Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 68-71

  • What is the fifth commandment?
  • What is the most obvious and direct thing this commandment requires and forbids?
  • Does the fifth commandment only require children to honor their parents? What else does it imply?
  • Does the fifth commandment only require those with an inferior position to honor those who are over them? What else does it imply? 
  • Give examples of how a superior is to show honor to an inferior (from the Bible and from real-life experience). 
  • Why is it important to note that the fifth commandment is the first of the second table of God’s moral law?
  • What is another word we could use instead of honor? Hint: Matthew 19:18-19; 22:39.

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