Man's Honour: A Stealth Impediment to Faith
Activity: Sunday Message Anchor Scripture: “I receive not honour from man.” - John 5: 41 Scripture Reading: John 5: 39 – 47 Message One of the things people are after in the world today is recognition and rewards. The motivation and reason for some people’s involvement in their places of “worship” is for them to be recognized and honoured by their fellow men. People want to be appreciated, and therefore, recognized, honoured and celebrated by their fellowmen for whatever feat they might have achieved. Just as it is in the world, so it is now in the church of God, and when people are not so recognized, they become disgruntled and unhappy and may even decide to quit that congregation that is not honouring “their efforts”. In the book of 2 Kings 5: 2, the Bible speaks of “a little maid” who announced the God of Israel to Naaman, the head of the Syrian army and by whom Naaman got healed from his leprosy. Amazingly, the Bible never mentioned that “little maid” agai