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, May twenty three, 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 Jesus our Advocate in judgment. Please us
our advocate in judgment. We'll get into that in just a minute. You'll
see I'm looking around. I'm making sure that all of my systems are what
I expect. But before we do, I'd like to say welcome to you
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that we continue to build faith and fellowship. I'm locked in now, let's
go. Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us the opportunity to open
up your word again. Please give us your Holy Spirit, teach us how
to live as people who are in judgment and be connected to you. And
I pray that you will give us the fullness of your Holy Spirit. In
Jesus name, I pray Amen and Amen again. Okay, Jesus our advocate
in judge. And as I said to you the other day, what we're
doing is focusing in a way that is a key, like a key point
in the beginning, so we don't miss anything. And the key for today
is Jesus advocates what looks like him. Can I say that again, Jesus
advocates what looks like him. Remember we're talking about judgment, and so the
only way that we can come through judgment is if we're holy, if we're
righteous right, if we are fully connected to God. And so the answer,
the question is like, well, how do I get like that?
Well, by surrendering your will to God. When we surrender our will to
God, we receive the righteousness of Christ. It's like Jesus puts on us
a garment, a garment of holiness, a garment of looking like him spiritually
speaking, Do you hear where I'm going with this? And so when we
appear in judgment, God, our father sees the record books right everything that
has to do with determining the eternal experience of people, whether we're going to
live with God eternally or we're going to die and be dead eternally. And
I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. So how do we
get out of that death experience by surrendering our will to God. We said
the other day that we can't lose because Jesus is our judge, Jesus is
our advocate, he is the substitute. He's the good and faithful witness or
the true and faithful witness, and so on. And so we're going to
focus on the advocacy part right now. Jesus advocates what looks like him,
that is, people who are covered in His righteousness. So We're going to
begin now with the Book of Hebrews, the Book of Hebrews, chapter ten,
and I I will read beginning at verse nine. That's the Book of
Hebrews, chapter ten, and I will read beginning at verse nine. And
the Bible reads. Then he said, lo, I come to do thy
will, Oh my God, who's speaking here? Let me read it in
another version. By his will, we have excuse me verse nine. Then
he says, here I am, I have come to do your will.
He does away with the first to establish the second. Now I'm going back
to verse ten. By the witch will, we are sanctified, that is,
we are set apart for a holy use. We are seen in God's
sight as if we have never sinned, through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ once for all. So now we know who is coming to do
God's will, Jesus Christ. What is part of the will that Jesus was
doing in the presence of God his father, saving you, brothers and sisters,
saving me. So when Jesus is doing God's will, his will is
to do all that is necessary in order to save me, to save you
from your sins. Okay, So, Adam and Eve, they messed up
royally. They messed up royally. These individuals were created perfectly. They had
nothing to separate them, nothing to weaken them, nothing to make anything expect,
make you expect at any point that they could sin, because they were
perfect. But they chose to sin, both of them. They both chose
to sin. Eve was deceived and Adam jumped into sin. Both of them
chose to sin. And so well, the question is, well, how
do they get out of that state? Because they covered themselves with goats that
looked like or aprons that look like fig leaves like that left things uncovered spiritually
speaking and physically, by the way. And so Jesus he comes, he
strips off though fictitious spiritual coverings, He strips off those inadequate spiritual coverings.
Are you seeing where we're going with this? And then he puts on them
the coats of skins. He puts on them what is necessary and more than
adequate in order to save them from their sins, to cover them in the
righteousness of Christ. And so now we know that when Jesus gave his life
for us and then was victorious even through the grave, when he rose and
took up his life again, on that Sunday morning. He had power in
his hands. He had the keys of hell, death, and the grave
in his hands. And now he can give you, brothers and sisters,
the victory that he had when he lived on planet Earth. He's just giving
it to us as a gift if we will surrender our will to him.
And so now we know that he gave himself once for all, not like
the Old Testament sacrifices that had to be made over and over and over again.
No, and so the Bible continues verse eleven, and every priest standeth
daily ministering and offering, oftentimes the same sacrifices which can never take away sins.
And so the Kindercartan view and the Old Testament, when God was using
the sanctuary of the Old Testament to teach us how we are being saved,
to take us through a journey of relationship with him, he is telling us
here in the New Testament that those sacrifices were not really what was taking away
our sins. It was pointing forward. It was a foreshadowing, a prefiguring
of what Jesus was going to do, which was really wash away our sins.
So now I can hear the songwriter. What can wash away my sins?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus. And I'm so thankful that he has given
us this message and verse twelve. But this man, after he had offered
one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.
And so now we have the one, the sin bearer, Jesus Christ,
who was our substitute in this case and also our advocate. He now is
sitting down at the right hand of God. How can we lose Verse thirteen
from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool Verse fourteen and final for
by one offering? How many offerings did Jesus have to make? How many
times did Jesus have to die on the cross to save us from our sins?
For one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. See God
is showing us that the ministry of Jesus Christ in the most holy place in
twenty twenty four, in the presence of God our Father, is effective.
And I think, you know, using that word may be too little effective.
I'm saying that because of what Jesus is doing in the most holy placed
ministry today. I don't have to say bad words. I don't have to
have a marriage that is not blissful. I don't have to have a mixed
up money situation. I don't have to be in a situation where I can't
be in control of rage or anger. I don't have to be in a
situation that I lose hope if my children go astray. I don't have to
be in a situation where I'm confused, like is God listening to me?
Why not? Because Jesus is my advocate and judgment and most of all,
I can be assured. You can be assured, brothers and sisters, that
you will be saved if you are one of His children. 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,