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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 Friday, April

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twenty five, 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

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day and today is no exception. We are continuing in

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our lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and

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our caption for today is anchored in Christ, Anchored in Christ.

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

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one of the ways that we continue to build faith

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and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father, We thank

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you for giving us this new day and for the

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privilege that you have entrusted to us to serve you

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and to open up your word. Please anchor our faith

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in you today. In Jesus' name, I pray a man

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and a man again anchored in Christ. I'm going to

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begin from the book The Great Controversy, pages forty nine

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to fifty, and I'm going to give seven principles that

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will help us mitigate against what we read about here. Okay,

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And so it reads little by little, at first in

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stealth and silence, and then more openly. As it increased

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in strength and gained control of the minds of men,

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The mystery of iniquity carried forth its deceptive and blasphemous work.

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What almost imperceptibly, what happened The customs of Heathenism found

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their way into the Christian Church. Can we say right

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now that we see the customs of Heathenism in God's Church? Absolutely,

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The spirit of compromise and conformity was restrained for a

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time by the fierce persecution which the Church endured under paganism.

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But as persecution ceased and Christianity entered the courts and

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palaces of kings, she laid aside the humble simplicity of

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Christ and his apostles for the pomp and pride of

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pagan priests and rulers. And in place of the requirements

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of God m the Holy ten Commandment's law thrown away,

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other truths and scripture thrown away, she substituted human theories

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and traditions. The nominal conversion of Constantine. I just want

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you to be very careful here. I want you to

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think about the actual fruit of what we see when

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people join God's Church. Sometimes there's a lot of pomp

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and circumstance around what we want to call what I

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want to call Christianese speaking. Sometimes people use the name

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of God and misuse the name of God and make

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it seem as if people are really on God's side.

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But in the case of Constantine in the early part

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of the fourth century, that caused great rejoicing in the world.

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Wait a minute, cloaked with a form of righteousness just

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because a leader says that he or she is godly

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doesn't mean that it's the case, just in case you

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are not clear about this. And so that form of

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righteousness walked into the church. Now the work of corruption

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rapidly progressed. Paganism, while appearing to be vanquished, became the conqueror.

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Her spirit controlled the church. Her doctrines, ceremonies, and superstitions

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were incorporated into the faith and worship of professed followers

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of Christ. There was so much to say here, but

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so little time. It would take a series of Bible

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teachings to really drill this, but suffice it to say,

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we need to have seven principles to mitigate against this

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in our lives. Okay, Number one, Let's go to the

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Bible Book of Revelation, chapter two, verses four and five

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and see what God said to his church at Ephesus.

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The Bible says, nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee because

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thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence

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thou art fallen and repent. So we can take a

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page out of this experience that the church at Ephesus

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was having those churches, those seven churches in Asia minor

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including now in this case, we're talking about Ephesus, when

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we first experience the love of God in our commitment

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to him, in all that he teaches us, in his word,

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all that he gives us, in relationship with him. We're

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to hold fast to this truth, hold fast to the relationship,

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hold fast to the experience that we're having with Him,

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and don't let anything that anybody does, any government, any

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church official, any set of people, people that come with

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great new ideas and new beliefs that are not founded

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on scripture, based on our love to God, our love

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our relationship with God, we should remain there so that

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we do not fall into deception Number two. We're going

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into First John Chapter one, verses three and seven, and

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the Bible reads and truly our fellowship is with the

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Father and with his son Jesus Christ. If we walk

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in the light as he is in the light, we

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have fellowship one with another. So we need fellowship with God,

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we need fellowship with other true believers. And if we

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are walking in the light of God's word, then we

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will continue to have fellowship with God and with his people.

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I'm talking about true people of God. Remember the Ten Commandments,

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Law are are, Let's say, simplified into these two great commandments.

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Number one love for God. Thou shalt love the Lord

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thy God with everything that you have and everything that

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you are. And the second is like unto it, to

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love thy neighbor as thyself. The Bible says on these

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two hang all the law and the prophets. So if

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you want fellowship with God, fellowship with believers who truly

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love God, then that means that we walk in the light.

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Mm hmm. Then comes in Matthew chapter five and verse eight,

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blessed other pure in heart, for they shall see God

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one day. We will see his face. But we will

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only see his face if we are clean and pure.

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Because we repent every day, we confess our sins every day.

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We are not hiding our sins. We're not allowing creeping

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compromise in our lives. We are always being honest with

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God and saying, God, you said to go left, and

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I went right. Or Father, you said to go right,

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and I went left. You said to pause, but I

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ran forward. You said to run forward, but I pause. God,

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You told me to keep holy the things that you

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have given to us in your word. And I began

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to desecrate them, little by little, one imperceptible step against

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the other. But now I come to you and repent.

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I turn away from those sins God. So keeping that

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kind of relationship in purity is key. And David said

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it this way, create in me a clean heart, O God,

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and renew a right spirit within me. And then we

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go to the Bible Book of James, chapter four and

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verse eight. Draw nigh unto God, and he will draw

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nigh unto you. Cleanse your hands, ye, sinners, and purify

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your hearts, ye double minded. And so we see that

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His presence is something we need to practice. We need

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to practice the visible presence of God. How would we

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live if Jesus were right in front of us, in

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your office, in your bedroom, in your closet, under your bed,

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wherever you happen to go, in your devices, if you

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could see Jesus in any and all of those places,

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how would you actually live? And so we practice the

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visible presence of God by drawing nigh to Him. And

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of course we guard our affections. We're almost out of time.

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We stay spiritually intimate. The Bible says in one Corinthians

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six and verse seventeen. But he that is joined unto

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the Lord is one spirit. And then finally choose daily

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consecration from Romans, chapter twelve and verse one. Make it

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a great day.

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Speaker 1: Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we

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cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that

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comes from the mouth of God. This has been your

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daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.