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11 16 2023 The Good Samaritan Story Today · 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 Thursday, November sixteen, twenty twenty three. Hello, my
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  name is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day, and today is
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  no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series. God's Mission,
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  my mission, and our caption for today is the Good Samaritan Story Today.
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  Oh wait a minute, yes, it's a Good Samaritan Story today. We'll
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  get into that in just a moment, But first I'd like to say welcome
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  to you and ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com,
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  world and as a bonus, pick up the Your Daily Portion book at your
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  Daily Portion dot com. This is a way that we build faith and fellowship.
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  Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father
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  and Heaven, thank you for this new day and for getting us so much
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  closer now to the coming of Jesus and also the coming of Sabbath time.
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  I pray God that you will help us to be faithful to you to the
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  degree that we become like the good Samaritan in Jesus name. I pray Amen
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  and Amen again. Let me just say that God has given us the privilege
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  if we are his children, we have to make the decision. According to
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  John chapter one, verse twelve, we make the decision to receive him,
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  and then we become a children. First. John chapter three, Versus one
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  through three gives us that kind of a concept. Another passage that comes to
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  mind is Isaiah chapter fifty six versus one through call it seven. And so
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  we want to make covenant with God. We want to become his children.
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  We want to receive all that He has had in his mind concerning us from
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  before there was a beginning. And therefore, when that is the case,
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  he identifies with us. He so identifies with people who were once sinners and
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  now saved by grace through faith, that the Good Samaritan story exists. I'm
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  not going to go back through it in the sense of detail, but I
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  will say I will say that the Good Samaritan is a dichotomy, like it's
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  an oxymoron in the minds of the people of that day, because the Samaritans
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  were supposed to be like outcasts. They're supposed to be not enough human spiritually
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  to be saved kind of style, right, And Jesus identifies himself not with
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  the Levite in the story, not with the priest in the story, who
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  were supposed to be holy. But they walked by a human that needed help,
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  simple and clear. Yes, they walked on by because they wanted to
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  be clean like in air quotes. They walked on by because it was inconvenient
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  and perhaps dangerous for them to be humane toward the man who was beaten and
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  left for dead on the road. They were too caught up with their religious
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  exercises to be exercising their holiness, the holiness that God would have placed in
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  their bosom if they received it by faith, you see, And so Jesus
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  had to use an irony in a story to say, people who do my
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  will, no matter from what nation, kindred type, tribe, tongue,
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  people, no matter from what ilk. If you want to say, what
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  strata, no matter from what category that you have placed in your minds separating
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  humans, any human that does my will is my child. Any human who
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  is transformed by my spirit and is humane toward others, loving your neighbor as
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  yourself, that person is my child. Okay. And so in this good
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  Samaritan story, we have something very interesting. I'll read from the book Desire
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  of Ages, page five hundred three, and I just put an exclamation point
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  on this passage. Right The question who is my neighbor is forever answered.
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  Christ has shown that our neighbor does not mean merely one of the church or
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  faith to what which we belong. It has no reference to race, color,
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  or class distinction. Our neighbor is every person who needs our help.
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  We just pause right there. Our neighbor is everyone who needs our help.
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  Can I just say that everyone on this planet needs our help one way or
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  the other. Yes. There can be rich people, wealthy people who've built
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  legacy generational wealth. There can be people who seem to have everything under control.
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  They're the most beautiful people you've ever laid eyes on, healthy, strong,
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  vibrant, right, intelligent, maybe even more intelligent than me, maybe
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  more intelligent than you in air quotes. But maybe some of those people are
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  not connected to God. They need you. Now, maybe those individuals who
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  are who may be connected to God also needs someone as a friend. They
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  need you. You see, people who don't have as much, who may
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  be destitute, don't have running water, may not have a roof over their
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  heads. Of course, obviously they need you. So your neighbor, my
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  neighbor, is every person who needs my help. And continuing the quote,
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  our neighbor is every soul who is wounded and bruised by the adversary. I
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  already preempted myself with that one. That means everybody that the devil has ever
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  done anything to. Yeah, our neighbor is everyone who is the property of
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  God. Oh my end of quote. Jesus has claimed us because he created
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  us. John chapter one, Hebrews chapter one, and other places make it
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  very clear that Jesus created us, He created you, He created me brothers
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  and sisters, and therefore he has claimed you as his quote property. But
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  moreover, he has also given his life for you. He laid down his
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  life so that you could become holy. He laid down his life so you
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  would not have to lose your eternity with him. He laid down his life
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  so you would not need to be addicted to rum or pornography. You did
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  not have to be abusive to your spouse, You did not have to lie
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  and steal from your employer like He did all of this for you, so
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  you didn't have to murder indeed or with your mouth right, so you wouldn't
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  have to lust or commit adultery indeed or in your heart like he gave his
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  all so that you could live like Jesus lived, you see, and therefore
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  it should become now in all of our minds a privilege to just reach out
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  to the people that God puts into our pathway. We can't save the world,
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  that's Jesus's work, But we can be a light. Huh. We
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  can be a light. I think the Bible says, let your light so
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  shine before people, so when they see your good works, they will glorify
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  your father, which is in heaven. Right. And so let's look get
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  some action items with all of what we have said in mind. The first
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  one comes from Luke chapter ten, Versus thirty three and thirty four. Search
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  and Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he
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  saw him, he had compassion on him. Remember we covered this already,
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  and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine,
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  and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn
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  and took care of him. Right, So, when you encounter in individuals
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  in distress, do not turn a blind eye, don't act like they're not
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  there. Don't leave it for somebody else to handle. Right, actively seek
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  to provide help. And we have to ask God, well, in what
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  way do I assist this individual, whether it's physical, emotional, or financial.
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  I think we've covered many of the things already. Let's go here to
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  say that we need to identify and address specific needs. See. God has
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  not called us to just be reactive. Okay, God, if somebody comes
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  to me, then I will. I think the Bible says that Jesus came
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  to seek and to save that which was lost, and so it is not
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  enough. In fact, in fact, in the Book of Job we see
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  he was the kind of person who said it was not enough for him to
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  just wait for people to come to him so he could assist them. He
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  sought people to be of service to and that is our privilege. The Good
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  Samaritan story today really is our story if we live according to Godly principle.
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  Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot live
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  by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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  This has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a
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  great day. Yeah,