"Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. (Exodus 20:12) "
the first three commandments concern abt our relationship with God..the rest of the seven commandments talks abt all our other relationships which are located by the commandments within the context our our relationship with God.
therfore, one may be obeying the Sabbath but nt honoring their parents..iz he showing any virture of filial piety? is he loving God..? even if a man known to be a pious or holy man had been preaching abt God and doing all the stuffs to make him look holy but nt honouring his parents.. he is nt practicing what he preaches
When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Dear woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple,
“Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
(John 19:26-27)
Jesus, being a perfect a sinless man had been honouring His Father in heaven and Jesus' human mother Mary.. Jesus calling Mary , "woman" is nt being impolite.. durg the period of Jesus' time, it is being polite and a way of respect to call a female "woman"
Jesus appointed His mother to John (the disciple whom He loved). John represents believers of Christ. it is saddening to hear children without a mother, it is also a misfortune for a believer without maternal care.. which only expresses itself in masculine terms.
For true church instituted by Jesus Christ, it is impt for believers to call God(Jehovah), the one whom we as Father. Through Christ, God had become much closer to us. God is a loving Father, He is NEVER an unjust God who is distant from us. For Mary, she is our spiritual mother. As our spiritual mother, she is always there to lead us to her son, Jesus and Mary had a role as a mother to show us her heavenly maternal care for us believers. a believer who do nt acknowledge God as Father and Mary as Mother will nt be fully communion with Christ.. on the other hand, a believer who acknowledge , honour and love our Heavenly Father and spiritual Mother will have a spiritual communion with Christ... which make the believer be more Christ-like.