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07 22 2024 Jesus’ Interpretation · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Most of us eat every day, some of us too much because yesterday's food
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  is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some
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  of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
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  of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
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  live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
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  author speaker Elle David Harris. Good morning, good morning, Good morning.
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  It is Monday, July twenty two, twenty twenty four. Hello. By
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  name is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day, and today is
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  no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series through the Book of
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  Mark and our caption for today is Jesus's Interpretation Jesus's Interpretation. We'll get into
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  that in just a moment. I'd like to say welcome to you and ask
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  you to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our
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  online community, pick up the Your Daily Portion book and let us know where
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  you are in the world. At your Daily portion dot com. This is
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  one of the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
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  ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven,
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  thank you for giving us this new day and for the opportunity that you have
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  given to us to do your will. Father, Please give us your holy
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  spirit teach us how to love you and to do everything that makes you happy.
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  Father, please give us a dependence upon you. In Jesus's name,
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  I pray, Amen and Amen again. Jesus's interpretation. Now, I just
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  have to admit to you that we don't have to look at Jesus to interpret
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  anything. He's the one who's teaching, right. So I know we have
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  to use English language and that's kind of what we're stuck with. But the
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  fact is this is not left up to interpretation. And then we look at
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  Jesus's interpretation. No, what did Jesus mean when he said what he said?
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  And that's it. Okay. I wish I had the time to really
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  deal with with this caption, but don't let me get you distracted. Jesus
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  was teaching something very clear from the parables, okay, And so I will
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  read here in Mark chapter four and we'll read it over and over. I
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  know Mark chapter four, verses thirteen through twenty, and the Bible reads,
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  and he said, unto them, know ye not this parable? And how
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  then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the word. And these
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  are they by the wayside, where the word is sown. But when they
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  have heard, Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the word that is sown in
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  their hearts. So we can see here that the word was actually sown in
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  the people's hearts, but Satan took it away. Why was he able to
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  take it away? Why was he able to take it away? That's a
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  question. Let me keep going verse sixteen. And these are they, likewise,
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  which are sown on stony ground, who, when they have heard the
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  word, immediately receive it with gladness. So again, the word actually took
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  lodgment in the heart of the people, well sort of. It says they
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  received it with gladness verse seventeen. And they have no root in themselves,
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  so endure, but for a time afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for
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  the world's sake, immediately they are offended. And offended means to offend.
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  That verb means to go away from So if we are offended, that means
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  we turn our backs on God and leave him. That's what that basically means.
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  Verse eighteen. And these are they which are sown among thorns. As
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  such, hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the
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  deceitful of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word,
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  and it becometh unfruitful. So again the word goes in. But then
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  something causes the people to lose the word. And these are they which are
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  sown in good ground, such as here the word receive it, and it
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  brings forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some an hundred.
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  And so Jesus is telling us, Well, let me ask you, when
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  the word is properly implanted or planted, it must bear fruit. Let me
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  say that again slowly. When the word is properly planted, it must bear
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  fruit. Well, mean, what does it mean to be properly planted?
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  If God is the one planting, then it has to be properly planted.
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  Oh well, the soil has to be amended, The soil has to be
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  turned, The soil needs to be neutrified and ready to receive that the soil
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  needs to be tilled. It needs to be good soil, not too thirsty,
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  not too much like clay, just right with the right everything mix,
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  which I've had to learn to do over the years because I'm a city boy.
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  But I learned. I learned. I had to learn over the years.
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  And so what God is teaching us is that he wants us to bear
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  fruit. So what is the difference between the fruit less soil? That is
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  our hearts? Now, our hearts are an extension of who we are.
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  It's the root of who we are. Maybe that's a better way of saying
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  it. So what makes the difference between the fruitful soil and the fruit less
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  soil? Because really, at the end of analysis, it doesn't matter if
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  at one point it worked and then it just goes away. Now we're talking
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  about the word of God, okay, and so the different soils are based
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  on obviously the different listeners. Everyone hears the word. All of the types
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  of soil have the seed sown in them, but the reception is different,
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  or receptivity. What happens when the soil, when the seed and the soil
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  come together. That's what we need to be asking ourselves and answering God,
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  or asking God really and ourselves and answering God. What is happening? When
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  I receive the soil? When I receive the Word, what do I do?
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  What do I do? Do I allow the cares of this life to
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  cause a problem? Do I allow a lust for things in this world to
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  cause a problem? Do I allow other things to cause a problem? Or
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  do I just receive this with thanksgiving and ask you to grow it? And
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  so the soil does matter, according to the lesson writer. It grows and
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  produces abundant crop when it is the right soil. The soil matters. Well,
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  how how do we become receptive soil? And why do we need to
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  become receptive? Well, Jesus, the Word wants to become part of us
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  so that we can become part of him. May I say that again?
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  God wants us to become a part of him, so that he wants his
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  word to become a part of us, so that we can become a part
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  of him. I think Jesus said it better when he said, abide in
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  me. And if my word abides in you, then you can ask what
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  you will and it shall be done. Unto you So God wants us to
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  become so close to him that we are abiding. We are abiding, and
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  when we abide in Him, than the fruit of this relationship sprouts and springs
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  and continues to replicate and propagate. And I'm thankful because he made it simple.
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  He made it simple. He said that he would take out from us
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  a stony heart. He said he would take that from us, and he
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  would put in us a heart of flesh, so that we could be just
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  like him and receive his word. So let me give you just a few
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  things that we need to think about. One, be open to receive his
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  word. Well, it seems that everybody was open, but that's not enough.
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  Number two, Stay vigilant against spiritual threats. Stay vigilant against spiritual threats.
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  Don't just be open, don't just receive, but now stay vigilant.
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  Number three, develop a depth in your faith. That is, allow God
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  to develop depth in your faith. If you need faith and you ask God
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  for faith or patience or something like that, then there's a trial that comes.
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  Don't run away from the trial, don't distance yourself from the trial,
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  but say, God, help me to get through this trial. And then
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  we go with number four, prioritize spiritual over material concerns. Do not allow
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  the things of this world to shield your eyes from the things of God.
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  Do not allow the things of this world to overshadow the things of God.
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  And then finally, just continue to pray. Ask God to put you in
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  a position where His word matters more to you than anything else in this world.
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  I hope that makes sense. Make it a great day, peace.
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  Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread
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  alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,