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, January
twenty twenty twenty six. 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 uniting Heaven and Earth, Christ in Philippians and Colossians.
And our caption for today really interesting question, mind in
plant or mind surgery? Mind implant or mind surgery. We'll
get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
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Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us a new day,
Please give us a new mind. In Jesus's name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. All right, so let me just
speak to you really quickly and frankly and say I'm
not sure where you come down in answering the question
in the title, but let me just say that the
mind and mindset with which we were born ain't no good.
I know what I just said. The mind or mind
set that we were born with is no good. And
that's because we were born in sin and shapen in iniquity,
shaped in iniquity. That's the norm when we're born of
a woman. Because quite frankly, Adam messed us up when
Adam chose to sin, Adam being the first one created,
Adam being the one that represents planet Earth, all humans
on planet Earth like or represented. Yes, his DNA was
transferred to us, and the only way out of this
mess is to receive new DNA through the new birth.
In John chapter three, the Bible teaches us that God,
that God, God Christ, taught Nicodemus that he needed to
be born again, and all humans need to be born again.
That which is born of flesh is flesh, and that
which is born of the spirit, the Holy Spirit, is
from the Holy Spirit. And that is why this current
mind that we are born with I should say that,
I shouldn't say this current, the one that we were
born with, has to go, and God wants to give
us the rebirth mind, the new mind and mindset. Okay,
So let me just say that, because to be spiritually
minded is life and peace. To be carnally minded is death.
It's very simple. So again, I don't know where you
come down in your discussion of this, but the fact
is that the mind that we need comes only through
new birth. That means new mind altogether. And so we
go into the Bible Book of Philippians. Let's go to
Philippians chapter Philippians chapter two, and I will read just
verse five, I think. Now, let me read five and beyond. Okay,
I'll stop when I stop, all right. So the Bible reads,
let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus. So God is saying, allow this. You've allowed
so many things in the past, so many things that
separate between you and God. This is something I need
you to allow. This is an imperative. Do this. I
need you to do this, and not that. The mindset
that you need comes from Christ Jesus. Receive that, and
you will have eternity with God. Okay. So let this
mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Well,
what was that mindset? Brother Paul teach us the mindset
now in the beginning of the chapter. He started to
illustrate this before he said this, and now he's gonna
close it out right, okay. And so he said, who,
being in the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God? So he knowing that he's eternal,
blessed be his name, just like God, our Father, just
like God. The Holy Ghost Michah chapter five and verse
two teaches us that Jesus too, the Messiah two is eternal. Okay,
eternity in the past straight through eternity in the future.
There was never a time that Jesus Christ did not exist.
Now we see that he came and took on humanity,
like we're saying here in a second, he took on
human form, but prior to that, he existed throughout eternity past. Okay,
So even though he's eternal, even though he's equal to
our Father, Blessed be his name, he's not saying he's saying,
that's the reality. But those people, I love them. I
created them. The Bible teaches us in Hebrews one, in
John chapter one, and Colossians in a couple of places.
It shows us that Jesus Christ is actually the one
who created us. And he's saying that even though I
am eternal, even though I have all of the prerogatives
of eternal God, Blessed be his name, I'm not going
to grasp at that and let them die. I'm not
going to hold on to that right. It's not a privilege,
that right. All of the rights of what God is
are in the bosom of Christ. And he's saying, I
can't let those people down there die like I have
to go save them Verse seven. But he made himself
of no reputation. This is when Jesus takes on human form. Right,
he took upon himself a human form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men, and being
found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and
became obedient unto death, even the death of the Let
me just say to you very quickly, I get excited
on this, so I have to slow down my pace.
None of us get to be obedient to death. We
don't have an option. Whenever it's time to die, it's
just time to die, full stop. There's nothing we can
do about it. You can't kravmaga your way out of it.
You can't self defend your way out of it. You
can't back yourself in the corner and fight yourself out
of the corner out of it. You cannot teach yourself
how to do any combat your way out of it.
You can't put up a bulletproof shield your way out
of it. Like you can't help message your way out
of it. You can't pray your way out of it.
Once it's time. I'm saying, when your time is up,
your time is up. You can't resist it. But Jesus,
having power and life in him, he is life and
light together unborrowed underived could have said at the moment
that he, in his humanity, would die. His divinity could
have said, nope, I'm not laying down my life. Forget it.
Divinity could have said, I'm not laying down the humanity
right now. I'm going to resist that. I'm going to
infuse humanity with power, so I don't go to sleep
as a human. I'm not doing that today. He could
have chosen that, But the Bible says that he became obedient,
not my will, but thine be done. Nevertheless, Father, not
my will, but thine be done, and he yielded his life.
He laid down his life that he might take it
again so his father would get glory out of it,
and you could be saved and I could be saved.
Speaker 1: You see.
Speaker 2: And so when the Bible says to let this mind
be in me, which was also in Christ Jesus, and
then we see the ultimate manifestation of humility. Now we
know that God wants us to submit ourselves to him.
He wants us to humble ourselves, and in humbling ourselves,
we are aligned with gess is Christ, and that is
the mindset of Christ. And then the Bible says of Christ,
though of Christ. Wherefore God hath highly exalted him, and
hath given him a name which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus, everynee shall bow, and
every tongue shall confess, of things in heaven and things
under the earth. That Jesus Christ is Lord to the
glory of God the Father. And so we share in
his sacrifice, we share in his humility, and we will
be exalted in him. The Bible Book of Daniel, chapter
seven says that the people of God, the saints, will
also be elevated with Christ. Make it a great day,
take the mind of Christ.
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,