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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, vibrant lives.

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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 Sunday, October thirteen,

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twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle 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, and our

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caption for today is in the beginning the Divine lug Us.

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In the beginning the Divine lug Us. We'll get into

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that in just a moment, but first I'd like to

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say welcome to you and ask you to please go

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of the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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

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Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this new

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day and for the opportunity to experience the word the lugos.

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Thank you for giving us an opportunity to live. Please

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help us to take you up on that opportunity. In

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Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. In the beginning,

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the divine lug us. Okay, I don't want you to

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see logos logo like what you have as an insignia

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for your brand. What I need you to see is

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lug us and that means word. Okay. So from before

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there was a beginning, I need you to get this.

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From before there was a beginning, there was God. Okay.

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So we'll get into that in just a moment. So God,

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as I am saying from the other day, we're gonna

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use as a family name. And this is not literal.

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I just need a way to not confuse people's minds. Okay.

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So there is Father, God, Father, God, God the Son,

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and then God the Holy Spirit. Okay, Father, God, God

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the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. All of them

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equally are divine or God God.

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Speaker 1: Okay.

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Speaker 2: I'll just leave that there for now, and we're going

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to read now from the Book of John chapter one,

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beginning at verse one, and the Bible reads, in the

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beginning was the word, okay, And that actually means from

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before there was a beginning, the word was there, Okay.

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In the beginning was the Word, and the word was

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with God, and the word was God. So this basically

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means from before there was a beginning, the word was there,

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That is Jesus Christ. So Jesus and the Word are synonymous.

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In the beginning, from before there was a beginning, Jesus

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was there, and Jesus was with God the Father, and

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Jesus was divine. So from before there was a beginning,

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Jesus accompanying his father, God the Father as we call him,

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and Jesus were there from eternity past. But Jesus is now.

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Jesus is the manifestation of God. So we can understand

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enough of God to be saved by God. I wish

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I had the time. This is really really wonderful. The

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same was in the beginning with God. All things were

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made by Him, made by whom the word Jesus. Okay,

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and without him was not anything made that was made

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without whom Jesus. I need you to get this in

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your mind. In him was life, in whom was life Jesus.

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And the life was the light of men. And the

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light shineth in darkness? What is the light? Who is

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the light? Jesus is the light. So Jesus is the word.

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Jesus is the light. Jesus is the Life. And the

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light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness the Bible

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in the King, James says, comprehended it not that means

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could not hold it back, could not hold or overcome

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the light. Who is Christ, who is the Word of God.

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There is so much here that we could have theological

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debate and discussions about. But that is not my purpose today,

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and it shouldn't be our purpose, even though there is

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so much truth there that we could discuss intellectually. I'm

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going to read now. I'm going to read now from

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the Home and Illustrated Bible Dictionary, on the term lug us.

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That's word, the word lugous. John opposed Greek philosophy by

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arguing that salvation comes not by humankind's escape from this world,

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but by God entering and redeeming creation. Remember, the Bible

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says that Emmanuel means God with us, So this is

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really good. These guys got it right. More probably, lugous

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was chosen because of its meaning in the Old Testament,

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It's Greek translation and contemporary Hebrew literature, where the concepts

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of wisdom and word were being spoken of as a

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distinct manifestation of God. John saw that the same agent

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of God who gave life in the first creation was

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also giving life in the new creation inaugurated by Jesus's coming.

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Can I say that a little bit simpler, The same

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one who created us I'm talking about Jesus Christ hah.

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John saw that the same one who created us is

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the same one who recreates us. The same one who

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breathed into Adam and Adam's nostrils the breath of life

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is the one who saves you brothers, you sister from

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your sins. Those difficulties that you've had about gossiping. You

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couldn't overcome gossiping until you were introduced to lugos the

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word Jesus Christ. This is what he is saying. He

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is saying, the same one who created and formed you

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is the one who recreates you, who delivers you from gossip,

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who delivers you from self harm, the one who delivers

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you from terrible relationship choices. The same one who gives

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you wisdom, the same one who empowers you to go

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and sin no more. He is the one who also

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created you. John saw this, Okay, continuing the quote, the

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creative Word of God became flesh. This is so sweet

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because now we're talking about our creator coming down into humanity.

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He is now, let's say, uh, clothed in humanity. Okay,

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reading the creative Word of God. Jesus became flesh, being divine,

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He embodied divine communication. So when God, our Father, is

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communicating to us, it is through Jesus Christ. When you

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want to know anything about God, it's through Jesus Christ. Yes,

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the agent of the Holy Ghost is always present and active,

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but Jesus is the manifestation, so we can even begin

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to understand the love of God. Behold the love of

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God that he has for us. That we should be

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called the children of God. And the Bible continues in

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first John chapter three. Let me continue now, the word

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dwells among us, revealing the glory of God. Jesus avoided

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citing rabbinic authorities or using the traditional language of a

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prophet who would claim that the word of the Lord

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came to me or declared, thus set the Lord. Perhaps

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these phrases did not significantly honor his special relationationship with

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the Father and his own authority. What did that mean?

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That was very good for the intellectual people, for the

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people who love to study theology. What does that mean?

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You see, the prophets were bringing a message that was

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not their own. They were borrowing, they were deriving. So

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when they came as messengers to voice what God had

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for them to say, they were borrowing. But when Jesus,

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the manifestation of God, our Father himself. When Jesus spoke,

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he was speaking, yes, as a representative of the Father,

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but he was speaking through his own power and divinity

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when he spoke the word make it a great day. Peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God, this has been your daily

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portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,