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08 18 2026 Christ, the Firstfruits · 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: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
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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, the
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  Speaker 2: eighteenth day of August in twenty twenty six. Hello, my
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  Speaker 2: name is El David Harris. I am your host, and
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  Speaker 2: this is your Daily Portion where we give you God's
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  Speaker 2: word every single day, and today is no exception. We
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  Speaker 2: are continuing in our lesson study series through the books
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  Speaker 2: of First and Second Corinthians, and I'm very grateful that
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  Speaker 2: our caption for today is Christ the First Fruits, Christ
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  Speaker 2: the First Fruits. Before we get into that, I'd like
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  Speaker 2: to say welcome to you and ask you to go
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  Speaker 2: click right here Whoop's not that one. We're already at
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  Speaker 2: the lesson stop guessing what to do with your life.
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  Speaker 2: There are people still wandering trying to figure out, God,
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  Speaker 2: what have you called me to do? And maybe some
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  Speaker 2: people even unfortunately measuring themselves against other people. You understand,
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  Speaker 2: and so I want you to please here discover God's
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  Speaker 2: design for your life. And I promise you this is
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  Speaker 2: not like any other spiritual gifts assessment that's on if
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  Speaker 2: ministries because your Daily Portion Ministries is a listener and
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  Speaker 2: viewer supported ministry. Let's go ahead and pray, and then
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  Speaker 2: we will get underway. Father, thank you, Thank you for
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  Speaker 2: giving us a clear view of the power of Christ's resurrection,
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  Speaker 2: and God, thank you for showing us. And I may
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  Speaker 2: say it wrong, God, but like a down payment, like
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  Speaker 2: to see that, since Jesus is alive and eternally well,
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  Speaker 2: that we too can be alive eternally with you one day.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen, Amen, and a man again,
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  Speaker 2: I would like for you to just return to the lesson,
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  Speaker 2: and also study on your own first fruits, especially in
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  Speaker 2: the Old Testament, to understand the import Because there was
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  Speaker 2: of course some celebration going on in the Old Testament
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  Speaker 2: surrounding first fruits. We're not going to be able to
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  Speaker 2: drill all of that today, but suffice it to say,
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  Speaker 2: I have a most Important Things segment here. As per usual,
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  Speaker 2: Christ's resurrection is not just and I want to say
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  Speaker 2: this carefully. I don't want to minimize anything by saying this,
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  Speaker 2: so please do not switch off this broadcast. Here. Christ's
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  Speaker 2: resurrection is not just his victory. It's the guarantee of yours.
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  Speaker 2: This is where you begin to praise God and give
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  Speaker 2: him thanks because it has I don't want to use
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  Speaker 2: too many extreme terminologies here. There are times that we
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  Speaker 2: make this so intellectual that we make it seem as
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  Speaker 2: if once we've answered the question that Jesus took up
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  Speaker 2: his life again and it means this theologically, then this
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  Speaker 2: it's off to the races. Now we got the answer correct.
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  Speaker 2: But what's happening here is that once we intellectually and
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  Speaker 2: spiritually understand this, it engenders praise God and worship because
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  Speaker 2: we know that this is a guarantee. I did say
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  Speaker 2: something about a down payment earlier, just trying to find
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  Speaker 2: a way to make this make sense. It's a guarantee
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  Speaker 2: of yours. Like if since Christ is raised and he
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  Speaker 2: has power over the grave, death and the lake of fire,
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  Speaker 2: now he can give you that, huh, and you can
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  Speaker 2: live holy for him and one day begin to experience
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  Speaker 2: eternity with him. So no matter what you're going through,
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  Speaker 2: there's no trial that can keep you down, there is
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  Speaker 2: no temptation that can keep you down if you surrender
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  Speaker 2: your will to him. Not even death can keep you down,
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  Speaker 2: because one day he'll do exactly what he did with Lazarus,
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  Speaker 2: but he's going to take it up a notch. He said, Lazarus,
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  Speaker 2: come forth, and he raised Lazarus from the dead. But
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  Speaker 2: beyond that, as I've said before, the Bible teaches us
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  Speaker 2: that God is going to give us new bodies, immortal
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  Speaker 2: ones where there is no more sin, no more sinn,
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  Speaker 2: and it's no more pain. They cannot deteriorate.
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  Speaker 1: Huh.
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  Speaker 2: We will never go to sleep again because Jesus gained
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  Speaker 2: that victory. He is the first fruits, and the harvest
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  Speaker 2: is coming. Ha, The harvest is coming. I know I
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  Speaker 2: grew up in the city, and I didn't know much
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  Speaker 2: about Like I'm not silly, Like I knew that fruits
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  Speaker 2: and vegetables grew in the ground, but I didn't really
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  Speaker 2: see that. Like I did take a couple of trips
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  Speaker 2: growing up to North Florida where I would see the
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  Speaker 2: in Tampa and in Orlando sea oranges growing on the trees.
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  Speaker 2: Even in our neighborhood, even though you know it was
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  Speaker 2: the kind of neighborhood I lived in, we did have
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  Speaker 2: a neighbor with a fruit tree, which was really interesting
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  Speaker 2: to me. So I kind of understood that I don't
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  Speaker 2: remember seeing vegetables growing anywhere, but if I did, it's
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  Speaker 2: just wasn't remarkable to me. But so this is is
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  Speaker 2: novel like from my mind until I got older, to
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  Speaker 2: see what it takes to grow and to plant, to grow,
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  Speaker 2: to cultivate and then finally to harvest. And so God's
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  Speaker 2: people will finally be reaped and harvested. And it's because
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ was the manifestation of what the harvest would
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  Speaker 2: look like. He came forth from the tomb incorruptible, and
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  Speaker 2: that is a manifestation of what we will be one
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  Speaker 2: day soon okay. And so in First Corinthians, chapter fifteen,
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  Speaker 2: I will read verses twenty through twenty two to make
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  Speaker 2: this point clear from the scriptures the Bible reads. But
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  Speaker 2: now Christ has been raised from the dead the first
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  Speaker 2: fruit of those who have fallen asleep. For since death
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  Speaker 2: came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also
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  Speaker 2: came through a man. So Adam's fault, like the reason
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  Speaker 2: we have to even have the discussion about is because
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  Speaker 2: Adam chose to eat that fruit. He was not deceived
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  Speaker 2: number one. He wasn't deceived like Eve was. Number two.
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  Speaker 2: He was the one that was created first. And so
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  Speaker 2: when Adam sinned, he jumped into sin. Eve fell. I
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  Speaker 2: wish I had the time. But Adam, knowing exactly what
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  Speaker 2: was going on, not being deceived, jumped into sin. And
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  Speaker 2: because of that, the weakness and the tendencies of people
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  Speaker 2: whose sin came to us you understand. So this is
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  Speaker 2: what is going on. This is what's going on. And
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  Speaker 2: so because of this, now we have the second atom,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ, who gives us new birth. We get new DNA.
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  Speaker 2: We are no longer in Adam's image, because the Bible
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  Speaker 2: says that Adam knew his wife Eve. They had a son,
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  Speaker 2: and that child was in Adam's in Adam's image, his likeness.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the way we've been. But when we are reborn,
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  Speaker 2: that is, we submit our will to God, and he
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  Speaker 2: gives us a new spiritual heart. You understand. He also
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  Speaker 2: gives us the ability to serve him well. He gives
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  Speaker 2: us the ability to love him and to keep his commandments.
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  Speaker 2: And therefore, therefore now that second man gives us that
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  Speaker 2: power of resurrection. For going back into the text, just
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  Speaker 2: as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all
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  Speaker 2: will be made alive. Isn't that wonderful? I'll read what
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  Speaker 2: first fruits means before we come to a swift close
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  Speaker 2: par que. That is the term for first fruits there
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  Speaker 2: in the text. It is the initial portion of the
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  Speaker 2: harvest offered to God as a pledge and a guarantee
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  Speaker 2: that the full harvest will follow in and among God's people.
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  Speaker 2: Back in those days, presenting the first fruits was an
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  Speaker 2: act of faith that the rest of the crop would
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  Speaker 2: come in Christ's resurrection. Is God's first fruits, offering the
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  Speaker 2: pledge that every believer's resurrection is on its way. So
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  Speaker 2: God is putting himself on the line to say, because
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  Speaker 2: of what we saw happen in the life and work
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  Speaker 2: and ministry of Jesus Christ, we too will be able
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  Speaker 2: to live eternally beginning one day. So I'm grateful. I
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  Speaker 2: hope you are grateful, and I hope you are looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to seeing those people that you love and are
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  Speaker 2: resting now at the day of the Lord's appearing Christ.
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  Speaker 2: He's the first fruit. And I'm grateful. 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,