NOVEMBER 15, 2020

SERIES: MAINTAINING VALUES IN THE CRISIS

MAINTAINING RESPECT
RESPECT WHO?
Parents (Ex. 20:8-9)
Spouses (Eph. 5:22, I Peter 3:1, 7)
Church Leaders (Heb.13:17)
Anyone in Authority (Rom. 13:1-7)
I Peter 2:17 – Show proper respect to everyone.
I. WHY TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT?
1. BECAUSE God made everyone.
Ps. 8:5 – You (God) made man inferior only to
yourself; you crowned him with glory and honor.
2. BECAUSE Jesus died on the cross for everyone.
I Pet. 1:18-19 – God paid a ransom to save you. He
paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ.
3. BECAUSE it shows I personally know God.
I John 4:8 – If a person isn’t loving and kind, it shows
that he doesn’t know God, for God is love.
4. BECAUSE I’ll get back what I give out.
Gal. 6:7 – A man’s harvest in life will depend entirely
on what he sows
II. HOW TO SHOW RESPECT TO OTHERS.
1. Accept others unconditionally.
Romans 15:7 – Accept one another, then, just as
Christ accepted you, to bring praise to God.
Romans 12:18 – If it is possible, as far as it depends
on you, live at peace with everyone.

2. Commit yourself personally.
Romans 12:10 – Be devoted to one another in
brotherly love.
Romans 12:5 – In Christ we who are many form one
body, and each member belongs to all the others.
3. Encourage others continually.
I Thess. 5:11 – Therefore, encourage one another and
build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
I Cor. 13:7 – If you love someone you always believe
in him and always expect the best of him.
4. Serve people cheerfully.
I Peter 4:10 – Each one should use whatever gift he
has received to serve others faithfully administering
God’s grace in its various forms.
Romans 12:13 – Share with God’s people who are in
need. Practice hospitality.
5. Forgive others freely.
Col 3:13 – Bear with each other and forgive whatever
grievances you may have against one another.
Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
6. Share Christ verbally.
I Peter 3:15-16 – Always be prepared to give answer to
everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope
that you have. But do this with gentleness and
respect.
II Cor. 5:14 – For Christ’s love compels us.
CONCLUSION:
Eph. 3:17 -18 – I pray that Christ will be more at
home in your heart, living within you as you trust
Him. May your roots go deep into the soil of God’s
marvelous love, and may you be able to feel and
understand how long, wide, deep and high His love
really is, and experience this love for yourselves.