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Episode Transcript
Most of us eat every day, some of us too
much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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Good morning, good morning, good morning.
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It is Monday, December eight, twenty twenty five.
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Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
where we give you God's word every single day, and
today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our caption
for today is accusations, Oh boy, accusations. Before we get
into that, I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us,
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especially those joining us for the very first time. Please,
will you go over to your Daily Portion dot com.
Will you join our online community, pick up the Your
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is one of the ways that we continue to build
faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, thank you for this day.
Thank you for the fact that the accuser of the
brethren is cast down who accuses us before you both
day and night. Father, Please please teach us not to
be accusers of our brethren. In Jesus' name, I pray,
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Amen and amen. Accusations accusations, boy. Communications are serious situation.
And let me just say that communications a serious situation.
Some of you know that our will communication director for
the Central Jamaica Conference of Some Day Adventists for some time,
and yeah, it's serious.
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Communication. It's a serious thing.
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We had more than two hundred churches, of course, and
we had health centers and and university and educational institutions
and people all around Central Jamaica that we needed to
keep our communication clear for during the pandemic and at
other times. And so I'm like, okay, God, what does
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this mean? Like, how can I see the experience that
I had in that regard in this lesson, Well, the
lesson writer actually points out an experience you will have
read through already. In both cases, at the bottom of
the lesson, a structure of stones is erected. So we
have two kinds of altars being erected, and one set
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of people is trying to figure out, like, what is
the purpose of this these this altar? Like one of
them looks a certain way, the other ones another way.
Like what's going on here? The first served as a memorial,
while the second is perceived to be an impressive altar.
The question that inevitably comes to mind is, as in
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the text, what do these stones mean? Now we're looking
for intention. Somebody's trying to judge based on the evidence,
but it's not coming clear right now? Is this altar
built for sacrifices or is it for only a memorial?
Are these tribes already h oh, this is where it's
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coming in right here?
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Clear? Clear, clear?
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Are these other tribes already starting to fall into apostasy?
See when I was in that position, I remember when
church members were judging one another based on something I'm
not bringing up now. You know what the argument was
during the pandemic, And one side said this, and one
side said that, and people were just at each other
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surrounding the particular discussion, like what is the meaning of
the way that we are doing whatever it was that
we needed to do or felt that we needed to
do during that really critical time in Earth's history. And
so these tribes are trying to figure out like it
is some people falling into apostasy, Well, how did this happen?
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Like how is all of this questioning happening? Because there
was a lack of communication. Look at this lack of
consultation with Joshua, he's the leader, Eliezer or the tribal
leaders creates room for misunderstanding that potentially can lead to
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terrible conflict. So we need to be evaluating how we communicate,
if we communicate, what we communicate, especially when it comes
to the mission of Christ in the last days, because
we would be subject to the same potential for misunderstanding.
So our first lesson in that case is judging without
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understanding leads to false accusations. Judging without understanding leads to
false accusations. Coming in from the Bible, Book of Luke,
chapter thirty Luke chapter six, verse thirty seven, and it reads,
judge not, and ye shall not be judged, condemn not,
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and ye shall not be condemned forgive and you will
be forgiven. Now that word, the Greek word for judge,
in this case means to separate, decide, or form an opinion.
Don't do that without all of the information. The West
Georgian tribes in the actual lesson now assumed the altermant rebellion.
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But did they say that assuming does to you and me?
They saw stones and concluded apostasy. They saw stones and
concluded apostasy. Sometimes our perceptions are off. Sometimes what we
think we see is not what we actually see. Sometimes
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we are coloring what we see based on experiences. Oh well,
I can't get into all of that. It's a lot.
So they saw that and concluded apostasy. Their sudden shift
in language calling the Eastern tribes sons of Ruben and
sons of God, showed suspicion in place of the trust
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that they had. Misjudgment flourished because understanding was absent. Before
we rush to judgment, this is our action step pause
before forming conclusions. Ask God, am I seeing the whole picture?
Choose patient inquiry over quick suspicion. As in my behavior style,
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I like to ask questions. I don't like rushing to
judgment because I do not like to be inaccurate or wrong.
I need the data. I need the information. I need
the facts in order to make a fair, balanced and
real judgment if necessary. And so this is a good
place for us as believers in the last days. Our
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second lesson is righteous judgment looks beyond appearances. In the
Bible Book of John chapter seven and verse twenty four,
it says, judge not according to the appearance, but judge
righteous judgment. Again the Greek word, this time for appearance,
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actually means what is seen on the surface. Oh wait,
there's something beneath the surface. There's something beyond the surface.
So appearances created or the surface view, the surface view
created fear. In Joshua chapter twenty two, looking at things
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at the surface created fear. What looked like rebellion was
actually a memorial to unity. God calls believers to discern
with spiritual clarity, not assumption, not emotional reaction. True judgment
begins by seeking the facts, listening to others, and allowing
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time for truth to emerge. Our action step in that
case is seeking deeper understanding in every difficult situation. Listen
to our long look at Me. If you're looking at
me on YouTube or on Facebook or wherever you're watching.
Just to imagine on the radio, I'm pointing at my
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two ears, brothers and sisters. There is a reason why
we have double the number of ears then we do
mouths and tongues. Yeah, we need to listen twice as much,
twice as long as you speak when conflict arises. And
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I'll just give you. I'll just give you one last lesson.
You'll drill it later. God alone knows motives and hearts,
and that's coming in from First Corinthians, chapter four and
verse five.
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Seek God and he'll teach us what we need to know. Peace.
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Thanks for joining us listening.
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Friends.
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Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make
it a great day. Yeah,
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