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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 Monday, February sixteen,

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twenty twenty six. 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 uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians and Colossians,

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and our caption for today is first Born and over

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all Creation. First Born, overall Creation. Before we get into that,

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

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especially those joining us for the very first time. I'm

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asking you to please go over to your Daily Portion

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that's where we can have our discussion. Okay, I see

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that sometimes people are putting comments on the YouTube like

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comments section to have discussion that, as you can imagine,

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This is one of the ways that we continue to

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build faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, We thank you

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for today for the privilege that you have given us

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to build together, to learn together. Please help us to

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see the pre eminence of Jesus. Help us not to

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be confused. People just make up all kinds of arguments

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that make it difficult. Father, but please give us clarity

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

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let me just say, this is a very interesting concept, Okay,

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a principle of Jesus being the first born overall creation.

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But let me just say that this means the pre

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eminent one. This means the only begotten, which means one

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of a kind for a particular and and and and

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let me diverge a little bit from the theological discussion. Okay, definition,

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but only be gotten meaning one of a kind for

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this particular use, or as we describe him. Let me

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give you an example. So so when Abraham, God told

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Abraham to go and to offer his son, and then

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and then the Bible adds another phrase, your only son.

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You have to think, wait a minute. If he's asking

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him to offer Isaac, how could he be saying only

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son when Ishmael was older than Isaac. If Ishmael is

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older than Isaac, Ishmael is still alive. How could God

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be saying to Abraham to offer his second son as

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the only son. Well, he's the only son of promise.

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He is one of a kind in the context of

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the discussion. And so when you see Jesus as the

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first born overall creation, when Jesus, let me just read it.

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In the New Testament, the terms first born and first

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begotten almost always refer to Jesus, including both Occurrences and Colossians,

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but even when it refers to others, it doesn't necessarily

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mean the one born chronologically first. The biblical concept of

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quote first born emphasizes the special relationship a son bears

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to his father, regardless of birth order. Also, there are

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instances of younger sons being more prominent Isaac, Jacob, Joseph,

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to name a few. Okay, The lesson writer also said David,

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though the younger of eight sons, is anointed king, and

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through the Psalmon, God said I will make him my

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first born, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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He also tells Moses Israel is my firstborn son. So

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in this sense, then the term connotes first in terms

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of pre eminence. Okay. So I just wanted to say that,

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even though it's there in the Adult study Guide, just

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so we can get a handle on it, Okay, before

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we get into our principles for today, all right, And

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so let me begin with a quote from eighteen sixty

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nine the Review in Herald. The scriptures teach that Christ

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existed before all creation, and that by him the worlds

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were made. This places him infinitely above creation and proves

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his divine nature. So when we see first born, this

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is in the context. This isn't oh, the quote has ended.

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This is in the context of Jesus coming into human flesh. Remember,

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he's one hundred percent divine from eternity past, and the

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mystery of God is that he took on humanity, or

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took on human form for thirty three and one half years,

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and so in the context of that thirty three and

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a half years, or if you want to say, in

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the context of the plan of salvation, Jesus is the

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preeminent one, first born of all creation because of the

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work that Jesus has done to save us from our sins. Okay,

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I know I oversimplified, but this takes some theologians years

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to teach. Okay. From April five, nineteen oh six, reviewing

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Herald Again, Christ was God essentially and in the highest sense,

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meaning Jesus Christ is God the Son, and he essentially

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is just like God the Father. He was with God

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from all eternity, God over all, blessed forevermore. I know,

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it's a mystery. How in the world can someone be

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divine and human at the same time. It is an anomaly.

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It is the only time we've ever seen it, and

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it is the only time that we ever will see it.

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But you know what, God so loved the world that

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he gave us his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth

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in him would not perish but have everlasting life. So

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God gives us eternal life through the pre eminent One,

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the firstborn of all creation, Jesus Christ, the pre eminent one,

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and so and so lessen number one is about his

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supreme and inheritance, not his created origin. Again, I'm going

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to read it from the scriptures, this time Colossians, chapter

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one and verse fifteen, so you'll know that those quotes

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or what I just said are not fabricated. The Bible reads,

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who is the image of the invisible God, the first

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born of every creature? And so that means the air,

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the one in pre eminence and authority. Yes, and so

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the action step is to reject any term that or

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any paradigm really that diminishes who Christ is. Dive in

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terms of his divine supremacy. Affirm daily that Jesus reigns

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by right but not by appointment. I need to say

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that slowly. Affirm daily that Jesus reigns. He's the king

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of kings, Lord of lords of the universe. Is he

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that in your life? Is he that in my life?

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He reigns by right, not appointment. He is not a

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vice God. He is not a second and in command God.

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He has not been endowed with authority by the Father.

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He has always been. There was never a time when

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he was not. And it is because he loves us

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that he took on human form and lived on planet

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Earth as a human being so that we could be saved.

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There is so much here, but I'm grateful that Jesus

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was willing to humble himself to save me. Make it

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a great day, 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,