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What Others Are Saying About Honor:

• “The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” – Socrates
• “There are three classes of men: Lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.” – Plato
• “The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.” – George Bernard Shaw
• “Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong.” – Thomas Jefferson

Key Passage: Mark 15:43-46 (KJV)

43Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

1. Purpose to live a life of Honor.

Mark 15:43a (KJV),

Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor …

• “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. Focus on the Kingdom of God.

Mark 15: 43b (KJV),

“… which also waited for the kingdom of God …”

1. Law of Mutual Forgiveness

God forgives those who forgive.

Matthew 18:23-25,

“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

2. Law of Greatness

The mighty ones are those who serve others.

Mark 10:43-44,

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.

3. Law of Faith

We get what we say if we say it without doubt.

2 Corinthians 4:13,

It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak.

4. Law of Preservation

What we hang on to we lose; what we lose we gain.

Matthew 16:25,

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

5. Law of Giving

We will reap what we sow.

Galatians 6:7-8,

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

6. Law of Promotion

God elevates differently than men.

Luke 16:10,

Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

7. Law of Strength Through Weakness

God’s power is perfected in our weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:9,

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

8. Law of God-Centered Focus

Seek God first and He will provide for your needs.

Matthew 6:33,

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

9. Law of Judgement

We will be judged by how we judge others.

Matthew 7:2,

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

10. Law of Humility

God exalts those who walk humbly.

1 Peter 5:6,

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

3. Be Bold.

Mark 15:43c (KJV),

…went in boldly unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

• “Be original; don't be scared of being bold!” - Ed Sheeran
• “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” - Helen Keller

4. Humbly do what others won’t do.

Mark 15:45b (KJV),

 … he gave the body to Joseph.

• “Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't.” - Jerry Rice
• “To be successful, you must be willing to do the things today others won't do in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have.” - Les Brown

5. Give Generously.

Mark 15:46 (KJV),

And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

• “No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.” - Calvin Coolidge