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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 Monday, August twelve,

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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 Cost of Discipleship, The cost of

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disciples Before we get into that, I'd like to say

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welcome to you and ask you to please go over

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Portion dot Com. This is one of the ways that

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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead

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and pray, and then we will get underway. Father in Heaven,

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thank you for giving us the opportunity to open your

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word today. And I pray that we will count the

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cost that we will invest ourselves fully in living for

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you and helping others to do the same. Please in

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Jesus name, I pray, Amen, and amen again the cost

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of discipleship. All right, So what we're going to do

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is read from the Book of Mark chapter eight and

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see what God has to say to us there. And

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the Bible reads, and he began to teach them that

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the son of Man must suffer many things, and be

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rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and

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the scribes, and be killed after three days, then rise again.

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And so Jesus is giving his disciples a heads up.

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I know that this text doesn't necessarily apply, but there

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is a passage in the Prophets right where it says

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God doesn't do anything. He doesn't do anything, and we

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will say important unless he first reveals it, or reveals

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those secrets to his prophets. That was then, but even still,

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he's speaking to his people not necessarily that they are

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prophets or whatever, but he's speaking to his people in

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this moment and saying, I am going to do something

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very important. Now, the prophecies already foretold what he was

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going to do. Daniel was very clear that three and

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a half years after Jesus appears as Messiah, the Prince,

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or the anointed one, then he would be cut off.

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He would be cut off not for himself but for

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his people, so he would give his life and become

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a ransom for many. Now, with all of this in

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the discussion, I'm wondering, how in the world did chapter

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thirty two even happen. And he spake that saying openly,

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and Peter took him and began to rebuke him. What Now,

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I understand Peter was in his feelings, like I understand,

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Peter may not have wanted this to happen. Peter may

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have been thinking, oh, wait a minute, well, if Jesus

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is gone, what's going to happen to us? But Peter,

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you're supposed to be, first of all, listening to what

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Jesus is saying. He's in living color, like he's right

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in front of you telling you how things will be right.

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But besides that, everything else that I just said is true.

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The prophecies foretold exactly what would happen to Jesus. And

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when it's interesting and well, Peter took him and rebuked him.

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But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples,

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he rebuked Peter, saying, and then he starts firing on

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the real enemy. He looks at Peter, he rebukes him,

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and then he says, get thee behind me, Satan. He's

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not calling Peter satan, but he knows that we don't

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wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers

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and rulers, of the darkness of this world, and spiritual

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wickedness and high places. So he knew what was driving

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Peter's ungodly, unfaithful response to Jesus. And so he now

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fires on the devil and says, get thee behind me, Satan,

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For thou savorest not the things that be of God,

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but the things that be of men. You see, if

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Jesus didn't do exactly what he said he would do,

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if he wasn't going to suffer many things, if he

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wasn't going to be rejected of the elders and of

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the chief priests and scribes and be killed. Then all

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of us would have been lost. It's to be killed,

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part like if Jesus didn't give his life on the

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cross at Calvary, then we all would have lost our souls.

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But Peter needs to be looking at the rest of

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what Jesus said. And he said, now, after all of

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that has happened, then I will I will I wake

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back up like I'm going to be resurrected after three days.

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So what was Peter's issue in that moment? Peter's eyesight

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was limited, his vision was was crushed. He couldn't see

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as God sees, and he chose not to follow where

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Jesus was leading. You see, so we need to get

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out of our feelings. We need to listen to what

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God says. And then when the rewards the benefits, even

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though they come with trials, but when they do come,

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then we can say, well, we thank God, why because

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great peace have they that love Thy law? And nothing

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shall cause him or her to offend or to go

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away from God. And so we thank God that Jesus

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dealt with this thing clearly, so that Peter would know

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and with the other disciples know exactly what was going

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on Verse thirty four, Verse thirty four. And when he

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called the people unto him with his disciples, also he said,

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unto them, whosoever will come after me, let him deny

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himself and take up his cross and follow me. Or

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whosoever shall save his life shall lose it. So if

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you love this world, Peter, as it is, if you

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love this predictable thing as things are predictable on planet Earth,

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and then you won't go through trials or tribulation, then Peter,

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you need to be thinking. Whoever shall lose his life,

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whoever shall lose his life will save it. Whoever shall

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lose his life for my sake, and the Gospels the

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same shall save it. Right, So, if you protect your

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life as it is today, then you're going to lose eternity.

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If you yield yourself fully, yield your life to God,

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then in eternity you will have life everlasting. And the

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Bible continues verse thirty six four. What shall it profit

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a man if he shall gain the whole world and

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lose his own soul? Listen, I'm a coach, and I

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coach sixty seven and eight figure US income earners and

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one of the principles that we keep very close as

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we develop in certain key areas is that you can

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have all the one the money that you want. But

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if your relationship with God is off is off, then

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it doesn't make sense. If your relationships are unhealthy on

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planet Earth, then it doesn't make sense. Love for God,

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love for humanity. If your personal development is not on

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par with what God would have it to be, then

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what does it profit me to make six figures, seven figures,

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eight figures. I haven't coached anyone who's making nine figures,

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but I've seen them in the news. What profit would

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it be for you to have nine figures? I've never

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coached anybody that's making ten figures? But what would it

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profit a person who is a billionaire that if they

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lose their soul, or their earthly relationships are in shambles,

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or if they are not clear on what God has

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called them to do, what would it be? What good

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would it be? Or what does it profit a man

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if he should gain the entire world and lose his

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own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange

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for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me

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and of my words in this adulterous generation and sinful

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generation of him. Also shall the son of Man be

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ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father

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and with holy aangel. You see, God has given us

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the blueprint. He has given us what it takes to

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yield our will to God and what is at stake.

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The question is are we willing? Are you willing, brothers

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and sisters to heed Jesus's guidance? And from the book

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Desire of Ages, page four hundred and fifteen, Peter's words

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were not such as would be a help and solace

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to Jesus in the great trial before him. They were

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not in harmony with God's purpose of grace toward the

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lost world, nor with the self lesson of self sacrifice

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that Jesus had come to teach by his own example.

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And so we thank God that Jesus rebuked the situation,

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so that we can see that the cost of discipleship

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is high, but Jesus paid it all.

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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,