Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1-15
Key Verse: 4:7
If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”
Date: Jan. 2, 2025
Question
What does the fifth commandment forbid?
Answer
The fifth commandment forbids being disrespectful to or not treating others as their position or relationship to us demands.
Reference Passages
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Matthew 15:4-6
4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.
Romans 13:8
8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.