Confession of Sin
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:12) Notice, this command begins with a focus on obedience to our own parents—“obey your father and your mother”—but it concludes with a view to the larger context of the whole of human society—“that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” From birth, our holy and loving God commands that we learn the importance of respecting, submitting to, and obeying the authorities he has placed over us. For our own good, he commands that we learn how to humbly and willingly receive instruction, correction, discipline, and guidance from those whom he has set in charge. If we only take a moment to consider a handful of words which describe people who have refused to learn these holy, God-given lessons, the staggering importance of this command becomes more clear: Prideful. Obstinate. Domineering. Narcissistic. Controlling. Ma