Date: Monday, 14th October, 2024
Text: John 1: 11-13
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
If something is your right, you are entitled to it; whereas if it is a privilege, you are at the mercy of the benefactor. You may need to beg for a privilege but you don’t beg for a right, rather you claim it. My own son does not have to beg me to feed him or clothe him- it is his right. When the time comes, he should just ask or simply remind me and it is done. Another person’s son does not have the same right except I have adopted him- otherwise any help rendered to him is a privilege.
In today’s text, the word of God says concerning Christ, “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— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” John 1: 11-13 NIV
Your right is your power and authority as a believer in Christ.
The word of God also further says, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together- Romans 8:14-17.
As a believer in Christ some of your fundamental spiritual rights includes right to use the name of Jesus; right to drive out demons; right to lay hands on the sick for recovery; right to speak in a new spiritual language; right to immunity from the attacks and venom of serpents; and right to neutralize the effects of poison if consumed- Mark 16:17-18.
If you are not yet in Christ it is obvious you are missing a lot. What are you waiting for?
Reflective Nugget: Your right is your power and authority as a believer in Christ.