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02 16 2026 Firstborn Over All Creation · 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, February sixteen,
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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: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians and Colossians,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is first Born and over
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  Speaker 2: all Creation. First Born, overall Creation. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to just say welcome to everyone joining us,
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  Speaker 2: This is one of the ways that we continue to
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  Speaker 2: build faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, We thank you
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  Speaker 2: for today for the privilege that you have given us
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  Speaker 2: to build together, to learn together. Please help us to
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  Speaker 2: see the pre eminence of Jesus. Help us not to
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  Speaker 2: be confused. People just make up all kinds of arguments
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  Speaker 2: that make it difficult. Father, but please give us clarity
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  Speaker 2: in Jesus' name. I pray Amen and Amen again. Now
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  Speaker 2: let me just say, this is a very interesting concept, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: a principle of Jesus being the first born overall creation.
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  Speaker 2: But let me just say that this means the pre
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  Speaker 2: eminent one. This means the only begotten, which means one
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  Speaker 2: of a kind for a particular and and and and
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  Speaker 2: let me diverge a little bit from the theological discussion. Okay, definition,
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  Speaker 2: but only be gotten meaning one of a kind for
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  Speaker 2: this particular use, or as we describe him. Let me
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  Speaker 2: give you an example. So so when Abraham, God told
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  Speaker 2: Abraham to go and to offer his son, and then
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  Speaker 2: and then the Bible adds another phrase, your only son.
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  Speaker 2: You have to think, wait a minute. If he's asking
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  Speaker 2: him to offer Isaac, how could he be saying only
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  Speaker 2: son when Ishmael was older than Isaac. If Ishmael is
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  Speaker 2: older than Isaac, Ishmael is still alive. How could God
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  Speaker 2: be saying to Abraham to offer his second son as
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  Speaker 2: the only son. Well, he's the only son of promise.
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  Speaker 2: He is one of a kind in the context of
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  Speaker 2: the discussion. And so when you see Jesus as the
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  Speaker 2: first born overall creation, when Jesus, let me just read it.
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  Speaker 2: In the New Testament, the terms first born and first
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  Speaker 2: begotten almost always refer to Jesus, including both Occurrences and Colossians,
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  Speaker 2: but even when it refers to others, it doesn't necessarily
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  Speaker 2: mean the one born chronologically first. The biblical concept of
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  Speaker 2: quote first born emphasizes the special relationship a son bears
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  Speaker 2: to his father, regardless of birth order. Also, there are
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  Speaker 2: instances of younger sons being more prominent Isaac, Jacob, Joseph,
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  Speaker 2: to name a few. Okay, The lesson writer also said David,
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  Speaker 2: though the younger of eight sons, is anointed king, and
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  Speaker 2: through the Psalmon, God said I will make him my
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  Speaker 2: first born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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  Speaker 2: He also tells Moses Israel is my firstborn son. So
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  Speaker 2: in this sense, then the term connotes first in terms
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  Speaker 2: of pre eminence. Okay. So I just wanted to say that,
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  Speaker 2: even though it's there in the Adult study Guide, just
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  Speaker 2: so we can get a handle on it, Okay, before
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  Speaker 2: we get into our principles for today, all right, And
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  Speaker 2: so let me begin with a quote from eighteen sixty
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  Speaker 2: nine the Review in Herald. The scriptures teach that Christ
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  Speaker 2: existed before all creation, and that by him the worlds
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  Speaker 2: were made. This places him infinitely above creation and proves
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  Speaker 2: his divine nature. So when we see first born, this
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  Speaker 2: is in the context. This isn't oh, the quote has ended.
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  Speaker 2: This is in the context of Jesus coming into human flesh. Remember,
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  Speaker 2: he's one hundred percent divine from eternity past, and the
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  Speaker 2: mystery of God is that he took on humanity, or
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  Speaker 2: took on human form for thirty three and one half years,
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  Speaker 2: and so in the context of that thirty three and
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  Speaker 2: a half years, or if you want to say, in
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  Speaker 2: the context of the plan of salvation, Jesus is the
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  Speaker 2: preeminent one, first born of all creation because of the
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  Speaker 2: work that Jesus has done to save us from our sins. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: I know I oversimplified, but this takes some theologians years
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  Speaker 2: to teach. Okay. From April five, nineteen oh six, reviewing
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  Speaker 2: Herald Again, Christ was God essentially and in the highest sense,
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  Speaker 2: meaning Jesus Christ is God the Son, and he essentially
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  Speaker 2: is just like God the Father. He was with God
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  Speaker 2: from all eternity, God over all, blessed forevermore. I know,
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  Speaker 2: it's a mystery. How in the world can someone be
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  Speaker 2: divine and human at the same time. It is an anomaly.
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  Speaker 2: It is the only time we've ever seen it, and
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  Speaker 2: it is the only time that we ever will see it.
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  Speaker 2: But you know what, God so loved the world that
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  Speaker 2: he gave us his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth
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  Speaker 2: in him would not perish but have everlasting life. So
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  Speaker 2: God gives us eternal life through the pre eminent One,
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  Speaker 2: the firstborn of all creation, Jesus Christ, the pre eminent one,
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  Speaker 2: and so and so lessen number one is about his
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  Speaker 2: supreme and inheritance, not his created origin. Again, I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to read it from the scriptures, this time Colossians, chapter
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  Speaker 2: one and verse fifteen, so you'll know that those quotes
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  Speaker 2: or what I just said are not fabricated. The Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: who is the image of the invisible God, the first
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  Speaker 2: born of every creature? And so that means the air,
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  Speaker 2: the one in pre eminence and authority. Yes, and so
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  Speaker 2: the action step is to reject any term that or
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  Speaker 2: any paradigm really that diminishes who Christ is. Dive in
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  Speaker 2: terms of his divine supremacy. Affirm daily that Jesus reigns
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  Speaker 2: by right but not by appointment. I need to say
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  Speaker 2: that slowly. Affirm daily that Jesus reigns. He's the king
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  Speaker 2: of kings, Lord of lords of the universe. Is he
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  Speaker 2: that in your life? Is he that in my life?
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  Speaker 2: He reigns by right, not appointment. He is not a
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  Speaker 2: vice God. He is not a second and in command God.
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  Speaker 2: He has not been endowed with authority by the Father.
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  Speaker 2: He has always been. There was never a time when
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  Speaker 2: he was not. And it is because he loves us
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  Speaker 2: that he took on human form and lived on planet
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  Speaker 2: Earth as a human being so that we could be saved.
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  Speaker 2: There is so much here, but I'm grateful that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: was willing to humble himself to save me. Make it
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  Speaker 2: a great day, 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,