HONOR IN A CANCEL CULTURE

·     If you’re on a continuous search to be offended, you’ll always find what you’re looking for.

Romans 12:10 10 …Honor one another above yourselves. 

Mark 6:1-4 NLT  Jesus left that part of the country and returned with his disciples to Nazareth, his hometown. 2 The next Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. They asked, “Where did he get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?” 3 Then they scoffed, “He’s just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.” They were deeply offended and refused to believe in him. 4 Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.”

Without Honor

·     atimos (at'-ee-mos); to dishonor; to treat as common or ordinary. 

Honor

·     time (tim-may’); to value, respect, or highly esteem; to treat as precious, weighty or valuable. 

·      Respect is earned. Honor is given. 

Honor Builds Up—Dishonor Tears Down.

Who Are We Called to Honor? 

1.  Honor God. (Prov 3:9) 

2.   Our parents. (Exodus 20:12)

3.   Those in authority. (Romans 13:1-7) 

4.   Our pastors and spiritual leaders. (1 Tim 5:17)

Mark 6:4-5 4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 

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

Rom 12:10 ESV  10…Outdo one another in showing honor. 

Matt 15:8 8 “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

Marcia Napoli-Tejeda  - “The bat was only valuable because Babe Ruth’s name was on it. Since he made it valuable, the only reasonable thing I could do was something that would honor his life.”