Topic: Parents and the home

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How should young people treat their father and mother?

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And young people, remember. If you’re fortunate enough today to have a daddy and a mother living, love them, honor them. The hour will come when you’ll think they’re the greatest people in the world, if you don’t now. And don’t never, little fellows, don’t never give this slandering word, “old man,”...

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What can I do for him? Should I continue to (Oh!) care for Dad on the farm? What can I do…make a—a living for…? And he signs his name. Yes, my brother…It—it’s wrote here. I don’t know who…It says, “Brother Branham…” It just starts out, “What can I do for him?”

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Now, probably some boy for his dad. Look, my dear brother, blessed are you when you will take care of your dad, for your dad took care of you when you could not take care for yourself. And the first commandment with promise, first commandment with promise: “Honor thy father and thy mother which may...

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Which commandment is the first one with a promise attached to it?

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They got such a word today, they say, “The old man and the old woman.” One of these days, when a squeaking casket is going out the door, and they’re going out head first, and you look down to see your mother or dad at the last time you’ll ever see them on this earth, you’ll realize it’s not the “old...

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How should young people speak of their mother and father?

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Look, it’s true. You’ve read my life story out there. My dad did drink, but I don’t care what he done, he’s still my daddy. And let me tell you something, young folks, this afternoon. Don’t you never get little enough to call your mother and dad “the old man and woman.” You don’t never do that, no m...

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What makes a house a home?

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I say, “I don’t know.” Home is the not the house, it’s the order of the house that makes the home. That’s what makes home. No matter if it is a shanty, whatever it is, if—if the order is right on the inside, and godly, it’s more of a home than if you had a palace somewhere. I’d rather live in a shan...

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What does Brother Branham tell young people about how they treat their parents?

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And young people here, you don’t know what a good friend you got in your mother and dad until they’re gone. When they’re gone, then you really know who they were. And I heard many, the children these days say, “The old man and old woman.” Oh, my, don’t never do that. You—you don’t realize who that i...

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What did Brother Branham say about young people calling their parents 'the old man' and 'the old woman'?

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And look, young children, young folks, I don’t care what it is; you always have a respect to your father and mother. I think one of the awfulest things that I can hear little children say, or young folks, “the old man” and “old woman.” Listen. That’s not the “old man” and “old woman”; that’s your da...

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What causes juvenile delinquency?

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You go to homes today, I’ve went into Christian homes, when they open the icebox and it would be full of beer cans, supposed to be Christian home. Christians don’t fool with that stuff…?…We’ve traded the old-fashioned prayer altar out of the house, and made a card table out of it. That’s what’s got...