WEBVTT 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:16.719 Welcome, KCC, to church at home. 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:18.719 We're so glad to be with you today. 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:23.359 Today we're going to be reading from Matthew chapter 13, verse 57. 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:26.559 And if you have your Bibles, go ahead and turn there with me. 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.600 And I'm going to be reading for the first three scriptures here. 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:32.799 And this is just to set the stage for this message today. 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:38.399 And the scripture says this they took offense at him, that being Jesus. 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:40.960 People were offended at Jesus. 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:51.840 And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own home, in his own town, in his own space. 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:57.359 And I want you to realize what comes after that, what comes after this verse here. 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:08.640 It says, He did not do many miracles, or he didn't do any mighty works that we know Jesus could have accomplished because of their lack of faith. 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:12.640 And a prophet's not without honor, except in his own hometown. 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:21.200 And it's no coincidence that this verse comes after they didn't do these mighty works that he had planned, that he had wanted to do. 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:53.200 So why was he able to do all this great mighty works in Capernaum and not in his own hometown? 00:01:53.439 --> 00:02:06.239 For me, that's an incredible question because if any place I'd want to do miracles, if any place I'd want to see mighty works, it would be in my own hometown. 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.960 And we're going to discuss this today, so I'm excited to have you with us. 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:18.319 I'd like to talk to you today about a spirit of honor and the power of the spirit of honor. 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:31.360 When you get a hold of a principle, when you get a hold of this spiritual principle, and you hold on to it, you protect it, you learn it, you study it, it will begin to change your life. 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:34.800 It will begin to produce in you a life change. 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:40.800 And the Bible says that miracles will accompany this particular principle. 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:58.400 I'm also convinced that as much as it will benefit you if you do not realize the spirit of honor, if you do not, if you step into a spirit of dishonor, it will limit your life and the life of future generations. 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:04.800 So when we carry a spirit of honor, we develop a culture of honor, we are better. 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:19.039 Now, we've been in a collection of talks here at KCC that we've called during this patio season, and we're talking about this individual values that we carry and we aspire towards. 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:38.319 It's important that we know what we value, it's important that we know what we hold on to because the things that we value and the things we hold on to are the things that we'll pour our resource into, the things that we'll uh we'll place education in, we'll we'll get knowledge in. 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:45.840 In the last few weeks, we've learned to put Jesus first, that it's all about his mission, his message, his method. 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:52.000 We've learned that it's all about people belonging, that they're our privilege, our passion, our pursuit. 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:58.560 We've learned about being generous and living generously and giving to live and living to give. 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:10.719 We've learned about being spirit-led, living contemporary and powerful lives, uh, praying first, choosing to seek God first and have God move through our lives. 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:28.560 Well, today we'd like to spend some time talking about the value of honor, the culture of honor in our hearts, in our lives, in our homes, where we honor up, we honor down, and we honor, honor, honor, honor, honor, honor all around. 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:32.639 That's where we want to live, that's where we want to walk. 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:38.000 Honor is a fascinating subject to study, to practice. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:45.920 And sometimes, if you're not familiar with the depth of it, it can just be reduced to simply agreement. 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:52.000 If you honor something, something or someone, then you're in agreement with that individual. 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:54.399 But that is not the case. 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:58.399 I want to propose to has very little to do with agreement. 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:06.560 In fact, if we look at the life of Daniel, he learned to honor Nebuchadnezzar. 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:14.399 And I don't believe that Daniel agreed with everything Nebuchadnezzar did, but Daniel learned honor. 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:18.319 Joseph learned honor with Pharaoh. 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:20.319 He learned to honor Pharaoh. 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:26.480 It doesn't mean he agreed with everything Pharaoh did, but he learned honor in his heart. 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:29.680 So honor is an attribute. 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:32.160 It's something that I can't show you. 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:36.399 It's something I can't pull out of my pocket and say, this is honor right here. 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:43.439 Honor is an attribute, and it's an attribute closely associated with royalty. 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:53.199 And someone who is defined by this royalty carries oftentimes power, glory, and honor. 00:05:53.439 --> 00:06:03.680 Power, a scepter, glory, a crown, an honor, an attitude, and a stature of heart that you need to uncover in your life. 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.639 Honor is complex and yet simple at the same time. 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:12.639 Some of you may have never heard this before. 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:17.839 But when we were called, we were called to be a royal priesthood. 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:19.920 A royal priesthood. 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:26.800 And when you made the decision to follow Christ, you were moved from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:31.439 You were moved from someone who was far from God to someone who was near to God. 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:33.600 You became a son of God. 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:44.160 And when you were moved into that new kingdom, you were actually adopted as a son to the king. 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.360 That makes you a prince, a princess. 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:51.439 Now you gotta see yourself that way, that you are royal. 00:06:51.680 --> 00:07:00.560 You carry glory, you carry a crown, you carry power, you carry a scepter, you have power, and you carry honor. 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:03.839 Honor is an attribute that is within. 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:06.160 It is something that you carry. 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:14.879 And so we dispense and we give honor wherever we go because we are honorable people who carry honor. 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.240 We are the first and only nation. 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:28.399 The Bible says that we're a royal nation, a holy nation, where everyone in this place is actually royalty. 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:42.399 That means if you look around a church, anyone who has made a decision to follow Christ and has moved into that new kingdom, the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of God, they become royalty. 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:58.240 So each person, each individual who's probably listening today, you're going to carry honor in your heart, honor in your stature, honor in your gesture, honor in your language for other people. 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:04.079 You are going to be the kind, the type of people that dispense it wherever you go. 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:17.920 So imagine for a moment, what would it look like if the church, every individual identified by Christ, walked in honor, walked as royals. 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:20.079 What would it look like? 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.480 What would our communities look like? 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.000 What would our city look like? 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:25.920 What would our businesses look like? 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:27.680 What would our churches look like? 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:29.759 What would our families look like? 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.519 That is why it's such a high value to us at KCC. 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:40.080 We want to have a culture of honor so that people feel valuable when they walk in. 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:44.399 They say, these are people in this place who carry honor. 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:47.360 Now, honor is a spirit. 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:59.200 And it's unfortunate that we live in a generation where there's a growing popularity to actually live dishonorably and to show dishonor towards people. 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:02.639 It's actually celebrated, it's actually encouraged. 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:06.000 The greater shock of dishonor, the better. 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:13.120 As much as we can raz and hate on people and throw shade on an individual, the better. 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:23.679 It's an agenda to bring everyone down to a common place where the Bible says we are people who are supposed to be giving honor. 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:25.759 That means not everyone is common. 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:29.279 There are people in our lives who we are supposed to honor. 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:35.279 It's not common for an employee to be speaking the same language to an employer. 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:43.519 There's a place of honor, a seat of honor where we live like children talking to a parent. 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.480 It's not friends, friendships. 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:51.120 My kids will never have another dad like me. 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.080 I am going to be their only dad. 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:56.320 I'm going to be their only father. 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:01.120 And for them, learning to honor their father makes a difference. 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:07.840 For myself, learning to honor my father, my mother makes a difference. 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:13.919 We are all loved equally, but we don't have the same, we don't have the same place of honor. 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:17.759 We all have an equal voice, but we don't have an equal say. 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:20.240 Not at all times. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:23.279 We have an equal vote, but we don't decide the outcome. 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:30.879 In my life, I remember after church on a Sunday, my we would get together and we'd be in the car and we'd be hungry. 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:33.519 Everyone knows that's Sunday lunch syndrome. 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:39.360 And we'd be in the vehicle, and we would say, you know, where do you want to go for lunch? 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:44.559 And one of us would say, Red Robin, another would say, you know, Burger King. 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:52.080 Another would say, uh, like, you know, let's go home, because my mom would make great cooking, like she knew how to cook. 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:58.879 And uh my dad would just look at his wallet and he'd open it up and he'd say, no, we're going to McDonald's. 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:02.960 Like that's, and he made, he gave everyone a voice. 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:08.159 He respected and he honored everyone in the vehicle, but at one point he made the decision. 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:09.840 He was behind the steering wheel. 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:13.840 He was the one with the wallet, he was the one with the bank account. 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:15.759 And he made the decision. 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:23.120 In that case, there was equality, but one person had a voice, and we honored that voice. 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:29.120 I was taught in my life to honor property, to honor people, to honor authority. 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:32.879 And we honored the position that the person held. 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:34.639 We honored our teachers. 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:36.799 We honored our government. 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:48.879 And I've watched people today carry this spirit, and perhaps you're carrying it too, where a spirit that has become comfortable with dishonor. 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.080 And today I want to just root this out. 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:54.240 I want to talk to you about a better way. 00:11:54.399 --> 00:12:02.320 I want to talk to you about an honorable way, a way that we were called to live that is greater than the way of dishonor. 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:11.840 And it's sometimes it's not manifest or it doesn't come out as uh as obviously as you may expect. 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:13.840 Sometimes this is so subtle. 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:29.360 It's not manifest not by uh not by just not doing what you were asked to do, but it's possible to actually carry a spirit of dishonor while doing what you were asked to do. 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:31.600 Do you understand that? 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:40.080 It's you can dishonor by what you say and by your attitude, doing what you were told to do. 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:59.279 And if you were told to do something, but you're muttering under your breath, you were told to do something, but you're rolling your eyes, or you're slouching your shoulders, or you're just doing it out of like compulsion, um, shrugging your shoulders because you're upset that you have to do it, then it's a spirit of dishonor. 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.519 In my house, in my home, dishonor was not tolerated. 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:07.440 It was just not tolerated. 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:18.320 And I can tell you, it was something my parents aggressively rooted out of our hearts because they did not want us living in this space of dishonor. 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:40.399 And if because they knew that if a child learns to dishonor their family, learns to dishonor their parents, then one day they're gonna walk into an environment like a job and think it's okay to dishonor their boss, and think it's okay to tell them how they're feeling, and just begin to give them a piece of their mind. 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:47.120 And what happens is then the boss turns around and shows them the exit and shows them the way out. 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:52.399 And it's not a surprise that the boss will do that if they've learned dishonor. 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.639 So we need to build families who realize honor. 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:03.679 If you don't watch for it, the spirit of dishonor will attach itself to us. 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:07.600 It's worth realizing, it's worth understanding. 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:12.240 When you have the right spirit, it's the way you do things. 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.159 You can say, well, well, I just did it. 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:19.679 Yeah, you did it, but did you do it with the right heart? 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:22.879 Did you do it with an honorable spirit? 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:26.399 The spirit that we carry is honorable. 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:30.960 So let me just say what Jesus, come back to Jesus here. 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.679 Jesus is in his own hometown. 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:37.840 And he says, in my own hometown I'm not honored. 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:43.200 And if you read the story, the story says virtually that it shut him down. 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:50.480 And what I'd like to share with you is that dishonor shuts down what God puts in people for you. 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:55.679 Dishonor will close you off to what they have for you. 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:05.039 Your attitude of dishonor can shut someone else up in what they had intended to give to you. 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:06.480 Imagine this. 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:16.879 Jesus, the Son of God, carrying the miraculous power of the Father here on earth, walks into his hometown. 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:18.320 What's going to happen? 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.480 And they shut him down, and he couldn't do many mighty works. 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:24.320 He couldn't do anything. 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:28.080 And the scripture doesn't say that he didn't want to heal the sick. 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:30.559 It doesn't say that he didn't want to do miracles. 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:35.919 It's that he couldn't do miracles because of their unbelief and their dishonor. 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:40.559 They were dishonoring him as God in the flesh, ready to do miracles. 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:44.000 But they didn't show him honor, so it was cut off. 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:47.759 You can be, now realize this. 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:50.559 You can be with Jesus. 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:58.080 You can be with the most anointed, specially gifted person in the world. 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:08.639 You can be under the best boss, best employer, the best environment for you to grow and to be fortunate and blessed and thrive. 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:14.799 And you can miss out on it while everyone else is experiencing breakthrough and blessing. 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:19.440 You can miss out on it because of the dishonor that's in your heart. 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:34.799 It is that critical, it is that dangerous that we root out dishonor because it will hold you back, it will hold families back, it will hold cities back, it will hold nations back when we don't learn to honor. 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:36.480 Honor matters. 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:44.000 Your reception, the way you receive, does not define the way other people will receive. 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:54.799 It doesn't define the thermostat, it doesn't define the temperature of the rest of your community or in the church, the rest of the body of Christ. 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:59.919 Someone else could be experiencing incredible things, and you're not experiencing anything. 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:00.879 Why is that? 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:04.880 You don't set the temperature for the whole body. 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:11.599 You're just setting it for yourself, and you're setting yourself up to fail if you're living with dishonor. 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:20.160 Whoever you honor, you're going to be blessed by, you're going to receive a blessing from. 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:35.680 And I believe that God even puts people in your life who are difficult to honor, so that it pushes you into a place of honor where you have to actually dig deep and learn how to honor difficult people. 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:37.279 Can you believe it? 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:40.799 The culture of honor. 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:50.640 If you develop the culture of honor in your own house, in your own home, in your church, you'll receive the blessing that comes from an individual. 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:54.160 I read it in Matthew 10, 41 here. 00:17:54.559 --> 00:18:00.160 It says, Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:07.599 And whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:14.240 How you receive someone matters. 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.519 It's connected. 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:20.319 The way you receive someone is connected to your reward in life. 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:33.839 So people of this generation, young adults, young people, men, women, singles, married couples, seniors, everyone needs to understand the importance of honor. 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:47.440 Romans 13, 7 says this: render, therefore, to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom is due, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor is due. 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:50.640 Render honor to whom honor is due. 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:55.279 There are people in our lives who are worthy of honor. 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:57.680 How are we at honoring them? 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:00.319 How are we at being honorable? 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:05.200 Giving and dispensing honor from our heart. 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:08.720 Honor has to do with our own standard. 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:14.079 Honor has to do with our own functionality. 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:16.960 Where honor comes from is ourself. 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:24.240 No matter how someone acts, I refuse to enter into a space or spirit of dishonor. 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:27.920 Honor has to do with me, and I'm in charge of my attitude. 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:30.559 I'm in charge of my response. 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:36.160 If people are dishonorable, I am not going to enter into a spirit of dishonor. 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:38.480 I'm not going to enter into their acts. 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:46.400 I'm not going to engage with that spirit of dishonor because I know how impactful it is on a life. 00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:54.799 Let me just demonstrate for you through a scenario in Scripture how honor actually affects your life. 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:59.680 And I believe you're going to learn something from this, but honor affects your life. 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:16.079 And this is actually an Old Testament record from Numbers chapter 12, where Miriam, Aaron, and Moses are having this dialogue together and this conversation and this experience together. 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:21.440 And the Bible says that Moses is with Miriam, who's the chief worshiper. 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:28.079 She's the worship leader, Aaron the chief high priest, and Moses the leader. 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:35.759 And as a leader, the Bible says that he was elevated above his siblings. 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:39.039 So he was the one worthy of honor. 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:49.920 And he decided to marry an Ethiopian woman, a different nationality, a different race, a different color skin. 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:54.079 And this really became an issue for Miriam and Aaron. 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:56.559 And the siblings did not like it. 00:20:56.720 --> 00:21:06.960 Aaron, Miriam didn't agree and started talking behind his back, murmuring about Aaron, or about Moses and his new wife. 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:08.720 And so he's talking about Moses. 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:11.440 They're talking about Moses and his new wife. 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:18.960 And the scripture says this really clearly: that the Lord heard what they were saying. 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:24.160 He heard what they were saying, that it wasn't a secret to him. 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:33.599 And don't think that you get a special pass, and that God all of a sudden goes silent when you entertain dishonor towards people. 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:37.039 We are responsible for every word that comes out of our lips. 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:42.640 Every word that comes out has power and we we know that. 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:55.119 So God heard Miriam and Aaron, and the words mattered, and God heard the spirit of dishonor in their lives. 00:21:55.519 --> 00:22:03.680 So when what happens is when you stop dishonoring and When you start dishonoring people, you start dishonoring God. 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:06.880 And you begin to pick up this real ugly spirit. 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.480 I don't know what else to call it. 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:12.240 It's just like it's a heart that just becomes dark. 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:21.359 And you begin to cut off people and cut off from receiving from people, all because you begin to have and carry an offense. 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:29.279 And with Miriam and Aaron, it was the color of his wife's skin, it was her nationality, it was the fact that he was getting married. 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:38.240 And you get offended, and like they got offended, and when you get offended, you begin to lose honor towards that individual. 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:42.799 And the next thing you know, you're you're running like a car out of gas. 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:45.279 You can have everything going for you. 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:55.839 You can have a beautiful Lamborghini, perfect 2021 Lamborghini sitting, and you can be sitting inside of it. 00:22:55.920 --> 00:23:07.039 It's got every tire, every mechanic, every electrical element, every every uh mechanical feature there, and you can be sitting it and you're not going to move. 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:10.240 And you're not going to move because you're out of gas. 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:16.319 And the gas, it's that's the way it is when you when you live in a spirit of dishonor. 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:19.440 It's like you're sitting in a car that's out of gas. 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:28.000 Everything could be going around you, be there, available for you, but if you don't have the gas, you're not going to move. 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:32.079 And what happens is that the Lord heard. 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:34.640 The Lord heard. 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:38.319 And they were empty because they were carrying this dishonor. 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:41.519 The Lord heard and came to came to Moses. 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:45.680 He says, Tell them to meet me at the tabernacle. 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.279 Can you believe that? 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:54.720 God actually said, Tell them I'm going to meet them at the door of the tabernacle. 00:23:55.279 --> 00:24:07.279 And there was only the first time in scripture in the Old Testament where God left outside of the Holy of Holies, the inner sanctum. 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:10.960 He came out, he says, I'm going to meet them at the door. 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:14.160 And he sits them down and they approach. 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:18.720 Now remember, this is the chief musician, the chief high priest. 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:21.519 There was no status when you came to meet God. 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:25.839 All of a sudden a pillar of smoke is there, and God is speaking. 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:27.680 And he says this to them. 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:33.359 He says, Listen, I have a prophet, Moses. 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:39.519 And I speak to him in visions, or I speak to prophets in visions and dreams. 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:44.000 But Moses is a leader, he's a friend, he's a true servant. 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:50.000 And when I speak to Moses, I speak to him as someone speaks to another individual face to face. 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:55.200 And I don't speak to him in riddles, I speak to him clearly. 00:24:55.440 --> 00:25:00.240 He sees me and he does what he tells, he does what I tell him to do. 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:07.359 And why is this not an issue for you while you're speaking against him? 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:11.119 Why are you able to do that against him? 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:17.279 And so God just, the Bible says here, the anger of the Lord burned against them, and then he just peaced out. 00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:17.920 He laughed. 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:19.119 He's like, enough. 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.839 I'm done. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.839 I'm done, I'm done, I'm done. 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:24.880 And do you notice there wasn't much conversation? 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:29.359 God just says, this is the way it is, and this is the way it's going to be. 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:47.599 And the scripture says that this problem with Moses' wife, because of her color of skin that Miriam had became a problem for her because when God left, Miriam became white, like a leper. 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:56.480 And when the cloud lifted, Miriam's skin was leprous. 00:25:56.559 --> 00:26:01.839 And so Moses is looking at his own sister, thinking, I've got to deal with this. 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.039 And so he goes back to God. 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:05.519 He says, God, just be merciful to her. 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.880 Like, just be merciful. 00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:18.240 And God says, Well, boy, if she would have spoken poorly against her father, her father would have removed her from the city for seven days. 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:20.240 She spoke against you, Moses. 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:31.440 And so God actually removed the, had her move out of the city for seven days, and the whole country had to wait until she was allowed to come back in. 00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:38.240 See, God gave her leprosy, and he gave her leprosy because leprosy carries with it isolation. 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:44.799 And when you have leprosy, you don't have to tell people to not be around you, to not hang around you. 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:54.960 And if a person is carrying this dishonorable spirit, if they're carrying a spirit of dishonor, the Bible says just the principle here is just treat them like a leper. 00:26:55.119 --> 00:27:01.359 I don't get around it because not only is it dangerous, but it's contagious. 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:17.759 And you and I both know if you've been in a in the community of people who have been speaking dishonorably, that that this attitude begins to leak, and this and dishonor creates more dishonor, and dishonor creates more dishonor. 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:23.440 Just get away from it, separate from it, stay safe, create distance. 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:37.920 This last week we had a phone call with uh three government officials, Bonnie Henry, uh and then the chief medical minister or the minister of health. 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:41.359 Uh I think his name was uh Adrian Dix. 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:43.119 And Adrian Dix. 00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:50.880 And in this phone call, they had this was the fourth phone call to faith leaders in BC. 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:54.480 And in this phone call, I could sense their heart. 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:57.599 Their heart was listen, thank you so much. 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:02.480 We realize this is an essential service, we realize this is really difficult for you. 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:11.200 Thank you so much for doing what you can do to actually uh slow this curve and slow this uh the spread of COVID. 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:16.720 And they just requested of us, you know, this is some boundaries that we have to put up. 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:20.319 Could you continue to do this for the time being? 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:30.240 And I watched their hearts, and as leaders in our community, I just began to think, you know what, I need to I need to bless them, I need to honor. 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:37.039 But I've been in spaces where people are starting to run down the government and run down the rules and run down the regulations. 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:40.960 And I said, Lord, help me to be a person of honor. 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:46.880 Help me to be a person who's honorable towards our community here. 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:54.160 Dishonor is contagious, leprosy is contagious, it will affect your life. 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:57.039 Don't step into the spirit of dishonor. 00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:59.920 Dishonor will also affect your children. 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:04.079 I look at in Genesis chapter 9, there's a story of Noah. 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:10.720 And Noah had been locked up in a ship for 40 days and 40 nights as it rained and the floods came. 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:25.279 And uh he finally gets out of the ship with the animals and his family, and the first thing he does is he builds an altar and he says, Thank you, God, for saving me and my family, and thank you. 00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:30.960 But I'm sure there was like the trauma of a situation like that would have been incredible. 00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:40.960 And he comes to the place where he's planting a vineyard, and the Bible says that he he planted vineyard, he made grapes, he made wine, and he got drunk. 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:45.519 And he found himself in his tent and he was uncovered. 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:47.759 The Bible says that there was flesh. 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:49.200 He was naked. 00:29:49.839 --> 00:30:02.640 And at that place of being naked, and I don't always understand uh why it was this way, but the Bible says that one of his sons came and he saw him in his flesh. 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:12.240 He saw some flesh, and he ran out and he began to tell everybody about the flesh that he saw, his dad's nakedness. 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:40.319 And I just want to say to you today, I don't understand why God uses who God uses, but when you see someone's flesh and you see someone's vulnerability and you see someone's weakness, you see someone who may not be as educated, as capable, as intelligent as you are, I'm sure there's someone better suited for this position than me in this case. 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:59.839 But in this situation, we need to realize that there's people, there are people, and there are people who are flesh, that make errors and have weaknesses and aren't intending to do wrong, but they're just they're just people. 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:15.759 And the Bible says even about Paul, where he said in 1 Corinthians 1, chapter 26, verse 26 and 27, he says, listen, in your church, there aren't many wise by human standards, there aren't many powerful, there aren't even many good-looking. 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.799 Like, seriously, he just went all out. 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:24.559 But God chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. 00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:29.200 He chooses the weak things of the world to confound the strong. 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:34.160 And when you see someone's flesh, how do you respond? 00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.640 How do you respond? 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:52.480 How do you respond to people who are less capable than you are, who are younger, maybe different style, maybe a different dress, maybe a different age, maybe a different uh gender, maybe they're just different than you are. 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:57.680 Different experience and faith, different education. 00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:06.160 Well, when Ham saw his father, his father's nakedness, he went out and he told everyone. 00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:09.039 He ran to his brothers and he says, Come check it out. 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:10.720 Look, dad's naked. 00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:20.079 And the two sons came in to the tent and they walked backwards into the tent so that they wouldn't see their dad and they had a blanket. 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:24.000 And they walked backwards into the tent and they covered their dad. 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:30.319 And when they did that, they began to they were showing honor towards their dad. 00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:36.960 And when they showed honor towards their dad, when their dad woke up, he said, Listen, I've got a blessing for you. 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:47.680 He went to his first two sons and he said, You know, Shem, you're gonna be the leader of the Semitic tribes, and good things, amazing things are gonna happen for you. 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:55.039 Japheth, uh, you'll be the head of the European tribes, good things and amazing things are gonna happen for you. 00:32:55.359 --> 00:33:04.880 And then he looked at his son Ham, the one who had exposed his nakedness, and he said to him, He didn't he didn't curse Ham. 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:09.279 He said, Cursed be Canaan, your son. 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:14.400 The lowest of slaves will he be to your brothers. 00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:22.160 Do you notice that the curse for dishonor didn't land on the individual? 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:25.200 It landed on the children of the individual. 00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:30.079 And this is the dangerous element of dishonor. 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:33.440 We know God doesn't question it. 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:35.680 We know God hears the words we say. 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:43.440 But we want to carry this culture of honor for the sake of our children and for the sake of our children's children. 00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:46.559 What are we gonna leave for the next generation? 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:56.720 The words you speak, the gestures you carry, the attitude you carry will affect our families and our family's family. 00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:04.319 It will elevate our lives, it will elevate our children's lives, or it will decimate them. 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:19.360 And I want to declare to you today that I'm here to announce a spirit of honor, a spirit of honor that you carry already because you're a child of the king. 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:21.440 You're of royal blood. 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:30.639 I want to declare a spirit of honor over your homes that will not only affect your life, but the lives of your children and your children's children. 00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:40.400 I want you to see how you will honor God, honor God's authority, honor uh honor the authorities that are in your life. 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:53.199 Don't listen to what the people are saying, don't listen to what Facebook or social media is saying, don't listen to the buzz over the air or what the press is saying or shouting out at you. 00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:56.800 Don't listen to even what some of your friends are saying. 00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:10.480 Instead, carry a spirit of honor for the sake of your own home, for the sake of your own life, for the sake of your children's lives and your children's children. 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:32.079 Honor, honor, honor, honor, up, honor, down, honor all around, honor your leaders, honor your pastors, honor your small group leaders, honor your authorities, honor your parents, husbands, honor your wives, children, honor your mom and dad, honor, honor all manner of men. 00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:37.840 Though scripture says that we have an endless supply of honor to offer. 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:43.199 So give honor, give value, give credit to people. 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:50.960 This is where we will release the mighty works that Jesus said he couldn't do in his own hometown. 00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:53.760 We want him to do them in our hometown. 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:57.280 We want them to do it in our city, in our lives. 00:35:57.440 --> 00:36:05.920 So we dress ourselves, we we put on a cloak of armor, we put on that spirit of honor. 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:13.519 And we say this, we say, um Proverbs 15, 33, that before honor will come humility. 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:17.360 We'll walk humbly, we'll walk humbly with honor. 00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:24.159 We'll give honor, like in 2 Timothy 5.17, we'll give a double portion to the elders. 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:27.840 To those who've gone before us, we're going to give a double portion. 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.000 Give them the best seat of the house. 00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:32.159 Give them the best seat at the table. 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:37.920 Give those who've gone before us the attitude and the respect that they deserve. 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:51.920 Proverbs 3.9 says, honor the Lord with your first fruits and the substance that you have, that's your resource, your time, your energy, your uh your increase that you have. 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:53.840 Honor the Lord with those. 00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:57.920 When you give, you're honoring the Lord, and He blesses it. 00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:16.079 Whether you're at home today or you're just listening online or wherever you may be watching, if you've heard this message today and you're realizing, Pastor Brody, I haven't been honoring the Lord. 00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:18.880 I haven't been honoring him with my life. 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:24.960 I haven't been honoring him with my heart, with my words. 00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:28.159 In fact, I've been living a dishonoring life. 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:31.280 In fact, I've been using dishonorable words. 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:34.239 I've been, I want, I want, I need help today. 00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:37.599 I need to make this wrong right. 00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:41.599 Well, I want to pray with you today. 00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:50.480 And I believe it's a simple prayer of repentance, saying, Lord, take this heart of dishonor and would you make me clean? 00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:54.400 Would you, I repent of my wrong, would you make me right? 00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:57.519 Would you allow a right spirit to live in me? 00:37:57.760 --> 00:38:02.000 And if that's you today, I'd like to challenge you today with that prayer. 00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:08.159 And if you're listening today and you're like, I haven't even honored the Lord with my life. 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:15.519 And I've decided today to surrender my life to Jesus Christ, I need to do this, I need to honor him with my heart. 00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:19.679 Then I'm gonna pray with you this salvation prayer. 00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:29.119 So wherever you're at today, if you've never placed Jesus first, you've never put him first in your life, we're gonna take a moment and pray together. 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:36.719 It's a very simple prayer, it's an invitation, it's one of the most important decisions you'll ever make as an individual. 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:44.960 And if you pray this prayer, um, even though it's simple, I believe God will make a difference in your life starting at this moment. 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:47.119 Would you bow your heads with me? 00:38:48.159 --> 00:39:10.719 Father, today, we just approach you with a heart of honor, and we ask you today, Lord, that you would take our hearts of dishonor and would you provide us, Lord, with a clean heart, a clean spirit, that this spirit of honor would rest and live in us. 00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:19.760 We repent, Lord, for living our lives with dishonor in our language, in our talk, and the way we've treated people in our lives. 00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:27.039 And today, Lord, we choose to submit to your way, which is an honorable way. 00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:39.840 Lord, would you teach us by your Holy Spirit how to walk this walk, how to live this life, so that our lives are a testimony to you in Jesus' name. 00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:47.760 And for any of those who have never made that decision to follow Christ and honor him with your life, there's a prayer here. 00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:49.039 I'm going to pray this with you. 00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:51.440 The words are on the bottom of the screen. 00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:57.440 You can just sit where you're at and pray this aloud, and God will visit you where you're at. 00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:02.239 Lord Jesus, thank you for coming to earth. 00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:09.920 I believe you died, you rose again, so that I could be forgiven and have friendship with you. 00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:18.000 And right now, I ask you to forgive me from all my sin, and I let the past go. 00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:23.119 I ask you to come into my life to be my savior. 00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:27.599 I receive you today as my savior and my Lord. 00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:32.320 Make me the person you created me to be. 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:34.239 In Jesus' name. 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.440 Amen. 00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:42.719 May God bless you this week as you go about your life and the summer. 00:40:43.199 --> 00:41:01.599 Lord, I just pray, I'm praying for you that you would just carry this spirit and this culture of honor would be alive and active in your home that you would honor up, you would honor down, and you would honor, honor, honor, honor, honor all around. 00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.800 God bless you.