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 Friday, November
twenty two, 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 finally continuing
in our lesson study series themes in the Gospel of John.
I meant to say, we are finally at the end
of lesson number eight. In our caption for today is
God above all, God above all. Yes. Before we get
into that, I'd like to just welcome everyone joining us,
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faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then
we will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank you for
this day and for giving us this time of preparation.
Please help us to prepare our minds in our hearts
for connection with You and for the Sabbath that is
on its way. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and
a man again, God above all, And in a moment
we will discuss why this matters. Of course, we know
that this matters simply because God is above all. But
there are some things that God's people have done over
the years that make us question whether in our relationship
with God we value Him above all. Okay, and so
I'm reading directly from the lesson as we wrap this
week's discussion, and it reads as a golden Treasure truth
had been entrusted to God's people, the Hebrew people, the
people of God's economy, bearing signature of Heaven had been
instituted by Christ himself in types and symbols, the great
truths of redemption were veiled. See, God gave his people
the keys to these symbols. He told them, He told us,
I will say, even though I wasn't alive, I'll say us.
He told us what they meant and to what they
were pointing. Okay, Yet when Christ came, the people of
God did not recognize him to whom all of these
symbols pointed. See, we should have all been like John
the Baptist when he pointed and said, behold the Lamb
of God, which taketh away the sins of the world.
We should have all been like John the Baptist, who
learned from God himself that when the one over whom
the Holy Ghost hovers and then lights upon shows up,
he's the one. He's the one that Daniel spoke of.
This is the way that all of God's people should
have been at the time of Jesus's birth. It shouldn't
just have been wise men from the east. These were
not even technically God's people, but they learned to worship God.
Let me say that very clearly. These were not technically
God's people, but they learned to worship God. Is it
possible that some people who are not now God's people
will replace some of us in the kingdom because we
refuse to let go of our own paradigms, our own traditions.
I need you to listen carefully, and so do I.
I need to listen carefully. They had had the word
of God in their hands. See, remember, these folks, these
folks were the ones the repositories of light. These people
were the ones to whom God entrusted the light so
that we could share it into all of the world,
even back then, and so they should never have missed this.
But but the quote continues. But the traditions which had
been handed down from generation to generation, and the human
interpretation of scriptures hid hid from them the truth as
it is in Jesus. What hid from them the truth
that it is in Jesus. Poor traditions, These are terrible traditions.
These traditions that should have led people to God actually
led them away. And the interpretation that humans put on
the scriptures, this is what hid them from the truth
as it is in Christ. Let me continue. The spiritual
import or importance of the sacred writings was lost. The
treasure house of all knowledge was open to them, but
they knew it not. Why not because of their tradition,
because of their human interpretations of the Bible or the scriptures.
Let me continue. God does not conceal his truth from
men or humans by their own course of action, they
make it obscure to themselves. Christ gave the people of
God abundant evidence that he was Messiah by his teaching
called for a decided change. But excuse me, his teaching
called for a decided change in their lives. This is why.
This is why they rejected him. Do you understand what
I'm saying? So when God comes and says this is
the way, walk ye in it, and we are going
the other way, then it is a decision that we
need to make. Do we continue to receive more and
more light? Do we receive more and more guidance? Do
we receive more and more power to do God's will
by listening to what's in front of me? Or do
I reject what's right in front of me and then
my understanding gets dim dark, and my will to do
God's will starts to wane. I hope we're listening. They
saw that if they received Christ. See, on the one hand,
this is the option. If I receive Christ, then it continues.
They must give up their cherished maxims and traditions, their selfish,
ungodly practices. Is there anything in your life, brothers and
sisters that you are unwilling to let go of? And
I need you, in your own mind, in your own
worship time, to be honest. Is there anything in your
life that you are unwilling to let go of? When
God comes to us with new understanding, when God comes
to us with revival and reformation, is there anything that
we are holding on to that we refuse to release?
If so, then we're going to go the same path
of the people of God when Jesus was on planet Earth.
Let me continue. It required a sacrifice to receive changeless,
eternal truth. Therefore, they would not admit the most conclusive
evidence that God could give to establish faith in Christ.
They prefer fast to believe in the Old Testament scriptures,
yet they refuse to accept the testimony contained therein concerning
Christ's life and character. Coming to a close on this quote.
They were afraid of being convinced, lest they should be
converted and be compelled to give up their preconceived notions.
Is this so precious a thing to be treasured that
we would give up eternal life? Is this thing that
we love to do, these traditions that we have even
in our spiritual quote community. Is this stuff so important,
so precious, so treasure treasure that we would keep them
above eternity with God. Come on, listen to what we're
reading here. The treasure of the Gospel, the way, the truth,
and the life was among them, but they rejected the
greatest gift that Heaven could bestow. And this is coming
from Christ's object Lessons, page one hundred and five. And so,
if we were to give a quick antidote for this
kind of a disease, we would do a few things.
Prioritize God's word above human traditions. We would seek personal
relationship with God above our rituals. We would embrace change
prompted by the Holy Ghost. We would see love as
a fulfillment of God's love. We would focus on justice, mercy,
and faithfulness. We would worship God in spirit and in truth.
And then we would be guided by God's example through
Jesus Christ, God above all. We need to make a
decision today. Is that our reality? Peace?
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: Friends.
Speaker 1: 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,