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03 19 2024 Lord, Who May Abide in Your Tabernacle? · 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 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 Tuesday, March nineteen, 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 through the Book of
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  Psalms, and this is a twelfth week. We're getting up to thirteen,
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  so yes, it's been a good time. Our caption for today is Lord,
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  who may abide in your tabernacle, Who may abide, who can abide
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  in your Tabernacle. We'll get into that in just a moment, but before
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  we do, I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those
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  joining us for the very first time. Good afternoon to those who are living
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  on the continent of Africa. Some of you are in the UK and in
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  other places of the world. That is, yeah, they've gotten ahead of
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  us. And very very good early morning to the rest of us who are
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  experiencing this time at just minutes after five am. Let's go ahead and pray
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  and then get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for the privilege that
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  you have entrusted to us to open your word. And I am asking you
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  to give us that abiding mindset that we will not be willing to separate ourselves
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  from you. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and a men again.
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  You know, God is a very welcoming person. God is very welcoming.
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  I need to be very careful how I represent God's nature. Okay, so
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  that's why I am I'm stuttering here because I was about to misrepresent him.
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  God is very welcoming. He's a welcoming God. And yeah, so you
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  wonder, well what kinds of people are welcomed into his holy hill, into
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  his tabernacle, his presence. And I need to be very careful how I
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  communicate this to you because God is a good God. Right, He's good,
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  And you want to say, well, how good is he? He's
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  so good that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever, and I love
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  that terminology. Right now, whosoever Ah believeth in him should not perish,
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  but have everlasting life. God did not send his son into the world to
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  condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. And
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  so who is it that God is welcoming. It's whosoever will surrender our will
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  to him. That can be everybody on planet Earth. But unfortunately, not
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  everybody will accept the invitation. And so I want you to understand the question
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  and then the answer here in Psalms chapter fifteen. God is welcoming. God,
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  who does he welcome into his presence? Well, he welcomes everybody,
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  But everybody can't come. Everybody won't be able to enter. Why not because
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  some people will disqualify ourselves. God forbid, some people will disqualify ourselves.
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  Okay, so make some more sense, make this make sense, all right?
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  And so fifteen, beginning at verse one, Lord, who may be
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  a guest in your home? I like how the New English translation translates this,
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  who may be a guest in your home, who may live on your
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  holy hill. The Bible says, whoever lives a blameless life, who does
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  what is right and speaks honestly. I think now we get to we get
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  the picture like In order for us to live like this, who to live
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  a blameless life, to do what is right and to speak honestly, and
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  whatever else we are about to read these individuals, we need to surrender our
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  will to God. Let him in his power, transform our lives so that
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  we do live blameless lives. Ah, that we do what is right,
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  that we do learn to speak honestly. Continuing verse three, he does not
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  slander, nor do harm to others, or insult his neighbor. He despises
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  a reprobate, but honors the Lord's loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and
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  does not renege on his promises. Wo there are so many people who make
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  vows and break them. We get married, we vow to love forever these
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  spouses that we have chosen, and then we live a life that's contrary sometimes
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  and break that vow and go outside of the marriage, and God forbid even
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  divorce, and break the marriage covenant completely, sever the bond to the one
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  that we said we would be with until Jesus comes, or if God forbid,
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  we should go to sleep before he comes. Ah. Sometimes we have
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  made commitments to people in business relationships, and these people have done their end
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  of the given their end of the bargain. But we reneg on those promises.
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  And so the people who don't reneg who do keep our commitments, these
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  individuals are welcome to do what into it live in his home, You understand.
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  I thank God for his promises. What if God renegged on his promises.
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  Let's go to verse five. God forbid Huh. He does not charge
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  interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against
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  the innocent. Uh. The one who lives like this will never be up
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  ended. Now I'm going to read from the Bible commentary here from verse one.
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  It's very interesting, very interesting. Let me scroll to it. The
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  thing is eluding me. Ah, Okay, here we go. Go to
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  verse one. It says here the psalm begins with the idea of God as
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  a host. So God is hosting brothers and sisters people people where in his
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  presence? What language do we see as representing his presence? That is tabernacle.
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  It's actually it can be seen as a verb like to tabernacle, to
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  abide with God, to be in alignment with God, so that we are
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  we are are in agreement, and when we're in his presence, there's no
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  rub, there is no conflict. We are in harmony with the Lord.
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  Okay, so it begins in this way, Well, what kind of guests
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  does God want in his house? Eleven particulars are given to answer the question,
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  and of course we would have read through those. And then he wants
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  us to abide. That means literally to sojourn. It means not staying,
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  but so journing only for a little while as a guest. What And then
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  the second half brings this idea of dwelling. The second half of the verse
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  carries the temporary idea over into that of permanence. What guest is qualified to
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  become a permanent part of God's household? Do you see what's happening here?
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  Yeah? So living on planet Earth is really tricky. You know why because
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  every single day we have the opportunity and the privilege really to decide, really
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  the right let me take back privilege. We have the right to decide whether
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  We're going to be on God's side or not. We can choose whether we're
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  going to be on the enemy's side or on God's side, all day,
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  every day. Even as I'm speaking to you eight minutes into our broadcast this
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  morning, I am making a decision. Am I going to be on the
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  Lord's side? As for me and my house? Are we going to serve
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  the Lord? And so if the answer is yes, and we continue along
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  that pathway of yes, or if God forbid, we stumble and fall and
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  we live a lifestyle that manifests and no answer a negative response to being holy
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  and being in right relationship with God. If we will repent now and confess
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  our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
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  cleanse us from all unrighteousness, and then if the Lord, if we accept
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  the Lord's strengthen our lives and continue along that pathway, then we will have
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  a permanent home and experience as tabernacle with God. So make the decision every
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  day, all day, brothers and sisters, as the Lord gives strength,
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  then one day we will be sealed in that mindset, and we will be
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  among those who are righteous, righteous, and who remains righteous still, Who
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  Lord, who may abide in your tabernacle. Anybody who is cooperative with you?
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  Isn't that wonderful? Be cooperative with God. Peace. Thanks for joining
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  us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but
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  by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  daily portion with El David Harris, make it a great day. Yeah.