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 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. Good morning, Good morning, Good
morning. It is Thursday, May nine, twenty twenty four. Hello,
my name is El David Harris. 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 the Great Controversy.
Our caption for today is truth triumpphent. May I say that again truth
Triumphant into that in just a moment, But first I'd like to say welcome
to you and ask you to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.
This is where we have our discussion concerning these studies, and every morning
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know where you are in the world. And I am privileged that we can
come together in this fashion. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we
will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
Thursday morning, and for the blessing that you have given us to see what
the truth really is and to live in I pray God that you will give
us understanding, but not just understanding, help us to have a will to
do what you have called us to do. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. Truth triumphant. I typed. Oh, actually
I didn't type. I hand wrote. I hand wrote on my lesson.
What an encouraging word. I underscored word. I made it bolder. I
wrote it and read and put an exclamation point. Because listen, the fact
is that we sometimes will say I have the truth or we have the truth.
When we speak of our particular faith fellowship, we say we have the
truth. And I remembers Pastor Nixon. Pastor Nixon one time back in the
nineties in DC at the Capitol Hill Seventh day Adventist Church, that's John Nixon
Senior. He said, we say we have the truth, we have the
truth, and well, what is the truth. And it's like what you're
asking a set of people inside of a church, what is truth? Yeah?
And what he and another pastor friend of mine, Pastor Will Smith,
he was also a Bible worker in the Potomac Conference, he also said,
the truth is this. Jesus is the truth. Remember, he said,
I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man cometh
unto the Father but by Me. So we have Jesus number one and primarily
as the truth. And of course he said in his prayer, his prayer,
his high priestly prayer as we call it, Father sanctified them by thy
truth. Thy word is truth. So we have Jesus Christ as the truth,
the ultimate of truth, epitome of truth. We have the Word of
God as truth. And then David in the Psalms said, thy word not
thy word. The commandments are truth. So Jesus the truth, the word
of God as a whole the truth, and then in particular the ten commandments,
they are truth. And so when the truth is triumphing, we know
that it is because of Christ. We know because his word does not return
unto him void. We know that his ten commandments, which are ten promises,
are also the transcript of his character, God's character, and they are
imprinted and blazoned, if you will, carved on the fleshy tables of our
hearts. So the word is truth. Jesus is truth, His commandments are
truth. And so the lesson writer actually said this, I'll read just a
few lines here. Despite the attacks of the enemy, now you understand what
truth is. God's work on earth will come to a glorious climax. So
let me just pause right here to acknowledge the fact that the Holy Ghost is
taking you and he's taking me along a pathway. It's the path of righteousness,
right, It's a journ that will guide us, and if we will
cooperate with God, we will reach the ultimate climax, which is eternity with
God. Eternal relationship with God, never being separated by sin ever again?
Yes, and so continuing, the gospel will be preached. According to Revelation
chapter fourteen and verse six, the Gospel will be preached to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people. The great controversy between Christ and Satan will
end. Are you looking forward to the end? Yes? How will it
end? Between Christ and Satan? Will end with Christ completely defeating the powers
of the enemy. Did you get that God's kingdom will triumph over evil and
sin will be eradicated forever from the entire universe. This is why I call
this an encouraging word, like truth triumphant in my life means that God will
eradicate everything that separates between us, nothing between my soul and the Savior.
Ever heard that him? Look it up if you've not heard it. Very
very encouraging words. But this is coming, and it's coming very soon.
But the question is is God fulfilling that reality in my life today? Is
He fulfilling his power to defeat the enemy in my life today? And maybe
I said it wrong? Am I allowing him? Maybe that's the better way
to say it. Am I allowing God to manifest that reality, that power
in my life today to defeat the enemy in my life today, when I'm
making decisions about how I will and will not treat my wife today of almost
twenty three years, how I will and will not treat my son today,
How I will and will not treat you when I meet you on the road,
Or people that are of unsavory character traits because they have not allowed God
to become a God to them and Lord and savior to them, and they
behave violently or in some other way that I don't appreciate necessarily? Is God
winning in my life? Am I allowing him to in the way that I
use the resources that He entrusts to me? Is He winning in my life?
How I am able to do? Fill in the blank? Is it
positive? Or is it something that I have left undone? When God gave
me very clear guidance. Right, so His truth must triumph and can in
our lives now. In Revelation chapter eleven, verses fifteen through eighteen, the
Bible reads, and the seventh Angel sounded, and there were great voices in
heaven saying, the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord,
thank you, and of his Christ. And he shall reign forever and
ever. Is he reigning in your life today on this day in the month
of May, like is he living and reigning in your life? Verse sixteen.
And the four and twenty elders which sat before the before God on their
seats, fell upon their faces and worship God. Are you a worshiper?
Do you worship God? Brothers and sisters? Have you yielded your will to
Him? And if you haven't, if you are trying to yield your will
to him, then just talk to him about and say, God, I'm
messing up, Like I really want to yield my will to you, but
I find myself still grabbing and holding on to things that don't please you.
Will you help me? Will you make me a worshiper Verse seventeen, saying
we give thee thanks, O, Lord God Almighty, which art and wast
and art to come, because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and
has reigned Verse eighteen. And the nations were angry, and their wrath is
come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged,
that thou shouldst give reward unto the servants, the prophets, and to the
saints, and to them that fear Thy name small and great, and should
have destroyed them which destroy the earth. You see, a day of reckoning
is coming, right, a day of reckoning is coming when God will manifest
his victory in a way that we have never seen before. We've seen his
victory, yes, but the devil's still running free down here for our moment.
Ah, But one day we will see when Jesus comes and he takes
his children to heaven for a thousand years. And after the thousand years are
finished, we will finally see the truth triumph in a way that we've never
seen before. Sin and sinner's unrepentant sinners will be no more, and finally
the pulse of love will be in all. Thanks for joining us listening.
Friends, 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,