Exodus 20:12 - From the 10 Commandments
12 Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Wesley explanation
20:12 We have here the laws of the second table, as they are commonly called; the six last commandments which concern our duty to ourselves, and one another, and are a comment upon the second great commandment, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. As religion towards God is, an essential branch of universal righteousness, so righteousness towards men is an essential branch of true religion: godliness and honesty must go together. The fifth commandment is concerning the duties we owe to our relations; that of children to their parents is only instanced in, honor thy father and thy mother, which includes,
an inward esteem of them, outwardly expressed upon all occasions in our carriage towards them; fear them, Leviticus 19:3 , give them reverence, Hebrews 12:9 .The contrary to this is mocking at them or despising them,
Obedience to their lawful commands; so it is expounded, Ephesians 6:1 - 3.Children obey your parents; come when they call you, go where they send you, do what they bid you, do not what they forbid you; and this cheerfully, and from a principle of love. Though you have said you will not, yet afterwards repent and obey.
Submission to their rebukes, instructions and corrections, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Disposing of themselves with the advice, direction and consent of parents, not alienating their property, but with their approbation.
Endeavoring in every thing to be the comfort of their parents, and to make their old age easy to them; maintaining them if they stand in need of support. That thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee - This promise, (which is often literally fulfilled) is expounded in a more general sense Ephesians 6:3 .That it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live long on the earth - Those that in conscience towards God keep this and other of God’s commandments, may be sure it shall be well with them, and they shall live as long on the earth as infinite wisdom sees good for, them, and what they may seem to be cut short of on earth, shall be abundantly made up in eternal life, the heavenly Canaan which God will give them.
Just more evidence that the Godless Progressive agenda spits in the face of God Almighty and he has taken notice!
Perhaps, just perhaps, those who have created this new “religion” known as obamacare, will be victims of their own making. Yes, I know they ruled themselves exempt but let me explain. Being a Christian, I believe that God has a plan for all of us, “exempt” or not. It might be in God’s plan that the exempt will leave this place a bit earlier than they themselves have planned. We can only hope.