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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, September seven,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.

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I am your host, part of me. 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 through the Book of Exodus, and our

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caption for today is failed Leadership, Failed Lead. Before we

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get into that, I'd like to say welcome to everyone

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

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I'm asking you to go over to your Daily Portion

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This is one of the ways that we continue to

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

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then we will get underway. Father, we thank you for

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this day, thank you for loving us, thank you for

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showing us what real leadership is. Thank you, and I

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pray that we will follow the Lamb wherever he leads.

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In Jesus's name, I pray Amen and Amn again. I'm

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just going to begin here with what a mess? What

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a mess did Aaron make as he was supposed to

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be leading the people of God. And I want you

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to keep the context. Aaron was supposed to be the

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mouthpiece right well, he in fact was when Moses would

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go in before the Pharaoh and say, God said, let

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my people go, and everything that happened during that time,

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That's what Aaron's purpose was. And the priesthood come from Aaron.

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And so he, Aaron is selected to be the progenitor

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of connecting God and the people, people and God speaking

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on behalf of God to the people. And in this

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moment now, in this failure of his leadership, he is

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causing the people to worship a false God, causing I said, causing. Now,

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let me read very quickly from the Bible Book of Exodus,

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chapter thirty two. I will read from the amplified Bible. Now,

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when the people saw Moses delayed to come down from

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the mount, they gathered together before Aaron and said to him, come,

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make us a god, a false god, a god the

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kind of God that God said, don't make period, make

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us a god who will go before us. As for

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this Moses, the man who brought us up from the

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land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.

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So first of all, these folks got it all twisted,

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like Moses is not God. So why in the world

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would they say make us a god because Moses is

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not here. That's the first mistake, besides the fact that

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they are making another god before them, before God. Right,

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But now they even have the ministry of Moses all

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mixed up in their head. But anyway, and they think

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that Moses is the one that really brought them out

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of the land of Egypt. Even Moses got that twisted

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when he struck the rock the second time. But I

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just really don't have the time for that right now.

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Verse two, and Aaron replied to them. If Aaron is

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to reply to them, He's supposed to take them back

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to what God said. And the people said, whatever the

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Lord said, that shall we do they but he says,

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I just really literally can't believe this. Aaron replied to them,

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take off the gold ear rings that are in your

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ears or in the ears of your wives, your sons,

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and your daughters, and bring them to me.

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Speaker 1: What like.

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Speaker 2: Later on in the story, we're gonna see where that

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happens again. But that is when they are bringing offerings

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of those kinds of things so that the sanctuary can

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be built. So in worship now they are exchanging those relics,

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they're exchanging the jewels, they're exchanging those ornaments, and they

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are putting them into worship. But this time is false worship.

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Somebody just heard what I just said. Take them off

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verse three. So all the people took off the gold

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rings that were in the the ears and brought them

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to Aaron. And he took the gold from their hands

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and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it

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into a molten calf. And they say, this is our God,

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oh Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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What in the world is going on here? Yeah, you

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could say that that's what they saw in Egypt. And

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because that's what they saw in Egypt, they backslid into

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that mindset. I get it. That is an excuse. It's

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an excuse any of us who worship our own images.

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That's an excuse any of us who worship our income

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or lack thereof, and talk about it's a it's a

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it's a it's a constant discussion about this cost too

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much or that cost too much. And so I put

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my problem in priority above God. Huh, when your relationships

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with people take the place of God, it's an excuse

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for any of us to do this. It's an excuse,

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and it's a horrible one at that. And then verse five. Now,

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when Aaron saw the molten calf, he built an altar

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before it like it gets worse. What and Aaron made

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a proclamation and said, tomorrow shall be a feast to

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the Lord. What in the world is happening God? Verse six,

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protect us God from this mindset. So the next day

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they got up early and offered burnt offerings and brought

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peace offerings. Then the people sat down to eat and

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drink and got up to play. Now, this playing that

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they were doing so called playing this actually, this actually

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is the same kind of playing that is of a

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sexual nature. Right, that kind of playing is the kind

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that is of a sexual nature. It was an immoral

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kind of playing, and it was shameful. And so from

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the book Patriarchs Profits, page three hundred and sixteen, it reads,

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such a crisis demanded a man of firmness. Are you

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a man or a woman of firmness, decision and unflinching courage,

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one who held the honor of God above popular favor,

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personal safety hmm, or life itself? Can you imagine? Can

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you imagine the judges having this experience? Somebody comes before Deborah,

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somebody comes before oh my goodness, all of the judges

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of the Old Testament, and they say, just let us

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worship something else. And the judge says, yeah, yeah, let's

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do that, like Aaron did. Come on, man, okay. But

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the present leader of God's people was not of this character.

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So Aaron, I don't know. I'm wondering, did he fear

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for his life? His in decisiveness gave the people permission

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to sin? He participated in that sin. Matter of fact,

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he led them into that sin, and then try to

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make it holy with a feast in the name of

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the Lord. How many things that have we had had

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in our lives that we tried to sanctify? Have we

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tried to sanctify time that is not holy? Have we

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tried to sanctify relationships that are not holy? You can't

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tell me who to love, You can't tell me how

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to love. And God has told us that he does

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not want us to be connected with people who are

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connected with idols. Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers. And

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you choose to marry somebody who hates God, who couldn't

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care less about what matters to God, but they think

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they like you, and you say, oh, well, that makes sense,

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so let's just get together. I don't have to tell him,

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I don't have to tell her how to worship. Well,

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that's true, but you don't need to be in a

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relationship with him or her that way. And so leadership

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without conviction is dangerous because conviction toward the things of

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God is dangerous because leaders can lead people away from God.

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And so this sin was wrapped in worship, but it

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was still rebellion. Pressure reveals what presence was hiding. So

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Aaron looked strong beside Moses. But once Moses disappeared, Aaron's

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real foundation was exposed. Your private integrity must be stronger

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than your public position. Just switch on the news and

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we can see that that's true. Make it a great day, peace.

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Thanks for joining us listening. 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,