{"id":84899,"date":"2025-02-22T17:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T23:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=84899"},"modified":"2025-02-22T17:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T23:16:45","slug":"honoring-men-and-honoring-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/honoring-men-and-honoring-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Men and Honoring God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Floyd Chappalear
\nvia Sentry Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 31, 1987\n

We do not honor these men by merely naming a “holiday” after them. On the contrary, we honor them by incorporating into our daily lives the good principles for which they stood. We practice the things they taught us to practice.<\/p>\n

At the same time, we do not “honor” God by merely saying that we do. In fact, God said that some men “honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, teaching as their doctrine the commandments of men<\/em>” (Matthew 15:8-9)\"\"<\/p>\n

Whenever a church teaches something not taught in the word of God, it teaches the doctrines of men and not the precepts of God. Judging by the myriad doctrines represented on this page, one would conclude that many do not submit themselves to God’s righteousness but fashion their own forms of “righteousness.” Is this any way to serve the God of Heaven? To learn more about this, please visit, write, or call.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Floyd Chappalear via Sentry Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 31, 1987 We do not honor these men by merely naming a “holiday” after them. On the contrary, we honor them by incorporating into our daily lives the good principles for which they stood. We practice the things they taught us to practice. 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