Receiving Honors Reward
MT 10:40-42
This is a new series on how to attract
God’s favor and blessing. When we
learn to honor – we receive honor’s
reward.
“Honor all people, love the
brotherhood, fear God, honor the
king.” 1Peter 2:17
“Today’s generation has done a great job at
ruining the concept of honor. We have
confused it with respect. We think honor is
something we can withhold from someone
based on their performance. Based on
how much we like them, but that is not
Biblical honor. In the Bible honor is weight,
honor is value and it is something freely
given. It’s time for honorology.” Steven
Furtick, Elevation Church
“There is an important lesson for the young
and old in this; we don’t want to merely
obey God; we want to catch his heart. It is
then we will glimpse the wisdom behind
the directives, and not just see them as
laws.” John Bevere
1. God is a Rewarder. (Heb 11:6)
God introduced himself to Abraham as his;
“shield, your exceeding great reward.” (Gen
15:1)
God rewards those he is pleased with, which
are those who heed his council. (PS 19:9-11)
We know that according to scripture all
Christians will appear before the judgment seat
of Christ to receive the rewards for our labor.
(2Cor 5:8-10; 1Cor 3:14-15). However, there
are rewards we receive in this life as well.
“For bodily exercise profits a little, but
godliness is profitable for all things, having
promise of the life that now is and of that
which is to come.” (1Tim 4:8)
2. God Rewards Honor.
There is an authority structure in the
kingdom that begins with the Father and
flows down through every level of society.
Each level carries it’s own reward.
MT 10:40-42
Without changing the meaning, allow me to insert
the word honor everywhere the words receives
and gives occurs in these verses.
“He who honors you honors Me, and he who
honors Me honors Him who sent Me. He who
honors a prophet in the name of a prophet shall
receive a prophet’s reward. And he who honors
a righteous man in the name of a righteous man
shall receive a righteous man’s reward. And
whoever honors one of these little ones with only
a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple,
assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means
lose his reward.”
There are four levels of honor mentioned
here and each level has it’s own reward.
• The Father
• Leaders – those above us
• Righteous – our peers and equals
• Little ones – those we are responsible to
care for
This is the honor principle in scripture –
1Sam 2:30
To honor is to value, to consider precious or
weighty. The opposite is to not show
respect or value, to treat as common,
ordinary or minimal. Honor is shown in
attitude, actions, thoughts.
3. Receiving a Full Reward.
“Look to yourselves, that we do not loose
those things we worked for, but that we
may receive a full reward.” 2JN 8
There are three levels of reward when we
honor others.
• Full Honor – those who value & respect
others
• Partial Honor – those who are selective
• No Honor – those who treat God & others
without honor
Honors Reward
• Partial Reward – MK 6:1-6
• No Reward – LK 5:17-26
• Full Reward – LK 7:1-10