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DEFINE

Honor means showing deep respect and value for someone or something. It’s not just about words—it’s about how we treat others with kindness, honesty, and integrity.

John Bevere – “Honor is the currency of Heaven.”

Matthew 13:57

"And so, they were offended at Him. And Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house' "Now He could not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief".

DISHONOR shuts down the miraculous power of God in Jesus Christ. HONOR creates a bridge for blessings, wisdom, and impartation

Romans 13

Every person must submit to and support the authorities over him. For there can be no authority in the universe except by God’s appointment, which means that every authority that exists has been instituted by God. So to resist authority is to resist the divine order of God, which results in severe consequences.

MIRIAM. AARON. MOSES.

NUMBERS 12:1-15

Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; So they said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard it.

Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!” So the three came out. Then the LORD came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. Then He said,

“Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house. I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant Moses?”

So the anger of the LORD was aroused against them, and He departed. And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow… So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “Please heal her, O God, I pray!” Then the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.”

A SPIRIT OF DISHONOR PROVOKES DIVINE INTERVENTION.

LEPROSY is CONTAGIOUS and so is DISHONOR.

GOD REVEALS TO HEAL So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again.

NOAH - Genesis 9

The sons of Noah who came out of the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah; from these three the whole Earth was populated. Noah, a farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard. He drank from its wine, got drunk and passed out, naked in his tent.

[DISHONOR] Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and told his two brothers who were outside the tent. [HONOR] Shem and Japheth took a cloak, held it between them from their shoulders, walked backward and covered their father’s nakedness, keeping their faces turned away so they did not see their father’s exposed body.

"Cursed be Canaan! A slave of slaves, a slave to his brothers! Blessed be GOD, the God of Shem, but Canaan shall be his slave. God prosper Japheth, living spaciously in the tents of Shem. But Canaan shall be his slave."

PRINCIPLE: DISHONORING GOD, HIS WORD, HIS PEOPLE WILL HAVE GENERATIONAL IMPACT.

APPLICATION

1.	REFLECT ON AREAS OF DISHONOR IN YOUR LIFE
2.	CULTIVATE A SPIRIT OF HONOR IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
3.	TEACH HONOR TO THE NEXT GENERATION
4.	BONUS THOUGHT: GUARD YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS