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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 Tuesday, March eighteen,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El 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, God's Love and Justice. We are in Lesson

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number twelve and our caption for today is God Loves Justice.

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God Loves Justice. We'll get into that in just a moment,

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but first 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. Pick up this your Daily

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Portion Companion guide. It's a life application companion guide. It's

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the second quarter we've done it. I'm not one hundred

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percent sure we're going to do it next quarter, but

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it's up to you. It depends on how many copies

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you pick up of this one, and that will determine

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your interest. Okay, So please pick that up at your

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download or in physical copy, and it helps us, as

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I say, to apply what we are studying in the

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lesson study or the quarterly that is given by the church. Okay,

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

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Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new

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day and for the opportunity that you have entrusted to

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us to serve you and to do your will. Father,

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I'm asking you now to please please fill us with

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your holy spirit, give us your mindset and teach us

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how to be after your own image and likeness in

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Jesus name. I pray, Amen and Amen again. Now I'm

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going to tell you the title or the caption again,

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but I'm going to add something to it, and I

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need your word that you will not switch off the

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broadcast in the middle of me sharing this. Okay, Please

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do not switch off the broadcast in the middle of

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me saying this, okay, God loves justice so much that

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he calls us God's I'm gonna say it again. Do

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not switch off the broadcast. This is write in the scriptures,

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God loves justice so much that he calls us God's.

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Now this is lowercase G for those who use Englis language,

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and that God's concept is delegated authority, delegated authority from

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God or by God, but not deity. So please do

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not misunderstand or misquote me. God loves justice so much

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that he calls us gods. That's delegated authority, but not deity.

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He's not making us equal with himself, but he is

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saying that he loves justice and some other things so

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much that he also delegates the authority that he would

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call us God's. Okay. In the Book of Psalms, the

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Bible Book of Psalms, chapter eighty two, and you would

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have heard Jesus talk about this too. But in Psalms

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chapter eighty two, the Bible reads, God standeth in the

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congregation of the Mighty, He judgeth among the gods. Now

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let me go to another version. God stands in the

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assembly of l in the midst of the gods, he

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renders judgment. How long he says, will you make unjust

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legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? Let me

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read it again verse two, how long will ye judge unjustly?

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Speaker 1: Who?

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Speaker 2: Gods? Gods lowercase and in Hebrew elohem? Now, Elohem is

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not always the creator. Okay, it's not always the Creator,

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but it does reference the creator. Elohem is not the

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Creator's name, not like Yahweh blessed be his name. But

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it does reference the Creator. But it also references lowercase

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g gods, judges, even false gods. But let me say,

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in this passage Elohem, it represents judges or magistrates or

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representatives God's sovereignty. Okay, These gods lowercase g Elohim in

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this case represent maybe judges, definitely like magistrates, representatives of

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God's sovereignty. Now let me read this straight through without stopping.

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God standeth in the congregation of the Mighty, He judgeth

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among the gods. Verse two, he says, how long will

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you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked?

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Defend the cause of the poor, you gods, huh, and

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the fatherless vindicate the oppressed and suffering. You gods, rescue

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the poor and the needy, deliver them from the power

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of the wicked. They never know or understand. They stumble

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around in the dark while all the foundations of the

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earth crumble. I thought, you are gods, all of you

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are sons of the Most High. Yet you die like mortals.

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You will fall like all the other rulers. Rise up,

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O God, meaning the one of Heaven, execute judgment on

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the earth, for you own all the nations. And so

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God is not speaking to the idols that people erect.

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He's talking about the human beings that he has seen,

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who are judges and magistrates, representatives of God's sovereign will,

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who have the power and influence to deliver the broken hearted,

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to defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless,

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to vindicate the oppressed and the suffering, to rescue the

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poor and the needy, those who are able to deliver

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them from the power of the wicked. He is judging

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those gods, those judges, those magistrates, those supreme court justices.

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He is judging those who do not do this according

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to his will, because they are to represent the most High. God.

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Blessed be his name, And so God is showing us

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his concerns against unjust leadership. He condemns corrupt judgment. He

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rebukes favoritism toward the wicked. Do we not see in

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the news, brothers and sisters, favoritism toward the wicked. He

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holds authorities accountable for what vulnerable people, the poor, the lame,

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the main, the blind, the fatherless, the afflicted, the needy,

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the oppressed. And his expectations of these gods is that

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they would defend the helpless, execute justice, rescue the oppressed,

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deliver them from wickedness. This is God's expectation of you,

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dear brother. Are you with judge, a magistrate? Are you

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someone in authority? Are you someone who in this case

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would represent God to be able to do these things

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that he is calling the gods to do in Psalm

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chapter eighty two. I know some people it's jarring for

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me to use the term, but it's right in the text.

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It's right in the text, and it's in Hebrew as well,

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like for those who love to study ancient languages. And

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so the responsibility for all people, but especially those with

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these levels of authority or influence, is to actively defend

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the vulnerable, fight against systematic injustice, use your influence for good,

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stand against corruption. God's standards are not negotiable. M He

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gives us the position so that we will be responsible.

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All authority is accountable to God. Earthly power is temporary.

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Notice I said in the beginning that this is delegated authority,

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This is not deity. God is not bringing us up

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to the level of who he is, but we are

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to cooperate with him in Our response should be to

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recognize our human accountability, to work for justice in our

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sphere of influence, support the oppressed, and then trust God's

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ultimate judgment. Okay, and if you want more on that,

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Jesus was actually chiding the people of his day the

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same way in John chapter ten, and he references here

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the same space in the Book of Psalms chapter eighty two.

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So what are you gonna do? God loves justice so

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much that he delegates authority to humans to represent him. 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,