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 Sabbath, October twelve,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my name Isseelle 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 Gospel, the Book of the
Gospel of John, through the Gospel of John, and our
caption for today is the backstory, the prologue. The backstory,
the prologue. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but before we do, I'd like to say welcome to
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This is one of the ways that we continue to
build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and
then get under weigh, Father and Heaven, Thank you for
this day and for loving us beyond belief. Thank you
for giving us more than just a backstory, more than
just a prologue, but giving us a way to be transformed,
to be connected to you, to experience the metamorphosis that
puts us into eternity with you beginning one day. Father,
Please please help us to be holy. Make us holy
today in Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again
the backstory, it's more than just a story. But let's
go ahead and read from the book of John chapter one,
and I will read verse one. And I need to
remain discipline. I'm telling you that just so I can
hear myself say it, because if I go too far today,
then I will have already taught the lesson for the
coming week. Okay, And so we're going to stay narrowly focused.
Here to a part of John chapter one and verse one,
And this is how it reads. In the beginning was
the word, and the word was with God, and the
word was God. Let me just say here that this
actually means from before there was a beginning. You see,
by the time you hear God say, let there be light,
and there was light. God was there. So from before
there was a beginning, the word Jesus Christ was there.
Oh wait a minute, wait a minute, where did you
get this word Jesus Christ. We're going to talk about that.
We're going to talk about that through the coming week,
beginning tomorrow, okay. And so in a time from before
there was a beginning. In fact, I shouldn't have said
a time. I should have said from before there was
a beginning, because the word and God our Father existed
through the ceaseless ages of eternity in both directions. In
the future, the word Jesus Christ and God our Father
will exist eternally. In the past, the word Jesus Christ.
I know this is news to some of you. The
word Jesus Christ and God our Father, they existed in
eternity past. There was never a time when Jesus did
not exist. There was never a time when God our
Father did not exist. There was never a time when
God the Holy Ghost did not exist, and so through
the coming days, I'm going to use the terminology God
good in our English language as a family name. Okay,
so just think the actual name. Let's use God as
a surname. And I know some of you are not
going to like that I need to do this, but
you'll get it by and by you'll get it. So
we're gonna say God the Father. So the Father is
his name and surname God. So we can see that
they're a part of the same family. Okay, Jesus Christ
or the Son, that is the name, and then the
surname God. So they are in the same family. They
are equal in every way. They are equal. The Holy Ghost, Ah,
the Holy Spirit, the spirit of God God in this case,
just trying to make it make sense to some of us.
God the surname, and the Holy Ghost is the en
is the particular person that we're referencing. So let me
read again. So from before there was a beginning, was
Jesus Christ the word. Oh wait a minute, and Jesus
Christ the word was with God the Father, Father God,
and the word Jesus Christ was equal to God the Father.
Are you getting why I need to do this. Okay,
So what if some of the ways this truth can
actually transform our lives? Because I don't want this to
become a theological discussion, because people in churches, people outside
of churches, people in seminaries have these long drawn out
debates trying to contextualize God. This is not what we're
doing this week, at least not on this broad or broadcast.
I don't know about others, but on this broadcast, what
we are doing is looking for the truth that can
transform our lives and not just inform our heads. I said,
we're looking for the truth that can transform our lives
and not just inform our minds. And so let's go
ahead and begin the discussion right here in the Book
of Colossians, chapter one. The Book of Colossians, chapter one,
and it reads in verse sixteen, For by Him all
things were created. Who's the hymn the word? We're going
to read about it in John in the coming days.
So for by Jesus Christ, all things were created in
heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones or dominions, or rulers or authorities, all things were
created through and for Him. The himn is Jesus Christ.
It said, principalities and in dominions and rulers and authorities.
That's on earth and that is in the supernatural realm.
This is why when Jesus in the incarnation, when Jesus
came through the womb of Mary and he lived with
humanity for thirty three and a half years. This is
why when Jesus commanded the devils, they had to obey
because they were once holy angels. They were once holy
angels who lived in heaven under Jesus's charge, under his command,
and when they saw him on planet Earth, they were like,
wait a minute, this is the one who created us.
Wait a minute, he has the authority to destroy us.
This is the one that we actually have to obey.
We have no choice. As in Daniel chapter ten, there
was a story where that happened where Gabriel, the angel
Gabriel got held up in traffic as he was to
deliver a word to Daniel, and he got held up
in supernatural traffic, and Jesus came and took over that problem,
dealt with the devil, and gave Gabriel the opportunity to
go and deliver the answer to prayer that God had
intended for him to send. And so this same Jesus
has authority and divinity, and this is why worshiping him
is so sweet. Can I just say that the one
who created you, the one who commands the spirits, and
they must obey him, the ones who the one who
said let there be light, and there was light, ah,
the one who said take up your bed and walk,
The one who created all things animate and inanimate, also
took on human form so that humanity, his humanity, in
his humanity, he could die to take your place. He
could die so that you would not have to die.
Spiritually speaking, I'm saying the second death. We can die
by earthly means, but that's just a sleep, but that
spiritual end game that destroys sin, root and branch, that death.
Jesus died that death so that you, brothers and sisters
don't have to die that death. And so I'm leaving
out a lot. I'll probably have to put this into
our community. You have so much more to say, But
I am thankful that the one who created us also
took on human form so that he could die the
death that we deserve, so that we could live the
life that he deserves. This is going to be an
exceptional week. Thank God. See you in a couple of hours. Peace.
Speaker 1: 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,