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 eighteen, 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 whom do we worship? Whom do we worship?
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd like to say
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and the details. Okay, so let's go ahead and pray and then we
will get underway. Bothering Heaven, thank you for this opportunity that you have
given to us to refocus our mind and attention on you and the things that
matter to you. Please, Father, teach us how to love you,
how to serve you, how to yield our will entirely to you. In
Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Whom do we worship?
Now? I'm really excited about this subject because it's more than just an
idea. Now, in Romans chapter one, I want you to read,
beginning at verse eighteen. When you have an opportunity Romans chapter one, something
very interesting happens among God's people. It is somehow the people of God decided
that God wasn't enough. He wasn't enough. This is why narcissism exists.
This is why legalism inside of faith communities exists. Part of me, this
is why people choose to worship self, worship our money, worship, our
homes, our possessions. Sometimes we worship our negative thoughts, our negative mindset.
We make those even more powerful than God. We make our ability to
sin stronger than God's ability to save. Which is why some of us continue
in the paths of unrighteousness, because we don't actually believe that God is able
to deliver us from our sins and to cleanse us from all on righteousness.
There are people who worship our degrees. We worship where we live on the
planet. We worship sometimes even our spouses or some other relationship that we have.
Anything that we put before God, that is what we are worshiping.
Can I say that again? Maybe I just wasted all of these words over
the last two minutes. Whatever we put in place of God or above God,
that's what we worship. And so children of Israel decided way back then,
when Jesus and Moses were on the mount, and Jesus was enfolding Moses
in the cloud to teach him the Ten Commandments, give him the Ten Commandments
law, and eventually give him the blueprint to the sanctuary on Earth. Yes,
well, the people down below at the leadership of Aaron, we're building
a golden calf that they said was going to be a monument to God like
in a way, because they were like, we don't know where this Moses
is, give us something that we can worship. And it was really supposed
to be sort of a go between, a way for them to have something
in front of them so that they could feel good about worshiping God. And
it's like, Nah, even if you're trying to do that round the bush
way, you can't use that as a crutch to worship even the True and
Living God, blessed be his name. This is not how this works.
God said, I am the Lord, thy God. I am the one
that brought you out of the land of Egypt and bondage. I am the
one that empowers you to live a holy life. I'm the one that sanctifies
you. Have no other gods before me, full stop. And so in
the last days, according to the Lesson writer, the great great controversy will
be played out in a dramatic way over worship. Do we worship our creator
or do we worship the beast and its image? There is no middle ground.
Now we continue the First Angel of Revelation, chapter fourteen, urges men
and women to worship him who made the heaven and the earth, the sea,
and the springs of water. In further support of Heaven's appeal, the
third Angel reveals the dire consequences of worshiping the beast in his image. The
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God that will be poured
out without mixture into the cup of his indignation. In contrast, and then
we'll read from the scriptures those who worship the Creator, and they are described
as keeping the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus. It's very
simple, brothers and sisters. The Lord created us, and so he's worthy
of worship. And I say that again. When those people come to your
house two and two and try to teach you all kinds of things about Armageddon
and one hundred and forty four thousand, and the law of the Christ,
and all kinds of interesting things, and they give you a magazine or all
kinds of discussion, just ask a simple question, do you worship Jesus?
Like, is Jesus worthy of your worship? And it's like, what,
Yes, it's Jesus worthy of your worship. And in Revelation chapter four and
five. We see that there is no conflict between God, our Father,
and Jesus Christ where worship is concerned. Jesus, the one who comes from
the midst of the throne in that scene, is worthy to open the seals,
to lay his hands on that book that is there, and open up
those seals and see and look upon those things that are there. In Why
because He gave his life for you, and he also created you, he
created me. And so the Father is worshiped in chapter four. Jesus Christ
and the Father are worshiped in chapter five because there is no conflict in heaven
about worship, not anymore, not since the devil got kicked out. And
so we read now from Revelation chapter fourteen and verse seven. Fear God.
Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment
is come. And worship him that made heaven and earth, the sea and
the fountains of water. So we recognize that true worship is directed only to
the one, True and Living God. Why because he created us, and
he created everything we can see and that we cannot see. In Revelation chapter
thirteen and verse thirteen, the Bible reads, and he doe with great wonders,
so that he maketh fire to come down from heaven on the earth in
the sight of men. Of course, there is a historic element to this,
and of course we see that there are different beast powers that are driven
by the devil, and they are given the ability to deceive people. And
in this text we see that that is the reality. Do with great wonders,
And so God is saying, God against deception, be vigilant against deceptions,
anything or anybody that does not agree with God, We run far from
them. Jesus said in Matthew chapter twenty four that there will be false christs
and false prophets, whether they're religion, political powers, or religious powers or
political powers, or individual humans, or the devils that are masquerading as ministers
of righteousness, whatever it is that conflicts with God's word. God's word,
Jesus what he taught, the Ten Commandments, law, what they are teaching,
the entire body of the Canon of Scriptures. Whenever there is a conflict,
whether there was a miracle present, yes or no, we go far.
We run far from those. Why because God is clear who he is,
and he said, be not deceived, don't be deceived in the last
days, because that's the intent of the devil to trick us, just like
he did Eve, to run away from our relationship with God. And so
in the Bible here a Book of Revelation, chapter fourteen and verse twelve,
it says, here are the patients of the saints. I made allusion to
that earlier. Here are they that keep the commandments of God and have the
faith of Jesus. So we uphold the truth of God's word, including his
commandments, patiently through the last days. Some of us are impatient. When
will be the sign of thy coming? Like Jesus, when are you coming?
It seems like all things are the same since our fathers went to sleep.
No no, no, no no, Do not become a scoffer.
Brothers and sisters, know that even though even though it seems that God is
tarrying, hold fast, hold fast worship God in the beauty of holiness and
the fullness of your experience with Him until he comes. Because soon he will
come. You're going to be his child when he gets here. It's a
decision we make today. 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,