Matthew 15:1-9
Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him, “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God? For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’ In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote, ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.’”

Honor – value, worth, weight

You cannot honor God if you are not honoring your family.

THE MORE YOU VALUE SOMEONE, THE MORE YOU WILL HONOR THEM

We honor others not based on how much we value them, but based on how much God values them.

Romans 12:10
Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.

THE MORE YOU HONOR SOMEONE, THE MORE YOU WILL VALUE THEM

Mark 4:4
Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.” 

Mark 4:5-6
And because of their unbelief, he couldn’t do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their unbelief.

Where there is no honor, there are no miracles

1 Peter 3:7 
In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives.

HOW DO I HONOR SOMEONE? 

Protect them.

Praise them.

Prioritize them.