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 Monday, September
twenty three, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El
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 the
final week of this quarter's lesson the Book of Mark,
and our caption for today is the Stone was rolled away.
The stone was rolled away. We'll get into that in
just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome
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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead
and pray, and then we will get underwagh. Father, we
do thank you for this day and for the privilege
that we have to continue in your word. Father, Please
roll away the stone of doubt. Roll away the stone
of a lack of faith, Roll away in our lives,
the stone of not trusting and believing everything that you
tell us. Please teach us how to give you everything
that we have and everything that we are in Jesus name,
I pray, Amen and amen again the stone was rolled away,
all right, So let's go ahead and begin in the
Bible Book of Mark. I'm already excited about it. In
the Bible Book of Mark, chapter sixteen, and I will read.
I will read beginning at verse one the Bible Book
of Mark, chapter sixteen, and I will read beginning at
verse one, and the Bible reads, and the Bible reads,
and when the Sabbath was passed, and so we know
now that Jesus had been crucified on Friday. It is
now Sabbath, and he rests in the tomb on the Sabbath.
The Bible says as according to the commandment, And Sunday
morning is here. Why because it says here the Sabbath
was passed. Okay, So Sabbath is gone. Rest is over,
brothers and sisters. I want you to get that rest.
It's over. It's now time for good work, okay. And
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salomi
had brought sweet spices that they might come and anoint
him very early in the morning. We've read this before.
Very early in the morning the first day of the week,
they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun.
And they said to themselves, who shall roll away the
stone from the door of the sepulcher. And when they looked,
they saw that the stone was already rolled away, for
it was very great. And entering the sepulcher. Into the sepulcher,
they saw a young man sitting and I said this
to you the other day. It must it was an
angel sitting on the right side, clothed in a long
white garment. And they were afraid, and he said unto them,
don't be afraid. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who is crucified.
He is risen. He is not here. Behold the place
where they had laid them. So now the angel is saying,
don't be afraid of me. I definitely. I'm saying now,
don't be afraid of your what you are expecting, that's
not happening. Don't be afraid at this moment. But I
want you to be faithful. I want you to be faithful,
and I'm going to give you some evidence, some evidence
to demonstrate that God has already been good to you
in your life. And this is going to give you
a great track record with God so that you can
know that he's going to be great again in the future.
I know. I just jumped in with both feet. This
is what's happening. And he's saying, Okay, the Jesus that
you're looking for, the King of the universe that you're thinking,
is still dead. Even though he said that he would
rise again, he would take up his life on the
first day, he said three days later, in three days,
I will take it up again. So why are you
looking for the dead when he's alive. And oh, by
the way, here's some evidence. This is where he was. Look,
you want to embalm his body. Jesus is not dead.
You want to prepare his body further for this time
that he's buried. He's not here. Look at the place
where he was, and of course they would have seen
that Jesus folded his his burial garments neatly, and he's
not there. He's gonna make an appearance, but not as
a dead man. Okay. And then verse seven, But go
your way, tell his disciples. See his disciples should have
already known this and should have been outside of the tomb,
in my view, waiting for Jesus to wake up, Like Peter.
It says, here and Peter, that goeth before you into Galilee,
that ye shall see him as he said unto you.
They should have been outside of the tomb, waiting for
Jesus to wake up, you know what I mean? Like
I would have stayed outside like some of you people
go out and wait for Apple iPhones and other devices,
sleeping outside, waiting for games and concerts that aren't going
to commence for several hours, sometimes days. I would have
been outside of that sepulcher. If God bless me, I'd
be outside of the sepulcher because Jesus said he gonna
get up, And I would have wanted to be one
of the first people to see this happen MM, because
he promised. Just like those wise men who were there
to see the Babe Jesus wrapped in swaddling clothes and
in a manger, there should have been all of God's
people in that region should have been there waiting, waiting
for this, but they missed it. The people should have
been waiting for the Anointed One at the Jordan River
so that John wouldn't have to always point out and say,
behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins
of the world. The people of God at minimum should
have been there waiting because it's now time. God gave
him the time prophecy to say that the Anointed One
would show up at this particular time in Earth's history.
But alas we need reminders, So go ahead and tell
the disciples, go ahead and tell Peter that He's going
to come to you Verse eight. And they went out
quickly and fled from the sepulcher, for they trembled and
were amazed. Neither said they anything to any man, for
they were afraid. Why were they afraid, I guess because
the Angel was amazing to see I'll leave that where
that is. But they should not have been confused. They
should have been amazed. They should not have been surprised.
They should have been amazed. And in First Corinthians chapter fifteen,
beginning at verse one. Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you
the gospel which I preach unto you. Can I just
say here that this is the power of God unto
salvation to everyone that believes. Can I say that the
gospel is about dying to sin, Jesus Christ giving us
the power to die to sin, Jesus Christ giving us
the power to be raised into a spiritual newness of life.
And one day, one day, He'll give us new bodies
to match. I declare unto you the gospel which I
preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein
ye stand by, which also ye are saved. If you
keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you
have believed in vain, For I delivered unto you first
of all that which I also received. How that Jesus
he died for our sins according to the scriptures. You see,
God didn't sneak this up on us, like it's not
something that we couldn't have anticipated. We may not have
understood it. But he said very clearly what would happen.
And it says here that Christ died for our sins,
according to the scriptures, and he was past tense, buried,
and then he rose again the third day according to
the scriptures. You see both of those things God had
already given to us. He said he would not do
anything important except he reveal it first unto his servants,
the prophets, And he kept his promise verse five. And
then he was seen of Cephis. That's Peter seen of Cephis,
then of the twelve. After that he was seen above
five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part
remain unto this day, but some have fallen asleep. After that,
he was seen of James and of the Apostles. And
last of all, he was seen of me, also, as
one born out of due time. Can I just ask
you a question? Was Jesus seen of you past tense?
Is Jesus prevalent in your life? Do you see him
in your life and lifestyle right now on this day
in September in twenty twenty four, are you seeing Jesus
in your life? According to the scriptures. He has given
you many many, many great and precious promises. Are you
seeing the fulfillment of the scriptures in your life? The
stone was rolled away in that story. Is the stone
rolled away in your life? Today? Rise with Jesus 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,