Kenneth Copeland — People without Honor
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man
doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord,
whether he be bond or free (Ephesians 6:8).
I was raised and trained by parents from two
different cultures.
My father is a mixture of Scotch, Irish and
English. My mother is Cherokee. Her father was
full-blooded Cherokee. The Cherokee people
are particularly strong when it comes to raising
children.
It is traditional for Cherokees to teach
their children what they know and how to behave
at home. The European cultural tradition is to train
children in everything the parents know, including
their trade, education and values, before they are
sent away for outside education.
Today, as a rule, honor is not being taught and
passed down through the generations, from father
to son. Many fathers don’t realize that honor
requires them to stay with their families and
pass along important information to their children.
The honor concept itself is not being passed on
from parent to child. That is where this problem in
our society began.
This is the reason Crenshaw Christian Center in
Los Angeles is rapidly becoming one of the largest
churches in the world. I would not be too surprised
to see it become the largest. Fred Price, the pastor, is
demanding that every man and woman in his
church teach biblical honor and the glory of God
to their families.
The Bible says that we are to honor our father
and our mother (Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1-3).
It also requires parents to honor their children by
Bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord (Ephesians 6:4).
God has shown me that many people in
our society have a real problem with honor.
I found out from the Lord that we have an honorless
generation on our hands. White, black, brown, yellow,
red—all of them are in the same situation.
So many of them have no honor.
No one has taught them. Their elders have not
taught them. No one has lived it before them.
