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 thirty, 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 the Three Angels Messages. The Three Angels Messages.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first i'd like to
say welcome to everyone joining us, especially if you're joining us for the very
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a way, as I always say, for us to continue to build faith
and fellowship. I just want to say, right here, just pause for
a moment, a great, big, happy birthday to my wife, Simone.
I'm thankful that you're still here. God has entrusted more time to you
so you can continue to build in this world until Jesus comes. So I
love you lots and I'm grateful that we're still together. Make it a great
day. Let's go ahead and pray and then get under weigh. Father in
heaven, thank you for this new day, for your love. Teach us
your messages. Teach us to protect ourselves through the armor of God against the
wiles of the devil, because he likes to confuse stuff. Please teach us
to listen to your voice only in Jesus' name. I pray, Amen and
a men again the Three Angels messages. May I just say here another key,
another key. These messages are all about becoming and remaining connected with God
forever. That's what the Three Angels messages are about. Like becoming and remaining
connected with God forever. If we don't get anything else, of course,
it gives us a means by which we can do so, warnings against some
things that happen on planet Earth and all of that. But it's about connecting
with God and remaining connected with God. So we're going to begin with a
question, how do the messages of the Three Angels mess of the Three Angels
in Revelation chapter fourteen relate to our choices? Is about worship in these last
days? Now? I know some people are running ahead and they're like,
yes, it's about Sabbath versus Sunday, it's Sabbath versus Friday, or some
other day that maybe somebody contrived and said that this is the time that is
holy. It's more than It's more than that I said earlier. It's about
relationships with God. And so when God says something simple like of there are
so many things here in the garden Atam, there are some things in this
garden, a lot of them. Right, you may freely eat of those
trees in the garden. But there's just one of the many that I need
you to refrain from eating. And in the day that you eat from that
one, if I say me saying it now, God forbid that Adam should
eat of it. You shall surely die, and then Eve and anybody else
who would have been in the conversation if that were the way that it happened,
right, And so what God is saying to us is that, yes,
we worship him every day, but an indication of our worship is when
we listen for his voice and do what he says. We worship every day.
Of course, Monday morning we worship God. Today Thursday we worship God
in the beauty of holiness. But there's only one time, one day,
one holy day, one hollly day. Did I just say that one holid
holy day? God sanctified the seventh day Sabbath. And if God says that
this is sanctified for a holy use, if he said that this is a
sign between him and his people that He is the one who sanctifies us,
then why do we choose to forget it? You understand where I'm going with
this. So we remember what God says to remember, yes, okay?
And so in Revelation chapter four teen and verse seven, the Bible says saying,
with a loud voice, fear God and give glory to him. That
is, we want to reflect his character and manifest that to the world.
Ah, for the hour of his judgment has come. We've spoken about that,
and worship him that made the heaven and the earth, and the sea
and the fountains of waters. I find it very interesting that this way that
the message is communicated mirrors in some ways what God taught us in the Ten
Commandments, when it says that he wants us to remember the Sabbath day to
keep it holy. Sixth days, shalt thou labor and do all thy work.
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord, thy God.
In it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made
the heavens and the earth. Wait a minute, there we go again with
his creatorship, who made heaven and earth, the sea in the springs of
order. In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea,
and all that in them is. And on the seventh day, our God
he rested, and he wants us to also to rest with him. He
rested. Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day. And what else did he
do brothers and sisters. According to Exodus chapter twenty, verses eight three eleven,
he made it holy. He made it holy. How can I say
that something that God made holy is not holy? I think Peter was given
that discussion when God told him to go to the Gentiles and to teach the
gospel. Yes, he said that you know what I call holy, you
must not call unholy. He was talking about people, okay. And so
God made the time holy and he wants us to deepen our reverence and worship
for him. He is separating us from others. He is making it clear.
As he said in the Book of Malachi, chapter three, the closing
verses, he said, I'm going to basically draw a line in the sand,
and I'm going to show who are my people in verses who are not
my people? Align my life is what I'm saying to me today. I
hope you're saying it to you. Align my life with the Divine principles and
His commandments. I think the Bible teaches us in Deuteronomy chapter twenty eight,
beginning at verse one all the way to verse fourteen, that those who keep
his laws, his statutes, his judgments. There's blessing, blessing, blessing,
blessing, blessing, to the point that it can overwhelm us in a
good way. And for those who choose to turn our backs on God and
his truths and what He has taught us, and his statutes, his judgments,
his commandments, then there is the commensurate cursing. And it's like,
well, why would you tell me that? Right here, Dave, because
God said it. I'm just repeating what God said. I'm repeating what God
said. And so here is another thought from Revelation, chapter fourteen and verse
eight, and the Bible reads, and there followed another angel saying, Babylon
is fallen. It's fallen that great city because she made all nations drink of
the wine of the wrath of her fornication. So that angel is teaching us
that all of confusion has been exposed, spiritual confusion, all of people trying
to find a way to make an artificial way into the presence of God,
like those who built the tower at Babel, confusion and the artificial connection with
God. The jig is up. Like the jig is up, God is
saying to his people that we cannot ignore his truth and still say that we
are as people. I say it just another way. When God teaches us
that his law is holy, is just, and is good. The truth
is that I'm carnal, sold under sin, and therefore I need a savior
who will rescue me from this body of death. And then I thank God,
why because he is the one who can transform my life and then put
me in a position where there is no more condemnation when I'm in Christ Jesus,
because I walk no longer according to the flesh, but according to the
spirit. Well, what does that have to do with us in these last
days? Here is the patience of the saints. The Bible says, here
are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. He's
given each of us a measure of faith. He is the author and finisher
of our faith, and those who are faithful to God, those who love
Him will accept his power to keep his commandments, including the fourth one.
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,