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11 12 2023 The Question of Questions · 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 Sunday, November twelve, twenty twenty three. Hello, my
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  name is Elle 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 no
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  exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series, God's Mission My Mission
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  under the caption the Question of Questions. We'll get into that in just a
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  moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to
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  go over to your Daily Portion dot com, join our online community and click
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  the box that says where are you in the world. And also I want
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  you to pick up your Daily Portion book at your Daily Portion dot com 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 get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for
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  this day and for the fact that you've gotten us into this new workweek.
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  Please give us your wisdom and please fill us with your spirits so that you
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  can answer in our spirits the right way the question of questions in Jesus name,
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  I pray, Amen and amen again. Yeah. So I'm thinking that
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  there is a question that is among the top questions that we can all ask.
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  And I just want to go ahead and begin from the Book of Luke.
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  The Book of Luke, chapter ten and verse twenty five, and the
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  Bible reads and behold, a certain lawyers stood up and tented him, saying,
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  Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Yesterday we dealt
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  with a question who is my neighbor? But what shall I do to inherit
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  eternal life? Quite frankly, brothers and sisters outside of our existence, like
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  the fact that we were born? Yeah, who is God? How did
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  I get here? Right to whom am I answerable? Yeah? The next
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  real question is how do I inherit eternal life? We know how we were
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  born into this life. And of course now we know that because of Adam's
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  sin, this life can be a mess, and not just a mess that's
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  kind of generic. This way that we were born does not lead to eternity
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  with God. We have to be reborn. And so the great, big
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  question, that big pink elephant in the room is well, how do we
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  get there? And let me just start here by saying we need to take
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  action where that's concerned. We need to always be seeking eternal truths. We
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  all need to be seeking a relationship with God. And I think I just
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  kind of tipped my hand. Jesus did give a story which we read yesterday.
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  We won't go through the story again today, but he gave him the
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  principle of love your neighbor as yourself in action. In action, there was
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  a man who was wounded. The two people who supposedly in air quotes,
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  were those individuals were supposedly holy. They were supposedly a priest and a levite
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  like these people served supposedly, if you want to say, at the table
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  and the sanctuary of God. And these individuals did not show that they had
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  eternal life. They didn't because why they did not manifest the character of God.
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  In the case of the Samaritan, who did not walk by, but
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  in fact he picked up the man, he cleaned up his wounds, he
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  put him up on his donkey and took him to a motel. And while
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  he was there he left money so that whatever that individual needed, that the
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  innkeeper would take care of him and said, if there's anything more, put
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  it on my tab, I will take care of it. And there was
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  a reward at the end of the story. The Bible is teaching us that
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  we are in a position to be have eternal life when we yield our will
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  to God and allow him to live his life within us. See the Samaritan,
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  let God live his life within him. Jesus's character was lived through that
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  Samaritan. Bible says, let this mind be in you, which was also
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  in Christ Jesus. And then, of course that life is described in the
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  later passage. And so right now we need to take action. Always seek
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  to understand the deeper truths about life and eternity, ask questions, and engage
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  in spiritual discussions. See we are here together, I say, we want
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  to build faith and fellowship. We can do that together. And of course
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  Ultimately, we seek God's guidance through his word and through prayer. Yes,
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  even if they challenge your current beliefs, right seek eternal truths. Now,
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  let's go to the Book of First Corinthians, Chapter fifteen, Versus thirty and
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  thirty one, and the Bible reads, and why stand we in jeopardy every
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  hour? Protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ, Jesus our Lord,
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  I die daily. See. Paul demonstrated that his life was not his
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  own. He demonstrated that because of his connection with God, that he gave
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  all to the mission of God. Right, use every opportunity, as Paul
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  did, to share the gospel. Remember, the Gospel is the Great News,
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  the great News. It's the power of God unto salvation. It is
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  the power of God, unto salvation to everyone that believes. So people who
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  are lost, as we sing the song passionately, I was sinking, deep
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  in sin, far from the peaceful shore, very deeply stained within, sinking
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  to rise no more than the master, but the master of the sea.
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  He heard my despairing cry, and from the water he lifted me. And
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  safe am I. Love lifted me, Love lifted me out of addictions.
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  Are you a testament to that love lifted me out of bad behavior. Love
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  lifted me out of inhumanity toward humanity. Love may have lifted people here from
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  murderous thoughts and actions. Love may have lifted you from despondency. Yes,
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  love may have lifted you from a poor view of who you are. Understand
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  because you didn't understand that God gave his gave all of heaven in one gift
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  through Christ to save you. So your esteem was low because you didn't see
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  the value of the life of Jesus, who was given for you. You
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  see, and so we want to give God the ability in our lives to
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  share himself to other people. Okay, let's read from the Book of First
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  Corinthians, chapter fifteen and verse thirty two, and the Bible reads, if
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  after the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at ephesis, I
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  wish I had the time. What advantageth it me? If the dead rise
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  not let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. You see,
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  some people live reckless lives. Some people are not giving their all to God
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  because they think it's not of any values, of no importance. They don't
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  see the eternal importance of yielding to God's will, and so they say,
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  well, we might as well just do whatever we want to do down here.
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  I don't like my life anyway, and whatever I do, like,
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  yeah, let me just live it up and it doesn't matter. Not understanding,
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  or maybe they do basically understand, but just literally don't care. That
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  Jesus gave us the example that we should follow in his footsteps. God expects
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  us to actually follow in his footsteps, and so what God wants us to
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  do is reflect on the importance of eternal life. There are people that we
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  need to reach out to. Emptiness in life is what is causing despondency and
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  grief and unnecessary pain. And what God is saying is, please, please
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  go ahead and yield your will to me. That's what God is saying,
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  so that I can deliver other people through your testimony. And finally, and
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  finally, engage with sincerity and respect. When we are reaching out to help
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  and to serve others, we are not our own. We represent God himself,
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  and by representing God himself, that means we have responsibility to be saved
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  and also to help save others. Have a wonderful day, peace, Thanks
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  for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,
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  but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has
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  been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,