NOW THINK ABOUT IT. ONLY TEN COMMANDMENTS, ONLY TEN. AND OUT OF THE ENTIRE TEN, ONE IS GIVEN TO THE SUBJECT OF HONORING FATHER AND MOTHER. AND FURTHERMORE, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST IN THE SECOND HALF. WHY? BECAUSE ALL SOCIETY RESTS UPON THIS COMMANDMENT, “HONOR FATHER AND MOTHER.
” [MUSIC] BE FINDING EXODUS CHAPTER 20 IN THE WORD OF GOD. EXODUS CHAPTER 20. IN A MOMENT WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A VERY FAMILIAR VERSE, VERSE 12. BUT WHILE IT IS FAMILIAR, IT NEEDS TO BE STATED AGAIN. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT “TREASURING FAMILY VALUES”. THERE IS AN ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON THE HOME AND ON FAMILY VALUES. AND IT’S BEING DONE BY CYNICS. A CYNIC IS SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING, BUT HE KNOWS THE VALUE OF NOTHING.
WE HAVE A GENERATION TODAY THAT DOES NOT EVEN KNOW FAMILY VALUES, MUCH LESS TO TREASURE THEM. NOTICE GOD’S WORD HERE IN EXODUS CHAPTER 20 AND VERSE 12, “HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE.” HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER, THAT IS A COMMAND FROM ALMIGHTY GOD.
AGAIN AND I WANT TO SAY THERE IS NOT ONLY A NE, A, A NEGLECTING OF THE FAMILY, [AUDIENCE COUGH] BUT TODAY THERE IS AN ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON OUR FAMILIES. IT COMES FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. IT COMES FROM HOLLYWOOD. IT COMES FROM THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW ON TELEVISION A MODERN FILM THAT GIVES PROPER PLACE AND PERSPECTIVE TO THE HOME AND THE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY A FAMILY LIVING IN THIS GENERATION, IN THIS AGE? IF IT IS A HAPPY FAMILY, IT’S A FAMILY THAT LIVED BACK IN THE FRONTIER TIMES.
BUT, UH, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT YOU WILL NOT FIND, AS A RULE, HAPPILY MARRIED COUPLES ON TELEVISION. YOU WILL NOT FIND FAMILY VALUES FEATURED. WHEN TELEVISION BEGAN, DO YOU KNOW THE KIND OF, UH, FILMS WE WATCHED? UH, WE WATCHED, “I LOVE LUCY”, WE WATCHED, “DICK VAN DYKE”, WE MA, WE WATCHED “LASSIE”. WE WATCHED, UH, “MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY”.
