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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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and happy Sabbath. It is Sabbath, July twenty, twenty twenty four.

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Hello. My name is El David
Harris. I am your host,

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

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and today is no exception. We
are continuing in our Lesson study series

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through the Book of Mark, and
our caption for today is Parables. Parables.

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

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say, well, welcome to you
in Happy Sabbath. To everyone joining us,

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especially those joining us for the very
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please go over to your Daily Portion
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that we continue to build faith in fellowship.

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And let me just give you a
clear understanding of what the community is

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about. So you are watching,
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or even some other platform like television. Right now you're watching. Some of

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you are listening on podcasts, aggregating
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number of about two hundred radio stations
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in the community. That is not
the community. This is where you all

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just listen to me speak right you
watch me and listen to me. The

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community is a space online where we
can have interaction. You can ask your

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questions or share your discussion related to
the Lesson study. And that is what

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I'm talking about. So tens of
thousands, actually more than tens of thousands

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of you are watching every day or
listening, but that's not what I'm talking

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about. I'm talking about the hundreds
right now. We'll grow, We'll continue

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to grow. The hundreds that are
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Daily Portion dot com. I hope
that you understand a little bit better.

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

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and Heaven, thank you for this
new Sabbath morning, and for the privilege

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that we have to listen for your
voice in those parables. Father, help

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us to love you and understand your
will and then live according to those principles.

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In Jesus name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. And so

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I'm going to begin right here in
the Book of Mark chapter four, Versus

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twenty four and twenty five, and
we'll just literally set the stage for the

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coming day, because yeah, it
makes sense the way that this is organized

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will have to be very disciplined today
and to hold hold fast. Okay,

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So let's begin at verse twenty four, and the Bible reads then he said

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to them, take heed what you
hear with the same measure you use.

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It will be measured to you,
and to you who hear more will be

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given. Can I just say to
the Hebrew of Jesus's day and before right,

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to hear and to do. We're
synonymous. Sheamah may have heard that

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terminology. It's a Hebrew term to
hear, hear oh Israel. In the

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Book of Deuteronomy, chapter six,
hero Israel, the Lord, our God,

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the Lord is one Lord, and
thou shalt worship him basically with everything

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that you have and everything that you
are. So as you are hearing,

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oh Israel, about the Lord,
the one who should be, and we

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should be thankful that he is the
Lord of our lives, we are seeing

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that they are one that is unified
in every way, a Hebrew term echoed,

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which means it's a compound unity.
God, the Father, the Son,

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the Holy Spirit are unified in every
essential way. And we must love.

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We have the privilege of loving God
in everything that we have, everything

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that we are. And so we
hear, and then we love, because

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to hear and to do go together. And so in this parable we or

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this discussion we're seeing, for it
says it will be measured unto you.

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And who here now we know and
do it will more will be given.

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For whoever has to him more will
be given. But whoever does not have,

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even that which he has, will
be taken from him. And so

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God is saying that he is and
I want to call him a steward because

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he's the owner. But God is
showing us the best level of stewardship for

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those of us who are stewards to
say that He's only going to give more

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to those who maximize what he gives
and entrusts. And so if we listen

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to God and do his will,
then he will entrust more understanding, he

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will entrust more responsibility, he will
entrust more power to individuals who listen and

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do. And so we're grateful because
He's given us the blueprint with the power

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that he gives us. If we
utilize that, then he will give us

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and extend to us even more.
I hope that makes sense to you.

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And so, of course I said
that we are going to look into multiple

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parables this week. But what I
want to do right now is is talk

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about five reasons from my understanding.
Of course, there are many more reasons,

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but five reasons. And we're going
to focus our mind on the Book

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of Mark. Five reasons that Jesus
used parables. Okay, five reasons,

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and we're only focusing in the Book
of Mark about why God might have used

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parables, Okay, And so the
first one is to reveal the mysteries of

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the Kingdom of God. He wanted
to reveal the mysteries of the Kingdom of

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God, and we get that from
the Book of Mark chapter four and verse

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eleven, where it reads, and
he said, unto them, unto you,

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it is given to know the mystery
of God, but unto them that

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are without, these things are done
in parables. And so let me say

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it this way, because I may
have made it a little bit confusing.

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And so God speaks clearly to his
people. He speaks clearly to his people.

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He gives understanding concerning his parables to
his people. His disciples said,

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Jesus, we don't underst and what
you're talking about. You keep speaking,

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You're speaking these mysteries. I don't
know what you're talking about. And Jesus

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said, he said, well,
I've done this in order that those that

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don't love me, basically, those
people who refuse to yield their will to

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me, then they'll remain that way
if they choose to serve me, if

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they choose to yield their will to
me, then the blessing of understanding will

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come to them. And so it
says here unto them who was given to

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know the mystery of the Kingdom of
God, but unto them that are without,

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these are done in parables. And
so many times the parables were confusing

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to people because they would not yield
their will to God. So he's leading

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us into a direction that if we
will yield our will to him, that

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we wouldn't even need parables. I
wish, I hope that that made sense.

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Let's go to the Bible book of
the next verse verse twelve of Mark

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chapter four, and it reads that
seeing they may see and not perceive,

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and hearing they may hear and do
not understand, lest at any time they

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should be converted and their sins should
be forgiven. And so it's confusing to

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those who are unresponsive. It is
confusing, and it filters out those individuals

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who are not willing to yield their
will to God. And so these parables

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many times were used because those individuals
were needing a test. It's a litmus

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test of your willingness. My willingness
to yield my will to God. I

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will understand the parable of the sower. In due time. If I yield

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my will to God, he will
speak plainly to me, I will understand

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the parable of the talents. If
I yield my will to God, I

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will understand in Revelation chapter one,
will have these three blessings blessed to blessings

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to those individuals who who hear read
and do the prophecies of this book because

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the time is at hand. In
the same way, the servants of God

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receive and understand the truth that we
see in mysteries only if we yield our

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will to God. Let me go
to number three to encourage a deeper reflection

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and personal discovery. From verse nine
of Mark chapter four, and he said,

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unto them he that hath ears to
hear, let him hear. Are

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you listening? Am I listening?
And if I am listening and I have

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ears that are educated by the power
of the Holy Ghost, then these parables

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are a way for me to understand. Listen and do make it a great

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day peace. Thanks for joining us
listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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

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God. This has been your daily
portion with el David Harris. Make it

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a great day, Yeah,