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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 Sabbath, October twelve,

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twenty twenty four. Hello, my name Isseelle David Harris. I

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am your host, and this is your Daily Portion where

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we give you God's Word every single day, and today

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is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study

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series through the Book of Gospel, the Book of the

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Gospel of John, through the Gospel of John, and our

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caption for today is the backstory, the prologue. The backstory,

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the prologue. We'll get into that in just a moment,

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but before we do, I'd like to say welcome to

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hit that number seven at the appropriate time. Pick up

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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 get under weigh, Father and Heaven, Thank you for

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this day and for loving us beyond belief. Thank you

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for giving us more than just a backstory, more than

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just a prologue, but giving us a way to be transformed,

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to be connected to you, to experience the metamorphosis that

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puts us into eternity with you beginning one day. Father,

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Please please help us to be holy. Make us holy

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today in Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again

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the backstory, it's more than just a story. But let's

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go ahead and read from the book of John chapter one,

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and I will read verse one. And I need to

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remain discipline. I'm telling you that just so I can

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hear myself say it, because if I go too far today,

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then I will have already taught the lesson for the

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coming week. Okay, And so we're going to stay narrowly focused.

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Here to a part of John chapter one and verse one,

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And this is how it reads. In the beginning was

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the word, and the word was with God, and the

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word was God. Let me just say here that this

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actually means from before there was a beginning. You see,

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by the time you hear God say, let there be light,

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and there was light. God was there. So from before

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there was a beginning, the word Jesus Christ was there.

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Oh wait a minute, wait a minute, where did you

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get this word Jesus Christ. We're going to talk about that.

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We're going to talk about that through the coming week,

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beginning tomorrow, okay. And so in a time from before

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there was a beginning. In fact, I shouldn't have said

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a time. I should have said from before there was

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a beginning, because the word and God our Father existed

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through the ceaseless ages of eternity in both directions. In

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the future, the word Jesus Christ and God our Father

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will exist eternally. In the past, the word Jesus Christ.

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I know this is news to some of you. The

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word Jesus Christ and God our Father, they existed in

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eternity past. There was never a time when Jesus did

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not exist. There was never a time when God our

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Father did not exist. There was never a time when

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God the Holy Ghost did not exist, and so through

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the coming days, I'm going to use the terminology God

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good in our English language as a family name. Okay,

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so just think the actual name. Let's use God as

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a surname. And I know some of you are not

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going to like that I need to do this, but

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you'll get it by and by you'll get it. So

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we're gonna say God the Father. So the Father is

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his name and surname God. So we can see that

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they're a part of the same family. Okay, Jesus Christ

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or the Son, that is the name, and then the

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surname God. So they are in the same family. They

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are equal in every way. They are equal. The Holy Ghost, Ah,

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the Holy Spirit, the spirit of God God in this case,

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just trying to make it make sense to some of us.

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God the surname, and the Holy Ghost is the en

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is the particular person that we're referencing. So let me

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read again. So from before there was a beginning, was

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Jesus Christ the word. Oh wait a minute, and Jesus

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Christ the word was with God the Father, Father God,

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and the word Jesus Christ was equal to God the Father.

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Are you getting why I need to do this. Okay,

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So what if some of the ways this truth can

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actually transform our lives? Because I don't want this to

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become a theological discussion, because people in churches, people outside

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of churches, people in seminaries have these long drawn out

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debates trying to contextualize God. This is not what we're

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doing this week, at least not on this broad or broadcast.

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I don't know about others, but on this broadcast, what

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we are doing is looking for the truth that can

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transform our lives and not just inform our heads. I said,

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we're looking for the truth that can transform our lives

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and not just inform our minds. And so let's go

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ahead and begin the discussion right here in the Book

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of Colossians, chapter one. The Book of Colossians, chapter one,

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and it reads in verse sixteen, For by Him all

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things were created. Who's the hymn the word? We're going

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to read about it in John in the coming days.

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So for by Jesus Christ, all things were created in

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heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether they be

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thrones or dominions, or rulers or authorities, all things were

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created through and for Him. The himn is Jesus Christ.

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It said, principalities and in dominions and rulers and authorities.

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That's on earth and that is in the supernatural realm.

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This is why when Jesus in the incarnation, when Jesus

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came through the womb of Mary and he lived with

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humanity for thirty three and a half years. This is

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why when Jesus commanded the devils, they had to obey

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because they were once holy angels. They were once holy

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angels who lived in heaven under Jesus's charge, under his command,

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and when they saw him on planet Earth, they were like,

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wait a minute, this is the one who created us.

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Wait a minute, he has the authority to destroy us.

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This is the one that we actually have to obey.

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We have no choice. As in Daniel chapter ten, there

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was a story where that happened where Gabriel, the angel

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Gabriel got held up in traffic as he was to

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deliver a word to Daniel, and he got held up

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in supernatural traffic, and Jesus came and took over that problem,

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dealt with the devil, and gave Gabriel the opportunity to

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go and deliver the answer to prayer that God had

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intended for him to send. And so this same Jesus

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has authority and divinity, and this is why worshiping him

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is so sweet. Can I just say that the one

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who created you, the one who commands the spirits, and

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they must obey him, the ones who the one who

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said let there be light, and there was light, ah,

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the one who said take up your bed and walk,

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The one who created all things animate and inanimate, also

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took on human form so that humanity, his humanity, in

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his humanity, he could die to take your place. He

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could die so that you would not have to die.

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Spiritually speaking, I'm saying the second death. We can die

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by earthly means, but that's just a sleep, but that

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spiritual end game that destroys sin, root and branch, that death.

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Jesus died that death so that you, brothers and sisters

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don't have to die that death. And so I'm leaving

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out a lot. I'll probably have to put this into

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our community. You have so much more to say, But

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I am thankful that the one who created us also

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took on human form so that he could die the

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death that we deserve, so that we could live the

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life that he deserves. This is going to be an

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exceptional week. Thank God. See you in a couple of hours. 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,