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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.

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Speaker 3: It is Monday, December eight, twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Hello, my name is El David Harris.

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Speaker 3: 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 Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our caption

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for today is accusations, Oh boy, accusations. Before we get

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

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especially those joining us for the very first time. Please,

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faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, thank you for this day.

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Thank you for the fact that the accuser of the

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brethren is cast down who accuses us before you both

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day and night. Father, Please please teach us not to

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be accusers of our brethren. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and amen. Accusations accusations, boy. Communications are serious situation.

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And let me just say that communications a serious situation.

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Some of you know that our will communication director for

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the Central Jamaica Conference of Some Day Adventists for some time,

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and yeah, it's serious.

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Speaker 2: Communication. It's a serious thing.

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Speaker 3: We had more than two hundred churches, of course, and

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we had health centers and and university and educational institutions

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and people all around Central Jamaica that we needed to

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keep our communication clear for during the pandemic and at

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other times. And so I'm like, okay, God, what does

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this mean? Like, how can I see the experience that

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I had in that regard in this lesson, Well, the

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lesson writer actually points out an experience you will have

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read through already. In both cases, at the bottom of

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the lesson, a structure of stones is erected. So we

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have two kinds of altars being erected, and one set

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of people is trying to figure out, like, what is

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the purpose of this these this altar? Like one of

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them looks a certain way, the other ones another way.

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Like what's going on here? The first served as a memorial,

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while the second is perceived to be an impressive altar.

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The question that inevitably comes to mind is, as in

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the text, what do these stones mean? Now we're looking

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for intention. Somebody's trying to judge based on the evidence,

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but it's not coming clear right now? Is this altar

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built for sacrifices or is it for only a memorial?

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Are these tribes already h oh, this is where it's

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coming in right here?

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Speaker 2: Clear? Clear, clear?

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Speaker 3: Are these other tribes already starting to fall into apostasy?

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See when I was in that position, I remember when

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church members were judging one another based on something I'm

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not bringing up now. You know what the argument was

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during the pandemic, And one side said this, and one

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side said that, and people were just at each other

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surrounding the particular discussion, like what is the meaning of

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the way that we are doing whatever it was that

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we needed to do or felt that we needed to

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do during that really critical time in Earth's history. And

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so these tribes are trying to figure out like it

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is some people falling into apostasy, Well, how did this happen?

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Like how is all of this questioning happening? Because there

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was a lack of communication. Look at this lack of

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consultation with Joshua, he's the leader, Eliezer or the tribal

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leaders creates room for misunderstanding that potentially can lead to

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terrible conflict. So we need to be evaluating how we communicate,

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if we communicate, what we communicate, especially when it comes

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to the mission of Christ in the last days, because

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we would be subject to the same potential for misunderstanding.

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So our first lesson in that case is judging without

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understanding leads to false accusations. Judging without understanding leads to

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false accusations. Coming in from the Bible, Book of Luke,

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chapter thirty Luke chapter six, verse thirty seven, and it reads,

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judge not, and ye shall not be judged, condemn not,

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and ye shall not be condemned forgive and you will

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be forgiven. Now that word, the Greek word for judge,

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in this case means to separate, decide, or form an opinion.

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Don't do that without all of the information. The West

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Georgian tribes in the actual lesson now assumed the altermant rebellion.

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But did they say that assuming does to you and me?

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They saw stones and concluded apostasy. They saw stones and

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concluded apostasy. Sometimes our perceptions are off. Sometimes what we

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think we see is not what we actually see. Sometimes

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we are coloring what we see based on experiences. Oh well,

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I can't get into all of that. It's a lot.

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So they saw that and concluded apostasy. Their sudden shift

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in language calling the Eastern tribes sons of Ruben and

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sons of God, showed suspicion in place of the trust

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that they had. Misjudgment flourished because understanding was absent. Before

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we rush to judgment, this is our action step pause

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before forming conclusions. Ask God, am I seeing the whole picture?

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Choose patient inquiry over quick suspicion. As in my behavior style,

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I like to ask questions. I don't like rushing to

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judgment because I do not like to be inaccurate or wrong.

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I need the data. I need the information. I need

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the facts in order to make a fair, balanced and

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real judgment if necessary. And so this is a good

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place for us as believers in the last days. Our

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second lesson is righteous judgment looks beyond appearances. In the

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Bible Book of John chapter seven and verse twenty four,

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it says, judge not according to the appearance, but judge

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righteous judgment. Again the Greek word, this time for appearance,

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actually means what is seen on the surface. Oh wait,

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there's something beneath the surface. There's something beyond the surface.

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So appearances created or the surface view, the surface view

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created fear. In Joshua chapter twenty two, looking at things

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at the surface created fear. What looked like rebellion was

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actually a memorial to unity. God calls believers to discern

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with spiritual clarity, not assumption, not emotional reaction. True judgment

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begins by seeking the facts, listening to others, and allowing

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time for truth to emerge. Our action step in that

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case is seeking deeper understanding in every difficult situation. Listen

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to our long look at Me. If you're looking at

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me on YouTube or on Facebook or wherever you're watching.

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Just to imagine on the radio, I'm pointing at my

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two ears, brothers and sisters. There is a reason why

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we have double the number of ears then we do

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mouths and tongues. Yeah, we need to listen twice as much,

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twice as long as you speak when conflict arises. And

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I'll just give you. I'll just give you one last lesson.

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You'll drill it later. God alone knows motives and hearts,

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and that's coming in from First Corinthians, chapter four and

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verse five.

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Speaker 2: Seek God and he'll teach us what we need to know. 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,