To our very special grandchildren: You are certainly a gift from God, each of you has been a complete joy to us. We love you all, and we pray daily that God will reveal himself to you. Each one of us including each of you is required to keep all His commandments.  2“Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: 3 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth Ephesians 6

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This diagnostic test centers on the core instruction of the household: the duty of a parent to diligently engrave the Torah onto the hearts of the next generation, and the absolute duty of a child to honor, obey, and respect that authority. It directly contrasts the casual, hands-off approach of modern families with the iron-clad, day-and-night structural lifestyle commanded by Yehovah.

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📋 The "Covenant Household" Alignment Test

Instructions: Answer these 4 direct questions honestly to evaluate whether your family dynamics, parental habits, and generational legacy match the structural blueprint given in Deuteronomy and the Gospels.

Question 1: The Diligence of the Parent

In Deuteronomy 6:7, the Father does not say to leave your children's spiritual education to a weekly church class or Sunday school. He commands: "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up." How does your daily routine reflect this command?

• A) Constant, Active Discipleship. The Word of God is the primary atmosphere of your home. You explicitly discuss the Torah, the Sabbaths, and the instructions of the King during meals, drives, morning routines, and bedtime. It is an intentional, non-stop way of life.

• B) Occasional, Passive Exposure. You love the Word, but daily life is consumed by secular school, work, sports, and media. Spiritual instruction is treated as a Sunday-only event or left up to your children to discover on their own as they grow.

Question 2: The Physical Environment of the Home

Yehovah commands in Deuteronomy 6:8–9: "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand... write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates." What does the physical structure and visual priority of your household scream to someone who walks inside?

• A) A House Dedicated to the Covenant. Your home is visually set apart. The boundaries of what enters your doors (entertainment, food, conversations) are fiercely guarded by the Law of God, and your doorposts physically declare who rules the house.

• B) A House Conformed to the World. The visual and cultural priorities inside your home are indistinguishable from any secular neighbor. Modern trends, secular media, and human traditions take up the visual space, while the commandments are kept tucked away or hidden.

Question 3: The Attitude of Honor and Correction

In Proverbs 1:8–9, the text warns: "My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction." In your family interactions, how is parental correction received and given?

• A) Respectful Submission. Children are taught to obey with a cheerful, unselfish spirit, showing deep respect in how they talk to their parents, spending quality time with them, and viewing their godly instructions as a "crown of grace."

• B) Casual Defiance or Irritation. Correction is met with eye-rolling, back-talk, or heavy sighing. The modern culture of "kids run the house" or treating parents like peers has crept in, stripping away the weight of parental authority.

Question 4: The Severity of the Command

Yeshua directly confronts religious hypocrisy in Matthew 15:4 by reminding the people of the absolute standard: "For God said: 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'" Knowing the extreme weight the Creator places on this family chain of command, how seriously do you treat the sin of disrespect?

• A) An Absolute, Non-Negotiable Standard. You realize that respecting parental authority is the direct training ground for respecting Yehovah’s authority. Rebellion, cursing, or neglecting aging parents is treated as a severe, life-or-death spiritual issue that requires instant repentance.

• B) A Generational Phase. You shrug off disrespect, entitlement, or poor behavior as "just how kids are these days," assuming that grace means the absolute standard of honoring parents has been lowered to accommodate cultural decay.

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The Household Verdict: Look squarely at the boxes you checked. If the answers lean heavily toward B, the mirror reveals a structural breakdown in the foundation of the home.

Our Father never designed His instructions to be a secondary hobby for a family; He designed them to be the very oxygen the household breathes from the moment they rise up until the moment they lie down. You cannot expect a child or a grandchild to stand firm on the narrow road if the parent has refused to build the guardrails on the doorposts. The time to reform the home, command respect, and teach the Word diligently is right now.

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The duty of every parent? These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7“You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8“You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9“You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:4-9

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How to honor our father and mother?

Obeying them

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A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom

8 My child, listen when your father corrects you.

Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.

9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.

1. Be nice and cheerful to them When they ask you to do something for them?

2. Show them respect when you talk to them.

3. Spend time with them.

4. Be unselfish.

 

For God said: 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.  Matthew 15:4

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