Gray Areas: Honor Code

Honor Defined “hold in high esteem and respect.” “A source of credit or distinction.” “honesty, fairness, or integrity in one’s beliefs and actions.” “fulfill or keep an obligation.”

Honoring Parents Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. Matthew 15:4 “For God said, Honor your father and mother and anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.” Ephesians 6:2 “Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise.” Dad Example

Q&A GRAY AREAS How should someone honor their parents if they are abusive? What if they have a drug problem or do something illegally? Scenario: Family Feud

Honoring the Elderly Leviticus 19:32 “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.”

Q&A Gray Areas How does the culture treat the elderly? How is it the same / different from God? If you were to judge yourself on a 1-10 scale, 10 being good, how do you treat the elderly in your family, work, and at church? Scenerio: Nursing Home or Parents Move In

Honoring those in Authority Romans 13:1 “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.” 1 Peter 2:17 “Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the King.”

Q&A Gray Areas Scenerio 1: Boss At Work Scenerio 2: Police in Public Scenerio 3: Deacon at Church