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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 Tuesday, March

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twenty four, twenty twenty six. 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 day,

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and today is no exception. We are continuing in our

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final week of our Lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth,

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christ in Philippians and Colossians, and our caption for today

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is standing perfect and Complete, Standing perfect, don't be afraid

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of that word and complete. Before we get into that,

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I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially

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

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

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in heaven, thank you for giving us these great and

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precious promises. Thank you for your Holy Spirit, who does

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not leave us alone, who teaches us how to live

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according to your principles. Father, I pray that we will

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we will be perfect because you, our God, is perfect

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in Jesus' name. I pray Amen and Amen again. I

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just heard myself say you as perfect, So well, God

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knows what I'm trying to say. Yeah, So let's go

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ahead and begin with a basic concept. Though the church

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has been confused over the years, I should say I'm

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not saying that we continue to be but over the

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years the church has been confused and arguing about what

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perfection means. But I like the caption for today because

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perfect and complete are connected. The real definition I would say,

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if I had to oversimplify, of perfection of godly or

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Christian perfection is to be complete in Christ, complete in Christ.

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So if a person is lost and will be separated

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from God forever and destroyed ultimately in the lake of fire,

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that person is incomplete. If someone is lacking confidence and

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not believing Jesus's great and precious promises, that person is incomplete.

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If a person if we choose to sin, you know,

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the Bible says that all have sin. But if we

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do commit us sin and do not confess our sins,

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then Jesus can't be faithful in the moment and just

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in the moment to forgive us in that moment and

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to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Because that qualifier or

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condition of confession is not present. That means we're incomplete.

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I know I said a lot of words. The only

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way we can be forgiven is if we ask God

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for forgiveness and turn from our sins. Is as simple

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as that who's not submitted to God is incomplete, therefore

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not perfect. So that's enough of my oversimplification. Somebody just

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got that light bulb to come on. So let me

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begin by reading a quote from Uriah Smith. Christian perfection

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consists not in a claim of holiness, and listen, Uriah

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lived in the era that the Church was really torn

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about these issues. Christian perfection consists not in a claim

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of holiness, but in a continual growth in grace and

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a deeper dependence upon Christ. I love it, I love it,

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I love it, I love it, type of one in

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the chat. If that resonated with you, So our lesson

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number one for today is God's will, is that believers

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stand firm. I don't know if you've been with me

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during our or Sunday morning program at eight o'clock, but

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we talked about about the whole armor of God. Having

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on the whole armor of God, and ultimately, once we

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have those seven implements of war, including prayer and supplication,

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then we can stand against the wiles of the enemy. Okay.

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And so from Colossians chapter four and verse twelve, the

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Bible reads a path for us. Who is one of

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you a servant of Christ, saluteth you always laboring fervently

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for you in prayers. So this brother is praying for

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the people. He's sending greetings to them, encouraging them that

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ye may what stand perfect and complete in all the

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will of God. I'm grateful that Epaphras had no confusion

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about that. Brother Paul did not have any confusion about that.

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In fact, Paul taught in a very interesting teaching where

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it talks about we press toward the mark for the

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prize of the high calling in Christ.

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Speaker 1: Jesus.

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Speaker 2: He talks about in the beginning of that discussion, he says,

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not as though I have already attained to or apprehended,

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but I follow after. And then it talks about him

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pressing toward what God has called him to do and

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to be, or to be and to do. And then

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he gives a little more description, and he said, the

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individuals who are perfect, even though he said, not as

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though I were already perfect, but I follow after. He said,

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the people who are perfect in Christ have this mindset.

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And I'm like, oh, okay, God, so really you're talking

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about not being self sustaining, self confident, perfect in self.

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But when we are your children, then you transform us

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into people who surrender our will to you and our

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confidences in you. Then our strength comes from you. And

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even our ability to do what you've called us to

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do comes from you, because you said that if we

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we are working out our own salvation with fear and trembling. Yes,

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but it is God that worketh in you both to

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will and to do of your good pleasure. And so

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I'm grateful that God has shown us a brother who said, yep,

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you can be standing, perfect and complete in the will

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of God. And so there's a key word of the

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standing firm. The Greek for that term means to remain fixed,

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to hold one's ground. Remember John said in the Revelation recording,

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what Jesus would say to hold that that thou hast

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that no one take your crown. Stand firm, brothers and sisters,

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hold your ground in your connection with God. Remain fixed.

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Standing requires grounding. Faith that stands is faith rooted in

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truth and not your external circumstances. And so I want

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you to please identify one truth from the scriptures you

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need to anchor yourself in this week, write it down

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and pray about it daily. What is it you need

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more faith? Is that the truth? You need to be

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more solid in your keeping of the Seventh day Sabbath

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is that what it is Is it growth in grace?

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Is that what it is? Whatever it is, I want

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you to anchor yourself in that way through prayer and

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connection with God for this week. Our second lesson for

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today is Christian maturity is character huh, not a rival.

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So it is the journey and not the destination. So

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the word perfect in the Bible does not mean a

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sinless achievement, but spiritual maturity expressed through love and obedience.

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And so the action step here, I think, as we

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come to a swift close yep, ask God to reveal

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one area where growth is still needed. He'll show you

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and then invite the Holy Ghost to develop christ like

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character right there. Yeah. Make it a great day, y'all.

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See you in the morning.

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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,