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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 Wednesday, July seventeen,
twenty twenty four. 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 through the Book of

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Mark, and our caption for today
is Sandwich Story Part one. Now it's

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not about food. It's not about
food. Sandwich Story or Part one.

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

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welcome to you and ask you to
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This is one of the ways that
we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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

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Heaven. Thank you for giving us
this new day and for getting us so

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far into our work week and whatever
else we do. Father, please give

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us understanding and not just understanding,
help us to be so connected with you

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that we will stop at nothing to
defend the faith. We will stop at

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nothing, Ah, to yield our
will to you and to assist people into

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the kingdom. In Jesus' name,
I pray, Amen and Amen again.

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Sandwich story part part one. Now
the sandwich that so it don't make a

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little bit of sense to you,
it's right here in the lesson. The

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lesson writer says this passage is the
first quote sandwich story in mark where one

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story is begun and then is interrupted
by another story, with the first story

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completing only afterward. And so that's
the sandwich concept that the lesson writer wants

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to highlight. Okay, if you're
wondering where does the sandwich mean, that's

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what it means. Okay, So
let's go ahead and jump in jump into

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the Bible Book of Mark, chapter
three, and I will read quickly,

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beginning at verse twenty, and see
what we can do at the time that

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we have left. Okay, and
the Bible reads, and the multitude cometh

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together again, so that they could
not so much as eat bread. And

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when his friends heard it, they
went to lay hold on him, for

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they said, he is beside himself. In the scribes which came down from

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Jerusalem said he hath beelz above,
and the prince of devils, he casts

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it out devils. And he called
them unto him, and said unto them

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in parables, How can Satan cast
out Satan? And if the kingdom be

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divided against itself, that kingdom cannot
stand. And if a house be divided

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against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself

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and be divided, he cannot stand. But hath an end. No man

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can enter into a strong man's house
and spoil his goods, except he will

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first bind the strong man, and
then he will spoil his house. Verily,

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I say unto you. Wait a
minute, let me pause right here.

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He's about to transition, So listen, listen. Here's the bottom lie.

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There are people who hate God so
much that they are willing to lie

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and lie about God and lie on
God. Yeah, there are some people

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who hate God so much that they
are willing to lie about God and lie

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on God. And Jesus is calling
their lives out. He knows that they

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know good and well deep in their
heart, that they know what they're encountering

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when they're in this presence. He
knows that they are willingly ignorant. He

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knows that they are supposed to be
the leaders of the people, the people

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who are to be experts of the
book or the scrolls, and they are

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willingly ignorant. And so Jesus now
begins to transition and say, come on,

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now, you know I'm not from
the devil, because like I'm casting

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out devils. That doesn't even make
sense. Okay, So y'all need to

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be honest. And he says verse
twenty eight. Verily, I say,

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unto you all sins, how many
sins, brothers and sisters, All sins

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shall be forgiven unto the sons of
men. That means all of us humans,

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men, women, boys, and
girls. All sins shall be forgiven

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unto the sons of men, and
blasphemies, wherewithsoever they shall blaspheme. But

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he that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost
shall never have forgiveness, but is in

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danger of eternal damnation, because they
said that he had an unclean spirit.

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And they make and then they came
to his brethren and his mother, and

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standing out sent unto him, calling, and the multitude sat about him that

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sat about him, and said,
unto him, behold your mother and your

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brethren without or the people outside they
seek for thee. And he answered and

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said, unto them, who is
my mother or my brethren. And they

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looked around on them that sat around
him, and said, behold thy mother,

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like right there. And he said, behold my mother and my brethren.

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For whosoever shall do the will of
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and sister and my brother. Okay, I read a lot, I read

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a lot. Okay. Jesus taught
his people that while they were saying something

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simple, He's always finding a way
to make it clear to people what this

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relationship with God looks like, that
whoever does God's will are the family of

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God. We receive the adoption that
comes through Christ, so we become a

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part of the family of God those
who receive him. To them, he

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gave power to become the children of
God, to those who call upon his

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name, who are in agreement with
what his name stands for. Okay,

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but now we have to deal with
this sin challenge. Right in the middle

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of this discussion, Jesus says that
all sins can be forgiven of humans and

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blasphemies except the sin against the Holy
Ghost. Well, what does that mean?

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What is it? Is it a
sin to wear black shoes and that's

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the unpardonable sin. Is it a
sin to look up into the left or

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look down into the right? Is
that the sin that breaks the camel,

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draw that breaks the camel's back.
Is it some particular sin that we see

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outlined in scripture and we go find
that one and we circle it, embolden

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it and put it in red letters
and highlight it and say, this is

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the one that you avoid at all
costs. But the other ones God can

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forgive you, but he doesn't have
the power to do this one. Is

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that what we're talking about here?
No, No, So let me just

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make this very clear. Under the
power of God and his Holy Spirit,

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the only sins that cannot be forgiven
are the ones that we don't confess or

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forsake. Let me say that again
very clearly for those in the back.

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The only sins that cannot be forgiven
are those that we do not confess.

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That is to be in agreement with
God. Holiness is agreement with God.

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The ones we don't confess and the
ones we don't turn away from. And

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you're like, but that's not what
Jesus said. Oh, yes he did,

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because he said, if you confess
your sins, he's faithful and just

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to forgive you of your sins and
to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. In

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First John, chapter one and verse
nine. In Romans chapter two and verse

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four, the Bible teaches us that
repentance, or the godly sorrow for sin

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and the ability to turn from sin
is a gift from God. The only

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way that a person won't be forgiven
is if they don't confess and forsake.

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Well, you have to ask the
question, what is it that makes it

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possible for us to confess and forsake? Oh, I'm so glad you asked.

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Yeah, the Holy Spirit. In
John chapter sixteen, the Bible teaches

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us, howbit when he the spirit
of God, the Holy Spirit the spirit

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of truth cometh. He guides you
into all truth. He's the one that

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gives you. He gives us the
ability to hear and know. Wait a

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minute, I'm on the wrong path. I need to confess my sins.

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I need to forsake and turn away
from my sins. And so those who

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have hardened our hearts, God forbid
to the point that we can no longer

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hear the voice of the Holy Ghost, and we are no longer receptive to

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His power to confess and forsake.
Are now in a position, are now

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in the position not to hear the
voice of God and not to confess or

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forsake our sins. And so I
thank God. I thank God that he

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has positioned us that all we need
to do is be receptive to His Holy

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Spirit, and we can confess and
forsake and be in right relationship. Thanks

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for 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

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