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07 05 2026 The Gospel of the Cross · 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: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we're going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday, July five,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's Word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series in First and Second Corinthians, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is the Gospel of the Cross, the Gospel
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  Speaker 2: of the Cross. Before we get into that, i'd like
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  Speaker 2: let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: we do thank you for this new work week and
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  Speaker 2: for the sabbath time that we had yesterday. And I'm
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  Speaker 2: praying that you will help us to see the Guy
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  Speaker 2: Gospel as our pathway to success. In Jesus' name, I pray,
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  Speaker 2: Amen and Amen again. This is a newsflash for those
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  Speaker 2: who are seated in the back of the stadium right
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  Speaker 2: now you're seeing you got the nosebleed seats your way
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  Speaker 2: in the back. Gospel is not a genre of music. Well,
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  Speaker 2: I mean it kind of is, but that's not what
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about. We're not talking about a style of
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  Speaker 2: singing or a sound. We're talking about the message of
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  Speaker 2: transformation that God has been giving us even before Jesus
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  Speaker 2: was born. To Mary in the fullness of time. He
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  Speaker 2: was teaching the Gospel all the way back in Eden.
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  Speaker 2: And so the most important thing in my mind today
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  Speaker 2: is that you don't need a clever message. I know,
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  Speaker 2: I know this is maybe a challenge to some of
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  Speaker 2: the more intellectual type. And I used to teach really really,
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  Speaker 2: I thought they were great. Really, actually they were great,
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  Speaker 2: complex teachings. I used to do that before I had
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  Speaker 2: to start squeezing the truth into ten minutes every day
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  Speaker 2: in my life. Yeah, complex and clever messages not necessary.
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  Speaker 2: You need a crucified and risen savior. The Cross of
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  Speaker 2: Christ is still the power of God unto salvation. And
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  Speaker 2: nothing must complete with compete with that. In your heart,
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  Speaker 2: that's still the message, and nothing must compete with it,
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  Speaker 2: not even spiritual teaching. Sometimes the spiritual teaching is so complex,
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  Speaker 2: just like I find it interesting that Peter was, like, listen,
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  Speaker 2: the way Paul teaches is so complicated. It's so complicated.
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  Speaker 2: This is what Peter said, even though Paul keeps saying
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  Speaker 2: I'm keeping it simple. So you understand, this happens sometimes
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  Speaker 2: in the faith fellowship. And so in First Corinthians, chapter
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  Speaker 2: one and verse seventeen, we find our first lesson for today.
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  Speaker 2: For Christ sent me not to baptize, so Paul knew
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  Speaker 2: exactly what his mission was. How God called him into
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  Speaker 2: this battlefield, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom
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  Speaker 2: of words. So he had to uncomplexify. You see what
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  Speaker 2: I just did right there, I made up a word.
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  Speaker 2: Stop doing that. He gave Paul a simple message, not
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  Speaker 2: with wisdom of words, lest the cross should be made
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  Speaker 2: of none effect. And so really the competition that I
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  Speaker 2: referenced a little bit earlier is not only the way
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  Speaker 2: that we normally see it where there are things. Is
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  Speaker 2: it how we scroll on our phones? Is it? Is it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, conversations that we have, the time that we
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  Speaker 2: spend doing X, Y or z. Not necessarily just that,
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  Speaker 2: but sometimes the the way we teach is competing with
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  Speaker 2: the message. The way we teach sometimes is so complicated
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  Speaker 2: that people don't know what to do next, and it's
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  Speaker 2: like no, no, no, no, no no no no. That's why
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  Speaker 2: I am sad that I don't have the Life Application
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  Speaker 2: Guide anymore. Because we did a good job of making
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  Speaker 2: this lesson be applicable, but so few people after about
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  Speaker 2: the fifth edition, we're availing themselves. So we just had
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  Speaker 2: to pause production, just full stop. But that's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: The church sometimes seems to love complexity rather than what
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  Speaker 2: must I do to be saved? And this is the
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  Speaker 2: pathway to continue to walk in holiness with God. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: And so we don't want to make the Cross of
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  Speaker 2: Christ useless in the minds of the people because of
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  Speaker 2: our complexity. And so God has sent Paul out with
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  Speaker 2: a purpose, on with a mission. And Paul knew his
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  Speaker 2: main assignment was to preach the gospel. The message had
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  Speaker 2: to stay centered on Jesus so that human skill would
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  Speaker 2: not distract or even detract from the saving power of
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ. And so the practice or the action step
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  Speaker 2: I'm prescribing here, Yes I know, I said prescribing is
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  Speaker 2: to keep Jesus at the center of every word you
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  Speaker 2: share today. I'm not saying to say his name over
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  Speaker 2: and over again. But are the words that you are sharing?
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  Speaker 2: Are those healing or are they debilitating? Do they tend
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  Speaker 2: upward or toward God? Or do they tend downward or
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  Speaker 2: away from God? And do not let style become more
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  Speaker 2: important than truth? May I say that just one more time?
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  Speaker 2: Do not let style become more important than truth. I
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  Speaker 2: could teach an entire clinic on what that means. But please, please,
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  Speaker 2: we're going back to verse eighteen for our second lesson.
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  Speaker 2: Will likely use that passage multiple times for the preaching
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  Speaker 2: of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness. Remember
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  Speaker 2: I told you a story yesterday. But unto us which
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  Speaker 2: are saved, it's the power of God. Okay, okay. What
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  Speaker 2: sounds foolish to the world is the very thing God
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  Speaker 2: is using to save us. He's using this to save us,
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  Speaker 2: to teach us how to be connected with Him, and
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  Speaker 2: so don't be fearful, don't try to make it more
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  Speaker 2: complex to suit the fancy of people who are not
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  Speaker 2: yet saved. He wants us to stay the course and
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  Speaker 2: to keep it simple. Keep it simple. I wish more
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  Speaker 2: gospel preachers would keep it simple. I wish more of
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  Speaker 2: us evangelists would keep it simple so that the people
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  Speaker 2: can have it where they can receive it. The Cross
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  Speaker 2: is not empty religion. That must not be confused with
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  Speaker 2: the foolishness of false religion. It is God's active power
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  Speaker 2: at work for those who believe. So what is the
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  Speaker 2: action step Trust in the power of God? Brothers, and
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  Speaker 2: sisters today more than your own ideas, your own strength
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  Speaker 2: and your abilities coming in from First Corinthians, Chapter one
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  Speaker 2: and verse twenty seven. But God hath chosen the foolish
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  Speaker 2: things of the world to confound the wise. And so
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  Speaker 2: sometimes it seems like if I were a better philosopher,
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  Speaker 2: then maybe I would be more effective as a gospel preacher, minister, witness, etc.
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  Speaker 2: And it's like, no, no, no, no, no, you don't
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  Speaker 2: need a PhD. No disrespect to those who have earned
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  Speaker 2: your PhDs. You do not need a THHD. No disrespect
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  Speaker 2: to the theologians who have mastered at least seven languages
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  Speaker 2: to earn your THHD. But we don't need that to
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  Speaker 2: share the good news of Jesus Christ. It's a bonus.
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  Speaker 2: If we do have those, it's a bonus. And God
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  Speaker 2: hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound
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  Speaker 2: the things or the things that are mighty. We give
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  Speaker 2: God thanks that he is willing to do so much
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  Speaker 2: with so little. I now believe that he can do
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  Speaker 2: anything with nothing. Meaning me shout to the memory and
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  Speaker 2: legacy of e Earl Cleveland who was awaiting the coming
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  Speaker 2: in the grave.
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  Speaker 1: Peace, Thanks for joining us listening friends, always remember we
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  Speaker 1: cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  Speaker 1: comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  Speaker 1: daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,