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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 Thursday. It

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is the nineteenth day of June in twenty twenty five. Hello,

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my name is El David Harris. I am your host,

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and this is your Daily Portion where we give you

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God's Word every single day, and today is no exception.

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We are continuing in our lesson study series how to

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study Bible prophecy under the caption the Mark of the Beast,

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The Mark of the Beast. We'll get into that in

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

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to you and ask you to please go over to

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

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Pick up your Daily Portion life application guide. In fact,

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the one for this quarter is still available it can

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be useful to you still and the one for next

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quarter on the Book of Exodus is also available right

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now as promise at your Daily Portion dot com. This

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is one of the ways that we continue to build

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faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then

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get under way. Father, We thank you for this day,

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for the privilege we have to come together in this

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manner every single day and open up your word. Please

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give us wisdom and understanding in Jesus name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again. All right, let me start out

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with a couple of disclaimers. Number one, we are not

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going to be studying the detail of what the mark

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of the Beast is, etc. And number two, you can

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actually go to Sabbathtruth dot com. Sabbathtruth dot com. Over

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the years I've shared this site with you and you

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can discover all you need to know really from the

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Bible and history and ancient history about the change of

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the Sabbath and how or what was attempted to be

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a change of the Sabbath. Nobody can change the Sabbath

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of the Lord our God, the seventh Day Sabbath, but

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all that you need to know in history, ancient history,

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and in the Bible concerning the Sabbath and the mark

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of the Beast is right there at sabbathtruth dot com.

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And so what I want to do now is elevate

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our minds principally and just ask a simple question, whose

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name or mark or impression do you want on your life?

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God's or the devils? Really, if you answer this question,

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we can almost end the program right here. If your

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answer is God's, then we will give you some principles

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about how to be connected with him. We all need

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that connection. And if it's the devil, then we will

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beg you please change your mind, ask the Holy Ghost

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to change your mind. You should have no interest in

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going down a slippery slope toward wherever the enemy would

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have you to go, you see. And so where the

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Sabbath is concerned, it is something that the world somehow

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has made so complicated when the Bible is very clear

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that one of the ten Commandments, it's not all of

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the commandments, but one of the ten commandments says to

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keep the seventh day Sabbath holy. It's very simple. And

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God has said that it is the sign between God

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and his people that he is the Lord, which doth

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sanctify us. He said it in the Book of Moses,

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he said it in the book of Ezekiel. And of

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course we see the principle throughout scripture. But somehow worldly

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powers and religio political powers have thought that if they

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could just change and switch it to another day, then

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it would somehow signify their power. And it's like no, no, no, no, no, no,

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this is not acceptable. It's not acceptable. We do not

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allow people to get away with just changing what God

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has said. We see in Eden when the devil did

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that in the mind of Eve, and she was deceived

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and then ate of the fruit that God said not

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to eat. He tried the same thing with Jesus in

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the wilderness, but of course Jesus didn't go for the

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okie dope or for the part of me. He didn't

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go for the deception that the devil had prescribed. And

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so let's just go ahead and start with one principle.

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Principle number one. The Sabbath is a test of allegian

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I pledge allegiance to God. This is one of the

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ways that we can do so. And very interesting in

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Matthew chapter twelve and verse twelve, wherefore it is lawful

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to do well on the Sabbath days. Or so then

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it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. When

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Jesus was living on planet Earth, people who did not

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love him, in fact, they hated him, but they said

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that they were the children of God. Those individuals tried

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to teach Jesus what the Sabbath was and how to

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keep or to not keep the Sabbath. And when he

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was doing good works like healing people, setting people free

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on the Sabbath, they said, no, that's not the right

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use of the seventh day Sabbath. And so he taught them.

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Because he is the one who created us. He is

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the one whose voice thundered on Mount Horeb or Mount

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Sinai those ten words we call the ten Commandments. He

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is saying it is lawful to do well on the

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Sabbath days, to give life, to save life on the

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Sabbath day. And so the application for me is that

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the Sabbath reveals who's authority we honor. Is it human

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traditions or is it God and his laws. Keep the

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Sabbath as an act of covenant loyalty. Now, I don't

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want to get the cart in the horse priority mixed up.

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The only way we can keep the Sabbath, the only

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way we can love God, the only way that we

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can tell the truth on a consistent basis. The only

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way that we can love our neighbors as ourselves is

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if we have the power of the holy ghosts in

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our lives. And it's then that we can do his

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will if we love him. He promises us that he'll

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empower us to keep his commandments, including the Fourth Commandment,

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which enjoins keeping the seventh day Sabbath holy. Okay, and

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so in verse twenty, in verse fourteen, the Bye says,

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then the Pharisees went out and held a counsel against him,

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how they might destroy him? Now that's weird. How can

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people that say their people of God, who are trying

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to teach Jesus how to keep the seventh day Sabbath,

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how can they now look for a way to destroy Jesus.

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Come on, man, come on, that's not right. So expect backlash,

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even from people who say they're God's people. Ah, when

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God's truth confronts man made systems, stand firm, even when

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obedience seems to be costly. I wish I had the time.

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Let's go to John chapter five and verse sixteen. The

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Bible reads, and therefore did the people of God, so

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called people of God, persecute Jesus and sought to slay

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him because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.

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I said that earlier. I said it earlier. So the

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controversy over the Sabbath versus tradition is not minor. It

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will divide the world in the last days. It did

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it during Jesus's time. It wasn't about switching the time

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or switching the commandment, but those men and his time

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wanted to switch. How God showed what the Sabbath was

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really about. It was made for us. It was not

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that we should worship the Sabbath. We worship God, and

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He gives us the privilege of experience experiencing a special

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encounter with Him on the Sabbath. But the controversy will

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divide the world again. Practice faithfulness now while it is

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not controversial. While is not controversial. And then in James

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chapter four and verse seventeen, the Bible reads, therefore to

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him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not

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to him it is sin. And so when we rationalize disobedience,

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whatever it is, if it's something that God has revealed,

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we can't just lay back and say, well, God is

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working with me. If God has opened up his word

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to our minds and the Holy Ghost is now present

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and saying listen, there are people that have been talking

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about these truths. There are words in the scripture that

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show very clearly what God's view of this is, His

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intent for this and for you an eternity is And

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if I God forbid rationalize and turn my back on this,

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then of course to me it is sin. And why

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would anybody who really really says that I enjoy my

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relationship with God want to do anything contrary to His will.

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There's so much more that we could say, but again,

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go to sabbathtruth dot com for the details about the

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seventh day Sabbath, the Mark of the Beast, and these

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last days. Let me know what you find.

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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,