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, April four, 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 through the principle
of the Great Controversy. Our caption for today is our High Priest, Our
High Priest. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the
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is the way that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead
and pray and then get underwaigh Father, thank you for this new day and
for getting us closer to the coming of Christ and closer to the Sabbath.
I pray that we will have our hearts prepared, prepared to meet you in
this moment of time so that we can worship you and then leave from this
space and go out and serve in the way that You've called us to serve
in Jesus name. I pray amen and aamen again. Okay, our High
Priest. Now let me ask you a question. So much to cover,
so much to cover today? How do you want understand this concept or principle
today in twenty twenty four h on April four, Like, how do you
how do you see this high priestly concept where Jesus is concerned. Have you
ever needed someone to speak up for you, to come into an intermediate,
become an intermediary, huh, someone to be an advocate, someone to stand
up. Have you ever been in that position? Now? I feel like
I'm in that position. Yeah, some years ago. I feel like a
certain big bank in Jamaica. It's not only in Jamaica, but a certain
big bank in Jamaica. I think they only one point seven million Jamaican dollars.
That's how I see it. I need somebody to speak up for me,
Like, yeah, I've been abused over the years when I was a
young person. Not now, but when I was young, I was abused
in some unmentionable ways by different people. And I am not overstating this,
by the way, I need somebody to stand up for me. Yeah,
I needed that when I was a young boy. I needed somebody to stand
up for me. But guess what, Yeah, more critically, more critically,
the devil has abused every human being, like every human being has been
abused by the enemy. Every human being has been taken advantage of by the
devil. Right, every human being has experienced the wrath of the enemy,
that roaring that one that's like a roaring lion seeking whom he made devour because
his time is short. So we need a human and I need to be
very careful and prayerful about how I try to communicate this. We need a
human being who was equal to God to stand up for us. Did you
get that we need God, the Son, who is also mysteriously the Son
of God, to stand up for us. Okay, let me just go
ahead. Let me just go ahead and read. Read a couple of things
here, and then we're going to jump into the scriptures. First, I'm
going to read from the book The Great Controversy, page five hundred one,
beginning at five hundred one, when the Great Sacrifice had been consummated, So
Jesus gave his life for us already in this discussion. Here Christ ascended on
high. So he went back to heaven. Remember why stand ye gazing here
up into the sky. The angel acts the people who were seeing Jesus going
back to heaven. Or maybe that was a different timing. There were two
times that he went up in that short span of time. I realized what
I just said. But anyway, he's in heaven right, So he's ascending
on high, refusing the adoration of angels until he had presented the request,
I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I
am in John chapter seventeen, verse twenty four. Then with inexpressible love and
power came forth the answer from the Father's throne let all the angels of God
worship him. So let me just say this. Jesus said, I don't
want any worship from angels right now. I need to know if these people
are going to be saved as a result of what I just did. And
God the Father's response was, go ahead and worship Jesus' angels, go ahead
and worship him. And so that means that God the Father gave his stamp
and seal of approval in that moment that Jesus's sacrifice and his continuing work is
enough and more than enough. Saying yesterday we said love finds a way.
This is another discussion. I wish I had the time to really extend this
one, but alas we don't. We have just a few minutes left,
and so I just want to say, thank God, thank God that Jesus,
what he did was enough, as high priest and more than enough.
Where sin abounds, grace doth much more abound. And so in the Book
of Hebrews, chapter four, we read, beginning at verse twelve, for
the Word of God is living. I want you to hear and understand why
I'm going that far back in the text. For the Word of God is
living and active and sharper than any two edged sword or double edged sword,
piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit and joints from marrow.
It means that God can see everything that we are, everything that we think,
and this is why we see what's coming next. It is able to
judge the desires and thoughts of the heart verse thirteen. So God knows everything
about us. He sees and knows everything about us, all of our sins,
all of our desires, all of our intents. Yes, and everything
we're hiding or trying to hide. And no creature is hidden from God,
but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of Him, to whom we
must render an account. Adam, where are you Remember we said something about
that yesterday verse fourteen. Therefore, see, God doesn't leave us alone,
knowing everything about us, knowing that we are miserable, poor, blind,
naked and don't even know it. God is coming in search of you.
Fill in your name here. God is calling your name even now now that
we understand that. Therefore, since why is this thing doing this to me?
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the
heavens, Jesus, the Son of God. So Jesus lived on planet Earth.
He was tempted in every way like we are. I think I'm getting
ahead of myself. Let me just read it. Let me just read it.
I'm getting excited. It says here, for he's passing to the heavens,
Jesus the Son of God. Let us hold fast to our confession,
for we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses,
but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are. Yet
he did never sin verse sixteen. Therefore, let us come boldly, confidently
and approach the throne of Grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need
help. Whatever you're going through, brothers and sisters, Jesus went before you.
Jesus was tempted in all points, like as we are. If we
read in first John chapter two. We don't have the time today. Beginning
I think around verse sixteen, the Bible says that the deeds of the flesh
are these lust of the flesh, Lust or the world, are these lust
of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life. Whoever embraces
that is not embracing God. And so if you look into the Book of
Luke, chapter two and look at the temptation order, the order of temptations
that Jesus experienced, it was in that same order of the flesh, lust
of the eyes, pride of life. The devil tried to get Jesus to
jump into sin in the same way he caused that Adam jumped into sin.
But Jesus, thank God, refused, which is why now by the power
of the Holy goes, why he can stand strong and tall as the great
high priest that he is, that when we have challenges with sin, he
can help us overcome them and then present us faultless before the presence of God.
Wonderful day. 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,