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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 Wednesday, January

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twenty two, twenty twenty four. Nope, I keep getting that wrong,

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twenty twenty five. Hello. My name is Elle 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 a question a jealous God. Let me ask

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you the question again, is God jealous? What is that about?

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We'll get into that in just a moment, but first

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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. Father and Heaven. Thank you

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for this day and giving us the opportunity to serve

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you and to do your will. Thank You for loving

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us and protecting us. Thank you for being jealous over us,

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least teach us how to live according to your principles.

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Today in Jesus' name, I pray Amen and a man

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again a jealous God. There is so much to say

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that we will not be able to cover. I just

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need to say that to you, but I'm trying to

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oversimplify it because I know that we can get caught

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up in the weeds and we can actually become misled

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by simply studying what the Greek and the Hebrews say

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about the terminologies, because we'll find passages where the terminologies collide,

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like where the jealousy where God is concerned, the same

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word may be used in another place where jealousy from

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humans is concerned, and then we get confused. Okay, so

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let's not go too far into that. This is it

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simply God's jealousy glorifies him and benefits you. So in

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whatever version of the or whatever language your Bible is in,

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that's what I'm trying to say. Whatever language your Bible

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is in, you speak English, you speak Spanish, you speak Dutch,

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you speak Korean, the jealousy of God glorifies him and

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it benefits you. Human envy or jealousy, you see, that's

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a whole different discussion. But human envy and jealousy dishonors

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God and doesn't benefit anybody, not for real. The benefits

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that people who are unholy envy or unholy jealous those

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benefits are fleeting like they expire, you understand. And so

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God's jealousy glorifies him and benefits you. Human envy dishonors

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God and benefits absolutely nobody. All right, And so let's

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go into the Bible my favorite one. My favorite one

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is from the book of Exodus. It's in Exodus a

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couple of times, but let's go with the one in Exodus,

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chapter thirty four and verse fourteen, where the Bible reads,

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for thou shalt worship no other God. So God is

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speaking to his people, and he is giving them the

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invitation to worship him, and that worship brings us into

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an experience with God that transforms our lives, so we

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can be just like Him, so that we can have

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the kind of relationship that extends throughout eternity. You see,

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there's no more death, dying, pain, there's nothing that separates

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us from God. Like love is the divine and holy

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chord that is connecting a to God forever. Like this

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is one of the benefits of worship. So thou shalt

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worshiping God into the exclusion of anything and anyone else. Okay,

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For thou shalt worship no other God for the Lord.

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I wish I had the time to drill into the

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name that is invoked here, for the name of for

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the Lord, excuse me, whose name is jealous, is a

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jealous God. So God is giving us the guidelines here,

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He's giving us the guidelines. He's saying that our relationship

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cannot have other people in it. When I say other people,

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I'm saying, just imagine your relationship with your spouse, a

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healthy one. I'm saying, a healthy one. Ah, So there

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are there is no room for a third party. If

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you're a man and you're married to your wife. That

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sounded weird. Married to your wife. Of course you're married

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to your wife, other wise she wouldn't be your wife. Right.

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So I'm married to Simone. There is no room for

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Simone to dot Oh, there is no room for another Simone.

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There is no room for another woman of romantic interest

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in our marriage. Why because God has sealed our marriage,

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and this relationship is to reflect the kind of relationship

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that Jesus has with his people, Jesus has with the church.

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So no other gods in that relationship with the God

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who created us, No other woman of romantic interest in

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the relationship between myself and my dear wife, Simone of

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twenty three great years, you understand. And so God is

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giving us what this is. And so this verse highlights

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God's jealousy as stemming from his desire for exclusive relationship

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and worship and devotion to him rooted in his protective love.

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I need you to get this point. His protective love

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for his people. See envy and human jealousy is not

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protective of anything of value you see okay? In James

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Chapter three, verse fourteen. Beginning at verse fourteen the Bible,

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the Bible reads, but if you have bitter jealousy and

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selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and tell

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lies against the truth. This is not wisdom that comes

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down from above. It is earthly natural demonic. For where

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there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and

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every evil practice. I'm thinking that should be clear enough.

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Can I just read it one more time? I don't

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really need to explain this too much. It says, but

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if you have bitter jealousy, obviously that's human and selfish

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ambition in your heart, do not boast and tell lies

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against the truth. This is not wisdom that comes down

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from above, but is earthly natural demonic. But for where

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there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and

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every evil practice. That is an obvious contrast between earthly

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envy and jealousy and what God is. Who God is

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as the jealous God. That is saying I am protecting you.

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You see, with God's jealousy we are if God forbid.

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He is protective of what he's due, what is supposed

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to be for him. So what is do and what

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is to be for him? Because he created us and

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he redeemed us through Jesus's blood, Yes, that means that

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he has positioned us so that our love should be

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exclusive for him. The kind of love that he desires

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from us is exclusive love. But envy is actually covetous.

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It is trying to get what it does not deserve.

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It is an extreme misuse of what people think they're do.

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Some people are envious of other people's things, other people's relationships,

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other people spouses, etc. So God's jealousy, remember, glorifies him

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and benefits you. Human jealousy doesn't do any of that.

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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,