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 Wednesday, May twenty nine, twenty twenty four. Hello,
my name is Elle 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 the Mark of the Beast. Huh,
the Mark of the Beast. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to please go
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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Father in heaven, thank you for giving us
this new day. Thank you for giving us your seal, teaching us that
all we need to do is be fully connected to You and then nothing else
will matter. Father, Please give us the fullness of your Holy Spirit in
these last days. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and Amen again.
So I remember reading a quote some years ago, probably about twenty years ago,
where inspiration says that the devil has twelve or has tenfold more the power
to tempting to deceive than he did in the days of the apostles. You're
like, well, why would you start out with that day? Like,
why would you start about the devil? Like I thought this was all about
God. It is Ah, But let me say this, there are people.
And by the way, that was way back in the nineteen hundreds,
the early nineteen hundreds when that quote happened. Okay, so what about now,
like what kind of power does the enemy have today? Now, don't
get stuck here, do not switch off the broadcast here. So since that's
the case, I think the Bible writer under inspiration already had the antidote.
It says, where sin abounds, grace doth much more abound. And by
the way, we need the fullness of latter Rain, as the Bible teaches
us. Latter rain power in the last days that is by far and exceeds
by far the power of the enemy. This is why we need to be
God, and so the key for today's study. Because some people are so
fearful and have all kinds of misgivings regarding the mark of the beast. We
don't have any fear of the beasts. We don't have any fear of the
dragon, the devil. We have no fear of the future, except we
forget how God has brought us in the past. So, if He was
able to take care of the apostles Ah and they received the early reign,
is he not even more able in our day, through the power of the
Holy Spirit under the latter reiin to keep us. Yes, if He was
able to keep the children of Israel as they saw the plagues that fell on
Egypt way back then, is he not able to keep us through what some
people call the tribulation. But we call the time of trouble. Is not
God able well able to keep you, just like he kept Daniel when he
was in the lions Dan and the King said, oh, Daniel, ha,
serve it. I'm the living God. Is your God? Was your
God able to keep you from the lion's mouths? And of course so King
lived forever. Was the resounding call back, of course my God was able
to keep me. And of course now I'm ready to serve. And so
the mark of the beast is only for people who reject God in the last
days, full stop. The mark of the beast is only for people who
reject God in the last day. So the question I want to ask is
why does Satan focus his wraths specifically on those who are obedient to God's commandments.
Let's read from the Book of Revelation, chapter twelve and verse seventeen.
And I have already said multiple times, but maybe this is your first day
with us, that the only way that a person can keep God's commandments is
if we have God's love resident in our hearts. And when God's love is
perfecting us, it's in us. Then his ten commandments become ten promises.
If we love him with the power that he has given us to love him,
then we will live according to his principles. And so in Revelation twelve
and verse seventeen, the Bible says, and the dragon was wroth, that
is the devil. He was wroth, that means really really angry with the
woman that's God's people, and went to make war with the remnant of her
seed. So God's people in the last days, which keep the commandments of
God and have the testimony of Jesus, why would the devil be so angry
about this? Oh, because we look like Jesus when we are perfected in
love, as first John chapter four talks about, when we are perfectly or
we are perfected in love, and there is no fear between us and God.
That is angering to the devil because he's looking forward to destruction. He
is going to be destroyed. His fate is sealed. There's no way out.
When he was kicked out of heaven, that was the end of it,
you see, because he and those evil angels that got kicked out with
him. According to the same Revelation, chapter twelve, Yeah, they chose
not to repent, as the character of God would have dictated. I said
to you the other day he had the opportunity to repent, but he and
those particular angels, the one third that got out of heaven, those did
not repent. And so he's angry, the Bible writer says, because he
has a short time. And so that's why. That's why, So consider
the importance of continuing to connect with God on a daily basis, momentarily every
day, in direct counteraction to the devil's attempt to destroy you. Bible says
that we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers and
rulers of the darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness and high places. So
put on the armor of God. And if you go down through the text
in Ephesians chapter six, you will see that when you go down through those
seven, not six, those seven, seven is a perfect number. This
council is perfect, seven all the way down through prayer. Yes, once
we have all of that on, we realize that each of them are about
Jesus. The Bible writer circles back, and he says, to put on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the
lusts thereof. So those fiery darts of the wicked one will not penetrate the
characters of individuals who are covered, covered with the life of Jesus, covered
with the armor of God. And so we go now to Revelation, chapter
thirteen and verse seventeen, and the Bible says, and it was given unto
him, meaning the devil, to make war with the saints. Here we
go again, and to overcome them. Wait a minute, and the power
was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations. But guess what this
was temporary. There was a time that the people of God were buffeted for
all kinds of different things related to their faith twelve hundred and sixty long years.
You can read about that in Fox's Book of Martyrs. During the Dark
Ages, God's people were buffeted. But was God able? I'm hearing the
call again of King Dorias shouting down resoundingly into the lions. Den was your
God able to keep you? The answer is yes, now, you would
say, but Dave, there are a lot of people who lost their lives.
I think the Book of Hebrews chapter eleven resolves this, and it says
that there were some people who had these trials, and they did not yet
get their perfection in terms of their in terms of their eternity with God.
Yet no, because we're waiting for the second coming. And those rest in
the tombs, and we'll talk about that next week about resting in sleep meaning
death. But those faithful ones, at the appropriate time, when Jesus returns,
he will give them their reward. And so even though the devil has
his wrath, he's firing on the people of God who keep his commandments,
because we look just like God and we keep even in the last days his
holy seventh day Sabbath, when the world is saying to forget, God says,
remember it is a measure that God is the one who sanctifies us.
And I'm thankful that even though the mark of the beast is there and the
devil is angry, God is able to keep his people in the last days
peace. 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,