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06 02 2024 The Deadly Consequences of Spiritualism · 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 two, 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 Controversy.
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  Our caption for today is the Deadly Consequences of Spiritualism. The deadly consequences
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  of spiritualism. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
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  like to say welcome to you and ask you to please please go over to
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  your Daily Portion dot com. Please pick up the Your Daily Portion book,
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  join our coaching program. Also the online community, and let us know where
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  you are in the world at your daily portion dot com. This is a
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  way that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray,
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  and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for
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  giving us this new day. Please give us holiness, give us your mind
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  and mindset so that we can live according to your principles. Father. The
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  enemy loves to deceive and to destroy, but we know that you have come
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  to give us life abundantly. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and
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  Amen again. The deadly consequences of spiritualism. Let me begin by reading from
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  the Great Controversy Book, The Great Controversy Book, page five hundred and forty
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  nine. The theory of immortality of the soul was one of those false doctrines
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  that Rome, borrowing from Paganism, incorporated into the religion of Christendom. Now
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  let me just say, and that's the end of the quote. Let me
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  just say that there are a lot of things that we have learned in our
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  religious communities. I know, I said religious communities that we borrowed from paganism.
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  I wish I had the time. We could go down through a long
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  list but some of the well, some of those are more dangerous than others.
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  Okay. And so when Adam and Eve were living on planet Earth right
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  in the very beginning, in the very beginning, the Lord said, in
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  the day that you eat of the fruit that I have forbidden you to eat
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  from, even though I've given you every other fruit from this garden. If
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  you eat from this fruit, you will surely die. You see, among
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  many things that the devil did at that time, he deceived the pair,
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  beginning with well, he deceived Eve, and both of them were in sin.
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  The mindset changed because both of them sinned. But he lied to Eve,
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  and he said, you shall not surely die. You see, from
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  that time until now, the enemy has made it seem as if we are
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  immortal. Can I say that again, the Enemy has made it seem as
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  if we are immortal, that somehow, if we die, we're really just
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  in some other alternate universe or another state of existence, or somehow we have
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  gone into Heaven or God forbid, into Hell, or in some intermediate space
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  that also was borrowed from paganism. And so, what the Bible teaches us,
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  though, is that if a person dies, they are resting in the
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  grave until one of two resurrections. And if God bless you, you are
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  one of God's children. You have made the decision that you're going to follow
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  God, follow Jesus everywhere he goes. And when that resurrection that is of
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  the righteous, does happen at the second coming of Jesus Christ, then you,
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  brothers and sisters will be raised. Those in your family who have made
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  the same kind of decision ultimately will be raised in that resurrection of the Righteous.
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  And at that time, and not before, God will give us give
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  you the quality called immortality that means cannot die, cannot rest or anything like
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  that. Okay, but it's only then, not before, because God alone,
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  the Bible teaches us, has immortality. So let's go ahead and begin
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  by reading from again the Bible Book of Ecclesiastes, chapter nine and verse ten.
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  It says, whatever you find to do with your hands, do it
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  with all your might. Why Why Because there is neither work, nor planning,
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  nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually
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  go. And so God is giving us the privilege right now as we are
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  listening and watching together right I'm speaking, we all have the privilege right now
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  to maximize the time that we do have. We're blessed because there are opportunities
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  and relationships that we can build or mend. Huh. There are problems that
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  we can solve for ourselves and for other people. Right there are procedures and
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  policies that may be companies or schools or other entities that we're attached to that
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  we can help to improve for the betterment of that particular society. You see.
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  There are there are so many things that we can do with the time
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  that we do have, because at some point maybe we won't have any more
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  time, you see. So we should see it as a privilege to work
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  well with the power that God has given to us, work well with the
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  trust that He has given us, work well with the influence that He has
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  given us, the resources financial and otherwise that He has entrusted to us.
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  Because if God forbid we breathe our last breath, indeed, it will be
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  our last breath until one or the other of the resurrections. And in your
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  case, brothers and sisters, if you're watching with me, then you only
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  need to be worrying about or concerned with that resurrection of the righteous. Okay,
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  Now in the Book of Psalms, chapter one hundred and forty six and
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  verse four, the Bible reads, there is breath that departs, or their
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  breath departs, they return to the ground. On that day, their plans
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  die. And so this reinforces that at death, all forms of suffering and
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  toil go away, all plans, all feelings, everything that has to do
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  with our humanity. If it's me, God forbid, then you won't hear
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  me on another broadcast. Right. If it's me, you won't see another
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  book from me. If it's me, I won't coach for another moment.
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  Why because I'm waiting for the resurrection, you see. And for the people
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  who are fearful, fearful of someone coming to them with reprisals from another world
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  in air quotes, you don't have to worry about that, because there is
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  no such thing as reprisals from a person who has passed away. Why because
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  that person, who may have God forbid, had that mindset when they were
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  alive, that they're resting, it cannot happen. You don't have to worry
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  about that. And I'm grateful. I'm grateful. And first Thessalonians chapter four
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  verses thirteen and fourteen. The Bible reads, Now we do not want to
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  be or want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters about those who are
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  asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, to have no
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  hope. For if we believe, and I want you to answer the question
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  do you believe in Christ? I want you to type in the chat if
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  you believe in Christ, type I believe in Jesus. For if we believe
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  that Jesus died and he rose again, see this is where the hope comes
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  in. So also we believe that God will bring with him those who are
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  falling asleep as believers. You see, So we don't have to give ourselves
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  a false hope that mommy God forbid. I lost my mother in twenty twenty.
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  She lost to tractor trailer, and now she's resting. She's some of
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  you remember when that happened. Well, I don't have to comfort myself with
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  a false comfort or a false hope to say that my mommy is looking down
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  on me and somehow she's protecting me. No, I am confident that God
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  has a way of taking care of me. Right. He has angels who
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  excel in strength like he is still alive. Jesus is still alive, thank
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  God right, the Holy Ghost is still present, that ever present help in
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  our time of need. And I'm grateful that my mom is resting until the
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  resurrection of the just. I believe with all my heart that she lived her
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  life according to God's principles and she will wake up one day. So the
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  deadly consequences of spiritualism is really separating from God. Come on peace. Thanks
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  for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,
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  but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has
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  been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,