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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 Sabbath, November nine,

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twenty twenty four. 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 Lesson number seven themes in the Gospel of John.

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Our caption for today is Blessed are those who believe?

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Bless yis it are those? Or blessed are those who believe.

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

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I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you

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to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.

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Please join our online community. Also let us know where

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you are in the world at your Daily Portion dot com. Now,

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let me just say one of the reasons why we

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continue to talk about letting us know where you are

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in the world is because the sign that people missed,

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like the sign of the end that people miss is

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that this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached into

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all the world for a witness, and then and only

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then shall the end come. So we want to see

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how far and why the gospel, at least through this

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program is being spread, so that we can be hopeful

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and grateful. So go ahead and let us know where

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you are. This is one of the ways that we

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continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray,

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and then we will get underway. Bather in Heaven, thank

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you for giving us this new day and for this

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Sabbath opportunity to experience you on a new level. Teach

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us to trust you in all things. In Jesus' name,

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I pray a man and a man again. Blessed are

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those who believe. Bless blessed. This means to be highly favored.

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You're highly favored if you believe. Now the big question,

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the overarching question, is believe in what believe in whom

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you see? And so the question is it really just

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that we need to identify in air quotes Christ as

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who he is? Is it really just that we need

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to be able to identify Christ as who he said

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he is? You know, the Bible says that the devils

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believe and tremble, So sometimes people rest on our laurels.

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We accept the status quo, We stop growing because we say, well,

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we believe like we have an assent to truth. We

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believe that Jesus is who he said he is. We

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believe that we can be forgiven. We believe that Jesus

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is coming back one day, coming back very soon. We

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believe that he's holy. But some of our belief systems

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do not lead us to holy action. I want to

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sit down right here before we jump into the lesson.

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Our belief needs to be needs to transcend just being

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in our brains and get into our activity. How do

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I treat people when people are disrespectful and or mean

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to me? Am I kind hearted? How do I treat God?

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You see? So my belief cannot just be intellectual. My

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belief can be just emotional. When when you hear things

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like this, watch this watch this when you hear things

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like this, right, my belief has to transcend the excitement

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of a praise break like hear what I'm saying to you.

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My belief must not be just intellectual. My belief must

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not just be emotional. My belief must be transformational where

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God actually lives in my life. And then the way

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that Jesus lived on planet Earth. We will see that

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manifest in our actions. Okay, So what is the difference

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between merely knowing about Jesus and actually believing in him?

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And of course our discussion comes from John chapter twenty

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beginning and verse twenty nine not beginning. We're going to

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just sit there at verse twenty nine, and the Bible

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reads Jesus said, unto him Thomas, because you have seen me,

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you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen

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and yet have still believed. Okay, and so we're going

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to answer the question through the rest of our discussion today.

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What is the difference between merely knowing about Jesus, merely

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getting excited about Jesus, and actually believing in Jesus. Okay,

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So we begin now in Second Corinthians chapter five. I

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hope you are taking notes or you're prepared to rewind

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and come back again. In Second Corinthians, chapter five and

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verse seventeen, we see the transformation of our lives, and

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the Bible reads, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, right

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you say you believe. Dave, you say you believe. Filling

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the blank here with your name, you say you believe. Therefore,

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if anyone is in Christ, that person is a new creature.

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All things are passed away. Behold, all things are become new.

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So your patience is increased now because you are a

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new creature. Ah, you don't gossip anymore. You choose to

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believe the best about people. And if they show you

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based on their fruit. The Bible says, by their fruit,

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ye shall know them. You commit them. You commend them

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into the hands of God. You don't act as their

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judge and jury. You follow me. So new creatures actually

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know how to love God. New creatures surrender to God.

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Even in the cases where we find ourselves wanting to

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do something opposite of what God has said in that moment.

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It is a manifestation of a transformed life. If we

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say just like Jesus did and live it. Nevertheless, not

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as I will, but as thou wilt even in the

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most difficult trials. Okay. So transformed life. True belief in

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Christ leads to transformation where old sinful behaviors are replaced

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overwhelmed by ah, moved over to godly ones. Okay. And

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so now we move to the Bible Book of Galatians

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Galatians chapter five. Beginning at verse twenty two. Galatians Chapter five,

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the Bible reads, but the fruit of the spirit is Joe,

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is love, joy, peace, patience. Uh oh, kindness, Oh wait

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a minute now, goodness, Wait a minute, faithfulness, gentleness? Are

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you gentle, brothers and sisters? Are you gentle when people

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are being rough toward you, when they're saying all manner

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of evil things against you falsely for Christ's sake? Ah says,

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It says gentleness and self control. When your emotions seem

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to be getting the better of you, do you go

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to the refrigd raider? Do you go into your vehicle

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and hit the drive through drive through one of those

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fast food restaurants with fat and blood and sugar and

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all kinds of excessive salt and chemicals to make yourself

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feel better? Oh? Wait a minute. Now says that the

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fruit of the spirit is love. Do you love God

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more than anything? Joy? Do you have joy and peace

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when the trials come? Patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and

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self control? Against such there is no law. Do I

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believe God? Now, let's see. And of course number three

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obedience to God's commands. The Bible says very clearly Jesus

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speaking in John chapter fourteen and verse fifteen, if you

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love me, you will obey my commandments. This is a

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manifestation of this, and it's not what I think people

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are thinking when we hear this, that we prove to

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God that we love him by keeping his commandments. It

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is not that we are trying to prove to people

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that we love God by quote keeping his commandments. No,

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Jesus is saying. The way that people will know that

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you are my disciples is if when you love me,

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based on my love for you, now you're able to

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do my will. You see, ungodly people who don't love

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God can't do God's will full stop. That's the end

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of the discussion. So a manifestation of our love for

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God is that when we love him, he empowers us

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to actually do his will. I love it. The ten

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Commandments long so yeah. Blessed are those who believe.

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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,