Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's
food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manner the word of God to keep
us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker L. David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good morning.
It is Friday, August four, twenty twenty three. Hello, my
name is L. David Harris. I am your host, and this is
your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today
is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson study through the Book of
Ephesians, and our caption for today is His Revelation. Now, m his
revelation. Now. We'll get into that in just a moment, But first
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then we will get underway. Father in heaven, thank you for giving us
today and the blessing that you have been to us thus far, and for
the privilege we have to experience your word today. Please give us the revelation
of Jesus Christ as we prepare for the Sabbath hours that are coming soon.
In Jesus name, I pray, amen and amen again his revelation. Now,
remember when I was a new believer, So I got baptized in about
nineteen nineteen ninety six, and in about nineteen ninety nine, mentor of mine
asked me, brother, this is what he said, brother, do you
believe that we can have the revelation of Jesus Christ? And I said,
of course, you know that wasn't a difficult question. And he said when.
And as he was asking me the question, we were already studying in
Paul's writings, and so my mind already was prepared to receive what my mentor
was teaching me. But the fact is that we arrived at the same destination
that we can and will and must, if we are God's children, have
His revelation now. And of course I need to say, this is one
big caveat through the Holy Spirit, Okay, And so I say often to
you that repetition deepens impression. So let me read just a few pasts us
few verses here from Ephesians chapter three, and then let's see if we can
get through this other quote. Okay, the Ephesians chapter three, beginning at
verse fourteen, and the Bible reads, for this cause, I bow my
knees unto the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Okay. So Paul
is praying for us people of whom the whole family in heaven and Earth is
named. And so we talked about angels. We've talked about the twenty four
elders we talked about, you know, the people who will at the Second
Coming occupy heaven four thousand years and then ultimately the earth made new. And
so we don't have time to go into those creatures and beings and those redeemed
from the earth. But the point is there is an entire family in the
universe, and we know that many of them are in heavenly places. I
wish I had the time verse sixteen, that He would grant you, according
to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit,
by his whom spirit I didn't say what I said, whom, by
the Holy Spirit in the inner Man. God wants to transform us from the
inside out Verse seventeen. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith,
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend
with all saints. What is the breadth and the length, and the depth
and the height. That is the magnitude of God's love. And to know
the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. Remember, I've said to you
that God is making known to you that which is beyond knowledge. Right,
He's making known to you the love of Christ, which is beyond knowledge,
that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God. We talked about
the revelation of Jesus Christ are the glory in his people and the glory of
Jesus, and how those come together. Right, So when we are yielded
to God, then we begin to look like Jesus. Our characters are like
Jesus. Like the way we behave like Jesus. The words that we speak
like Jesus. The things that we are thinking are like what Jesus would think.
Remember the Bible says, let this mind be in you, which was
also in Christ Jesus. Right, So this is really kind of the beginning
of the revelation of Jesus Christ in our lives, that it is Christ in
you the hope of glory. If you abide in Me and my word abides
in you, then you can ask what you will and it shall be done.
So your desires and hopes and dreams are in alignment with God's will as
you yield your will to God. You see, let me read this quote.
It's coming from or at least as much as I can from it,
the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald from October one, eighteen eighty nine, and
it reads, how can we harmonize our dwarfed spiritual condition with the presentation of
the text that we just read that describes the fullness of knowledge? It is
our privilege to possess. How can Heaven look upon us? And I wrote
in my notes, Lord help exclamation point, how can Heaven look upon us,
who have had every spiritual and temporal advantage, that we might grow in
grace when we have not improved our opportunities. The Apostle did not write these
words to tantalize us, to deceive us, or to raise our expectations,
only to have them disappointed in our experience. I'm continuing the quote. He
wrote these words to show us what we may and must remember. Earlier,
I said, I can, I will, I must receive the revelation of
Jesus Christ right so to show us what we may and must be if we
would be heirs of the kingdom of God. How can we be laborers together
with God if we have dwarfed experience. If we have a dwarfed experience,
a tiny experience, an experience where we do not receive the length and the
breadth and the depth and the height of God's love, where we are not
receiving the revelation of Jesus Christ, but we are satisfied by simply saying we
are so glad we're a part of the family of God, when in fact
we are not receiving the power of God unto salvation. Some people, I'm
saying, some people, this may not apply to you, and indeed I
hope it does not. But if it does, I beg you receive in
this moment of time, just more than eight minutes into what we're saying today,
receiving this moment of time, the revelation of Jesus Christ. This is
no hocus pocus like. This is no positive thinking, This is no mere
affirmation. This is not just me saying or spouting across this microphone and camera
with lights, camera in action. I am saying that, through the impartation
of the Holy Ghost, under the authority of God's word, we can and
will and must, if we will yield our will to Him, receive the
revelation of Jesus Christ, here and now, and there is a blessing in
it. Can you please, when you have an opportunity, read in the
Book of Revelation, chapter one, the first fifteen verses, and you will
see where God wants to give you all of his light and revelation. And
it's the revelation of Jesus Christ, not just the revelation of intellect, not
just the revelation of new understanding, but to have Jesus in you the hope
of glory. Let me continue, Let me continue, let me go down
here. Do we really believe the Bible? Do we believe that we may
attain to the knowledge of God that is presented before us in this text?
Do we believe every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God? And
of course the Bible continues. If that is the passage continues. If so,
then receive the revelation today. Peace. Thanks for joining us listening.
Friends, Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word
that comes from the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with
l David Harris. Make it a great day.