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 Sunday, October thirteen,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle 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 in the beginning the Divine lug Us.
In the beginning the Divine lug Us. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first I'd like to
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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.
Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
day and for the opportunity to experience the word the lugos.
Thank you for giving us an opportunity to live. Please
help us to take you up on that opportunity. In
Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. In the beginning,
the divine lug us. Okay, I don't want you to
see logos logo like what you have as an insignia
for your brand. What I need you to see is
lug us and that means word. Okay. So from before
there was a beginning, I need you to get this.
From before there was a beginning, there was God. Okay.
So we'll get into that in just a moment. So God,
as I am saying from the other day, we're gonna
use as a family name. And this is not literal.
I just need a way to not confuse people's minds. Okay.
So there is Father, God, Father, God, God the Son,
and then God the Holy Spirit. Okay, Father, God, God
the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. All of them
equally are divine or God God.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 2: I'll just leave that there for now, and we're going
to read now from the Book of John chapter one,
beginning at verse one, and the Bible reads, in the
beginning was the word, okay, And that actually means from
before there was a beginning, the word was there, Okay.
In the beginning was the Word, and the word was
with God, and the word was God. So this basically
means from before there was a beginning, the word was there,
That is Jesus Christ. So Jesus and the Word are synonymous.
In the beginning, from before there was a beginning, Jesus
was there, and Jesus was with God the Father, and
Jesus was divine. So from before there was a beginning,
Jesus accompanying his father, God the Father as we call him,
and Jesus were there from eternity past. But Jesus is now.
Jesus is the manifestation of God. So we can understand
enough of God to be saved by God. I wish
I had the time. This is really really wonderful. The
same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by Him, made by whom the word Jesus. Okay,
and without him was not anything made that was made
without whom Jesus. I need you to get this in
your mind. In him was life, in whom was life Jesus.
And the life was the light of men. And the
light shineth in darkness? What is the light? Who is
the light? Jesus is the light. So Jesus is the word.
Jesus is the light. Jesus is the Life. And the
light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness the Bible
in the King, James says, comprehended it not that means
could not hold it back, could not hold or overcome
the light. Who is Christ, who is the Word of God.
There is so much here that we could have theological
debate and discussions about. But that is not my purpose today,
and it shouldn't be our purpose, even though there is
so much truth there that we could discuss intellectually. I'm
going to read now. I'm going to read now from
the Home and Illustrated Bible Dictionary, on the term lug us.
That's word, the word lugous. John opposed Greek philosophy by
arguing that salvation comes not by humankind's escape from this world,
but by God entering and redeeming creation. Remember, the Bible
says that Emmanuel means God with us, So this is
really good. These guys got it right. More probably, lugous
was chosen because of its meaning in the Old Testament,
It's Greek translation and contemporary Hebrew literature, where the concepts
of wisdom and word were being spoken of as a
distinct manifestation of God. John saw that the same agent
of God who gave life in the first creation was
also giving life in the new creation inaugurated by Jesus's coming.
Can I say that a little bit simpler, The same
one who created us I'm talking about Jesus Christ hah.
John saw that the same one who created us is
the same one who recreates us. The same one who
breathed into Adam and Adam's nostrils the breath of life
is the one who saves you brothers, you sister from
your sins. Those difficulties that you've had about gossiping. You
couldn't overcome gossiping until you were introduced to lugos the
word Jesus Christ. This is what he is saying. He
is saying, the same one who created and formed you
is the one who recreates you, who delivers you from gossip,
who delivers you from self harm, the one who delivers
you from terrible relationship choices. The same one who gives
you wisdom, the same one who empowers you to go
and sin no more. He is the one who also
created you. John saw this, Okay, continuing the quote, the
creative Word of God became flesh. This is so sweet
because now we're talking about our creator coming down into humanity.
He is now, let's say, uh, clothed in humanity. Okay,
reading the creative Word of God. Jesus became flesh, being divine,
He embodied divine communication. So when God, our Father, is
communicating to us, it is through Jesus Christ. When you
want to know anything about God, it's through Jesus Christ. Yes,
the agent of the Holy Ghost is always present and active,
but Jesus is the manifestation, so we can even begin
to understand the love of God. Behold the love of
God that he has for us. That we should be
called the children of God. And the Bible continues in
first John chapter three. Let me continue now, the word
dwells among us, revealing the glory of God. Jesus avoided
citing rabbinic authorities or using the traditional language of a
prophet who would claim that the word of the Lord
came to me or declared, thus set the Lord. Perhaps
these phrases did not significantly honor his special relationationship with
the Father and his own authority. What did that mean?
That was very good for the intellectual people, for the
people who love to study theology. What does that mean?
You see, the prophets were bringing a message that was
not their own. They were borrowing, they were deriving. So
when they came as messengers to voice what God had
for them to say, they were borrowing. But when Jesus,
the manifestation of God, our Father himself. When Jesus spoke,
he was speaking, yes, as a representative of the Father,
but he was speaking through his own power and divinity
when he spoke the word make it a great day. 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,