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04 23 2025 The Rulers of the Gentiles · 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: 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 Wednesday, April
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  Speaker 2: twenty three, 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 how to study Bible Prophecy, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is the Rulers of the Gentiles. The
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  Speaker 2: Ruler of the Gentiles. We'll get into that in just
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  Speaker 2: This is one of the ways that we continue to
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  Speaker 2: build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and
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  Speaker 2: then we will get underway. Father. We do thank you
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  Speaker 2: for giving us this day. And I'm asking you while
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  Speaker 2: we are studying today or reviewing quickly today, that we
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  Speaker 2: will be transformed by you. While we do so. Please
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  Speaker 2: in Jesus name I pray, Amen and amen again the
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  Speaker 2: rulers of the Gentiles. I'm going to read from the
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  Speaker 2: Bible Book of Math chapter twenty, verses twenty five through
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  Speaker 2: twenty eight, and the lesson writer asks this question, very
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  Speaker 2: good question. What error did Jesus warn his disciples to
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  Speaker 2: avoid by establishing the work of his church? Let me
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  Speaker 2: say it again, What error did Jesus warn his disciples
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  Speaker 2: to avoid in establishing the work of his church? Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so let's go ahead and read beginning at verse twenty
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  Speaker 2: five of Matthew chapter twenty, and the Bible reads, but
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  Speaker 2: Jesus called them unto him and said, ye know that
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  Speaker 2: the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them. And
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  Speaker 2: they are they are, And they that are great exercise
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  Speaker 2: authority above them or upon them. But it shall not
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  Speaker 2: be so among you. But whosoever shall be great among you,
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  Speaker 2: let him be your minister. So the very first thing
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  Speaker 2: that Jesus wants us to see is that humility wins.
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  Speaker 2: Humility wins. Now I haven't answered the question yet, but
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  Speaker 2: humility is the way of spiritual success Verse twenty seven.
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  Speaker 2: And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be
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  Speaker 2: your servant. Even as the son of Man came not
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  Speaker 2: to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give
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  Speaker 2: his life a ransom for many. Okay, let me read
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  Speaker 2: it in one more version. But Jesus called them and said,
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  Speaker 2: you know that the rulers of the gentiles lord it
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  Speaker 2: over them, and those in high positions use their authority
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  Speaker 2: over them. It must not be this way with you. Instead,
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  Speaker 2: whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
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  Speaker 2: And whoever wants to be first among you must be
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  Speaker 2: your servant. Just as the son of Man did not
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  Speaker 2: come to be served, but to serve, and to give
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  Speaker 2: his life a ransom for many. And so here are
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  Speaker 2: some key contrasts number one worldly leadership exercises, dominion exercises,
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  Speaker 2: or lord's over people authority. It's like an authoritarian situation
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  Speaker 2: where you have no choice, like you're gonna do what
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  Speaker 2: I say or else, and Jesus is saying no, no, no, no no,
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  Speaker 2: do not do that, Do not do that. It seeks position.
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  Speaker 2: It demands service. Did you hear that word demands service?
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  Speaker 2: Christ's model does what serves others. Bible says, let this
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  Speaker 2: mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: And then the Bible teaches us what that mindset was,
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  Speaker 2: which is servants, service, and humility. So christ model serves others,
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  Speaker 2: gives life minis to people's needs, and then of course
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  Speaker 2: demonstrates humility. Here is the warning warning against power abuse.
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  Speaker 2: Have you ever been in a situation at work where
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  Speaker 2: people are abusing power? Have you ever seen in politics
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  Speaker 2: people abusing power? Have you ever seen in a family
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  Speaker 2: set up where someone in the household is lording authority
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  Speaker 2: or perceived authority over the inhabitants of that same household. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I think we've seen it, We've all seen it. And
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  Speaker 2: then of course there is authority, misuse and self exaltation.
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  Speaker 2: Almost at exaggeration. Maybe that's a thing I should make
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  Speaker 2: that up today. Yeah. And so inside God's faith fellowship,
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  Speaker 2: the church, the apple of his eye, there is no hierarchy.
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  Speaker 2: There is no hierarchy if you are among people in
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  Speaker 2: a fellowship, a faith fellowship, the Church of God. And
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  Speaker 2: there is a hierarchy where someone is in the kind
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  Speaker 2: of authoritarian rule over others, and then it goes down
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  Speaker 2: down down to people who are worshipers in the same community.
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  Speaker 2: Then there's something very wrong. There's something very wrong, and
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  Speaker 2: we have to fix that or move to another situation. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Christ's solution is servant leadership, servant leadership, sacrificial service, humble ministry,
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  Speaker 2: and having a focus on others first. Okay, And so
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  Speaker 2: really I want to know how do we insulate against
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  Speaker 2: these things, like how can we be victorious? And I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to give as many as I can of seven
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  Speaker 2: tips that I have jotted down here. Number one, choose
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  Speaker 2: service over or above power. Again back into Matthew chapter
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  Speaker 2: twenty three, now verse eleven. But he that is greatest
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  Speaker 2: among you shall be your servant. So we prioritize serving others.
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  Speaker 2: And I already gave this passage, but I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: do it again. In Philippians chapter two and verse five,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads, let this mind be in you, which
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  Speaker 2: was also in Christ Jesus. So Jesus modeled humility in
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  Speaker 2: his life even though he's the one who created us
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  Speaker 2: brothers and sisters. Jesus is the one who said, let
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  Speaker 2: there be light, and there was light. Jesus is the
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  Speaker 2: one who breathed his breath into the nostrils of Adam
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  Speaker 2: and Eve, and they became a living soul. And I
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  Speaker 2: know somebody said he took her from his rib, but
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  Speaker 2: he had to have breathed into her nostrils so she
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  Speaker 2: could become a living soul as well. And so we
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  Speaker 2: have to think like Jesus. And it's not just what
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  Speaker 2: do you want to call it? An assignment? And this
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  Speaker 2: is where people get it mixed up. No, it's a surrender.
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  Speaker 2: We surrender our will to God so that we can
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  Speaker 2: actually live according to what I'm sharing here, and then
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  Speaker 2: of course we serve sacrificially. We lead with love the
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  Speaker 2: perspective of our leadership. If we are leading, if we
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  Speaker 2: are servant leaders, we lead with love. The Bible teaches
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  Speaker 2: us in Galatians chapter five and verse thirteen. By love
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  Speaker 2: serve one another. We're motivated by love. We genuinely care.
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  Speaker 2: And if I'm an apathetic person or someone who does
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  Speaker 2: not genuinely care, then I need to just simply put
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  Speaker 2: myself into the presence of God and say, God, I
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  Speaker 2: am apathetic. God, I do not care about people like
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  Speaker 2: I should. I do not have your compassion. Will you
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  Speaker 2: teach me to have your compassion and genuinely support others?
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  Speaker 2: And of course we need to be humble. We need
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  Speaker 2: to be humble. And again, it's not just an assignment
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  Speaker 2: to be humble or to exhibit humility. It's not something
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  Speaker 2: we generate on our own. We are submitting ourselves into
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  Speaker 2: the presence of God and He will give us humility.
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  Speaker 2: And the Bible says here and Peter chapter five and
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  Speaker 2: verse five, be clothed with humility. So when you're putting
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  Speaker 2: on your clothes, brothers and sisters, you're putting on your socks.
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  Speaker 2: I don't wear socks, so maybe that won't work. Putting
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  Speaker 2: on your shoes, putting on your your pants, your skirt,
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  Speaker 2: your dress, putting on your blouse, your your sweatshirt, your
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  Speaker 2: t shirt, your shirt. You're putting on your cap your hat,
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  Speaker 2: your church hat.
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  Speaker 1: Huh.
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  Speaker 2: You're putting on your glasses. You are thinking that you
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  Speaker 2: are to be clothed with humility from head to toe.
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  Speaker 2: And of course we have others focused building up others
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  Speaker 2: and being led by the spirit. According to Galatians, chapter
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  Speaker 2: five and verse sixteen, God is faithful and he has
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  Speaker 2: taught us his mind.
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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,