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05 04 2024 The Two Witnesses · 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 food
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  is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some
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  of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
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  of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
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  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 morning.
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  It is Sabbath, May fourth, twenty twenty four. Hello, my
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  name is Elle David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day, and today is
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  no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series the Great Controversy.
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  Our caption for today is the Two Witnesses. The Two Witnesses. We'll get
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  into that in just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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  you and ask you to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.
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  Please join our online community, pick up your Daily Portion book at the appropriate
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  time, and this is one of the ways that we continue to build faith
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  and fellowship at your daily portion dot com. Let's go ahead and pray,
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  and then we will get underway. Fatherine Heaven, thank you for giving us
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  this new day and for the privilege you have entrusted to us to open up
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  your word. And I'm asking you today that you will fill us with your
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  holy spirit, give us the fullness of your power today, help us to
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  experience what you have envisioned for the Sabbath, and then understand your word to
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  live it. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and Amen again the
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  two witnesses. Now, I just need to let you know that from now
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  until Friday coming, we'll be doing a good amount of reading from the lesson
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  because our study is so then I don't want to miss I don't want to
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  miss anything because this is a heavy lesson in a good way, in a
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  good way. And so, two Witnesses, let's begin by reading from the
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  Book of Psalms, not Psalms Isaiah Isaiah, chapter forty, and I will
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  read verse eight. The Bible reads, the grass withers, the flower fades,
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  but the Word of our God stands forever. I need somebody to type
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  in the chat the word, the word see the word of God stands forever.
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  We see cycles in our nature, right, we see seasons change.
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  We see when our children are developing, and then we as adults develop.
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  We see these cycles that continue and things change, and after a while,
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  things begin to break down. I think in science we understand that matter left
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  alone breaks down, decomposes, degenerates. Yes, But when it comes to
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  the word of God, it never fades. It never becomes irrelevant. Or
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  maybe I should say it in a positive way. The word of God is
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  always relevant. It doesn't matter if we are babies or if we're one hundred
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  and thirty seven years of age. And you're like Dave, who's one hundred
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  and thirty seven. But I think you get the point. God's word never
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  fades when you are trying in triumph. His word stands when you're having trials
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  and difficulties. His word stands when you need wisdom. He said, if
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  anybody lacks wisdom, then we should ask of God and he will give it
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  liberally. Yes, and so many more things I could say. But God's
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  word stands forever, no matter what. Now, the lesson writer said,
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  through the centuries, God's word has also been dissected, doubted, and discarded.
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  Can I just say right here that we should never dissect God's word,
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  not unless we're dissecting it to say, God, what, how do I
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  live these words? How do I honor you by becoming a manifestation of your
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  word in the earth? Like how you transform my life? And then the
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  world can see me as an epistle? I think the Bible writer said known
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  and read of all people. Yes, but to dissect it in order to
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  put God's word on trial, absolutely not doubted. Well, there's no reason
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  to doubt. Of course, there's plenty of opportunity to doubt, but there's
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  no reason to doubt God's word and discard it. God forbid, how could
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  we discard the words of life? Jesus asks the question of his, of
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  his of his people one time, will you also leave me? And they
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  were like, well where would we go? You're the one that has the
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  word of life. And I would say, he is the word of life.
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  Let me could continue. It has been chained to chained in monasteries,
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  burnt in public squares, and torn to shreds. Its believers have been ridiculed.
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  Have you ever been ridiculed for believing God's word? Mocked and imprisoned,
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  and even martyred. Through it all, God's Word has prevailed. Oh I
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  wish I had the time. The medieval Church persecuted faithful God Bible believing Christians.
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  The medieval Church persecuted faithful Bible believing Christians. Yet God's Word illuminated the
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  darkness. Oppression and persecution did not stop the proclamation of the Word of God.
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  As English Bible translator, William Tyndale was tried for his faith. He
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  was asked who aided him most in spreading God's Word? Are you ready for
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  this? He pondered the question and then answered the Bishop of Durham. The
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  magistrates were shocked what Tindale that, on one occasion the bishop purchased a supply
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  of his English Bible translation and publicly burned them. I bet you weren't expecting
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  that. What the bishop did not know at the time was that he was
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  greatly aiding the cause of truth. He had purchased the Bibles at a much
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  higher price than usual, which such a large With such a large purchase,
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  Tyndale was able to print many more Bibles than were burned. Truth crushed in
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  the dust has risen again and again to shine in all of its brilliance.
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  And so what we're going to look about this week coming is one of the
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  most vicious attacks on the scriptures and the Christian faith. During the French Revolution.
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  Blood flowed in the streets of France, the guillotine was set up in
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  Paris's public square and thousands were slaughtered. Atheism became the state religion. Nevertheless,
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  I want you to hear it in your brain. Nevertheless, the witness
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  of God's word could not be silenced. And so the question really for all
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  of us today, now that I have read all of this, is can
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  the witness of God's word in your life be silenced? What I'm saying is
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  there are times that you will go through challenges because you have decided to follow
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  follow Jesus like you have decided to keep his word rather than to discard it.
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  You've chosen peace instead of war, right. You have chosen to be
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  honest in times that if you were dishonest it would seem it would have benefited
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  you. You have chosen to stay on the Lord's side even though it seems
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  that the wicked are prospering. These witnesses stand up God's word. I will
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  call it quickly here I'll just say it, God's Word, the Old and
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  New Testaments of Scripture. These two witnesses Ah that are overflowing with the with
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  the power of the Holy Ghost. When we especially when we embrace them,
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  these stand up for you in all of your trials and tribulations. They stand
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  up for you to guide you toward the path of righteousness. These two witnesses
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  always manifest the love and power of God, especially in the lives of people
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  who will embrace it. And so we will continue the discussion with just a
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  few thought questions. How can the enduring nature of God's word inspire us in
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  times of difficulty? You see, there are people who have challenges in life
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  because they don't know which way is true north, like, they don't know
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  what direction to go into. And then when somebody tells them a direction,
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  then they switch it and say no, no, no, no, no,
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  no, not this direction, go this direction. And then and then
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  when it's when it's convenient, then they switch it again and say, no,
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  okay, I remember I said that, but but no, this is
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  the direction. But when God's Word is standing forever, and God is giving
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  us the power of his Holy Spirit, and He's whispering this is the way.
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  Walk ye in it? This is the way, walk ye in it.
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  Wait a minute, God, what if I'm going through this trial?
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  This is the way? What if I'm going through that trial? God,
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  this is the way. And his steady word of comfort, his steady word
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  of instruction, his steady word of guidance, his steady word of even chiding
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  at times, puts us in a position that we can be inspired, motivated
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  and determined to do what he says. Why because his word doesn't change and
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  is always powerful. Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always
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  remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from
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  the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with El David Harris.
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  Make it a great day. Yeah,