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10 21 2024 The Lamb of God · 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 Monday, October
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  Speaker 2: twenty one, 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 the Lamb of God. The
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  Speaker 2: Lamb of God. We'll get into that in cheil a moment,
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
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  Speaker 2: Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
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  Speaker 2: morning and for the privilege that we have to open
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  Speaker 2: up your word and see the Lamb of God. I
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  Speaker 2: pray now that we will live in right relationship with you.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again the
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  Speaker 2: Lamb of God. I'm grateful. I'm grateful today because we
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  Speaker 2: have the privilege at this very moment in time to
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  Speaker 2: be able to behold, behold Jesus Christ in his transformational
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  Speaker 2: journey as he enters upon his public ministry. Okay, and
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  Speaker 2: so that was a fulfillment of prophecy in fact, from
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  Speaker 2: the Book of Daniel chapter nine, when he would appear,
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  Speaker 2: as the Bible says, he would become Messiah, the Prince,
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  Speaker 2: he would be anointed before the people, and it would
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  Speaker 2: have been a seminal moment to say, Okay, this is
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  Speaker 2: the one we've been waiting for. Okay, And so when
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  Speaker 2: you see Jesus's movements in your life, this is a
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  Speaker 2: question we have to really kind of consider. When you
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  Speaker 2: see Jesus's movements in your life, who is he to you?
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  Speaker 2: I said, when you see Jesus's movements in your life,
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  Speaker 2: who is Jesus to you? To whom can you intro him?
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  Speaker 2: You see? The main reason why Jesus brings us into
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  Speaker 2: certain rooms rooms of influence, whether it is at the
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  Speaker 2: gym where you exercise, or if it's in a church
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  Speaker 2: setting where you have influence as well, whether it's in
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  Speaker 2: your family relationship, business relationships. There are times that you
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  Speaker 2: are in elite business and governmental spaces where God gives
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  Speaker 2: you influence. The main reason that you are there is
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  Speaker 2: to become Christ representative to them. There are things that
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  Speaker 2: Jesus wants to say to those people through you. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying that there are no other voices in
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  Speaker 2: the room. I'm not naive there are people around the world,
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  Speaker 2: and you may be in the room with others who
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  Speaker 2: have the same purpose. But what I'm saying is that
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  Speaker 2: there is something unique in your voice, based on your
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  Speaker 2: spiritual DNA that God wants to say and do in
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  Speaker 2: that room. Okay, So let's go ahead and begin by
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  Speaker 2: reading in the Bible Book of John, chapter one, and
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  Speaker 2: I'll read beginning at verse twenty nine, and the Bible
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  Speaker 2: reads the next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him
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  Speaker 2: and sayth, behold the lamb of God, which taketh away
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  Speaker 2: the sin of the world. This is he of whom
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  Speaker 2: I said, after me cometh a man which is preferred
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  Speaker 2: before me, for he was before me. So John knew
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  Speaker 2: his goal, he knew his mission. He would lead as
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  Speaker 2: many people into a right connection with God and then
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  Speaker 2: prepare the way for Jesus Christ to really take up
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  Speaker 2: the most influential role. You see, John the Baptist was large.
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  Speaker 2: When I say large, what I'm saying is his influence
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  Speaker 2: in that region over the people who were to be
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  Speaker 2: connecting with God was immense. And now he is saying,
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  Speaker 2: the one who's coming. Oh, by the way, here he is.
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  Speaker 2: He's the one that I've been talking about. And now
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to decrease. I'm going to decrease so that
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  Speaker 2: he may increase. What Yes, okay, And it reads in
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  Speaker 2: verse thirty one, and I knew him not but that
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  Speaker 2: he should be made manifest to God's people. Therefore I
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  Speaker 2: am come baptizing with water. I am John the Baptist,
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  Speaker 2: like he is John the Baptist. He is there to
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  Speaker 2: baptize people into a relationship with God, if you would,
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  Speaker 2: if if you wish, if you will. But but the
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  Speaker 2: one who is now here is going to do something
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  Speaker 2: even more special Verse thirty two, and John bear record
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  Speaker 2: saying I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,
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  Speaker 2: and abode upon him. And I knew him not but
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  Speaker 2: that he sent he that sent me to baptize with water.
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  Speaker 2: The same set unto me, upon whom thou shalt see
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  Speaker 2: the Spirit DECI and remaining on him, the same is
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  Speaker 2: he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost. And I'm thankful
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  Speaker 2: because John wasn't saying that I completely didn't know Jesus
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  Speaker 2: or who he was. No, he's John was the forerunner,
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  Speaker 2: the one preparing the way. We spoke about that the
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  Speaker 2: other day. But even though John had seen and experienced
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  Speaker 2: Jesus over the years he was awaiting, he knew in
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  Speaker 2: his heart, like he could tell that Jesus was unusual,
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  Speaker 2: that he was special, and that likely he was the
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  Speaker 2: Messiah who was to come he knew he could in
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  Speaker 2: his heart, he knew, but the Holy Ghost had to
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  Speaker 2: show him this special sign. While John had an inkling
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  Speaker 2: like he had had an indicator in his mind that
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  Speaker 2: this is the one. He was awaiting the signal from
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  Speaker 2: heaven and the signal from heaven when Jesus said, I
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  Speaker 2: need you to baptize me, and John was resistant. He
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  Speaker 2: was like, no, but how can I baptize you? You're
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  Speaker 2: obviously very special, You're obviously holy. The atmosphere around you
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  Speaker 2: is second to none. When people come into contact with you,
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  Speaker 2: they are transformed. How can I baptize you? You need
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  Speaker 2: to be baptizing me and Jesus. Jesus prevailed upon him
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  Speaker 2: and said, this is what you need to do. Allow
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  Speaker 2: it to be right now. Let it be right now,
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  Speaker 2: because this is the way that we're going to fulfill righteousness.
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  Speaker 2: And then after he went down into the water and
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  Speaker 2: came back out of the water. The Bible says that
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost, the spirit descended upon Jesus and settled
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  Speaker 2: on him like as a dove, in bodily form, like
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  Speaker 2: as a dove. And it was then that John's mind
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  Speaker 2: really awakened. He knew what he was encountering in that
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  Speaker 2: power that God had manifest there. But when Jesus now
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  Speaker 2: is actually anointed, like the prophet said and Daniel chapter nine,
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  Speaker 2: he said, yes, that is the one. This is the one.
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  Speaker 2: And I saw in bear record verse thirty four that
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  Speaker 2: this is the Son of God. Again. The next day
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  Speaker 2: after John stood and two of his disciples, and looking
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  Speaker 2: upon Jesus as he walked, he said, behold the lamb
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  Speaker 2: of God. And the two disciples heard him, and they followed, Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: did you hear what I just said. John was the
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  Speaker 2: most influential spiritual leader at that time, and when he
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  Speaker 2: finally did what God called him created him to do
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  Speaker 2: in this moment, even the people who followed John said,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to go ahead and follow Jesus. See when
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  Speaker 2: people see you in those spaces that God has entrusted
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  Speaker 2: to your care, When Jesus gives you influence, are you
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  Speaker 2: there to increase? Are you there to be prominent? Are
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  Speaker 2: you there to be the most influential figure? Or are
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  Speaker 2: you there with the influence God has given you to
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  Speaker 2: point people direct them to the one who actually can
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  Speaker 2: transform them. I'm thankful because God gives us these opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: He entrusts them to us because He has placed his
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  Speaker 2: strength in our lives. But I'm thankful that we don't
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  Speaker 2: have to actually carry that mantle because Jesus Christ is
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  Speaker 2: all and in all. He is the one who is
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  Speaker 2: full of power, full of grace and truth. I am
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  Speaker 2: thankful because, yeah, that would be too heavy a load
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  Speaker 2: for an average human. I'm grateful that God has positioned
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  Speaker 2: us to point people to the one who can actually
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  Speaker 2: transform our minds and transform our lives.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a great day, peace, Thanks for joining us listening.
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  Speaker 2: 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: has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah,