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11 14 2023 To Inherit Eternal Life · 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 food
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  is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some
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  of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
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  of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
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  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 morning.
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  It is Tuesday, November fourteen, twenty twenty three. Hello, my name
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  is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is your Daily
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  Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today is no
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  exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series. God's mission, my
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  mission, and our caption for today is to inherit eternal life, to inherit
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  eat eternal life. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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  I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to go over to your
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  Daily Portion dot com join our online community. Also, let us know where
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  you are in the world. Pick up the Your Daily Portion book. Also
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  at your Daily Portion dot com. And as I say every day, this
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  is a way that we can continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
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  ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father in Heaven,
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  thank you for your word. Thank you for teaching us every single day what
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  is truth and how we must live. Thank you for the privilege of connecting
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  with you. Now, Please teach us how to live, how to live
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  in accordance with your principles. In Jesus' name, I pray amen and amen
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  again to inherit eternal life. Now. A few days ago we talked about
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  the question of questions, right, how shall I inherit eternal life? Like?
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  How do I get that? God? Like? How do I get
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  that? And of course the lawyer was all mixed up and spiritually mixed up
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  and really not focusing in the areas that he should focus. And Jesus brought
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  him to the place where he had to face that and determine which way he
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  would go. So we're going to talk about that a little bit better this
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  time now. And let me just say at the outset here, don't just
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  talk b I want you who are watching to look at the television behind me.
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  Look at that to be is the answer. You see that to be
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  not just to talk, not just to act right, but to actually be,
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  that is the answer. There are too many times that we become so
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  philosophical that we become satisfied with just speaking, just speaking. Yeah, we'll
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  get into that in just a moment. Let me read from the lesson study.
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  The lawyer had asked Jesus this question, right, and he gave himself
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  the answer, love the Lord your God with all your heart, and love
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  your neighbor as yourself. What was the response of Jesus? He said,
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  you have answered rightly. So in this case, and for those who were
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  just this is your first time, you can scroll back to lessons before so
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  you can hear what this whole conversation was about. But in this case,
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  Jesus is saying, yes, those words that you said, those are true.
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  Those words that you just recited are true. Now it's time to live
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  it. Right. You said the right words. He realized that there are
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  people who and maybe some of you, yeah, who know the right words
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  but don't live them. You know what's right? King David knew that it
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  was right to be holy and to not commit adultery. Right, He knew
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  that he should leave Bathsheba alone. As soon as he saw the woman.
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  Maybe he didn't even know who she was, he saw her up on her
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  wherever she was bathing. He was on his platform looking down at her,
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  and he sees her in her nakedness. It was in that moment that he
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  knew that he knew that he should what turn away, make a covenant with
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  his eyes, that he would not look on a woman to us like he
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  knew that? But what did he do? Something totally different? Yeah?
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  And then of course later on, like over a year later, he repented
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  fully. Okay, Jonah knew that when God said go to Nineveh, that
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  was where he should have gone. But what did Jonah do? He turned
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  the opposite direction, got into a ship and went on his way to Tarshish.
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  Hmm. He knew the right way, he heard the right way,
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  and if you quizzed him and asked him what is the right way, he
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  likely would have given you the right answer. But what did he do?
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  How did he live? Was he being right or was he just speaking the
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  right words? You see? And so that was the same case here.
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  Jesus went on to challenge the man to do something about it. By saying
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  do this and you will live. You got the answer right on the on
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  the spiritual quiz that you tried to give me, mister lawyer. But now
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  I want you to live it. Now, I want you to live it.
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  So that is our first really action step. Live the truth that you
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  know. Live the truth that you know. Okay, and that's for all
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  of us. Now, let's go to the Book of Luke, chapter ten
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  and verse twenty seven again and read it a little more slowly. And he
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  answering said, thou shalt love the Lord thy God. Wait a minute,
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  so I get to love God? Yes, Bible says that we love him
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  because He first loved us, so he is the cause of our ability to
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  love him. Right, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
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  heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with
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  all thy mind, and love thy neighbor as thyself. And so what God
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  wants us to do is love wholeheartedly. Intentionally focus on cultivating passionate love for
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  God and genuine love for people around you. There's somebody in need, demonstrate
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  love. If there is someone that you have a or friendship or somehow an
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  acquaintance with, and things are not perfect in your relationship. And then you
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  see that they have a need. Love says, go and supply the need.
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  Don't hold a grudge, don't hold whatever the challenges that you have with
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  that person against them. Right, love in tentionally. And here comes another
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  one from the Book of James, chapter two and verse seventeen. The Bible
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  reads, even so, faith, if it hath not works, is dead
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  being alone. I'm going back to my first point. Don't just talk about
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  it, be about it right. Don't just profess your faith. Let the
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  kind of faith that you have. Let the power that comes through and buy
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  faith guide your actions every day, making sure they align with God's teachings.
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  Remember, the Bible says that if what you do is not of faith,
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  it is sin. Yeah, okay, good. Let's go to Luke chapter
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  ten and verse twenty eight. A few words. Do this. What's the
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  this? Love god fully, love humans fully as yourself. Do this and
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  live Okay. The action is follow God's commandments and teachings, like do what
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  he has taught, do what he has said, like live according to the
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  principles that you see in his word. Do that follow us teachings consistently,
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  not just when it is convenient or easy. I wish I had the time,
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  not just when it is convenient and easy. All right, here's another
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  one straight out. Let's see James Chapter two, verses fifteen and sixteen,
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  and the Bible reads, if a brother or sister is naked, I gave
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  you a primer on that and destitute of daily food, but you do not
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  give them the things which are needed for the body. What does it profit?
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  Yeah? So God is saying that we should, we should. Let's
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  call it. Let's call it prioritize a giving spirit. Right, prioritize a
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  giving spirit. People have needs. God has given you what they need.
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  Then you are the conduit through which they will receive the blessing embrace that God
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  has entrusted these things to you so that you can be a giving person.
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  Okay, recognize the needs of others and take proactive steps to help, whether
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  through acts of service, donation, or simply being present. Do you realize
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  that there are some people who have needs and all they need for you in
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  that moment is to listen and to be there for them. M All right,
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  thank you. This is one of the ways to inherit eternal life of
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  a wonderful day. Be like Jesus today peace. Thanks for joining us listening
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  to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by every
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  word that comes from the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion
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  with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,