Title: The Principles of Honor (13)
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Luke 14:1-24
INTRODUCTION: I love today's text. It conveys a principle that few people really understand, but I think it is absolutely life-changing. I call it the Principles of Honor.
Now, honor can be used as a verb or a noun. I'm using it as a verb in this sermon. It is something you do to others or others do to you.
Honor is the act of enhancing or amplifying the splendor of a person.
ILLUSTRATION: My daughter is a Photographer. I always love it when she takes pictures of me because she "AMPLIFIES MY SPENDER". She shoots me in the best light; she poses me in the most flattering way, and she adjusts her white balance so I am a bit more tan than normal.
NOW - what she does with her camera, we can do with our words when we honor a person. We amplify their splendor. We treat them with great dignity and respect.
The opposite of honor is shame. Shame can certainly be abused, but it is not always bad. Shame diminishes another person's splendor... and at times a person should be ashamed.
The problem with our culture is that we reverse HONOR and SHAME.
- Things that should be shameful we HONOR.
- Things that should be honored we SHAME.
Until that changes - we have a serious problem. Because, you see, Honor and Shame are powerful things.
- What gets HONORED grows.
- What gets SHAMED dies.
That's something you have to be careful of as a Parent - you should shame bad behavior without shaming the child's inherent dignity. It is possible to honor the child while shaming the behavior. You do this by conveying that you expected more of him than that. So you amplify the splendor of the person while diminishing the splendor of the behavior.
So that is what honor is - the act of enhancing or amplifying the splendor of a person.
With that in mind, look with me at verse 1
TEXT: Luke 14:1-24 (ESV)
1 One Sabbath, when he went to dine a ...
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Luke 14:1-24
INTRODUCTION: I love today's text. It conveys a principle that few people really understand, but I think it is absolutely life-changing. I call it the Principles of Honor.
Now, honor can be used as a verb or a noun. I'm using it as a verb in this sermon. It is something you do to others or others do to you.
Honor is the act of enhancing or amplifying the splendor of a person.
ILLUSTRATION: My daughter is a Photographer. I always love it when she takes pictures of me because she "AMPLIFIES MY SPENDER". She shoots me in the best light; she poses me in the most flattering way, and she adjusts her white balance so I am a bit more tan than normal.
NOW - what she does with her camera, we can do with our words when we honor a person. We amplify their splendor. We treat them with great dignity and respect.
The opposite of honor is shame. Shame can certainly be abused, but it is not always bad. Shame diminishes another person's splendor... and at times a person should be ashamed.
The problem with our culture is that we reverse HONOR and SHAME.
- Things that should be shameful we HONOR.
- Things that should be honored we SHAME.
Until that changes - we have a serious problem. Because, you see, Honor and Shame are powerful things.
- What gets HONORED grows.
- What gets SHAMED dies.
That's something you have to be careful of as a Parent - you should shame bad behavior without shaming the child's inherent dignity. It is possible to honor the child while shaming the behavior. You do this by conveying that you expected more of him than that. So you amplify the splendor of the person while diminishing the splendor of the behavior.
So that is what honor is - the act of enhancing or amplifying the splendor of a person.
With that in mind, look with me at verse 1
TEXT: Luke 14:1-24 (ESV)
1 One Sabbath, when he went to dine a ...
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