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10 23 2023 Abraham’s Love for Everyone · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's
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  food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
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  some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
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  all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
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  to live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, good morning, good
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  morning. It is Monday, October twenty three, twenty twenty three. Hello,
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  my name is El David Harris. I am your host, and this
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  is your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series. God's
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  mission, my mission, and our caption for today is Abraham's love for everyone.
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  We'll get into that in just a moment, but first i'd like to
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  say welcome to you. And if this is your first time and you are
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  there welcome, and then put in the name of the person who says this
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  is their first time. We want to continue to build faith and fellowship.
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  day. And sorry to those on the radio and on television who are not
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  experiencing this, but maybe you could just go over to YouTube real quick and
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  check that out so that you can say, this is my first time and
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  then go back to your regularly scheduled program. Right, So, we're building
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  faith and fellowship even though you are all over the world. But isn't it
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  wonderful that technology has positioned us to be able to build in this way.
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  Daily Portion dot com and do what makes sense there and we will continue to
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  build together. Let's go ahead and pray and then get underwagh. Father in
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  Heaven, thank you for this new morning and for the privilege we have to
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  open your word again. Please teach us to love like Jesus loved, and
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  thank you for the example that Abraham showed us in Jesus' name, I pray
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  Amen and amen again Abraham's love for everyone. Now we do know that the
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  three messengers that came to Abraham at the time in question here in Genesis chapter
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  eighteen were heavenly messengers, two of whom were angels, created beings, and
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  then the other Jesus Christ before he was born of a woman. So we
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  called that experience pre incarnate, preincarnate Christ. So before he took on human
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  flesh through the womb of Mary. I wish I had the time, But
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  this is not a theological discussion. Yeah, we're connecting with God today.
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  So the pre incarnate Christ, two angels, they come, and we see,
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  as we said yesterday, that Abraham was hospitable, Abraham demonstrated holiness,
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  and then Abraham had a close encounter recognizing now wait a minute, these are
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  messengers from heaven, and the Bible teaches us that now the discussion is about
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  destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, And there's a big discussion that's happening that we'll break
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  into here in the book of Genesis chapter eighteen, beginning at verse sixteen,
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  And we're going to see the love and the calling of Abraham here but it's
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  really not about him. It's about what God can do in any of our
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  lives, Okay. And so the Bible reads, and the men rose up
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  from thence and looked towards Sodom, and Abraham went with them to bring them
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  on the way. And the Lord said, shall I hide from Abraham the
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  thing that I will do? Remember we read from the Book of Amos that
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  God will not do anything important except he reveal it to his servants the prophets
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  first. So God is doing that right here. Ah, So I will
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  not hide it from you. Basically, he's saying, seeing that Abraham shall
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  surely become a great and mighty nation, and all of the nations of the
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  earth show be blessed in him, for I know him that he will command
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  his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of
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  the Lord to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham
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  that which he hath spoken of him. And the Lord said, because of
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  the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very
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  grievous, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according
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  to the cry of it which has come unto me, and if not,
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  I will know. So he's saying, I'm gonna go down there. I'm
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  gonna go see what's going on down there, and if it's as wicked as
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  we keep saying it is, I'm burning it down. This is what's happening.
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  I'm just saying, this is what's happening in the text verse twenty two,
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  and the men turned their faces from thence and went towards Sodom. But
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  Abraham stood yet before the Lord. So now Abraham is standing before the Lord.
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  I hope you are getting the imagery here. These angels are about to
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  burn the place down. And angels are burning the place down because the people
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  were unrepentant and wicked. Now it's time to deal with it. And the
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  Bible says that Abraham is before the Lord. Now before we get philosophical and
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  super spiritual, that was literal, like he was there with Jesus right,
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  Yes, he was there actually having a conversation, but he's also standing in
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  the gap. Are you hearing what I'm saying to you right now? When
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  there is destruction looming, where there is judgment or condemnation on the horizon,
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  are you standing in the gap? Are you standing before the Lord, and
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  let's see what else happens here before I get too far afield Verse twenty three.
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  And Abraham drew near and said, wilt thou also destroy the righteous with
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  the wicked? Peradventure, there be fifty righteous within the city. Wilt thou
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  also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are Therein he's
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  talking about salt and light in the city. If there is salt, you
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  are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.
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  Jesus said, if there are fifty people like that who represent God, will
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  you destroy the city? Now we know that Jesus could easily have just rescued
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  fifty people out of there and then burn a city down. So it's not
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  just about like preserving the lives of the of the fifty people because that's easy.
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  The people that are associated with the fifty also could be part of Me
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  delivered. We see Noah's ark, we see in some other stories, So
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  it's about more than just them. Let me keep going verse twenty five.
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  That be far from thee to do after this manner, because he's saying that
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  like Lord, you are merciful, God, you are fair and just and
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  righteous, And he says, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and
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  that the righteous should be as the wicked that be far from thee. Shall
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  not the judge of all earth do right. And he's simply reminding God,
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  not that God forgot that. I know, I understand your character. This
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  seems out of character for you, God. Can we talk about this.
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  There are times that you have to reason with God. Brothers and sisters reason
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  with him. He loves to be reasoned with. And say, Lord,
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  you said, this is what you have manifest concerning your character, how you
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  will interact with people. Will you please make a request based on what he
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  said about himself. Let's keep going. And Abraham answered and said, behold,
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  now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am
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  but dust and ashes. Peradventure, there shall lack five. And of the
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  fifty righteous, wilt doubt destroy all this city for lack of five. He's
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  talking to forty five now, And he said, if I find there forty
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  five, I will not destroy it. And he spake unto him yet again
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  and said, peradventure there shall be forty found there. He said, I
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  will not do it for forty's sake, And he said unto him, Oh,
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  let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak God. I
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  want to talk some more. Can we talk some more? Jesus? Peradventure,
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  there shall be thirty found there? He said, I will not do
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  it if I find thirty. And he said, behold, now I have
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  taken upon me to speak unto the Lord. Peradventure. Shall there be twenty
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  found there? He said? And then he said, I will not destroy
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  it for twenty's sake. And he said, oh, let not the Lord
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  be angry, and I will speak yet, But this once, peradventure,
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  ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it
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  for ten's sake. And the Lord went his way as soon as he left
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  communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned unto his place. Well, the Bible
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  does teach us that ultimately Sodom and Gomora was destroyed. What does that say?
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  There were not that many people for God in that city, in those
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  cities? What if Abraham had said two? What if he had said just
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  one, God, one grain of salt? What would you do? God?
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  Yeah, sometimes we give up early. I wish I had the time.
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  But God is showing us through Abraham that he has a heart. He
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  had a heart for people, and he loved them. He loved his neighbors
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  as himself, and then manifest that in this engagement. Peace. Thanks for
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  joining us listening to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,
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  but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has been
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  your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,