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 Tuesday, July sixteen, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name
is El 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 through the Book of Mark,
and our caption for today is the Lord of the Sabbath, The Lord
of the Sabbath. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
I'd like to say welcome, Welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining
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build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then get underwaigh.
Father in Heaven, thank you for this new day, and I thank you
for giving us the opportunity to look into the true meaning of Sabbath. Father,
I'm asking you to give us understanding, but not just understanding, help
us to will and to do of your good pleasure in Jesus name, I
pray, Amen and Amen again. All right, So the Lord of the
Sabbath, the Lord of the Sabbath. I hate to keep saying this,
but we were talking about controversial stuff, right, and how people, for
whatever and their pride, decided to try to teach Jesus. Can you imagine
you're trying to teach Jesus, the author of life, the one who was
the author and finisher of our faith, the one who created all of us
and created this planet. The Bible teaches us in John chapter one, Hebrews
chapter one, and in other places that Jesus is the one through whom this
planet was created and all of the humans. Right, and you want to
have an argument and a discussion, philosophical discussion with Jesus about his word,
his law, his truth. The one whose voice you heard thunder from Mount
Horeb Mount Sinai, as some know, it was Jesus's voice. The one
whose finger emblazoned on those sapphire tables of stone the ten words ominous words,
the commandments. Jesus. The one who said, let there be light,
and there was light, Jesus. The one who said, according to your
faith, be it unto you was Jesus. The one who said, take
up your bed and walk. It was Jesus, the one who said,
remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and
do all thy work. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord
thy God. In it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son,
nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days
the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them
is, and rested on the seventh day. Wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath
day and hallowed it, made it holy This is Jesus the same way,
the same one who gave the message that Jesus, the same one who gave
the message that that the Sabbath is a sign between God and humanity, that
he is the one that doth sanctify us, that sets us aside for holy
use, The same one is the one that these dudes want to have an
argument with about the Sabbath. Are you serious right now? Like? Are
you serious? Well? Yeah, Sometimes we get so smart that we outsmart
ourselves, and we add all kinds of extra rules and regulations to things that
God would have said. And this is what Jesus was dealing with. In
Mark chapter two. We read beginning at verse twenty three. And it came
to pass that he went through the cornfields on the Sabbath day, and his
disciples began as they went to pluck the ears of corn, and the Pharisee
said unto him, behold, why do they on the Sabbath day do that
which is not lawful? And he said, unto them, have ye never
read what David did when he had need? When he had need? Did
you hear that God is a compassionate god? When he had need? What
was the need? And had hungered. God is a compassionate God, and
hungered he and they that were with him. How he went into the house
of God in the days of Abiathar, the high priest, and did eat
the show bread, which it was not lawful to eat, but for the
priests. And he gave also to them which were with him, And he
said unto them, the Sabbath was made for man, meaning humans, for
the service of humans, by the way God created, created the heavens and
the earth, the see and all that in the z And He rested on
the Sabbath day so that we could we could rest in God, so that
we could experience God in the fullness, not so that we could have more
rules of burden on the Sabbath. I have been in religious organizational structures where
it where it was burdensome to serve God. I have been in situations where
people who said that we were purveyors of truth and tea, teaching God's word
and that we cared for the people made it more burdensome on the people on
Sabbath and made it difficult to keep the Sabbath holy. And we say that
the seventh day is the Sabbath, and we say that as as though nobody
else in the world knows it. Sometimes and we say the true words that
the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Holy the Lord Die God. And
then and then on the Sabbath we we backbite more. On the Sabbath,
we we lay extra burdens. Sometimes God's people, I'm talking about I'm not
talking about world people. God's people sometimes lay heavier burdens on the backs of
people on the Sabbath and make things more rigid and painful on the Sabbath.
And Jesus was dealing with that when he said that the Son of Man,
he's the one that gave you what the Sabbath is. So why don't you
just listen to like listen to Jesus, Like what the sabbath means is in
Jesus's bosom, like he he's teaching you the spirituality of the law. He
is also verse twenty eight. Therefore, the Son of Man is lord also
of the Sabbath. Let's go to Mark chapter three, verses one through six.
And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man with
a withered hand, and they watched him whether he would heal him. On
the Sabbath day. Wait a minute, what whether he would heal him on
the Sabbath day? When should a person be healed? Like, when should
they be healed? They should be healed when they need healing. Can I
just say that again? Like this is the big question, It's the big
pink elephant in the room. When should a person be healed whenever they need
healing? Is it in the middle of the night and they need healing and
God is present to heal and he heals him in the middle of the night.
Is it early morning or in the middle of me saying what I'm saying
right here at eight minutes after the hour? Like, is it time to
heal people Jesus if somebody needs healing? Yeah? Yeah. Is it Sabbath?
Yes? Is it the beginning of Sabbath at the moment that you are
opening the Sabbath? Yes? Yes, is the answer. Because God is
a compassionate God. And they watched to see if he would do it,
and they wanted to accuse him verse three, And He said, unto the
man which had a withered hand, come on stand forth. While they want
to argue, while they want to have controversy, while they want to make
up all kind of foolish discussion. Jesus says, stand forth, Come on,
come on, stand forth. And he said, unto them, is
it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days? Or to do evil?
To save or to kill? That they held their peace. You know why
they held their peace because they had nothing to say. There was no excuse
for them. They were willing to have an argument about whether to heal a
person, whether to give life to a person, to restore and deliver a
person, than to actually deliver. They wanted to hold a meeting about the
work of God, rather than to do the work of God. I wish
I had the time, And the Bible says verse five. And when he
had looked around about them with anger, you want you wonder why I'm passionate
here. I have a lot of stories brothers and sisters. He looked round
about them with anger, but being grieved for the hardness of their hearts.
And he said, unto the man, stretch forth thy hand. And he
stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.
And the Pharisees went forth, looks like they didn't they didn't get anything out
of this. They went forth and straightway, took counsel with the Herodians against
him. How they might destroy him? What Jesus was there to heal and
they're trying to kill Jesus. What in the world. Make it a great
day. Thanks for joining us listening to 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,