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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 Friday, November

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twenty two, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle

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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

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day and today is no exception. We are finally continuing

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in our lesson study series themes in the Gospel of John.

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I meant to say, we are finally at the end

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of lesson number eight. In our caption for today is

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God above all, God above all. Yes. Before we get

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into that, I'd like to just welcome everyone joining us,

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especially those joining us for the very first time. I'm

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asking you to please go over to your Daily Portion

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the ways to continue to enhance and grow in your

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spiritual development. Also, please let us know where you are

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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 and Heaven. Thank you for

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this day and for giving us this time of preparation.

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Please help us to prepare our minds in our hearts

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for connection with You and for the Sabbath that is

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on its way. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and

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a man again, God above all, And in a moment

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we will discuss why this matters. Of course, we know

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that this matters simply because God is above all. But

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there are some things that God's people have done over

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the years that make us question whether in our relationship

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with God we value Him above all. Okay, and so

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I'm reading directly from the lesson as we wrap this

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week's discussion, and it reads as a golden Treasure truth

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had been entrusted to God's people, the Hebrew people, the

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people of God's economy, bearing signature of Heaven had been

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instituted by Christ himself in types and symbols, the great

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truths of redemption were veiled. See, God gave his people

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the keys to these symbols. He told them, He told us,

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I will say, even though I wasn't alive, I'll say us.

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He told us what they meant and to what they

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were pointing. Okay, Yet when Christ came, the people of

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God did not recognize him to whom all of these

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symbols pointed. See, we should have all been like John

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the Baptist when he pointed and said, behold the Lamb

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of God, which taketh away the sins of the world.

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We should have all been like John the Baptist, who

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learned from God himself that when the one over whom

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the Holy Ghost hovers and then lights upon shows up,

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he's the one. He's the one that Daniel spoke of.

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This is the way that all of God's people should

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have been at the time of Jesus's birth. It shouldn't

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just have been wise men from the east. These were

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not even technically God's people, but they learned to worship God.

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Let me say that very clearly. These were not technically

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God's people, but they learned to worship God. Is it

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possible that some people who are not now God's people

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will replace some of us in the kingdom because we

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refuse to let go of our own paradigms, our own traditions.

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I need you to listen carefully, and so do I.

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I need to listen carefully. They had had the word

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of God in their hands. See, remember, these folks, these

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folks were the ones the repositories of light. These people

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were the ones to whom God entrusted the light so

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that we could share it into all of the world,

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even back then, and so they should never have missed this.

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But but the quote continues. But the traditions which had

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been handed down from generation to generation, and the human

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interpretation of scriptures hid hid from them the truth as

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it is in Jesus. What hid from them the truth

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that it is in Jesus. Poor traditions, These are terrible traditions.

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These traditions that should have led people to God actually

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led them away. And the interpretation that humans put on

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the scriptures, this is what hid them from the truth

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as it is in Christ. Let me continue. The spiritual

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import or importance of the sacred writings was lost. The

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treasure house of all knowledge was open to them, but

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they knew it not. Why not because of their tradition,

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because of their human interpretations of the Bible or the scriptures.

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Let me continue. God does not conceal his truth from

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men or humans by their own course of action, they

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make it obscure to themselves. Christ gave the people of

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God abundant evidence that he was Messiah by his teaching

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called for a decided change. But excuse me, his teaching

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called for a decided change in their lives. This is why.

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This is why they rejected him. Do you understand what

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I'm saying? So when God comes and says this is

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the way, walk ye in it, and we are going

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the other way, then it is a decision that we

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need to make. Do we continue to receive more and

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more light? Do we receive more and more guidance? Do

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we receive more and more power to do God's will

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by listening to what's in front of me? Or do

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I reject what's right in front of me and then

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my understanding gets dim dark, and my will to do

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God's will starts to wane. I hope we're listening. They

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saw that if they received Christ. See, on the one hand,

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this is the option. If I receive Christ, then it continues.

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They must give up their cherished maxims and traditions, their selfish,

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ungodly practices. Is there anything in your life, brothers and

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sisters that you are unwilling to let go of? And

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I need you, in your own mind, in your own

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worship time, to be honest. Is there anything in your

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life that you are unwilling to let go of? When

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God comes to us with new understanding, when God comes

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to us with revival and reformation, is there anything that

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we are holding on to that we refuse to release?

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If so, then we're going to go the same path

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of the people of God when Jesus was on planet Earth.

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Let me continue. It required a sacrifice to receive changeless,

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eternal truth. Therefore, they would not admit the most conclusive

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evidence that God could give to establish faith in Christ.

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They prefer fast to believe in the Old Testament scriptures,

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yet they refuse to accept the testimony contained therein concerning

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Christ's life and character. Coming to a close on this quote.

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They were afraid of being convinced, lest they should be

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converted and be compelled to give up their preconceived notions.

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Is this so precious a thing to be treasured that

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we would give up eternal life? Is this thing that

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we love to do, these traditions that we have even

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in our spiritual quote community. Is this stuff so important,

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so precious, so treasure treasure that we would keep them

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above eternity with God. Come on, listen to what we're

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reading here. The treasure of the Gospel, the way, the truth,

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and the life was among them, but they rejected the

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greatest gift that Heaven could bestow. And this is coming

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from Christ's object Lessons, page one hundred and five. And so,

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if we were to give a quick antidote for this

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kind of a disease, we would do a few things.

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Prioritize God's word above human traditions. We would seek personal

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relationship with God above our rituals. We would embrace change

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prompted by the Holy Ghost. We would see love as

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a fulfillment of God's love. We would focus on justice, mercy,

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and faithfulness. We would worship God in spirit and in truth.

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And then we would be guided by God's example through

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Jesus Christ, God above all. We need to make a

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decision today. Is that our reality? 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,