Speaker 1: 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.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning, it is Friday. It's
May nine, twenty twenty five. 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 how to study Bible Prophecy, and our
caption for today is the Worthy Lamb, The Worthy Lamb.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but before
we do, I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us,
especially those joining us for the very first time. Please
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to again apply the truths that we talk about every
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one of the ways that we continue to build faith
and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then we
will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for giving
us the privilege of being called by your name and
for your worthiness. You are holy. Please teach us, teach
us how the worthiness of Jesus Christ transforms our lives.
In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen, and a man again,
let me just say that there is no competition in heaven.
There is no competition in heaven. And so the scene
where I'm not going to go into it, but the
scene in Revelation chapters four and five where worship is
happening in chapter four, all of the beings, those created
beings that are pictured, there are worshiping God our Father.
And then in chapter five, the one who comes from
the midst of the throne, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, the
lion of the tribe of Judah, the worthy lamb of God,
which taketh away the sins of the world. He appears,
and then all of those creatures begin to worship Jesus.
There was no competition in heaven. I wish I really
had the time this morning to deal with that truth.
But God is so faithful, and you want to know, well,
how is he faithful? The question really is is Jesus
worthy in your life? Is he worthy in your life
and mine? Is he worthy in our lives? Now we're
going to read first from a quote from the book
Patriarchs and Prophets, page sixty three, and then I'll give
you some practical reality here, okay. And so it comes
this way. The broken Law of God demanded the life
of the sinner. In all the universe, there was but
one who could on behalf of humankind satisfy its claims.
Since the divine Law was as sacred, is as sacred
as God himself. Only one equal with God, only one
equal with God, our Father. Could make atonement for its transgression.
So the only way that we can be saved is
if the one who is equal to God, our Father,
gives his life in our place to atone for our sins.
I wish I had the time. This is Jesus. None
other than Jesus, none but Christ could redeem fallen humankind
from the curse of the law and bring him again
into harmony with Heaven. Christ would take upon himself the
guilt and shame of sin, sin so offensive to a
holy God that it must separate the Father and his son.
I want you to see Jesus in your mind on
the cross, when he's crying out, My God, My God,
why hast thou forsaken me? And my brother and friend
Eric Thomas said one time we were having a discussion.
He said, God never answered. The Father never answered. He
never answered. In all of these years that I've been
teaching this word, I've been writing for God's Church for years,
and it never even occurred to me that the Father
did not answer. He didn't answer. Well. In the Jordan
River he answered, he said, this is my beloved son,
and whom I am well pleased. In another place, he said,
this is my beloved son hear him, and so he
didn't need to answer. In that moment, Jesus needed to
feel separated, not that he was, but feel separated because
sin separates us from God. Sin separates us from God,
and so sin so offensive to a holy God that
it must separate the father and son. Christ would reach
to the depths of misery to rescue the ruined race,
that is the human race. Jesus went through a lot
to save us. Can I just say that? Can I
say that I wish I had the time. Let's jump
into the Bible and make this practical for us. Relationship
centric from the Bible Book of Luke in chapter eighteen
and verse one. The Bible reads and he spake a
parable unto them to this end, Men ought also to
pray and not faint. See what we're looking for now
in this moment, Understanding that Jesus Christ is worthy, Understanding
that he went through all of this, this darkness in
order to save us from our sins. Now, how do
we remain connected to him? Well, let's begin with prayer.
Men ought always to pray and to not faint. We
need to be in a continuous dialogue with God, continuous
relationship with God, just like Enoch. The Bible says that
he walked with him. Well, since I don't walk in
heavenly places, when I pray, do not bring God down
to me, but brings me up to Christ, up to
God our Father through Christ. And therefore now we are
seated with Christ Jesus in heavenly places when we pray.
So we need to practice the visible presence of God
and pray continually, and that will forge our connection with Him.
Of course, of course, in John chapter fourteen and verse fifteen,
many of us love to quote this in evangelistic series,
but we need to quote this to ourselves and our
own lives every morning that we awake, and every afternoon
that we pray again, and every evening that we pray again,
and any time in between where we are talking to God.
The Bible reads, if you love me, keep my commandments.
It doesn't make sense to just talk to God. It
doesn't make sense just to talk about God, but to
have the power of God in our lives, having submitted
to His will through this prayer, experience, this relationship with God,
seated with Christ Jesus in heavenly places where we can't
be there. If we're disobedient if it's a habit of
ours to turn our backs on God. When he says,
there is a person that you can be kind to
in this practical way, go do it right. Now. Here
is a way that you can yield your will to
me by faith. When you want to go left, and
I say, go right, and then turn and bend around
the corner and go back and reverse. God is saying
that if you love him, then he'll empower you to
do exactly what he said. And then from the Bible
Book of Galatians, chapter five, beginning at verse twenty two,
the Bible reads, but the fruit of the spirit, the
fruit of the spirit is love. That is a singular term, fruit,
not fruits with an s. Fruit of the spirit is love.
And now we can see how this love works out,
or the outworkings of this love. It's joy, it's peace,
it's long suffering, its gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness. That's power
under control by the way temperance against such there is
no law, that is no condemnation. And so when we
are praying, we have this right relationship with Christ. We're
seated with Christ Jesus in heavenly places. We are connecting
with him, and he is empowering us to actually do
his will, keep his commandments. The Bible is teaching us
that there is a fruit that will be manifest and
that fruit is love, and then all of the other
aspects that show us what love looks like. So Jesus
is worthy? Is he worthy in my life? Well? I
think we have some markers of whether we believe this
or not. Peace.
Speaker 1: 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,