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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 Friday. It's

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June sixth in twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is

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El David Harris. I am your host, and this is

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your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every

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single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing

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in our Lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy,

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and our caption for today is God's Plan and our Assurance.

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God's Plan and our Assurance. We'll get into that in

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

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welcome to you and ask you to go over to

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Please pick up your Daily Portion Life Application guide, and

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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's

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go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,

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we thank you for this day and for giving us

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the privilege to experience you on this day of preparation.

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But more than that, thank you for the full assurance

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of salvation when we yield our will to you. Please

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help us to trust you and not ourselves. In Jesus' name,

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I pray, Amen and a man again. Yeah, So I

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have a question that should not be a complex question,

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but I admit that there are a lot of people

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who are struggling to answer this one. Are you ready

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for it? Do you have assurance of your salvation? Do

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you have assurance of your salvation? I'm talking about like

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when you sing, I don't know if it'll be during

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family worship this evening, or will it be tomorrow, during

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corporate worship or at some other time. Blessed assurance Jesus

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is mine. Oh what a foretaste of glory, divine air

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of salvation? Do you really mean that? Or are you

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confused and wondering? Okay, let me ask you another way,

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Are you saved? Yes or no? It's a yes or

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no answer or question. You see, there are times that

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people over complicate because we definitely don't want to be

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self confidence into that we're believers. Like so, once you

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say you are a believer, then the Bible teaches, Paul

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says this a lot. You're a saint, not a sinner.

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I said, a saint and not a sinner. You see,

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A saint to someone who is covered in the righteousness

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of Christ. A saint is someone who does not trust

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his or herself or his or her actions as the

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means to salvation. A saint to someone who is completely

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palms up, completely surrendering to God. On a regular basis.

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Every single day we yield our will to God. We

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yield our plans to God to empower us, to enable,

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to enact them, or to abandon them as His providence

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may indicate someone who is saved by grace through faith,

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and that not of ourselves. It is the gift of God,

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not of works. Lest any man should boast that individual

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should not be confused. In fact, the Bible says, the

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redeemed of the Lord should say so. So I ask

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you again, with all of what I just said. Are

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you saved? Yes or no? Now, if you're still wondering,

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then we need the Bible to help us to understand. Now,

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in the lesson, we have a quote coming in from

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coming in from the book Patriarchs and Prophets, and I

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will read through the beginning. The High Priest cannot defend

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himself or his people from Satan's accusations. He does not

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claim that God's people are free from fault in filthy garments.

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We're talking about the Old Testament system of sacrifices in

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filthy garments, symbolizing the sins of the people, which he

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bears as their representative. He stands before the Angel, confessing

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their guilt, yet pointing to their repentance and humiliation, and

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relying on the mercy of the sin pardoning redeemer. In faith,

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he claims the promise of God. Satan's accusations against those

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who seek the Lord are not prompted by displeasure at

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their sins. He exults in their defective characters. That means

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he likes it. He knows that only through their transgression

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of God's law can he obtain power over them. And

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then the Bible, I mean, and then The quote continues

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that he is he is continuing to send accusations and

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send accusations. Jesus is breaking Satan's hold upon the human

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family and rescuing souls from his power, meaning the enemy's power.

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So let me just jump into the Bible. But I

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need to give you a couple of things here straight

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out at the beginning. Number one. Number one, our sins

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are real. Our sins are real, but so is our repentance.

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Let me let that settle in for just a moment,

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take your time. Yes, we have committed sins. Our sins

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are real, but so is our repentance. That means turning

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away from our sin, turning toward God because He gives

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us the power through the Holy Ghost to do so.

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And the Bible reads in Zechariah three, verses three and four.

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Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments. I explained that

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just a second ago, and he answered, take away. This

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is what the voice from heaven says, take away the

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filthy garments from him. Take away. And so the action

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in this case is to honestly confess your sins. That's

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what we all need to do. Don't hide them. God

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is willing to remove your guilt and clothe you in

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the righteousness of Christ, if you come in humility and

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are willing to turn away from your sins. Now From

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Revelation chapter twelve and verse ten, the Bible says that

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the accuser of the brethren is cast down, which accused

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them before our God day and night. Satan accuses not

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because he actually hates sin, but because he hates Christ. See,

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he knows that God loves you. He knows that God

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so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,

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that whosoever that means you, that means me, believeth on him,

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should not perish but have everlasting life. God didn't send

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his son into the world to accuse him or condemn

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the world like the devil does, but that the world

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through him might be saved. I need you to hear that.

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And so when the devil is accusing people for sinning,

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it's not because the devil is righteous, devil is able

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to see sin and detests and loads it. No, it's

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because he hates Christ and Christ loves you. So if

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he thinks he can get to Christ, he thinks that

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then he would have to do it by getting to you,

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causing you to despond, causing you to doubt your connection

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with God if you are submitting your will to God,

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causing you to see yourself as unable to be saved

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by grace through faith, causing you to be flippant about

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the law of God and what God really cares about.

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Speaker 1: Mm.

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Speaker 2: And so the accuser Satan, he does this because he

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hates Christ. Yeah, okay. So from Hebrews Chapter four, Verses

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fifteen and sixteen, the Bible reads, we have not a

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high priest which cannot be touched by the feelings of

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our infirmities. Now let us therefore come boldly unto the

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throne of grace. This is where we get our help.

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Our help comes from the Lord which made heaven and

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earth like our help comes from Jesus Christ. I know

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what I just said. I know what I just said.

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So our high priest is not defending our perfection. That's

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not it. He's the one that's perfect. He is the

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one who's all together lovely. He is defending us so

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that we can repent by faith, we can turn away

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from our sins. See, God has so much at stake here,

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He has so much skin in the game because he

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loves us and he is our assurance. He has given

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the perfect plan of salvation, and all we need to

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do is continually accept and surrender 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,