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 Monday, October
twenty one, 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 the Lamb of God. The
Lamb of God. We'll get into that in cheil a moment,
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Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
morning and for the privilege that we have to open
up your word and see the Lamb of God. I
pray now that we will live in right relationship with you.
In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again the
Lamb of God. I'm grateful. I'm grateful today because we
have the privilege at this very moment in time to
be able to behold, behold Jesus Christ in his transformational
journey as he enters upon his public ministry. Okay, and
so that was a fulfillment of prophecy in fact, from
the Book of Daniel chapter nine, when he would appear,
as the Bible says, he would become Messiah, the Prince,
he would be anointed before the people, and it would
have been a seminal moment to say, Okay, this is
the one we've been waiting for. Okay, And so when
you see Jesus's movements in your life, this is a
question we have to really kind of consider. When you
see Jesus's movements in your life, who is he to you?
I said, when you see Jesus's movements in your life,
who is Jesus to you? To whom can you intro him?
You see? The main reason why Jesus brings us into
certain rooms rooms of influence, whether it is at the
gym where you exercise, or if it's in a church
setting where you have influence as well, whether it's in
your family relationship, business relationships. There are times that you
are in elite business and governmental spaces where God gives
you influence. The main reason that you are there is
to become Christ representative to them. There are things that
Jesus wants to say to those people through you. And
I'm not saying that there are no other voices in
the room. I'm not naive there are people around the world,
and you may be in the room with others who
have the same purpose. But what I'm saying is that
there is something unique in your voice, based on your
spiritual DNA that God wants to say and do in
that room. Okay, So let's go ahead and begin by
reading in the Bible Book of John, chapter one, and
I'll read beginning at verse twenty nine, and the Bible
reads the next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him
and sayth, behold the lamb of God, which taketh away
the sin of the world. This is he of whom
I said, after me cometh a man which is preferred
before me, for he was before me. So John knew
his goal, he knew his mission. He would lead as
many people into a right connection with God and then
prepare the way for Jesus Christ to really take up
the most influential role. You see, John the Baptist was large.
When I say large, what I'm saying is his influence
in that region over the people who were to be
connecting with God was immense. And now he is saying,
the one who's coming. Oh, by the way, here he is.
He's the one that I've been talking about. And now
I'm going to decrease. I'm going to decrease so that
he may increase. What Yes, okay, And it reads in
verse thirty one, and I knew him not but that
he should be made manifest to God's people. Therefore I
am come baptizing with water. I am John the Baptist,
like he is John the Baptist. He is there to
baptize people into a relationship with God, if you would,
if if you wish, if you will. But but the
one who is now here is going to do something
even more special Verse thirty two, and John bear record
saying I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,
and abode upon him. And I knew him not but
that he sent he that sent me to baptize with water.
The same set unto me, upon whom thou shalt see
the Spirit DECI and remaining on him, the same is
he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost. And I'm thankful
because John wasn't saying that I completely didn't know Jesus
or who he was. No, he's John was the forerunner,
the one preparing the way. We spoke about that the
other day. But even though John had seen and experienced
Jesus over the years he was awaiting, he knew in
his heart, like he could tell that Jesus was unusual,
that he was special, and that likely he was the
Messiah who was to come he knew he could in
his heart, he knew, but the Holy Ghost had to
show him this special sign. While John had an inkling
like he had had an indicator in his mind that
this is the one. He was awaiting the signal from
heaven and the signal from heaven when Jesus said, I
need you to baptize me, and John was resistant. He
was like, no, but how can I baptize you? You're
obviously very special, You're obviously holy. The atmosphere around you
is second to none. When people come into contact with you,
they are transformed. How can I baptize you? You need
to be baptizing me and Jesus. Jesus prevailed upon him
and said, this is what you need to do. Allow
it to be right now. Let it be right now,
because this is the way that we're going to fulfill righteousness.
And then after he went down into the water and
came back out of the water. The Bible says that
the Holy Ghost, the spirit descended upon Jesus and settled
on him like as a dove, in bodily form, like
as a dove. And it was then that John's mind
really awakened. He knew what he was encountering in that
power that God had manifest there. But when Jesus now
is actually anointed, like the prophet said and Daniel chapter nine,
he said, yes, that is the one. This is the one.
And I saw in bear record verse thirty four that
this is the Son of God. Again. The next day
after John stood and two of his disciples, and looking
upon Jesus as he walked, he said, behold the lamb
of God. And the two disciples heard him, and they followed, Jesus,
did you hear what I just said. John was the
most influential spiritual leader at that time, and when he
finally did what God called him created him to do
in this moment, even the people who followed John said,
I'm going to go ahead and follow Jesus. See when
people see you in those spaces that God has entrusted
to your care, When Jesus gives you influence, are you
there to increase? Are you there to be prominent? Are
you there to be the most influential figure? Or are
you there with the influence God has given you to
point people direct them to the one who actually can
transform them. I'm thankful because God gives us these opportunities.
He entrusts them to us because He has placed his
strength in our lives. But I'm thankful that we don't
have to actually carry that mantle because Jesus Christ is
all and in all. He is the one who is
full of power, full of grace and truth. I am
thankful because, yeah, that would be too heavy a load
for an average human. I'm grateful that God has positioned
us to point people to the one who can actually
transform our minds and transform our lives.
Speaker 1: Make it a great day, peace, 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,