Your life is impacted, affected, not only by the person next to you, but the person across the room, the person at the other service, the person at the other campus. You may not know or even see this other person, but they are having an impact on your life and wellbeing, and yours theirs. They are having an impact on this church, as are you. What I just described you to is a profound biblical, spiritual truth that is largely unknown and ignored, by both the individual and the church.

Do you want the Lord to honor you? Do you want the Lord to honor your money? In the passages I just read we have a command. We are commanded by the Lord; whether we think He needs or it not, to honor Him with our money. It says with first fruits.

Do you want the Lord to honor you? Do you want the Lord to honor your money? In the passages I just read we have a command. We are commanded by the Lord; whether we think He needs or it not, to honor Him with our money. It says with first fruits.

We are continuing today our series on Honor. Now what we are looking at today could have been three sermons. That sounds kind of scary. There are three different issues, three complete messages, but I am going to present them as one. Let’s see if it works. So here we go, if you want life to work, honor the Lord with your body.

We are continuing today our series on Honor. Now what we are looking at today could have been three sermons. That sounds kind of scary. There are three different issues, three complete messages, but I am going to present them as one. Let’s see if it works. So here we go, if you want life to work, honor the Lord with your body.

We all have them in the course of a lifetime: parents, teachers, coaches, babysitters, and the crème de la crème, bosses. And just about every one of them at some point is going to be wrong, unfair, mean, and possibly the devil. My guess is most of us have at the very minimum a hurtful memory if not a life that has been negatively affected by someone in authority. So why would God want us to honor them?

We all have them in the course of a lifetime: parents, teachers, coaches, babysitters, and the crème de la crème, bosses. And just about every one of them at some point is going to be wrong, unfair, mean, and possibly the devil. My guess is most of us have at the very minimum a hurtful memory if not a life that has been negatively affected by someone in authority. So why would God want us to honor them?

Last week we looked at what it means to honor marriage, a command from the Lord, and while we certainly see a marital directive, we saw a command for all people, married or single, to honor marriage, to honor the marriage bed. Today we see that we honor the home. We honor God’s design for society.

Last week we looked at what it means to honor marriage, a command from the Lord, and while we certainly see a marital directive, we saw a command for all people, married or single, to honor marriage, to honor the marriage bed. Today we see that we honor the home. We honor God’s design for society.

The church honoring marriage is critical to our strength in an immoral world. Have you ever thought about your marriage as critical to the health of your church? This is not just marital advice, but a command given to all: married, single, divorced, widowed, all of us are to honor marriage.