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 Thursday, December
twenty six, 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 themes in the Gospel of John and
our caption for today is abiding in Jesus. So we're
going to talk about that in just a moment. But
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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 in Heaven, thank you
for today. Please teach us to abide. Abide in Jesus.
In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay.
And so yesterday I didn't talk about the theology from
beneath because it was beneath me. Okay, I just made
that up. But really and truly, there are too many
times that we focus on the wrong side of the argument. Okay.
So I will say very quickly and briefly that the
theology from beneath is always trying to examine and put
God under a microscope, put him on trial. And by
the way, when they do get to see godly movements,
then they are not obedient to what God says, And
so the theology from beneath really is about human argumentation.
It's to determine whether God is worthy to be served,
Like if God doesn't act in the way that I
consider to be godly or god like, like, I won't
serve him. Come down now from the cross, and then
I will worship you, or wake my husband, wake my
child up who has died, or else I'm not going
to believe you. If you are God, then please pay
my rent for me. You see what I mean, Like
let the sun go backward. I seen you do it
in the Bible. And it's like, oh, so you think
you can put God on trial, like you can actually
put God to the test so that he has to
bow and scuffle and do what you say in order
to determine if he indeed is divine and holy and
omniscient and perfect. No no, no, no, no, no no no.
God is not on trial. He is not on trial.
That is the theology from beneath. We already talked about
yesterday what it's like from above, and so I'll share
just a little bit from him because we're talking about
abiding in Christ. And so I'm going to share just
a little bit of abide with me in that vein.
This is what we're after the kind of relationship that abides.
Speaker 3: Abide with me, fast falls, the even tide, the dark,
nasty pens.
Speaker 4: Lord with me, abide.
Speaker 5: When a other he burs, fall and comforts flee hell
by the helpless sol.
Speaker 6: Hebide with me, swift to its close.
Speaker 3: Ass out lies live little day, earth joy's growned, its glories,
pass change, chendyck in all around I see.
Speaker 5: Oh thou, who changeest not about with me?
Speaker 3: I need thy presence every passingle What but thy grass
can foil the tempters pas a like thinself, My guide
and strength can be.
Speaker 6: The cloud and sunshine.
Speaker 4: Oh aby.
Speaker 6: With me, a fear no fall with the at hand to.
Speaker 4: Bless is they have no weight and tears, they have
no bittern.
Speaker 3: Where is dasting wear grain thy.
Speaker 5: Ditary ay a triumph Still If thou aby with me,
hold thou thy cross, be for my closing nye shine
through the gloom and point.
Speaker 6: Me to the sky.
Speaker 5: Hands morning breaks and earth vain shadows.
Speaker 7: Flee in life, in death, Oh Lord, aby with.
Speaker 1: Me.
Speaker 2: If God forbid we should die, We're just looking forward
to the day when we will live again. If we
have faith in God. And so what I want you
to do today. I know I sang all the way
through this, but I want you to focus your attention
on John chapter fifteen. And I want you to see.
I am the vine, the true vine, and my Father
is the Husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit,
he taketh away, and every branch that beareth fruit he
prunes it. He purges it that it may bring forth
more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which
I have spoken to you. Here it comes. Abide in
me and I in you. That's why we sang today.
That's why we listen today. That's why we paused in
this moment in time today, because we're running along sometimes
too quickly. We're on the hamster wheel of life, trying
to be successful, trying in our own strength to be holy.
But Jesus is saying, I need you to pause. I
need you to determine. Are you connected to me? Abide
in me, Abide in me, and I in you. As
a branch cannot bear fruit of itself except abide in
the vine. No more can ye accept ye abide in me.
Here it comes at the end of verse five. Accept
it it says the same, bringeth forth much fruit, for
without me you can do nothing. So that means you
can do all things through Christ, which strengthens you. Abide
in Jesus. Abide in Jesus. Abide in Jesus, and be
saved and help.
Speaker 1: Others too be 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.
Speaker 5: Yeah,