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12 24 2024 Light and Darkness · 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 Tuesday, December
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  Speaker 2: twenty four, 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 light and Darkness. Light and Darkness.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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  Speaker 2: i'd like to say welcome to you and ask you
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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 light to us. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
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  Speaker 2: and Amen again. You know there is a song that's
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  Speaker 2: hark the herald angels sing, Jesus, the Light of the world. Huh,
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  Speaker 2: Glory to the new born King. Jesus, the Light of
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  Speaker 2: the world. We can walk in the light, beautiful light
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  Speaker 2: come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright, shine all
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  Speaker 2: around us by day and by night. Jesus the light
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  Speaker 2: of the world. And I'm thankful that he has given
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  Speaker 2: himself to us as the light. Because those who are
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  Speaker 2: in darkness stumble around, because they're hiding, because their deeds
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  Speaker 2: are evil, because they choose to be in darkness. But
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  Speaker 2: when the light is come, then we should follow Jesus
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  Speaker 2: in the light. You see, when Jesus created the earth,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says he said, let there be light, And
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  Speaker 2: there was light that was on the first day. And
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  Speaker 2: it's interesting to me because the sun, moon, and stars
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  Speaker 2: were not created until the fourth day. And so when
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  Speaker 2: Jesus says, let there be light, he is revealing himself.
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  Speaker 2: He's unfurling the brightness of his sex into the darkness.
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  Speaker 2: In the same way, without sun, moon, or stars, he's
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  Speaker 2: the light of the temple in the City of God.
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  Speaker 2: In Revelation chapter twenty one, I believe it is in
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  Speaker 2: verse twenty three. They had no need of light. They
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  Speaker 2: needed no candle. They needed no sun, no moon, no stars,
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  Speaker 2: no other earthly or excuse me, heavenly bodies except Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: who is the light the Bible says thereof. And so
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  Speaker 2: we know that the devil is the originator of that
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  Speaker 2: darkness that is in the mindsets of people. And so
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  Speaker 2: we go now to John chapter one, and we begin
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  Speaker 2: to look at the contrast, beginning at verse four, between
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  Speaker 2: between who Jesus is and how he wants us to
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  Speaker 2: live versus how we are naturally living without him and
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  Speaker 2: verse four. In him was life, and the life was
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  Speaker 2: the light of men. So light and life go together.
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  Speaker 2: Light and life, life go together. If you have life,
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  Speaker 2: you have the light, which is Christ. Verse five. And
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  Speaker 2: the light shineth in the darkness. The darkness comprehended it.
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  Speaker 2: Not that means it could not hold him back. The
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  Speaker 2: darkness of this earth, the darkness of the mindsets of
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  Speaker 2: the people, the darkness of the devil and his influence
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  Speaker 2: over people could not keep Jesus back. He's here. He's
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  Speaker 2: here now the light has come. Verse six. There was
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  Speaker 2: a man sent from God whose name was John. The
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  Speaker 2: same came for a witness, to bear witness of that light,
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  Speaker 2: that all men, through him might believe. He is not
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  Speaker 2: that light, but was sent to bear witness of the
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  Speaker 2: light that was the true light, which lighteth every man
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  Speaker 2: that cometh into the world. You see, Jesus has given
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  Speaker 2: us a sparkle, a spark of light, as we are born.
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  Speaker 2: In the same way that he has given everyone a
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  Speaker 2: measure of faith, he gives as a spark just enough
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  Speaker 2: enough of a twinkle, so that we can now desire
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  Speaker 2: after God. Even though we are naturally hostile toward God.
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  Speaker 2: When we're born. He wants us to have that spark
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  Speaker 2: of light that says, wait a minute, my life shouldn't
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  Speaker 2: be this way. Wait a minute. I should be in
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  Speaker 2: control of my emotions, not to put them away, but
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  Speaker 2: to not allow them to control me. I should have
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  Speaker 2: self control. I should be loving and kind. I should
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  Speaker 2: be able to be joyful even in the midst of trials. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I should love in a way that is not natural
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  Speaker 2: for me to love. How do I get that? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: wait a minute, that twinkle. It only takes a spark
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  Speaker 2: to get a fire going. So that twinkle. God is saying,
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  Speaker 2: come to me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
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  Speaker 2: and I will bring and give you rest. So come
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  Speaker 2: to me. And then God lights our lives on fire
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  Speaker 2: in a good way, and we become lights in this
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  Speaker 2: wicked and perverse generation. And John chapter three, verse nineteen,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads, and this is the condemnation that light
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  Speaker 2: is come into the world. That's Jesus and humans. Men
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  Speaker 2: loved darkness rather than light, you see, because their deeds
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  Speaker 2: were evil. And so when God brings to your mind,
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't matter at what point in your journey you are.
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  Speaker 2: But when he brings light to you and says, you know,
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  Speaker 2: fill in your name here. This is the way that
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  Speaker 2: I want you to live. But you reject it. God forbid.
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  Speaker 2: That is rejecting the light, and that is because you
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  Speaker 2: love evil. I'm not saying you do it, brothers and sisters.
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying the proverbial you. I have done it in
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  Speaker 2: the past, and all of you have done it in
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  Speaker 2: the past. But this must not be our life today.
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  Speaker 2: It must not be our habit today. But when people
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  Speaker 2: reject light, it's because they love evil. There's no two
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  Speaker 2: ways about it. And then the Bible says in verse
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  Speaker 2: twenty for everyone that doeth evil, hateth the light, neither
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  Speaker 2: cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved.
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  Speaker 2: How many of you, by show of hands, love to
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  Speaker 2: be corrected. So many people run away from the correction
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  Speaker 2: because they don't like how it feels. They feel like
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  Speaker 2: they were perfect by themselves, so they don't want to
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  Speaker 2: be disturbed. They want to continue along their pathway undisturbed.
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  Speaker 2: But verse twenty one, but he that doeth truth cometh
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  Speaker 2: to the light. Thank God, you brothers and sisters. I
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  Speaker 2: we can be those who come to the truth, we
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  Speaker 2: can come to the light that his deeds may be manifest. God,
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  Speaker 2: look at my life. I confess to you. Whatever you see,
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  Speaker 2: I agree with you. Thank you for revealing it to me. Now,
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  Speaker 2: will you teach me how to live like you lived?
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  Speaker 2: Can you teach me how to be holy? Can you
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  Speaker 2: take away my sins? Take away the desire for them sinning.
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  Speaker 2: Take away the desire for the cigarettes, the nicotine addiction.
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  Speaker 2: Take away the desire for abusing people. Take away the
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  Speaker 2: addiction to watching stuff that is unmentionable and I shouldn't
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  Speaker 2: even be talking about it here. Take away the desire
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  Speaker 2: to just ignore those widows and orphans who need our help.
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  Speaker 2: Take Away the selfishness. Jesus, please take away the pomposity
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  Speaker 2: and pride that comes when we do sometimes come into
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  Speaker 2: the quote faith and then become so intelligent that we
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  Speaker 2: outsmart ourselves. We are so smart that we outsmart ourselves.
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  Speaker 2: All we like to do is argue and prove that
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  Speaker 2: we know something. Please give us the light. I believe you, God,
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  Speaker 2: that they are wrought in God. So when we begin
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  Speaker 2: to live the way God wants us to live, then
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  Speaker 2: the light will make that manifest. And then and then
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  Speaker 2: the Bible. The Bible continues John chapter eleven and verse ten,
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  Speaker 2: Us speaking, but if a man walk in the night,
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  Speaker 2: he stumblest because there is no light in him. We
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  Speaker 2: don't need to walk around stumbling when the light of
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  Speaker 2: God's word is present. Jesus giving us his word, he said,
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  Speaker 2: he will guide us into the paths of righteousness. Thy
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  Speaker 2: word have I hid in mine heart that I might
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  Speaker 2: not sin against thee. The Word is a lamp unto
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  Speaker 2: my feet and a light unto my path, And those
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  Speaker 2: words testify of Jesus. I'm thankful that there is light
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  Speaker 2: that we can come too and then become lights in
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  Speaker 2: this generation because Jesus Christ lives in our lives.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a great day, Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. 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: it a great day. Yeah.