Kenneth Copeland — Honor, The Key to Life
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and
forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that
the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the
day of wrath and revelation of the righteous
judgment of God; who will render to every man
according to his deeds: to them who by patient
continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour
and immortality, eternal life (Romans 2:4-7).
Notice that Paul again brings honor into his
discussion. He brings up judgment to teach about
honor. In this passage he was writing to the born-again
Church, who did not know about honor. He repeatedly
wrote about honor because the Church knew
nothing about it.
To our own disadvantage, we have not paid nearly
enough attention to honor. If we had, those of us who
are old enough to have lived when honor was taught
would not be wondering why it has become so rare.
If we had given it the proper attention, we would
have taught it to and practiced it in front of our young
people. Then they wouldn’t seem to know so little
about it.
One of the principals of the high school I attended
was a man of honor. He wouldn’t let me drop out of
school. By rights he should have just kicked me out,
considering some of the stunts I pulled. But this man
of honor would not let me drift away. He had a standard
and he lived it in front of me. He taught me honor.
In Colossians 2:23 Paul says that we are not to
honor ourselves to the satisfying of the flesh. That
means we don’t give our flesh authority or dominion.
We don’t honor it by just letting it do whatever
feels good. This will lead to lasciviousness and it will
destroy you. But honor will lead to life.
