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10 08 2024 The Healing of the Blind Man, Part 1 · 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: 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 Tuesday, October eight,
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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. Let me
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  Speaker 2: say it again, Themes in the Gospel of John. I'm
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  Speaker 2: getting tongue tied. Here. Are going to get into the
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  Speaker 2: caption The Healing of the Blind Man, Part one. Before
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  Speaker 2: we do, I'd like to say welcome to you and
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  Speaker 2: then we will get underway. Father in heaven, thank you
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  Speaker 2: for giving us this day and for giving us the
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  Speaker 2: privilege to be able to see, to be able to
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  Speaker 2: have your vision, to no longer be blind, to be
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  Speaker 2: able to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Father,
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  Speaker 2: I'm asking you to give us the fullness of your
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  Speaker 2: Holy spirit today. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and
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  Speaker 2: a man again. Okay, let me just say this. I
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  Speaker 2: am one of God's people, right, and so are you.
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  Speaker 2: Hundreds of thousands of people by the end of the
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  Speaker 2: day will have heard this message right on radio, television,
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  Speaker 2: the internet, podcasts, etc. Etc. So I am one of
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  Speaker 2: God's people, and so are you. Sometimes God's people are silly,
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  Speaker 2: acting and goofy. I just need to start right there,
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  Speaker 2: and I don't apologize. Sometimes God's people are silly acting
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  Speaker 2: and goofy, like, we don't think. Listen to the discussion
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  Speaker 2: that happens here. When the people of God see somebody
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  Speaker 2: who was born blind? Can I just say born blind?
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  Speaker 2: That means that when they came out of when the
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  Speaker 2: man came out, the baby came out of his mother's womb,
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  Speaker 2: he was already blind. Okay, you're like, why are you
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  Speaker 2: taking so long? Here we go. You'll see why. In
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  Speaker 2: a second, beginning at verse one of John chapter nine,
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  Speaker 2: God wants to give us spiritual intelligence, spiritual eyesight. And
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  Speaker 2: as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was
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  Speaker 2: blind from his birth. Okay, verse two, and his disciples,
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna say his silly acting and goofy minded disciples,
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  Speaker 2: I said, I'm one of the people of God, and
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  Speaker 2: so are you. I hope that this is not you
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  Speaker 2: asking this kind of a question. His disciples asked him, saying, Master,
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  Speaker 2: who did sin this man or his parents that he
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  Speaker 2: was born blind? Now, why in the world would they
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  Speaker 2: even start with this question? Like, I get it, I
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  Speaker 2: understand the tradition. I understand that that sin is related
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  Speaker 2: sometimes to what go Our sin sometimes is related to
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  Speaker 2: our outcomes. But why would you ask if this boy,
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  Speaker 2: this man was he was he the culprit? Why he
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  Speaker 2: was born blind? Did he pre exist his body? Like
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  Speaker 2: that's a silly question. And sometimes God's people are looking
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  Speaker 2: for the negative and everything. Sometimes we focus on the negative.
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  Speaker 2: We're looking for somebody to jump out of a closet
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  Speaker 2: and go aha, like I got you, And God is saying, no,
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  Speaker 2: I want to teach you a lesson here. We're not
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  Speaker 2: looking for fault. We're not looking for what went wrong,
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  Speaker 2: except to know that we live on a sinful planet
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  Speaker 2: and the devil is the culprit. And by the way,
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  Speaker 2: like the man can't be responsible for a sin from
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  Speaker 2: before his birth. Come on, now, come on, think with
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  Speaker 2: me here, Think with me here. And Jesus answered, neither
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  Speaker 2: hath this man sinned nor his parents, but that the
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  Speaker 2: works of God should be made manifest in him. And so,
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  Speaker 2: when you are facing any challenge, any difficulty, when you
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  Speaker 2: are positioned where you can be of service to someone
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  Speaker 2: who is bound to any sin predicament, bound by any
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  Speaker 2: health condition, bound by anything that is disturbing their peace,
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  Speaker 2: then look to God first and say, God, how can
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  Speaker 2: you get glory? How can you manifest your love? Here,
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  Speaker 2: How can you manifest your power in this situation? And
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  Speaker 2: then if there is some fault that is in the situation,
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  Speaker 2: then he'll reveal it. But don't start there. Come on, now,
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  Speaker 2: come on, come on, come on. Verse four. I must
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  Speaker 2: work the works of him that sent me. While it
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  Speaker 2: is day, the night cometh, when no man can work.
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  Speaker 2: As long as I am in the world, I am
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  Speaker 2: the light of the world. When he had thus spoken,
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  Speaker 2: he spat on the ground. Why did Jesus spit on
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  Speaker 2: the ground? And he made clay of the spittle. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: there was something in the culture that was represented here symbolically,
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  Speaker 2: of course, yes, And he said, unto him, go and
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  Speaker 2: wash in the pool of siloam, which is to be
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  Speaker 2: interpreted sent. He went his way therefore and washed, and
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  Speaker 2: guess what happened He came seeing, Oh God, I'm thankful
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  Speaker 2: that when you send us and we do what you say,
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  Speaker 2: we come back with the outcome that you desire of us.
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  Speaker 2: He sends us into the world to preach, teach, and baptize,
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  Speaker 2: and we come back with fruit for the kingdom. He
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  Speaker 2: sends us to go and amend our ways and relationships
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  Speaker 2: that are broken, and we come back with amended and
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  Speaker 2: mended relationships. He sends us to go into our closet
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  Speaker 2: to pray and to seek his face, and to repent
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  Speaker 2: of all of our sins and confess and be in
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  Speaker 2: agreement with God. And we come back holy and accept
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  Speaker 2: unto God. Yes, and I'm thankful that he came back
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  Speaker 2: seeing now the neighbors therefore, and they which before had
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  Speaker 2: seen him that he was blind, said, is not this
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  Speaker 2: he that sat and begged? Some said yeah, it's him hm.
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  Speaker 2: Others said he's like him, But he said, yeah, I'm him.
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  Speaker 2: This me like it's me. Verse ten. Therefore, they said,
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  Speaker 2: unto him, how were thine eyes opened? That's a good question, though,
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  Speaker 2: How is it that you We've been looking at you
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  Speaker 2: and seeing you for all of these years and you
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  Speaker 2: were blind? Like what happened? Verse eleven. He answered, and said,
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  Speaker 2: a man that is called Jesus, he made the clay,
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  Speaker 2: He anointed my eyes. He said, unto me, go to
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  Speaker 2: the polus. I looam, and I and watched, And I
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  Speaker 2: went and I watched, and I received my sight. It's
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  Speaker 2: simple like I just did what the man told me
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  Speaker 2: to do. He didn't even really know who he was encountering.
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  Speaker 2: Can I just come back to that. Verse twelve, they said,
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  Speaker 2: unto him, where is he? He said, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Verse thirteen, they brought to the pharisees him that afore
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  Speaker 2: time was blind, and it was the Sabbath day, and
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  Speaker 2: Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. Then again
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  Speaker 2: the pharisees also asked him how that he received a sight,
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  Speaker 2: and he said, unto them, he put clay upon mine eyes,
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  Speaker 2: and I washed, and I do see. Therefore, said some
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  Speaker 2: of the pharisees, this man is not of God because
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  Speaker 2: he keepeth not the Sabbath day. What others said, how
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  Speaker 2: can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?
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  Speaker 2: And there was a division among them. Now I want
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  Speaker 2: to rush and get to the rest of the story,
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  Speaker 2: but because we're going to discuss it again tomorrow, I'll
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  Speaker 2: just be disciplined for once. But I just need you
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  Speaker 2: to know that when Jesus is present to transform your life,
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  Speaker 2: just simply do what he says, so that he be
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  Speaker 2: glorified and you will be edified. Just do what he says,
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  Speaker 2: and when you do, the outcome will be the outcome
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  Speaker 2: that brings glory to heaven. The outcome will be the
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  Speaker 2: one that is the best for your salvation and the
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  Speaker 2: best for your current situation. Don't worry about what people say.
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  Speaker 2: Don't worry about what their perspective will be on the
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  Speaker 2: instructions that God has given to you. When you are
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  Speaker 2: healed by God and you are sent out to be
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  Speaker 2: a witness for him, it is because He is the
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  Speaker 2: one who is transforming you. Follow his guidance and be healed.
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  Speaker 2: We'll talk about the rest of the story tomorrow with
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  Speaker 2: the Lord Spear's Life. I can't wait. Make it a
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  Speaker 2: great day, peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah,