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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, August

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twenty seven, twenty twenty four. 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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Lesson study series through the Book of Mark, and our

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caption for today is who said you could do that?

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Who said you could do that? We'll get into that

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

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welcome to you. You are all over the world. I'm thankful,

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I'm thankful, I'm thankful. I want you to go to

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your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community.

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Pick up the your Daily Portion book and let us

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know where in the world you are. You are on

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two hundred radio stations, You're on thirty different online platforms.

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You are on television just one station, but on radio

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and so many other platforms. And I'm thankful, like this

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age is the best time that I can think of

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in Earth's history. That's just me saying that we're so

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close to the coming of the Lord, and technology has

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gotten to a place where there is no way that

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we can't spread the gospel. Like we have to be

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able to spread the gospel. It doesn't matter what obstacles

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are in front of us. There is a way to

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get the gospel to every person on planet Earth. Maybe

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you think I'm exaggerating, I don't know, but I'm just

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saying this is the time. This is the time that

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God has has put his supernatural blessing on everything that

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we have so that we can hasten the coming of

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our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And to that end,

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let's go ahead and pray. Father, we thank you. Thank

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you for having the authority and power to transform our lives.

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Help us to cooperate with you and not enter into

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these silly controversies that your people went into when Jesus

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was here. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again.

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And so we are continuing a long discussion from the

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Book of Mark chapter eleven still, and we may drip

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into chapter twelve as well, but let's begin with verse

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twenty seven verse twenty seven of Mark chapter eleven. Who

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said you can do that? Well? The Bible continues here

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and they come again to Jerusalem. So we're watching, we're

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having days with Jesus and seeing what he's going through

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to save his people from our sins. And they come

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again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple,

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there came to him the chief priests. Oh boy, here

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we go, and the scribes and the elders. Now this

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could be good, like they could be saying, Jesus, what

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can we do? What can we do? Like? How would

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you want us to serve you? There are some people

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way over in the other part of the world that

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we want to reach. We we heard that they needed you,

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but we don't know how to reach them. Can you

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show us how and then we'll do whatever? You say?

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Oh no, that's not that's not what happened. And they

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said verse twenty eight. Unfortunately, uh, they said, unto him,

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by what authority doest thou these things? What things you

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mean call his his father's house a house of prayer

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for all people? What things come into Jerusalem triumphally as

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a fulfillment of the prophecies that said he would he

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would come into the place hah and and ascend the

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throne of King David, his father. Like, what do you saying?

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What are you saying here healing people of all of

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the diseases, forgiving people of sins? By what authority doest

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thou these things? I'm so glad that Jesus is not me.

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I realize how much I need to repent. I need,

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I need Jesus because I have I have some kind

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of I got feelings over this one talking about who

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Who's Who's authority? Like, by what authority doest thou these things? Well?

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And who gave THEE this authority to do these things? Jesus?

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Not like me, not like you? Unlike you, Jesus answered

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and said, unto them, Well, let me ask you one

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question and answer me, and then I'll tell you by

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what authority I do these things. The Baptism of John

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was it from heaven or of men? Now answer me.

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You see, Jesus knew the heart of the people that

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were coming to him with this foolishness. And they reasoned

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with themselves, saying, well, if we, if we say from heaven,

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then he will say, why then did you not believe him? See,

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they knew that they knew they didn't believe him. They

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knew that they didn't believe the forerunner that was also

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the forerunner of Jesus, that was also prophesied of the

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Elijah who was to come, that was to prepare the

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way of the Lord, to make the path straight, to

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call the people to repentance. They knew that they rejected him.

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And so they're reasoning within themselves saying, well, if we

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if we, if we say then from heaven, and then

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then he will say, well, why then did you not

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believe him? But if we say of men, then then

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they feared the people. Come on, man, y'all bolzy enough

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to talk to Jesus this way, the king of the universe,

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the one who created you, the one who could call

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right now twelve legions of angels now and completely destroyed

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the entire planet. Right now, you feel proud enough and

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powerful enough to speak to Jesus, slick out of your mouth,

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but you fear the people. Come on, and what is

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wrong here? The devil had these guys' minds crazy, and

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really it was wilful ignorance that put them in this position.

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But they said, well, well, yeah, we should probably if

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we say of men, then they feared the people, for

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all men counted John that he was a prophet. Indeed,

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and they answered and said, unto Jesus, we cannot tell.

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And Jesus, answering, said, unto them. See, he knew they

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would be stubborn. He knew that they would harden their hearts.

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He knew that they would not humble themselves and just

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tell the truth and even just ask God to forgive

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them in that moment and begin to live as royal

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children of the Living God, blessed be his name. No, no, no, no,

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So Jesus said, neither do I tell you by what

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authority I do these things? Can I just say that

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there are times that we talk to God. We may

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not talk to God in the same voice that these

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men did, but we still are not humble. Some humans

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are not humble. And when we talk to God, we're

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asking him for answers, and Jesus is not answering, and

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we're wondering why is he not answering. It's because we've

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not humbled ourselves. Ask King Saul, the late King Saul,

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who didn't get answers from God, And so he went

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to a whim, He went to the devil, He went

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to the wizards that peeped and muttered. He went to

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those who were not according to the law, who were

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not according to the testimony, who did not speak according

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to God's word. There was no truth in the witch

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at Endoor. And King Saul the one God anointed and

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made him a different man in an instant in time,

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to the point that the people said, is not this

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King Saul? We know where he came from? Is he

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now from among the prophets? His life changed in a

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good way in a moment, And now he no longer

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has the Holy Ghost because he wouldn't humble himself. And

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so now because he would not humble himself because of

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his iniquities, he was separated from God. Is that which

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you're in now you're wondering why your prayers are not

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being answered and not saying that this is your situation.

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I don't know you like that. What I am asking you, though,

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is are you humbling yourself before God so that when

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you do talk to him it is as a friend.

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Prayers is opening the heart of ourselves. We're opening up

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our hearts to God and speaking to him as a friend.

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Are you are you humbling yourself before God so that

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when He hears your prayer he will incline his ear

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to you and grant you his peace. This is an

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opportunity for all of us to tell the truth, to

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tell the truth. And so now we go into chapter

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twelve for just a moment, just a moment here, and really,

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actually I can't get too deeply into that because I'm

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not able to make a lot of sense of it,

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so I don't want to rush through it. But the

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bottom line here is the bottom line here is that

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Jesus gave the message to the people when you read

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into chapter twelve, that God has been sending messages of hope.

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He has been sending messages of repentance, been sending opportunities

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through the prophets, through his servants, his messengers. He's been

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sending messages to people who have hardened their hearts against

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God so many times. And you know what, people still refused,

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and so God did one better. He said, you know

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what I'm going to send Jesus. I'm going to send

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the one who is exactly like me, the one who

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represents me one hundred percent in every kind of way.

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And the people still rejected him. They even rejected Jesus,

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who was the epitome of who God is. Lord help us,

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Lord help us. Yeah. The authority that God has he

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can transform our lives, but we need to be humble

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and willing.

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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,