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Antonyms: honor, pride, respect, glory, praise, dignity, honor, esteem, glorification, laud, compliment, regard, credit, elevate, acclaim, pleasure, favor, kudos, recognition, flatter, admiration, greatness, happiness, self-confidence, reverence

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1. I Don't Get No Respect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... [Christ’s teachings and his casting out of demons], they went to take charge of him, for they said, ‘He is out of his mind.’” Imagine that--Jesus’ own family wanted to put him away because they thought he was out of his mind! Talk about no respect. Then we have our lesson for today from Luke’s Gospel in which Jesus returns to his hometown of Nazareth and teaches in the synagogue. We read, “He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as ...

2. No Self-Respecting Christian

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... was as difficult a journey for Jesus as it is for each and every disciple who's ever followed him. Disciples of Jesus, we who dare to call ourselves "Christian," were not commanded by our Master, our Savior, to shapeup and get respectable. Jesus calls us to be Rodney Dangerfields, "get-no-respect" people. Will you this morning deny your self-serving nature and serve others? Will you take the pretty crosses from around your necks and feel the weight of them on your backs? Will you make our way to the back of ...

3. Respect

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... . The whole body has to be well in order to function or that body will die. The inventory of gifts is not important. What is important is that the old way of tolerance is past. The new way of respect for those who are different has broken upon the world through the Holy Spirit. Respect for one another within the church becomes the catalyst for the way the Holy Spirit operates beyond the walls of the church. Paul’s statement about the different spiritual gifts had as its ultimate dream a day when it ...

4. God Is No Respecter Of Persons

Acts 10:23b-48

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... by a parent's genes and possibly passed along to our own children - all which is ours is not really ours. It's only on loan. And, considering who is the lender, is it any wonder we don't impress God as being able to have respect - respect-able? If the odds of winning God's respect are stacked against us from birth, we don't help matters much. Not only do our obvious sins lose us our good name before God's judgment throne, but half the time we can't even remember of what we're being judged! We've just ...

5. Whatever Happened to Respect?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... grow older and are removed from the setting of their home and family, are cut off from place and persons in which they had lived and moved and had their being for so many years. Well, that’s two very specific leadings in this commandment. To honor and respect means at least to listen and to be attentive. I want now to flip the coin. I said a while ago that I would come back to parents’ responsibility to children. There is a side for parents in this commandment. How do children learn to listen and be ...

6. Respect: Lesson for Victorious Living

Ruth 4:1-12

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... the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth. As thou didst send me into the world, so I have sent them into the world." (17:16-18) His mother was also given a glimpse into this realm of respect connecting the generations; in the Magnificat, she declares, "He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever." (Luke 1:54-55) This brings us to our third and final aspect. Lineage Affirmed ...

7. The Sixth Commandment: Respect and Reverence for Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... more grateful for the identity that I am given as a son or daughter of God. This sixth commandment provides the higher ground for the human race to step up to be a civilized people. This sixth commandment provides the foundation for life to be lived with respect and reverence. Humanity and life are not an accident of nature but reflect the presence, the power, and the purposes of God. Every human life is valuable to God, not just the survival of the strongest and fittest. You and I are created in the image ...

8. Dignity and Respect

Matthew 22:34-40

Illustration

King Duncan

... the response. "You leave it right where it is, and anything you need is yours for the asking." We don't know what had happened between that angry man and his previous neighbor. All the man seemed to be asking for was to be treated with a little dignity and respect. That is what most people crave. Someone who does not accord dignity and ...

9. Showing Respect for All Forms of Life

Deuteronomy 21:22--22:12

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... there is neither male nor female refers to one’s status in God’s sight and not to matters of dress. Divine care and concern extend beyond domestic animals (22:6–7), for one is not to take the mother bird along with the young bird(s); the respect for the provision of life coming in the future, and for motherhood, are both evident in these verses. In a world of flat roofs there was always the danger someone might fall, and guilt for that person’s life might follow (22:8). Therefore, a parapet or fence ...

10. Respecting Marriage and Sexual Relationships

Deuteronomy 22:13-30

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Even though the only reference to adultery in this whole section, which extends to 23:14, is in 22:22, the focus is nevertheless on expanding the implications of the seventh commandment. The sin of adultery was called the “great sin” in Genesis 20:9 (KJV) and in the ancient Near East. The rest of chapter 22 in Deuteronomy is concerned with six cases of those betrothed or married and the question of chastity. The first case concerns the virginity of a betrothed woman when her new husband makes a false ...

11. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... and yet Job has been unable to find even a whisper of God’s caring presence. But, as this verse shows, divine judgment seems entirely too close, inescapable, and unrelenting. He throws me into the mud. God is the one behind Job’s decline and fall from respect and influence to ignominious ridicule and weakness. The only comparison Job can find for his extremity is dust and ashes—twin symbols of mourning and death. 30:20–23 I cry out to you. Job’s lot is not the consequence of his failure to entreat ...

12. Close Up - Wives: Sweet Surrender

Colossians 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... in this message, I want you to hear this, because otherwise this message won't make any sense at all and you aren't going to buy anything I say. Your submission is not about what he wants it is about what God wants. When you give your husband the respect that God wants you to give him, by submitting to his leadership, you bring glory to God and God promises he will bless your submission. John Maxwell was right when he said, "If you want to know whether or not you are leading, just look behind you and see if ...

13. The Power Of Purpose

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... the members of the family is aware of the fact that we have been trying for 25 years in this church to show people how to live, and now we’re going to show them how to die. That’s what I mean by keeping our commitments current. When we respect ourselves and invest ourselves; when we keep the commitments that we have made to Christ and his kingdom current; we find the power of purpose. And with Carl Atkins, we can not only show people how to live, we can show them how to die. And with Paul, we can ...

14. Rejected at Home

Mark 6:1-6

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King Duncan

... no one tell you that you are of little worth. You are of ultimate value to my Father. You are so valuable that I died to save you." Let me tell you about a young man named Michael. Michael had real trouble accepting himself. He didn't get the respect he needed at home. He never fit in with any particular group. He had trouble making friends. His self-esteem was in the basement. One day in high school, Michael recalls, he looked in the mirror and realized that he hated himself. He writes, "That day, I made a ...

15. The Power of Purpose

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... fella in the lounge area, entered into conversation with him, and didn’t wait to get to the point. You look exactly like my third husband, she said. Taken aback a bit, he said, well, how many husbands have you had? She said, two. A rather healthy self-respect. But self-respect requires not only seeing the greatness, but the misery - the positive and the negative. We go back to Paul here. He knew who he was and he agonized about it, for the good that I would, I do not; and the evil that I would not, that I ...

16. God and Government

Romans 13:1-7

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... reminding the church that Jesus, not Caesar, is Lord. This is about the best that believers can hope for until the parousia and the establishment of the only perfect rule. Illustrating the Text Government is a divine institution, so we must pay taxes and respect officials. Bible: Use the story of Daniel. Daniel 6:4 says: “Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he ...

17. The Ark Heads Home

1 Samuel 6:1-7:1

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... ). The advice of the Philistine priests and diviners is as relevant for the exiles as it was hundreds of years before. Rather than hardening their hearts, they are to repent and honor their God (see Ezek. 18). Teaching the Text 1. The holy God must be treated with respect. Though the Lord is not to be identified with the ark, the people are not to disrespect it by treating it as an object of curiosity. The ark is a symbol of the Lord’s holy presence and is to be treated with honor. For the people of Beth ...

18. Proper 22

Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 3:1-11, Philippians 3:12-4:1, Isaiah 5:1-7, Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... , our faith is losing steam, due to spiritual entropy. Gospel: Matthew 21:33-46 Violence in the vineyard. The tenants not only refused to pay the rent but did violence to the landowners's servants. What is the source of the violence? Lack of respect for authority, lack of respect for life itself and greed. The tenants weren't satisfied to be tenants; they wanted to own the vineyard. What violence we do when we forget that we are God's tenants on this earth! Greed leads us to try to possess the vineyard ...

19. Proper 23

Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Mark 10:17-31, Hebrews 4:12-16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... Sermon Angle: Job confesses that he is terrified of God (v. 16). He feels that God is vindictive and hurtful. That's the wrong way to fear God. Job mistakenly held that Yahweh was cruel and unfair. There is a right way to fear the Lord; to hold him in respect and honor. If we want only to disobey God, we should fear his chastening presence, but if we honor him we have no reason to be in dread of God's presence. Epistle: Hebrews 4:12-16 1. Sermon Title: Logo-surgery. Sermon Angle: The text compares the word ...

20. Marriages That Last

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... type epithets at him. Don suggested to this couple that they start over. He suggested that they go back to that point in time where they were in love. To which the man replied, "But I don't love her anymore." Don said to the man, "You do respect the Bible, don't you?" "Yes," the man replied. "Well," said Don, "Scripture says, Love Your Wife.'" "Yes," said the man, "but we're not living together as husband and wife. We have separate bedrooms." "Oh, you're living in rooms next to each other?" Don asked. "That ...

21. God's Gift Of Life

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Erskine White

... price by our crucified and risen Lord, Jesus Christ. Gracious and Everlasting God, who calls light out of darkness on the face of the deep and who brings forth life from the depths of the earth to the mother's womb, we pray today that we will soon respect Your priceless, precious gift of life: We pray for all the children of the world, born and unborn, that they may all receive the inheritance of life and love which is their birthright; We pray for all who are poor and hungry, that they may yet receive the ...

22. Everybody a Cinderella

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... gave her a destiny and made of all roads a destination for her journey. In the pages of God’s history, Hosea’s story is indeed good news. God had turned Israel once more toward its own redemption. Jesus is God’s highest expression of love. In him God respected the very best that is in humankind. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Let us extend "not perish" to "not live in slavery," for slavery is a ...

23. When Ten Equals Two

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Larry Powell

... whole." To which Stephens replied, "And if you did, you would have more brains in your stomach than in your head." We are on the trail now of morality, on the assumption that it is the result of a transformed ego which translates self-respect into respect for others. Love is the word we are reaching for, but it is not yet within our grasp. Reach farther. Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, once addressed a meeting of a Scientific Society. Darwin’s "Origin of the Species" had been published the year ...

24. Secrets Of Successful Parenting

Luke 2:41-52

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King Duncan

... went home with them to Nazareth; and he was obedient to them, and Mary kept all these things in her heart. "And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men." This was not only a love-based family; it was also a respect-based family. I know, children are a challenge. One comedian says that whenever he has a headache, he does follow the directions on a bottle of aspirin: Take two and keep away from children. Someone made a list of how her priorities have changed since having children ...

25. Who's the Real Leader?

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Sermon

Argile Smith

... that showed the connection between Joshua’s leadership and God’s power. Crossing the river with God’s endorsement in the form of a miracle encouraged the people to place their trust in Joshua and follow him wherever he led them in the future. The respect of the people of Israel for Joshua undoubtedly grew across the years as they observed how much he cared about them. Consistently, he led them in ways that validated his abiding concern for them and what was in their best interest. In everything he led ...

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