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10 17 2026 New Testament Prophets · 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, L.
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  Speaker 1: David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Sabbath, October 17, 2026. Hello,
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  Speaker 2: my name is L. David Harris. I am your host,
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  Speaker 2: and this is your Daily Portion, where we give you
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  Speaker 2: God's Word every single day, and today is no exception.
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  Speaker 2: We are continuing in our lesson study series, The Gift
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  Speaker 2: of Prophecy, and our caption for today is New Testament Prophets.
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  Speaker 2: We talked about Old Testament prophets, the other Now we're
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  Speaker 2: in the New Testament. Before we get into that, I'd
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  Speaker 2: what to do with your life. Discover God's design for
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  Speaker 2: your life. As every human being has received the gift
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  Speaker 2: of how God has called you. And so we are
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  Speaker 2: can go and enrich the kingdom even more. And also, please,
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  Speaker 2: and viewer supported ministry. Let's go ahead and pray. and
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  Speaker 2: get underway. God, we thank you for this Sabbath morning
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  Speaker 2: and the privilege we have to see some more of
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  Speaker 2: your servants in action, like how you were leading them,
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  Speaker 2: how you were calling them, but not just for that purpose,
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  Speaker 2: but also for us to say, okay, this is how
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  Speaker 2: we need to respond to you because you were equipping
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  Speaker 2: the called even in 2026 and beyond. Please fill us
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  Speaker 2: with your spirit today. In Jesus' name I pray.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so the most important thing for me this Sabbath
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  Speaker 2: morning is that the same Holy Ghost who inspired the
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  Speaker 2: Old Testament prophets continued his work through the prophets of
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  Speaker 2: the New Testament, keeping their messages in perfect harmony. You see,
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  Speaker 2: if the message is coming from the same source, which
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  Speaker 2: is the Holy Ghost, then the harmony is understood. He
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  Speaker 2: always places Christ at the center of everything. For the
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  Speaker 2: Spirit's unchanging purpose is to reveal the Son, is to
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  Speaker 2: reveal the Son, Jesus Christ. And so our first lesson
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  Speaker 2: is coming in from, I think some of you would
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  Speaker 2: have anticipated this, coming in from 1 Corinthians chapter 12,
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  Speaker 2: and I will read beginning at verse 4. 1 Corinthians
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  Speaker 2: chapter 12, and I will read beginning at verse 4.
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  Speaker 2: And the Bible reads, there are diversities of gifts, but
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  Speaker 2: the same Spirit. We're talking about the Holy Spirit. And
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  Speaker 2: there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And
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  Speaker 2: so the beauty of this is we don't have to
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  Speaker 2: figure out how these all go together. We don't, because
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  Speaker 2: the fact is that the Holy Ghost is the one
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  Speaker 2: who's guiding us. He's equipping us. He is leading us.
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  Speaker 2: And even though we're all different, oh, wait a minute,
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  Speaker 2: God is the one who created us. So he knows
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  Speaker 2: how all of this fits. He knows what his will is.
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  Speaker 2: He knows what his purpose is. And so when you
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  Speaker 2: put all of those things together, the only outcome you
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  Speaker 2: can have is harmony, unity, and power. So what God
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  Speaker 2: has given us is a gift of grace, a favor
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  Speaker 2: freely bestowed by giving all of us these things. And
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  Speaker 2: so the Holy Spirit gives a variety of gifts to
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  Speaker 2: build up God's people. This is why I keep asking
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  Speaker 2: you every single day for those who come every day.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not asking you, I mean, but those who come
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  Speaker 2: in new to go ahead and click that button to
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  Speaker 2: stop guessing what God has designed you to do with
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  Speaker 2: our designed to serve blueprint. Okay, and so that's the reason, though.
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  Speaker 2: That's the reason. What he pours out on you as
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  Speaker 2: a gift of grace is given not for display, but
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  Speaker 2: for service. God is not just trying to give us
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  Speaker 2: something that we can say we do. I'm gifted at this.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gifted at that. No, it's not for a purpose
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  Speaker 2: of announcement. It's so that we can do what God
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  Speaker 2: wants us to do to build the kingdom. So use
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  Speaker 2: one of your gifts today. I'm just saying one, but
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  Speaker 2: you'll likely use more of the gifts under the power
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  Speaker 2: of God today. But one gift God has given you
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  Speaker 2: today to serve someone in your faith fellowship or your community.
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  Speaker 2: And what better day can there be than the Sabbath?
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  Speaker 2: Some of you are deep into the Sabbath hours already
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  Speaker 2: on the continent of Africa and, of course, in parts
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  Speaker 2: of Europe. So, yeah, you're probably far along there. But
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  Speaker 2: for those of us on this side of the planet, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: just think about it. Be intentional when you go into
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  Speaker 2: your worship services today and into your communities. I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to read another passage from Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 20.
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  Speaker 2: Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 20. Because you have been
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  Speaker 2: built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets.
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  Speaker 2: So now we see that the New Testament Bible writers
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  Speaker 2: are thinking, okay, whatever we're about to do is more
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  Speaker 2: of what God did in the Old Testament believers and
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  Speaker 2: leaders and prophets. So we are not making up something fresh,
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  Speaker 2: not something new. It is in the same spirit from
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  Speaker 2: the same foundation. And oh, by the way, what is
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  Speaker 2: that foundation? Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone. Jesus himself
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  Speaker 2: as the chief cornerstone. Now, Jesus, that would mean that
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  Speaker 2: the entire building, which God says we are, we are
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  Speaker 2: the building, those will be aligned now. They will have
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  Speaker 2: the power to stand now because Jesus is the chief cornerstone.
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  Speaker 2: So measure one of the things that you believe or
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  Speaker 2: that you are teaching today and see what did Jesus teach?
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  Speaker 2: What did Jesus demonstrate when he lived on planet Earth?
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  Speaker 2: What did the Old Testament prophets— reveal. And Jesus co-signed
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  Speaker 2: when he lived on planet earth. Does what you teach
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  Speaker 2: align with that? Because what's happening is, some of you
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  Speaker 2: will encounter people standing on the outside of your building,
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  Speaker 2: the building you're going to for worship today. And they
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  Speaker 2: will be outside and saying some stuff that is nothing
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  Speaker 2: like what God said. It'll seem almost like reminiscent of
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  Speaker 2: something by a far stretch. And as you test it,
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  Speaker 2: you'll realize it's like the serpent who was in the
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  Speaker 2: tree tempting Eve, waiting to deceive her. And you're saying, okay, wait,
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  Speaker 2: that's not aligned with Jesus. That's not aligned with the
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  Speaker 2: Old Testament prophets. Nope, that's not what the teachers of
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  Speaker 2: old from the scriptures had taught. So I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: leave that one alone completely. Our third lesson comes in
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  Speaker 2: from Hebrews chapter 1, verses 1 and 2. Hebrews chapter 1,
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  Speaker 2: verses 1 and 2. Some of you in different parts
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  Speaker 2: of the world don't have that experience with people standing
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  Speaker 2: outside trying to catch away the sheep of God. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: some of us see that on a regular basis. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads here in Hebrews chapter 1, reading in verses
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  Speaker 2: 1 and 2, After God spoke long ago in various
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  Speaker 2: portions— and in various ways to the fathers, the prophets,
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  Speaker 2: through the prophets. In these last days, he has spoken
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  Speaker 2: unto us through his son. So we see that the
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  Speaker 2: old believers from ancient times and the prophets received a
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  Speaker 2: word from God. And God showed us that even that
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  Speaker 2: word consistently flowed. And then when Jesus lived on planet earth,
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  Speaker 2: He was in agreement with that same word because he is,
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  Speaker 2: in fact, the word. I wish I had the time.
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  Speaker 2: But what God is saying is that across every age,
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost spoke through the prophets. And in these
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  Speaker 2: last days, he has spoken unto us most fully in
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  Speaker 2: the sun. So the whole of the prophecy points back.
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  Speaker 2: us to Jesus Christ the Son. So the real question is,
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  Speaker 2: are we willing to receive Jesus Christ into our lives today?
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  Speaker 2: Are we willing only to speak the messages that point
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  Speaker 2: to Christ today? So the Old Testament believers pointed forward
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  Speaker 2: to Christ, and now we have Christ, and the New
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  Speaker 2: Testament illuminates that.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a great day. Thanks for joining us, listening 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: it a great day.