_1. Parents are a most precious gift of God. God has placed them over us that through them He may provide for us, protect us, and lead us to Himself, our Savor, and to eternal life._ _2. We should therefore highly honor and esteem our parents, serve and obey them in the fear and love of God, our heavenly Father._ _3. This is well-pleasing to God, who will graciously reward us._ MEMORIZE:-- _Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise: That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth._ Eph. 6,2,3. _Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord._ Col. 3,20. _Let them learn ... to requite their parents; for that is good and acceptable before God._ 1 Tim. 5,4. QUESTIONS. 1. What is God's holy will regarding our parents? 2. What place does God give our parents by commanding us to honor them? 3. Whose representatives are they? 4. When do we despise our parents? 5. When do we provoke them to anger? 6. Give examples of children who despised their parents. 7. How will God punish children who despise their parents? 8. What does it mean to hold our parents in honor? 9. How do we show in words and deeds that we honor our parents? 10. When do we serve them? 11. At what time especially can we repay their love? 12. What does it mean to obey our parents? 13. How should we carry out their commands? 14. Why should we love and highly esteem our parents? 15. Who are the "masters" whom God has placed over us? 16. What has God added to this commandment? 17. What does God teach us by adding this special promise? 18. Who is the most beautiful example of the fulfilment of this commandment? LESSON 6. The Fifth Commandment. Which is the Fifth Commandment? _Thou shalt not kill._ What does this mean? _We should fear and love God, that we may not hurt nor harm our neighbor in his body, but help and befriend him in every bodily need._ 1. You all know what it means to kill. It means to take our own life or the life of our neighbor, our fellow-man. This is what God forbids in this commandment. _God is the Giver of all life._ He alone, therefore, has the right to take it away. God made man in His image. How dare we destroy the image of God! Our neighbor's life should be _sacred_ to us. God will punish him who takes his neighbor's life. _"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man."_ Gen. 9,6. Remember _Cain_ and _Judas._