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06 30 2026 The City of Corinth · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Tuesday, the
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  Speaker 2: thirtieth day of June in twenty twenty six. Hello, my
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  Speaker 2: name is El David Harris. I am your host, and
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  Speaker 2: this is your Daily Portion where we give you God's
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  Speaker 2: word every single day and today is no exception. We
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  Speaker 2: are continuing in our Lesson study series through the books
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  Speaker 2: of First and Second Corinthians, and our caption for today
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  Speaker 2: is the City of Corinth. The City of Corinth. Before
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  Speaker 2: we get into that, and we will ask you to
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  Speaker 2: then we will get underway. Father, we do thank you
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  Speaker 2: for this day, thank you for giving us the blueprint
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  Speaker 2: for reaching the world. For you, on your behalf, please
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  Speaker 2: fill us with your spirit. Though in Jesus name, I pray,
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  Speaker 2: Amen and Amen again. The city of Corinth, and when
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  Speaker 2: I look at the history of the city and many
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  Speaker 2: things that had to do with that place, it reminds
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  Speaker 2: me of two places that I lived. A central, central
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  Speaker 2: spot on planet Earth, a pivotal place even on the
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  Speaker 2: world landscape. I lived in New York City. I grew
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  Speaker 2: up there, and I lived a couple decades, well, a
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  Speaker 2: couple of decades in the metropolitan area of d C.
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  Speaker 1: D C.
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  Speaker 2: I lived in DC, proper, the actual city, the district
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  Speaker 2: of Columbia, the capital of the United States of America
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  Speaker 2: as well. And that's just a couple of the places
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  Speaker 2: where I lived. But those were central locations, and in
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  Speaker 2: my mind ripe for opportunity to spread the gospel in
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  Speaker 2: a way that is less possible in other places in
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  Speaker 2: the world. Now we have the dawn of course of
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  Speaker 2: the Internet and social media and YouTube and satellite, shortwave
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  Speaker 2: and traditional radio HD radio, so many ways to get
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  Speaker 2: this word out. But still those city centers have a
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  Speaker 2: special vantage point, not necessarily for us to live, but
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  Speaker 2: definitely a place from which to van evangelize. Okay, And
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  Speaker 2: so the lesson writer actually says, indeed, Paul chose Corinth
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  Speaker 2: because of its importance and advantaged geographic location. And from
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  Speaker 2: the book Sketches from the Life of Paul, page ninety nine,
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  Speaker 2: we read and opportunity was thus presented for the spread
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  Speaker 2: of the gospel. Once established at Corinth, it would be
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  Speaker 2: readily communicated to all parts of the world. So may
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  Speaker 2: I just say that if God has you near to
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  Speaker 2: a city, or if you are still in a city,
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  Speaker 2: but you know that it's time to be removing from
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  Speaker 2: those city centers, but you still do ministry there. I
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  Speaker 2: want you to think of it as a as a point,
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  Speaker 2: that is, it's central to the mission God has given you.
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  Speaker 2: And so the most important thing in my mind for
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  Speaker 2: today's lesson is that you don't need a cleaner city
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  Speaker 2: before Jesus can save people. When I was living in
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  Speaker 2: New York City, it was the murder capital of the
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  Speaker 2: United States of America. When I lived in d C,
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  Speaker 2: the actual city of d C, it was the murder
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  Speaker 2: capital of the United States of America in the nineties,
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  Speaker 2: So in the seventies and eighties, I don't know at
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  Speaker 2: what point during that time the first city was the
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  Speaker 2: murder cap and then when and I got in the
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  Speaker 2: early nineties in DC, it was the murder cap. And
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  Speaker 2: so God isn't waiting for that all to stop. It
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  Speaker 2: is actually a reason why the Gospel needs to go
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  Speaker 2: forward in those places, in the middle of confusion, in
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  Speaker 2: the middle of immorality, in the middle of false worship.
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  Speaker 2: The Cross of Christ is still the power of God
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  Speaker 2: unto salvation. Yes, and it's a call for us to
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  Speaker 2: be clean and to make us faithful. And so in
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  Speaker 2: Acts Chapter eighteen, verses one through three, we read. After
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  Speaker 2: these things, Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth
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  Speaker 2: and found a certain man from us, a certain one
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  Speaker 2: from the people of God, part of me Aquila born
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  Speaker 2: in Pontus, lately come from Italy and his wife Priscilla.
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  Speaker 2: Because that Claudius had commanded all of the people of
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  Speaker 2: God to depart from Rome and came unto them, and
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  Speaker 2: because he was of the same craft, he abode with
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  Speaker 2: them and wrought for by their occupation. They were tent,
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  Speaker 2: so they had a vantage point. They had a commonality.
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  Speaker 2: They were people who made leather shelters and tents, and
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  Speaker 2: so while they also had other reasons of being together,
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  Speaker 2: at least they had a common bond in their daily lives.
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  Speaker 2: Paul entered a busy commercial city quietly and worked with
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  Speaker 2: his hands while carrying the Gospel with his heart. There
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  Speaker 2: are times that God will present opportunities to evangelize, and
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  Speaker 2: maybe that's too big a word to share the great
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  Speaker 2: things that God is doing in your life so that
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  Speaker 2: others can also be transformed even while you're working. I
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  Speaker 2: have so many stories of God doing that while I
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  Speaker 2: was working. And to carry the Gospel in our hearts,
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  Speaker 2: God's servants don't need ideal conditions to begin faithful ministry.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, we should serve Christ faithfully today wherever we
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  Speaker 2: happen to be working. Are you working in your own business,
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  Speaker 2: then some kind of way as God to show you
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  Speaker 2: how to be of service to the people you serve
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  Speaker 2: in your business so that they can be having an
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  Speaker 2: encounter with God spiritually. Let your daily life support your witness.
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  Speaker 2: Did you get that? Let your daily life I'm talking
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  Speaker 2: about even your resources support your witness. Lesson Number two
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  Speaker 2: comes in from First Corinthians, chapter five and verse eleven.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible reads, but now I have written unto you
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  Speaker 2: not to keep company if any man that is called
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  Speaker 2: a brother be a fornicator. Oh, now we're talking about
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  Speaker 2: people that are supposed to be the people of God.
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  Speaker 2: The people of God in corinth were just nasty. Can
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  Speaker 2: I just say, like, these guys were doing stuff that
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  Speaker 2: we can't even mention. Apart from fornication in the traditional sense,
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  Speaker 2: which is not what God would have us do, they
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  Speaker 2: also made up nasty stuff to do that you can't
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  Speaker 2: even mention on on YouTube or on some radio stations
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  Speaker 2: because you'll get dinged. Because the platforms are like whoa
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  Speaker 2: that's too vile, even in worldly systems to talk about. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so they if you have fornicators that are supposedly brothers
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  Speaker 2: and sisters or covetous or an idolatry or a railer
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  Speaker 2: or a junkard or extortioner, with such and one no
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  Speaker 2: not to eat. We're not talking about worldly and brothers
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  Speaker 2: and sisters. We're talking about people who are hypocrites inside
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  Speaker 2: the faith fellowship of God. He is telling us that
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  Speaker 2: we need we don't have, we do not have. We
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  Speaker 2: don't have fellowship anymore, we do not have unity of
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  Speaker 2: faith anymore. And he is saying, unless you're evangelizing them,
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  Speaker 2: unless you're trying to get them closer to me, you're
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  Speaker 2: not supposed to just be chilling with people. Jesus didn't
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  Speaker 2: just hang out with people. It was for the benefit
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  Speaker 2: of their soul that he was with them. And so
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  Speaker 2: that word idolator means one who worships false gods. You
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  Speaker 2: know what that means. The Gospel does not excuse sin
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  Speaker 2: and the life of one who claims Christ. It does
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  Speaker 2: not excuse sin, in able sin, or emboldened sin. For
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  Speaker 2: those who love Christ. Jesus saves us from sin, and
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  Speaker 2: he also calls his people to live clean and honest
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  Speaker 2: lives before the world. I wish I had the time
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  Speaker 2: ask Jesus today to show you any sin you have
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  Speaker 2: tolerated and surrender it to Him without excuse. Lord help
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  Speaker 2: us all, my God, make it a great day. Peace.
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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.