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 Sunday. It is Sunday, May twenty six, twoenty twenty
four. It's early man, it's early. 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 the Great Controversy. Our caption for
today is the Sanctuary and the Law. The Sanctuary and the Law. We'll
get into that in just a moment, but first i'd like to say welcome
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a way that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Our caption, did
I say that already? The caption is Sanctuary and the Law. I hope
I did well. Otherwise I just repeated it. Let's go ahead and pray
and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, Thank you for giving
us this new morning. Thank you for the thousands and thousands of people around
the world on so many platforms, hundreds of radio stations, television and all
these devices that are listening and watching today. Please help us to maximize the
time and build a relationship in your courts. Father, Please help us to
respect your law, respect your sanctuary, Respect you in Jesus name. I
pray, Amen and Amen again. Well, I know we don't have a
lot of time, but yesterday I really should have shared this song with you
that comes from the Book of Psalms, the Book of Psalms, chapter nineteen,
that comes on the heels of a discussion about God's God's beauty in his
creation, how the heavens declare the glory of the Lord, and all of
this manifests his handiwork right, and then the Bible writer goes into another part
of the psalm that we have sung many times in the past, and I
will sing some of it today. From verse seven. The law of the
Lord is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the samemple. More to bedside are they then gold ye ain't
then much for fine gold sweeter also than honey, honey and the hony cone.
The statutes of the Lord are ride rejoicing the haunt. The commandment of
the Lord is pulled, enlightening the yydes. More to bdsied are they than
gold, yea, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the
hon he call Verse nine. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring
foradver. The judgments of the Lord Lord are true and righteous, all to
gasther. More to b d side are they than gold yea, then much
fine gold, sweeter also than honey, huney and the honey cold Verse fourteen.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptabullying
by side, Oh Lord, my strengthen my re d murder. More to
b d side are they than gold, yeain? Then much fine gold sweeter
also than honey huhney and the huny cold. If you were singing with me,
go ahead and type of one in the chat, please, type of
one in the chat. And for those who are trying to figure out,
well, where does that refrain come from, it comes from verse ten.
And I'm so thankful that these are psalms, these are songs, these are
spiritual songs. And the Bible writers said that we are to make melody in
our hearts unto the Lord with these. And so I'm thankful that the word
of God is so encouraging, how encouraging that we can even sing along with
it. But beyond that, we see that the word of God is sure,
including his law. And so the key for today is if you want
to change the law of God, I don't know why you would want to
do that. If you want to change the law of God, you're going
to have to move him off his throne. If you want to change the
law of God, you're going to have to move him off his throne.
Because we see in the Old Testament system of sacrifices, the arc of the
covenant representing the throne of God under the mercy seat is where God kept those
sapphire. I said, sapphire, you need to study the Bible. If
you think that the stones, the stone tablets were like granite, some kind
of weird granite color like beige or gray or brownish, then study closely that
the sapphire stones that were actually pulled from the actual throne of God. Yes,
those were in the ark of the Covenant, beneath the mercy seat over
which God hovered. And so the foundation of the love of the government of
God, as we mentioned yesterday, is the love of God. The foundation
of the of the government of God is the law of God. And then
his throne represented by the mercy seat, or he sat on that or represented
that way, then the unsighed under that would have been the throne of God.
So on the law of God. So, how in the world can
you change the law of God If you can't move God, if it's foundational
to his government, if it's a transcript of God's character, how in the
world can you change Can someone change the law of God without moving God?
Well, we know that that's not possible. You're not moving God anywhere.
And so we see this question. Really, what does the placement of God's
law in the most holy place reveal about this significance and permanence of his law.
In the Book of Revelation Chap eleven and verse nineteen, the Bible reads,
and the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen
in his temple the arc of his testament, and there were lightnings and voices,
and thunderings, and earthquake and great hail. Now, if you want
to move God and remove all of this, then you'll have a chance of
messing around with the law of God. No, we don't do that.
We don't do that. And then in the Book of Exodus, chapter twenty
five and verse sixteen, the Bible reads, and thou shalt put into the
ark of the testimony, you shall put into the testimony which I shall give
unto thee And of course that was the testimony the Ten Commandments law. In
Exodus chapter thirty one and verse eighteen, the Bible reads, and he gave
unto Moses when he had made an end of communing with him upon the Mount
Sinai two tables of testimony, tables of stone written with the finger of God.
And so God wrote, he etched, he emblazoned upon those sapphire stone
tablets which Moses was commanded to take from what we see in the Bible his
throne. I wish I had the time to teach this thing. But we
see now that now these tables of testimony, the tables of Stone written the
finger of God, are now placed under the mercy seat in the ark of
the Covenant, which is representative of what God's own throne. Move God,
then maybe you have a chance at messing around with His law. And we
know that that ain't about to happen. I know I said it ain't about
to but you know what I'm saying. And so in Exodus chapter thirty one
we already read that. In Revelation chapter twelve and verse seventeen we read again
the dragon became enraged with the woman and went to make war on the rest
of her children. Why because they keep the commandments of God and have the
testimony. We look like God, So the devil's angry. 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,