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. It's
December nineteen, 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 of the Gospel or Themes in
the Gospel of John, and our caption for today is
Jesus and Mary. Jesus and Mary. We'll get into that
in just a moment, but first I'd like to say
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ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father
and Heaven, thank you for giving us this day our
daily bread and giving us the opportunity to see the
interactions that you have with humans as dream you draw
us into a right relationship with you, as you bring
us in to awareness and holiness. Please help us to
live according to your principles. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. Okay, so we're talking about Jesus
and Mary, Jesus and Mary from the Bible Book of
John chapter twenty. But I don't want to get there first.
I want to start with really the end in mind.
Recipie Ky for them. Shout to Norman Niles, I call
him Jonathan that's my giant baby, bro. He always talks
about starting with the end in view. So what is
the end in view here? Well, it's found in First Corinthians,
chapter fifteen, beginning at verse twelve, and the Bible reads, now,
if Christ be preached, I do this all the time.
I preach Christ every single day of my life. If
Christ be preached that he rows from the dead, house,
say some among you that there is no resurrection of
the dead. And of course were Sadducees, they were Pharisees.
Some believed in resurrection, some did not. That's beside the point.
In twenty twenty four, there are some of you who
do not believe that Jesus is raised from the dead.
You're like, come on, Dave, we believe in God. That's
why we're here, that's why we're watching you. We're listening right. Yeah,
but sometimes we still look into dead places for the
living God. So do we really believe that Jesus is
raised like the way that we exercise our faith. Are
we thinking that He is powerful and he is alive?
In my situation, Oh boy, keep listening, keep listening. And
then the Bible says here in verse fourteen, and if
Christ be not risen, then our preaching is vain and
your faith is vain. You know what's interesting? Somebody asks me,
do you believe that you can live? Humans can live
above sin? Do you believe that we can be victorious?
Do you believe that we can live holy lives in
Christ Jesus in this present world. They didn't say it
that way, but I'm hearing the passage in my mind,
and I said, you know what, if I didn't believe it,
I wouldn't be a Christian. I wouldn't be a Christian
if I didn't believe that God is more powerful to
save than I am to sin. If I didn't believe
that God had more power to save me than I
have to destroy my life, then I wouldn't be a Christian.
His love is overwhelming, his power is unmatched. Blessed be
his name. And so I'm grateful because he is a rise,
he has a risen. Is he going to a rise
in my life? Well, it's up to me to decide.
It's up to you to decide in your life. And
then the Bible continues verse fifteen YA, and we are
found false witnesses of God because we have testified of
God that he raised him up. Okay, whom he raised
not up? If so be that the dead rise not.
For if the dead rise not, then Christ is not raised.
I want you to hear the next verse. And if
Christ be not raised, your faith is vain. Well, I
don't believe in vain faith. It's illogical to me faith
in the power of God. I have faith in God.
My faith lays hold on the power of God. And
the other end of that faith is connected to my life.
And I'm supposed to be able to live like God
promised that I could live. Ye are yet in your sins?
Then they which are also falling asleep in Christ their parish.
It doesn't make sense to worry about that verse nineteen.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ,
we are above all men, all people, most miserable. But
now is Christ's risen. Thank God, I'm glad that Paul
didn't leave us hanging here. But now is Christ risen
from the dead and become the first fruits of them
that slept. And so in the same way that Jesus
came forth from the tomb, we will see our loved
ones who loved God again. We will see them. They
will be raised incorruptible at just the right time, around
the coming of Jesus, at the time of Jesus's return.
And so now we can go back to where this
story is set. But Mary John Chapter twenty, verse eleven.
But Mary stood without at the sepulcher, weeping. Why is
she weeping? As she wept? She stooped down because maybe
her faith in that moment was vain, like she thought
Christ be not raised. What she looked into the sepulcher,
and she see it two angels in white sitting, one
at the head and the other at the feet where
the body of Jesus had lain. That is past tense.
That is past tense, because now he's alive. He's alive.
He's not laying there because he is rot He has arisen. Oh, yes, okay.
And they say, unto her woman, why weepest thou? She said,
unto them, because they have taken away my lord, and
I know not where they have laid him. Verse fourteen.
And when she had said thus, she turned herself back.
I need you to type right now in the chat.
She turned type in the chat she turned. She turned.
She was weeping, But then she turned. She was weeping,
But then she turned. She turned herself back, and she
saw Jesus. Are you hearing me clapping? I am applauding Jesus.
Can we just give Jesus a round of applause right now?
Because in the time, in her most weakened state, in
the time that she was feeling rejected, dejected, she was
desponding even to the degree that she would tell the
angel that Jesus was gone. They took his body, his
dead body. Why did they take his body? They didn't
take his body. Jesus took up his life again. In
the moment that you need Jesus the most, I need
you to turn. I think the Bible teaches us that
repentance is the turning of the shoulder, a one hundred
and eighty greed turn. As we say here in Jamaica,
we say right about turn, a right about turn. We
turn and we see Jesus. Do you see Jesus when
you turn away from your sins? Do you see Jesus?
Brothers and sisters, when you turn away from your faithlessness
and hopelessness? Do you turn and see Jesus? Turn your
eyes upon Jesus. The songwriter pen look full in his
wonderful face and the things of this earth will grow
strangely dim in the light of his Glorian grace. That's
exactly what she did in reality. And she saw Jesus
standing and knew not that it was Jesus. But Jesus said,
unto her. He called her. He called her. He said, woman,
why are you crying? Why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?
In supposing him to be a gardener, She said, unto him, Sir,
if you have borne him, hence, tell me where thou
hast laid him, and I will take him away. And
Jesus saith unto her, Mary, he called her by name.
Jesus is calling you by name. Type in the chat
your name. Jesus is calling your name. If you're willing
to turn away from your sin, turning away from your
faithless ness, turning away from your hopelessness, He's calling you
by name. Type your name in the chat. Mary, she
turned herself and said, unto him, Oh, my God, rab
bon nine, which is to say, master. Jesus said, unto her,
touch me not. I am not yet ascended unto my father.
But I'm going to ask you to do me some favor.
Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend
to my father and your father, my God and your God.
See she learned to turn her eyes upon Jesus.
Speaker 1: And therefore she was saying thanks for joining us. Listening
to 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,