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

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

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

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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

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

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and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.

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Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,

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Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning, it is Sabbath. It's

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February twenty two, 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, God's Love and Justice. We're

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coming in with lesson number nine under the caption the

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Cosmic Conflent, the Cosmic Conflict. Before we get into that

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this Sabbath morning, i'd like to say welcome to you

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and ask you to go over to your Daily Portion

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dot com. Please join our online community. Please go ahead

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in that little form and tell us where you are

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in the world at your Daily Portion dot com. This

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is one of the ways that we continue to build

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faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then

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we will get underway. Father in heaven, we do thank

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you for winning the conflict. I thank you for giving

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us the fullness of your spirit for these days. Please

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help us to receive him in Jesus name. I pray,

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Amen and Amen again. The cosmic conflict. Now that sounds ominous,

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and I think indeed it is this time. I think

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it is like sometimes we say things for effect, but no,

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this is real. The conflict is real, and I'm thankful

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that God has already shown us the end of the story.

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He's also shown us what he did in heaven. When

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the conflicts started with Lucifer, Lucifer decided that he wanted

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to be he wanted to replace God. Lucifer decided that

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he wanted to place replace God, and God had to

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deal with that situation as it really was, and unfortunately

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Lucifer and his cohorts, they they decided that they did

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not want to repent, and the Bible says there was

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war in heaven, and of course Mikael and his angels

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fought against the dragon and his angels, and of course

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the dragon loses his evil angels and him. They go

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and get kicked out of heaven. But they live. They

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they they I'm not going to say live. But what

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they what they do is they antagonize the humans on

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planet Earth. Now that's what they're doing. That's their job,

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antagonize human beings. And they attempt to get us separated

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from God, our father. And so I'm thankful that God

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gave us the end of the story, like he showed

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us that the devil loses one hundred percent of the

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time when it's a war or a conflict with God.

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So the question is today I'm talking about this Sabbath morning,

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will you allow God to win this cosmic conflict in

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your life? What I'm saying is, when you have to

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make a decision in your personal life, spiritual life, your relationships,

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your professional and financial life, Like when you have to

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make decisions in all of these key areas, are you

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going to listen to God or are you going to

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listen to the enemy. Are you going to believe God

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or are you going to believe the voice of the enemy.

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That is the question with which we must contend every

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single day, including on Sabbath. Like Sabbath is not a

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utopia somewhere in on planet Earth where we are insulated

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against the temptations of the enemy. But we do know

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that since we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, and

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we do indeed wrestle against principalities and powers, and the

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rulers of the darkness of this age, and spiritual wickedness

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and high places, we know that when we put on

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God's entire armor, than we will be able to stand yes.

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And so we read now from Genesis, chapter three and

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verse fifteen, the response of God after the humans in

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the garden of Eden decided to do what the devil

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said instead of what God said. And so we read

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now in that passage, and I will put enmity. That

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means hostility, that's one of the ways that you can

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define it. And I will put hostility between you and

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the woman. So he is God. God is speaking to

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the devil, the serpent through the serpent. But he's speaking

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to the devil, okay. And I will put hostility between

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you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed.

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He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel.

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And so God is telling the devil right then and

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there that the seed which is Christ is going to

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crush you. The seed is going to crush you. The

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seed which is Christ is going to win. You will

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lose in this cosmic conflict. Even though you will constantly

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be nipping at the heels of God's people, You will

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constantly be nipping at the heel of Even Jesus when

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he lived on planet Earth, he was always on his heels,

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tempting him, attempting to get Jesus off of his spiritual square,

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his proverbial square, trying to get Jesus off task which

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he came for, one thing, to seek and to save

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that which was lost. And so I'm thankful that God

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is so kind. I'm thankful that God is so kind

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that he has given us the blueprint and also shown

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us the outcome. Okay, and so I'm going to read

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now from the Bible Book of Matthew, the Bible Book

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of Matthew, chapter thirteen. Let's read from Matthew chapter thirteen,

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beginning at verse twenty four. Oops. Matthew chapter thirteen. It'd

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be great if I would listen to myself and then

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begin at verse twenty four, and the Bible says in

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another parable, put he forth unto them, saying, this is

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Jesus speaking. The kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a

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man which sowed good seed in his field while men slept.

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His enemy came in so tears among the wheat, and

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went his way. But when the blade was sprung up

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and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tears. Also, of course,

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we know the tears are not good. And the servants

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of the household are came and said unto him, Sir,

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didst thou not sow seed in thy field? From whence

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then cometh the tears? And he said, unto them, an

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enemy hath done this. See the devil is still planting

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evil things among God's people. He is still planting evil

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things on planet Earth. Okay, the Bible continues. The servants said,

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unto him, wilt thou then that we go and gather

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them up? And he said, nay, lest while ye gather

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up the tears, ye root up also the wheat with them.

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Let both grow together until the harvest. And in the

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time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, gather

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ye together first the tears, buying them in bundles to

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burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. You see,

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the devil is continually planting and sowing discord. He's planting

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and sowing strife. You see that at your workplace. Sometimes

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God forbids you see it in your home. Sometimes he

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plants it just in your mind. And this war is

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going on, and he is trying to get you to

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doubt God. He is he is planting tears of bad mindset,

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like he's planting tears of people who deliberately stir up

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controversy while they are in and among God's people, And

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God is saying, I'm gonna let them grow up. You

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will have challenges. You will wonder why are these people

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even here? Why are these thoughts creeping in among me?

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Among us Ah. But at the appropriate time, as God

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knows what his plan and his will is, he is

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going to rip out the tears, burn them, and then

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only what will be left is what God had planted. Now,

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let me ask you a question. Are you on God's

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side or not? Are you the fruit of the harvest

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that God is going to take to heaven and then

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plant in the earth made new one day? Or are

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you a tear. It's something with which we must contend,

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and God is so good to us that we can

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choose never, never to be a tear, but always be

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His wheat in order to win the conflict in our lives. Peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.

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Speaker 2: Friends.

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Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by

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every word that comes from the mouth of God. This

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has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make

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it a great day. Yeah,