Then, what do you say about Paul"'s saying in Ephesians 6:2-3
Honour your father and mother which is the first commandment with promise that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.
We can agree here that Paul was quoting the fourth commandment (of the 10 commandment} as it is written in Exodus 20:12 and was definitely not addressing the ancestors who were with Moses at Mt Sinai.
the difference is needing to be commanded under punishment of death to honor ones parents , versus being born again and having that respect and honor being imprinted upon our heart so that we don’t need to be commanded under death to do so
“honor your parents , if not you will be put to death by the people “ is the law of commandment
be born again in the spirit , and you will live and become a child of God who naturally honors parents and more than that one another , not neeeing a commandment to do so but simply living the new life God creates in us through the gospel
look at something as simple as the sabbath
“Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
Ezekiel 18:4 KJV
Commandment
“Six days shall work be done, but
on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.”
Exodus 35:2
the law of sin and death
“And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness,
they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
And the Lord said unto Moses,
The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.”
Numbers 15:32, 35-36
But the New Testament is contrary to that law
“
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Which are
a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.”
Colossians 2:16-17
Observance of the law was a shadow of the real things in Christ . Being born again is what saves us . Being born of the gospel and the truth therin leaves a person not having motivation , reason or inclination to do things like dishonor parents , worship false gods , kill . Lie , cheat
you can’t be born of the gospel and walk on those ways but you can observe Ten Commandments and be utterly wicked at the same time
we have to change at the source of our sin problem the commandments can’t do that but the gospel can