HONOR IN THE FAMILY

This teaching identifies the destiny and purpose of honor and how honor moves us toward God’s intention for our lives.  Honor addresses the challenges that face us in the area of relationships. It is essential to God that His people learn to mature relationally in Him and with one another.  Honor addresses how our relationships with each other directly affects our inheritance and give us several signs of relational maturity.

“Freely you have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:8).

The Duties and Service of Honor are to be given freely; we should never give with the expectation of remuneration. Obviously, this would include monetary exchange (“I’ll accept you if you pay me five hundred dollars.” “I’ll comfort you in exchange for your car.”), but it also means that our giving should never be based on any expectation of return. (“I’ll forgive you if you will forget my credit card purchases.” “I’ll prefer you today if you’ll prefer to me tomorrow.” “I’ll accept you if you vote for me.”)

Sometimes we are more interested in getting things to work out for our own personal interests. We may feel that we have all the answers and work to get others to see things our way. This, in reality, is a subtle form of pride and selfishness.

Understanding that we are the Father’s inheritance and that He chooses us as His inheritance allows us to enjoy intimacy with God the Father. Our inheritance is fulfilled as we mature, properly relate to others, and “go into all the nations and preach the Gospel.” 

According to the writers of the new testament, when honor is flowing, the Kingdom of God comes, and when honor becomes corrupted to the point of anarchy, the Kingdom goes.

It is the intention of these teachings of honor to see and understand just how vital honor is and how to honor works in our family, the church, the community, and to our nation.  For almost every problem that we encounter, there is an honor-based solution to that problem.