2020/08/02
Pastor Yan Lam
Scripture Reading
Malachi 1:6
6 A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the Lord of hosts. To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
Romans 13:7
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.
Does Honor Matter
Malachi 1:6
6 A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the Lord of hosts. To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
Leviticus 22:20-23
20 Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf. 21 And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. 22 Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the Lord. 23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Deuteronomy 15:21
21 But if there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
2 Samuel 24:24
24 Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Romans 13:7
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.
1Samuel 2:30
30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
Matthew 15:8
8 These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.
John 5:44
44 How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?
2 Samuel 3:7-8
7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”
8 Then Abner became very angry at the words of Ishbosheth, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show loyalty to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman?
2 Timothy 2:20-21
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
Leviticus 19:3
3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Matthew 15:4
4 For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
Ephesians 6:2-3
2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise: 3 that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.
Leviticus 20:9
9 For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him.
1 Corinthians 6:20
20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Proverbs 3:9
9 Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
Revelations 5:12
12 saying with a loud voice:“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
2Peter 1:17
17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Exodus 14:18
18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Proverbs 8:18
18 Riches and honor are with me, Enduring riches and righteousness.
Psalm 111:3
3 His work is honorable and glorious, And His righteousness endures forever.
Psalm 8:4-5
4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? 5 For You have made him a little lower than angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Hebrews 2:7
7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.
Proverbs 15:33
33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.
2 Samuel 6:21-22
21 So David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the Lord. 22 And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.”
Psalm 21:3-6
3 For You meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon his head. 4 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him—Length of days forever and ever. 5 His glory is great in Your salvation; Honor and majesty You have placed upon him. 6 For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
Psalm 96:6
6 Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
1Corinthians 12:26
26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1Thessalonians 5:12-13
12 And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
Romans 2:6-11
6 who “will render to each one according to his deeds”: 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; 8 but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; 10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For there is no partiality with God.