Gospel Instructions

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Honor and what it means
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Once there was a little old man. His eyes blinked and his hands trembled; when he ate he clattered the silverware distressingly, missed his mouth with the spoon as often as not, and dribbled a bit of his food on the tablecloth. Now he lived with his married son, having nowhere else to live, and his son's wife didn't like the arrangement.
"I can't have this," she said. "It interferes with my right to happiness." So she and her husband took the old man gently but firmly by the arm and led him to the corner of the kitchen. There they set him on a stool and gave him his food in an earthenware bowl. From then on he always ate in the corner, blinking at the table with wistful eyes.
One day his hands trembled rather more than usual, and the earthenware bowl fell and broke.
"If you are a pig," said the daughter-in-law, "you must eat out of a trough." So they made him a little wooden trough and he got his meals in that.
These people had a four-year-old son of whom they were very fond. One evening the young man noticed his boy playing intently with some bits of wood and asked what he was doing.
"I'm making a trough," he said, smiling up for approval, "to feed you and Mamma out of when I get big."
The man and his wife looked at each other for a while and didn't say anything. Then they cried a little. They then went to the corner and took the old man by the arm and led him back to the table. They sat him in a comfortable chair and gave him his food on a plate, and from then on nobody ever scolded when he clattered or spilled or broke things.
One of Grimm's fairy tales, this anecdote has the crudity of the old, simple days.
Traditional.
Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are. 
Thomas Carlyle.

Honorable Care during disagreements

Treating people as family ()
What about if you don’t have a good example of family?

Honorable care for widows

so that they may be without reproach

Widows who have children or grandchildren should be cared for by them

if anyone does not provide for his relatives

Widows should be dependent on God and seeking Him not self-indulgent
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Widows to be cared for long term should be able to commit to that care and it seems they should provide some reciprocity to the church for their support (honor). Younger widows should remarry. (compare )
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Honorable care for elders

Honorable care for elders

The laborer deserves his wages

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so that the rest may stand in fear

Those who labor in preaching and teaching should be paid
Protect elders from false accusations
Don’t protect sinning elders from public rebuke
Don’t be hasty in appointing elders or deacons
(Protect yourself from getting sick in the stress of dealing with this)
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In raising up elders
Don’t be partial
Don’t be hasty
Talk about use of alcohol and medicine (applicable to other forms of drugs)
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Next steps...
How are you pursuing honor in your relationship to God and others?
How can you encourage honorable relationships in the church?
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What does appeal to someone as a father etc look like?
Instructions for slaves
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so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled

What’s the goal for rebuke and correction?
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Why does he qualify who the church should care for?
Why is someone who doesn’t care for his family worse than an infidel?
Instructions for the rich
Why is a widow who is self-indulgent dead while she lives?
Why does church leadership turn some widows away who are too young? What does that tell you about what church elders should be doing generally (apply v22 to this)?
Why is protecting elders from accusations important?
Why is not protecting sinning elders from public shame important?
What does not being hasty give you?
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