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11 02 2025 Breach of the Covenant · 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, morning, Good morning. It is Sunday, October No,
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  Speaker 2: it is at November two, twenty twenty five. Hello, my
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  Speaker 2: name is El David Harris. I am your host, and
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  Speaker 2: this is your Daily Portion where we give you God's
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  Speaker 2: word every single day, and today is no exception. We
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  Speaker 2: are continuing in our lesson study series Lessons of Faith
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  Speaker 2: from Joshua, and our caption for today is Breach of
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  Speaker 2: the Covenant. Breach of the Covenant. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and pray and get under way. Father, we
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  Speaker 2: do thank you for the privilege of coming together and
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  Speaker 2: this new work week. Please please help us to live
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  Speaker 2: according to covenant with you. In Jesus' name, I pray
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  Speaker 2: Amen and Amen again breach of the covenant. Okay. And
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  Speaker 2: so one of the things that I love about God,
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  Speaker 2: one of the many things that I love about God,
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  Speaker 2: is that on the God side of the covenant, he
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  Speaker 2: always keeps it. Whatever he said he will do, he
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  Speaker 2: will do. And of course we see that he seals
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  Speaker 2: the covenant in the blood of Jesus Christ, so we
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  Speaker 2: know that his word is good with us one hundred
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  Speaker 2: percent of the time. The other thing I love about God,
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  Speaker 2: of many many things, is that on the human side
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  Speaker 2: of the covenant, he also did something very special. And
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  Speaker 2: that very special thing was that since Jesus Christ took
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  Speaker 2: on human flesh. And I know, I know, we have
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  Speaker 2: to go back to the Old Testament, but just give
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  Speaker 2: me a second. When Jesus took on human flesh. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible says in multiple places, but in Romans chapter eight
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  Speaker 2: in particular, that Jesus fulfills the human side of the covenant,
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  Speaker 2: so that if we have faith in him, we lay
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  Speaker 2: hold of the power of God. By faith, then he
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  Speaker 2: gives us his perfect obedience, as his humanity kept the
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  Speaker 2: human side of the covenant. Do you see what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 2: So God keeps the covenant on the God's side, and
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  Speaker 2: through Christ, he also keeps the human side, so that
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  Speaker 2: by faith we can keep the covenant too. He gives
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  Speaker 2: us actually the power to do what we're supposed to do.
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  Speaker 2: But it's only because Jesus did what he was supposed
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  Speaker 2: to do. That means we're without excuse. That does not
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  Speaker 2: mean that we now are free to do whatever, because
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  Speaker 2: now he's writing his laws in our hearts and on
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  Speaker 2: our minds, and we can actually do his will if
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  Speaker 2: we sub surrender our will to him. And so a
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  Speaker 2: breach of covenant there is literally no excuse. There's no excuse.
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  Speaker 2: And so way back way back we see with our
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  Speaker 2: first lesson from First Corinthians chapter twelve. Of course we're
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  Speaker 2: basing this on the story of aken and all of that.
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  Speaker 2: But first Corinthians, chapter twelve and verse twenty six, the
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  Speaker 2: Bible says, and whether one members suffer, of course that's
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  Speaker 2: a New Testament construct. But we saw it in living
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  Speaker 2: color with the Aichan incident. All the members suffer with it,
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  Speaker 2: or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.
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  Speaker 2: And so in the story of Achan, this shows that
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  Speaker 2: no sin stays private for long. And we're not just
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  Speaker 2: talking about a gotcha or an aha moment. We're not
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  Speaker 2: I mean an aha or a gotcha. We're talking about
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  Speaker 2: the reality of if we're a part of a community,
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  Speaker 2: the actions of every member really react upon the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the people, especially in the community of faith. And
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  Speaker 2: so his personal greed became a national disaster because remember,
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  Speaker 2: the people of God were under a theocracy, meaning God
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  Speaker 2: one was the one that really had all of the say, yes,
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  Speaker 2: the people of God did get a king under King
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  Speaker 2: Saul that first time and all of that, but really
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  Speaker 2: God still saw his people as a collective. The loss
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  Speaker 2: at Ai was not just a military failure, it was
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  Speaker 2: a spiritual breach. The reason why they were losing was
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  Speaker 2: because of this dude's sin. He was unrepentant. He was
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  Speaker 2: hiding his sin. The Bible says, those who cover our
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  Speaker 2: sins will not prosper. But whoso confesseth and forsaketh, then
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  Speaker 2: will have whatever it is that God has for us.
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  Speaker 2: You see. And so God viewed his people as one
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  Speaker 2: body bound together by covenant. When one member fell, the
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  Speaker 2: entire camp suffered. The same principle applies to us today.
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  Speaker 2: Hidden disobedience in one person's heart can hinder the mission
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  Speaker 2: of the entire community of faith. And so the action
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  Speaker 2: step for me, and of course for you, is to
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  Speaker 2: live with integrity, even when you think no one is watching. You.
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  Speaker 2: Hide in secret can weaken the strength of those around you.
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  Speaker 2: Our second one comes in from let's say, Proverbs, chapter
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  Speaker 2: sixteen and verse eighteen. I hope you're tracking with me.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says, pride goes before destruction, and a haughty
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  Speaker 2: spirit before a fall, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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  Speaker 2: You see, before attacking Ai. It sounds weird today because
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  Speaker 2: that means something different. Right, We're not talking about artificial intelligence.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Joshua's men underestimated their enemy and overestimated themselves. They didn't
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  Speaker 2: know there was an achin in the camp. They didn't
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  Speaker 2: actually live like they should have where they say, God, listen,
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  Speaker 2: if you're not going up with us, please do not
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  Speaker 2: let us go up here. We need to be assured
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  Speaker 2: that you are with us. God. Well, they overestimated themselves.
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  Speaker 2: They rushed into battle without consulting the Lord, and the
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  Speaker 2: result was failure and humiliation. Over confidence can be just
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  Speaker 2: as destructive as open rebellion. True victory depends upon one
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  Speaker 2: humble depend on humble dependence, and not self assurance. Now,
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  Speaker 2: the action step is to never make a decision without
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  Speaker 2: seeking God's direction first. What looks like an easy battle
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  Speaker 2: may reveal a hidden weakness that only God can see.
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  Speaker 2: What looks like an easy battle will reveal a hidden
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  Speaker 2: weakness that only God can see. Our third and final,
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  Speaker 2: Our third and final lesson comes in from Asrud chapter
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  Speaker 2: ten and verse ten, and the Bible read this is
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  Speaker 2: another example. And Ezra the priest stood up and said,
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  Speaker 2: unto the people of God, ye have transgressed and have
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  Speaker 2: taken strange wives. The style of transgression is really not
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  Speaker 2: what we're focusing on. It's that the people of God
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  Speaker 2: turned their backs on God and have taken strange wives
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  Speaker 2: to increase the trespass of God's people. And so what
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  Speaker 2: happened was that God held the people of God accountable
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  Speaker 2: as an entire collective. For aikan's sin, covenantal blessings are
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  Speaker 2: shared collectively. Huh. The Promised land came because God made
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  Speaker 2: a promise to Abraham, and of course he continued to
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  Speaker 2: repeat it throughout the generations to Isaac and to Jacob
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  Speaker 2: and ultimately even to us who are baptized into Christ.
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  Speaker 2: And so covenant blessings are shared collectively, so we can't
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  Speaker 2: have it one way like, and so our covenant responsibilities,
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  Speaker 2: the truth challenges us to take responsibility and ownership not
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  Speaker 2: just for our own faithfulness, but for the spiritual health
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  Speaker 2: of our communities. Yes, boy, if I had enough time,
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  Speaker 2: I would go through the Book of Ezekiel to show
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  Speaker 2: like that is something that God actually identified in clear detail. Also,
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  Speaker 2: to the Corinthian Church, accountability, confession, and correction are acts
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  Speaker 2: of love that preserve God's presence among the people. So
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  Speaker 2: this is an action step again to support your church
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  Speaker 2: family by standing for truth and unity. Silence towards sin
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  Speaker 2: is complicity. Oh God, please teach us to keep the
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  Speaker 2: covenant and don't let it.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
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  Speaker 2: Friends.
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  Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  Speaker 1: every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  Speaker 1: has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah,