{"id":21381,"date":"2021-06-07T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T23:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=21381"},"modified":"2021-06-04T16:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T15:43:34","slug":"three-rs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2021\/06\/07\/three-rs\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Rs"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21381-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jun-7.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jun-7.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jun-7.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/111\/jhn.1.10-12\">John 1:<sup>10-12<\/sup> <\/a>\u201c<i>He was in the world\u2026 the world did not <\/i><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>recognize<\/i><\/b><\/span><i> him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not <\/i><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>receive<\/i><\/b><\/span><i> him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the <\/i><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>right<\/i><\/b><\/span><i> to become children of God<\/i>.\u201d (NIV, emphasis added).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Recognize Him? John the Baptist and Jesus were cousins, but John had to recognize Jesus. John did not as his cousin. When he saw Him coming for baptism, John said, \u201c<i>Behold! The Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world<\/i>\u201d, not behold my cousin, cousin Jay. <!--more-->When John, the son of Salome, was interacting with Jesus, the recognition was not that they were relatives. When Salome showed up before Jesus to make her political appeal, she did not come to His as aunty to nephew. Salome went on her knees before Jesus. Recognition is so powerful. You have to recognize the people in your life. If you do not recognize your spouse, you cannot relate to them properly. Your husband is not just that man with a pot belly, he is a great man. Your wife is not just \u2018that woman\u2019, she is a great woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">When you do not recognize even your own children, you cannot get the best from your relationship with them. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/jhn.2\">In John 2,<\/a> the wedding in Cana, Mary\u2019s actions showed that she recognized Jesus. Mary was able to confidently tell the servants to do anything Jesus tells them to do because she recognized Jesus as a miracle worker. If you do not recognize the people God has put in your life, you will be casual in your relationship with them and you will not get the best from them. In fact, when the enemy wants to play tricks on people, particularly in the dream state, he brings people they recognize. A Yoruba proverb says, \u201cDo not use yesterday\u2019s eye to look at even your people in your life.\u201d In other words, it is costly to insist on relating to people based on your previous knowledge of them. The person may have been your classmate, but the person has gone to pay some prizes, you are not classmates anymore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">One of my Pastor friends was my classmate in secondary school. However, every time we are together, he is always asking questions and taking notes. One day, I told him to please stop doing that and his response was, \u201cPastor Femi, we may have been classmates, but we are not \u2018grace-mates\u2019\u201d I was hearing that for the first time and I wondered what it meant. There are people in your life, you may be classmates, but you are not \u2018grace-mates\u2019. If someone ranks higher than you, he or she ranks higher than you &#8211; recognize it. If you cannot <i>recognize<\/i>, you cannot <i>receive<\/i>. If do not <i>recognize<\/i> and <i>receive<\/i>, you cannot obtain the <i>rights<\/i>. These are the three Rs of greatness in God; you have to <i>recognize<\/i>, <i>receive<\/i>, and then obtain the <i>rights<\/i>. Similarly, for you to be saved you need to <i>recognize<\/i> you are a sinner and you need a Saviour. You need to <i>recognize<\/i> Jesus as the only sacrifice that can take away your sin. Then you need to <i>receive<\/i> Him and then obtain the <i>right<\/i> to become a child of God. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/2016\/jhn.1.13-14\">John 1:<sup>13-14<\/sup><\/a> \u201c<i>who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh\u2026<\/i>\u201d (NRSV].<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Prayer<\/b>: Father, by Your Spirit, help me to <i>recognize<\/i>, <i>receive<\/i>, and obtain the <i>rights<\/i> in my walk with You, my relationships, my investments, and in my destiny, in Jesus Name. Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 1:10-12 \u201cHe was in the world\u2026 the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.\u201d (NIV, emphasis added). 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