1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, 2 00:00:04,599 --> 00:00:07,879 because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,240 today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,400 portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,239 us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:23,280 to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today 7 00:00:23,559 --> 00:00:27,399 and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives. 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,879 Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker, 9 00:00:32,039 --> 00:00:33,079 Elle David Harris. 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Wednesday, October 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,159 twenty three, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,600 David Harris. I am your host, and this is your 13 00:00:42,679 --> 00:00:46,119 Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day, 14 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,479 and today is no exception. We are continuing in our 15 00:00:49,679 --> 00:00:53,159 Lesson study series themes in the Gospel of John. Our 16 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:58,719 caption for today is Philip and Nathaniel. Philip and Nathaniel. 17 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:00,920 We'll get into that in just a moment, but first 18 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,679 I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you 19 00:01:02,719 --> 00:01:05,319 to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com 20 00:01:05,359 --> 00:01:08,959 please join our online community. I need you to click 21 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,280 that number seven. Click the number seven, and I need 22 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:16,959 one thousand of you to subscribe to the metamorphosis that 23 00:01:17,239 --> 00:01:22,519 is a continual growth opportunity in our spiritual development. And 24 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,040 also let us know where you are in the world 25 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,400 at your daily portion dot com. This is one of 26 00:01:28,439 --> 00:01:32,319 the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. 27 00:01:32,599 --> 00:01:35,719 Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. 28 00:01:36,359 --> 00:01:39,120 Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us the testimony 29 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,840 of Philip and Nathaniel. Please help us to come and 30 00:01:43,079 --> 00:01:47,959 see and experience you and be transformed by you, transformed 31 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,879 in our minds, transformed in our lives in Jesus name, 32 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:58,319 I pray, Amen and a man again Philip and Nathaniel. Okay, 33 00:01:58,359 --> 00:02:02,400 So this is an invitation. It's an invitation for every 34 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:06,680 single one of us to come and see. Come and 35 00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:09,680 see what Come and see what great things the Lord 36 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,400 can do through Christ. Come and see what Jesus has 37 00:02:13,479 --> 00:02:17,719 done in other people's lives to transform them in every way. 38 00:02:18,199 --> 00:02:22,280 Come and see how God can make a hopeless sinner 39 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:27,319 in a new creation kind of style into a hopeful saint. 40 00:02:27,759 --> 00:02:32,280 Come and see. And that was the experience that Philip 41 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,000 was welcoming Nathaniel into. Okay, and so we read now 42 00:02:36,039 --> 00:02:40,080 in the Bible, Book of John, chapter one, beginning at 43 00:02:40,159 --> 00:02:44,360 verse forty three. The day following, Jesus would go forth 44 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:49,000 into Galilee and finde Philip and seth unto him. Follow me. 45 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:54,240 Now Philip was of Bethseda, the city of Andrew and Peter. 46 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:59,400 Philip findeth Nathaniel and said, unto him, we have found him. 47 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,560 That means that they were looking for him. Can I 48 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,919 say that again we have found him? This is what 49 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,960 Philip is saying. That means they were looking for him. Well, 50 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:09,400 who were they looking for? 51 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:09,599 Speaker 1: Like? 52 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:13,479 Speaker 2: Who did they find? It says of whom Moses in 53 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,599 the Law and the Prophets did right. So these are 54 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:21,000 men of God. These are people of God who are 55 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,759 reading in the scriptures, in the prophecies, and are expecting 56 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,919 Messiah to come. And when I say to come, I 57 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,319 don't mean just to be born. I am saying that 58 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:36,800 at a particular time in Earth's history, the prophets Daniel 59 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:41,879 in particular, identified specifically when and where Jesus would show up. 60 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:47,680 Especially at this time, we now are able to see 61 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,039 the one of whom Moses and the Law and the 62 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:55,439 Prophets did right, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph 63 00:03:55,479 --> 00:04:02,120 and Nathaniel said unto him, m did you say like Nazareth? 64 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:08,159 Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? And so, 65 00:04:08,599 --> 00:04:13,919 rather than starting an argument, rather than becoming an apologist, 66 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:19,519 rather than becoming a theologian, he said, come and see 67 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,319 you See. Philip was so convinced by the by the 68 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,120 by the man Jesus Christ, no ordinary man. We're talking 69 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,639 about the God Man, the one who is Emmanuel, that 70 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:35,240 being interpreted God with us. He was so convinced by 71 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:40,000 the experience of God through Jesus Christ that all he 72 00:04:40,079 --> 00:04:42,800 needed to say was come and see you see in 73 00:04:42,879 --> 00:04:45,720 your life? Is it that when people see you they 74 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,360 see the power of God at work? Is it that 75 00:04:48,759 --> 00:04:52,199 they only need to see the testimony of your life 76 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,040 to be drawn to Christ? Jesus said, if I be 77 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,720 lifted up, if I be elevated in your life, if 78 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,319 I be he lifted up, then I will draw all 79 00:05:02,439 --> 00:05:06,680 people to myself. You see, he said, let your light 80 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,240 so shine before people, so that when they see your 81 00:05:10,319 --> 00:05:13,600 good works, they will glorify our Father, which is a 82 00:05:13,639 --> 00:05:16,680 part of me in heaven. And so when Philip says, 83 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,199 come and see, he meant that it is a foregone 84 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,680 conclusion that as soon as you see and experience Jesus Christ, 85 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:28,079 the presence of God on earth, then you will see 86 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,120 exactly what I have been saying. If there's anything good 87 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,519 that can come out of Nazareth, well it's not about 88 00:05:33,519 --> 00:05:36,720 coming out of Nazareth. It's not about coming out of Nazareth. 89 00:05:36,759 --> 00:05:40,600 He was He was sent from God, our Father, from heaven. 90 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:43,079 For God so loved the world that he gave his 91 00:05:43,199 --> 00:05:47,279 only begotten son, so that so whosoever believes in him 92 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,519 would not perish but have everlasting life. God didn't send 93 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,199 his son in the world to condemn the world. So 94 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:59,040 Jesus wasn't sent from Nazareth. He wasn't sent from Bethlehem Ephratah, 95 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,319 even though in his humanity that was where we see 96 00:06:03,399 --> 00:06:06,879 him coming from. He was sent from God out of 97 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,160 heaven in the fullness of time. In the fullness of time, 98 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,040 God sent forth his son, made of a woman, made 99 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,879 under the law, in order to transform those who are 100 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,959 under the law, so we could be adopted into his family. 101 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,839 See this is what the scripture said, Come and see Nathaniel. 102 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:29,040 Come and see. The Bible continues here in verse forty seven. 103 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,959 Jesus saw Nathaniel. So Nathaniel's like, Okay, well I'll take 104 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:35,360 you up on that offer. I'm going to come and see. 105 00:06:35,879 --> 00:06:40,040 Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him. You see, as Philip 106 00:06:40,079 --> 00:06:43,560 is inviting Nathaniel into the presence of God. When people 107 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,959 see you, is it that you're an invitation to the 108 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:52,399 presence of God? Huh when Nathaniel Jesus saw Nathaniel coming 109 00:06:52,439 --> 00:06:58,639 toward him. Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and exclaimed 110 00:06:59,199 --> 00:07:02,199 he didn't just say, he just didn't identify in his mind. 111 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:07,519 He exclaimed, look, a true Israelite, m this is a 112 00:07:07,519 --> 00:07:12,000 good thing, an exceptional thing in whom there is no deceit. 113 00:07:12,759 --> 00:07:16,959 Jesus said when he saw Nathaniel. Now understand, when Jesus sees, 114 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,040 he actually sees, he knows the heart of people. Remember 115 00:07:21,079 --> 00:07:25,399 many times in the stories that Jesus would encounter humans, 116 00:07:25,759 --> 00:07:28,040 the Bible would say, when he knew their thoughts, he 117 00:07:28,079 --> 00:07:30,759 would say, when he knew their thoughts, he would do, 118 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,879 when he knew their thoughts, he would write on the ground. 119 00:07:34,199 --> 00:07:39,199 The Bible says here that when he saw and knew Nathaniel, 120 00:07:39,639 --> 00:07:43,279 he knew his character. He knew that he had the 121 00:07:43,279 --> 00:07:46,519 circumcision of the heart to love the Lord is God. 122 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,920 He knew that he wasn't just in name one of 123 00:07:49,959 --> 00:07:53,959 God's people, but in his actual spirit, the mindset that 124 00:07:54,040 --> 00:08:00,439 he had, the lifestyle that he had was like Christ. Yes, 125 00:08:01,079 --> 00:08:06,160 a true Israelite, indeed in whom there is no guile 126 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:09,839 or deceit. Now Nathaniel asked him, well, how do you 127 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:14,800 know me, Jesus replied, oh, before Philip called you remember 128 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,600 that a moment ago when you were having the discussion 129 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,000 and you were like, well, can any good thing come 130 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,560 out of Nazareth? Remember that? Well, before that happened, when 131 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:31,000 you were under the fig tree, I saw you, I 132 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:35,279 saw you. Do you remember do you remember the story 133 00:08:35,399 --> 00:08:39,840 of Abraham, Sarah Hagar? And then of course, now Hagar 134 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,639 is sent out of the household. It's a long story. 135 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:48,919 She has a child for Abraham, and Sarah and Hagar 136 00:08:49,039 --> 00:08:51,919 are not, you know, doing well in terms of relationship, 137 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,399 and she's sent out of the presence now right, And 138 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:59,559 now Hagar is there and she's bemoaning the fact that 139 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,960 she's now kicked out of the house like she has 140 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,559 every right to be there with Abraham. 141 00:09:06,039 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: Right. 142 00:09:06,759 --> 00:09:09,799 Speaker 2: Well, long story short, Now the messenger of the Lord 143 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,279 comes to Hagar, and the Bible says that he saw her. 144 00:09:14,159 --> 00:09:18,399 God saw her and then blessed Ishmael. God saw her 145 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,480 the plight that she had experienced, and he and he 146 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:26,879 blessed her son. And now now, the Bible says, Nathaniel 147 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:31,120 answered and said, Rabbi, you are the son of God. 148 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:36,759 You are the King of Israel. Yeah. The Bible teaches 149 00:09:36,879 --> 00:09:41,120 us that he Nathaniel, would see even more and be 150 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,879 transformed along with the rest of the people of God. Peace. 151 00:09:45,039 --> 00:09:48,159 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening to friends. Always remember we 152 00:09:48,159 --> 00:09:51,320 cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that 153 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,320 comes from the mouth of God. This has been your 154 00:09:54,399 --> 00:10:00,279 daily portion with El. David Harris, make it a great day. Yeah.