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 Wednesday, December fourth,
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 I Am the Truth and of
course this is Jesus speaking. We'll get into that in
just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome
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ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father
in Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day
and for the truth that is in Christ. Father, I
ask you now to open up our understanding and more
than that, transform our lives so we can live like
Jesus in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again.
What does truth mean to you? And I don't mean
what is the definition? I think we have done a
pretty decent job identifying from scripture what is truth. But
what I'm asking you is what does truth mean to you? Like,
how does it move in your life? How does truth
transform your character? What does it help you do when
you are at your job, at your desk or on
the assembly line. What does it do for you as
you are building your business. What does it do for
you when you are considering your relationships with your family
members and others? What is the truth to you? Okay?
And so that is something we need to really think about.
And not just think of this intellectually or theologically and say, okay,
we've identified in the scriptures what the Bible says is
the truth, the three elements that we have already discussed.
But how does the truth transform me? Okay? And so
in John chapter one, beginning at verse fourteen, I'll do
fourteen and seventeen, the Bible reads and the Word was
made flesh. So now we know that the Word is Christ,
and he being the manifestation of all that is God. Yes,
he's equal with the Father. But now the Father is
in the life of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is
resident and at work in the ministry of Jesus Christ.
And now we are able to get closer to God
because of Jesus Christ. So he becomes flesh, and he
dwells among us. Jesus is dwelling among us, and we
beheld his glory, the glory as of the only Begotten
of the Father, the only Begotten. That means he is
the one and only unique one. He is one of
a kind. Okay, it doesn't mean well, I won't get
into what it doesn't mean. He's one of a kind.
And the Bible says, full of grace, and truth. So
none of the angels are full of grace and truth. Right,
none of the individuals who according to John chapter one
versus about verse twelve that says to as many as
received him to them, gave he power to become the
sons of God or the children of God. Not that
kind of son, Not the kind of son that Adam was,
or or the kind of son that Moses was. We're
talking about the kind of son who is one with
the Father, equal with the Father, submissive to the process
of saving his people from our sins. He is full
of grace and truth. Grace's unmerited favor. Like you need favor,
God has that for you. You've committed sin, so have I.
You have done things that you're ashamed of, so have I.
And God is saying that even though you have sinned
and comes short of the glory of God. God, even
though you deserve to be destroyed ultimately with the second death,
I am giving you the power to live according to
my principles. I'm giving you the power so that you
are embraced. I embrace you, and you now become one
of my children. You are adopted into the family of God.
You are seen just as if you had never sinned,
when you submit your will to God, full of grace
and truth. For the law of Verse seventeen was given
by Moses. So we have an understanding of the Ten
Commandments law. We have an understanding of the sacrificial system
of sacrifice, the system of sacrifices. We have an understanding
of the sanctuary because of Moses. Right Ah. But grace
and truth came by Jesus Christ. So those things that
Moses taught pointed forward to Jesus, the things that God
revealed to Moses on the mountain I'm talking about when
he was in Mountain Horeb and up in the cloud.
Joshua was not in the cloud. He was on the top. Yes,
and Aaron and those guys were waiting down lower. When
Moses was in the cloud, enfolded by God to the
point that when he came out of that pavilion, that
special sanctuary that God set up for him, he was
so bright, visually bright. His countenance was so bright that
the people could not they could they couldn't deal with it.
They were like, cover that up. It's too much, it's
too much. The brightness that comes from God in your
life is too much. For us to handle put a
veil over your face. That's because of their unbelief. I
wish I had the time. But Jesus Christ is the
one to whom all of that experience pointed, full of grace,
power and unmarriaged favor, so that you can be saved.
I can be saved and truth verse thirty two of
John chapter eight, John chapter eight and verse thirty two,
And the Bible says, and ye shall know the truth.
This no is not an intellectual pursuit. It's a it's
not an assent to understanding. This no is an intimacy.
It's like when the Bible says that Adam knew his wife,
and the fruit of that knowing his wife was that
they bore a son. So they're knowing one another bore fruit.
And so when we know Jesus spiritually speaking, the fruit
of that knowing the truth is that we will be free.
And ye shall know the truth intimately transformatively the outgrowth,
pardon me, the outgrowth of that knowing Jesus the Truth
shall make you free, free from what or free to
do what, Yeah, free to live according to the principles
of God. Yes, the Bible reads, if you read Romans
chapters seven and eight back to back. You see that
the guy who was in Romans chapter seven is bound
by the law of sin and death. What he wanted
to do he can't. He couldn't do right. The evil
that he did not want to do. All he could
do is that, and the good that he, in his
intellect wanted to do, he didn't have the ability the
power to do it right. That was his plight. He
was bound. He was a slave to the devil. I said.
He was a slave to the devil. He was not
a developing Christian. I wish I had the time. He
was a slave. He was bound, he could not. The
Bible says he could not please God, couldn't do it.
But in Romans chapter eight, as he received Christ into
his life, now there's no condemnation because he's in Christ,
Jesus who walked not according to the flesh, but according
to the spirit. For the law what the law could
not do in the flesh, Christ did by sending him
into sinful flesh in order that the righteousness of the
law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according
to the flesh but according to the spirit. That means
that we are free the Bible says in Romans Self
in Romans EIGHTE, that we that is the law, the
law of the spirit of life, has made me free
from the law of sin and death. So I am
free to do God's will. I am free from the
rum bottle. I'm free from pornography. I am free from
running around and being aimless in life. I am free
from not having control of my emotions. I am free
to do God's will. When truth and God's life is
living in me, I am free to live like Jesus did.
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 l David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,