The Fifth Word and Parents

Dennis Tuuri

Outline: Leviticus 19:3,29, 30 The Fifth Word and Parents The Fifth Word, Part Three Sermon Notes for October 24, 2010 by Pastor Dennis Tuuri Dt. 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. Ex. 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Lev. 19:3 Y ou shall revere, every one of you, his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. Lev. 19:29.30 (ESV) Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity. You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord . Intro - Leviticus 19, The Pentateuch and The Ten Words (see attached) Lev. 19:3 1. The Centrality of Parents and Lords Day; Family and Church Ex. 20 Sabbath holy , honor pop and mom Lev. 19:2,3 holy , reverence mom and pop, keep sabbaths Dt. 5 Sabbath day , honor pop and mom Dt. 27:14-16, 26 The Foundations of Social Order Both Are Disappearing; Kids, Land and Money 2. Parents and God - Honor and Reverence Pr. 3:9; Dt. 6:13; Lev. 19:14; Pr. 1:7; Ex. 20:12; Lev. 19:3; Mal. 1:6; m Luther "A majesty there hidden" Lev. 24:16; Lev. 20:9 3. What is Reverence? Ps. 46:10-47:2 4. Why Mother First? Dt. 22:6,7 Lev. 19:29 1. The General Responsibilities of Parents Matthew 18 Again - Community Life, Don't Be A Stumbling Block, Love Enough to Discipline The Christian Parent and the Lord's Day 2. Profaning Our Children Lev. 19:12 3. Prostituting Our Children 4. A Depraved Land 3. New Laws for the New Man - Leviticus 17-22 Leviticus 19 Holiness and Obedience I. Holiness 2 Sets of 4 (You Shall Be Holy) Personal Integrity Things people wont see, or the magistrate wont see or punish A. I am the Lord Your God (AAAA) 1. Verse 2 Be holy Summary statement of all, plus first half. 2. Verse 3 Parents and Sabbath, Commandments 5 and 4 Note verses 29 and 40 Children and Sabbath Sum of holiness submit to Gods sovereignty in home and church. 3. Verse 4 No idols, no cast idols Commandments 1 and 2 4. Verses 5-10 Peace Offerings, Gleaning Commandment 3? Grace received in food, grace shown in food. Protological, eschatological claims Firstfruits and last gleanings. B. I am the Lord (BBBB) (4 subsections for each section) 1. Verses 11,12 Steal, lie, deceive, swear falsely Commandments 8 and 9 Progressive actions steals, lies, deceives, swears falsely to God 2. Verses 13,14 Stealing and oppressing the poor Commandment 7 (Mistreatment of the Bride, Ex. 22:21-27) Fear God He sees it, He hears it. 3. Verses 15,16 Justice in the Court Commandment 9 Ex. 23:1-10 4. Verses 17,18 Love your brother Commandment 6 Concludes first half, hatred is murder in the heart. II. Obedience 2 Sets of 4 (You Shall Keep My Statutes) Corporate Integrity you is plural. A. ABBA 1. Verses 19-25 Forbidden Mixtures, Circumcised Trees Commandment 3 Dt. 22:9-11 Harvest from mixed seeds holy to God. Ex. 28:6 Priest had linen and wool (scarlet thread) in his garment Strong, healthy, new creation Firstfruits (like 8 th day animals) 2. Verses 26-28 Idolatry Commandment 1 Blood, enchantment, times (sacrament, word, government Observe times - clouds, change weather, spirits of air Gods image in head, body (leprosy) Goatees and Mohawks - glory 3. Verses 29,30 Children and Sabbath Commandments 5 and 4 4. Verse 31 Mediums and Spiritists False Mediation Commandment 2 B. BAAB 1. Verse 32 Respect of the Elderly and Fear of God Commandment 5 2. Verses 33,34 Justice to the Stranger Commandment 9 (Vex - Ex. 23:9) 3. Verses 35,36 Honest Measures Commandment 10 (Dt. 25:13-15) 4. Verse 37 Guard All My Statutes - Summary