Speaker 1: 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.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sabbath, September
twenty eight, 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. Oh actually, I always say continuing because
it's a habit, but we are beginning in our Lesson
study series themes in the Gospel of John. We had
an exceptional time through the Book of Mark, but now
we are moving into the Gospel of John. And I'm
thankful because quite frankly, if I did have a favorite
Bible book, John would be yet right we'll get into
that in just a moment, but before we do, I'd
just like to say welcome to you and ask you
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this is one of the ways that we continue to
build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you
for giving us the opportunity to open your word again
today and for the privilege we have now to move
into the Gospel of John. Please help us to have
the kind of love that John had and to receive
the kind of trust that you entrusted to John. I
pray that you will fill us with your Holy spirit
this Sabbath. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again.
Signs that point the way is our caption for today.
Signs that point the way. And so immediately my question
is point the way to where? And then what are
the signs? Like what are the signs and where are
they or to where are they pointing? And so we
begin now by reading in John chapter twenty John Chapter twenty,
verses thirty and thirty one to begin our discussion, and
it reads, and truly, Jesus did many other signs in
the presence of his disciples. So there were so many
things that Jesus did that were beyond human capacity, things
that only God could do. You know, like the day
that you got saved, the day that you decided that
you wanted to live for Jesus and you had power
and ability to do his will, that would have been
a sign. Or the time that your brother, your sister,
your child was healed from that disease that surely would
have taken them out, but God did a sign right
Or that car accident that you were in, and when
people saw how mangled your vehicle was, when it was
totaled or written off, people said, but how is it
that you walked out of that? It's a sign that
Jesus did in your life. The sign that you learned
to love when you used to be fearful, you learned
to do God's will when you used to run away
from God's will. Many of these things Jesus did in
the presence of his disciples, which were not written in
this book, So much that he did that was not
written in this book. And may I just say right
here that what was written in the book was so amazing,
so astounding, that we can hardly even communicate it. We
can say, is thank God for being so good. Right,
But he did so much that wasn't written in this book.
But these are written, okay, So the ones that we
did see when he turned water into wine. Yes, when
he taught them about him being the bread of life
and giving them the way, the success principle to work
the works of God. He said to believe, and then
he empowered people to believe. He rose, he awakened people
from the dead, like those that he did reveal in
this book. They were written that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ. This is the foundation, brothers and sisters,
to every kind of movement and miracle that God will
perform in your life. The moment that you get saved
and you become a part of the process of being
sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost, that is the
foundation that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God, that believing you may have life in
its name. So we believe that Jesus is the Christ.
The son of God. So some people may say, yes,
I believe, I believe, and it's like, okay, but your
lifestyle doesn't look like you believe. God forbid, but you
you say you believe. But when when people are unkind,
how do you respond to their unkindness? Hmm? When people
are inconsistent with you in relationships and you are extremely loyal,
how do you respond? How do you respond when people
say abusive things towards you? How do you respond when
your month is much longer than your money? How do
you respond when people don't seem to understand you, your
children seem to have lost their minds? Like, how do
you respond when you have a need and you've been
crying out to God and it seems that he's delayed.
But really, really, God is working all things for your good.
He's intentional, as the songwriter would have said, never changing.
God is intentional. And so the Bible says that now
that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God, but it's not just an intellectual pursuit,
and that believing you may have life. So that kind
of belief that he's referencing here, brother John is referencing
here is the kind that transforms now, the kind of
belief that puts us put in the position for God
to transform our lives. So we go from darkness into
this marvelous light. We go from being bound to sin,
to the law of sin and death, to being free now,
to be free, liberated because He's written. God has written
his laws in our hearts and on our minds, so
that now we begin to live according to God's principles.
And then we represent Him in all that we say
and do to others. We walk with God like Enoch.
Did we have extremely good and sound judgment, like Abigail
the wife of Nabel. Yes. And I'm thankful because this
belief is not inactive. It is active, it is powerful.
It's like the power of God unto salvation to everyone
who receives what God has to say, receive the power
that he has, receive the guidance that He gives us
along the pathway of this life. And so we're going
to just see really quickly as we get ourselves prepared
for going through the book of John, a few principles
Number one number one about Jesus's signs and miracles coming
in from John chapter two and verse eleven. This beginning
of miracles did g u in Cana at Galilee. We'll
talk about that miracle and manifest forth his glory, and
his disciples believed on him. And so when Jesus turned
the water into wine at just the right time, at
just the right time, and what he did was to
provide something better than what they had expected, better than
what they had the capacity to accomplish. And then now
the people are like, wait a minute, wait a minute.
Jesus is no ordinary man, you see, and so we
have to see that Jesus's miracles or signs serve a
greater purpose, a greater purpose than just the wonder that
they invoke. They revealed Jesus's divine nature and his mission
leading others or observers and readers in faith. You see,
Jesus performed those miracles again partially because he of course
needed to give the people what they needed. It was
a value add to their lives, but also also a
revelation of his divine nature. Is like, okay, so good.
It's a revelation of his divine nature, right, but do
you realize that the one who created us, according to
John chapter one and Hebrews chapter one, is also the
one who chose to die on the cross to save
us from our sins. So much more we could say.
But there is also, finally, the invitation to experience transformation.
God wants to transform our lives, and in John chapter
four and verse fifty we see a manifestation of that
signs that point the way way to salvation.
Speaker 1: 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,