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 Monday, April one, 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 new new new Lesson study series
called The Great Controversy, The Great Controversy, and our caption for today is
Lucifer deceives prevails, Lucifer deceives and Christ prevails. We'll get into that in
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and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank
you for giving us this new day and for the privilege that we have to
open your word. I say it every day because it is a privilege.
Thank you, Father for giving us the key to victory. Please teach us
how to accept it. You in Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. Lucifer deceives, Christ prevails. Now I just need to give
you a tiny little pet peeve of mine. I don't know if it matters
or not, but I think because I'm so technical, I can't overcome it.
The enemy of our souls used to be Lucifer. That was the name
that God gave him. Because he was the son of the Morning. God
created him to be this morning star. He reflected the image of God.
But after he chose for the last time his rebellious ways, he was called
the deceiver. He was called Satan, the accuser of the brethren, right,
the murderer from the time of the beginning, Like, that's the way
he was, right, this is what the Bible references him to be.
And so I can't call him Lucifer anymore. I'm just saying I just can't
do it. So now you'll understand if I correct. If I'm doing these
auto corrects often, it's because he's no longer the son of the Morning.
So let me just call it what I see in scriptures. Right, he
was Lucifer, but not anymore. He's Satan. So Satan deceives and Christ
prevails. Now I'm going to repeat this in different ways now to get deeper
into our core. So, the devil hates, Jesus loves. The devil
is self centered. Jesus is holy, grace and joy centered. And so
yesterday we read a quote and I am ashamed. I still didn't go back
and get where the reference was. But we showed that rebellion or the sin
that arose in the heart of Lucifer. Now he's becoming Satan has no excuse.
He has no excuse. He had no excuse, especially in his case
because he was closest to God and he's still rebelled. You see, there's
nothing that God can reveal about himself to Satan today. There's nothing he can
reveal to him about himself, about God to Satan today that would cause him
to reform. There's nothing for him to learn, there's nothing for him to
experience. He has seen the best that God has to offer, and he
still chose to rebel. This is why this is such a serious situation.
Now, do not play around with the devil, because he's not playing around
with you. That's what I want to say. And this is coming from
the Book of Revelation, chapter twelve and verse four. Okay, this is
speaking in symbolic language, but at the same time we can see exactly what
it's referencing. And his tale drew the third part of the stars of Heaven.
So basicly, this is saying that one third of the angels, one
third of the angels that God created to reflect his own character, that God
made holy, just like he made lucifer. A third of those in those
individuals, those supernatural beings who excel in strength, who were in the presence
of God, they decided they didn't want God anymore. They made a decision
that they did not want God anymore. They did not want love, they
did not want joy, they did not want peace, they did not want
law and order, they did not want who God is. And so they
went with the enemy. They got kicked out of heaven, right, so
third part of them out of heaven and did cast them to the earth.
That's where God sent them. And the dragons stood before the woman, that's
God's people, the church, which was ready to be delivered for to devour
her child as soon as it was born. So this is not about that
necessarily today the details about the last part of the passage. But now we
know that the enemy got kicked out and a third of the angels that God
created got kicked out to thirty three percent. I need that to settle in
of the angels of God got kicked out of heaven with the devil. And
so in the lesson we read when war broke out in heaven, the angels
had to decide who would they follow. Jesus or Lucifer. What was the
nature of this war in heaven? Was it a physical war or was it
a war of ideas or both? We don't know the details, but the
conflict was physical enough that Satan and his angels were eventually cast out. Now
I don't say cast out in my normal everyday activity. So he got kicked
out, like he was evicted. He got his eviction notice, and the
sheriff or whoever else serves in the place that you are right, went to
where he was and kicked him out. Yeah, and a place was not
found for them in heaven any longer. According to verses eight and nine of
the Book of Revelation, chapter twelve, the war obviously includes some kind of
physical element. Now let me just ask you, we don't have to go
into the details of that again, because we understand that the devil that disobeyed
God. We know that those evil angels, now they're evil angels, they
also disobeyed God, and they refused to turn toward God. They refused to
agree with God and repent. They chose that passage, that path. The
question again, now that we know all of this, and we understand somewhat
our wily foe. What is the reality in your life, brothers and sisters.
When I switch on the television. If I switch on the television,
I'm speaking for all of us, not necessarily me or you, all of
us right when I switch on the TV, when I open up my cell
phone, when I am having conversations, and the war is still raging in
the universe, in our minds in particular, not just on the Earth as
a physical planet where the plants and shrubberies are. I'm talking about in our
lives, in our decision making process, what we will choose in terms of
how we develop yes or no? When I'm making these decisions in my mind,
what is the mind set? What is the outcome of these decisions?
Am I choosing God's side? Or am I choosing the enemy side? You
see where I'm going with this. So this war in Heaven it broke out.
We see what happened there. God kicked out the devil. Now what
do we do now? The Book of Genesis chapter two, the Book of
Genesis chapter two, we see where that war it did actually come down to
planet Earth Verses fifteen through seventeen. And the Bible says that at the Tree
of the knowledge of good and evil. That war was at its hottest,
and God said he gave instructions about what the people were to do or not
do at that tree. When the devil came to that spot and he began
to share his deceptive thoughts with Eve, then the narrative changed in Eve's mind,
and she was deceived, and she chose to sin. And when she
chose to sin, she went to Adam he chose to sin. And now
we have this mess down here. What is your decision today? Will you
choose to live with God or to warn? 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,