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11 11 2024 The Witness of Mary · 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: 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, November 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 themes in the Gospel of John, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is the witness of Mary, the witness
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  Speaker 2: of Mary or man. Maybe we could say testimony. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know. Let's see. We'll get into that in just
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  Speaker 2: a moment. But first I'd like to say welcome to
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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 come into your presence. Father,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for making us witnesses. And I pray God
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  Speaker 2: that we will give the true and holy and right
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  Speaker 2: testimony of your greatness in Jesus' name. I pray, Amen,
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  Speaker 2: and a man again the witness of Mary, the witness
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  Speaker 2: of Mary. Okay, So we're going to read from John
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  Speaker 2: chapter twelve, and I will read beginning at verse one. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: John chapter twelve, and I will read beginning at verse one,
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  Speaker 2: and the Bible reads then six days before the Passover,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus came to bethany where Lazarus lived, whom he had
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  Speaker 2: raised from the dead. I need you not to run
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  Speaker 2: by that too quickly. It says that Jesus returns to
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  Speaker 2: where he had raised Lazarus from the dead. And of
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  Speaker 2: course it says six days before the passover. So keep
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  Speaker 2: that time, keep that time in your mind, okay. And
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  Speaker 2: then verse two, So they prepared a dinner for Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: There Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those reclining
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  Speaker 2: at the table with him. So what was Martha doing?
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  Speaker 2: She was serving? What was Lazarus doing? He was among
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  Speaker 2: them that were reclining at the table. Please, don't be
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  Speaker 2: distracted by my camera. It's blinking. It's hot in here,
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  Speaker 2: So I guess it's it's tired. Yeah, let's continue. Let's continue.
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  Speaker 2: Verse three. Then Mary took three quarters of a pound
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  Speaker 2: of expensive aromatic oil. What did she do? She took
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  Speaker 2: three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil form
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  Speaker 2: from pure Nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She
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  Speaker 2: then wiped his feet with her hair, And the house
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  Speaker 2: was filled with the fragrance of perfumed oil. Can I
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  Speaker 2: just say it another way? The house was filled with
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  Speaker 2: the perfume or the fragrance of her worship. The house
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  Speaker 2: was was filled with the perfume or the fragrance of
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  Speaker 2: her appreciation for God. The house was was perfumed with
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  Speaker 2: the fragrance of her commitment that no matter what anybody
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  Speaker 2: says or does or whatever somebody doesn't say or doesn't do.
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  Speaker 2: It is between her and God. She's focused, she's hyper
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  Speaker 2: focused on God, and she is worshiping. And now we
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  Speaker 2: can smell the aroma. It's like a sweet smelling savor
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  Speaker 2: in the house. I wish I had the time some
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  Speaker 2: of you were getting this verse four. But Judas, now see,
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  Speaker 2: he's different. That's why the Bible says, but Judas is Scariot,
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  Speaker 2: one of the disciples. He's supposed to be a disciple
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  Speaker 2: of the most High and Living God or Son of God,
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  Speaker 2: blessed be his name, God, the son Ah. But is
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  Speaker 2: Scariot Judas one of the disciples. The one who was
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  Speaker 2: going to betray him, said, why wasn't this oil sold
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  Speaker 2: the for three hundred silver coins and the money given
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  Speaker 2: to the poor. He's one of those dudes that interrupts
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  Speaker 2: the church board meeting with dumb stuff. Yes, I said, dumb, dumb,
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  Speaker 2: look it up. He's the one that interrupts the world
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  Speaker 2: work of God and wants to have a discussion about
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  Speaker 2: the work of God. He's the one that's in the
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  Speaker 2: executive committee. He's the one that interrupts executive committee with
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  Speaker 2: stuff that has no relevance when something is actually happening
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  Speaker 2: in the spirit. In the spirit, the Holy Ghost is
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  Speaker 2: on the move in our meeting. And this is the
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  Speaker 2: one that says, let's talk about let's stay on task here,
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  Speaker 2: point of order, like he's that guy, and when there's
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  Speaker 2: no need for it, because God is at work. And
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  Speaker 2: by the way, Judas was lying, Can I just say that,
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  Speaker 2: that's why I'm heavy on him today. That's what the
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  Speaker 2: Bible teaches us verse six. Now Judas said this not
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  Speaker 2: because he was concerned about the poor, but because he
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  Speaker 2: was a thief. See the Bible said it. I just
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  Speaker 2: repeated it. He was a thief. As keeper of the
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  Speaker 2: money box, he used to steal what was put in it.
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  Speaker 2: So Jesus said, leave her alone. And I just add
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  Speaker 2: a couple of words into the mouth of Jesus. But
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  Speaker 2: I know we're in the mind of Jesus. Leave her alone.
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  Speaker 2: She's worshiping. Leave her alone, Judas. She is someone who
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  Speaker 2: actually appreciates me. She actually by her testimony right here,
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  Speaker 2: she is an a manifestation of true experience and worship.
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  Speaker 2: And you're interrupting her. Bibel says, she kept it for
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  Speaker 2: the day of my burial, for you will always have
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  Speaker 2: the poor with you. So if you want to give
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  Speaker 2: to the poor, go ahead and get it out your bag. Judas,
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  Speaker 2: you want to give to the poor, the treasury will
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  Speaker 2: have money, and if not, you'll go find it. If
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  Speaker 2: you really want to give to the poor, go do that.
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  Speaker 2: You will always have the poor with you, but you
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  Speaker 2: will not always have me. You see. So there is
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  Speaker 2: a priority in the work of God. There are levels
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  Speaker 2: to this. There are times that we are to reach out.
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  Speaker 2: There are times we are to be at Jesus's feet.
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  Speaker 2: There are times that we are to hear the voice
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  Speaker 2: of God and pause and wait and ask God, what
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  Speaker 2: will you have us to do? And not be so
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  Speaker 2: fast at working our ways into Oh wait a minute,
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  Speaker 2: we can't work into the kingdom. But we try sometimes,
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  Speaker 2: don't we. Yeah. And so these verses recount the events
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  Speaker 2: that took place at Bethany just before the passover, highlighting
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  Speaker 2: Mary's act of devotion, anointing Jesus with expensive ointment and
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  Speaker 2: then an ensuring and the ensuing commentary by Judas Iscariot.
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  Speaker 2: This is different than his greed. There is a juxtaposition
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  Speaker 2: between his greed against Mary's display of love and sacrifice?
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  Speaker 2: Am I greedy? What is the testimony? What is the
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  Speaker 2: witness of el David Harris, l D or whatever you
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  Speaker 2: call me? What is the witness the testimony of those
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  Speaker 2: of you who are watching every day and listening on
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  Speaker 2: the radio every single day, Like, what is your testimony?
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  Speaker 2: What is your witness? Are you like Mary? Or are
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  Speaker 2: you like Judas? Are you like Judas or are you like Mary?
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  Speaker 2: You see, Judas was a poser. Judas was a hypocrite.
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  Speaker 2: Judas just wanted to be around Jesus so he could
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  Speaker 2: take photos with Jesus and put it on his social
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  Speaker 2: media feed. That's all he wanted to do. He wanted
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  Speaker 2: to build his business so that people could say, oh,
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  Speaker 2: he's the one that's with Jesus. So when I'm with Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: then I can also benefit. No interest in pouring into
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  Speaker 2: the life of Jesus. No interest in leading people into
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  Speaker 2: a right relationship with Jesus. No interest in the fact
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  Speaker 2: that literally Jesus is about to give his life. Mary
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  Speaker 2: understood this. Mary knew that Jesus was no ordinary man.
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  Speaker 2: Mary was not satisfied would simply take taking photos with
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  Speaker 2: Jesus and saying that she did X with Jesus for
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  Speaker 2: the last three and a half years, so that other
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  Speaker 2: people would say, oh, my goodness, you must be very special.
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  Speaker 2: She gave all. It was a profound act of devotion.
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  Speaker 2: And this is what God desires from us, that we
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  Speaker 2: would have such an experience with God, that our testimony
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  Speaker 2: would be seen in our devotion uha. And of course,
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  Speaker 2: and of course she believed in the Messiah's ship and
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  Speaker 2: the mission of Jesus. And then of course, of course
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  Speaker 2: she was preparing Jesus for the burial. I wish I
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  Speaker 2: had the time, but we don't. What is your witness.
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  Speaker 2: We see the witness of Mary.
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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,