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1Pet..2:17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

There's one thing true of all humans under sin, we swing from two extremes, but seldom on point. Fleshly minded persons can honor people in position of power, but seldom their neighbor. They can honor a great person, but not their mate, or a family member. Honor is not a small word, it is a powerful word that seldom understood in this world of so much dishonor. Honor we show the least of these Christ brothers is the bases for judgment of human race.

high respect; esteem.

"his portrait hangs in the place of honor"
synonyms:
distinction, recognition, privilege, glory, kudos, cachet, prestige, merit, credit; More

Modern day Christian's have take a right that Christ nor his apostles ever took in dishonoring those they disagree with, hating them with judgmental words, calling down evil upon them, and even slandering their good name to prove a religious point. But where do such rights come from, when the apostle Peter here stated we must honor all men, not just tolerate them, but honor them, as someone we respect?

Titus. 3:1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 3:2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 3:6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;

Those rights come from an erroneous understanding of the bible and/or a religion. However, what these Christian's fail to understand when taking such rights, they have unwittingly put themselves into a position of a god judging by laws that condemn themselves before God. The reason people fail to honor others is because of a stolen legal right. No human being is justified before God by a legal right, they are not justified by the bible, or a religion, this mistaken understanding is at the core of religious division that has always existed upon earth.

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.{or, Hell}
3:7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. 3:8 But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 3:9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God. 3:10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 3:11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water. 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

There is only one way to be justified before God, and that is in the life of Christ Jesus, and if a person is in the Christ than they honor all men, because they have the personality of Christ indwelling them. God is impartial he does not see the flesh, but our spirit, Christ Jesus, is at God's right hand being given the position of King over all mankind. Hence, Christ is impartial, as he was to each of his body members the apostle Peter was speaking too here.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 8:15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

Here than we have uncovered the truth of why we fail to honor all men because we are judging the flesh of others, thinking that by our judgments God is judging their spirits the same. In other words, we are walking by sight, and not spirit in such judgments, which is a faulty understanding of the truth. Have you ever noticed that in Christ Jesus our flesh is dead? Now think about that statement, and ask the questions, if the flesh is dead in Christ, and it has no value at all, what of the spirit?

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Why is the flesh dead in Christ? It is because God says its irreformable because of sins. So God in his great mercy removed our judgment of our flesh, so he could save us in spirit. Subsequently, judging the flesh is like beating a dead horse, the horse can't do any work, it is dead. Why do Christian's beat up on other humans flesh when it is of no value at all in doing the work of God's Spirit. It is because the dishonor what God honor the eternal lives of each one of us.

Jude 1:9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!" 1:10 But these speak evil of whatever things they don't know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.

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