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 --> 00:00:19,199 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 --> 00:00:27,359 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 --> 00:00:36,039 Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday, December eight, 11 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,759 twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle David Harris. 12 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,439 I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion 13 00:00:42,759 --> 00:00:45,560 where we give you God's Word every single day, and 14 00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:49,159 today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson 15 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,600 study series themes in the Gospel of John, and our 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,840 caption for today is the Heavenly Father. The Heavenly Father 17 00:00:57,079 --> 00:01:01,679 I typed in my notes our Heavenly Father. We'll get 18 00:01:01,679 --> 00:01:03,359 into that in just a moment, but first I'd like 19 00:01:03,399 --> 00:01:05,840 to say welcome to you, and welcome to a whole 20 00:01:05,879 --> 00:01:09,959 new work week, especially those who are joining us for 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,239 the very first time. I'm asking you to go over 22 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,000 to your Daily Portion dot com. 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Father in heaven, thank 33 00:01:53,599 --> 00:01:56,120 you for giving us this day and for this new 34 00:01:56,159 --> 00:01:59,239 work week. Father, I pray that you will teach us 35 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,040 to to revere you as our father, to embrace you 36 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,079 as the one who has only our best interest at heart. 37 00:02:06,439 --> 00:02:10,080 Help us to love you in Jesus name. I pray, Amen, 38 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:17,319 and a man again in my mind immediately, the transformative 39 00:02:17,439 --> 00:02:22,319 word for today is our Father, which art in heaven. 40 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,400 Because remember when Jesus was praying, he was praying talking 41 00:02:26,439 --> 00:02:31,080 to God the Father, and his disciples said, Jesus, will 42 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,039 you teach us, Master, will you teach us how to 43 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:37,960 pray like John taught his disciples, and he said, Okay, 44 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,719 come here, I'm gonna teach you. He wasn't teaching him 45 00:02:41,159 --> 00:02:46,120 the specific words, he wasn't teaching them to recite what 46 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,319 he prayed, but he was teaching the principles that come 47 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,080 through what he was saying. And the first thing that 48 00:02:54,199 --> 00:02:59,960 he said was our Father, our father, not just my father, 49 00:03:00,199 --> 00:03:04,319 not just your father. In unity, we can come together 50 00:03:05,159 --> 00:03:11,879 knowing that God, who is the universe's creator, God our Father, 51 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:16,199 is not just for one or ten. It's not just 52 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,639 for one so called race of people, not just one 53 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:24,759 for a particular tribe, nation, kingdom, or people, but God 54 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,919 our Father, for every human being that chooses to have 55 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:33,159 God as our father and not to reject him. He 56 00:03:33,319 --> 00:03:38,319 is for us. But he is in heaven. And when 57 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,759 I say that, that is his vantage point. It is 58 00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:47,520 his throne, and earth is his footstool. He is, he 59 00:03:47,719 --> 00:03:51,520 is the sovereign over the universe, and yet he is 60 00:03:51,639 --> 00:03:54,800 our father. I won't get too far into that because 61 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,680 because we have some more, some more to say, so 62 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,000 much to say there. But according to the lesson right, 63 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:06,439 God's purpose, God's purpose for creating us, creating humanity, was 64 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,080 that we should live in loving harmony with him and 65 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,800 with one another. Is that not what the Ten Commandments 66 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,439 are all about? Love for God, miraculous love for God. 67 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,759 We didn't have the ability to love God. We were 68 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:24,240 hostile naturally toward God innately. And God gave us the 69 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,279 privilege of being reborn through the power of the Holy 70 00:04:28,319 --> 00:04:34,000 Ghost and being accepted in a relationship with God through Christ. 71 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,040 And so that is what It's God's love for God 72 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,439 and love for humanity. That's what the Ten Commandments are 73 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,759 all about. Okay, And so this is what he wants. 74 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,000 But unfortunately, and that's really an understatement. The lesson writer said, Lucifer. 75 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,839 But I just want to give you a moment here 76 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,000 to think this through no disrespect, but Lucifer was the 77 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,879 name that he had before he fell, or I should say, 78 00:05:00,079 --> 00:05:03,800 jumped into sin. You see, Lucifer was the son of 79 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:08,319 the Morning Jesus is the ultimate morning star, the sun 80 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:15,079 Sun of righteousness. According to Malachi, now Satan not Lucifer. 81 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,959 He does not have the name Lucifer anymore because his 82 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:23,079 character is not luminescent. His character is not after the 83 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,519 brightness of God our Father. So his name is now Lucifer. 84 00:05:28,079 --> 00:05:33,160 Are not Lucifer anymore. But now Satan, Unfortunately, Satan brought 85 00:05:33,199 --> 00:05:37,839 sin into this world. See, he spread, He spread the 86 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:42,199 pandemic here. He brought every single strain of sin to 87 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,160 planet Earth. And now every human has been infected. Can 88 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:50,279 you imagine when we were going through the COVID nineteen crisis, 89 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,120 not everybody was infected. I've never had COVID, my wife, 90 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,879 my son, never had COVID. We prayed a specific prayer 91 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:02,160 throughout the crisis, and God chose to say yes to us. 92 00:06:02,519 --> 00:06:05,639 But listen, every human being who has ever been born 93 00:06:05,759 --> 00:06:10,639 or ever will be born, will have the deadly disease 94 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,639 of sin. And it is highly contagious. It is airborne. 95 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:20,560 Sin is airborne. It is contagious, and every human will 96 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,399 have gotten it. But the antidote now is that we 97 00:06:24,439 --> 00:06:27,319 would yield our will to God through Christ and the 98 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,319 power of the Holy Ghost. But sin, among other things, 99 00:06:31,439 --> 00:06:37,319 a disruption of our relationship with God. It misrepresents who 100 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:41,879 God is. Thus Jesus took upon himself. I need you 101 00:06:41,959 --> 00:06:45,319 to say, Jesus volunteered. Type it in the chad. If 102 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,199 you can spell volunteered, go ahead and type it in 103 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:54,480 the chad. Jesus volunteered to take on human nature just put. 104 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:59,279 Jesus volunteered. Nobody forced him, nobody made him. Because he's eternal. 105 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,920 Just like God our Father, he is all powerful. Jesus 106 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,639 Christ blessed be his name, so he did not have 107 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:09,120 to do this. But the Bible says that he became 108 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,040 obedient unto death. He said, I lay down my life 109 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:17,000 that I may take it again. So in his own life, 110 00:07:17,199 --> 00:07:21,720 unborrowed and underrived, he decided that he would take on 111 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:26,519 the limitation of humanity. For thirty three and one half years. 112 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,800 Jesus had to eat, he had to sleep, he had 113 00:07:29,839 --> 00:07:33,040 to drink, He had to call on God our Father 114 00:07:33,439 --> 00:07:36,480 for assistance. He needed to rely on the power of 115 00:07:36,519 --> 00:07:41,120 the Holy Spirit to overcome temptation in his own life 116 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:43,959 when the devil came to tempt him. Thank God, we 117 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,600 already know that the Holy Spirit had already filled Jesus. 118 00:07:47,839 --> 00:07:51,879 You understand, and even today in twenty twenty four and 119 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:58,160 throughout eternity, Jesus will have a body. He has limited 120 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:03,199 him himself to one space in the universe at one time, 121 00:08:03,279 --> 00:08:06,319 except through the agency of the Holy Ghost. But Jesus 122 00:08:06,399 --> 00:08:11,360 Christ took on a human body now glorified. Thank God, 123 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:16,079 but he took on a human body, and he still 124 00:08:16,199 --> 00:08:22,439 has this body in the heavenly sanctuary as he ministers 125 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,800 on your behalf. I wish I had the time, but 126 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:29,519 the Bible, I mean, but the lesson still says, thus 127 00:08:29,639 --> 00:08:33,120 Jesus took upon himself our human nature in order to 128 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:36,919 restore the knowledge of God and to bring salvation to 129 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,519 all of us. I thank God for this. There's so 130 00:08:39,639 --> 00:08:43,360 much that I don't have the time to say. So please, 131 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,320 as usual, go into the community once we're done here, 132 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,120 and ask me to give you some notes, some notes 133 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,679 about the rest of the study. But in John three 134 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,960 point sixteen we see the role the role because there 135 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,480 is this question about the roles of the fi as 136 00:09:01,919 --> 00:09:05,080 described in these passages. So I'll run through them, but 137 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,480 I won't read the passages. The Father as the source 138 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,759 of salvation through his love in John chapter three and 139 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,720 verse sixteen. The Father as teacher who draws people to 140 00:09:16,879 --> 00:09:20,679 Jesus in John chapter six and verse forty five. The 141 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:25,759 role the Father as judge who has entrusted all judgment 142 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:30,240 to the Sun John chapter five, verses twenty two and thirty. 143 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,480 The role of the Father as giver of the true 144 00:09:33,519 --> 00:09:37,000 Bread from heaven, who is Jesus Christ and John six 145 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,399 and verse thirty two. And as I said, go into 146 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,759 the community and say hey, remember to share your notes 147 00:09:42,799 --> 00:09:44,960 with us today. Make it a great day. Peace. 148 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,519 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot 149 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,600 live by bread alone, but by every word that comes 150 00:09:51,639 --> 00:09:54,720 from the mouth of God. This has been your daily 151 00:09:54,759 --> 00:10:00,279 portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.