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 Friday, April twelve, 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 concept the principle
of the Great Controversy. Our caution for today is the Gospel Movement. The
Gospel Movement. I can't wait to talk about this with you, but before
we do, I'd like to just say welcome to you and happy Happy Preparation
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This is a way that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven,
thank you for this new morning and for the fact that we are one day
closer to the time of rest and Sabbath. I pray God now that you
will give us understanding that we will not stagnate, but we will always be
on the move for you. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. The Gospel movement, I just want to pause right there.
I would have paused longer if you were not also listening on the radio,
because dead air on the radio is deadly right. Ah, But the Gospel
movement, what happened to the people of God in some places in the world
where the movement has become stagnant? Is said some places, some places,
not everywhere. God's people are definitely on the move. I will go remember
God's people, you know, total member involvement. God's people in some places
and spaces have stagnated. What causes people to no longer be on the move
for God? Is it guilt feelings? Is it that I have done something
agreeous in my own thoughts to the degree that I have separated myself from the
people of God, and I am no longer on the move while the people
of God are marching on. Could it be that while I am still quote
a part of the movement on the inside, it appears that I'm on the
inside, But maybe I have a challenge with gossiping and sowing discord and walking
in the opposite direction of the way that the people of God are moving.
Now, this is not me speaking to you as if I know you,
like if you were here, I couldn't speak to you directly and say this
is what you're doing because I don't know you like that. But I can
say that there are people who are just like that, who scatter rather than
gather, people who have allowed sin to overwhelm us to the degree that we
have not we are no longer in agreement with God. So we're not confessing
our sins. We're ashamed, but we're not confessing and now putting ourselves in
the position of holiness and agreement with God. And so we pull against instead
of pulling with you see where this is going. Sometimes our old thought processes
hinder our movement the way that we did it in nineteen seventy seven, and
yes I was around, right, I was young, but I was around.
Like the way we did it in nineth teen seventy seven is not the
way that we do it in twenty twenty four. I promise you. It's
not not that seventy seven was bad and twenty twenty four is better. It's
just that, yeah, well, there was no internet. Like there was
no internet when I was in the universe in university, much less in the
seventies. Right, we have the internet, now we have social media.
We have young people who are ready to do God's bidding because they are enabled
to do so. But sometimes our own own old mindsets are limiting to the
energy that God put in them. The Bible even says like we lay hold
on the the young, not suddenly we give them guidance, but we do
put them into the into the fight. Why because they are young and strong,
They have the energy, they have the innovative mindset, they have the
connections, they have the ability to build communities quickly. We have seen that
many times in social media on the Internet and in other ways. I'm just
focusing on those because I don't have enough time. So the Gospel movement needs
to be the Gospel movement. I think Paul said that the Gospel is the
power of God, unto salvation to everyone who believes. Yes, and it's
God's word in our lives, so that when we move out into our communities,
into the places we exercise, those public squares, right the places where
we work, even in our homes. First our homes, we have the
message of Gospel. We have the message of peace, God's ability to save
a sinner like me and make me holy, to take away selfishness and give
me humility. Yes, take away this discordant mind set, and give me
a peaceful mindset, harmonious mindset. Not everywhere I go and the miasma,
if you want to say, maybe that's not the right word. The atmosphere
I am accompanied by is a peaceful calming. If necessary, it will agitate,
but agitate only unto holiness, only unto action for the Gospel's sake and
for the benefit of those who are not able to fend for themselves. The
Gospel movement is for real, for real, for real, This is not
a joke. And according to the book Great Controversy, pages forty one and
forty two, we read the gospel continued to spread and the number of its
adherents to rise or increase. It penetrated into regions that were inaccessible even to
the Eagles of Rome, said a Christian expostulating with heathen rulers who were urging
forward the persecution. They may destroy us, or torture us, or condemn
us. Your injustice is proof that we are innocent. Nor does your cruelty
avail you. But it is but a strong invitation to bring others to their
persuasion. The oftener, we are mowed down by you. Those are the
people that did not love God. They were mowing down the people who did
love God. The more that that happens, the more in number we grow.
The blood of the Christian was seed. How in the world can you
when you were at work, if it doesn't even go to that extreme of
death right, you're at work and people are criticizing you, they are poltricking
you. Even in those situations like how is it that you are able to
continue? How is it that you are able to continue to do things according
to God's will except to say that it was the Holy Spirit who did it
in your life. Live out your life within me, Oh Jesus, King
of Kings, This is what our goal and desire is, Isn't that right?
Of course the answer is yes, and so we thank God that he
is able to move his gospel message through our lives. Now I will read
again from page forty seven of the same book. The mysterious providence, which
permits the righteous to suffer persecution at the hand of the wicked, has been
the cause of great perplexity to many who are weak in the faith. Many
who are weak in the faith, I need to underscore that some are even
ready to cast away their confidence in God because He allows the most vile of
people to prosper while the best and purest are afflicted and tormented by their cruel
power. Did Jesus take that too? Of course he did. He was
bruised for our iniquities, right m hmm. Let me continue reading. How
it is it is asked, can one who is just and merciful, and
who is infinite in power tolerate such injustice and oppression? This is a question
with which we have nothing to do. God has given us sufficient evidence of
his love. And we are not to doubt his goodness because we cannot understand
the workings of His providence. You see, if you could master and that's
the end of the quote, if you could master God, God forbid,
If you could master your God, then he wouldn't be worthy of worship.
If you could understand every single detail, then he would not be worthy.
But I promise you, when all is said and done, we will see
God's character fully vindicated, all of these answers fully answered, and we will
see on whose side we really were along the journey 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,