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11 22 2024 God Above ALL · 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 are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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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 Friday, November
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  Speaker 2: twenty two, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single
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  Speaker 2: day and today is no exception. We are finally continuing
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  Speaker 2: in our lesson study series themes in the Gospel of John.
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  Speaker 2: I meant to say, we are finally at the end
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  Speaker 2: of lesson number eight. In our caption for today is
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  Speaker 2: God above all, God above all. Yes. Before we get
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  Speaker 2: into that, I'd like to just welcome everyone joining us,
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  Speaker 2: especially those joining us for the very first time. I'm
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  Speaker 2: is one of the ways that we continue to build
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  Speaker 2: faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then
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  Speaker 2: we will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank you for
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  Speaker 2: this day and for giving us this time of preparation.
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  Speaker 2: Please help us to prepare our minds in our hearts
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  Speaker 2: for connection with You and for the Sabbath that is
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  Speaker 2: on its way. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and
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  Speaker 2: a man again, God above all, And in a moment
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  Speaker 2: we will discuss why this matters. Of course, we know
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  Speaker 2: that this matters simply because God is above all. But
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  Speaker 2: there are some things that God's people have done over
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  Speaker 2: the years that make us question whether in our relationship
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  Speaker 2: with God we value Him above all. Okay, and so
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  Speaker 2: I'm reading directly from the lesson as we wrap this
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  Speaker 2: week's discussion, and it reads as a golden Treasure truth
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  Speaker 2: had been entrusted to God's people, the Hebrew people, the
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  Speaker 2: people of God's economy, bearing signature of Heaven had been
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  Speaker 2: instituted by Christ himself in types and symbols, the great
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  Speaker 2: truths of redemption were veiled. See, God gave his people
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  Speaker 2: the keys to these symbols. He told them, He told us,
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  Speaker 2: I will say, even though I wasn't alive, I'll say us.
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  Speaker 2: He told us what they meant and to what they
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  Speaker 2: were pointing. Okay, Yet when Christ came, the people of
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  Speaker 2: God did not recognize him to whom all of these
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  Speaker 2: symbols pointed. See, we should have all been like John
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  Speaker 2: the Baptist when he pointed and said, behold the Lamb
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  Speaker 2: of God, which taketh away the sins of the world.
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  Speaker 2: We should have all been like John the Baptist, who
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  Speaker 2: learned from God himself that when the one over whom
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost hovers and then lights upon shows up,
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  Speaker 2: he's the one. He's the one that Daniel spoke of.
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  Speaker 2: This is the way that all of God's people should
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  Speaker 2: have been at the time of Jesus's birth. It shouldn't
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  Speaker 2: just have been wise men from the east. These were
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  Speaker 2: not even technically God's people, but they learned to worship God.
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  Speaker 2: Let me say that very clearly. These were not technically
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  Speaker 2: God's people, but they learned to worship God. Is it
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  Speaker 2: possible that some people who are not now God's people
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  Speaker 2: will replace some of us in the kingdom because we
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  Speaker 2: refuse to let go of our own paradigms, our own traditions.
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  Speaker 2: I need you to listen carefully, and so do I.
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  Speaker 2: I need to listen carefully. They had had the word
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  Speaker 2: of God in their hands. See, remember, these folks, these
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  Speaker 2: folks were the ones the repositories of light. These people
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  Speaker 2: were the ones to whom God entrusted the light so
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  Speaker 2: that we could share it into all of the world,
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  Speaker 2: even back then, and so they should never have missed this.
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  Speaker 2: But but the quote continues. But the traditions which had
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  Speaker 2: been handed down from generation to generation, and the human
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  Speaker 2: interpretation of scriptures hid hid from them the truth as
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  Speaker 2: it is in Jesus. What hid from them the truth
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  Speaker 2: that it is in Jesus. Poor traditions, These are terrible traditions.
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  Speaker 2: These traditions that should have led people to God actually
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  Speaker 2: led them away. And the interpretation that humans put on
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  Speaker 2: the scriptures, this is what hid them from the truth
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  Speaker 2: as it is in Christ. Let me continue. The spiritual
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  Speaker 2: import or importance of the sacred writings was lost. The
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  Speaker 2: treasure house of all knowledge was open to them, but
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  Speaker 2: they knew it not. Why not because of their tradition,
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  Speaker 2: because of their human interpretations of the Bible or the scriptures.
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  Speaker 2: Let me continue. God does not conceal his truth from
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  Speaker 2: men or humans by their own course of action, they
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  Speaker 2: make it obscure to themselves. Christ gave the people of
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  Speaker 2: God abundant evidence that he was Messiah by his teaching
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  Speaker 2: called for a decided change. But excuse me, his teaching
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  Speaker 2: called for a decided change in their lives. This is why.
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  Speaker 2: This is why they rejected him. Do you understand what
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying? So when God comes and says this is
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  Speaker 2: the way, walk ye in it, and we are going
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  Speaker 2: the other way, then it is a decision that we
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  Speaker 2: need to make. Do we continue to receive more and
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  Speaker 2: more light? Do we receive more and more guidance? Do
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  Speaker 2: we receive more and more power to do God's will
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  Speaker 2: by listening to what's in front of me? Or do
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  Speaker 2: I reject what's right in front of me and then
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  Speaker 2: my understanding gets dim dark, and my will to do
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  Speaker 2: God's will starts to wane. I hope we're listening. They
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  Speaker 2: saw that if they received Christ. See, on the one hand,
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  Speaker 2: this is the option. If I receive Christ, then it continues.
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  Speaker 2: They must give up their cherished maxims and traditions, their selfish,
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  Speaker 2: ungodly practices. Is there anything in your life, brothers and
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  Speaker 2: sisters that you are unwilling to let go of? And
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  Speaker 2: I need you, in your own mind, in your own
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  Speaker 2: worship time, to be honest. Is there anything in your
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  Speaker 2: life that you are unwilling to let go of? When
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  Speaker 2: God comes to us with new understanding, when God comes
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  Speaker 2: to us with revival and reformation, is there anything that
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  Speaker 2: we are holding on to that we refuse to release?
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  Speaker 2: If so, then we're going to go the same path
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  Speaker 2: of the people of God when Jesus was on planet Earth.
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  Speaker 2: Let me continue. It required a sacrifice to receive changeless,
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  Speaker 2: eternal truth. Therefore, they would not admit the most conclusive
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  Speaker 2: evidence that God could give to establish faith in Christ.
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  Speaker 2: They prefer fast to believe in the Old Testament scriptures,
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  Speaker 2: yet they refuse to accept the testimony contained therein concerning
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  Speaker 2: Christ's life and character. Coming to a close on this quote.
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  Speaker 2: They were afraid of being convinced, lest they should be
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  Speaker 2: converted and be compelled to give up their preconceived notions.
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  Speaker 2: Is this so precious a thing to be treasured that
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  Speaker 2: we would give up eternal life? Is this thing that
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  Speaker 2: we love to do, these traditions that we have even
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  Speaker 2: in our spiritual quote community. Is this stuff so important,
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  Speaker 2: so precious, so treasure treasure that we would keep them
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  Speaker 2: above eternity with God. Come on, listen to what we're
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  Speaker 2: reading here. The treasure of the Gospel, the way, the truth,
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  Speaker 2: and the life was among them, but they rejected the
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  Speaker 2: greatest gift that Heaven could bestow. And this is coming
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  Speaker 2: from Christ's object Lessons, page one hundred and five. And so,
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  Speaker 2: if we were to give a quick antidote for this
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  Speaker 2: kind of a disease, we would do a few things.
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  Speaker 2: Prioritize God's word above human traditions. We would seek personal
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  Speaker 2: relationship with God above our rituals. We would embrace change
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  Speaker 2: prompted by the Holy Ghost. We would see love as
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  Speaker 2: a fulfillment of God's love. We would focus on justice, mercy,
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  Speaker 2: and faithfulness. We would worship God in spirit and in truth.
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  Speaker 2: And then we would be guided by God's example through
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ, God above all. We need to make a
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  Speaker 2: decision today. Is that our reality? Peace?
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
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  Speaker 2: Friends.
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  Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  Speaker 1: every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  Speaker 1: has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah,