"_Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself._" [Matt. 22:39]
OUR NEIGHBOR means every one. We are to love all men as we love
ourselves; [Matt. 7:12] not only our relatives, friends, and
acquaintances, but strangers, enemies, and people of all nations and
climes. We must be ready to do good to all who are in need of our help
and kindness. Compare the Parable of the Good Samaritan. [Luke 10:30-37]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
OUR PARENTS AND SUPERIORS.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
EXPLANATION.
_What is meant by this Commandment?_
We should so fear and love God as not to despise nor displease our
parents and superiors, but honor, serve, obey, love and esteem them.
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PARENTS are God's representatives in the family for the maintenance of
law and order in it. They are charged by God with the care and training
of their children, and are clothed by Him with authority over them.
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