July 8th,2009
God calls us to honor as Christians. We are to honor Him above all others. We are to honor our spouse. We are to honor those whom He places in charge of us in government. We are to honor those who have performed noteworthy acts of service. We bring honor to the Father when we as His children give the honor due others!
Psalm
66:1, 2 the call is not only for the people of Israel, but for peoples of all the earth to join in the praise of the living God, the Most High (Ps. 87; 96; 117). Sing out the honor of His name: The Lord is pleased with music that praises His glorious name (Ex. 15:2). The Lord's name describes His character, so honoring God's name is honoring God Himself (Ex. 3:14, 15).
Romans 13 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. 5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing. 7
Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
Esther 6:2, 3 The king might have been aware to some extent of Mordecai's deed when it originally occurred. In 2:23 the author says that the events were written down "in the presence of the king." Now the Lord led the king to this very text. It was customary for the Persian kings to reward promptly those who performed some noteworthy act of service. There are records of Darius and Ahasuerus bestowing such honors on deserving recipients. The two nouns honor and dignity mean "great honor."
1 Peter 3:7 Christian husbands are to demonstrate toward their wives the same unselfish spirit as Christian citizens (2:13–17), Christian subordinates (2:18–25), and Christian wives (vv. 1–6). A Christian husband should be intimately aware of his wife's needs, her strengths and weaknesses, and her goals and desires. He should know as much about her as possible in order to respond in the best way to her. A Christian husband gives honor to his wife because she deserves honor (vv. 1–6).
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