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 Tuesday, August sixth,
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 through the Book of Mark and our caption
for today is Crumbs for the Dogs. Crumbs for the Dogs.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
Father and Heaven, thank you for this day and for
giving us a message of hope. No matter in what
state we are, what status socioeconomically, spiritually we are, we
know that you love us and that you have created
a pathway for us to live with you eternally. Please
help us to get on that pathway. In Jesus name,
I pray, Amen and Amen again. Crumbs for the dogs.
Oh boy, there is some harsh talking here in my
mind based on the culture that I grew up in.
Some harsh speaking here, But I want to give some
context before before we really get into this discussion. From
Mark chapter seven. Okay, and so in the Book of Isaiah,
the Book of Isaiah, chapter fifty six, let me see
if I can read. Yeah, let me go ahead and
read that Isaiah chapter fifty six, and I will read
beginning at verse one. We'll get a little bit of
context Isaiah chapter fifty six, beginning at verse one, and
the Bible reads, thus, set the Lord, keep ye judgment
and do justice, for my salvation is near to come.
Let me just say, justice in the Bible is righteousness.
Oh wait a minute, it continues here, and my righteousness
to be revealed. Blessed is he that doe this, and
the son of Man that layeth hold on it, to
keep the sabbath from polluting it, and keeping his hand
from doing any evil. So now we know the pathway
to success is not doing evil. It is keeping that
which God has called holy in this case speaking of
the Sabbath. And blessed is the one who is ready
to receive this salvation, this righteousness that is near, and
to keep judgment and righteousness. Okay, So this is something
that is going to give us a little bit more
context for today. He's saying, no matter who we are, man, woman, boy,
or girl, no matter what culture we're in, no matter
what socioeconomic class we're in, the rest of it applies.
All of it applies to us. But listen to the transition.
Now verse three, neither let the son of the stranger.
So these are people who are not considered to be
of the stock of Israel. Let me call it that
that hath joined himself to the Lord speak saying, so
what is the qualifier those who are considered to be strangers.
I will also say gentiles, I will also say dogs
in air quotes. Don't let those people feel that way anymore.
Don't consider yourself anymore that way when you do what
join yourself to the Lord. So don't let the son
of the stranger that hath joined himself to the Lord
speak saying the Lord hath utterly separated me from his people.
Neither let the eunuch that person would have been ceremonially unclean,
a man who has been castrated, so that the people
in the harem supposedly were supposed to be safe while
the king kept a harem. I'm oversimplifying, But neither let
the eunuchs say I am a dry tree. For thus
set the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbath,
and choose the things that please me, and take hold
of my covenant. So every category of people that would
have been considered to be in that culture and spiritual time,
those individuals who would have been considered unclean would have
considered to be separated. Those people who would have been
considered like in social science terms, what do we call it?
In social science? We called them undesirables. Yeah, all of
those individuals when they take hold of my covenant. Even
to them will I give in my house and in
my walls. He's welcoming them into his house, a place
and a name that is better than of sons and
of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that
shall not be cut off. And so Jesus is welcoming
just like in Isaiah chapter fifty six. He's welcoming this
woman into a relationship with him, but he's testing her.
He's testing her. And so now we go to the
Bible Book of Mark chapter seven. Hopefully you will have
gotten the message that Jesus is welcoming every class and
category of people whom the people around them would have
been considered to be unacceptable, undesirable, unclean, unholy. Once we
keep covenant with God and we accept salvation and righteousness
and judgment and justice, it's one big acceptance, then we
are considered to be what no longer broken, no longer separated.
Don't even call yourself that, because He is giving you
a warm welcome. In fact, he continues by saying that
the God's House is a house of prayer for all people,
So relationship with God is open to all people. And
then the Bible reads here in verse twenty four, mark
chapter seven. And from thence he arose and went to
the borders of tyren Sidon and entered into a house uh,
and would have no man know it, but he would
not be hid. A certain woman, she would have been
one of those that would have been said separated, unclean, undesirable.
She would have been considered by the people that way. Okay,
who's a certain woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit?
Heard of him speak and came and fell at his feet.
She's showing humility. She's showing that she's ready to keep covenant.
She's showing that she is coming to be in a
relationship with God. She fell at his feet. And the
woman was a Greek, a seraphiation by nation. She besought
him that he would cast forth the devil out of
her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, testing her faith
by the way Ah, Jesus said, unto her. Let the
children first be filled, for it is not meat for
the children's bread to be cast unto the dogs. Now
he's showing that line of demarcation, that separation that the
people would have embraced. Unfortunately, the people would have embraced.
But he's now about to do something. He's about to
pull down what Paul would have called the middle wall
of partition, right in front of her face. And he
said God. And then she answered and said unto him, yes, Lord,
Yet the dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs.
And so Jesus answered in a way the only way
he could have answered. He tests her faith. She demonstrates
her faith. Her faith lays hold on God's power. And
Jesus said and did the only thing that he could
have done in response to this kind of faith. He said,
unto her, for this, saying, go thy way, the devil
is gone out of your daughter. When she was come
to her house, she found the devil gone out, and
the daughter was laid upon the bed. So Jesus kept
his promise. He said, don't let anybody who feels like
you're separated from me. As long as you are willing
now now, and you actually are keeping covenant with me,
as long as you are walking across that bridge that
I have built between God and humanity, as long as
you are accepting of judgment and justice and righteousness, do
not consider yourself to be separated from me. Don't consider
yourself to be undesirable. There are some people listening to
me or watching me right now that feel undesirable, unaccepted,
even in the house of God, and God is saying no, no,
You are accepted in Christ Jesus. All you need to
do is yield your will to me because God's house
is a house of prayer for all people, including you.
Speaker 1: Make it a great day, Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. 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,