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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 Thursday, November sixteen,
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, and our caption for
today is the Good Samaritan Story Today.

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Oh wait a minute, yes,
it's a Good Samaritan Story today. We'll

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get into that in just a moment, But first I'd like to say welcome

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Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Father

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and Heaven, thank you for this
new day and for getting us so much

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closer now to the coming of Jesus
and also the coming of Sabbath time.

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I pray God that you will help
us to be faithful to you to the

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degree that we become like the good
Samaritan in Jesus name. I pray Amen

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and Amen again. Let me just
say that God has given us the privilege

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if we are his children, we
have to make the decision. According to

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John chapter one, verse twelve,
we make the decision to receive him,

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and then we become a children.
First. John chapter three, Versus one

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through three gives us that kind of
a concept. Another passage that comes to

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mind is Isaiah chapter fifty six versus
one through call it seven. And so

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we want to make covenant with God. We want to become his children.

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We want to receive all that He
has had in his mind concerning us from

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before there was a beginning. And
therefore, when that is the case,

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he identifies with us. He so
identifies with people who were once sinners and

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now saved by grace through faith,
that the Good Samaritan story exists. I'm

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not going to go back through it
in the sense of detail, but I

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will say I will say that the
Good Samaritan is a dichotomy, like it's

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an oxymoron in the minds of the
people of that day, because the Samaritans

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were supposed to be like outcasts.
They're supposed to be not enough human spiritually

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to be saved kind of style,
right, And Jesus identifies himself not with

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the Levite in the story, not
with the priest in the story, who

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were supposed to be holy. But
they walked by a human that needed help,

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simple and clear. Yes, they
walked on by because they wanted to

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be clean like in air quotes.
They walked on by because it was inconvenient

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and perhaps dangerous for them to be
humane toward the man who was beaten and

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left for dead on the road.
They were too caught up with their religious

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exercises to be exercising their holiness,
the holiness that God would have placed in

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their bosom if they received it by
faith, you see, And so Jesus

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had to use an irony in a
story to say, people who do my

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will, no matter from what nation, kindred type, tribe, tongue,

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people, no matter from what ilk. If you want to say, what

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strata, no matter from what category
that you have placed in your minds separating

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humans, any human that does my
will is my child. Any human who

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is transformed by my spirit and is
humane toward others, loving your neighbor as

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yourself, that person is my child. Okay. And so in this good

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Samaritan story, we have something very
interesting. I'll read from the book Desire

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of Ages, page five hundred three, and I just put an exclamation point

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on this passage. Right The question
who is my neighbor is forever answered.

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Christ has shown that our neighbor does
not mean merely one of the church or

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faith to what which we belong.
It has no reference to race, color,

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or class distinction. Our neighbor is
every person who needs our help.

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We just pause right there. Our
neighbor is everyone who needs our help.

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Can I just say that everyone on
this planet needs our help one way or

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the other. Yes. There can
be rich people, wealthy people who've built

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legacy generational wealth. There can be
people who seem to have everything under control.

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They're the most beautiful people you've ever
laid eyes on, healthy, strong,

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vibrant, right, intelligent, maybe
even more intelligent than me, maybe

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more intelligent than you in air quotes. But maybe some of those people are

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not connected to God. They need
you. Now, maybe those individuals who

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are who may be connected to God
also needs someone as a friend. They

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need you. You see, people
who don't have as much, who may

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be destitute, don't have running water, may not have a roof over their

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heads. Of course, obviously they
need you. So your neighbor, my

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neighbor, is every person who needs
my help. And continuing the quote,

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our neighbor is every soul who is
wounded and bruised by the adversary. I

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already preempted myself with that one.
That means everybody that the devil has ever

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done anything to. Yeah, our
neighbor is everyone who is the property of

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God. Oh my end of quote. Jesus has claimed us because he created

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us. John chapter one, Hebrews
chapter one, and other places make it

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very clear that Jesus created us,
He created you, He created me brothers

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and sisters, and therefore he has
claimed you as his quote property. But

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moreover, he has also given his
life for you. He laid down his

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life so that you could become holy. He laid down his life so you

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would not have to lose your eternity
with him. He laid down his life

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so you would not need to be
addicted to rum or pornography. You did

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not have to be abusive to your
spouse, You did not have to lie

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and steal from your employer like He
did all of this for you, so

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you didn't have to murder indeed or
with your mouth right, so you wouldn't

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have to lust or commit adultery indeed
or in your heart like he gave his

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all so that you could live like
Jesus lived, you see, and therefore

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it should become now in all of
our minds a privilege to just reach out

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to the people that God puts into
our pathway. We can't save the world,

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that's Jesus's work, But we can
be a light. Huh. We

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can be a light. I think
the Bible says, let your light so

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shine before people, so when they
see your good works, they will glorify

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your father, which is in heaven. Right. And so let's look get

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some action items with all of what
we have said in mind. The first

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one comes from Luke chapter ten,
Versus thirty three and thirty four. Search

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and Samaritan, as he journeyed,
came where he was, and when he

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saw him, he had compassion on
him. Remember we covered this already,

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and went to him and bound up
his wounds, pouring in oil and wine,

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and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn

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and took care of him. Right, So, when you encounter in individuals

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in distress, do not turn a
blind eye, don't act like they're not

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there. Don't leave it for somebody
else to handle. Right, actively seek

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to provide help. And we have
to ask God, well, in what

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way do I assist this individual,
whether it's physical, emotional, or financial.

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I think we've covered many of the
things already. Let's go here to

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say that we need to identify and
address specific needs. See. God has

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not called us to just be reactive. Okay, God, if somebody comes

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to me, then I will.
I think the Bible says that Jesus came

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to seek and to save that which
was lost, and so it is not

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enough. In fact, in fact, in the Book of Job we see

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he was the kind of person who
said it was not enough for him to

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just wait for people to come to
him so he could assist them. He

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sought people to be of service to
and that is our privilege. The Good

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Samaritan story today really is our story
if we live according to Godly principle.

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Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot live

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by bread alone, but by every
word that comes from the mouth of God.

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This has been your daily portion with
El David Harris. Make it a

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great day. Yeah,