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04 27 2025 The Very First Commandment · 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: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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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 Sunday, April
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  Speaker 2: twenty seven, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is the very First Commandment, the very
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  Speaker 2: first first Commandment. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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  Speaker 2: Holy spirit today. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and
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  Speaker 2: Amen again. The very first commandment. Now, I just want
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  Speaker 2: to give a quick caveat here. We're talking about the
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  Speaker 2: first prohibitive commandment, okay, And when I say that, I'm
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  Speaker 2: saying there is something that God said in the first
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  Speaker 2: telling of the story here in Genesis, chapter one and
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  Speaker 2: verse let's go with twenty seven and twenty eight, and
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads, So God created humankind or man in
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  Speaker 2: his own image, and the image of God created he
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  Speaker 2: him male and female created he them. And then the
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  Speaker 2: Bible says, and God blessed them, and God said unto them,
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  Speaker 2: be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth and subdue it,
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  Speaker 2: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, over
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  Speaker 2: the fall of the air, and over every living thing
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  Speaker 2: that moveth upon the earth. And then the Bible continues
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  Speaker 2: with a discussion. And so some people may say, well,
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  Speaker 2: that is not a command. Well, God told them to
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  Speaker 2: do this, all right. But when we talk about the
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  Speaker 2: command in this context or commandment in this context, the
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  Speaker 2: lesson writer is identifying a command that is a prohibition.
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  Speaker 2: Look at what it says right here in the lesson
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  Speaker 2: it says the first command a prohibition that God gave
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  Speaker 2: to humankind. And why was it so important? So now
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  Speaker 2: we move over to the second chapter, and now read
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  Speaker 2: verse nine, sixteen and seventeen for now, and the Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: and out of the ground God made, or the Lord God.
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  Speaker 2: And it says, and out of the ground made the
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  Speaker 2: Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to
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  Speaker 2: the sight and good for food, and the tree of
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  Speaker 2: life also in the midst of the garden, and the
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  Speaker 2: tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I had
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  Speaker 2: lost my place. And the Bible says in verse sixteen,
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  Speaker 2: and the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every
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  Speaker 2: tree of the garden, thou mayest freely eat. But there
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  Speaker 2: is a caveat verse seventeen. But of the tree of
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  Speaker 2: the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
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  Speaker 2: of it, For in the day that thou eatst thereof
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  Speaker 2: thou shalt surely die, okay. And so the Bible is
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  Speaker 2: teaching us that God really does care about what we do. Right.
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  Speaker 2: There is a song that we used to sing as children.
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  Speaker 2: Oh be careful, little eyes what you see. Oh, be careful,
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  Speaker 2: little mouth, what you say. No, be careful little feet
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  Speaker 2: where you go. Be careful, little hands, what you do.
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  Speaker 2: There's a father up above who is looking down in
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  Speaker 2: tender love. Oh, be careful, little whatever it is what
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  Speaker 2: we you understand now. And so God protects his people.
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  Speaker 2: He's always protected us. Before there was ever a human sinner.
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  Speaker 2: God was protecting us, protecting us from what, protecting us
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  Speaker 2: from separating from him, protecting us from no longer being
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  Speaker 2: inside of his will, protecting us from limiting ourselves to
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  Speaker 2: time and not entering into eternity. God loves us so
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  Speaker 2: much that he would protect us so he can insulate
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  Speaker 2: our relationship throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity. And so
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  Speaker 2: the Bible teaches us that he said, if if we
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  Speaker 2: do eat that tree, eat anything for eat the fruit
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  Speaker 2: from that tree, then we will surely die. And so
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  Speaker 2: this is a test of faith and trust. I should say,
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  Speaker 2: a test of trust. And I know that this text
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  Speaker 2: comes after the fall. But in Hebrews chapter eleven and
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  Speaker 2: verse six, the Bible says, for without faith, it is
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  Speaker 2: impossible to please him. And so there is a faith requirement,
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  Speaker 2: like if we're going to be in a right relationship
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  Speaker 2: with God, then we need to believe him. There is
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  Speaker 2: love that is a choice, and trust is an opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: And of course this is all based on relationship with God.
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  Speaker 2: So ask yourself the question like do I trust God?
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  Speaker 2: And I'm saying you're looking yourself in the mirror, you're
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  Speaker 2: looking at yourself in your camera and then seeing yourself
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  Speaker 2: on the screen, and you're asking yourself like do you
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  Speaker 2: trust God? And then, of course freedom does have a framework.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible does teach us in Second Corinthians, chapter three
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  Speaker 2: and verse seventeen, where the spirit of the Lord is
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  Speaker 2: there is liberty. But God gives us this liberty within boundaries.
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  Speaker 2: He's protecting us liberty within boundaries. He's protecting us choice.
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  Speaker 2: The power of choice is essential. But God has taught
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  Speaker 2: us what the right decisions would be liberty comes within limits.
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  Speaker 2: Love requires freedom to choose. But again, if we choose
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  Speaker 2: the wrong path, that is our choice or our decision
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  Speaker 2: to make. And then, of course what ever comes as
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  Speaker 2: a result is that two course. Love is the foundation
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  Speaker 2: of keeping God's commands. God's commandments from the beginning of time,
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  Speaker 2: and the Bible reads here in John chapter fourteen and
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  Speaker 2: verse fifteen, if ye love me, then keep my commandments.
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  Speaker 2: And this reveals that obedience shows love, like if we
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  Speaker 2: love him, then we'll do what he says, because he'll
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  Speaker 2: empower us to do so. Trust demonstrates faith and commands
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  Speaker 2: protect us. Again, relationship is primary. God wants us to
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  Speaker 2: be together with him throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.
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  Speaker 2: And so when Adam and Eve chose to eat from
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  Speaker 2: the tree that was not good for food, even though
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  Speaker 2: Eve saw that it was good for food, if God
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  Speaker 2: said don't eat it, then it couldn't be good for food.
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  Speaker 2: It was good for all kinds of stuff, but not
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  Speaker 2: for food. Why not because God said not to eat
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  Speaker 2: from it. I wish I had the time, But she
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  Speaker 2: saw that, and she saw that it was a tree
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  Speaker 2: to be desire to make one wise and then she
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  Speaker 2: took it, she ate it, and of course she gave
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  Speaker 2: to her husband also he took it, he ate it.
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  Speaker 2: And now we are in this mess. But I'm thankful
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  Speaker 2: that God did not leave us in this mess without
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  Speaker 2: a Messiah. Ooh, I think I just said something there.
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  Speaker 2: God did not leave us in this mess without a messiah,
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  Speaker 2: meaning Jesus. So why is this important? God has given
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  Speaker 2: us the establishment of our free will. He wanted us
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  Speaker 2: to demonstrate trust. But since we didn't trust him in
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  Speaker 2: that analysis, now we need the Messiah. And he was
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  Speaker 2: protecting our relationship through Jesus Christ. He's still protecting our
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  Speaker 2: relationship with him. He showed the nature of love. He
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  Speaker 2: sent clear boundaries. Those boundaries still exist today, and he
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  Speaker 2: revealed the consequences when we make the wrong decision. And
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  Speaker 2: so throughout history we see commands of God. We see it.
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  Speaker 2: We see it here. Let me see in Israel's time,
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  Speaker 2: the lesson writer says, millennia later, when Israel asks for
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  Speaker 2: a king, the Lord laid out the consequences. And we
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  Speaker 2: talked about that last week, and then the Bible is
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  Speaker 2: going to teach us as we read through the next
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  Speaker 2: several days. In the Book of Daniel. With this background
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  Speaker 2: in mind, it can be enlightening, not only as the
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  Speaker 2: march of Empires depicted in the book's visions and indictment
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  Speaker 2: of the nations the Gentiles. It is also an indictment
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  Speaker 2: of God's people's failures, their refusal to follow God's commandments.
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  Speaker 2: But we know now the antidote. Follow what he says
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  Speaker 2: and live with him forever.
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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,