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08 17 2026 The Risen Christ, Our Only Hope · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
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  Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's
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  Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna the word of God to keep
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  Speaker 1: us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Monday, the
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  Speaker 2: seventeenth 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 our caption for today
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  Speaker 2: is the Risen Christ, Our Only Hope, The risen Christ,
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  Speaker 2: our only Hope. Before we get into that, I'd like
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  Speaker 2: to say welcome to you and ask you to please
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  Speaker 2: ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father
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  Speaker 2: and Heaven, thank you for giving us this day our
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  Speaker 2: daily bread. And I'm asking you to please help us
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  Speaker 2: to rely on you, knowing that you have all things
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  Speaker 2: under your control, that you are transforming our lives when
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  Speaker 2: we yield our will to you and Father today, will
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  Speaker 2: you help us to trust you with everything we are
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  Speaker 2: and everything we have. Christ is risen, and I pray
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  Speaker 2: we will live that reality in Jesus' name. I pray, Amen, Amen,
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  Speaker 2: and a man again. And so I love that song
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  Speaker 2: that a lot of people sing from the hymnal it
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  Speaker 2: is kind of like old school classic, like but Christ
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  Speaker 2: the Lord has risen today, Hallelujah, And of course people
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  Speaker 2: play it at a certain time of year. But the
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  Speaker 2: fact is that in twenty twenty six, on this same day, Monday,
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  Speaker 2: Monday Morning, or whenever you're watching or listening, Christ our
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  Speaker 2: Lord is risen. And the fact that he's risen is
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  Speaker 2: what makes us have the power to live according to
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  Speaker 2: God's will. Without Jesus being alive and a very present
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  Speaker 2: help in trouble, without him ever living and making intercession
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  Speaker 2: for us, we are doomed to fail on every front.
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  Speaker 2: And so for me, the most important thing this morning
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  Speaker 2: is without the Resurrection, our sins are still on us.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not interested in that. Our faith is a delusion.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not interested in that. And the blessing is that
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  Speaker 2: He is alive and well, and beyond that, he is
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  Speaker 2: still all powerful, Blessed be his name, and he's working
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  Speaker 2: on our behalf. And that is the only reason we
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  Speaker 2: can have hope in twenty twenty six or in whatever
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  Speaker 2: year you're watching or listening. Yeah, and I'm grateful. So
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  Speaker 2: we jump in now to versus. Let's go with Versus
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  Speaker 2: thirteen and fourteen of First Thessalonians, thirteen and fourteen of
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  Speaker 2: First Thessalonians Chapter four, and the Bible reads, I would
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  Speaker 2: not have you to be ignorant, brethren concerning them which
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  Speaker 2: are asleep. So we're talking about the folks who are dead.
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  Speaker 2: Now we will say that they are dead in Christ.
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  Speaker 2: That ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope.
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  Speaker 2: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
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  Speaker 2: even so them also which sleep in Jesus, will God
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  Speaker 2: bring with him. Let me read it in another translation.
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  Speaker 2: New English translation. Now, we do not want you to
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  Speaker 2: be uninformed, brothers and sisters about those who are asleep,
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  Speaker 2: so that you will not grieve like the rest who
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  Speaker 2: don't have any hope. For if we believe that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: died and rose again type of one in the chat.
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  Speaker 2: If you believe that Jesesus gave his life for you
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  Speaker 2: and has risen again, he's living today. Yes, So also
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  Speaker 2: we believe that God will bring with him those who
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  Speaker 2: have fallen asleep as Christians. So when Jesus, oh my goodness,
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  Speaker 2: when Jesus comes back. We're talking about the second coming
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ when he comes back. What he's going
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  Speaker 2: to do, and it's a beautiful thing, is he's going
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  Speaker 2: to wake up those who are resting, who are sleeping
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  Speaker 2: in the grave, who are his children. He's going to
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  Speaker 2: wake them up. And he's also also going to catch
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  Speaker 2: up the people, or cause the people who are who
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  Speaker 2: are his children, to leave planet Earth. And both of
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  Speaker 2: them meet Jesus in the air, and they will make
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  Speaker 2: their trek. We will make our trek to the heavenly
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  Speaker 2: Kingdom and live there for a thousand years. After the
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  Speaker 2: thousand years are finished, then the meek Jesus promised in
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  Speaker 2: Matthew chapter five, will inherit the earth. Okay. And so
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  Speaker 2: in the meantime, we're thinking about what it means to sleep.
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  Speaker 2: To sleep means to be at rest. The New Testament
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  Speaker 2: consistently uses the word of the belief. For this word
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  Speaker 2: for the believing dead, it's COI mayo MYI okay, CHOI
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  Speaker 2: my own my And that again is that they are
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  Speaker 2: resting and waiting for the coming of Jesus Christ or
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  Speaker 2: the resurrection, if you will. They are not conscious in heaven,
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  Speaker 2: they are not in torment, they are sleeping in Christ
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  Speaker 2: preserved and at rest, awaiting the resurrection at Jesus's return,
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  Speaker 2: And so to say rip or rest in peace is
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  Speaker 2: really a moot point. It doesn't really actually make sense.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not trying to just argue for argument's sake, but
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  Speaker 2: the fact is that when when you're resting, you're resting.
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  Speaker 2: It's not there's no other way to rest, because those
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  Speaker 2: individuals are waiting the coming. And so the sleep of
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  Speaker 2: the dead is not an abandonment. It is a rest
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  Speaker 2: for those safely held in Christ until the resurrection. We
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  Speaker 2: call it mourning, but that's not, you know, literal necessarily.
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  Speaker 2: They are not lost, they are not suffering, they are
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  Speaker 2: not wandering, They are not awaiting somebody to pay a
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  Speaker 2: bill for them to get them out of some other state.
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  Speaker 2: That won't go into those details. But they are kept,
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  Speaker 2: and they will be brought when He comes, brought where
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  Speaker 2: into his presence, And one day, and one day soon
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  Speaker 2: we'll be able to see that all of the graves
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  Speaker 2: of the people of God will open. I think Isaiah
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  Speaker 2: said to the west and to the east, he will say,
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  Speaker 2: give up. Right from all around the world you will
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  Speaker 2: see the people of God who are now resting, and
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  Speaker 2: by that time are resting be resurrected, and I'm grateful
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  Speaker 2: and so comfort someone today. Comfort someone today. I can
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  Speaker 2: think of a few people who have lost loved ones recently,
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  Speaker 2: and those loved ones were people of God. So if
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  Speaker 2: you know someone like this, please just comfort somebody today
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  Speaker 2: who was grieving. Because God never intended for us to
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  Speaker 2: be separated. He always intended for us to be alive
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  Speaker 2: and together throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity, share the
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  Speaker 2: hope of the resurrection and the assurance that those who
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  Speaker 2: sleep in Christ are safely in his keeping until Jesus returns.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to read from the book The Desire of Ages,
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  Speaker 2: page seven hundred and eighty seven, where we read the
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  Speaker 2: resurrection of Jesus Christ is a symbol or a type
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  Speaker 2: and a pledge of the resurrection of all who sleep
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  Speaker 2: in Him. So basically what she's saying, the author is
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  Speaker 2: saying that because Jesus kept his promise where he took
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  Speaker 2: up his life again, he can also keep up his
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  Speaker 2: promise where he said He's going to raise those who
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  Speaker 2: are his incorruptible and give them immortality. You understand new bodies,
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  Speaker 2: As Paul would have said it. The countenance of the
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  Speaker 2: risen Savior. The light of his resurrection and glory will
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  Speaker 2: be the first sight to greet those who have loved
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  Speaker 2: him and waited for his appearing 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,