Malachi 1:6
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master, but if I am a father, where is my honor?”

KABOD (Heb.) “to make heavy” - “to give weight to”

Kingdom Key of Honor
I Samuel 2:30
“…for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.”

Despise = opposite of honor
= to treat lightly or take for granted; ignore; forget

For a lesser to honor a greater = to show gratitude; obey; greatly esteem; declare their praises

For a greater to honor a lesser = to enrich; promote; empower; recognize; endorse

7 Principles of Honor
1. Being honored by God is conditional upon honoring both the Source and the channels of those blessings.

7 Principles of Honor
2. When you honor the previous link, you honor God because the entire chain is Holy.

7 Principles of Honor
3. When God is no longer honored, soon no one is honored.

7 Principles of Honor
4. Not giving honor leads to being disinherited.

Malachi 2:2
If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.

7 Principles of Honor
5. Not honoring God is the chief sin that leads to all other sins.

Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

7 Principles of Honor
6. God sends leaders into your life with a reward or benefit for you. Honor opens the package and gets the reward.

Matthew 10:41
The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

7 Principles of Honor
7. We often miss God because we fail to honor those who are familiar around us.

Mark 6:4-6
And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” 5 And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And he marveled because of their unbelief.