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11 13 2023 Jesus’ Method and Response · 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 food
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  is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some
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  of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
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  of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
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  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 morning.
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  It is Monday, November thirteen, twenty twenty three. Hello, my
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  name is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day, and today is
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  no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series. God's Mission,
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  My Mission. Our caption for today is Jesus's Method and Response. Jesus's Method
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  and Response. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
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  like to say welcome to you and ask you to go over to your Daily
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  Portion dot com, join our online community, pick up your Daily Portion book,
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  and also please let us know where you are in the world. There's
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  a little form there that says where are you in the world, And that
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  way we can continue to build faith and fellowship at your daily portion dot com.
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  Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father in
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  Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day and for the privilege you
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  have entrusted to us to open up your word. And I'm asking you to
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  please fill us with your holy spirit. Teach us Jesus's method and mindset today
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  in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and a man again Jesus's method and
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  response. And of course there are people right now who are a part of
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  my saying faith fellowship, who are listening and hearing in their own minds.
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  Right in your minds, I know you're doing. It is from the book
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  Ministry of Healing, about Christ's method alone which will bring true success. That
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  is true, but that's not the quote that we're going with today. It's
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  a different discussion. Now. The Bible tells us that the lawyer, Remember
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  we were talking about it yesterday, the lawyer came to test Jesus right,
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  and so we talked about eternal life. We talked about some other things,
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  but he came to test Jesus. But Jesus knew what his intentions were.
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  So this is what we're talking about today. There are times that people will
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  be very inquisitive. There will be people who are philosophical, really religious,
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  like people who want to maybe sometimes and attempt to spiritually entrap you. I've
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  met with. I've encountered some people standing outside of churches and I'm like,
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  wow, why are you here? People who say that they worship God,
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  standing outside of churches while worship is happening, and trying to try people up
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  with all kinds of crazy inquisitive questions and have all sorts of books tucked up
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  under their arms that are not the Bible, and their arguments are really not
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  worship centric, but they're people centric, right, you know, those kinds
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  of people. Continuing in the lesson, it says, Indeed, God knows
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  the longings and desires of our hearts more than we ourselves do, and we
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  certainly do not know the heart and motives of those who question us, do
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  we. Now this is very important because many times I have been conducting Bible
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  classes and somebody will raise their hand and say, whatever how they reach you
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  know, however they call me, whatever name they use, and then they
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  say, so, if somebody asks this, then what is my response?
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  What should my response be? And I'm like, well, really and truly
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  I'm what people call the Bible guy, right, And yeah, I could
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  bury you with a long story of about what's true concerning the subject of the
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  question. But many times, well all the time, we need to first
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  pray and say, God, what would you have me to say? Right?
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  Because sometimes we're so quick to answer a question because we think it's just
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  a question. Right. What day is the Sabbath? The Bible says that
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  the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord died God. Okay, good?
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  What happens when people die? The Bible says that the dead know not
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  anything you know? And then we go down this sort of checklist of responses
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  based on the question. And what God wants us to do is rely on
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  him because sometimes the people who are asking questions don't even really know what they're
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  after. If they're trying to be you know, quirky and like the person
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  I described a little earlier, or if they have a longing deep in their
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  soul and they just really don't know how to communicate it. And so when
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  you pray. Somebody may ask one of those seemingly simple questions, and then
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  God, let you know in your spirit that wait a minute, this person
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  has this need, and here is the answer for that need. And it
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  may not have anything to do with the question. Not trying to overcomplicate it.
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  What I'm trying to do is simplified and say that God knows the longings
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  of our hearts, and our responses should be connected to what God would have
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  us to say or not to say. Okay, and so let's get some
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  action steps here based on the lesson study. Today, let's read from the
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  Book of Acts, chapter seventeen and verse eleven. This is describing a set
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  of people that we should really model our lives after. Just to be frank
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  and the Bible reads these individuals. These were the bareans, right, these
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  individuals, These were more noble than those in Thessalonaika in that they reset receive
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  the Word with all readiness of heart and mind. So this is what set
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  these individuals apart. These people receive the Word with thankfulness. These people receive
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  the Word with readiness of mind. Despite what the word was doing. Was
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  it correcting, was it instructing, was it chiding? Was it showing love
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  like? Depending on what the situation was, they still received all with readiness
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  of heart and mind. And this is what they also did, and searched
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  the scriptures daily whether those things were so. So. They didn't just take
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  the teachings that they were getting at face value. They didn't just say Okay,
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  because you said it, I believe it. No, they were searching
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  the scriptures and asking God, like, what is it that you would have
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  me to do? Is it that this person that I keep seeing on my
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  little phone every day yelling into the microphone on your daily portion is telling the
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  truth? Yes or no? And if yes, how do I apply it?
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  If no, I should shut it? I could shut I should shut
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  it off. I should shut it off, okay. And so the action
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  really is to approach the Bible with an open heart and an open mind,
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  ready to seek and find the truth daily. Yesterday's understanding is not good enough
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  for today. Stale and rotten food from three days ago or four days ago
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  is not good for today's meal. And I'm not saying that the word is
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  stale. That's never stale. It's always quick and sharper than any two edged
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  sword, which is why we get fresh understanding of the same word every single
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  day. But the way that we applied it yesterday to our lives may not
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  be sufficient for today, which is why we wake up every day with a
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  prayer on our minds and our hearts to say, Lord, please give us
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  your holy give me your holy spe spirit. Please teach me your word and
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  your way for my life today. So we examine the scriptures and have an
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  open mind to God for how to live and apply. Okay, the next
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  one comes from the Book of Two Timothy, chapter three and verse sixteen,
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  and it's familiar to many, and it's one of my favorites. All scripture
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  is given by inspiration of God, and it's profitable for doctrine or reproof,
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  for correction, for instruction in righteousness. And then the next verse actually gives
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  more, but it will just pause right there. We need to trust God's
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  word as a true as the true foundation. Yes, when you hear a
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  voice saying this is the way, walk ye in it. If the way
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  points to the way that the scriptures say, then you know it's the voice
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  of God. Huh. You hear or experience some I don't know. I
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  don't want to really get too mystical here, but sometimes people have encounters.
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  Yeah, and when you have these encounters, measure it a against the Word.
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  Does this align with what God has already revealed? Yes? Or no.
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  If the answer is no, then you know it is not from God.
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  If the answer is yes in all points, then you move forward in
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  faith. Okay, And here are two two more one from the Book of
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  Psalms, chapter one hundred and nineteen, verse one oh five. Your word
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  is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Know that
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  the Word of God will guide us into light and to truth. So apply,
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  apply the biblical teachings, and then of course seek the Gospel truth with
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  everything that you have and everything that you are. I hope you have a
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  wonderful day. See you tomorrow. Peace. Thanks for joining us listening.
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  Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word
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  that comes from the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with
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  l David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,