Honor: Walking in Honesty, Truth, and Integrity by Kenneth Copeland

Author:Kenneth Copeland
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion, Christian Life, Spiritual Growth, Honor
ISBN: 9781575627311
Publisher: Harrison House
Published: 1991-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

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Be Not Slothful in Business

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Romans 12:10-13

God wants us, you and me, to do business. He wants us to do business in honor, in the spirit of the covenant He has given us.

In the spirit, we are covenanted together because we are part of the covenant that Jesus has with the Father. We are in Him—in Jesus.

Is Jesus in you? Are you in Him? He is in me, and I am in Him. If you and I are in Him, then we are in Him together. If He is in me and in you, then you are in me and I am in you.

This has some consequences.

One Body, One Honor

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

For the body is not one member, but many....

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

1 Corinthians 12:12-14,26,27

The Bible says that all of us together make up the Body of Christ; and if one member of the Body suffers, we all suffer. For me to dishonor you affects not only you, but also me. It affects the whole Body of Christ. If one of us is honored, or honorable, we all share in that honor. Likewise, if one of us dishonors himself, there are negative consequences for all of us.

God has the power to turn over all the world's finances to us. Until now we have not been worthy of that kind of trust. We would have used that wealth on ourselves. We would have squandered it, used it foolishly, until the devil got hold of it all again.

If all the wealth in the world were divided evenly, every man, woman and child on the face of the earth would receive several million dollars. The figure goes up each day as more assets are discovered. If those assets were evenly distributed today to every individual in the world, in a year's time or so the ones who control it now would have it all back. Unfortunately, that's also true of the Body of Christ and it shouldn't be that way. God's blessings are for every person in Christ Jesus, not just a few.

We are talking about we being many. The many are one Body in Christ and every one is member of another.

God has given us definite instructions: Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.

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