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, April thirteen,
twenty twenty five. 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 how to study Bible Prophecy, and our caption
for today is one Flesh, One Flesh. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first i'd like to
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we will get underway. Father, thank you for giving us
this new day and for the privilege that you have
given us to become one with you and one with
our spouses. I pray that we will have your spirit
and your wisdom, your perspective on all of this, and
holiness in Jesus name. I pray a man and a
men again one flesh. As I said to you the
other day, this is one of my favorite Bible subjects
because I am I'm happily married. Just let me just
be clear right there, happily married for almost twenty four years.
And I'm thankful because I didn't come up in an
environment where I saw happy marriage, you understand. So I
am over the top with gratefulness because God has manifest
his power in my household and marriage is a big
deal to us. Okay, And so I'm going to quote
way at the bottom of the lesson where it reads
marriage the intimate pairing of two imperfect people. Can we
just pause right here? I know I didn't finish the statement.
Everybody who's married is imperfect on our own. We were
born in sin, shaping in iniquity, imperfect on our own.
So can you imagine now you have two people that
are brought together who were both imperfect, and we're supposed
to become one flesh. We'll get into a little bit
more of that. Just give me a second, give me
a second marriage. The intimate pairing of two imperfect people
will always give cause for tension, will always give cause
for tension. That doesn't mean that we must have tension, etc.
But there's always an opportunity. There's always something in terms
of our differences of opinions, difference of how we were
brought up in our independent households before we got together.
We will see things differently and sometimes it will stir
up tension. Let me continue the quote. A marriage between
the Church, God's Church and Christ is the pairing of
a perfect savior a very imperfect bride, meaning God's people. Nevertheless,
we can learn about God's love from what a good
marriage offers. Okay, and so now we can go back
to the Bible book of Genesis chapter two, Genesis chapter
two and read beginning at verse twenty three, before humans
were imperfect, and it reads and Adams said, this is
now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.
She shall be called woman because she was taken out
of man. And so now we see these two human beings,
perfectly crafted in the mind and hands of God. They
are put together after each of them had independent time
with God. I wish I had the time, but both
of them had independent time with God. And then God
brought them together and they became one flesh. But the
Bible says that Adam immediately understood that this woman was
a part of himself. Brothers, if you recognize that your
wife is a part of you, how will you treat her?
But then again, I realize that some of us are
mistreating ourselves on a daily basis the way that we
mistreat our minds with some of the entertainment that we consume,
and some of us consume food and drinks that are
destroying our health. Some of us have other kinds of
dangerous and overly adventurous practices taking our lives into our
own hands. And now it makes sense that if we
are seeing her as a part of us, And I
ask what I think is a logical question, like if
you realize that your wife brother is a part of you,
why would you mistreat her? Well, maybe I'm mistreating myself
as a brother, Like maybe I'm mistreating myself in the
street goes both ways. I'm just going to focus here
because that is the way that the text is written.
Verse twenty four. Therefore, shall a man leave his father
and mother. We're going back to the ideal here, back
to the ideal. Leave his father and mother, and shall
cleave to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
And the Bible says, and they were both naked, and
we're not ashamed. Can I just say something that may
seem simple to you, but it is not for me.
It is not semantics, even though I understand what people mean.
Like if you see Simone or you see me, and
then because you don't see the other person, you go
to either of us and say, where's your better half?
Where is your better half? I'm like, ah, I understand
where you're going with this, and listen, I have no
problem saying that Simone's better than me. That is not
my challenge. My challenge. My challenge is calling her a half.
My challenge is calling me a half. Why Because the
Bible says the two shall become one flesh. That means
that God creates us, and then He delivers us from sin.
And as we are living our lives according to His principles,
we are whole and complete beings, and together we become
one flesh. So one plus one equals one, not one half,
not one fragmented parasitical part. I'm not saying that that
is okay. It is not okay. But the one plus
the one equals one flesh. I wish I had the time.
I wish I had the time. Somebody's catching up. And
so the Bible continues in Ephesians chapter five, beginning at
verse twenty nine. For no man yet hated his own flesh.
But nourisheth it, and cherisheth it, even as the Lord
the Church. For we are members of his body, of
his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall
a man leave his father and mother, and they shall
be joined unto each other. He shall be joined to
his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. This
is a great mystery that I am speaking concerning Christ
in the Church. So this entire discussion about marriage, even
though practical and we can learn and have clinics and
all kinds of retreats concerning how we can be married
in a successful context. Really, this is about being connected
with God in a relationship. Christ and the Church is
people and Christ. And when we look at it that way,
then it's like, oh, wait a minute, Should I be
selfish to Simone any at all? Because I'm supposed to
be representing Christ? Simone? Should she be in any way
disrespectful or selfish toward me? Ah, because she represents the
apple of God's eye, of Christ's eye, she's the Church.
Should I be disrespectful or should I humble myself before
God and give my all according to this love principle?
And so there are parallels between our marriage and Christ's relationship.
Number One, it's of divine origin. Marriage is woman taken
from man's flesh. And then together we see in the
Church born from Christ's sacrifice. And then that union, that
union brings us together under the power of God, so
we can represent Him to the world. I wish I
had the time. 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,