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.
Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.
Speaker 1: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 3: It is Thursday, November twenty eight, twenty twenty four. Hello,
my name is Elle 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 in
the Gospel of John, and our caption for today is Condemnation,
M Condemnation. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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we will get underway. Father in heaven, thank you for
this day. Thank you for giving us your holy spirit,
and thank you for your word. Thank you for giving
us the opportunity to live live. I pray that we
will choose life today in Jesus name. I pray Amen
and Amen again. Condemnation. Can I just begin with this
discussion here? When God is transforming our lives, there is
no need for us to be in a condemned state.
My camera's blinking. Don't be distracted by that. I guess
it's too hot in here.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Do not allow yourself to fall into the mindset or
the lifestyle of condemnation. You see, God has given us
very clear guidelines in his Word about how to live,
and he has also given us the power of His
Holy Spirit. As we are reborn, we experience the new
birth with God. There is no reason for any of
us to be condemned. No reason, absolutely no reason. And
so the Bible says here I'm reading from the top
of the lesson in John chapter three eighteen through twenty
one and John chapter one and verse ten. Whoever believes
in Him is not condemned. And so just ask yourself
the question, and ask and answer this honestly, do I
actually believe in Jesus? Like does my life demonstrate that
I believe in Jesus? Is my trust in him? Is
he the one of whom I love to speak? Is
he that he?
Speaker 2: Is it?
Speaker 3: That it is in his power that I share whatever
I have that I can share with other people. Whoever
believes in Him is not condemned. But whoever does not
believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in
the name of God's one and only son. Everyone who
does evil hates the light and will not come into
the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
But whoever lives in the truth comes to the light.
Do you come into the light? You see how brightly
I'm lit? I have lights all over this studio because
I'm not hiding from you. I'm coming into God's presence
and into your presence because it is the light of
God's word that I relish, I honor, I love, and
I am doing evil. God forbid that I still come
into the light, into His presence, so this can be
exposed to God, the ultimate light, and I can repent.
So I'm not hiding from you. I'm not putting on
some kind of shield, a filter over me, over myself
to hide, because I'm coming into the light so that
whatever it is that we're experiencing together can be revealed.
The Bible teaches us that there is no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus. It's the same as
what we just read. So are you feeling condemned? Now
you can be honest if you choose. Are you feeling
condemned by God? Is it that you have committed a sin?
Have you made a promise to yourself? And maybe you've
made that promise multiple times? And now your promises like
inspired or like inspirite. Inspiration says, your promises feel like
ropes of sand, and that is your current experience, and
you're like God what am I going to do? And
now you feel condemned. If that is your case, I
want you to type I feel condemned in the chat
and I know that this is something maybe you want
to keep to yourself, but it's almost like an altar call.
Like when people are faced with the reality of our
sins and facing the opportunity to be transformed, then we
take the walk, we raise the hand, we make the commitment.
We are vulnerable before God, and I'm thankful that this
is a safe space. Like who can hold this against you?
The Bible says, who can condemn the very elect of God?
It is Christ who died yay and is risen again,
So nobody can disrespect you because you feel condemned right now.
Today is the day that your mind must be transformed.
Today is the day that your life will be transformed.
You need to experience the metamorphosis, and now is the time.
How can we do this? The Bible teaches us in
First John chapter four. I want you to read the
entire chapter when you have an opportunity. The Bible teaches
us that there is no fear in love. Are you listening, brother?
Are you listening sister? Those who say that you feel
condemned right now. Uh, there is no fear in love,
but perfect love casts out fear for fear hath torment.
Those who are perfected in love, Are you ready to
embrace the love of God for you? Not the way
that your daddy treated you, Not the way that your
mommy treated you.
Speaker 2: Not like that individual who's always nitpicking. Pick pick pick pick.
You did this wrong? Pick pick pick. You didn't put
that in the right place.
Speaker 3: Pick pick pick pick fix this, fix that, pick pick
pick pick pick?
Speaker 2: Why do you do this? Why do you do that?
You should do the other. You should do the other
when you feel that condemnatory thing. You committed a crime,
and you did your time. You may be incarcerated right now,
and you are listening to me somehow. You are listening
to me from behind prison walls, but you are paying
your debt to society. Today is the day for you
to be perfected in love. Today is your day to
be perfected in love. Why Because perfect love casts out fear, fear,
hath torment. Those who are perfected in love can come
to God boldly in the day of judgment. Why because,
as Romans chapter eight, beginning at verse one says, there
is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in
Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but
according to the spirit. For the law of the spirit
of life, which is in Christ. Jesus has made you free, brother,
has made you free, dear sister, from the law of
sin and death. That voice of condemnation that's in your
life because you feel like everything is not perfect and tidy,
give it all to Jesus. Give it all to Jesus,
those untidy feelings, those feelings of inadequacy, that imposter syndrome
that some of you are suffering through at this very
moment in time. Spiritually speaking, what if they discover that
I'm not what I have been saying. I've been standing
up and singing on the choir, I have been teaching,
I have been preaching, I have been leading the prayer ministry.
I have been leading people into the community to assist
those who are lost. But I myself am feeling lost.
Today is your day. Today is your day. There is
no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. So
embrace Jesus today. And when we look into the Bible,
we look into the Bible as we are perfected in love,
and of course Jesus was perfected in love as he
lived on planet Earth. In Matthew chapter four, the devil
tried to separate him from God's love. He tried to
cause Jesus to doubt, and he would bring to him
in those temptations this aspersion, this doubt. If thou be
the son of God, then do this. It's like a devilish.
Simon says, right, if you want to prove that you
are God's child, then I need you. If you want
to prove that you are indeed the one who created
the earth and the universe, then you do the thing
that I say. And Jesus said, hold on, hold on,
hold on. It is written, It is written, It is written.
When you are feeling condemned, you go to God's word
and you find the it is written that's attached to
the trial that you're going through, and you lay hold
of the promises that God has manifest under the authority
of his scripture, and let his word wash over you
and empower you to move from condemnation, from death into life.
There's no condemnation for those who Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 1: 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,