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11 06 2024 The Witness of the Father · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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  Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Wednesday, November six,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's Word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series themes in the Gospel of John, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is the Witness of the Father. The
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  Speaker 2: Witness of the Father. Will get into that in just
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  Speaker 2: a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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  Speaker 2: is one of the ways that we continue to build
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  Speaker 2: faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then
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  Speaker 2: we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for
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  Speaker 2: being with us thus far in this work week, and
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  Speaker 2: thank you for giving us the opportunity to pause just
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  Speaker 2: a little while to connect with you. And I pray
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  Speaker 2: now that you will give us the fullness of your
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, and let the witness of the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 2: your witness, witness of Jesus Christ, rest and abide in
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  Speaker 2: our lives so we can be holy in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and a men again through all of
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  Speaker 2: the tongue tying. We are here today, and I'm thankful
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  Speaker 2: for your patients the witness of the Father. So in
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  Speaker 2: the United States of America, they are in the throes
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  Speaker 2: of their political process for electing the United States President right,
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  Speaker 2: and so candidates running for office it doesn't matter in
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  Speaker 2: what nations we live. If there is a democratic process,
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  Speaker 2: they seek endorsements. They're seeking endorsements. And so for the
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  Speaker 2: highest office in the universe, the highest office in the universe,
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  Speaker 2: equality with God. The Father endorses the word. Can I
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  Speaker 2: say it again, for the highest office in the universe,
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  Speaker 2: that is equality with God. I said, equality with God.
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  Speaker 2: The Father endorses the word. But why does this matter.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get into that little later, but let's go ahead
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  Speaker 2: and begin. I want that to settle in for you, okay.
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  Speaker 2: And John chapter five, beginning at verse thirty six, the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, but I have greater witness than that of
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  Speaker 2: John for the works which the Father hath given me
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  Speaker 2: to finish, the same works that they are, the same
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  Speaker 2: works that I do. They bear witness of me that
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  Speaker 2: the Father has sent me. And so now Jesus is
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  Speaker 2: seen as the one who was equal to the Father.
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  Speaker 2: He is the one who was endorsed by the Father.
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  Speaker 2: Will read some of that a little bit later. And
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  Speaker 2: the Bible is teaching us that Jesus is sent into
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  Speaker 2: the world. We read about this coup of weeks ago
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  Speaker 2: in John chapter three. He sent into the world as
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  Speaker 2: all of heaven in one gift. So Jesus now is
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  Speaker 2: an ambassador. He is the ambassador that the Father has
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  Speaker 2: sent to manifest his will and to save the people
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  Speaker 2: on planet Earth from our sins. Okay, And then verse
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  Speaker 2: thirty seven, of course I'm oversimplifying. And the Father himself,
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  Speaker 2: which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye
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  Speaker 2: have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen
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  Speaker 2: his shape. And ye have not his word abiding in
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  Speaker 2: you for whom he hath sent him, Ye believe not.
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  Speaker 2: And so Jesus is saying, you missed the message. You
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  Speaker 2: missed what the Father was saying to you. You missed
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  Speaker 2: all of the glory that God our Father is revealing
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  Speaker 2: on planet Earth. In my bosom meaning Jesus's bosom, you
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  Speaker 2: are missing the point because you're God's enemy. And so
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is making himself very clear that the reason why
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  Speaker 2: you're not able to discern the voice of God, the
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  Speaker 2: reason why you are fighting me, is because you actually
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  Speaker 2: don't love God our Father, even though you are supposedly
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  Speaker 2: teachers of the truth, even though you're supposed to be
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  Speaker 2: leaders of God's people, but you're manifesting in your actions
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  Speaker 2: and in actions you are manifesting in your criticism and
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  Speaker 2: the gotcha moments, the ads that you're running on the
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  Speaker 2: celestial television against Jesus Christ. You're showing that you don't
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  Speaker 2: even love the Father. There are people who don't love
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  Speaker 2: your countries, and you can tell by the way that
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  Speaker 2: you act. The way that we act will determine the reality.
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  Speaker 2: I wish I had the time, but I literally don't.
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  Speaker 2: So so the Bible shows here in Matthew, chapter three
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  Speaker 2: and verse seventeen, and low a voice from heaven saying,
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  Speaker 2: this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.
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  Speaker 2: So that's more than an endorsement. I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: minimize it to the political process. I just wanted to
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  Speaker 2: awaken the people who are in the throes of that.
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  Speaker 2: But Jesus is now being identified as the one who
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  Speaker 2: was one with the Father, and of course the Father
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  Speaker 2: is pleased by him. In seventeen Matthew seventeen and verse five,
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  Speaker 2: while he yet spake, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them,
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  Speaker 2: And behold the voice out of the cloud, which is
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  Speaker 2: the voice, is the Father's voice, which said, this is
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  Speaker 2: my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear
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  Speaker 2: ye him. So the Father speaks directly to Peter, James
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  Speaker 2: and John as they see the greatest spectacle that the
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  Speaker 2: humans could experience on planet Earth. When they were in
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  Speaker 2: the Mount of Transfiguration. In Mark chapter one and verse eleven,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads, and there came a voice from heaven saying,
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  Speaker 2: thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think that that got Jesus through the trials
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  Speaker 2: when he was in the wilderness and the enemy is saying,
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  Speaker 2: if thou be the son of God, if thou be
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  Speaker 2: the Son of God, trying to cast aspursion, trying to
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  Speaker 2: bring doubt and cloud the mind of Jesus Christ. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: could go back to the time that he was baptized.
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  Speaker 2: We're talking about him in his humanity. He's baptized, and
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  Speaker 2: he hears the voice saying that you're my beloved son
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  Speaker 2: in whom I am well pleased. How many people's lives
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  Speaker 2: today I'm talking about this day in November in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty four. If you could hear the Father's voice saying
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  Speaker 2: that you please him. I know that there are things
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  Speaker 2: that you have done that you're ashamed of, and so
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  Speaker 2: have I I know there are places that you have
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  Speaker 2: gone that you're ashamed of, and I have been too.
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  Speaker 2: There are things that you have thought and seen and
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  Speaker 2: experience that you wish that you could forget, and I
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  Speaker 2: do too. But let me just say that God, God,
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  Speaker 2: our Father, is there with you. How do I know?
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  Speaker 2: Because He sent Jesus, his son. He sent Jesus as
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  Speaker 2: the greatest manifestation of his love, the greatest manifestation of
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  Speaker 2: his care. The one who could say, I know that
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  Speaker 2: you've seen and experienced and done and not done things
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  Speaker 2: that have separated you from God. But I'm here to
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  Speaker 2: bring you back. I'm here to bring you back. I'm
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  Speaker 2: here to show you that you are my beloved daughter
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  Speaker 2: and whom I am well pleased. I am here to
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  Speaker 2: show you that you are my beloved son and whom
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  Speaker 2: I am well pleased. You are accepted in the beloved
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ, and I'm thankful. So why does this matter?
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  Speaker 2: Why does this testimony, this witness of God our Father
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  Speaker 2: about who Jesus really is? Why does it matter apart
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  Speaker 2: from everything that I've said, Because this means that we
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  Speaker 2: are accepted in Him once we have faith in him. Huh. Well,
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  Speaker 2: that means now, Jesus has the authority to teach. I
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  Speaker 2: said the authority to teach. Jesus is not just a
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  Speaker 2: historical figure. He's not just an avatar, not just an icon,
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  Speaker 2: not just a prophet. He is God's son. He's the
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  Speaker 2: one who has the divine authority to speak. And of course,
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  Speaker 2: number two, he is the basis of our faith. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible teaches us that he's the author and finisher of
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  Speaker 2: our faith. And then finally number three, Now we can
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  Speaker 2: have confidence in salvation because the Father is showing us
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  Speaker 2: very clearly that the pathway to spiritual success and every
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  Speaker 2: other kind of success is yielding our will to God
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  Speaker 2: through Jesus Christ. Make it a great day.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,