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09 11 2024 Leaving All to Flee From Jesus · 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: 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 Wednesday, September eleven,
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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 through the Book of Mark, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is leaving all to flee from Jesus. What yeah,
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  Speaker 2: even all to flee from Jesus. Something's very wrong here.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a moment, But first
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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 this new day and for the privilege
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  Speaker 2: that we have to stand and fight the good fight
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  Speaker 2: of faith. Please teach us to do just that in
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  Speaker 2: these last days and not run away from you. In
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  Speaker 2: Jesus name, I pray, Amen and amen again, leaving all
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  Speaker 2: to flee from Jesus. M m okay. So yeah, do
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  Speaker 2: you remember when Jesus called we call it the call
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  Speaker 2: of his disciples. When Jesus called his disciples like he would,
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  Speaker 2: he would see some disciples there mending their nets. They
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  Speaker 2: were doing their thing as fishermen. With their daddy, and
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  Speaker 2: Jesus would say, okay, leave your nets and come follow me.
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  Speaker 2: I will make you fishures of men. So they were
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  Speaker 2: leaving all to follow Jesus. They were leaving all in
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  Speaker 2: order to connect with Jesus. But now we're seeing something off.
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  Speaker 2: We're seeing that people, those same disciples are leaving all
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  Speaker 2: to run away from Jesus, to distance themselves from Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: like he did something, like some kind of way, he
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  Speaker 2: committed a crime or something, and as if these guys
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  Speaker 2: are like corporate endorsement deals for Jesus, and because they
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  Speaker 2: say he did X, now they're distancing themselves. They're pulling
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  Speaker 2: away their endorsements. They are no longer with him in
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  Speaker 2: social media. If he got an honorary degree, they took
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  Speaker 2: it away. If he gave a donation of money, they
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  Speaker 2: gave back the money. You see, they're doing the opposite
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  Speaker 2: of what they should be doing. Because Jesus has only
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  Speaker 2: lived a holy life. Jesus has only been faithful. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: has only been righteous. Jesus has only had their best
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  Speaker 2: interest at heart, as he sought for God, our Father's
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  Speaker 2: will to be done. And they're leaving all to get
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  Speaker 2: away from Jesus. There's something very wrong here. These are
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  Speaker 2: supposed to be his people. The Bible reads in verse
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  Speaker 2: forty three of Mark chapter fourteen, and I want you
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  Speaker 2: to see yourselves in this scenario. I need you to
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  Speaker 2: see yourselves in this scenario. And the Bible reads verse
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  Speaker 2: forty three, and immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas,
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  Speaker 2: one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude
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  Speaker 2: with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the
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  Speaker 2: scribes and elders. Wait a minute, why are these men
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  Speaker 2: coming here with Judas. Shouldn't Judas be with Jesus? Why
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  Speaker 2: is he coming with a motley crew? A mob of
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  Speaker 2: people coming toward Jesus? Why is this happening? And then
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  Speaker 2: the Bible continues verse forty four. And he that betrayed
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  Speaker 2: him had given them a token. Wait a minute, So
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  Speaker 2: Judas is already a betrayer. Jesus is a Judas? Did
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  Speaker 2: I say, Jesus, I hope I didn't say that Judas
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  Speaker 2: is already a betrayer. Judas is already a betrayer. In
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  Speaker 2: his heart. He has decided that he's going to sell
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  Speaker 2: Jesus down the river in order to get paid. Have
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  Speaker 2: you ever distanced yourself from Jesus, decided to go away
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  Speaker 2: from God in order to, oh, I don't know, earn
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  Speaker 2: more money. Have you ever sold your soul to the
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  Speaker 2: wrong side of this equation in order to get paid
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  Speaker 2: forget about the Sabbath day, about keeping it holy? Instead
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  Speaker 2: of remembering the Sabbath day to keep it holy. God
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  Speaker 2: knows that I have these needs, need to I need
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  Speaker 2: to work on the Sabbath. Oh wait a minute, Wait
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  Speaker 2: a minute. These people are asking me to do something
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  Speaker 2: that is against the core values that God has placed
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  Speaker 2: in my bosom under the New Covenant, and I am
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  Speaker 2: still gonna take it. I'm still gonna take it because
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  Speaker 2: I have to feed my family. And then after I
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  Speaker 2: have a mass a certain level of wealth, then I'll
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  Speaker 2: go back to Jesus, I'll and I'll ask him for
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  Speaker 2: forgiveness because he knows that if I roll these dice,
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  Speaker 2: if I play the numbers, if I go to Vegas,
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  Speaker 2: if I go to UH to a cruise ship and
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  Speaker 2: gamble and I finally do hit it big, then I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna give a donation to the church. There are a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people who need money, you know, Well, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that is not the right posture, so judas he betrays Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: and he he gives them a token, saying, whomsoever I
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  Speaker 2: shall kiss the same? Is he like with a kiss,
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  Speaker 2: bro Like, you're gonna betray Jesus with a with a
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  Speaker 2: with a move of endearment, You're gonna you're gonna betray
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  Speaker 2: Jesus that way with a kiss, with a kiss, and
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  Speaker 2: the one I kissed the same as he take him,
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  Speaker 2: lead him away safely. And as soon as he had come,
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  Speaker 2: he goes straightway to him and said, Master, Master, and
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  Speaker 2: then kissed him. Can you see the betrayal? Do you
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  Speaker 2: feel the betrayal in the air? Now Jesus is very clear.
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  Speaker 2: He knew what was about to happen. He receives some
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  Speaker 2: strength after that moment of trial and weakness and gets semony.
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  Speaker 2: And the Bible says that he got up and he
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  Speaker 2: was ready to go. He had his resolve strengthened. He said,
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  Speaker 2: not as I will, but as thou wilt. And now
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  Speaker 2: he knows we're going to go through with this. And
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  Speaker 2: so he stands there with his eyes focused, he with
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  Speaker 2: his back straightened, with no recoil. He is ready to
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  Speaker 2: do what he came to planet or to do to
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  Speaker 2: save his people from our sins. And if Judas were willing,
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  Speaker 2: he would have saved Judas from his sin. But Judas
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  Speaker 2: decided to betray him, calling him master. Come on, dude,
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  Speaker 2: you know you don't see Jesus as your master and lord.
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  Speaker 2: And he kissed him. You know that kiss was not real.
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  Speaker 2: It was a kiss of betrayal. It might as well
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  Speaker 2: have had venom, and may might as well have had
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  Speaker 2: poison leaking from his lips, and Judas might as well
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  Speaker 2: have killed him himself. But the Bible says, and they
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  Speaker 2: laid hands on Jesus, and they took him, and one
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  Speaker 2: of them stood by. That's Peter. He stood by, and
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  Speaker 2: he drew a sword and smote the servant of the
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  Speaker 2: high priest. Peter was about that life like he was
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  Speaker 2: about to cut that dude's head right off, but he missed,
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  Speaker 2: and then he cut his ear off verse four eight.
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  Speaker 2: And Jesus answered and said, unto them, are you come
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  Speaker 2: out as against a thief with swords and of stays
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  Speaker 2: to take me? Is this what you're about? I was
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  Speaker 2: daily with you in the temple teaching, and you took
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  Speaker 2: me not. But the scriptures must be fulfilled. And they all,
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  Speaker 2: meaning his disciples, all of them, Peter, James, John, and
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  Speaker 2: the rest of the disciples, they all forsook him and fled.
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  Speaker 2: They were more interested in their own lives. He said,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus said, whoever will save his life shall lose it.
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  Speaker 2: But whoever will lose his life for my sake shall
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  Speaker 2: save it. Will you lose your life for Christ if necessary? Mm?
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  Speaker 2: Will you give up all if it is necessary? But
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  Speaker 2: they all forsook him and fled. And there followed him
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  Speaker 2: a certain young man having a linen cloth cast about
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  Speaker 2: his naked body. And the young man laid hold on him,
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  Speaker 2: and then he left the linen cloth and fled from
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  Speaker 2: them naked. He's naked and unashamed of running away from Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: He was naked and unashamed of fleeing from Jesus, the
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  Speaker 2: one who came to save us from our sins. This
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  Speaker 2: is a sad moment, brothers and sisters, This is a
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  Speaker 2: sad moment. Judas, who was very good with money, was
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  Speaker 2: a thief, and he could have given that. He could
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  Speaker 2: have given that skill into the hands of God and
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  Speaker 2: been saved. But all of his people forsook him and fled.
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  Speaker 2: Will you run away from God because you have fear. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: help us all make it a great day. Peace.
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  Speaker 1: 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 naked.
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  Speaker 1: A great day, Yeah,