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 1/27/2020 9:26 AM |
| Joel | | Pensacola | |  |  |
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“And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!””
Revelation 5:13 NKJVPlease do not misunderstand me. I am not saying we should give God’s glory to man. I am saying that we should glorify God by obeying His command to honor all people including those in authority. No matter what you call it. Boast, proud of, thankful for, respect, honor, appreciate, esteem, admire, look up to, value, cherish, adore, venerate.... ...it’s not so much the specific word that we call it but that we do it. Different people will use different words. That is normal. That is fine. Honor all people. Honor the president. |
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| 1/27/2020 9:11 AM |
| Joel | | Pensacola | | | |
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What does honor mean if it doesn’t mean honor? I have heard folks who are quick to bless God and to curse their fellow man and especially their (or other countries’)government officials even though they enjoy peace, freedom, and prosperity in their homeland. Our sinful hearts are naturally caustic, bitter, mean, negative, stringent, rough, grumpy, cynical, pessimistic, and cruel, etc. We need to learn from a gracious God how to be gracious ourselves, not just towards God but towards our fellow humans. Honor all people. Respect all people. Don’t just go around bashing people. If we got what we deserved from God, we would all be in hell right now. The Chinese are not worse sinners than Iran or America. |
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| 1/27/2020 9:10 AM |
| Joel | | Pensacola | | | |
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“The concept of boasting above is about to celebrate, or commend.” —B. McCausland. That’s why many people who see themselves as very righteous won’t celebrate birthdays or express appreciation or commendation to those who have done well in something except to God only. They think that acknowledging someone or something as good or kind is stealing glory from God. I do not have the time to prove that they are totally wrong on this thread, but as for me, I see some of those places in Scripture that allow for commendation and celebrating good, enjoyable, or lovely things and people in your life while giving all the glory to God. Allegedly, even the Puritans struggled with this. I hear that some of them would purposefully make a small defect in a hand-crafted item to show that they were not perfect like God. That’s a real head-scratcher for me. “Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”
I Peter 2:17 NKJV “Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.”
James 3:10 NKJV “Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.”
Romans 13:7 NKJV |
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