What the Bible says about Intent of Honoring Parents
(From Forerunner Commentary)
These verses show the intent of God's law. Jesus virtually lifted this word-for-word from Micah and applied its principle in Matthew 23:23. He substituted the word "faithfulness" for "humility," because a person who is truly humble will show it by submitting to God's law, and he will thus prove himself to be faithful.
The essence of the instruction is not that God did not want the Old Covenant sacrifices in Micah's day. What He did not want was rigid, hollow conformity even to ceremonial obligations without a corresponding understanding of their intent and their application in their conduct and attitude in daily life. This is what Jesus was correcting in Matthew 23. The Pharisees had corrupted the intent of tithing, the intent of honoring parents (which He addressed in Mark 7), the intent of the Sabbath—and therefore had perverted the keeping of these commands.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Sabbathkeeping (Part 4)Related Topics: Attitude | Conduct | Faithfulness | Humility | Intent of Law | Intent of Sabbath | Law, Intent of | Perverted Sabbath Keeping | Sabbath Keeping | Sabbathkeeping | Submitting to God's Law | Submitting to God's Will