HONOR DEFINED:
• Hebrew, kabad (ka–vad); …to be heavy, weighty, honorable or glorious.
• Greek, timao (te–mah–o) (verb) or time (te–may) (noun); …to value, respect, highlyesteem or revere; to treat something or someone as precious, weighty or valuable.
• Dishonor: Greek, atimos; … to treat someone or something as common or ordinary.
Exodus 20:12, NIV
Honor your father and your mother… (See also Ephesians 6:2).
1 Samuel 2:30, NKJV
Those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
Psalm 8:5, NIV
You [God] have made [men and women] a little lower than the angels and crowned them withglory and honor.
Romans 12:10, ESV
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Romans 13:7, NLT
Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and government fees to those who collect them, and give respect and honor to those who are in authority.
1 Timothy 5:17, NIV
The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
Hebrews 13:4, ESV
Let marriage be held in honor among all…
Ephesians 5:33, NIV
…each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
1 Peter 3:7, ESV
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
1 Peter 2:17, ESV
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Our Goal In Igniting A Culture Of Honor:
• Honor Up.
• Honor Down.
• Honor All Around.
Why Honor Matters
1. The honor we give is determined by the value we perceive.
- Malachi 1:6-14, 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. “You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar. “Then you ask, ‘How have we defiled the sacrifices?’ “You defile them by saying the altar of the Lord deserves no respect. When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Go ahead, beg God to be merciful to you! But when you bring that kind of offering, why should he show you any favor at all?” asks the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “How I wish one of you would shut the Temple doors so that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and I will not accept your offerings. But my name is honored by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “But you dishonor my name with your actions. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it’s all right to defile the Lord’s table, You say, ‘It’s too hard to serve the Lord,’ and you turn up your noses at my commands,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Think of it! Animals that are stolen and crippled and sick are being presented as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?” asks the Lord. “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations!
When we really value something or someone, we do at least four things:
• We Praise It
• We Protect It
• We Pay for It
• We Prioritize It
Isaiah 29:13, NLT / MSG
“These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me… They act like they’re worshipping, but they don’t really mean it.”
Matthew 13:53-58, NIV
When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?" they asked. “Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren't all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?" And they took offense at him.But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home." And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
2. Honor strengthens, builds up and elevates everything around it. Dishonor destroys, brings down and deteriorates.
3. Honor is about what you decide, not necessarily about what they deserve.
Romans 5:7-8, NLT
Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
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