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, October
twenty two, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El
David Harris. I am your host den 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 the Two Disciples of John.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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Father and Heaven, thank you for this new day and
for not disappointing us. You do not disappoint us when
we are on the same page with you. Father, I
pray that you will give us the fullness of your
holy spirit, that you will teach us how to hear
your voice. And then when people follow us, help us
to lead them to you in Jesus name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. Now, there are a good number
of us who are normal everyday people, but I am
not naive. I know that there are influencers and preachers
and other business people who are watching every day, others
who are responsible for the safety of the public where
you are domiciled. Like I understand all of that, and
this is why I'm asking you this question. When people
follow you, where do you lead them? I said, when
people follow you to where are you leading them? And
when I say that, I mean in social media. Say
you have whatever the social media accounts are, and people
like follow and share, they like follow and share? What
are they sharing? What are they following? What are they liking?
And is the spirit of God on the content that
you have in social media? It could be business content,
It doesn't need to be, you know, overt witnessing style content.
But when people are sharing your businesses that are hosted online,
are they getting the same kind of ethical treatment that
would make God happy? And when it comes to your
personal content, to where are we leading them? When it
comes to your other content that is maybe related to
God's message, are we leading them to God or to us?
Is it hey, come see me? Or is it come
see a man that has transformed my life and he
will transform your life too, you see. So Two Disciples
of John is really just about that, because, as we
have already highlighted, John had a particular mission, much like
the people living in the Last days, God's people living
in the Last days, to guide people into a right
relationship in that day with Jesus, the Lamb of God,
the one who was about to sacrifice himself. He was
going to sacrifice himself, And you're like, sacrifice himself? Yes,
he said he would lay down his life and then
take it up again so that we could be saved. Right,
He came to save his people from their sins, and
so I am grateful that. In twenty twenty four it
is the same case. So John the Baptist is doing this,
and he has followers, people who are dedicated to the
mission that John is dedicated to. And so when the
opportunity arises and John starts to decrease, he begins to digress,
to divest himself of himself and then direct people to
the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, the Messiah that the
world has been waiting for. What do the disciples do?
Do they say no? The people who followed John, do
they say no, we want to follow you in ste
Did John make up his own Christian community? Okay, maybe
there was no Christian community at all. Did he make
up his own spiritual community where people would follow him
instead of God through Christ. Let's go to John chapter one,
verses thirty five to thirty nine, and it reads and
again the next day, after John stood and two of
his disciples, and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith,
behold the Lamb of God. You see, I can anticipate
and feel and sense the joy that was in John's
heart his mission. His mission was now coming to a head.
He finally got to do in a clear way, with
full awareness and being able to see who Jesus is.
He is able to now point at a man who
is actually walking on planet Earth and say, yes, this
is the moment we've all been waiting for. He's the
one that will baptize you, not just with water, but
baptize you with the Holy ghosts. He's the one that
will actually do something special. Well, what is it that
he will do? He will behold the Lamb of God.
It doesn't say it in this passage. Who taketh away
the sins of the world? Like who can forgive sins?
But the Lamb of God? Like who can forgive sins?
But God? Only? You see? And so John, with joy
and anticipation, looking he seth behold the Lamb of God
Verse thirty seven. And his two disciples heard him speak,
and they followed, Jesus, did you hear that? The Bible
says that the two disciples of John heard John speak,
and they followed Jesus. They were poised and positioned for
a metamorphosis, for a transformation. They had gone as far
as they could go in their spiritual journey while following John.
And John now is saying, I will lift up Jesus
so that Jesus will draw all people unto himself. I
will lift up Jesus so that he can actually transform
their lives. I will lift up Jesus because he's the
one who can save them. I can point and Jesus
can save. I can direct people, can save can Jesus
can save. Jesus can do what I cannot do. When
you come here to your daily portion every single day
and you've been doing it for years and years and years,
hundreds of thousands of people online, who knows how many
people on those two hundred radio stations are listening, and
then on television and we're talking. If it doesn't direct
people to Jesus, then we're wasting time. And it's worse
than that, really. And so God is saying, when you're
at work and people see you, are they interested based
on your witness in following God? And I know people
can make their own decisions. But do we give people
the best opportunity possible when they see us to say,
you know, whatever, whomever they serve, we want to serve
as well well. The Bible continues, and the two disciples
heard him speak, They follow Jesus verse thirty eight. Then
Jesus turned and saw them following, and seth unto them?
What seek ye? What do you want when you're following Jesus?
What do you want? What is on your mind? What
are you after? I want you to have a clear
answer to that question. Is it salvation? Is it a
right relationship with people that you've not been able to
have a good relationship with because your character needs to
be transformed? Ah? Is it something else? Be clear in
your mind? And they set unto him Rabbi, which is
being interpreted Master, where dwells now? He seth unto them?
Come and see? They came and saw where he dwelt,
and abode with him that day or it was about
the tenth hour. What are you seeking? When you see
Jesus follow him and dwell with him? And whatever you
are asking and seeking and knocking, as long as you
are yielding to him, actually following him, the door will
be opened, and so they recognized his divine authority Verse
thirty six, the lamb of God. We know that Jesus
was no ordinary man. Yes, they recognize now the spiritual
truth that is in his bosom, and therefore they followed him.
His dude, John's two disciples followed Jesus because John followed Jesus.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. Listening to 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,