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09 28 2024 Signs That Point the Way · 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 Sabbath, September
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  Speaker 2: twenty eight, 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. Oh actually, I always say continuing because
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  Speaker 2: it's a habit, but we are beginning in our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series themes in the Gospel of John. We had
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  Speaker 2: an exceptional time through the Book of Mark, but now
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  Speaker 2: we are moving into the Gospel of John. And I'm
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  Speaker 2: thankful because quite frankly, if I did have a favorite
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  Speaker 2: Bible book, John would be yet right we'll get into
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  Speaker 2: that in just a moment, but before we do, I'd
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  Speaker 2: just like to say welcome to you and ask you
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  Speaker 2: the number seven that'll be up on your screen. And
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  Speaker 2: this is one of the ways that we continue to
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  Speaker 2: build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and
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  Speaker 2: then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you
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  Speaker 2: for giving us the opportunity to open your word again
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  Speaker 2: today and for the privilege we have now to move
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  Speaker 2: into the Gospel of John. Please help us to have
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  Speaker 2: the kind of love that John had and to receive
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  Speaker 2: the kind of trust that you entrusted to John. I
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  Speaker 2: pray that you will fill us with your Holy spirit
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  Speaker 2: this Sabbath. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again.
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  Speaker 2: Signs that point the way is our caption for today.
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  Speaker 2: Signs that point the way. And so immediately my question
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  Speaker 2: is point the way to where? And then what are
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  Speaker 2: the signs? Like what are the signs and where are
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  Speaker 2: they or to where are they pointing? And so we
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  Speaker 2: begin now by reading in John chapter twenty John Chapter twenty,
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  Speaker 2: verses thirty and thirty one to begin our discussion, and
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  Speaker 2: it reads, and truly, Jesus did many other signs in
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  Speaker 2: the presence of his disciples. So there were so many
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  Speaker 2: things that Jesus did that were beyond human capacity, things
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  Speaker 2: that only God could do. You know, like the day
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  Speaker 2: that you got saved, the day that you decided that
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  Speaker 2: you wanted to live for Jesus and you had power
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  Speaker 2: and ability to do his will, that would have been
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  Speaker 2: a sign. Or the time that your brother, your sister,
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  Speaker 2: your child was healed from that disease that surely would
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  Speaker 2: have taken them out, but God did a sign right
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  Speaker 2: Or that car accident that you were in, and when
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  Speaker 2: people saw how mangled your vehicle was, when it was
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  Speaker 2: totaled or written off, people said, but how is it
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  Speaker 2: that you walked out of that? It's a sign that
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  Speaker 2: Jesus did in your life. The sign that you learned
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  Speaker 2: to love when you used to be fearful, you learned
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  Speaker 2: to do God's will when you used to run away
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  Speaker 2: from God's will. Many of these things Jesus did in
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  Speaker 2: the presence of his disciples, which were not written in
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  Speaker 2: this book, So much that he did that was not
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  Speaker 2: written in this book. And may I just say right
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  Speaker 2: here that what was written in the book was so amazing,
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  Speaker 2: so astounding, that we can hardly even communicate it. We
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  Speaker 2: can say, is thank God for being so good. Right,
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  Speaker 2: But he did so much that wasn't written in this book.
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  Speaker 2: But these are written, okay, So the ones that we
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  Speaker 2: did see when he turned water into wine. Yes, when
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  Speaker 2: he taught them about him being the bread of life
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  Speaker 2: and giving them the way, the success principle to work
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  Speaker 2: the works of God. He said to believe, and then
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  Speaker 2: he empowered people to believe. He rose, he awakened people
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  Speaker 2: from the dead, like those that he did reveal in
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  Speaker 2: this book. They were written that you may believe that
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is the Christ. This is the foundation, brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 2: to every kind of movement and miracle that God will
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  Speaker 2: perform in your life. The moment that you get saved
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  Speaker 2: and you become a part of the process of being
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  Speaker 2: sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost, that is the
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  Speaker 2: foundation that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the
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  Speaker 2: Son of God, that believing you may have life in
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  Speaker 2: its name. So we believe that Jesus is the Christ.
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  Speaker 2: The son of God. So some people may say, yes,
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  Speaker 2: I believe, I believe, and it's like, okay, but your
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  Speaker 2: lifestyle doesn't look like you believe. God forbid, but you
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  Speaker 2: you say you believe. But when when people are unkind,
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  Speaker 2: how do you respond to their unkindness? Hmm? When people
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  Speaker 2: are inconsistent with you in relationships and you are extremely loyal,
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  Speaker 2: how do you respond? How do you respond when people
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  Speaker 2: say abusive things towards you? How do you respond when
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  Speaker 2: your month is much longer than your money? How do
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  Speaker 2: you respond when people don't seem to understand you, your
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  Speaker 2: children seem to have lost their minds? Like, how do
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  Speaker 2: you respond when you have a need and you've been
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  Speaker 2: crying out to God and it seems that he's delayed.
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  Speaker 2: But really, really, God is working all things for your good.
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  Speaker 2: He's intentional, as the songwriter would have said, never changing.
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  Speaker 2: God is intentional. And so the Bible says that now
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  Speaker 2: that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
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  Speaker 2: Son of God, but it's not just an intellectual pursuit,
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  Speaker 2: and that believing you may have life. So that kind
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  Speaker 2: of belief that he's referencing here, brother John is referencing
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  Speaker 2: here is the kind that transforms now, the kind of
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  Speaker 2: belief that puts us put in the position for God
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  Speaker 2: to transform our lives. So we go from darkness into
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  Speaker 2: this marvelous light. We go from being bound to sin,
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  Speaker 2: to the law of sin and death, to being free now,
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  Speaker 2: to be free, liberated because He's written. God has written
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  Speaker 2: his laws in our hearts and on our minds, so
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  Speaker 2: that now we begin to live according to God's principles.
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  Speaker 2: And then we represent Him in all that we say
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  Speaker 2: and do to others. We walk with God like Enoch.
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  Speaker 2: Did we have extremely good and sound judgment, like Abigail
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  Speaker 2: the wife of Nabel. Yes. And I'm thankful because this
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  Speaker 2: belief is not inactive. It is active, it is powerful.
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  Speaker 2: It's like the power of God unto salvation to everyone
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  Speaker 2: who receives what God has to say, receive the power
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  Speaker 2: that he has, receive the guidance that He gives us
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  Speaker 2: along the pathway of this life. And so we're going
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  Speaker 2: to just see really quickly as we get ourselves prepared
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  Speaker 2: for going through the book of John, a few principles
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  Speaker 2: Number one number one about Jesus's signs and miracles coming
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  Speaker 2: in from John chapter two and verse eleven. This beginning
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  Speaker 2: of miracles did g u in Cana at Galilee. We'll
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  Speaker 2: talk about that miracle and manifest forth his glory, and
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  Speaker 2: his disciples believed on him. And so when Jesus turned
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  Speaker 2: the water into wine at just the right time, at
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  Speaker 2: just the right time, and what he did was to
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  Speaker 2: provide something better than what they had expected, better than
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  Speaker 2: what they had the capacity to accomplish. And then now
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  Speaker 2: the people are like, wait a minute, wait a minute.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is no ordinary man, you see, and so we
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  Speaker 2: have to see that Jesus's miracles or signs serve a
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  Speaker 2: greater purpose, a greater purpose than just the wonder that
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  Speaker 2: they invoke. They revealed Jesus's divine nature and his mission
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  Speaker 2: leading others or observers and readers in faith. You see,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus performed those miracles again partially because he of course
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  Speaker 2: needed to give the people what they needed. It was
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  Speaker 2: a value add to their lives, but also also a
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  Speaker 2: revelation of his divine nature. Is like, okay, so good.
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  Speaker 2: It's a revelation of his divine nature, right, but do
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  Speaker 2: you realize that the one who created us, according to
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  Speaker 2: John chapter one and Hebrews chapter one, is also the
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  Speaker 2: one who chose to die on the cross to save
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  Speaker 2: us from our sins. So much more we could say.
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  Speaker 2: But there is also, finally, the invitation to experience transformation.
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  Speaker 2: God wants to transform our lives, and in John chapter
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  Speaker 2: four and verse fifty we see a manifestation of that
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  Speaker 2: signs that point the way way to salvation.
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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,