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. It's
November fourth, 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 our
Lesson study series themes in the Gospel of John, and
our caption for today is a new Understanding of Messiah,
a new understanding of Messiah. We'll get into that in
just a moment, but first and I to thank you
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build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and
then we will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank you
for this day, and thank you for loving us beyond
our belief. Lord, thank you for giving us the clear
and new understanding of who you are in our lives.
And Father, we need more. We need to be filled
with your Holy Spirit and be able to reach out
into the world with the power that you have entrusted
to us can get to know you. Father, Please teach
us to embrace this. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen
and Amen again. Okay, So a new understanding of Messiah
I need to I need to really kind of walk
into this and not run. Walk and not run, because
a new understanding of Messiah may be may be a misnomer. Okay,
and this is what I mean by it. When Jesus
was teaching as he lived on planet Earth, he said,
a new commandment I give unto you. And what was
the new commandment Jesus to love one another? Well, was
the commandment to love? Was it new? Well? No, but
it was new to the people who were who were listening,
not as if they had not known or heard it before.
But they never put it into practice. They did not
live a consistent life of the godly love in practice.
This is what made it quote new, okay. So it's
a paradigm shift, a new mindset. But they understand. They
knew what love was, they knew what godly love was.
They knew what it was like to love, but they
did not practice it, and therefore it was new, okay.
And so the same with a new understanding of Messiah. Listen,
the Bible was clear, like there was no reason for
any of God's people to be confused because the prophecies
were very clear his coming. The Messiah's coming had nothing
to do with overthrowing Roman rule. It had nothing to
do with creating a new civil order. It never had
anything to do with insurrection, you understand. And in some
of our societies we need to understand that that is this,
that is still the reality where Jesus is concerned. He
always gave his people the mandate to cause wherever they
lived even when they they were in Babylonian captivity, when
they were under let's call it a chastisement by God.
He said that even while you are in this chastisement,
I have you in captivity. I have given them a
boundary that they could not pass with you. You cause
where you are to prosper while you were there, do
not overthrow it. There is no insurrection, there is no mutiny,
like there is no revolution. You will do what I
teach you to do to get into the hearts and
minds of people. So though those people can be transformed,
have their minds renewed, and now become citizens of the
heavenly kingdom. You see Jesus taught. And I'll get to
the text in a moment. But Jesus taught, like, if
my kingdom were of this world, then would my people
my servants fight. But this is not the world that
we are trying to overcome in the sense of some
kind of civil unrest or disorder. No, we're not changing,
and I am not becoming the king of this planet
as it is today. Okay. And so in John chapter one,
God's people should have already known this, because the prophecies
were clear I just want to reiterate that that the
Bible says here beginning at verse thirty two, and John
bear record saying, I saw the spirit, that's the Holy Spirit,
descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode on him,
and I knew him not. And so John is giving
his experience. It's not like he and John were at
you know, having some tea, and then they both said, okay, well,
it's time to go ahead and fulfill the prophecy of
Daniel chapter nine. And we're going to you know, position
you so that you will be anointed by Christ. No, no, no, no.
John knew he was the forerunner. He knew that he
was to set the pace and prepare the way for
Messiah to come. But now it is time, like it's
the point of critical mass. There is an intersection. And
he said, I knew him not. But he that sent
me to baptize with water, who sent him, God our Father,
who sent Jesus into the world not to condemn the world,
but to save us. The same God our father. And
so they have the same father who is now driving
the mission. And he said the same said, unto me
upon whom thou shalt see the Holy Spirit descending and
remaining on him. The same is he which baptizeth with
the Holy Ghost. So John was on notice. He was
awaiting the sign to fulfill the prophecy of the anointed One.
And I saw verse thirty four, and bare record that
this is the Son of God. Again the next day
after John stood right, so the baptism of Jesus had
already happened.
Speaker 1: Ha.
Speaker 2: The voice of God had already been heard from heaven
that says, this is Ah, my beloved son, in whom
I am well pleased. And now the next day John
stood in two of his disciples, and looking upon Jesus
as he walked, he saith, behold, that's him. Behold the
Lamb of God. How did he know? Because he saw
the power of the Holy Ghost on his life. He
saw the actual sign of the Spirit of God coming
and descending upon him like as of a dove, and
lighting upon him. He heard God, our Father say and
put his stamp of approval upon Jesus. And now as
he's walking.
Speaker 1: Ha.
Speaker 2: John wants people to rejoice with him because he's like,
this is the Messiah of whom we have in wait,
for whom we have been waiting This is the Messiah
about whom the prophets did speak, Behold the Lamb of God.
He is the one who's going to take away the
sins of the world. And of course, in the Jewish economy,
this concept of the Lamb of God means he is
the ultimate sacrifice. He is the one to whom all
of the sanctuary system of sacrifices and the priesthood on
earth pointed. Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of everything that
God showed. Moses and subsequent peoples write about how salvation
would happen, through whom salvation would happen, for what purpose
salvation would happen. Jesus is the walking reality of salvation
by faith. We are so thankful because that's the reality today.
That is the reality today. Like we need to not
have a new understanding and the sense that it never
came to us before, but we need to now actually
apply it when we are at our jobs. We're not
looking to take over. We're not looking to take over.
We are looking to be fully to be filled with
the Holy Goost, so that when we have the opportunity
to influence our workplaces for Christ, then we can also
direct people to Jesus Christ, who takes away our sins huh.
When we are at play, or on vacation, or in
some other place where we are consulting, Jesus wants to
have such an impact on us that when we direct people,
we're directing them to the one who's not taking over,
but to the one who wants to transform their lives.
Make it a great day, peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.
Speaker 1: 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.