the Lord comes? .
- 11.When John the Baptist came in the spirit and power of Elijah, what was the effect upon both parents and children? .
- 12.What does this indicate concerning a special work to be wrought in the homes of God's people under the influence of the "latter rain"? Note 3.
- 13.What bearing does this have upon our need of the Holy Spirit?
Notes
1. This is the "first commandment with promise" doubtless for the reason that it is the first precept which we are called upon to obey when born into the world. The first duty a child can render is obedience to its parents.
2. "Parents are entitled to a degree of love and respect which is due to no other person. God Himself, who has placed upon them a responsibility for the souls committed to their charge, has ordained that during the earlier years of life parents shall stand in the place of God to their children. And he who rejects the rightful authority of his parents, is rejecting the authority of God. The fifth commandment requires children not only to yield respect, submission, and obedience to their parents, but also to give them love and tenderness, to lighten their cares, to guard their reputation, and to succor and comfort them in old age. It also enjoins respect for ministers and rulers, and for all others to whom God has delegated authority."—.
3. "As the children sang in the temple courts, 'Hosanna! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord,' so in these last days, children's voices will be raised to give the last message of warning to a perishing world. When heavenly intelligences see that men are no longer permitted to present the truth, the Spirit of God will come upon the children, and they will do a work in the proclamation of the truth which the older workers can not do, because their way will be hedged up."—.
Bible texts in this lesson
Exodus 20:12 · Ephesians 6:2 · Colossians 3:20 · Ephesians 6:1 · Proverbs 1:8 · Proverbs 1:9 · Proverbs 23:22 · Proverbs 4:20-22 · Proverbs 6:20-22 · Proverbs 13:1 · Proverbs 15:5 · 2 Timothy 3:1-5 · Proverbs 20:20 · Proverbs 30:11 · Proverbs 30:17 · Luke 2:51 · Malachi 4:5 · Malachi 4:6 · Luke 1:11-17
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