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03 01 2024 The Mystery of Godliness · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's
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  food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
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  some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
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  all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
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  to live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good
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  morning. It is Friday, March one, twenty twenty four. Hello,
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  my name is Elle David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today
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  is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series through the Book
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  of Psalms, and our caption for today is the Mystery of Godly Nests.
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  The Mystery of Godly It's a great mystery. Let me just type or write
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  this. Yep, it's a great mystery. Because well, I'll get into
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  it after we after we pray, but before I do, I'd like to
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  say welcome to you all and ask you please if you've not already done,
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  And I apologize they did that with no warning. Yes, at your
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  Daily portion dot com. Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get
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  underway. Batherin Heaven, thank you for this day and for the privilege that
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  you have given us to open your word, and I'm asking you to please
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  give us a holy mindset, give us reverential awe of you, and teach
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  us how to love you with all of our hearts. In Jesus' name,
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  I pray, Amen and Amen again. I just need to say that sometimes
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  people like me are tempted to teach you a lot of things, like speak
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  a lot of very fancy words, and maybe those in theological seminaries would find
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  interest, and then those who like to study and to learn would be like
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  Wow, that was incredible. And then at the end of all things,
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  you didn't get anything of meaning or of import Why because we were not able
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  to apply it. We did not move into the space of worship and transformation
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  that the Holy Ghost is promising when we are are bound together with God and
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  Jesus is abiding in our lives and we have submitted our wills to God,
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  you see. And so I do not want to teach something philosophical. What
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  I want is for God to transfer form all of us, including me.
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  While I am here. I am not a sage, as my friend Norman
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  I call him Jonathan would always say, like, not a sage on the
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  stage. But we want to be people who are being transformed even in the
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  moment that we are sharing, you understand. So this is about God speaking
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  to us together and at the same time and transforming our lives into the image
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  of Jesus Christ. Okay, And so I want you to have that context
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  whenever I am sharing with you. We're going to begin by reading from the
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  book The Desire of Ages, pages twenty four and twenty five, and it
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  reads by his humanity, we're speaking about this mysterious blessing of Godliness, by
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  his humanity. Christ touched humanity by his divinity. He lays hold upon the
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  throne of God. May I say it this way the God with us concept
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  and if we have time, will go back to that is in Jesus.
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  Jesus taking on human form, even though he pre existed his body, even
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  though as the Son or as God the Son, he has been in eternity.
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  He is eternity in the past, and he created us when he took
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  on human form as a human, he lays hold on us so that he
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  can save us. And as and as God the Son, he can lay
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  hold upon the throne of God, and so he literally becomes Jacob's ladder.
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  He literally becomes the connection between Heaven and Earth so that God can get glory
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  by saving us from our sins. Okay, I know I said a whole
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  lot here, but this is this is a mystery. Even Paul says,
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  so coming coming back to you, and the quote continues. As the son
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  of Man, he gave us an example of obedience. As the Son of
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  God, he gives us power to obey. So we can see what Jesus
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  did when he lived on planet Earth in following what his father had taught him
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  through the power of the Holy Spirit in the same way that you and I
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  can and must once we are born again. And so Jesus showed us what
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  it looks like to serve God wholeheartedly and again that only can happen when we
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  surrender our will to God. May I ask you a question, because I
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  know that I'm speaking quickly. Have you surrendered your will to God? Have
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  you said today God, No matter what, I want to follow you,
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  Lord, I believe, but help my unbelief. I want to serve you
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  today. I want to do what you'd have me to do. I want
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  to think in the way that you would have me to think. I want
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  to be a representative of your goodness in my little corner on planet Earth,
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  wherever you happen to live. Okay, And so that is an example of
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  how Jesus lived his life on a daily basis. And then as the son
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  of God, he gives us the power to obey, and so his holy
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  divine nature now empowers us to actually live like he lived when he was living
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  as a human being. Okay, Okay, let's continue the quote. It
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  was Christ who, from the bush on Mount Horrab spoke to Moses, saying,
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  I am that I am. Did you get that? That was clear?
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  But let me say it again. It was Jesus who, from the
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  bush on Mount Horeb spoke to Moses and said, I am that I am.
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  And so in Exodus, where the Bible says, Moses asks the question,
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  whom shall I say when I go to the children of Israel? Sent
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  me unto you? And he said, thus shalt they'll say unto the children
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  of Israel. I Am had sent me to you. And so Jesus is
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  the one who is delivering the people of God from Egyptian captivity, through the
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  wilderness, through the Red Sea, through the Jordan River, through Jericho into
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  Canaan. You understand. I want you to understand who Jesus is and then
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  begin to worship and say, God, why would you yield your will?
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  Jesus? Why would you yield your will to become as a human being in
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  order to save somebody like me, somebody who continues to break my promises,
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  somebody who always says, Lord, if you get me from this problem,
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  then I'll serve you. And then I drop the ball again, the one.
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  Why would you do this for me? When I have lied so many
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  times, when I have done all kinds of carousing and cheating and stealing.
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  When I have cursed you to your face, as Jesus was on the cross,
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  wagging our little fingers at him and say, come down from the cross
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  now, and then we will save you. Why would you Why would you
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  say, God, please, please, do not lay this at their charge.
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  They don't know what they do. Why would you do that? God?
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  How would you do that? Well, it's a mystery. Why Because
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  God loves us? And then it says this was the pledge of Israel's deliverance.
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  So when he came in the likeness of men, that is humanity,
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  he declared himself the I am Ah, the child of Bethlehem, the meek
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  and lowly Savior, is the God manifest in the flesh. In One Timothy,
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  chapter three and verse sixteen. That is great as the mystery of godliness.
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  The God took on human form. And to us, he says,
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  I am the good Shepherd, I am the Living Bread. I am the
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  Way, the Truth, and the life. All power is given unto me
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  in heaven and in earth. The Bible says, I am the assurance of
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  every promise. I am do not be afraid, and I'm going because I
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  have so much in my notes that I want to share with you, and
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  that's the end of the quote. By the way, I'm going to put
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  it into our community. I'll put seven seven very very serious takeaways from the
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  Bible based on what we're talking about today. Let me just go back to
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  these allusions to I am huh. I am the assurance of every promise.
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  I am. Do not be afraid. You realize that because we are connected
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  to Jesus, we don't need to be afraid. Do you realize He is
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  being the living bread that we don't have to worry about our bread and water.
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  We don't have to worry about the Word of God coming into our lives.
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  I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Because Jesus
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  is this, we can be saved, and we can be saved today.
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  We do not have to wait. I have a wonderful day. Peace.
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  Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread
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  alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,