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11 25 2024 The Words of Eternal Life · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
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  Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's
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  Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  Speaker 1: us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Monday, November
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  Speaker 2: twenty five, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: lesson study series themes in the Gospel of John, and
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  Speaker 2: our caption for today is the Words of Eternal Life.
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  Speaker 2: The Words of Eternal Life. We'll get into that in
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  Speaker 2: just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: and pray and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for this day. Thank you for giving us
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  Speaker 2: the words of life. Help us to live life according
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  Speaker 2: to your principles. Help us to live the abundant life
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  Speaker 2: that you have offered to us. Help us to be
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  Speaker 2: holy in all things that we say and do, no
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  Speaker 2: matter what is happening around us. In Jesus's name, I
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  Speaker 2: pray Amen and a man and again the words of
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  Speaker 2: eternal life. Yeah, there are times that we have encounters
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  Speaker 2: with people and we feel more energetic and sometimes people
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  Speaker 2: say that was life to me. That felt good, and
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  Speaker 2: it's like, okay, Well, eternal life is not just a feeling.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a feeling at all. Really, it is a
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  Speaker 2: connection with God. Eternity or eternal life is a connection
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  Speaker 2: with God that begins at the moment that we accept
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  Speaker 2: God into our lives through Christ. The Bible says to
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  Speaker 2: as many as received him, to them, gave he power
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  Speaker 2: to become the sons or of course the sons and
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  Speaker 2: daughters of God, to those who believe on his name.
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  Speaker 2: So this is where life begins. I'm talking about eternal life.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not talking about the life that came when you
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  Speaker 2: were born as a cute little baby. I'm not talking
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  Speaker 2: about that. I'm not talking about the first birth I'm
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  Speaker 2: talking about I'm talking about when you were reborn today,
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  Speaker 2: that you said yes, Lord, yes to your will and
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  Speaker 2: to your way, meaning God. Then that is when eternal
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  Speaker 2: life began. Notice I did not say immortality. That's a
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  Speaker 2: different principle. But eternal life is a quality of experience
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  Speaker 2: with God that says I am your child, you are
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  Speaker 2: my God, you are my Lord. I am in your
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  Speaker 2: family through Christ, and when Jesus comes, I will receive
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  Speaker 2: eternity through an immortal life. See right now, we can
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  Speaker 2: die like we can go to sleep until Jesus comes.
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  Speaker 2: But once Jesus does come, those who are alive and
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  Speaker 2: remain will receive new bodies, immortal bodies. Those who are
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  Speaker 2: resurrected in that first set of people, the believers the
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  Speaker 2: resurrection of life, those individuals will receive immortality as well,
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  Speaker 2: and they too will go into the Kingdom of Heaven
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  Speaker 2: for a thousand years together, and then one day we
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  Speaker 2: will inherit the earth made new. Okay, So I just
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  Speaker 2: wanted to simplify that, and now read from the Book
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  Speaker 2: of John, chapter six, beginning at verse sixty one. John
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  Speaker 2: chapter six, beginning at verse sixty one, The Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: when Jesus knew in himself that his disciples were complaining
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  Speaker 2: about this. Of course, this is something that Jesus was
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  Speaker 2: saying that was revolutionary in the minds of the people,
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  Speaker 2: Like what you can give us of your body, You
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  Speaker 2: can give us of your flesh, you can give us
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  Speaker 2: to drink of your blood. What is this? Is he
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  Speaker 2: a cannibal?
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  Speaker 1: Like?
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  Speaker 2: What is this? The Bible says, when Jesus knew that
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  Speaker 2: even in his disciples were complaining about this, he said
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  Speaker 2: to them, does this cause you to be offended? And
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  Speaker 2: the term for offended really means costs, cause you to
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  Speaker 2: want to separate from God? Cause you to want to
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  Speaker 2: separate from God? When it says, great peace, have they
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  Speaker 2: that love Thy law and law? And nothing shall offend them?
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  Speaker 2: That means that they nothing will cause them to go
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  Speaker 2: away from God? Okay, And so does this cause you
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  Speaker 2: to be offended verse sixty two. Then what if you
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  Speaker 2: see the son of Man ascending to where he was before.
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  Speaker 2: The Spirit is the one that gives life. Human nature
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  Speaker 2: is of no help. The words that I have spoken
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  Speaker 2: to you, they are spirit and they are life. He
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  Speaker 2: said that the Spirit gives life, The Holy Spirit gives life.
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  Speaker 2: The words that he spoke are spirit and life. Receive
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  Speaker 2: them and you will live. Do you see where we're
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  Speaker 2: going with this verse sixty three. The spirit is the
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  Speaker 2: one who gives life. The human nature is of no help.
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  Speaker 2: The words that I have spoken to you are spirit
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  Speaker 2: and life life see repetition deepens the impression verse sixty four.
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  Speaker 2: But there are some of you who do not believe.
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  Speaker 2: Or Jesus had already known from the beginning who those were,
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  Speaker 2: and who did not believe, and who it was that
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  Speaker 2: would betray him. Uh oh verse sixty five. So Jesus added,
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  Speaker 2: because of this, I told you that no one can
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  Speaker 2: come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.
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  Speaker 2: So the way, the Truth and the Life, no one
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  Speaker 2: comes to the Father except by Jesus Christ. And Jesus
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  Speaker 2: just revealed in a special way that the only way
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  Speaker 2: to even come to Christ is that the Father draws you.
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  Speaker 2: So the Father draws us to Christ. And the only
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  Speaker 2: way we can connect with the Father is through Christ.
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  Speaker 2: That Jesus is the pathway. That means that life is
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  Speaker 2: wound up in the Holy Spirit, who reveals this truth.
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  Speaker 2: He said, these words are spirit, and they are life.
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  Speaker 2: And it's only through the Holy Ghost that you receive this.
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  Speaker 2: So the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are
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  Speaker 2: the ones who give us eternity with God. I wish
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  Speaker 2: I had the time. Let's get to the rest of
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  Speaker 2: the passage, and the Bible continues in verse sixty six.
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  Speaker 2: After this, many of this disciples quit following him. What
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  Speaker 2: why did they quit following him? Are you a follower
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  Speaker 2: of God? Yes or no? Right do you believe what
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  Speaker 2: God says that life comes through Christ. And by imbibing Christ,
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  Speaker 2: by eating and drinking of Christ, as He becomes a
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  Speaker 2: part of your life, you are with him. Why would
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  Speaker 2: that cause you to offend to leave him? After this,
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  Speaker 2: many of his disciples quit following him and did not
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  Speaker 2: accompany him any any longer. So Jesus asked the question,
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  Speaker 2: there's a great, big, pink hairy elephant in the room.
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  Speaker 2: So Jesus said to the twelve, you do not want
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  Speaker 2: to go away too? Do you? You don't want to
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  Speaker 2: go away too? Do you? What I'm saying to you,
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  Speaker 2: is it such a problem that you want to leave
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  Speaker 2: me too? These transformative words that come through the power
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  Speaker 2: of the Holy Ghost, where we transform your mind so
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  Speaker 2: you can transform your life. Is that causing you to
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  Speaker 2: want to leave too? And so Simon Peter answered, He
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  Speaker 2: answered him, Lord, to whom would we go? You have
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  Speaker 2: the words of eternal life? Where are we going to go?
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  Speaker 2: That was the perfect answer, perfect answer. And if he
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  Speaker 2: lives that answer, then he's onto something. You are the
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  Speaker 2: one who has the words of life. Well, what is
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  Speaker 2: the impact? What is the impact? What is the impact?
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  Speaker 2: Here are some things we hear and believe, those words
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  Speaker 2: of truth. And when we hear and believe those words
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  Speaker 2: of truth, that it determines how we will live, how
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  Speaker 2: kind and patient we will be, It determines how we
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  Speaker 2: will live, how faithful to God in returning, tithe and offering,
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  Speaker 2: that's what it will manifest, Like how successful we are
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  Speaker 2: in our earthly daily pursuits, how powerful our relationships are,
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  Speaker 2: and how much we please God in those relationships will
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  Speaker 2: be a manifestation of whether or not we have received
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  Speaker 2: the words of eternal life. There is so much more
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  Speaker 2: to say. Please please remind me to put it into
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  Speaker 2: the community. These things, these lessons. I have about seven
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  Speaker 2: of them that I want to share with you that
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  Speaker 2: I just don't have the time for today. The words
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  Speaker 2: of eternal life come from Christ through the Holy Ghost.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, peace, Thanks for joining us listening.
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  Speaker 2: Friends.
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  Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  Speaker 1: every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  Speaker 1: has been your daily portion with el David Harris, make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah,