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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 Thursday, August fifteen,

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twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle David Harris.

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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion

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where we give you God's word every single day, and

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today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson

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study series through the Book of Mark, and our caption

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for today is the Healthy Man in Hell, The Healthy

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Man in Hell. Before we get in to that, I

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would like to welcome everyone joining us, especially those joining

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us for the very first time. Please go over to

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pick up the Your Daily Portion book at your Daily

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Portion dot com. This is a way that we continue

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to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray,

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

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you for giving us this new day and for the

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privilege that we have to see your word and understand you.

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Please transform our lives today in Jesus name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again the healthy man in hell. Well,

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let's see what God has to say here. That's an

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interesting caption. Beginning at verse forty two of the Bible

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Book of Mark, chapter nine, we read, and whosoever shall

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offend one of these little ones that believe in me,

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it is better for him to have a millstone hanged

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about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

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So we're continuing the discussion from yesterday about receiving children

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as if we are receiving Jesus, as if we are

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receiving God, our Father. And he's telling us, now, well,

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what if we cause somebody one of these little ones,

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the dejected, they often overlooked, the unheard individuals of this world.

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What if we cause them to walk away from God?

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What if what we do causes hurt in them and

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they see it as if God is hurting them. What

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is it like if we cause somebody to lose faith

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in God by the way that we behave. The Bible

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says that it is better that you have a millstone

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hanged about your neck and be thrown in the sea.

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And if any hand offend thee cut it off. It

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is better for thee to enter into life maimed than

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having two hands to go into hell into the fire

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that never shall be quenched, where the worm dieth not

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and the fire is not quenched. If thy foot offend

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THEE cut it off, it is better for thee to

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enter into life halt than having two feet to be

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cast into hell the fire that never shall be quenched,

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where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched.

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And then he goes on in this exaggerated speech. He

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goes on to make this point. And if thine eye

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offend thee pluck it out. It is better for thee

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to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye

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than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire

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where worm dieth not and fire is not quenched. For

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everyone that shall be salted with fire, every sacrifice shall

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be salted with salt. Salt is good, But if the

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salt hath lost its saltiness, wherewith shall ye season it?

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Speaker 1: He?

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Speaker 2: Have salt in yourselves and have peace one with another.

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So much to say, so little time. Remember our caption

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healthy man in Hell. Of course, this is symbolic, hyperbolic language,

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exaggerated language to make the point. There are people who

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are okay with offending God. There are people who are

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quite fine with turning against God and ignoring his will.

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So let's just say we use our right hand to

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ignore God's will. We do things with our hands that

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are sacrificing our relationship with God. God is saying that

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it is better to stop doing any of those things.

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It is better that we humble ourselves like we were

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talking about yes yesterday. Then to go in and not

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even think about that, not think about God, not even

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be concerned about what He thinks about a thing, and

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hold on to things as we see them as normal,

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and go to hell. It is better that we would

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yield our will. And even if it is painful to

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us to humble ourselves, if it is painful for us

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to get rid of that relationship we shouldn't be in,

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if it's painful for us to come off of social media,

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if it is painful for us to come off of

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that job that we are so proud that we have it.

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It is let me bring it closer to the church.

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It is better for us to walk away from church

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position if we are puffed up in our minds, then

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to happily keep these positions and lose our focus on

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God and lose eternal life. Is that starting to make

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sense to you. We don't want to continue to hold

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on to those things that are dear to us, those

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things that are easily besetting us, those thoughts that we

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have about ourselves, and go to hell. It is not

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good for us to hold on to these things that

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cannot get us any closer to God. God is saying,

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humble yourself. It is better to lose something and gain

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the kingdom and eternity with God than to hold on

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to the things that make us feel proud and bolsing

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big up our chests and cause people to look at

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us and to esteem us. And as we sit in

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high places, people will say great things about us, so

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the crowds will say ooh and ah. God is saying,

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it is better for us to get away from all

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of those things and gain our soul than to hold

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on to those things that are dear and lose our soul.

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I think that is as clear as crystal. So what

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we're going to do is learn some lessons as usual.

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Learn some lessons as usual. The first one is that

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there is something very serious about leading others astray. Jesus

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is serious about us not leading others astray. He's very

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clear that anybody who is willing to lead a child

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astray or anyone else, it's better if you be dead.

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Speaker 1: What.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that's what it means. To offend. To offend means

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for us to walk away from God. So if we

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cause others to walk away from God, it is better

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that we are drowned in the sea. I'll just let

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that be where. That is Number two, Radical repentance. Radical repentance.

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As I said before, this was exaggerated or hyperbolic language

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that Jesus was teaching us from, and the Bible teaches

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us that it takes radical moves. Sometimes, it takes extreme moves,

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sometimes the unexpected moves, sometimes in order for us to

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connect with God. There are things that we hold dear

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that God is saying it's better that we throw those

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away immediately than to lose our soul. And of course

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there are eternal consequences. In verse forty seven we see

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this over and over again. But in verse forty seven

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we'll read it again. And if thine I offend thee,

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pluck it out. It is better for thee to enter

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into the Kingdom of God with one eye than having

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two eyes and cast into hell fire. See, going to

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hell is an eternal consequence. We will never be with God.

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We will be burned up. God forbid. People who separate

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themselves from God will be burned up. And that is

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not to live in holiness with God. The consequence of

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walking away from God is eternal condemnation. Where where the where?

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The Bible says that those individuals will be burned up,

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root and branch and will never live again. Yeah, purity

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of life our fourth lesson purity of life. The Bible

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says here in verse fifty salt is good. But if

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the salt have lost its saltiness, wherewith will we ye

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season it? Have salt in yourselves and have peace with

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one another. God is teaching us that we are the

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salt of the earth. We are here spread out throughout

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all the earth in order to help to preserve people's

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lives through eternity. But If we choose to go another

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route and we lose our ability to help to preserve

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people by Jesus' grace, then what good are we? What

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good are we? Bible teaches us to be holy because

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Jesus is holy. 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,