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 Tuesday, June eleven, 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 Identifying the Beast, Part one. Identifying the
Beast Part one. 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 over to
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we can actually have more discussion, especially during studies like these where there is
more detail that is needed than what we can cover in just a few minutes
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coaching program for Your Daily Portion at your Daily Portion dot com. This is
a way that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and
pray and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank you for
this new day and for the privilege that we have to come into your presence.
Teach us how to study your word, teach us how to serve you
and to do your will. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. Well, I have to admit that I am between a rock
and a hard place considering how much time that we have here. The lesson
study was not written so that I can have a Your Daily Portion program that's
only ten minutes in length, you understand, and so there are certain subjects
periodically over the years that are a little too heavy to be able to do
it justice in our few minutes. So this is what I need you to
do. I need you to commit to going back to the actual quarterly and
I need you to commit, if you're not understanding, to coming into our
community to have more conversation. And then one last thing, I want you
to go to the Amazing Facts website, the Amazing Facts website, and then
search for the mark of the Beast. Search for the mark of the Beast,
and there you can have a fullsome study with the appropriate understanding, so
that we are not just doing some rush thing here in the morning and just
firing off some facts and saying, okay, now you know the information,
move on into your day. This has to be a devotional experience on this
particular program because of the brevity of our time together. Okay, and so
please do that. And the question really that arises in my mind is once
we understand who the Beast power is, we understand that this power has decided
that it was blasphemously going to try to change God's law like the time in
God's law, that is, to try to change the Sabbath, try to
remove the sanctity of the Sabbath and transfer it to the first day of the
week. Like Now that we know this and we know that this will come
to a point of critical mass. We've seen this movie before. As I
think I said yesterday, how do we actually how do we actually remain connected
to God? Like how do we keep our god focus and relationship with God
despite the conflict that we read about and will ultimately experience in the Book of
Revelation. Well, the Bible will give us a few few guidance points here
in two Timothy, chapter two and verse fifteen, the Bible reads, study
to show thyself approved unto God. A workman, not a person who's just
talking, Not a person who is lazy, not a person who is who
is comfortable with status quo, but a work person, a workman that needeth.
Not to be ashamed when you're teaching the truth concerning God's word, right
not to be ashamed rightly, that is a good word, rightly dividing the
word of truth. And so our goal when we are studying the scriptures is
to remain connected to God, to hear the voice of God, to say
this is the way, walk ye in it. And when people, even
if they are are they are our relatives, even if they are our pastors,
preachers, teachers, facilitators, coaches, trainers, people that mentored us,
people who actually have prayed for us, and God came through for you
once you receive prayers. Yes, but if the word of God is in
conflict or if their words are in conflict with what the Word of God says,
because you've rightly divided the word of truth, then you have to stay
away. So prioritize the truth of God's word. Over every relationship, every
historical whatever it is that you thought you understood before, and I'm speaking to
me too, and over everything that people are saying. Prioritize what God actually
said. And by the way, we can't just study the word of God
and think that that's enough. I know what I just said. We can't
just study the word of God and think that that's enough. We need to
be praying constantly, okay. In First Thessalonius, chapter five and verse seventeen,
it's very simple. The Bible says, pray without ceasing, and in
the New English translation it says, pray constantly. Well, what does praying
constantly look like in twenty twenty four, Well, it looked the same as
it did when Enoch lived on planet Earth. The Bible says that Enoch walked
with God. And so when you are walking, when you are moving throughout
your day, do it with God. Ask God what he sees in your
life, what he desires for and from you. Ask him for the strength
and energy to push through every trial, tribulation, and temptation. Ask him
how you need to relate to people, How you are to relate to laws?
When laws are written, Are these laws that please you? Yes?
Then good, Yes, we follow those. Is there something that is in
conflict with you? Then wait a minute, God, give me the strength
to walk away from those things that society says is appropriate when it conflicts with
you. And so we pray without ceasing because we need an unceasing connection with
God, especially in these last days. And of course we have said over
and over and over again that the issue at hand will become just like they
attempted to make it in the eighteen eighties. I need you to look up
your history, especially those in the United States of America. Uh. Yeah,
the Sabbath is going to be a big problem for people. There's going
to be a big problem for people, and it'll spread throughout the world.
I remember reading about in history in the eighteen seventies they were bracing for the
same thing. And then in the eighteen eighties it was like, wait a
minute, now, all of a sudden, that body of lawmakers what it
was called then, I know, but it can't say it. I can't
say it off the top of my head. But they came to a point
where they were about to institute a law that would enjoin upon all people in
the nation a holy day that was different than the Sabbath. And it was
like, wait a minute, what, And so the Church of the People
of God sent at Jones at Jones to give his argument. I think it
was like two hundred and fifty two minutes in length, because I put it
in audio form one time. It was some long period of time that he
made his argument to show that the Word of God cannot be broken and that
we must not impose any relief religious edict upon people, because that is not
God's way, especially especially to cause people to turn our backs on the holy
seventh day Sabbath and to somehow venerate another day. In that case, it
was Sunday, okay, And so we remember the Sabbath day in twenty twenty
four to keep it holy six days. The Bible says, shalt thou labor
and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God. And another couple of places, the Bible says that the
Sabbath is a sign. It's a sign between God and his people that he
is sanctifying us. He's setting us aside for a holy use, and so
we keep that as a feature of our lives, even in twenty twenty four.
But the Bible says, my little children, these things write unto you
that she sin not. But if any person sins, you have an advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous One. So what I want
you to do is keep your record clean with God, agree with him,
confess and forsake everything that does not please God, and remain in good connection
with him. 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,