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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,

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because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for

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today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's

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portion of heavenly manna the word of God to keep

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us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going

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to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today

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and receive the power we need to live healthy.

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Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,

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Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Monday, December sixteen,

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twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El David Harris.

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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion

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where we give you God's Word every single day, and

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today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson

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study series themes in the Gospel of John. Our caption

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for today is Behold the Man. Behold the Man. We'll

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get into that in just a moment, but first I'd

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like to say welcome to you and ask you to

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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.

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Father and Heaven. Thank you for this day and for

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giving us the privilege to behold the Man. I pray

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God that you will give us the fullness of your

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Holy spirit and live according to the principles that you

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give us today in Jesus name. I pray Amen and

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Amen again. You know, I really wish that this caption

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or the title for today was for us to really

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behold the man. You see in the story with a pilot.

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When he was saying behold the Man. It wasn't like

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when John the Baptist said, behold the Lamb of God

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which taketh away the sins of the world. Where he

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was leading people to connect with God through Jesus Christ

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as he lived on planet Earth, he was not saying that.

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He also was not saying, behold what manner of love

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the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be

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called the children of God. He didn't say it, like, beloved,

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now are we the children of God? And it does

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not yet appear what we shall be. He was not

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saying that if we see when he comes back, we

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will see him as he is, and if we are

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waiting for him in that way, that we should be

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purifying ourselves even as he is pure. He was not

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saying that. He wasn't saying, Jesus is the light of

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the world, and so that you should come into the

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bright rays of his sunshine, so that we can be transformed.

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He was not saying that. He was not saying that.

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And I'm like, but God, it is our opportunity today,

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on this day in December, on this Monday morning, to

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actually behold, behold Jesus, to not just look at him,

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not just to just observe him, but to behold him.

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Like when I got married to my wife, Simone, I said,

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behold my love during our ceremony, because I wanted people

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to have an appreciation of her beauty. I wanted them

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to have an appreciation of my love for her, at

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least as much as they could determine for the few

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minutes that we were going to be together. I wanted

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them to see how value, of much value she was

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to me and still is twenty three years later. Behold,

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that's what we need to do today. But last, we

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do need to read from the Bible Book of John,

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chapter eighteen. And by the way, I want you to

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please go into the community and give me your thoughts

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from your daily portion companion book for the study. Okay,

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I want you to give your thoughts here. Okay. And

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so we go to John eighteen, beginning at verse thirty eight,

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and it says here Pilot seth unto him what is truth?

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And when he had said this, he went out again

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to the Jews and said, unto them, I find no

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fault in him at all, But ye have a customed

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that I should release unto you one at the passover.

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You see, this dude was trying to wash his hands

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of responsibility. He was trying to make it so that

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the people could still find him popular and that somehow

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he could retain his notoriety or reputation or power or

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who knows what. He thought that he could put the

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ball into their court and then they would trespass it

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just the way that he thought that they would. He

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was trying to manipulate the process, rather than standing ten

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tolls down and taking response ability where God had given

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him the privilege to have Jesus right in front of him,

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the guiltless, spotless lamb of God that was here to

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take away the sins of the world. He could have

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done the right thing, but no, he puts the ball

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into someone else's court. And then they cried again, saying,

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not this man, but Barabbas. What Nowrabas is a robber

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in pilot. Therefore took Jesus chapter nineteen, beginning at verse one,

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and scourged him. Why did he scourge him? I thought

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you said there was no fault in him. Why would

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you scourge a man who is guilt free? Why would

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you scourge a man that is guilt less? Scourge? Oh? Yeah,

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he chastised him. He had them to harm Jesus just

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one last time. And I'm looking in my dictionary. It

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says to whip a whip used as an instrument of punishment.

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A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering

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is called us scourge. But they were scourging him, whipping

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him with a whip that is used as an instrument

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of punishment. How do you punish someone who are beholding

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How do you punish someone you're appreciating and embracing because

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of what great things he has done for you? How

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could you scourge someone who's willing to lay his life

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down for you. Behold, behold the lamb of God. That's

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what I need for us to do today. Behold the

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love of the Father toward us by giving us all

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of heaven and one gift in the person of Jesus.

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But that is not what Pilot was saying. And the

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soldiers platted a crown of thorns, Oh God, how can

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you be so patient? And put it on his head,

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And they put on him a purple robe. Wait a minute.

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The purple robe is about It's about royalty. The purple

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robe is to esteem the one who's wearing the robe.

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The purple robe is for people to literally say, behold

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our king in real life. But they are doing it

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to mock him. Verse three. And he said, and they said,

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excuse me, hail King of the Jews. They weren't hailing him.

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They were not hailing him Lord of all. They were

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not hailing him as king of kings and Lord of lords.

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They were not hailing him. They were mocking him. They

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were not like, lift up your heads, o ye gates

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and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors, and the

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King of Glory shall come in. They were not like

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those angels on one side of heaven, saying who is

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this King of glory? They were not like that. They

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were not saying, the lords strong and mighty, the Lord

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mighty in battle, lift up your heads, o ye gates

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and be ye lift it up ye everlasting doors, and

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the King of Glory shall come in. They were not

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doing that. They were mocking him. Hm. They were mocking

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him because they did not love him. They were mocking

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him because they did not behold him for real, for real,

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for real, They didn't care about the one who cared

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so much that he would give his life for them.

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The question is do we behold him? How do we

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apply it? Behold? I bring him forth to you, that

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you may know that I have found no fault in him.

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And then King Jesus fourth wearing the crown of thorns,

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it should have been a crown of glory in the

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purple robe, should have been the vestments in the vesture

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that is who Jesus is, And Pilots said, unto him,

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behold the Man. He should have said, behold the King

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of Glory. He should have said, behold the one that

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is here. So with such kindness and humility, is going

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to take away our sins? But he just said behold

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the man. And so really the question is the Bible

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question is for today, like, how do we make solid

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choices instead of playing around with God and looking for

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a way to absolve ourselves of responsibility. How do we

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actually put ten toes down and do God's will? Number One,

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we seek divine guidance from every decision. Trust in the

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Lord with all your heart. Lean not into your own understanding,

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and all your ways. Acknowledge Him and he shall direct

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your pass. Also, stand firm on your convictions to serve God.

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Avoid compromise. And finally, I need you to make sure

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that you learn from other's mistakes.

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Speaker 1: Don't be like pilot Actually behold thanks for joining us,

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listening to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,

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but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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This has been your daily portion with el David Harris.

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Make it a great day. Yeah,