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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 Sunday, April

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twenty seven, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El

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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 day,

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and today is no exception. We are continuing in our

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lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and our

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caption for today is the very First Commandment, the very

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first first Commandment. 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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that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father

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and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day

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and for the privilege we have to open up your

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word and to hear from you and to be protected

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by you. Father, Please give us the fullness of your

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Holy spirit today. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and

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Amen again. The very first commandment. Now, I just want

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to give a quick caveat here. We're talking about the

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first prohibitive commandment, okay, And when I say that, I'm

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saying there is something that God said in the first

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telling of the story here in Genesis, chapter one and

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verse let's go with twenty seven and twenty eight, and

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the Bible reads, So God created humankind or man in

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his own image, and the image of God created he

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him male and female created he them. And then the

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Bible says, and God blessed them, and God said unto them,

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be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth and subdue it,

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and have dominion over the fish of the sea, over

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the fall of the air, and over every living thing

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that moveth upon the earth. And then the Bible continues

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with a discussion. And so some people may say, well,

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that is not a command. Well, God told them to

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do this, all right. But when we talk about the

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command in this context or commandment in this context, the

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lesson writer is identifying a command that is a prohibition.

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Look at what it says right here in the lesson

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it says the first command a prohibition that God gave

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to humankind. And why was it so important? So now

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we move over to the second chapter, and now read

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verse nine, sixteen and seventeen for now, and the Bible reads,

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and out of the ground God made, or the Lord God.

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And it says, and out of the ground made the

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Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to

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the sight and good for food, and the tree of

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life also in the midst of the garden, and the

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tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I had

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lost my place. And the Bible says in verse sixteen,

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and the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every

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tree of the garden, thou mayest freely eat. But there

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is a caveat verse seventeen. But of the tree of

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the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat

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of it, For in the day that thou eatst thereof

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thou shalt surely die, okay. And so the Bible is

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teaching us that God really does care about what we do. Right.

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There is a song that we used to sing as children.

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Oh be careful, little eyes what you see. Oh, be careful,

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little mouth, what you say. No, be careful little feet

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where you go. Be careful, little hands, what you do.

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There's a father up above who is looking down in

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tender love. Oh, be careful, little whatever it is what

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we you understand now. And so God protects his people.

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He's always protected us. Before there was ever a human sinner.

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God was protecting us, protecting us from what, protecting us

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from separating from him, protecting us from no longer being

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inside of his will, protecting us from limiting ourselves to

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time and not entering into eternity. God loves us so

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much that he would protect us so he can insulate

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our relationship throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity. And so

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the Bible teaches us that he said, if if we

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do eat that tree, eat anything for eat the fruit

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from that tree, then we will surely die. And so

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this is a test of faith and trust. I should say,

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a test of trust. And I know that this text

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comes after the fall. But in Hebrews chapter eleven and

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verse six, the Bible says, for without faith, it is

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impossible to please him. And so there is a faith requirement,

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like if we're going to be in a right relationship

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with God, then we need to believe him. There is

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love that is a choice, and trust is an opportunity.

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And of course this is all based on relationship with God.

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So ask yourself the question like do I trust God?

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And I'm saying you're looking yourself in the mirror, you're

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looking at yourself in your camera and then seeing yourself

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on the screen, and you're asking yourself like do you

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trust God? And then, of course freedom does have a framework.

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The Bible does teach us in Second Corinthians, chapter three

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and verse seventeen, where the spirit of the Lord is

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there is liberty. But God gives us this liberty within boundaries.

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He's protecting us liberty within boundaries. He's protecting us choice.

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The power of choice is essential. But God has taught

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us what the right decisions would be liberty comes within limits.

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Love requires freedom to choose. But again, if we choose

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the wrong path, that is our choice or our decision

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to make. And then, of course what ever comes as

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a result is that two course. Love is the foundation

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of keeping God's commands. God's commandments from the beginning of time,

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and the Bible reads here in John chapter fourteen and

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verse fifteen, if ye love me, then keep my commandments.

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And this reveals that obedience shows love, like if we

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love him, then we'll do what he says, because he'll

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empower us to do so. Trust demonstrates faith and commands

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protect us. Again, relationship is primary. God wants us to

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be together with him throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.

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And so when Adam and Eve chose to eat from

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the tree that was not good for food, even though

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Eve saw that it was good for food, if God

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said don't eat it, then it couldn't be good for food.

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It was good for all kinds of stuff, but not

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for food. Why not because God said not to eat

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from it. I wish I had the time, But she

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saw that, and she saw that it was a tree

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to be desire to make one wise and then she

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took it, she ate it, and of course she gave

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to her husband also he took it, he ate it.

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And now we are in this mess. But I'm thankful

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that God did not leave us in this mess without

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a Messiah. Ooh, I think I just said something there.

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God did not leave us in this mess without a messiah,

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meaning Jesus. So why is this important? God has given

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us the establishment of our free will. He wanted us

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to demonstrate trust. But since we didn't trust him in

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that analysis, now we need the Messiah. And he was

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protecting our relationship through Jesus Christ. He's still protecting our

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relationship with him. He showed the nature of love. He

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sent clear boundaries. Those boundaries still exist today, and he

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revealed the consequences when we make the wrong decision. And

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so throughout history we see commands of God. We see it.

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We see it here. Let me see in Israel's time,

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the lesson writer says, millennia later, when Israel asks for

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a king, the Lord laid out the consequences. And we

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talked about that last week, and then the Bible is

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going to teach us as we read through the next

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several days. In the Book of Daniel. With this background

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in mind, it can be enlightening, not only as the

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march of Empires depicted in the book's visions and indictment

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of the nations the Gentiles. It is also an indictment

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of God's people's failures, their refusal to follow God's commandments.

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But we know now the antidote. Follow what he says

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and live with him forever.

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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,