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03 04 2025 The Case of Job · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Tuesday, March four,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series God's Love and Justice, and our caption for
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  Speaker 2: today is the case of job. The case of Job.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.
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  Speaker 2: Father in Heaven, we do thank you for this day
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  Speaker 2: for the examples of people in whose lives you won,
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  Speaker 2: Please win in our lives. In Jesus' name, I pray,
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  Speaker 2: Amen and amen again the case of job. Okay, so yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: yesterday we talked about the fact that God won the
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  Speaker 2: war in heaven against the devil. He wins the wars
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  Speaker 2: on planet Earth, even though even though sometimes he allows
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  Speaker 2: the Devil to do some things on planet Earth, they
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  Speaker 2: have limits, they have bounds, and then God's people triumph.
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  Speaker 2: But I left you with the question, and I repeated
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  Speaker 2: it over and over to almost the point of it
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  Speaker 2: being annoying. Is God winning in your life? And really
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  Speaker 2: it's up to me. It's up to you whether God
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  Speaker 2: wins in my life. Job was faced with the same question,
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  Speaker 2: did God win in Job's life? Now? The Bible teaches
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  Speaker 2: us in Job Chapter one, I want to read all
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  Speaker 2: of the passages, but there's just too much in there, right,
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  Speaker 2: too much, too much, too much. It's an incredible book book.
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  Speaker 2: You read that in your spare time, and then remember
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  Speaker 2: what we talked about here. But the Bible says that
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  Speaker 2: there was a man whose name was Job, and he
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  Speaker 2: lived in the land of Uz, and the Bible says
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  Speaker 2: that he was righteous. This is God through the inspiration
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  Speaker 2: of the Holy Spirit, teaching Moses as he's telling the
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  Speaker 2: story that this man, his experience on planet Earth was
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  Speaker 2: an experience of holiness because he knew how to repent.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says that he in the King James version
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  Speaker 2: as stewed evil. That simply means that, just like the
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  Speaker 2: rest of us, he was born in sin, shaping in iniquity.
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  Speaker 2: Just like the rest of us, he sinned and fell
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  Speaker 2: short of the glory of God in his life. But
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  Speaker 2: the Bible teaches that he learned how to repent. He
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  Speaker 2: learned how to turn away from sin and turn toward
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  Speaker 2: God no matter what, just like Eno, just like Eli
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  Speaker 2: Shah Eli Jah, just like Holda Anna and so many
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  Speaker 2: other of God's people in the scriptures. And so in
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  Speaker 2: this case, now there is a meeting held, a celestial meeting.
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  Speaker 2: Now we understand that job is holy. Yes, there is
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  Speaker 2: a meeting. God is there with his people or his
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  Speaker 2: beings if you want to say, and the devil is there?
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  Speaker 2: What is the devil doing there? But he's there, He's there.
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  Speaker 2: And then as God is holding this meeting, he says,
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  Speaker 2: wait a minute, I see the devil here. Where are
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  Speaker 2: you coming from? And with his boasts, Oh okay, boastful self,
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  Speaker 2: I was about to use a colloquialism, a colloquialism with
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  Speaker 2: his boastful self, he says, basically, I've been going wherever
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  Speaker 2: I want to go on planet Earth. You see, because
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  Speaker 2: he's relegated to planet Earth. According to Revelation chapter twelve,
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  Speaker 2: he was kicked out of heaven. So now he's down
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  Speaker 2: here using the same stuff, the same tactics he did
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  Speaker 2: when he was in heaven. As of course, someone who
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  Speaker 2: needed to get kicked out got it. And so I'm
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  Speaker 2: going and doing whatever I want to do. I'm running,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going up and down into and fro in the earth.
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  Speaker 2: And so he's basically saying, every human down there is mine.
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  Speaker 2: I do whatever I want to do. I'm contested. I
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  Speaker 2: am there. And so God is saying, wait a minute,
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  Speaker 2: I hear what you're saying. Have you considered my servant job?
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  Speaker 2: I know you overcame Adam. I know David, you overcame him.
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  Speaker 2: I know and every human that has ever been born
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  Speaker 2: of a woman except well, we can't say except Jesus
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  Speaker 2: yet because Jesus wasn't yet born, but it would have
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  Speaker 2: been except Jesus. Right, got it? But have you considered
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  Speaker 2: my servant job? There is none like him in all
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  Speaker 2: the earth. And the devil is saying, but hold on,
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  Speaker 2: hold on. I hear what you're saying. He's only holy
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  Speaker 2: because you protect him. And this is where we want
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  Speaker 2: to put down our kickstand and pause for a moment.
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  Speaker 2: Are you only holy? Are you only attempting to or
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  Speaker 2: actively serving God? Because things are working well in your life.
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  Speaker 2: Your money goes longer than your month, your children, your
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  Speaker 2: spouse healthy, Everything is going fine. Social media is your friend.
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  Speaker 2: And not your enemy. Huh, your job, your profession, your business,
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  Speaker 2: everything seems to be flowing well, not that you're wealthy,
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  Speaker 2: but because you know everything is is status quo, and
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  Speaker 2: in this case, the status quo was good. Your relationships
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  Speaker 2: are working well, your personal development is the way that
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  Speaker 2: you want it. Your spirituality is exceptional. You're feeling it.
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  Speaker 2: It's wonderful. This is what's going on in your life.
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  Speaker 2: And the devil in this story is saying, that is
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  Speaker 2: why Job serves you, because you have everything taken care
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  Speaker 2: of for him. Look at how wealthy he is. Look
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  Speaker 2: at how exceptional his family is. And even when his
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  Speaker 2: children go awry, you've positioned him that he can help
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  Speaker 2: them to get connected with you. Look at everything, and
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  Speaker 2: then the Bible says, okay. At different points in this discussion,
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  Speaker 2: God allows the enemy to touch Job's life. Do protect Job. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: you can touch his stuff, and it feels like momentarily,
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  Speaker 2: the devil runs through Job's wealth and he loses all
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  Speaker 2: of his wealth in a day, and then he runs
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  Speaker 2: through his family and loses his family except for his wife,
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  Speaker 2: who had lost her faith in a day. And the
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  Speaker 2: Bible says that the devil keeps going back. See, let
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  Speaker 2: me touch him, Let me touch him some more, Let
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  Speaker 2: me touch him some more. And then God allows the
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  Speaker 2: enemy to touch Job's health. Brothers and sisters, if your
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  Speaker 2: health is imperiled, do you still worship God? Do you
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  Speaker 2: still believe God? Do you believe God when things don't
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  Speaker 2: work well with your family? Do you believe God when
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  Speaker 2: things don't work well with your finances? Do you still
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  Speaker 2: believe God when your spouse or the one whoever is
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  Speaker 2: that's closest to you has lost his or her faith?
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  Speaker 2: Do you still hold on to God? Do you love
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  Speaker 2: God more than anything? Do you love God as the
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  Speaker 2: songwriter would have penned? And if God forbid your health
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  Speaker 2: starts to be imperiled, do you love God well? According
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  Speaker 2: to the rest of the story, we see that even
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  Speaker 2: though God allowed the devil to touch the man's family,
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  Speaker 2: touch the man's finances, touch the man's relationships because his
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  Speaker 2: three plus one friends thought that they were doing some good,
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  Speaker 2: but they were doing harm and misrepresenting God as they
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  Speaker 2: were giving Job so called advice. These guys are supposed
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  Speaker 2: to be holy, that's a different story. And then God allows,
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  Speaker 2: of course, as I said, the devil to touch Job's health.
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  Speaker 2: Job remained faithful. That is the question. Am I going
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  Speaker 2: to remain faithful? Come? What may see the same power
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  Speaker 2: of God that overcame the dragon hah, The same power
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  Speaker 2: of God that overcame the dragon in Job's life, the
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  Speaker 2: same power of God who is present in these last
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  Speaker 2: days can also make us holy. Will you choose to
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  Speaker 2: be on God's side? Well, God did restore Job. He
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  Speaker 2: can restore you too. But in the meantime be holy peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,