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 --> 00:00:19,160 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 --> 00:00:27,519 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 --> 00:00:33,159 Elle David Harris. 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sabbath, February fourteen, 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,520 twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is El David Harris. 12 00:00:41,719 --> 00:00:44,359 I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion 13 00:00:44,719 --> 00:00:47,439 where we give you God's Word every single day, and 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,479 today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,920 study series uniting Heaven and Earth, and our caption for 16 00:00:56,039 --> 00:01:01,799 today is Christ in Philippians and coloss Christ and Philippians 17 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,120 and Colossians, And our caption for today is the pre 18 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,920 Eminence of Christ, one of my favorite subjects in the Bible, 19 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,480 the pre eminence of Christ. Before we get into that, 20 00:01:12,519 --> 00:01:15,040 I'd like to just say welcome to everyone joining us, 21 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:18,400 especially those joining us for the very first time, I'm 22 00:01:18,439 --> 00:01:21,000 asking you to please go over to your Daily Portion 23 00:01:21,159 --> 00:01:26,239 dot com. Please join our online community. Please please let 24 00:01:26,359 --> 00:01:29,400 us know where you are in the world at your 25 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,799 Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways 26 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,400 that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, 27 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,760 we thank you for this Sabbath morning, and I'm praying 28 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,159 that you will become number one in our lives, and 29 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,959 please make Jesus pre eminent in our lives and help 30 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,920 us to serve you with all we have and all 31 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,599 that we do. Under the Holy Ghost. In Jesus' name, 32 00:01:54,840 --> 00:02:01,719 I pray, Amen and Amen again, the pre Eminent of Christ. Well, 33 00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:04,359 what does that mean? That means that he That means 34 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,039 that he is the one that matters. May I say that? Yeah, 35 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,919 there are people that will come and knock on your door, 36 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,280 knock on your gate, or call out to you, coming 37 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:18,599 to you by twos, they will come to quote witness 38 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,960 to you. Or if they don't come on your property, 39 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,080 you'll see them on the road with their stand and 40 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,120 their magazines and they're just waiting for you to give 41 00:02:28,159 --> 00:02:30,960 them a little attention. And then they will begin to 42 00:02:31,039 --> 00:02:34,560 talk to you. And many times they will talk to 43 00:02:34,599 --> 00:02:38,000 you about whatever's in their magazine or whatever they think 44 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:42,599 that God wants for them to share. But there is 45 00:02:42,719 --> 00:02:46,000 just one problem with this certain set of people who 46 00:02:46,039 --> 00:02:48,960 will come to quote witness to you. I think you 47 00:02:49,039 --> 00:02:53,000 know what I'm saying. Those individuals do not believe in 48 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:56,919 the pre eminence of Christ. And they're not the only ones. 49 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,879 There are plenty of people out here who are in 50 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:05,840 various faith communities that diminish who Christ is, who tried 51 00:03:05,879 --> 00:03:09,520 to make him a mere prophet, maybe even the best 52 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:12,800 prophet that the earth has ever seen, to diminish him 53 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:19,199 to a small god, someone that came out of the 54 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,719 bosom of God our Father and has been set as 55 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:29,639 the lead of some spiritual being in heaven, but that 56 00:03:29,719 --> 00:03:32,800 he was created. And it's like, no, that doesn't cut 57 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,000 it either. When we're talking about the pre eminence of Christ, 58 00:03:36,039 --> 00:03:39,199 we're talking about the fact that every knee shall bow 59 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,439 and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord 60 00:03:43,719 --> 00:03:47,039 to the glory of God the Father. I'm saying that Jesus, 61 00:03:47,479 --> 00:03:51,719 based on the Bible, is worthy of worship. If you 62 00:03:51,759 --> 00:03:55,400 want to read from Revelation chapters four and five in 63 00:03:55,479 --> 00:03:59,680 your spare time, I would challenge you to see where 64 00:03:59,719 --> 00:04:03,000 in chapter four the beings are worshiping God our Father, 65 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,120 who was seated upon the throne, and by the time 66 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:11,560 we get to Revelation chapter five, they are worshiping Jesus Christ, 67 00:04:11,639 --> 00:04:14,560 the lamb that was slain, who came from the midst 68 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:17,199 of the throne. And of course in the book of 69 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,879 Hebrews we see that he is worthy of worship in 70 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,800 so many other places. Okay, And so when we're talking 71 00:04:22,879 --> 00:04:25,839 about the pre eminence of Christ, we're not saying that 72 00:04:25,959 --> 00:04:30,120 he is simply superior to humans or simply superior to 73 00:04:30,199 --> 00:04:34,680 all of the heavenly angels, but then inferior somehow to 74 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,519 God our Father. When we see Jesus subjecting himself to 75 00:04:39,639 --> 00:04:42,720 the Father, it is in the context that's a big word, 76 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,759 look up the word context. It is in context of 77 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,160 the plan of salvation, when he is saving his people 78 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:57,000 from their sins, from our sins. Jesus volunteered to take 79 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,879 on human form. But let me just say he existed 80 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:05,879 from before there was a beginning. He existed in eternity past. 81 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:10,399 Micah chapter five and verse two says that Jesus is 82 00:05:10,519 --> 00:05:15,600 or the Messiah, was everlasting, even from everlasting. Jesus was 83 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,839 always he. He's the one that created us. In John 84 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,079 chapter one, Hebrews chapter one, and in other places in 85 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,000 the Book of Colossians, we see that Jesus is indeed 86 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,839 and in fact equal with God our Father. But again 87 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,959 in the Plan of Salvation we see that he he 88 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:37,480 humbled himself in order to save us. So I needed 89 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,360 to give that as the backdrop as we now jump 90 00:05:40,399 --> 00:05:44,959 into the Bible Book of Colossians, chapter one, verses fifteen 91 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,959 through seventeen. And let me tell you why I am 92 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,199 so passionate, Because if anybody is able to convince you 93 00:05:51,399 --> 00:05:54,639 that Jesus is a lesser form of God and not 94 00:05:54,879 --> 00:05:58,160 equal with God our Father, than they have flushed your 95 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:03,079 salvation right down the toilet. You know why, because the 96 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:07,720 one who gave his life for you must be equal 97 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:13,480 to or greater than the law that was offended. And 98 00:06:13,519 --> 00:06:19,160 so Jesus allowed himself, as he took on humanity to die, 99 00:06:19,639 --> 00:06:25,279 so his divinity allowed his humanity to die. He laid 100 00:06:25,319 --> 00:06:28,759 down his life, and after the time was finished, on 101 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,480 the first day of the week, Jesus, with his own 102 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:38,839 power unborrowed underived, raised himself. He took up his life again, 103 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,639 just like he promised. And so if he was not 104 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,240 one hundred percent divine and one hundred percent human when 105 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,279 he was up on that cross, then our salvation is 106 00:06:50,399 --> 00:06:53,199 null and void. That's why I'm so passionate about that. 107 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,079 And so the Bible reads here beginning at verse fifteen, 108 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,879 he Christ is the image of the invisible God. Remember 109 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,120 God with us. His name will be called Emmanuel, God 110 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:09,160 with us, the first born overall creation. That means the 111 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:14,879 pre eminent one, for by him all things were created. Oh. 112 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,439 Even in the Book of Colossians, it shows that he 113 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,839 is the creator. Yes, that are in heaven, oh my, 114 00:07:21,279 --> 00:07:25,319 and that are on the earth, visible and invisible, whether 115 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:30,519 they be thrones, whether they be dominions or principalities or powers. 116 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,720 This is why when we studied on our prayer school 117 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:39,360 call our Prayer School, which happens at on Wednesdays at 118 00:07:39,399 --> 00:07:42,759 seven pm. This is why when we were talking about 119 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:47,519 about the whole armor of God. This is why it 120 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,879 was important because those principalities that are our actual enemy. 121 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,680 Maybe it was our Sunday morning call. Yeah, those enemies, 122 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,639 those principalities and powers and rulers of the darkness of 123 00:07:59,639 --> 00:08:02,879 this world world in spiritual wickedness and high places. They 124 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:07,879 were created perfect by Jesus Christ, and they chose to 125 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:12,279 side with the fallen Lucifer who became the devil. Jesus 126 00:08:12,439 --> 00:08:15,439 created all of those powers. This is why they must 127 00:08:15,519 --> 00:08:17,360 bow when he comes through. 128 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,879 Speaker 3: This is why they believe and tremble when he comes through, 129 00:08:23,199 --> 00:08:26,319 so visible or invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, 130 00:08:26,399 --> 00:08:30,959 or principalities or powers, all things, how many things, all 131 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:35,720 things were created through Him and for him, and He 132 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:41,080 is before all things, and in him all things consist. 133 00:08:41,279 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 2: Everything that has life is borrowed from Jesus. Everyone who 134 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:51,320 has life borrowed from Jesus. Every animal or creature who 135 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:57,360 has life borrowed from Jesus. Every plant borrowed from Jesus. 136 00:08:57,639 --> 00:09:03,480 Everything where life exists, except for God himself, our father, 137 00:09:04,279 --> 00:09:09,000 borrowed from Jesus. So if Jesus pulls the plug, then 138 00:09:09,039 --> 00:09:13,600 everything down here dies, because in him is life, and 139 00:09:13,639 --> 00:09:18,080 the life is the light of men. So I invested, 140 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,879 really all of the time to say just that. Let 141 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,039 me just read one quote, one quote, and let you 142 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,039 go from reviewing Herald eighteen sixty nine. Christ is the 143 00:09:28,039 --> 00:09:31,320 creator of all the world and by his power they 144 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,960 are repelled. This is the highest evidence of His divinity 145 00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:39,240 and the sure foundation of our redemption. I could have 146 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,759 just read that, couldn't I. Yeah, if the Lord's bears 147 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,559 life will see you in the morning. Peace. 148 00:09:45,039 --> 00:09:48,519 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot 149 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,639 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 --> 00:09:58,039 portion with El David Harris, make it a great day. 152 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:00,279 Speaker 3: Yeah.