THE HONOUR AND THE ANOINTING PART 3

The Honour and the Anointing Part 3
Scripture: Matthew 10:41
Topic: The Honour and The Anointing Part 3

We shall in this quiet time begin a series in which we see clearly the relationship between honour and the anointing. I trust the Lord that point by point you will come to the place of honour, and enjoy the fruit of honour.


3. Your honouring the anointing must be done according to the rank at which you receive

“He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.”
                                                                          
                                                                                                                                           Matthew 10:41
God’s servant must be honoured according to your faith.  Every human being can be treated in different ways.  A man can be treated as a father, a brother, a friend, a junior pastor, an associate pastor, a great pastor, a prophet, an apostle, a businessman, a pianist or even a fool.  In my experience, people have treated me in so many different ways. It simply depends on how the person sees you. The reward or blessing you receive from a person is according to the rank or name in which you receive the person.  If you receive the person as a pianist you receive a pianist’s reward. If you receive a person as an associate pastor you receive the blessing of an associate pastor. If you treat the person as a great apostle, you receive the blessing of a great apostle. If you receive the person as a teacher, you will receive the blessing of a teacher.  
Some people receive me as a pastor and they receive the blessings of a pastor through me. There are others who receive me as a prophet and they receive the blessings of a prophet through me. I know churches that receive me as a great apostle. There, they receive the blessings that a great apostle could deliver. It is easy to see the confusion in Christians when they try to appreciate God’s servants.  Sometimes, they do exactly the same thing for the apostle, prophet or founder of the church, as they would do for the associate or junior pastor.  I once visited a church that was presenting two gifts to two different pastors.  They presented exactly the same birthday card with the same offering to the senior pastor who had founded the church as they did to a much junior assistant pastor who had been ordained by the senior pastor. Obviously, they had not realised that they were receiving both of them as men of the same rank. 

I remember a church in which a visiting minister was presented with a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser as a gift from an appreciative congregant who had been in the service when this visiting minister preached. Unfortunately, this appreciative congregant had never honoured the founder and senior pastor who had been preaching to him for more than twenty years with even a bicycle.  The one who preaches to you everyday, brings you up in the Lord and covers you for twenty years must be in a far higher rank as far as you are concerned as compared to a visitor whom you have encountered for three days. You would not even know about the visiting minister if your own pastor had not welcomed him into the church.

Credit: Excerpt From
The Anointed and His Anointing
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills


 

Comments

  1. Ãm Çliffé3 June 2022 at 05:16

    The reward or blessing you receive from a person is according to the rank or name in which you receive the person. Too deep🔥🔥

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  2. JenipherTerry3 June 2022 at 06:56

    How you receive a person determines the kind of reward you will get.

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  3. Chesang'3 June 2022 at 07:05

    The reward or blessing you receive from a person is according to the rank or name in which you receive the person. God grant us the wisdom to know the difference so as to receive and honour the annointed

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  4. Beryl3 June 2022 at 08:49

    Wisdom is the ability to tell the difference. God give me wisdom to know the difference between Your servants that You send in my life and the ability to receive them in their correct rank.

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