The Fifth Commandment – A Kingdom Catechism

The Fifth Commandment

A Kingdom Catechism

Here is the groundwork for all loving human relationships.

Q 82: What is the fifth commandment?

A 82: The fifth commandment is, “Honor your father and your mother.”  (Exod. 20:12; Deut. 5:16)

The focus of the fifth commandment is on children and their attitudes toward their parents. However, this focus is designed to lay a cornerstone for all human relationships. What children learn about relating to their parents should transfer into all other relationships as well. By honoring their fathers and mothers children learn to show respect, deference, and love for others, and thus their hearts are set to fulfill all the requirements of the Law for loving God and neighbors.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.