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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, February fourteen,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El 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 God's Love and Justice, and our caption for

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today is Sin is no Joke. I just say that again,

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Sin is no joke. We'll get into that in just

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a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to

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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. Bother and Heaven, thank you

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for giving us this new day, this time of preparation. Lord,

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the times in which we live are serious times. Sin

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is no joke. Help us not to play around with it.

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In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again is

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no joke. We talked about that in a way on

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Tuesday when we were talking about how God condemned sin

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in the flesh through Christ in the sanctuary. We see

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the concept of Jesus being our substitute. And even though

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he never sinned, Bible says, the one who knew no

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sin became sin for us so that we can be saved.

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And so with that we know that God doesn't play

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around with sin. If God would execute job judgment almost

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a justice. If God would execute judgment on Christ because

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he's representing us and he becomes sin. If he would

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do that with Christ, how would it be for those

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who don't repent, those who don't repent and have actually

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committed the sins? You see, where are we going with this?

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So God is not playing games with sin. He has

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done all that can be done, pardon me, in order

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to save us from our sins. Okay. And so I'm

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reading now from the book the book Patriarchs and Prophets,

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beginning at page forty two, and it reads, even when

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he was cast out of heaven in finite wisdom, did

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not destroy Satan. And I know that's a plot twist

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for some people. Really that's right, okay. Since only the

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service of love can be accepted or acceptable to God,

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the allegiance of his creatures must rest upon a conviction

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of His justice and benevolence. The inhabitants of heaven and

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of the worlds, being unprepared to comprehend the nature or

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consequences of sin, could not then and have seen the

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justice of God in the destruction of Satan. Ooh, this

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is getting good. Had he been immediately blotted out of existence,

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some would have served God from fear rather than from love.

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The influence of the deceiver would not have been fully destroyed,

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nor would the spirit of rebellion have been utterly eradicated

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for the good of the entire universe through ceaseless ages.

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He must more fully develop his principles, that his charges

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against the Divine government might be seen in their true

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light by all created beings, and that the justice and

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mercy of God and the immutability of his law might

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forever be placed beyond all question. And on and on

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and on this quote continues. You see, there are times

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that there are things we just don't understand. Remember we

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started out our week talking about that there are some

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things we just literally don't understand. And while that is

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being worked out, God does some special things, not so

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that we, you know, get an answer to every little

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detail or question that we have. But when the true

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nature of sin was not yet revealed, God needed it

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to run its course so that without question, by the

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time Jesus was crucified on the cross, without question, now

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everybody who has eyes can see that the devil is

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not for our goods. Sin is no joke. And so

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what I want to do is apply this in relationships,

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this concept okay, and we're using the win approach again.

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We are in page one one, one hundred and sixteen

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in our companion Guy that you can get at your

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Daily Portion dot com and the w What's important? Now,

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sin also affects how we interact with others. Can you

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tell the truth? Like have you ever had an interaction

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with another human being and you wonder what went wrong?

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Like what in the world I was communicating clearly and

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this person mistook what I said? And now it becomes

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a relationship challenge. Right, So sin also affects how we

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interact with others. Being honest and seeking reconciliation is essential

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to building healthy, loving relationships that reflect God's character. You know.

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In the Lord's Prayer, it says Jesus was speaking, and

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he said, forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

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That is a principle that comes out of the heart

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of God. Because He has freely given us forgiveness. Now

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we have the privilege to freely give that to others.

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He freely mended our relationship with him. Of course we

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needed to cooperate, but he has also given us the

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ministry of reconciliation. Okay, and so the eye to internalize

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this insight. Consider a relationship that may be strained because

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of unresolved issues or unspoken resentments. Recognize how sin can

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create barriers and lead to misunderstandings and distance. Have you

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ever been in a situation where somebody you were close

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to just stop talking to you, or if they didn't

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stop talking to you, there was a coldness between you.

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There was a coldness between you, and you just don't

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know how to resolve it. Well, the Bible gives clear

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guidance in Matthew chapter eighteen about one of the ways

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that we resolve these conflicts, going to the person one

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on one to resolve conflicts. And then of course it

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gives us, it gives us the pathway beyond that. And

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so God is giving us the privilege to model what

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he did exactly. He resolved the distance problem by sending

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Jesus Christ as the bridge between humanity and divinity, between

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divinity and humanity. And then, of course end next best

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move this week, now, of course we're at the end

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of the week, take a step toward reconciliation, whether through

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an apology, forgiveness or simply reaching out. Make an effort

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to restore broken connections and reflect God's grace in your relationships.

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And I know it's difficult. There was one relationship I

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had that I just it was so hard because it

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was with my estranged father and it was difficult. But

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I did my best when I became an adult, even

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though we had separation from my age thirteen until I'm

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already married. But I believe what the Bible says, and

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I did my best. He's now deceased, but that is

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what I believe, just like you, Okay. And so God

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has given us the privilege not to play around with sin,

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not to take on the devil's mindset where relationships or

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our businesses, our experience with God, or our personal development

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are concerned. And because He loves us so much, he

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revealed the devil's character so we can know that God

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actually does love us.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.

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Speaker 2: 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,