Honor Part 1: Where is the Honor?

February 19, 2023

HONOR Part 1: Where is the Honor?

(Romans 12:10 NIV) …Honor one another above yourselves.

Where is the Honor?

(Malachi 1:6 NIV) A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighty. It is you priests who show contempt for my name. But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’

(Malachi 2:1-2 NIV) And now this warning is for you, O priests. If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the LORD Almighty, “I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honor me.

• Honor (time) – value, worth, , with appreciation.
• Dishonor (atimos) – to take , to or disrespect, to treat as .

(Mark 6:1-5 NIV) Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him, that he even does miracles! Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

• causes dishonor.
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If you’re on a continuous search to , you’ll  what you’re looking for.

Restoring Honor

1. Honor begins with  on them.

(Ephesians 5:21 NIV) Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

When you to someone, they often become .

2. Honor too.

(Matthew 10:41 NIV) Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

The level of determines the level of .

(Ephesians 6:2-3 NIV) “Honor your father and mother” — which is the first commandment with a promise–“that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

3. Honor is  not deserved.

(1 Peter 2:13-17 NIV) Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.

(Romans 12:10 ESV) …Outdo one another in showing honor.

4. Honor is a , not just words.

(Matthew 15:8 NIV) These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.