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 Tuesday, April sixteen, 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 the Great Controversy,
and our caption for today is safeguarded by the word. Safeguarded by the
word. We'll get into that in jil a moment, but first I'd like
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and fellowship. Let's go ahead 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 again. And I pray that
we will relish your word like we will hold your words so dear and true
to our hearts, that we will not sin against you. In Jesus name,
I pray, Amen and Amen again, well safeguarded by the word of
God. Now Jesus, Jesus, when he was just about done with his
mission on earth as a human, I wanted to be very specific and careful
as I as I share this. But as he was doing so, he
prayed what we should really be calling the Lord's prayer like that was that was
his prayer, like his prayer. I know, I'm really messing around with
your mind right there, But this is what Jesus prayed. He prayed to
the Lord, and one of the parts of his discussion had to do with
you, brothers and sisters. We call it the mediatorial or high priestly prayer
of Jesus, and it begins, well, this part of it begins here
in verse fifteen of the Book of John, chapter seventy seventeen. I pray
that thou shouldst take them. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out
of the world, but thou shouldest keep them from evil. They are not
of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctified them
through thy truth. This is one of my favorite passages. Right here.
Thy word is truth, lon Let me read it again. Let me read
it again from the New English translation. I am not asking you to take
them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil
one. See. This is Jesus speaking to his father as he knows he's
about to give his life, and it's going to be devastating and painful,
the separation that Jesus is about to feel and experience, the separation from God,
our fathers, as he takes on the guilt that is ours because he
never sinned, not even one time. But he took on the sin and
the shame and the guilt of all human beings on his back. And he
was preparing for that time, but he needed to talk to his father first.
This is one of the times that he spoke to his father's one of
the many, many, many times that he spoke to his father. And
I find it very intriguing, and not just intriguing. I'm endeared to God
because Jesus found it in him to talk to God about us. He understood
now through his human experience, what difficulty we face with temptations and trials,
with the false teachings of people who are supposed to be leading us. Jesus
spoke about it in John chapter ten, and we also referenced it yesterday when
the apostle was preparing the church for his own departure and say, hey,
listen, there were going to be people coming in from among you. Really
that are our wolves in sheep's clothing, And Jesus, knowing this, is
saying, but Father, I don't I'm not I'm not going to do I'm
going to I'm not going to pray like some people will pray in the last
days. If you all will permit me here, how will some people feel?
Like? The only way that God can preserve us is if he removes
us from trials. When you're in your deepest trials and tribulations, when you're
in your craziest, most difficult temptations, Remember Jesus prayed not that we would
be removed. Think about those young hebrew men Hannah and Ayah, Michel Azariah.
As they were thrown into the fiery furnace. God could have delivered them
so they didn't go there. As Daniel was thrown into the lions, then
God could have delivered him so he wouldn't have to go into the lion's den
at all. But in those two cases and many more that we could look
at in the Bible, God didn't deliver people. Some people from the trial,
from the temptation, from the heat, he delivered them through. And
he delivered them through because He was with them. And so Jesus is saying,
please, I'm not asking you to remove them from the world, but
I am asking you to keep them safe from the devil. They do not
belong to this world, just as I do not belong with the world.
I hear that people are identifying themselves as all kinds of stuff, all kinds
of staf plants and animals and all kinds of stuff. I identify myself as
a who knows what right? And I'm thinking, but how come Jesus was
so kind to identify himself as a human Yes, he was so kind to
identify himself as a human who was not of this world. And therefore these
humans filled with the same spirit Jesus speaking now that I am filled with huh,
covered by the same power that you Father are covering me, and having
the protection and guidance of angels that you have entrusted to these people. They
don't have to be removed from the world. You can protect them. And
I am not of this world, and I was protected. That means that
they can live like I lived. They can be victorious like I was victorious.
Huh. They can overcome and every way that I overcame, as I
battled the devil, every moment of my time, against the lust of the
flesh, against the lust of the and against the pride of life. Jesus
lived perfectly victoriously, so that you when you were reborn, when you were
reborn like me, when I and I am reborn by the spirit, that
we can be victorious in the same way. Let me keep reading, and
then it says verse seventeen, set them apart in the truth, set them
apart. The truth is special everybody. The truth is is God's words to
us. His word is truth. We read that in just a moment,
right, his ten commandments are truth. Yes, and Jesus himself is the
truth. We read about that the other day. But it says set them
apart. In the truth, your word is truth verse eighteen. This time,
just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into
the world, and I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they
two may be truly set apart. And so God has given us his word,
the infallible revelation of his will, so that we can live by those
words. And the Bible says that it is inspired by God. The scriptures,
the entire Scripture is inspired by God. It is breathed by God.
It is profitable for doctrine. And I don't want you to be afraid of
that term. That is Bible teaching, simply Bible teaching. I know that
even the Fellowship of Believers that I'm attached to make it seem like doctrine is
a certain set of teachings in the Bible, twenty eight of them. No,
no, no, no, no. Doctrine is the Bible teaching,
full stop. So it is profitable for Bible teaching, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness, so that people of God may be perfect.
Huh. Just like Jesus truly furnished to all good works, so we
are able to do good works. We are able to be holy, We
are able to be perfect. For God, our Father, is perfect,
for Jesus is perfect. I wish I had the time to deal with what
that actually means. What the truth is that God has given his word,
He has breathed it into our lives and written it on our fleshy heart tables.
If we are willing to receive it so that we can live like Jesus
live. You understand that is the safeguard. So embrace the word of God,
Jesus Christ. H Embrace the word of God, the Ten Commandments law,
embrace the word of God, the entire compositive scriptures, and you will
be safe. Wonderful day. 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.