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, December tenth,
twenty twenty four. 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 themes in the Gospel of John, and our
caption for today is knowing the Sun is knowing the Father.
The Son is knowing the Father. When God is in
your life, when people see you, they will know the
Father too. I wish I had the time before we
get into that. I'd like to just say welcome to
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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father,
We thank you for this day and for the opportunity
that you have given us to engage with you in
the word. Father, I pray that when you see us,
when people see us, it'll be a reflection of you
Jesus name. I pray, Amen and Amen again. Knowing the
Son is knowing the Father. Okay, so we're going to
go ahead and begin with a quote from yesterday that
I gave just a little bit of, but we're going
to read right out of yesterday's lesson at the bottom
in Christ is life, original, unborrowed, underrived. That means that
Jesus Christ is not a created being. Can I just
say that simply, Jesus Christ is not a created being?
That matters. I wish I had the time and so
when Jesus comes to planet Earth. He's surrendering his will
to the process of taking on a human body. And
so the quote continues. Let as yet as the incarnate
son who emptied him. According to Philippians, chapter two and
verse seven of the Exercise of his prerogatives, Christ speaking
of his existence on earth as a man among men,
could refer to his possession of life as a gift
from God. The divinity of Christ is the believer's assurance
of eternal life. Let me say that last part again,
because I know I said a lot and it may
be confusing to some. The divinity of Christ is the
believer's assurance of eternal life. Okay, let me say this simply.
If Jesus were not equal with our father God, then
the plan of salvation could not work. The one who
gave his life for us has to be equal to
or greater than, the law of God that was offended.
Who gave his life for us has to be equal
to God, our Father, because no life would be worth
or have the ability the value to save us from
our sins. And you're like, but God can't die, Dave,
that sounds confusing. Oh wait a minute, I think, Paul
answered the question. He said, great is the mystery of God.
Because God took on human flesh. God became a man
in the person of Jesus Christ. So Jesus Christ, being
equal with our Father, also took on another form. Jesus
Christ took on human form after we had been degraded
by four thousand years of sin. And so Jesus takes
on that form. And it is his adopted human form,
his adopted humanity that Jesus allowed to die the death
of the Cross so we can be saved. And I
know it's a mist How can he be one hundred
percent God? How can he be one hundred percent human?
How is this possible? Well, I guess you're going to
need to ask God that question. We can read through
the Bible and get all the right answers, but we
need God through the power of the Holy ghosts, to
drive home to our consciousness what that means. Okay, And
so that is where I just really need to start here,
because people make up all kind of crazy arguments, sacrilegious
arguments to diminish who Jesus is. But now we see
in the human form, knowing the Son is knowing the Father.
When Jesus came to planet Earth. We could see now
a manifestation of who God our Father is. Okay, and
so in John chapter seven and verse sixteen, the Bible reads,
Jesus answered them and said, my doctrine is not my own,
so his teachings are not his own. See, he surrendered
his will to God our Father while he lived on
planet Earth. He said, my doctrine, even though he has powers,
are unborrowed, underrived. Even though he's the creator of everything
in the universe, animate and inanimate, meaning Jesus Christ in
human form. Jesus yielded himself to God our Father. My
doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. I
love it. So his teachings, he's saying, are coming from
the Father. You see, he's submitting to God. Here we
go John chapter eight and verse thirty eight, and the
Bible reads, I speak that which I have seen with
my father, and ye do that which ye have seen
from your father. So he's speaking to his detractors. Jesus
is connected with God our Father and his detractors. They
were supposedly the leaders of God's people, and those so
called leaders of God's people. I'm a leader some of
you who are listening and watching our leaders. There are
pastors that I know who watch every day your leader.
But please don't become so called leaders like these guys here.
These had their father as the devil because they did
not believe in Jesus Christ. Somehow they thought they could
lead God's people and reject Jesus both and at the
same time. Please let us not be them. But we
see the witness of the Father in Christ's life. When
you see Jesus, you see the Father. When people see us,
do they see God? He said, let your light so
shine before humans other humans? Right, fellow human beings. So
when they see your good works, they glorify our Father,
which is in heaven. Okay, And so now we see
in John chapter fourteen, Verses ten and twenty three, the
Bible reads, do you not believe that I am in
the Father and that the Father is in me? The
words I say to you I do not speak on
my own initiative. You see, Jesus is submitting. He is submitting,
but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.
Jesus replied, if anyone loves me, he will obey my word,
and my Father will love him. And we will come
to him and take up residence with him. Jesus is
making a promise. If you believe in Jesus Christ, you
get the Father in your life too. If you believe
in God, our Father in reality, then you get Jesus
Christ as a bonus blessing. And I maybe shouldn't say
it that way in your life as well. And of
course the power of the Holy Ghost comes in this
same holy and divine package. Blessed be the name of
the Lord. And so when we accept God, we get
all of heaven in one gift. For what purpose? Freely
you have received, The Bible says, freely give, give kindness,
Give people the opportunity to grow and to live. Don't
hurt people with your words. Don't hurt people physically when
they've not done anything to deserve that. Please. When you
are seen walking and moving in the earth, you're seen
in your silence. You're seen when you're speaking. You're seen
at work and at play. You are seen in government offices.
You are seen in your church offices. When people see
you in your marriage, when nobody else is looking besides
your spouse, when they're looking at your relationship with your children,
they should see God, our Father. They should see Jesus
Christ the Sun. They should see the power of the
Holy Ghost in your life when they see you. And
I have some more tips, but again I have run
out of time, so please request in the community at
your daily Portion dot com notes on today and I'll
give them to you.
Speaker 1: Peace. 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,