Keion Henderson - This Is How We Do It

Whenever your hands can’t build it, it’s your responsibility to lend those hands to the ones that can. Tune in as Pastor Keion uses 1 Chronicles 28 to teach you that there is no success without a successor.

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Let’s go to 1 Corinthians, chapter 14, verse 40. Here’s what the Word of the Lord says in 1 Corinthians 14: 40. I know you know it; I know you’ve heard it, but I’m going to read it anyway. Here’s what the Word says: «Let all things be done decently and in order.» Not some things, not most things — let all things be done decently and in order. I know we really don’t need a topic, but if I had to choose one, I would call it, «This is How We Do It.» That’s what I would name it. So let’s get right into the Word of God. This will be a conversation, so I want to say up front that today I’ll probably finish a little earlier than our service would normally end, but I will allow for questions at the end.

I want you to engage in two ways, and I want to make sure our team is ready. Ricky, Nene, and Tanya, if you 're in the building, let’s open up Twitter for people to send their questions at @PastorKeon. You can also send your questions via direct message on Instagram. The church account is @LHHouston, so send your questions there. At the end, I’ll answer them live the best I can. If I don’t know, I’ll tell you. If I do know, I’ll give you the best answer I can.

So here’s what the scripture says: «Let all things be done decently and in order.» Listen, I grew up in an environment where this term was overused. People applied it to everything. Everything had to be done decently and in order. If a wedding didn’t start on time, you’d hear someone in the audience say, «Everything ought to be done decently and in order.» If someone was in church and perhaps their clothes weren’t appropriate for church attire, you’d hear one of those older church folks say, «You shouldn’t dress like that; that ain’t decent. Everything ought to be done decently and in order.» If someone broke out in praise and started to shout, those who didn’t like it or some spectating saints would look across the room and say, «She needs to sit down, » or «He needs to sit down. That ain’t no Holy Ghost.»

Everything ought to be done decently and in order. You know what I’ve learned? People have taken that term and used it to mean, «That’s not the way I like it.» That’s all «decent and in order» means to them. That’s not how I expected it; that’s not how I grew up; that’s not the way I want it to be. So we’ve tagged that phrase, «Things must be done decently and in order, » and we’ve overused it. When I studied it today, I realized that what’s acceptable to one person is unacceptable to another. What’s appropriate to one person may be inappropriate for someone else.

There are some people right now watching on TV who don’t eat meat, and someone else does. It’s amazing how those who don’t eat meat can be so dogmatic about those who do, as if they are a better species for being enlightened about health. Until you eat spinach and get E. coli, you see, everything can be bad for you at a specific point in time. Now, I know innately that vegetables are healthier, but you grew up on chicken; you grew up eating bacon sandwiches. Don 't get religious and then suddenly make those who still eat meat feel out of order and indecent because what was appropriate in that season for you just doesn’t mean it’s inappropriate for someone else. What is appropriate for one person may be outrageous for another because we all have different upbringings and different opinions.

Look at this: we are in this thing called the Body of Christ. I have a body; I have two legs-one works better than the other — but I have two. I have two arms; I have two hands. All of these things are a part of my body. But guess what? Every staff member here has their own body, and nothing on my body is the same as theirs. If our bodies are different, this is the Body of Christ. We have different members. You’ve got Episcopalians in the Body of Christ, you’ve got Apostolics in the Body of Christ, you’ve got Orthodox in the Body of Christ, you’ve got Charismatics in the Body of Christ, you’ve got Catholics in the Body of Christ.

There are all these different denominations; you’ve got non- denominational groups. You’ve got all these different things in the Body of Christ. That means, with all of these different things in the Body of Christ, you also have a whole lot of various opinions.