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06 16 2024 Loyalty to God and His Word · 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
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  keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
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  all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
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  to 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
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  morning. It is Sunday, June sixteen, twenty twenty four. Hello,
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  my name is Elle David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  your Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day, and today
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  is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson study series, the Great
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  Controversy. We are at lesson number twelve of thirteen under the caption Loyalty to
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  God and His Words Word Loyalty to God and His Word. We'll get into
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  that in just a moment, but first I like to say welcome to you
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  and thank you for coming in, and for those who are joining for the
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  very first time, special special welcome and yeah welcome to a new work week.
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  Al we ask God for his grace and power to do his will this
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  week, and to keep him very close as we study his word. Let's
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  go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father in heaven,
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  thank you for giving us your word, and I pray that we will
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  be loyal to you. Teach us what it's like to be your friend.
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  Teach us what it's like to yield our will to you in all things In
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  Jesus name, I pray Amen and Amen again. Loyalty to God and his
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  word. Well, I'm very grateful that God has given us his word.
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  In fact, one preacher said many years ago, a very good pastor and
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  leader, he said, some of you keep talking about you have the truth.
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  You have the truth, but does the truth have you? And then
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  of course we went into the scriptures to see what Jesus would have said,
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  like what does the Bible say about what truth is? And of course we
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  read in the New Testament that Jesus said, I am the Way, the
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  Truth, and the life. Nobody comes to the Father except through me,
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  meaning Jesus, right, So he's the truth. And then of course the
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  same at the same time and Jesus is now toward the end of his days
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  on planet Earth, and he is praying to his father, and we see
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  it recorded in John chapter seventeen, and he said, Father, sanctify them
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  God's people by thy truth. Thy word is truth. I'm going to read
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  that again. And so we see that the word of God is truth.
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  And then the Bible writer, the Psalmist, said that God's commandments are truth.
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  And so we want loyal to God through his word. Jesus Christ,
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  who is the truth, his word is truth. We know his commandments,
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  the Ten Holy Commandments written and blazoned by the finger of God on those sapphire
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  stones, taken straight from the throne of God. I wish I had the
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  time the same. God wants us to be loyal to his word, to
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  him, to his commandments in these last days, okay, And so we
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  will begin our discussion right there. And so we begin in the Book of
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  Proverbs, the Book of Proverbs, to enhance our loyalty to God during these
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  last days. And we read in chapter twenty three and verse twenty three,
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  by the truth and sell it. And the New English translation it says,
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  acquire the truth and sell it, not do not sell it. Okay,
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  So by the truth and sell it not also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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  Let me read it from the net. Acquire truth and do not sell it.
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  Don't get rid of it, don't let it go. Don't let the
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  truth go. We already identified what truth is, wisdom and discipline and understanding.
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  Keep this, yes, without money and without price. The prophet Isaiah
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  said, so hold on to these. Hold on to these the truth,
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  hold on to wisdom, hold on to discipline, godly discipline and understanding.
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  So we want to make the investment, make the under the investment. Understand
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  that the Bible and spiritual disciplines that we learn from the Bibles are of more
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  value than anything else in the world. Yeah, okay, let me run
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  in here before I start preaching. So we go to John chapter eight and
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  verse thirty two, where the Bible says, and ye shall know the truth
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  and the truth. I'll make you free if you know the truth. What's
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  the truth? Jesus is the truth. His word is truth. His ten
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  commandments are truth. If you know the truth, that is an intimate experience
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  with truth. That is not an intellectual understanding. It is intimate connection with
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  God through his word. Which is truth. Jesus is truth. His commandments
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  are truth. And when we have this and we don't let it go,
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  we will be free, free from what like, free from sin, will
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  be free from anything that would have bound us before, anything like worry and
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  doubt. I remember years ago I memorized something very important that says, worry
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  is blind and cannot discern the future. But Jesus sees the end from the
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  beginning. Our heavenly father has a thousand ways to provide for his children,
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  of which we know nothing. And so freedom means I don't have to worry.
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  I don't have to worry about what I'll put on, or what I'll
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  not have to eat, or where I'll live or anything like that. I
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  don't have to worry about what war is taking place in what country, even
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  if it's my own. Yes, it can be a harrowing experience, but
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  I don't have to worry. I don't have to worry about whether God is
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  going to reject me or accept me. No, because there's no condemnation for
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  those who are in Christ Jesus, I don't have to worry about the judgment
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  that is taking place that will soon be concluded, because why Because why.
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  Like Jesus said, if you're perfected in love, then perfect love casts out
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  fear, and fear hath torment. And those who are perfected in love have
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  boldness in the day of judgment. Okay. And so the truth will make
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  you free from the rum bottle. Truth will make you free from sexual indiscretions,
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  like the truth will make you free from worrying about whether you know enough
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  to get through the last days. This is not an intellectual reality. We
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  don't know enough to get this the last days. We are connected to God
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  enough to get through the last days. We remain in connection with God,
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  you see, And so we need to seek personal liberation in spiritual truths.
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  Of course, we allow God to guide our decisions and free us from sin
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  and bondage. Okay, all right, So we go now to the book
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  of Second Peter, chapter one and verse nineteen, where the Bible reads we
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  have also a more sure word of prophecy. God has given us a word.
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  He's given us a word in these last days. After Jesus went back
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  to heaven, after they saw him, those apostles, disciples and others saw
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  him and experienced him, and they slept sometimes in the same quarters they prayed
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  and did good holy work together. They ate together, they drank water and
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  whatever else they drank together. They experienced one another. And there are some
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  people who say, well, I wish I could have had that experience.
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  And what God is saying to us in this last day is that even though
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  they had that experience and it was enriching to them, praise God. But
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  He's saying that in this day we have even a more short word of prophecy
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  then that experience where unto ye do well and take heed, Yes, as
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  unto light that shineth in darkness until the day dawn and the day star arise
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  in your hearts. Let me read it another way. Moreover, we possess
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  the prophetic word as altogether a reliable thing. Yes, you do well if
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  you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky
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  place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your heart.
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  And so we study Bible prophecy with all of our heart, knowing that God
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  is guiding us because he said he would do nothing important except he first reveal
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  it to his survey the prophets. So He has given a revelation to his
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  people in the last days, and He's given three blessings to accompany the revelation,
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  and all we need to do is be his servants, remain his servants.
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  Why because the time is at hand. So we study these prophecies and
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  enhance our understanding of God's plans. We give God thanks along the journey,
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  allowing these insights to illuminate our steps along the journey, so we can be
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  loyal to God in this last day. Yes, only as we accept,
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  embrace, love, and continue to move in His word. Make it a
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  wonderful day. Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember
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  we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the
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  mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with el David Harris.
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  Make it a great day. Yeah,