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 Monday, September nine,
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 through the Book of Mark, and our caption
for today is the Last Supper. The Last Supper. We'll
get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underwaigh.
Father and Heaven. Thank you for giving us this new
day and for the privilege that we have to open
up your word. And I'm asking you please please open
up our understanding. Teach us your will, teach us how
to do your will. And I pray God that we
will be so connected with you that we will never
betray you. We will never betray you. We will always
be with you until Jesus comes in Jesus name. I
pray Amen and amen again the Last Supper. Okay, And
so now we begin in verse twenty two of Mark
chapter fourteen. Actually we are continuing. We're learning so many
lessons as we simply read through the Bible. This is
one of the ways that when I am teaching youth,
when I used to teach youth Bible classes at different places,
we would just simply walk through the scriptures and see
and experience what was happening and what God was saying
to us and how we should live as a result.
And so I do like this approach a lot. And
so we now go to verse twenty two, Mark chapter
fourteen and the Bible reads were in the last Supper
scenario for those who are just coming on and the
Bible reads. And as they did eat, Jesus took the bread. Remember,
Jesus is the bread of life. You read in John
chapter six that Jesus is the manna that was to
come down from heaven, not just the food that was
in the wilderness that God provided. The people ate it
and then they died. Jesus is the true bread of life.
We don't live by human or earthly bread alone, but
by every word that comes from the mouth of God,
every word of God. Jesus also is the word. So
this is how we get our sustenance. And so Jesus
now is taking up this symbolic bread, and he blessed,
and he break it and gave to them and said,
take eat, this is my body. And he took the cup.
And when he had given thanks, he gave it to
them and they drank it. They drank it. So he
gives them a cup of grape juice. They share this
grape juice that is unfermented. They are eating this bread
that doesn't have any yeast in it or any other
leavening because there is a symbol here. This is representing
the broken body of Jesus Christ that was given for us.
It is representing the spilt blood of Jesus Christ that
was poured out for us. And so there has to
be purity, no fermentation, no leavening. And now the symbol
is firmly in place verse twenty four, and he said,
unto them, this is my blood of the New Testament
or the New Covenant. Some of you didn't realize that
the term Testament and covenant are the same. And so Jesus,
he said, he promised in the Prophet's Book of Jeremiah
that he would write his laws in our hearts and
on our minds, so that his laws would become a
part of us. This is the new covenant that he
makes with the House of Israel after those days. And
so now symbolically we see this blood is the ceiling
of the new Covenant or Testament, so that we know
that he will keep his promise, that the transcript of
his character will be fulfilled in the lives of people
who live in submission to his will, okay, and will
be shed for many Verse twenty five. Verily, verily, I say,
unto you, I will drink no more the fruit of
the vine until the day that I drink it new
with you in the kingdom. Now I'm looking at a
promise here. I'm looking at a promise here. I'm looking
at a promise that reminds me of what he said,
and as recorded in John chapter fourteen, he said, I
will come again and receive you unto myself. After I
have prepared a place for you. I'm going to come back,
and I'm going to receive you unto myself. That where
I am there ye may be also. And so Jesus
is implying very clearly here that I'm going to drink
of this fruit of the vine again. I'm going to
drink again, but I'm not going to do it until
I fulfill my promise that is a fulfillment or a
manifestation of this new covenant. I am not going to
drink this again until you come into the kingdom where
I will be. Until you come into the kingdom, until
you have overcome, and I grant you to sit in
my father's throne, even as I have overcome and am
set in my father's throne. I'm not going to drink
this until you have overcome all of your besetting sins,
where you are no longer burdened. You're no longer burdened
by lying, You're no longer burdened by pride. You are
no longer burdened by trying to figure out where your
next meal is going to come from. You're no longer
burdened by any earthly human body disease, you are no
longer burdened by doubts about whether God or your family
loves you. You will be full overcomers. And once you
are full overcomers, and I open up the kingdom, the
physical geographic kingdom that's in heaven. Once I open that
up to you, that's when we're gonna drink together again.
And I thank God because I see the promise and
I'm looking forward to it. Every time you drink unfermented
grape juice, hopefully that's the only kind of grape juice
you're drinking. I wish I had the time. But once
you are drinking that your juice from the grape, I
want you to think about Jesus and what he has
done for all of us, the Bible says in verse
twenty six, And when they had sung and him, this
is a worship setting everybody. This is a celebration. When
they had sung a hymn, they went out into the
Mount of Olives. You see, they had already resolved their sin,
challenges those who did it by faith. When they washed
each other's feet, Jesus really washed their feet. I wish
I had the time, I said, washed each other's But
really that was wishful thinking. Jesus washed their feet. And
then the Bible teaches us that that is a manifestation
or a symbol of our cleansing. Yes, a symbol of
our cleansing. And now having been cleansed, we can come
into this fellowship by eating of the bread of life
and drinking of the symbol, the symbol of Jesus's spilt
blood for us. Now they have sung the hymn, and
they went out to the Mount of Olives, and Jesus said,
unto them all, ye shall be offended because of me.
That means they're going to run away, They're going to
leave him, They're going to turn their backs on God
for that moment because of me. This night, or is
it written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep
shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I
will go before you into Galilee. But Peter said, unto him,
although all shall be offended, although all shall be offended,
yet will I not be offended? And Jesus saith unto him.
Verily I say unto THEE that this day, even in
this night, before the cock crow, twice thou shalt deny
me thrice. But when he spoke more vehemently, if I
should die with THEE, I will not deny THEE in
any way. Likewise, also said they all. Let me just
say this, Jesus loves us so much. And you want
to say, well, how much does he love us? Jesus
loves us so much that he chose those disciples, the
eleven disciples. He chose them the one that had the devil,
had a devil Judas, that's a different discussion. I wish
I had the time. But he chose those men knowing
exactly what they would do. They would forsake him and flee.
But he also knew that he would keep his end
of the bargain, he would keep the covenant, and they
would be transformed. So in this moment we see them
in weakness, but finally we see the covenant manifest in
their lives of triumphant submission to God's will, and that
could be your testimony.
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,