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02 23 2025 An Enemy Has Done This · 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: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday, February
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  Speaker 3: twenty three, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle
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  Speaker 3: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 3: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
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  Speaker 3: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 3: Lesson study series God's Love and Justice, and our caption
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  Speaker 3: for today is an enemy has done this, An enemy
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  Speaker 3: has done this. We'll get into this in just a moment,
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  Speaker 3: but first I'd like to say welcome to you and
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  Speaker 3: Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.
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  Speaker 3: Father and Heaven. Thank you for this day. Thank you
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  Speaker 3: for giving us the opportunity to open up your word.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm asking you now please to fill us with
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  Speaker 3: your holy spirit. Will you please teach us how to
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  Speaker 3: overcome our sinfulness, overcome the enemy, knowing that you have
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  Speaker 3: all things under control. Teach us to surrender our will
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  Speaker 3: to you in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and a
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  Speaker 3: man again. Okay, So in the next over the next
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  Speaker 3: few days, we're going to talk about the origins of evil,
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  Speaker 3: what happened on planet Earth, what happened in heaven, and
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  Speaker 3: of course God's resolution for all of this. He resolves
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  Speaker 3: the sin problem fully and we are fully aware of this.
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  Speaker 3: But sometimes it feels difficult. Living on planet Earth is
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  Speaker 3: rough sometimes, but God has all things under control. Please
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  Speaker 3: don't be distracted by my screen blinking. I don't know
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  Speaker 3: what's going on there. Okay, hopefully you can still hear me.
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  Speaker 3: All right, So we're going to begin this discussion in
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  Speaker 3: Matthew chapter thirteen, and I'm going to let my trust
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  Speaker 3: the audio Bible read. This comes in from faith, comes
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  Speaker 3: by hearing. It's my favorite audio Bible, by the way.
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  Speaker 3: There's so many good ones out there. But let's go
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  Speaker 3: ahead and let it begin. At verse twenty four.
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  Speaker 2: Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, the kingdom
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  Speaker 2: of Heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good
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  Speaker 2: seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemy
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  Speaker 2: came and sowed tears among the wheat, and went his way.
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  Speaker 2: But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit,
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  Speaker 2: then appeared the tears also. So the servants of the
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  Speaker 2: householder came and said, unto him, Sir, didst not thou
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  Speaker 2: sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath
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  Speaker 2: it tears? He said, unto them, an enemy hath done this.
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  Speaker 2: The servants said, unto him, wilt thou then that we
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  Speaker 2: go and gather them up? But he said, nay, lest
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  Speaker 2: while ye gather up the tears, ye root up also
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  Speaker 2: the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest.
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  Speaker 2: And in the time of harvest, I will say to
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  Speaker 2: the reapers, gather ye together first the tears, and bind
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  Speaker 2: them in bundles to burn them. But gather the wheat
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  Speaker 2: into my boy. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying,
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  Speaker 2: the Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed,
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  Speaker 2: which a man took and sowed in his field, which
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  Speaker 2: indeed is the least of all seeds. But when it
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  Speaker 2: is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh
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  Speaker 2: a tree, so that the birds of the air come
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  Speaker 2: and lodge in the branches. Thereof another parable spake he
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  Speaker 2: unto them. The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to leaven,
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  Speaker 2: which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal,
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  Speaker 2: till the whole was leavened. All these things spake Jesus
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  Speaker 2: unto the multitude and parables, And without a parable spake
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  Speaker 2: he not unto them, that it might be fulfilled, which
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  Speaker 2: was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my
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  Speaker 2: mouth in parables, I will utter things which have been
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  Speaker 2: kept secret from the foundation of the world. Then Jesus
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  Speaker 2: sent the multitude away and went into the house, and
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  Speaker 2: his deciple bulls came unto him, saying, declare unto us
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  Speaker 2: the parable of the tears of the field? He answered,
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  Speaker 2: and said, under them, he that soweth the good seed
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  Speaker 2: is the son of man. The field is the world.
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  Speaker 2: The good seed are the children of the Kingdom. But
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  Speaker 2: the tears are the children of the wicked one. The
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  Speaker 2: enemy that sowed them is the devil. The harvest is
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  Speaker 2: the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels.
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  Speaker 2: As therefore the tears are gathered and burned in the fire.
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  Speaker 2: So shall it be in the end of this world?
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  Speaker 3: All right? So much to say, so little time. So,
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  Speaker 3: of course Jesus is already giving his disciples the answer
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  Speaker 3: to what is going on here? Right, And so I
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  Speaker 3: just want to start with the fact that God has
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  Speaker 3: everything under control. Okay, everything is under control. There are
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  Speaker 3: times I know that sometimes we see in our churches,
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  Speaker 3: sometimes the oftentimes the political process of the world. Wherever
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  Speaker 3: you happen to be in the world, you see that
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  Speaker 3: God's people are getting mixed up, like somehow getting mixed up,
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  Speaker 3: And you're like, well, how does that happen? How is
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  Speaker 3: it that God has spoken very clearly concerning all kinds
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  Speaker 3: of things. Where our lives are concerned and people are confused,
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  Speaker 3: it's because the devil has planted his people all over
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  Speaker 3: the world. And it's not that these people come from
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  Speaker 3: some other planet. It is that there are some people
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  Speaker 3: just like God's people listen to the Holy Spirit and
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  Speaker 3: live by the principles of the Holy Spirit. The enemy,
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  Speaker 3: just like he had evil angels, one third of them
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  Speaker 3: were kicked out of heaven with him. There are individuals
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  Speaker 3: who don't care what God teaches, who are not interested
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  Speaker 3: in the right relationship with God. And so even in
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  Speaker 3: and among God's people, in our worship facilities, our churches,
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  Speaker 3: our fellowships, there are people that the Devil has said.
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  Speaker 3: At your job, you will encounter people whom the devil
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  Speaker 3: has sent there. But the point is not to focus
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  Speaker 3: on them. Jesus already kept his promise very clear. Those
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  Speaker 3: who are His people who have faith, even a tiny
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  Speaker 3: little measure of faith, this faith will grow. And as
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  Speaker 3: we have relationship with God, that growing faith will insulate
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  Speaker 3: us as we lay hold of the power of God.
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  Speaker 3: Laying hold of the power of God by faith, that
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  Speaker 3: will insulate us from whatever the tears are doing now
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  Speaker 3: in the meantime. In the meantime, we stay prayed up.
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  Speaker 3: In the meantime, we trust God. In the meantime, we
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  Speaker 3: stay far from those things that easily beset us. We
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  Speaker 3: yield our will to God because He promised at the
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  Speaker 3: appropriate time, when Jesus comes, He's going to reap the harvest.
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  Speaker 3: Who's the harvest everybody who yields our will to God? Okay,
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  Speaker 3: and so we're going to our application guide and we're
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  Speaker 3: going to uh, let's go to the relationship's application with
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  Speaker 3: our win WI n acronym. What is important now? And
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to read it straight out of the book? Okay,
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  Speaker 3: what is important now? The parable illustrates the importance of
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  Speaker 3: patience and understanding in our interactions with others. We are
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  Speaker 3: often quick to judge, but only God knows the full
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  Speaker 3: story of each person's life. Okay, I internalize the insight.
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  Speaker 3: Think about someone in your life who was difficult to
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  Speaker 3: understand or get along with. Instead of seeing them as
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  Speaker 3: tears to be removed, ask God to help you see
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  Speaker 3: them through His eyes, understanding their struggles and their potential.
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  Speaker 3: Because sometimes we don't know who is a who is
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  Speaker 3: a tear. Sometimes we'd have tear like behavior. And I
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  Speaker 3: know you're like, that's not possible. But sometimes people who's
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  Speaker 3: their focus like Peter did, okay, and next best move
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  Speaker 3: reach out to someone you struggled to get along with.
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  Speaker 3: Offer a kind word, a listening ear, or helping hand.
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  Speaker 3: Let God's love flow through you to them, trusting that
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  Speaker 3: He can use your actions to make a positive impact.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: An enemy has has absolutely planted tears among us. But
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  Speaker 3: sometimes you have people like dear Peter who exhibit tear
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  Speaker 3: like bad word, curse and behavior, turning their backs on
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  Speaker 3: God for a moment. But God is able to redeem
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  Speaker 3: those who ultimately submit our will to him.
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  Speaker 2: Just don't be a tear okay.
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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.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah,