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 manna, 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, Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good
morning. It is Wednesday, July three, twenty twenty four. Hello,
my name is Elle 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 new Lesson study series through the Book
of Mark and our caption for today is Jesus's Baptism. Jesus' is Baptism.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first like to say welcome
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father
in heaven, thank you for giving us Jesus. Thank you for loving us
so much that before you called us, you knew where we would go,
how we would live, and you still called us. Father. I pray
that you will give us the fullness of your Holy Spirit. In Jesus name,
I pray Amen and Amen again. Well. Our caption again for today
is Jesus's baptism and the very first thing that I wrote in my lesson,
even though I am a Bible teacher, even though I have been a believer
for a few years. Here right why I wrote it in my lessons,
in my lessons study guide. I wrote it in big red letters, exclamation
point like why why was Jesus baptized? And naturally my brain wants to say,
well, why did he need to be baptized? Because listen, our
baptism is for the remission of sins. We are confessing that we are not
enough. We are confessing that we have sinned and come short of the glory
of God. We are confessing that we want to die to sin and be
raised into a right relationship with God where we surrender our will to God.
This is what we are desiring. Why that's the question. Well, the
answer is very interesting, very interesting. You see, Jesus said, let
it be so now, when even John the Baptist was like, why,
like I should be baptized of you, and Jesus said, let it be
so now. I need you to do it now so that we can fulfill
all righteousness. There are so many things packed into Jesus's statement. Number one,
let me just say that clearly, Jesus never sinned, and so he
did not need to be baptized because he committed sin. Absolutely not. Ah,
but we have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Every
human being has who has ever lived besides him has sinned and come short of
the glory of God and need to be cleansed from all unrighteousness. Yes,
and so Jesus came as the one who would become, in this context our
substitute. He took the punishment. Ultimately, when he goes to the cross,
he takes the punishment that we deserve so that we can live the life
that he deserved. We get the holiness and the righteousness based on his good
works. People talk about faith versus works. Yeah, his good work is
the basis of anything that has to do with our holiness. And then we
just follow suit in the power of the Holy Spirit, you see. And
so Jesus. One of the reasons Jesus died to fulfill all righteousness is so
in the baptism, is so that we could we could be holy. So
he dies to sin in symbol like we should. He's raised unto holiness like
by in symbol like we need to be, so that He can give that
to us. You're like, well, where are you getting this from?
Let me read really quickly from the Bible Book of Romans. We have to
go there Romans chapter six, and the Bible reads beginning at verse one,
what shall we say, then, shall we continue to sin? So it's
about us clearly, So shall we continue to sin that grace may abound?
God forbid? How shall we that are dead sin live any longer? Therein
so, God is not giving us any excuses. So that you know,
some people are like, well, we want to see the grace of God
abound, like people to be able to see how good God is. So
maybe people should sin in order to manifest or reveal how good God is.
And it's like no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, weak argument from the devil. No,
we shall not continue to sin, because how can those who are dead
to sin live any longer? Therein verse three, know ye not that so
many of us, as we're baptized. There's that word again, into Christ.
We're baptized into his death. So Jesus is giving a foreshadowing, a
symbol of what's to happen, what is to come baptized into his death.
Therefore we are buried with him in baptism unto death. So when we go
down under the water, in that baptism, by what we call immersion,
go down under the water, then it's a baptism into death. Keep going
verse four. That like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in the newness of
life. So when he comes up out of the water, when we come
up out of the water, that is a symbol of us, of us
humans walking in the newness of life. And so he did that for us.
Verse five. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of
his death, we shall also be in the likeness of his resurrection. Let
me read verse six from another translation, the New English translation. We know
that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would
no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
So verse seven, someone who has died has been freed from sin.
So much more I could read there. So in short, we see that
Jesus was baptized to fulfill all righteousness, so that we, like he went
under the water and came up, we can die to sin, and when
we come up with him, we are raised and freed from sin. You
understand, Okay, good, very good. So that is part of it
now. There, of course, was prophecy that he had with which he
needed to contend. There were promises made that Jesus or Messiah, the anointed
One, would appear at a certain time. He would appear at a certain
time in Jesus when he was in the Jordan River being baptized, with the
Father's voice giving his stamp of approval. This is my beloved son, in
whom I am well pleased. God wants to say that about you, And
indeed does as you yield your will to him, God is saying, this
is my beloved child, and whom I am well pleased. I want you
to in filling the blank right here with your name. This is l d
the Anomaly. This is El David Harris. This is Dave David or whoever
that people call me. This is David, my beloved son, in whom
I am well pleased. What is your name, Naomi? What is your
name Lisa? What is your name John? Like fill in the blank here,
This is my beloved child, in whom I am well pleased. Why
because Jesus came and gave his life for us, and was raised in the
newness of power, yes, and authority, And therefore we are accepted in
the Beloved And so the prophecies foretold that this would happen. He would come
as the anointed one in the Book of Daniel chapter nine. And indeed he
did come, and three and a half years later, as the text would
have predicted, the prophecy predicted that Jesus would give his life for us.
But in the meantime, as the Father says, this is my son in
whom I am well pleased, Jesus is is filled with the Holy Ghost,
and then God leads him into the wilderness and he's tempted. He's tempted in
like manner as we are. He's tempted in every way that we can be
tempted then and beyond. And he was victorious and without sin, and therefore
now he can give you that victory, brothers and sisters. So he came
to fulfill all righteousness so that we could be saved. I'm thankful. I'm
thankful that Jesus humbled himself even to the point of the cross, and in
the meantime he was baptized so that he could help you as you want to
live for holiness 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 El David Harris.
Make it a great day. Yeah,