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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 Monday, October
twenty three, twenty twenty three. Hello,

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my name is El David Harris.
I am your host, and this

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is your Daily Portion where we give
you God's word every single day, and

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today is no exception. We are
continuing in our Lesson study series. God's

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mission, my mission, and our
caption for today is Abraham's love for everyone.

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We'll get into that in just a
moment, but first i'd like to

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say welcome to you. And if
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then go back to your regularly scheduled
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faith and fellowship even though you are
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wonderful that technology has positioned us to
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What a blessing? Yeah, what
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build together. Let's go ahead and
pray and then get underwagh. Father in

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Heaven, thank you for this new
morning and for the privilege we have to

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open your word again. Please teach
us to love like Jesus loved, and

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thank you for the example that Abraham
showed us in Jesus' name, I pray

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Amen and amen again Abraham's love for
everyone. Now we do know that the

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three messengers that came to Abraham at
the time in question here in Genesis chapter

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eighteen were heavenly messengers, two of
whom were angels, created beings, and

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then the other Jesus Christ before he
was born of a woman. So we

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called that experience pre incarnate, preincarnate
Christ. So before he took on human

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flesh through the womb of Mary.
I wish I had the time, But

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this is not a theological discussion.
Yeah, we're connecting with God today.

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So the pre incarnate Christ, two
angels, they come, and we see,

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as we said yesterday, that Abraham
was hospitable, Abraham demonstrated holiness,

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and then Abraham had a close encounter
recognizing now wait a minute, these are

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messengers from heaven, and the Bible
teaches us that now the discussion is about

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destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, And there's
a big discussion that's happening that we'll break

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into here in the book of Genesis
chapter eighteen, beginning at verse sixteen,

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And we're going to see the love
and the calling of Abraham here but it's

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really not about him. It's about
what God can do in any of our

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lives, Okay. And so the
Bible reads, and the men rose up

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from thence and looked towards Sodom,
and Abraham went with them to bring them

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on the way. And the Lord
said, shall I hide from Abraham the

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thing that I will do? Remember
we read from the Book of Amos that

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God will not do anything important except
he reveal it to his servants the prophets

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first. So God is doing that
right here. Ah, So I will

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not hide it from you. Basically, he's saying, seeing that Abraham shall

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surely become a great and mighty nation, and all of the nations of the

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earth show be blessed in him,
for I know him that he will command

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his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of

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the Lord to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham

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that which he hath spoken of him. And the Lord said, because of

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the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is
great, and because their sin is very

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grievous, I will go down now
and see whether they have done altogether according

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to the cry of it which has
come unto me, and if not,

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I will know. So he's saying, I'm gonna go down there. I'm

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gonna go see what's going on down
there, and if it's as wicked as

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we keep saying it is, I'm
burning it down. This is what's happening.

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I'm just saying, this is what's
happening in the text verse twenty two,

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and the men turned their faces from
thence and went towards Sodom. But

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Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
So now Abraham is standing before the Lord.

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I hope you are getting the imagery
here. These angels are about to

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burn the place down. And angels
are burning the place down because the people

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were unrepentant and wicked. Now it's
time to deal with it. And the

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Bible says that Abraham is before the
Lord. Now before we get philosophical and

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super spiritual, that was literal,
like he was there with Jesus right,

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Yes, he was there actually having
a conversation, but he's also standing in

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the gap. Are you hearing what
I'm saying to you right now? When

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there is destruction looming, where there
is judgment or condemnation on the horizon,

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are you standing in the gap?
Are you standing before the Lord, and

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let's see what else happens here before
I get too far afield Verse twenty three.

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And Abraham drew near and said,
wilt thou also destroy the righteous with

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the wicked? Peradventure, there be
fifty righteous within the city. Wilt thou

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also destroy and not spare the place
for the fifty righteous that are Therein he's

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talking about salt and light in the
city. If there is salt, you

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are the salt of the earth.
You are the light of the world.

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Jesus said, if there are fifty
people like that who represent God, will

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you destroy the city? Now we
know that Jesus could easily have just rescued

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fifty people out of there and then
burn a city down. So it's not

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just about like preserving the lives of
the of the fifty people because that's easy.

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The people that are associated with the
fifty also could be part of Me

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delivered. We see Noah's ark,
we see in some other stories, So

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it's about more than just them.
Let me keep going verse twenty five.

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That be far from thee to do
after this manner, because he's saying that

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like Lord, you are merciful,
God, you are fair and just and

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righteous, And he says, to
slay the righteous with the wicked, and

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that the righteous should be as the
wicked that be far from thee. Shall

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not the judge of all earth do
right. And he's simply reminding God,

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not that God forgot that. I
know, I understand your character. This

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seems out of character for you,
God. Can we talk about this.

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There are times that you have to
reason with God. Brothers and sisters reason

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with him. He loves to be
reasoned with. And say, Lord,

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you said, this is what you
have manifest concerning your character, how you

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will interact with people. Will you
please make a request based on what he

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said about himself. Let's keep going. And Abraham answered and said, behold,

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now I have taken upon me to
speak unto the Lord, which am

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but dust and ashes. Peradventure,
there shall lack five. And of the

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fifty righteous, wilt doubt destroy all
this city for lack of five. He's

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talking to forty five now, And
he said, if I find there forty

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five, I will not destroy it. And he spake unto him yet again

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and said, peradventure there shall be
forty found there. He said, I

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will not do it for forty's sake, And he said unto him, Oh,

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let not the Lord be angry,
and I will speak God. I

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want to talk some more. Can
we talk some more? Jesus? Peradventure,

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there shall be thirty found there?
He said, I will not do

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it if I find thirty. And
he said, behold, now I have

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taken upon me to speak unto the
Lord. Peradventure. Shall there be twenty

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found there? He said? And
then he said, I will not destroy

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it for twenty's sake. And he
said, oh, let not the Lord

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be angry, and I will speak
yet, But this once, peradventure,

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ten shall be found there. And
he said, I will not destroy it

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for ten's sake. And the Lord
went his way as soon as he left

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communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned
unto his place. Well, the Bible

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does teach us that ultimately Sodom and
Gomora was destroyed. What does that say?

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There were not that many people for
God in that city, in those

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cities? What if Abraham had said
two? What if he had said just

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one, God, one grain of
salt? What would you do? God?

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Yeah, sometimes we give up early. I wish I had the time.

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But God is showing us through Abraham
that he has a heart. He

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had a heart for people, and
he loved them. He loved his neighbors

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as himself, and then manifest that
in this engagement. Peace. Thanks for

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joining us listening to friends. Always
remember we cannot live by bread alone,

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but by every word that comes from
the mouth of God. This has been

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your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,