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We are continuing Values to Live by and we are going to look at another endangered value today… respect.

We live in an extremely rude culture and it’s getting worse every day.

It seems to me that respect for other people and their property is at an all time low.

Look what happened with all the riots during 2020.

People got mad and burn people’s businesses and cars and injured people.

No respect… no self respect either.

People have lost respect for our institutions… no one respect government anymore.

I believe our nation is the greatest nation that’s ever been put in the planet… not perfect but a great nation, but I also believe our form of government is at risk because we have government leaders who no longer follow the laws they enacted.

so even our leaders have lost respect for the law.

People have lost respect for educational institutions, businesses, law enforcement and even in religious institutions.

We have had an onslaught of attacks on not just the system, but on men and women in Law Enforcement.

That’s why every city is at a crisis in LE due to shortages.

We are spoiled in JP, but many places you make a 911 call and they are NOT coming.

The Bible, God, makes it clear that respect is one of those values that a stable family or a stable life is built on.

It’s even the framework for a civilized society.

You can’t sustain what we have today and have a safe, civilized society.

You have to have respect among people for right and responsibilities and for each other to have a civilized society… without it, our culture, our society and our nation will collapse.

The Bible gets specific about this.

Who Should We Respect?

Parents

5th commandment -

Church Leaders

Spouses

Spouses are instructed to respect each other.

Anyone in Authority

IE: Government, Polices, Military

Just in case we left someone out… Everyone

Everyone is worthy of respect.

We all want to be respected, so today we will look at how to give and get respect.

To get respect, you have to give respect

Why Do We Need to Treat Everyone with Respect?

We will look at four reasons the Bible gives us to give respect to people regardless of their behavior or beliefs.

As Christians, we should treat everyone with respect.

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We should treat everyone with respect because God made everyone.

Everyone is created by God and God doesn’t make junk.

He doesn’t make mistakes and he certainly did not when he made you.

No one is worthless… no matter what they have done.

God created them, he loves them and he sent Jesus to die to pay the price for their sins just like he did yours.

2. We are to treat everyone with respect because Jesus died for everyone

I may not think much of someone, but God does.

If he didn’t he would not have sent Jesus to pay the price for all of our sins.

He did that even for the people who reject him today.

God loves each person and that’s why he sent Jesus to redeem us… to buy us back from our sin.

3. We are to treat everyone with respect because it shows I know God

God is love and if I know God, I will love him and others.

Love always treats people with respect.

If you look at life like Jesus did, he always treated people with respect, even his enemies who were trying to kill him.

He wasn’t rude, he wasn’t demeaning, he treated all of them with respect.

If I say I love Jesus, and he is living in me, I will treat people the way he did… with value and dignity.

Look what Paul says about love…

Rudeness is disrespect.

When we are rude to other people, we are telling them that they are not important… only me and my desires.

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People who call and ask, who is this before telling you who they are.

9.

People who call and don’t leave a message.

8.

People who honk their horn in a traffic jam… it doesn’t help.

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People who cut me off in traffic

6.

People who won’t let me merge in traffic but speed up.

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People who take more than 10 items through the express lane

4. Junk mail

3.

People who leave church early during the Altar time

2. People who steal a parking spot I was heading towards or waiting for.

Spam calls…

We even have to treat these folks with respect because God made them, Jesus died for them and it shows that I really love God.

4. We are to treat everyone with respect because I’ll get back what I give out

This is the law of the harvest.

It says that what goes around comes around.

Whatever you want in life, you better give out.

If you want respect, you give out respect.

If you want people to smile at you, you smile at them.

If you want them to be your friend, be a friend to them.

You do yourself a favor when you are kind to others.

Pro 11:17

How do we show respect to others?

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You show respect when you speak by being tactful, not just truthful

The main way we show respect to others is through our words.

He is talking about being tactful.

Tactfulness is a quality we don’t hear a lot about today, and it’s missing badly.

Tactfulness is about how you say what you say.

The way we say something determines how it’s received.

Voice inflection can change the meaning of a word.

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Someone said, Tactfulness is the emotional lubrication of life because reduces friction.

It’s the key to a happy home, happy marriage, to getting along with other people.

It’s the key to strong friendships.

Learning to be tactful and truthful at the same time is an absolute essential of being respectful.

Check this out.

People with tact have less to retract.

You don’t have to eat your words as often if you say them in a nice way.

Someone said, Tact is when someone tells you to jump off a cliff in a way that makes you look forward to the trip.

It helps you to make a point without making an enemy.

It’s speaking the truth in love.

Some people confuse rudeness and frankness.

They think they are just being frank, but really they are being rude.

They say stuff like, I just say it like it is… and let the chips fall where they fall.

What that says is that they do not care about you at all.

They don’t care about your feelings… if it demoralizes you… if it embarrasses you… they don’t care… and that’s wrong.

That’s not being frank… it’s being rude and mean spirited.

Frankness is telling people the truth in a kind and loving but not condescending way.

Whenever you want to be frank with someone, ask yourself, Why am I going to say this?