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07 19 2024 God LOVES PEOPLE · 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 Friday, July nineteen, twenty twenty four. 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 through the Book of Mark,
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  and our caption for today is God Loves People. I want you to
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  emphasize that in your mind. God loves peace people, and I guess really
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  I need to be asking the question do we We'll get into that in just
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  a moment, but first I like to say yes again, Happy Preparation day,
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  and welcome everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the very first
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  time, I'm asking you to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.
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  Please join our online community, pick up the Your Daily Portion book,
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  and let us know where you are in the world at your Daily Portion dot
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  com. This is one of the ways that we continue to pardon me to
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  build faith and fellowship. Let's get into this prayer. Let's pray now,
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  and then we'll get underway. Father, thank you for giving us this morning
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  and for preparation time to connect with you in a special way, in a
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  unique way for the Sabbath hours that are approaching. In the meantime, God,
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  teach us how to love you. Teach us, please how to love
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  people. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. So
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  this is a principle I would like to share with you as we develop our
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  thought for today, that when we accept people, it doesn't necessarily mean that
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  we agree with their behavior. It doesn't necessarily mean that we agree with how
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  these individuals live. That's besides the point. Like when Jesus opens up his
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  arms and welcomes us into the opportunity, into the opportunity, this is before
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  an individual says yes to him into an opportunity to be in right relationship with
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  God. It's because he accepts us. It doesn't mean he agrees with everything
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  that we do. It means that he's accepting us. And now, once
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  we yield our will to God, holiness is agreement with God. And so
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  he opens up his arms and he's welcoming us into a right relationship with God.
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  And as we accept this right relationship invitation with God, then we are
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  in agreement with God. And so I said, God loves people, And
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  the Bible reads in John chapter three and verse sixteen, beginning at verse sixteen,
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  God, for God's soul, loved the world that he gave his only
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  begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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  God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world,
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  but that the world through him might be saved. And I'm so thankful that
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  God made himself clear how much he loves us. And you want to know,
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  well, how much does God love us? He loves us so much
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  that he gave us all of heaven and one gift, the best gift that
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  we could possibly receive, in the person and work and ministry of Jesus Christ.
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  So God loves people, And again I ask the question do we sometimes
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  people love Sometimes people who claim to be God's people love procedures more than we
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  love people. Sometimes we love problems more than we love people. And God
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  is saying no, But I gave I gave you my son so that so
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  that you could be saved. People could be saved, not things could be
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  saved. Well, let me get off my soapbox and jump in to what
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  we have to talk about today. So straight out of the lesson, when
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  questioned, is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days? See, Jesus
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  is about to heal a person. Jesus answered, what man? What man
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  shall there be among you that shall have one sheep? If it fall into
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  a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it and
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  lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep?
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  Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath day. This is coming
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  out of Matthew chapter twelve, verses ten through twelve. So the spies dared
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  not answer Christ in the presence of the multitude, for the fear of involving
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  themselves in difficulty. They knew that he had spoken the truth rather than violate
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  their traditions, they would leave a man to suffer. See, they would
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  rather see a man suffer. Human another human who bleeds like we bleed,
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  another human who for whom God gave his son, another human who needs cleansing
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  and forgiveness, another human who upon whom we should show compassion. They would
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  rather based on traditions, based on protocol, they would rather leave that person
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  to suffer, while while they would relieve a brute beast because of the loss
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  to the owner if it were neglected. Thus, greater care is given for
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  an animal than for a human who was made in the image of God.
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  Did you get that? So God created male and female in the image of
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  God. He made us in his own image. He breathed his life into
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  our nostrils, and we became animated. We became living beings. And we
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  are to represent God in the earth. We are to represent God to the
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  universe. We're the only ones that Jesus came in the form of in order
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  to save us from our sins. Can you imagine? And so there are
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  other people who claim to be God's people who would rather save and bend over
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  backwards for an animal that was not created in the image of God. And
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  I'm not saying anything negative about animals, but there is a difference. Like
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  we have the intelligence that God has placed in us, we have the creativity
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  that God has placed in us. He has told us and commanded that we
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  should be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it, have dominion
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  over it. And David, being so amazed at how incredible God's view of
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  humanity is, he says, what is man that thou art mindful of him?
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  And the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou hast crowned him
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  with glory and honor. Can you imagine and put under our care and dominion
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  all of the works of your hands, and the land and the sea,
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  and everything that is on the planet you have put into our care. What
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  is man that thou art mindful of him? The man that thou visitest him?
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  For Thou's created us a little lower than the angels and crowned us with
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  glory and honor. And these people who say that they're God's people would neglect
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  the man that God created? Can you imagine? God loves people? Let
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  me continue, Let me continue, And it says this illustrates the working of
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  all false religions. They originate in man's desire to exalt himself above God,
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  but they result in degrading man, meaning humans, below the animals. Every
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  religion that wars against the sovereignty of God defrauds man of the glory which was
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  his at the creation and which is to be restored to him in Christ.
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  Every false religion teaches its adherents to be careless of human needs and sufferings and
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  rights. The Gospel places a high value upon humanity as the purchase of the
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  blood of Christ, and it teaches a tender regard for the wants and woes
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  of man. The Lord says, I will make a man more precious than
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  find gold, even a man than the golden wedge of o fear. And
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  that's coming from the book Desire of Ages, pages eighty six and two eighty
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  seven. And so I'm thankful that God has given us the clear example that
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  he loves humans that are in His image, that were created in His image.
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  Although we have made a lot of mistakes, although we have decided to
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  walk away from Him and dig great and demean ourselves, yes, we still
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  have a level of God's image and what he wants to do is restore us
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  to the fullness that he intended from before there was a beginning. And the
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  only way that we will be that way is if we yield our will to
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  Him. And by the way, while you're yielding your will to God,
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  please esteem other humans like Jesus does. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.
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  Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  comes from the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with el
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  David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,