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10 20 2024 The Testimony of John the Baptist · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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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 Sunday, October twenty,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. Hello, my name Iselle David Harris. I
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  Speaker 2: am your host, and this is your Daily Portion where
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  Speaker 2: we give you God's Word every single day, and today
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  Speaker 2: is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study
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  Speaker 2: series themes in the Gospel of John. Our caption for
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  Speaker 2: today is the Testimony of John the Baptist. The Testimony
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  Speaker 2: of John the Baptist. We'll get into that in just
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  Speaker 2: and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for this day. Thank you for loving us
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  Speaker 2: beyond belief. Thank you for the testimony of the saints,
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  Speaker 2: the people who love not their lives even to the
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  Speaker 2: point of death. I pray God now that you will
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  Speaker 2: give us awareness of our testimony, that we will yield
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  Speaker 2: ourselves to you to the degree that we will go
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  Speaker 2: out and share with as many people as possible what
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  Speaker 2: great things you have done for us. In Jesus name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and Amen again. The testimony of John
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  Speaker 2: the Baptist. Of course, in the Bible, there are several
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  Speaker 2: Johns mentioned. There's the Bible writer named John that was
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  Speaker 2: a young disciple when Jesus was living on planet Earth,
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  Speaker 2: and so he is responsible for the Book of John
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  Speaker 2: in the Gospels, right Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and then
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  Speaker 2: toward the end of the Bible you have the epistles
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  Speaker 2: or the letters first, second, and third John, and then
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  Speaker 2: the Book of Revelation. So God used John the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Ghost inspired him to write a lot of things in
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  Speaker 2: the scriptures for our benefit, of course, and for his glory.
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  Speaker 2: But John the Baptist is the forerunner of Christ. John
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  Speaker 2: the Baptist is the eli Jah that the Old Testament
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  Speaker 2: ended by referring to who was to come, who would
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  Speaker 2: turn the hearts of the children to the fathers, and
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  Speaker 2: so forth like that would give a special message for
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  Speaker 2: his time. And in that spirit now we see John
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  Speaker 2: the Baptist, who was in the wilderness, very interesting character,
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  Speaker 2: and he was the man as far he was the
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  Speaker 2: man in terms of evangelism, he was the man in
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  Speaker 2: terms of turning hearts toward God during the time right
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  Speaker 2: as Jesus was coming on the scene. Publicly, he was
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  Speaker 2: the one that Jesus was announced by John the Baptist
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  Speaker 2: better than anybody else, announced and introduced Jesus as Messiah
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  Speaker 2: to the world in fulfillment of multiple prophecies. But is
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  Speaker 2: certainly part of Daniel chapter nine, where the seventy weeks
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  Speaker 2: of years prophecy is held, okay. And so that is
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  Speaker 2: John the Baptist. And he was miraculously born in a
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  Speaker 2: sense because his parents, his parents, they weren't ready to
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  Speaker 2: be born, like having kids like again, and the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit did something special in his mommy and with his
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  Speaker 2: daddy Zacharias. And it's so sweet because because John the Baptist,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says, had the Holy Ghost while he was
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  Speaker 2: in his mother's womb. What an incredible experience. And so
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  Speaker 2: now this man is all of that in a bag
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  Speaker 2: of chips, like he is prominent, and he is teaching
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  Speaker 2: the world about humility as it is time for Jesus
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  Speaker 2: to be revealed as the savior. He John the Baptist
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  Speaker 2: is teaching humility, okay. And so the Bible reads here
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  Speaker 2: in John chapter one, begin at verse nineteen. And this
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  Speaker 2: is the record of John when the people of God
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  Speaker 2: sent priests and levites from Jerusalem to ask him who
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  Speaker 2: art now? And he confessed and denied, but confessed I
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  Speaker 2: am not the Christ. And they asked him, well, what
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  Speaker 2: then art art thou Elias, Elijah, Elias, And he said, no,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not See that was the that was the message,
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  Speaker 2: the spirit in which he was to come, that not
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  Speaker 2: that he was actually Elias. Are you Elias? And he
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  Speaker 2: said no, are you that prophet? And he said no
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  Speaker 2: mm Verse twenty two. And they said unto him, Well,
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  Speaker 2: who art thou that we may answer to them that
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  Speaker 2: sent us? What sayest of thou thyself? And he said,
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  Speaker 2: I am a voice. I'm the voice of one crying
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  Speaker 2: in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord,
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  Speaker 2: as said the prophet is says. Now that is important,
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  Speaker 2: because when we will we'll read some more in the
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  Speaker 2: scriptures in a moment. But have you ever been anywhere
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  Speaker 2: where a dignitary was coming to town and they made
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  Speaker 2: a big deal about it. Could have been a president,
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  Speaker 2: a prime minister, a minister of Parliament, a congressperson, some
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  Speaker 2: other leader, a king, a queen, prince of some sort,
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  Speaker 2: a princess. Well, I live in Jamaica, and I remember
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  Speaker 2: when the United States President Obama was visiting Jamaica. There
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  Speaker 2: were parts of the road, like the pathway from the
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  Speaker 2: airport in Kingston to you know, different parts of the
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  Speaker 2: country where like these roads were atrocious until we knew
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  Speaker 2: that President Obama was coming. Next thing, I know, these
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  Speaker 2: roads are beautifully paved. The most beautiful, pristine blacktop that
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  Speaker 2: I've seen in Jamaica. I'm not exaggerating. It was so beautiful.
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  Speaker 2: And I was like, oh, right, because the president of
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  Speaker 2: another country is coming and our country is honoring him
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  Speaker 2: by doing what Every hill needs to be laid low,
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  Speaker 2: every rough place needs to be made plain so that
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  Speaker 2: the pathway from Norman Manly International Airport to wherever the
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  Speaker 2: president is to go from the United States, that road
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  Speaker 2: needs to be smooth. And like, I'm like, okay, So
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  Speaker 2: this is what they did for kings back in Jesus's day.
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  Speaker 2: And so when John the Baptist is making way, he's
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  Speaker 2: teaching the people who Jesus is, and he's divesting himself.
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  Speaker 2: He is saying that the king is on his way.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to clear a path so that you will
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  Speaker 2: be prepared to receive him. And so verse nineteen, No,
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  Speaker 2: not verse nineteen. I read that already In Isaiah chapter forty,
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  Speaker 2: beginning at verse one, the Bible reads, comfort ye, comfort ye,
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  Speaker 2: my people, says your God, speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem
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  Speaker 2: and cry unto her that her warfare be accomplished. Her
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  Speaker 2: iniquity is pardoned for she hath received of the Lord's
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  Speaker 2: hand double for her sin. So God is done correcting
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  Speaker 2: her for now, and we're going to do something special
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  Speaker 2: for her. The voice of Him that crieth in the wilderness,
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  Speaker 2: prepare the way, the roadway, the pathway, Ah of the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Make straight the desert, in the desert a highway for
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  Speaker 2: your God. Every valley shall be exalted, every mountain shall
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  Speaker 2: and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall
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  Speaker 2: be made straight. We're talking about practically here shall be
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  Speaker 2: made straight, and rough place is plain, so that the
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  Speaker 2: pathway is clear, so that the one that you need
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  Speaker 2: to receive can get to your heart more easily. So
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  Speaker 2: the dignitary of Heaven can now come in and inhabit
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  Speaker 2: your life. The Bible continues verse five. And the glory
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  Speaker 2: of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall
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  Speaker 2: see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath
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  Speaker 2: spoken it. You see, the people of God had gone
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  Speaker 2: through so many trials, self inflicted, yes, and God needed
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  Speaker 2: to correct them. And God was announcing through John as
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  Speaker 2: a manifestation of the prophecy in Isaiah chapter forty, that
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  Speaker 2: now is the time we're going to remove all obstacles
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  Speaker 2: and barriers. We're going to make searchain that whatever you
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  Speaker 2: need in order to receive the King of Glory so
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  Speaker 2: He can come in, so Jesus Christ can come into
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  Speaker 2: your life. We're going to smooth the pathway, give you
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  Speaker 2: every opportunity now because God loves you so much to
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  Speaker 2: receive Him into your life. The testimony of John is
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  Speaker 2: stay the course no matter what happens. Your work is
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  Speaker 2: not done until God says so. But He has delivered
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  Speaker 2: the message that you can be transformed in your mind
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  Speaker 2: and in your life.
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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,