How do we honor God?
Webster 1828
Dictionary- Honor -- I'm taking from the following all I believe
may apply to how we honor God.
Honor
HON'OR, n. on'or.
[L. honor, honos.]
1. The esteem due or
paid to worth; high estimation.
A prophet is not
without honor, except in his own country. Mat 13.
2. A testimony of
esteem; any expression of respect or of high estimation by words or actions; as
the honors of war; military honors; funeral honors; civil honors.
3. Dignity; exalted
rank or place; distinction.
I have given thee
riches and honor. 1 Ki 3.
Thou art clothed
with honor and majesty. Psa 104.
In doing a good
thing, there is both honor and pleasure.
4. Reverence;
veneration; or any act by which reverence and submission are expressed, as
worship paid to the Supreme Being.
HON'OR, v.t on'or.
[L. honoro.]
1. To revere; to
respect; to treat with deference and submission, and perform relative duties
to.
Honor thy father and
thy mother. Exo 20.
2. To reverence; to
manifest the highest veneration for, in words and actions; to entertain the
most exalted thoughts of; to worship; to adore.
That all men should
honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. John 5
4. To glorify; to
render illustrious.
I will be honored
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host. Exo 14.
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So, how do we honor
God?
Do we esteem God
above all else, and I mean all else, ourselves included?
Do we respect God
above all else in our actions, in our words?
Do we hold God in an
exalted rank?
Do we reverence, do
we venerate, are we in submission to our God?
How do our lives
reflect the honor we give to God? How do
we reveal that we are putting Him first in our lives, in all things?
We need to truly
delve into this and by the grace of God be shown our shortcomings, and our
obedience.
Let's look at the
moral law God gave to those He chose to become His people. He was teaching the Hebrew people about Him
and His relationship to them.
Exo 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,
Exo 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven
image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Exo 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that
hate me;
Exo 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that
love me, and keep my commandments.
Exo 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy
God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in
vain.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy
work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the
LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore
the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exo 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy
days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Exo 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.
Exo 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exo 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.
Exo 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbour.
Exo 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Exo 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and
the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and
when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
Exo 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us,
and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Deu 4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which
he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two
tables of stone.
Mat 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good
Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me
good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into
life, keep the commandments.
Mat 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou
shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou
shalt not bear false witness,
Mat 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these
things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Mat 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect,
go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure
in heaven: and come and follow me.
Mat 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he
went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Mat 22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked
him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the
law?
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law
and the prophets.
Love God, love our
neighbor- all ten moral laws are based upon those two commandments. The first
four are God's, the last six are for our neighbors.
We need to open our
hearts to the truth of these words because in those first four commandments of
the moral law given to instruct those who were brought out of bondage into the
light of truth reveal the honor God is due.
Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven
image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Exo 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that
hate me;
Exo 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that
love me, and keep my commandments.
Exo 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy
God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in
vain.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy
work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the
LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore
the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
No other Gods. No
graven images. No taking God's name in vain. Remember God's holy day, the
Sabbath.
Jesus had NO other
God before His Father God. Jesus had NO graven images to worship before God.
Jesus never took His Father God's name in vain. Jesus always honored God's holy
day, the Sabbath in the truest way possible.
Jesus did all these
in honor of His Father God.
We can do no less,
through our Savior.
More on all this
tomorrow by the grace and mercy of our Lord, Jesus Christ!
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