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, December thirteenth, twenty twenty three. 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 Lesson study series. God's Mission,
My Mission, our caption for today I'm reading ahead is send her Away,
Send her a We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
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fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father
in Heaven, thank you for giving us the privilege to come into your presence
and for not sending us away. Please, Father, teach us how to
be empathetic, knowing that we are sinners saved by grace, and others around
us also need to be saved, no matter from where they come. In
Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Can I just say
that you religious people are just too much sometimes and oh, okay, it's
like you're pointing a finger at me, Dave, Well, I should say
we religious people are to much at times. Yeah, some of us have
mistaken the privilege of being a part of the family of God as a way
to become elitists. Like somehow we have taken the privilege we have to be
in the presence of God to not be transformed by his presence, not to
be transformed by who He is, and then begin to emulate and model who
Jesus was when he lived on planet Earth, and then somehow saying yes and
we just kind of hang out in the presence and feel like now we're special
and the other people, I'm so sorry for you. Yeah, you should
probably do what I did in that way you can get into this club.
And God is saying, no, I did not create you to become a
part of a country club. I did not create you to be in the
so called first class of this plane that is on its way to Heaven.
I did not create you to to get so called black car service and have
your feet propped up in the back of the vehicle while somebody is sweating for
you in order to get you to the Kingdom. And then yeah, sorry
for the poor peasants who are out there having to catch the bus or walk
or worse. No, that is not what God intended when he shared the
truth with us. And you're like, with Dave, that's obvious. Yeah
really, Okay, Well, let's go to the Book of Acts, chapter
ten and see how obvious this was for the man of God, who,
by the way, was the chief preacher at the special day of Pentecost that
is forever etched in spiritual history. Peter. Let's see if Peter understood that
that was so obvious, Dave. Okay, And so, beginning at verse
nine, the Bible reads in Acts chapter ten. On themorrow, as they
went on their journey and drew nigh into the city, Peter went up upon
the housetop to pray. So he's there praying. He's not there playing around.
He has already been converted. He has received the Holy Spirit to an
extreme and positive degree. And he led that first century church on that first
day of Pentecost. And uh, let's see what happened. Peter went up.
He went up to pray about the sixth hour, that's probably I'm guessing
about noon. And he became very hungry. Yeh, that makes sense.
It's lunchtime, and would have eaten. But while they made ready, he
fell into a trance. So God is about to tell you something, Peter.
Okay, verse eleven. And he saw and saw heaven opened, and
a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit
at four corners and let down to the earth. Okay, So maybe he's
singing that song that we used to sing, like I'm gonna sit at the
welcome table right one of these days. I'm gonna eat and drink with Jesus
one of these days. And he's clapping his hands and that sheet has come
down on with the four corners, and finally it's time to eat. It's
time to eat Verse twelve. We're in all manner of four footed beasts of
the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and files of the air. Wait
a minute, Wait a minute, now, ray mint, like you're talking
about like crabcakes and shrimp and what way mint? Now, something's wrong,
something's wrong. Then ring the bell like this is not what I ordered Verse
thirteen. And there came a voice unto him, Rise, Peter, kill
and eat. But Peter said, no, not so Lord, for I
have never eaten anything that is common or unclean. Okay, so far,
so good. Like some of you are like, well, what's the problem,
Dave, Like we eat that stuff all the time. Yeah, well
no, he's right. He's like, no, I don't eat that kind
of stuff because you said. And he's going back into his mind in the
book of Leviticus, the Book of Deuteronomy, where God was very clear about
what is unclean and what is clean? Okay Verse fifteen, And the voice
said, unto him a second time, what God hath cleansed? That?
Call not thou common? Now let me ask you a question, has God
cleansed all manner of four footed beasts and creatures pepperoni for your pizza, as
he well, the answer is obviously no. We'll come back to that.
This was done three times, and the vessel was again received up into heaven.
Okay, now Peter must have been confused, like, hold on,
now I know it was the voice of God. I am here praying.
God has made himself very clear in the scrolls, in the scriptures what is
to be eaten and what is absolutely not to be eaten. And this is
not subjective, this is not depending on who you are. God has been
very clear. So what could this have meant? Well, God, I
didn't leave him in the dark, like, let's go down to verse twenty
eight, and he said, unto them, ye know how that it is
an unlawful thing for a man that is one of God's people to keep company
or to come unto one of another nation. But God hath showed me that
I should not call any person common or unclean. So this was not about
eating. It was that God was showing him something through his belly, right
like Adam and Eve should have learned something at the Tree of the knowledge of
good and evil through the possibility of eating what God said, don't eat.
They should have passed the test, like Jesus absolutely manifest a lesson when he
was in the wilderness being tempted of the devil, when the devil said,
if thou be the son of God, then make this stone to become bred,
like Jesus manifest that you can trust God and over your belly. And
so God was using food again as an example, like an object lesson,
a case study. If you will to teach Peter something valuable, what is
it or invaluable that people no matter if you call them gentiles, you call
them Greeks, you call them a dry tree, eu nuts, you call
them separated from God. That if anybody will keep covenant with me, then
those individuals, just like who would be called God's people, those individuals will
have a name, according to Isaiah chapter fifty six, verses one through seven,
a name that is greater, that is better than of sons and of
daughters. It's a name that will remain forever. So this was about people.
Let me read it again, And he said, unto them, ye
know that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is one of God's
people to keep company or to come unto one of another nation. But God
has showed me that I should not call any man or person common or unclean
verse thirty four. And Peter opened his mouth and said, of a truth,
I perceive that God is no respector of persons. But in every nation,
he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness is accepted with God. Listen.
God wants us to get this point and get it clear. Clear, clear
clear. Jesus Christ came and gave his life so that all people from everywhere
in the world can be saved. We just need to make the choice.
Stop being elitists like welcome people into the phone. 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,