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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too

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much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy

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for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect

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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

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going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words

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today and receive the power we need to live healthy,

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vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,

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author speaker Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning, it is Sabbath. It

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is March fifteen, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is

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

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your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every

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single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing

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in our Lesson study series. This is Lesson number twelve,

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God's Love and Justice, and our caption for today is

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Love and Justice, the Greatest Commandments. But we're going to

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talk about love and justice and also the two Greatest Commandments.

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You're like, what, Okay, Yeah, we'll get into that over

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the next couple of days. But before we get into

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it today, I'd like to say, welcome to you and

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ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com.

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Please join our online community this Sabbath morning, and also

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let us know where you are in in the world.

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Are where you are in the world at your Daily

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Portion dot com. This is one of the ways that

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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead

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and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven.

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Thank you for this day. Thank you for the sabbath

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time where we can come aside and rest a while,

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where we can be connected with you fully, to be

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able to be called by your name and hear your

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voice and not have to hear all of the madness

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of the world in the meantime. Please fill us with

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your spirit. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay,

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so let's go ahead and begin with the Bible Book

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of First John, first John, chapter four, and I will

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read verse twenty Verse John, chapter four, and I will

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read verse twenty. And the Bible reads, if someone says,

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I love God quote I love God and hates his

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brother or sister, hates his brother or sister, he is

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a liar. For he who does not love his brothers

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and sisters whom he has seen. How can he love

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God whom he hath not seen? How do we love

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the people that God has placed in our path? Of course,

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the Bible does say Jesus said, they will know you

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by your fruits. Yes, But the Bible also says the

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fruit of this spirit is love, and then we have

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some outgrowths of that love. Correct, very good. But yeah,

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how is love? Is love seen? How will they know

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that you are my disciples? Jesus said, if you have

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love one for another, you see there are so many people.

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There are so many people on the planet who try

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not to connect to God's people. I said, they deliberately

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try not to connect with God's people anymore because of

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what they call church hurt. Church hurt. One preacher said,

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the problem with God's people is God's people. So what

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if we actually did believe God? What if what if

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we actually did receive that great and second commandment, which

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is like unto the first, that we would actually love

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our neighbor as ourselves. What if that was the reality

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before we would start evangelistic series. What if that were

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the reality before we help the lame, the main, the blind,

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the halt, and all of those who need from us.

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Those widows, those who are fatherless motherless. What if we learned,

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through the power of the Holy Ghost, that new commandment

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that I have for you, which is to love one another.

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What if we actually embrace the covenant that God has

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given to us. H Well, of course, let me read

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from the lesson writer, and then we can get some

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truth right out of the scriptures. Though we have confidence

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that God will make all things right in the end,

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it still matters what we as believers do in the

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here and now right, so we don't want to just

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look forward to the end and that be it. Don't

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be so quote heavenly minded that we are no earthly good.

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Let me keep reading. Though there may be many injustices,

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of course there are, and evils, of course there are

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that God will not now eradicate due to the parameters

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of the cosmic conflict. This doesn't mean that we can't

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be used to help alleviate whatever suffering and evil we

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come across, or at least do to whatever degree possible.

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That means get active, y'all when we see things that

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need to be relieved, suffering that needs to be relieved

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in our communities, in our also communities of faith, like

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we are to take up the mantle of God and

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do what we can through God's method, through Christ's method alone.

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Let me keep going. As we have seen love and

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justice go together. They are inseparable God's love. God loves justice. Accordingly,

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if we love God, we will also love justice. Quite frankly,

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justice and judgment in the scriptures almost all of the time,

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not one hundred percent, but very close to one hundred

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percent of the time, actually just means righteousness. Yes, we

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do have the process of judgment, but what is the basis?

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It's based on righteousness, the law of God, the character

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of God. Let me continue likewise, Likewise, if we love God,

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we will love one another. Part of loving one another

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is sharing a concern for the well being of those

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around us. When others are afflicted by poverty, oppression, or

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any kind of injustice, we should be concerned when others

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are oppressed. We should not turn a blind eye. Oh,

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what is the action? Instead, we should ask ourselves what

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we can do. That's a big word, d oh. Do

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not just think, not just conceptualized, not just pray about,

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but actually do get active individually and corporately to advance

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God's love and justice in a way that reflects to

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our broken world, our Lord's perfect character of righteousness and

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love all the crooks of the matter is we represent God,

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We represent Jesus Christ. How would he do if he

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were on planet Earth. I think Jesus actually gave us

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the blueprint when he was on planet Earth. Now let's

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go with seven seven biblical principles. I don't think I'll

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get through all of them with the time that we have,

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but we'll do our best. Seven biblical principles about addressing

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suffering and injustice. Number one, act with God's love. First,

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John chapter three, verses seventeen and eighteen. Whoso hath this

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world's good and see if his brother have need and

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shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him? How dwelleth

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the love of God in him? Him? Oh, my little children,

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let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but

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indeed and in truth. Bible also says in michaeh Chapter

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six and verse five, that he has told you, oh man,

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what is good and what the Lord really wants from you,

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what he requires. He wants you to promote justice, promote justice,

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to be faithful, and to live obediently and humbly before

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God number three, Defend the oppressed. In Isaiah chapter one

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and verse seventeen, the Bible reads, learn to do well,

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seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for

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the widow. Let me read it in another translation for clarity,

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learn to do that which is right exclamation point. Promote justice,

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exclamation point, give oppress, give the oppressed reason to celebrate.

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Take up the cause of the orphan exclamation point. Defend

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the rights of the widow. And of course we can

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go on and on and on and on and on. Finally,

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let me just read finally, reflect God's character. In Matthew

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chapter five and verse sixteen, the Bible reads, let your

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light so shine before men that when they see your

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good works, they will glorify. They will glorify and honor

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your Father, which is in heaven. Oh. I can't wait

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to continue love and justice, the two greatest commandments. Peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This has been your daily

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