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07 11 2026 Unity in Christ · 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 Sabbath, July eleven,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. 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: and this is where we give you God's word every
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  Speaker 2: single day and today is no exception. We are continuing
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  Speaker 2: in our Lesson study series through the First and Second Corinthians,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is Unity in Christ, Unity
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  Speaker 2: in Christ. Before we get into that, I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: say welcome to you, and please go over to your
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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 giving us this new privilege, this
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to come into your presence with thanksgiving, and for
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  Speaker 2: the privilege of the Sabbath on which we should be
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  Speaker 2: the most unified, unified with you and each other. Please
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  Speaker 2: give us your wisdom today in Jesus' name, I pray
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  Speaker 2: Amen and a man again unity in Christ. And as usual,
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  Speaker 2: I just wanted to highlight what I think today most
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  Speaker 2: important thing is Jesus did not give himself on a
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  Speaker 2: cross so that we could be divided. And that may
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  Speaker 2: be one of the more logical things that I've ever
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  Speaker 2: said in all of these years. That Jesus didn't die
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  Speaker 2: so we could fight against each other. That would be crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus gave himself so we could become one with him
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  Speaker 2: and one with each other. And so, yeah, he wanted
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  Speaker 2: to wound our pride, but not divide the church. Our
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  Speaker 2: pride needs to actually be destroyed, but his church needs
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  Speaker 2: to be united. He gave himself to save us from
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  Speaker 2: sin and to become one in him. Yeah that's super obvious,
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  Speaker 2: isn't it. But somehow we miss it. Let's go to
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  Speaker 2: First Corinthians, chapter one and verse ten for our first
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  Speaker 2: lesson for today. First Corinthians, chapter one and verse ten.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully you are reading in your bibles, not just listening
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  Speaker 2: to me. Read the texts to you and the Bible reads. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I beseech you, brothers and sisters, by the name of
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  Speaker 2: our Lord Jesus Christ. So when God's people are invoking
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  Speaker 2: the name of Jesus, what we're doing is saying God,
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  Speaker 2: we trust you God. Whatever we're about to say should
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  Speaker 2: be glorifying you. Whatever we're about to say is in
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  Speaker 2: alignment with who you are and what you have taught us.
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  Speaker 2: So by the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that
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  Speaker 2: ye speak the same thing. We're not talking about words,
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  Speaker 2: brothers and sisters, But what are the principles that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: has taught. What is the way that God has entrusted
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  Speaker 2: his power to us to do his will? We should
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  Speaker 2: be speaking the same thing thing, that there be no
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  Speaker 2: divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together
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  Speaker 2: in the same mind and in the same judgment. Let
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  Speaker 2: me read it in another translation. I urge you, brothers
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  Speaker 2: and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: to agree together, you see, on all things that have
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  Speaker 2: to do with Godliness, all things that have to do
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  Speaker 2: with His word. We agree to be in agreement with
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  Speaker 2: those things. Yes, and to end your divisions. That means
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  Speaker 2: that there were people already divided. God is showing us
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  Speaker 2: that there were people already divided, and he wanted to
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  Speaker 2: remedy this through the council he was giving through Paul.
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  Speaker 2: So stop that and be united by the same mind
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  Speaker 2: and purpose. Well, how can we have the same mind?
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  Speaker 2: How can we get rid of the splits, the divisions,
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  Speaker 2: the tears, the separations. How do we get that out
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  Speaker 2: of there? Well? Submitting to God's will? Yes, But he said,
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  Speaker 2: let this mind be in you, which was also in
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  Speaker 2: Christ Jesus. So if you have the mindset of Christ,
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  Speaker 2: I have the mindset of Christ. Then that means that
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  Speaker 2: our mind is the same, and so is our purpose.
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  Speaker 2: And so Paul, he shows that division tears at the
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  Speaker 2: body of Christ. That is disease. When your body is
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  Speaker 2: not well, when your mind is not well, that is
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  Speaker 2: called in the natural world disease. And so Jesus calls
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  Speaker 2: his people to deeper unity that is shaped by his
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  Speaker 2: mindset and his purpose no more disease. So what do
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  Speaker 2: we need to do in reality when we are with
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  Speaker 2: one another in the faith fellowship. We're to refuse to
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  Speaker 2: feed division today. That means if somebody calls you on
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  Speaker 2: the telephone, somebody is typing in social media, that social
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  Speaker 2: media one is really is really crazy these days. Somebody
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  Speaker 2: is typing in social media all of their grouses with
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  Speaker 2: the people of God, all of their problems with this
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  Speaker 2: one or that one. You are to refuse to feed that.
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  Speaker 2: If you have a problem with someone, go to Matthew
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  Speaker 2: chapter eighteen and see how to resolve it. Uh huh,
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  Speaker 2: and then ask God to make you a peacemaker among
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  Speaker 2: the people of God his church. Listen. Number two comes
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  Speaker 2: in from First Corinthians, chapter one, verse twelve. First Corinthians,
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  Speaker 2: Chapter one and verse twelve. Now I mean this that
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  Speaker 2: each of you is saying, I am with Paul, or
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  Speaker 2: I am with Apollos, or I am with Cephis, or
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  Speaker 2: I am with Christ. He's saying, listen, hold on, holda,
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  Speaker 2: la la, holda. Why are you choosing teams as if
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  Speaker 2: we're not on the same page. If we are God's children,
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  Speaker 2: we are working according to the mind set of Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: the mission that He has given to us. Why are
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  Speaker 2: there separations? There's no more strife or rivalry or contention
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  Speaker 2: or quarreling. That's the word. That is the word for
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  Speaker 2: that separation that God is trying to get out of
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  Speaker 2: the people of God. And so when people center themselves
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  Speaker 2: on personalities, think about your pastor, your favorite pastor. I
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  Speaker 2: could start naming some of them, your favorite Bible teacher online,
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  Speaker 2: on the television, on the radio, ah that comes to
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  Speaker 2: churches around the world. There are few that I see
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  Speaker 2: on a regular basis that are favorites of people. And fine,
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  Speaker 2: but our focus should not be centering in those personalities
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  Speaker 2: or in those groups or what we'll learn about in
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  Speaker 2: a few days, those cliques or cliques as you will,
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  Speaker 2: and preferences. When we do that, we lose of Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Christ is the unifying factor. He is the power of
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  Speaker 2: God unto salvation through the Gospel. So don't lose your
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  Speaker 2: focus on Christ because you are focusing on your favorite leader, preacher, teacher, prophet, king, priest,
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  Speaker 2: whatever it is that you're focusing on. That's unlike Christ.
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  Speaker 2: That's your problem. I know what I just said, I
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  Speaker 2: know what I just said, you don't have to email me.
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  Speaker 1: Ah.
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  Speaker 2: The Gospel calls us away from the party spirit. There's
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  Speaker 2: politricks inside the church. I can spell. I said, polytricks,
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  Speaker 2: poly tricks. There are poly tricks inside the church where
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  Speaker 2: people are again marching behind their favorite humans, trying to
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  Speaker 2: make the church their own partisan space to get their
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  Speaker 2: things across. When God is saying I've given you a
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  Speaker 2: great commission and I want you to center your mind there, Huh.
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  Speaker 2: The Gospel call us away from this party spirit and
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  Speaker 2: back to the Savior. So today check your heart with God.
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  Speaker 2: Check your heart with God, and let go of any
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  Speaker 2: loyalty that competes with your loyalty to Christ. Let me
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  Speaker 2: give you one last quote. The quote is the secret
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  Speaker 2: of unity is found in the equality of believers in Christ.
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  Speaker 2: That's coming in from Selected Messages, Book one, page two
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  Speaker 2: hundred fifty nine. Our unity can grow only when our
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  Speaker 2: pride dies. If Jesus humbled himself, then we must humble ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we
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  Speaker 1: cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  Speaker 1: comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  Speaker 1: daily portion with el David Harris, make it a great day, yeah,