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03 22 2025 Love Is the Fulfillment of the Law · 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: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sabbath, March
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  Speaker 2: twenty two, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: lesson study series, God's Love and Justice. We are here
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  Speaker 2: at lesson number thirteen, our final lesson for this series.
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  Speaker 2: Love is the fulfillment of the law. Love is the
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  Speaker 2: fulfillment of the law. We'll get into that in just
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  Speaker 2: a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.
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  Speaker 2: Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
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  Speaker 2: day and for the privilege that you have entrusted to
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  Speaker 2: us to open your word again. Thank you for your
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit who is faithful to teach us your truth. Father,
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  Speaker 2: Please help us to experience the fulfillment of your law.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to just read straight from Romans chapter thirteen
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  Speaker 2: and verse eight. The Bible reads, Oh, no one anything
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  Speaker 2: except to love one another, for he who loves other
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  Speaker 2: has fulfilled the law. Let me say it again, Oh,
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  Speaker 2: no one anything except to love one another, for he
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  Speaker 2: who loves another has fulfilled the law. I am so grateful.
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  Speaker 2: So I am going to just jump right in to
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  Speaker 2: a discussion. I will read this from Romans chapter thirteen
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  Speaker 2: and verse ten. Now, Romans chapter thirteen and verse love
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  Speaker 2: worketh no ill to his neighbor. Therefore love is the
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  Speaker 2: fulfilling of the law. So two times we see love
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  Speaker 2: being a fulfillment of the law. And of course we
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  Speaker 2: have talked about the great commandment and the second which
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  Speaker 2: is like unto it. So love for God and love
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  Speaker 2: for humans. Right, So that's very clear. Now let's read
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  Speaker 2: from First John chapter five and verse three. For this
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  Speaker 2: is the love of God that we keep his commandments, okay,
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  Speaker 2: and his commandments are not grievous. Sometimes people mix up
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  Speaker 2: what God is saying in Romans chapter Romans chapter thirteen,
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  Speaker 2: and they make it seem as if we love, if
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  Speaker 2: we say we love, we don't have to worry about lying.
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  Speaker 2: When I say worry about it, I mean we can
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  Speaker 2: lie because at least we love somebody, We love our neighbor.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, if we're lying, then that means that we're
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  Speaker 2: not showing love for God or love for humanity. You
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  Speaker 2: see what I'm saying. So somehow people have tried to
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  Speaker 2: detach the principle of God's love and the principle of
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  Speaker 2: the Ten Commandments. Let me say very clearly, this is
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  Speaker 2: what we're referencing. We're not referencing something in the vacuum
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  Speaker 2: called the commandment or fulfilling of the law. Like we're
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  Speaker 2: talking about the Ten Commandments law, which is broken down
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  Speaker 2: into two core or main principles, love for God, love
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  Speaker 2: for people. And the outgrowth or the manifestation of or
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  Speaker 2: the details inside of this love contract are in the
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  Speaker 2: first four commandments, love for God and the final six
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  Speaker 2: commandments love for God and humanity. You see, it's very simple.
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  Speaker 2: We don't have to make it complicated, and so love
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  Speaker 2: and law are in inseparable. Let me read it again.
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  Speaker 2: First John chapter five and verse three. Four. This is
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  Speaker 2: the love of God that we keep his commandments and
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  Speaker 2: that his commandments are not grievous. John chapter fourteen, Verse fifteen.
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  Speaker 2: If ye love me, what keep my commandments? Second John,
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  Speaker 2: chapter one and verse six. Now we can see that
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  Speaker 2: John is like he is like the genius, spiritual genius
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  Speaker 2: where love is concerned, and this is love that we
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  Speaker 2: walk after his commandments. Okay, so we're very clear love
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  Speaker 2: is the fulfilling of the law. We're very clear love
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  Speaker 2: and law are inseparable. Talking about God's Holy ten Commandments.
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  Speaker 2: Law number three love shows mercy, and James chapter two
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  Speaker 2: and verse thirteen, we start to see another outgrowth of
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  Speaker 2: this love, for he shall have mercy judgment. Excuse me
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  Speaker 2: without mercy, that showeth no more mercy and mercy rejoiceth
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  Speaker 2: against judgment. Let me read it in another in another translation,
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  Speaker 2: for judgment is merciless for the one who has shown
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  Speaker 2: no mercy. So let me ask you, are you blessed
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  Speaker 2: as one of the merciful for you shall obtain mercy?
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  Speaker 2: Or God forbid? Are you mercy less? Are you mercy less? Well?
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  Speaker 2: God is saying here that if we are mercyless, then
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  Speaker 2: we have to be concerned about condemnation, because God for
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  Speaker 2: Christ's sake has loved us. God for Christ's sake has
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  Speaker 2: forgiven us. God for Christ's sake has been merciful toward us.
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  Speaker 2: Let me keep going, Matthew chapter nine and verse thirteen.
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  Speaker 2: But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will
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  Speaker 2: have mercy and not sacrifice. There are some things that
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  Speaker 2: we try to offer to God as lip, sir, and
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  Speaker 2: we make it seem as if we are holy because
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  Speaker 2: we quote do some things. And God is saying, no,
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  Speaker 2: I need you to have this state of being, the
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  Speaker 2: state of being submissive to me, the state of being
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  Speaker 2: reflective of my character in the world, the state of
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  Speaker 2: being the one whom I have written my laws into.
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  Speaker 2: Not that you can just talk about it, not that
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  Speaker 2: you can beat people over the head with it, but
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  Speaker 2: that you can live it. And being merciful is one
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  Speaker 2: of the ways. So keep your sacrifices, like keep all
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  Speaker 2: that stuff that you say that you're doing for me,
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  Speaker 2: all that fast and keep that. If you're not merciful,
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  Speaker 2: all that tithe money, keep that. If you're not merciful,
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  Speaker 2: you understand all of that stuff that you say that
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  Speaker 2: you're doing for the benefit of the people of God.
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  Speaker 2: Keep that. David, you're on the program every single day
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  Speaker 2: of your life, and you've been so for thousands of
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  Speaker 2: consecutive days. Keep that. If you are not mercy, this
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  Speaker 2: is the voice of God to the people. Michael, chapter
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  Speaker 2: six and verse eight. I know that's a hard pill
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  Speaker 2: for somebody to swallow, but it's the right pill. Nonetheless,
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  Speaker 2: and the Bible reads he has told you, oh man,
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  Speaker 2: what is good? What is it that the Lord wants
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  Speaker 2: from you? He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful,
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  Speaker 2: and to live obediently before God. Let me read it again,
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  Speaker 2: What doth the Lord require of the but to do
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  Speaker 2: just lee, to love mercy, and to walk humbly before God.
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  Speaker 2: And so now we see that love shows mercy. And
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  Speaker 2: then finally there is another way we can see love
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  Speaker 2: in practice. First Peter chapter four and verse eight. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, and above all things, have fervent charity or
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  Speaker 2: love among yourselves, for charity shall cover a multitude of
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  Speaker 2: sins Colossians chapter three and verse fourteen. And above all
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  Speaker 2: these things, put on love or charity, which is the
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  Speaker 2: bond of perfectness. You want to know what perfection looks like.
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  Speaker 2: It looks like for God's soul loved the world that
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  Speaker 2: he gave us as only begotten sons, so we can
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  Speaker 2: live with him eternally. And because he has given us
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  Speaker 2: this kind of love, then that means we have the
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  Speaker 2: privilege of giving that same kind of love. In First Corinthians,
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  Speaker 2: chapter sixteen and verse fourteen, let all your things be
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  Speaker 2: done in charity or love. Boy, this principle of love
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  Speaker 2: is serious. It is the fulfillment of the law. What law,
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  Speaker 2: the ten commandments that God has already given us.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,