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 Wednesday, April two,
twenty twenty five. 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 new
Lesson study series how to Study the Bible, and our
caption for today is studying the Words, studying the Word.
Before we get into that, I'd like to just say
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are in the world at your dailyportion dot com. This
is one of the ways that we continue to build
faith and fellowship. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving
us the privilege of coming together again this Wednesday and
giving us the privilege of opening up your word. And
I'm asking you to please give us your mindset when
we study your Word. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen
and Amen again. So this is a question that we
all need to be asking and answering for ourselves. What
is the purpose? Like why do we study the Word?
There are some people who study because you want to
be intelligent and you want people to know that you're intelligent.
There are some people that like to argue, and I'm saying,
you need to be honest with yourself, and I need
to be honest with myself about the why that I
study the Word. In fact, Jesus said to some folks
that didn't really actually love him, he said, you search
the scriptures for in them, ye think ye have eternal life. Right,
So he was exposing the fact that they really were
focusing on the words of the scrolls, the scriptures, and
that is where they sort of pat themselves on the
back and said, well, God owes me something, and God
is saying to them, they are they that testify of Me.
So they should have looked for Jesus in the scriptures.
They should have looked for a relationship with Christ. They
should have looked for the connection with God that leads
to salvation. But instead they thought that they could derive
and earn self from mastering understanding. There is a fine
line that is between life and death when you look
at it in those terms, because God is saying that
I want to be found, and I am revealing myself
in the scriptures, and therefore the only way you can
have life is when you find me. Those who have
Christ have life, and those who have not the Son
of God hath not life. You see where we're going
with this, And so, of course we have a legacy
in our faith community about how we study the scriptures,
and we could use many texts and take you into
the history of our founders and those who laid the
foundation as our church was developed back in the eighteen hundreds.
But truthfully, it's right in the Bible, right in the Bible.
One of the ways that we look at scripture. Besides
what have already said is a comprehensive study method. And
we get that from the Book of Isaiah, chapter twenty
eight and verses nine and ten, and the Bible reads
whom shall he teach knowledge? So if you want to
know knowledge, you want to have knowledge, whom will will
God teach that? Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom
shall he make to understand doctrine? Which really simply means
Bible teaching. And then it tells us some more and
gets to the point where it says, for precept must
be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, here
a little and there a little. So we study the
Bible comprehensively. We don't leave parts of the Bible out.
We compare scripture with Scripture number two. We look at
context because that's key. One thing that really drives me nuts.
And I seldom try to share my personal views, but
it drives me bananas, especially inside of churches, when the
Bible teachers and people who are in the pew or
studying with us in church are just hopping around the Bible,
like all of these Bible text just hopping around the Bible, no,
with no regard for the actual context of the scripture.
And so in two Timothy, chapter two and verse fifteen,
the Bible says, study to show thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth. In another version, it says, teaching
the message of truth accurately. Okay, so we want to
see what God was actually saying, to whom, in what time,
et cetera. Before we even begin to make sense of
what we are seeing as we are praying for God
to give us our wisdom. We have to really see
to whom it was speaking, for what purpose it was speaking,
and all of the details surrounding the text. And I
wish I had the time, but I don't. So here
are some key study principles. Number one, avoid a fragmented approach.
Don't isolate Bible texts from one another. See the bigger picture,
connect related passages, and then consider the entire context and
the lesson. Writer also identified that we are systematic, like
a puzzle assembly. Gather all of the pieces, see the connections,
build progressively, and then view the complete picture. There's so
much more, and I'd like for you to ask inside
of our community for my notes on this, because there
are just too many principles that I'd like to share,
and we simply do not have the time. And so
now we go into the Bible Book of Matthew, chapter
five and verse eighteen. Maybe I was speaking quickly. You
didn't hear what I just said, Ask for my notes
for today in you your daily portion community, Okay? And
so in Matthew chapter five and verse eighteen, the Bible reads,
for verily I say unto you to heaven and earth,
pass one jot or one tittle, shall in no wise
pass from the law. We're going to come back and
make some sense of these passages based on what the
lesson writer is teaching us. Okay. In two Timothy chapter three,
beginning at verse fifteen, the Bible reads, and that from
a child, thou hast known the holy scriptures which are
able to make the wise unto salvation. So the scriptures
are to connect us with God and make us wise
unto salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. All
scripture is God breathed. That's what it really means. All
scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable
for doctrine. That's Bible teaching for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness, that the Man of God, and of
course that means people, the people of God, may be perfect,
truly furnished unto all good works. One more passage and
then we'll wrap a bow on this. And Jesus when
he was having an encounter with or people were having
an encounter with Christ after he was resurrected. The Bible
reads in Luke chapter twenty four and verse twenty seven,
and beginning at Moses and all the prophets he expounded
unto them, all the scriptures, the things concerning himself. Okay,
And so here are principles, and I want you to
take notes here principles for approaching prophecy. Number one, trust scriptures, reliability.
Every detail matters, God's word endures, and nothing God says fails.
So we're going to trust the scriptures, reliability. I wish
I had the time. Number two, we're going to see
Christ as central to the scriptures and prophecy for that matter,
All of it points to Jesus. The whole Bible testifies
of Christ. And there is a unity in the messaging.
Number three except divine inspiration, God breathed this it's authoritative
and trustworthy, and then apply everything practically. There's so much more,
but I said, please ask for my notes in the
community and I will share them. I'm not saying to
ask in this chat because I won't be able to
see that, but in the community, ask and I will share.
Make it a great day, peace.
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,