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06 28 2026 Paul, a God-called Apostle of Jesus · 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're 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 Sunday, June
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  Speaker 2: twenty eight, twenty twenty six. 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
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  Speaker 2: day and today is no exception. We are continuing in
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  Speaker 2: our new Lesson study series through the book of Books
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  Speaker 2: of First and Second Corinthians, and our caption for today
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  Speaker 2: is Paul, a God called a possible of Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 2: Paul a God called Apostle of Jesus. Before we get
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  Speaker 2: into that, I'd like to say welcome to you and
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  Speaker 2: thank you for coming through this morning, and ask you
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: We thank you for this new week, for the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to work, to work and not become weary and well doing.
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  Speaker 2: Please help us to see ourselves as called and chosen
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  Speaker 2: by you, because that is indeed the reality if we
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  Speaker 2: choose to serve you. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
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  Speaker 2: and Amen again. So as per usual, I want to
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  Speaker 2: begin with what I consider to be the most important thing.
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  Speaker 2: We are not saved by having a title. I'm an elder,
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  Speaker 2: I have pastored, and I have a bunch of titles
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  Speaker 2: that I won't bore you with the details of this morning.
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  Speaker 2: You are not saved by having a title. You're not
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  Speaker 2: saved by having a platform. I got a bunch of platforms,
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  Speaker 2: whether it be social media, whether it be a platform
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  Speaker 2: in politics, whether it be YouTube, whether it be just
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  Speaker 2: that a lot of people follow you because God has
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  Speaker 2: given you this gift or of the praise of people.
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  Speaker 2: There's danger in too much applause. Brothers and sisters, when
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  Speaker 2: we applaud people, you need Jesus Christ to call you. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: we need him to call you and to cleanse you
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  Speaker 2: and to make and to make your life his because
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  Speaker 2: only in Christ, only in Christ, do you find the
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  Speaker 2: true purpose and your place in the will of God.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes human beings will pump your head up. I promise you,
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  Speaker 2: the red carpet has been rolled out for me in
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  Speaker 2: so many situations, and I'm like, God, thank you for
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  Speaker 2: allowing humans to honor you in my life. But God,
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  Speaker 2: please help me to give you the glory, help me
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  Speaker 2: to give you the honor. Help me to decrease, and
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  Speaker 2: let Jesus increased. And so our first lesson comes in
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  Speaker 2: from First Corinthians, chapter one, verse one. The Bible says
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  Speaker 2: that Paul called to be the apostle or an apostle
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ through the will of God and sustines
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  Speaker 2: our brother. And so the word fore called in this
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  Speaker 2: text is cleatos. It's a Greek word that means invited.
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  Speaker 2: Paul is saying that Christ in him into this ministry
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  Speaker 2: of the Gospel. It also means appointed, so he invited him.
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  Speaker 2: Paul had to say yes or no. So he's called yes, Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: I will do what you have called me to do.
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  Speaker 2: I'm invited. But now Jesus is appointing him and saying, well,
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  Speaker 2: this is what I created you for.
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  Speaker 1: Paul.
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  Speaker 2: Whatever happened up until this point, all of the errors
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  Speaker 2: you have made, all of the things that you did
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  Speaker 2: that should not have been done, and the lessons that
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  Speaker 2: you have learned over time, all of those will come
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  Speaker 2: to bit, will be brought to bear on the ministry
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  Speaker 2: that I have invited you to and now appointed you too.
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  Speaker 2: And so Paul's life and work were not self chosen.
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  Speaker 2: He did not wake up one day and say, you
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  Speaker 2: know what, I'm done with this life of sin. I
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  Speaker 2: think I'll do what I'm supposed to do. No, we
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  Speaker 2: can see that there was an well I almost said eruption,
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  Speaker 2: but maybe that is that's a good word. I meant interruption.
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  Speaker 2: But there was an explosive interruption in his life on
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  Speaker 2: his road to Damascus, when he was about to do
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  Speaker 2: the unthinkable, maybe like he had already done many times before,
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  Speaker 2: to deal with the people of God harshly, to be
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  Speaker 2: disrespectful and to be violent, toward the people of God. Well,
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  Speaker 2: Paul in that moment, was called, invited and appointed for
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  Speaker 2: a purpose. So God is not random in the way
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  Speaker 2: that he deals with people. No, he is especially not
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  Speaker 2: random in the way that he deals with his children.
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  Speaker 2: He calls a points and then he gives us direction
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  Speaker 2: so that our lives may belong fully to him. Go
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  Speaker 2: to God. That is the action step for this lesson.
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  Speaker 2: Go to God today and ask him to help help
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  Speaker 2: you live faithfully in the calling. Remember, invite it, and
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  Speaker 2: now he's appointing you in the calling he has placed
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  Speaker 2: in your life. I want you to write down his calling.
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  Speaker 2: If you already know what he has called you to do.
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  Speaker 2: He's invited you and appointed you, and I will add
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  Speaker 2: anointed you to do. I want you to write that down,
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  Speaker 2: fix it in your mind, and then say, God, now
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  Speaker 2: this is what you've called me to do. This is
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  Speaker 2: the appointment that you have given to me. Would you
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  Speaker 2: please help me to be faithful in all things in
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  Speaker 2: this calling. Our lesson number two comes in from Romans
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  Speaker 2: chapter one and verse one, where the Bible reads Paul,
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  Speaker 2: a servant of Jesus Christ called to be an apostle.
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  Speaker 2: Now it says separated unto the Gospel of God. So
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  Speaker 2: we see the same thing. But now we're going to
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  Speaker 2: move our mindset from the calling, which we've already said.
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  Speaker 2: What did I say? The calling is an invitation, The
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  Speaker 2: calling is an appointment by God. And now we want
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  Speaker 2: to focus not on that part. We did that already,
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  Speaker 2: but the servant or slave part. Servant or slave parts.
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  Speaker 2: So dulos, that's the word that he is using here
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  Speaker 2: for servant or in some of your modern translations, slave,
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  Speaker 2: it means bond servant, one fully devoted to another. I
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  Speaker 2: know that this is a term that's triggering to some
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  Speaker 2: people because they think it's beneath them based on what
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  Speaker 2: has happened in modern history. I call it modern history
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  Speaker 2: compared to the Bible times, it really wasn't modern history,
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  Speaker 2: but in the Transatlantic slave trade and a lot of
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  Speaker 2: what is going on around the world even in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty six, which is unbelievable, but it's still true. That
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  Speaker 2: is not the concept that we're talking about. We are
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  Speaker 2: now fully devoted if we are living like Paul had lived,
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  Speaker 2: fully devoted to another. Who is the other Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: We are bond servants, we are slaves. We are fully
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  Speaker 2: devoted to another. This means that Paul, before he was
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  Speaker 2: a messenger with authority, he already belonged to Jesus completely.
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  Speaker 2: Man say that again, God did not. In another way,
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  Speaker 2: God did not entrust Paul with authority before he already
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  Speaker 2: submitted him to him. He was completely bound in his
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  Speaker 2: own mind in a good way to Jesus Christ before
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  Speaker 2: he got his responsibility. And so the Lord does not
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  Speaker 2: first call us to prominence. He calls us to surrender.
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  Speaker 2: Real calling begins when Jesus becomes the master of our lives.
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  Speaker 2: And so the action step in this regard is to
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  Speaker 2: submit all your plans, gifts, and ambitions to Jesus. Do
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  Speaker 2: that today and let him rule. I know, I know
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  Speaker 2: it's triggering to people who are straightening their backs and
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  Speaker 2: pushing against the status quo and the established order. I
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  Speaker 2: get it, But we're not talking about that. We're talking
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  Speaker 2: about the one who created you. The only way when
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  Speaker 2: he Jesus comes, he doesn't say, depart from me, ye,
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  Speaker 2: workers of iniquity, I never knew you, is if your
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  Speaker 2: lifestyle is aligned with what he knew in his mind
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  Speaker 2: when he created us. When he created you, so submit everything,
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  Speaker 2: your plans, your gifts, your ambitions to Jesus today. I'm
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  Speaker 2: doing that right now in my mind. And let Him
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  Speaker 2: rule your life before you try to serve in His name,
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  Speaker 2: my God. So we are also called and chosen in
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  Speaker 2: Jesus' name. Make it a great day, Peace. Thanks for
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  Speaker 2: joining us listening. Friends.
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  Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  Speaker 1: every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  Speaker 1: has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah.