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 Sabbath, October
twenty six, 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. Pardon
that sound. We are in lesson number five, the Testimony
of the Samaritans. I like this one a lot, the
Testimony of the Samaritans. We'll get into that in just
a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
Father and Heaven, Thank you for giving us this new
Sabbath morning. Thank you for identifying with all of us,
no matter what walk of life we're in. Whatever our
socioeconomic class, whether the predominant class or culture is accepting
of us. We know God that you have accepted us
in the Beloved, Please give us the fullness of your
Holy Spirit today. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again the testimony of the Samaritans. You see, Jesus
identified with all of humanity so he could save all
of us from our sins. Can I say that again?
Jesus identified with all of humanity so he could save
all of humanity from our sins. I'm grateful. You want
to know why I'm grateful because I didn't come from
I didn't come from a class of people with a
whole lot of money. I grew up in the city
at the time that it was the murder capital of
the United States of America. And then when I got
to university. Right after I was no longer in classes,
I lived in a city again, another city in Washington,
d C. At the time when it was the murder
capital of the United States. And I have so many
other challenges that I had to with which I had
to contend. And I'm like, but God, if you can
save me, I know you can save others. If you
can save others, I know you can save still others.
You understand, And so well, the Bible reads here in
the Book of John, chapter four and verse forty two.
Then they said to the woman, now we believe. So
we're going to talk about this woman at the well,
the woman that Jesus met at a specific space that
he orchestrated for this woman to have a life transformed
by the renewing of her mind, that she could also
go into her community and help people with their transformation.
So they said, those people, those people said, now we believe,
not because of what you said. You see, it was
a good idea, and I am really severely understating it.
It was a good idea for this woman who had
a transformative encounter with Jesus to go into her own
community where people sinned with her and observed her committing sin.
I wish I had the time to go and say,
I have seen a man who knows everything about me,
and he doesn't it against me. I know a man
ha who knows all of my illicit relationships and doesn't
hold it against me. I know a man I met
him just now who understood all of my wicked thoughts
and my fears and concerns. He knew from where I came,
what my history was, who my grandparents were. He saw
right through me, and he still loved me. Come see
this man. And of course the testimony was enough for
the people to say, Okay, tell us more, tell us more. Ah,
But the Bible says, for we ourselves have heard him.
After the woman's testimony, they gave keen attention to Jesus
and what he taught and the spirit that obviously was
emanating from him, the holiness, the compassion. Yes, and they said, ah,
for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that
this indeed is the Christ. But they didn't stop there.
At the savior of the world, including me, including you,
brothers and sisters. The man Jesus Christ, who was no
ordinary man, was the savior of the world, including us,
pardon me. I'm grateful. I'm grateful. So we're going to
drill this story throughout the week. But I just want
to ask you a question. Is there anything in your
life of which you are ashamed? Are you ashamed of
anything in your life like anything that you have done?
Are you ashamed? You see? The blessing about this question
is that if you just admit that that you say,
you know what, There's some things that I wish I
hadn't done. There's some things I wish I had not seen.
There are some things I wish I had not ushered
people into doing, some habits that I wish I had
not created.
Speaker 1: Huh.
Speaker 2: I can't unsee, undo, or uncreate any of those things.
But I have heard today, on this twenty sixth day
of October, in twenty twenty four, I have heard about
a man who can see all of that and still
love me, you see. And so I'd like to take
us for a moment into the Bible Book of First John,
First John, because if I don't go somewhere else today,
I'm going to really I'm really going to go too
far into what we'll talk about during the week. So
let's go to First John, chapter three, and beginning at
verse one, I want you to read with me, beginning
at verse one, Behold what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the
children of God, the sons of God. Therefore the world
kneweth us, not because it knew him not. You see,
as we have these encounters, and tomorrow we're going to
talk about the encounter Jesus had with this woman, or
Jesus or the woman had with Jesus. When we have
these encounters with God and in our secret space, our minds,
he begins to speak to us and show us this
is the way, This is the direction that I want
your life to take. And I know that right now
that is not the pathway that you're on, but I'm
giving you an opportunity to be transformed. When we have
that experience, he now ushers us into his family. You see,
when we were born, we were born hostile toward him.
We were born as outcasts, not because of anything that
we did, but we inherited the tendency toward evil. And
if we are not reborn, we talked about this last week,
if we are not reborn, if we are not transformed,
we will just go, you know, idly, mindlessly, aimlessly toward
destruction will meander and still end up in destruction. We'll
try and try again and fail, and we will still
end up in destruction if we don't yield our will
to God. Okay, And so when God gives us the
privilege because he loves us, to yield ourselves to God,
it says that we are now His children. And the
people around us who do not know God will say, well,
what in the world, who is this person? Something has changed?
And the people who are receptive will inquire and desire
the Christ that is now manifest in your life. But
the ones who reject, they won't know you through that
spirit either. Verse two. Beloved, now are we the children
of God? And it does not yet appear what we
shall be, but we know that when He shall appear,
we shall be like him. You see the woman at
the well. She was transformed so she could be like him.
See now, when we say yes to God. In the
Book of John, chapter one and verses eleven and twelve,
the Bible says, to as many as receive him, you
accept him into your life, You yield your will to him,
You submit to him. To as many as do that,
they immediately become His children. So now in this body
that you have, the one with the aches and the pains, ah,
the ones that require surgeries at times, the ones that
sometimes get hospitalized, the ones that get tired and hungry
and frustrated. Even in that state, we are His children.
But we're looking forward to a day. What day, Dave,
It says here we don't know what. We know that
when he shall appear, we will be like him, for
we will see him as he is. One day God
is going to give us a new body, the coming
of Jesus Christ. Those who are now His children will
receive a body that will endure forever in the presence
of God. And I'm looking forward to them.
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,