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 Monday, March nine,
twenty twenty six. 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 uniting Heaven and Earth christ in Philippians and Colossians,
and our caption for today is and Earthly net. Yes, what,
that's where I come from. I come from planet Earth.
I don't know where you come from. Well maybe I don't.
I don't know end Earthliness. Before we get into that,
I'd like to just say welcome to everyone joining us,
especially those joining us for the very first time. Thank
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This is one of the ways we continue to build
faith and fellowship. Let's pray and get underway. Father, we
thank you, Thank you for this day. Thank you for
giving us something to look forward to. I don't like
how it is down here anymore.
Speaker 1: God.
Speaker 2: I know that you have given us so many blessings,
but I'm tired of the way it is down here.
So please, will you give us heaven soon and then
we can have the New Earth. In Jesus' name, I
pray Amen and Amen again, And so Lord Jesus quickly come.
I'm tired of things the way they are. If you're
tired of planet Earth the way that it is. I
don't care how beautiful the country is, where you live,
the home you live in, what your bank account looks like.
There's always something that just really just really makes certain
things unpleasant. I don't know if it's it doesn't matter.
I don't have to go down the list. You know
what it is. And so I'm really looking forward to
the day that we can end this situation down here. Yeah,
I've never seen anybody with a placard or a picket
sign that said end earthliness. That's what I'm looking forward to,
ending earthliness. And so I'm going to begin I'm going
to begin by reading reading a quick quote. True victory
over sin comes only as the believer yields fully to
Christ's in dwelling life, not by human resolve. I can't
quite put my finger on exactly where this one is from,
but E. J. Wagner is purported to have said this
one more time. True victory over sin comes only as
the believer yields fully to Christ's indwelling life, not by
human resolve. Oh, this is good. So we're not talking
about willpower here, brothers and sisters. Hopefully that'll take some
of the pressure off of you. Mm hm. In Colassan,
chapter three and verse five, we read, so mortify or
put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth.
This is good. Put to death whatever in your nature
belongs to earth. Is it your temper? Put that to
death that belongs to the earth. Oh, my goodness, is
it anxiety? Put that to death that belongs to this earth?
Oh worry? Put that to death that belongs to this earth?
Are you getting it? Okay? Okay? Oh and here's a
list that the Bible writer gave us. Sexual immorality, Yeah,
put that to death that belongs to earth. Impurity, shameful passion, evil, desire,
and greed, which is idolatry. Put all of that stuff
to death. So earthliness is ended by death, not by management.
What does management look like? Management means trying to wean
yourself off of pornography. You're not gonna do it that way.
That's not what God wants. Trying to wean myself off
of saying bad words. That is not how this thing works.
Trying to wean myself off of road rage. That's not
about the work. Pride not going to work. God is
saying mortify those, put those to death by surrendering them
to God. So Paul doesn't call us to manage our
sinful impulses or negotiate with them. He calls for death.
Earthliness is not restrained through willpower, but ended through union
with Christ's death. Because believers have already died with Christ,
they are now empowered to put earthly practices to death
in lived experience. I know, take a deep breath, I said,
a mouthful. So please, would you identify one specific earthly
pattern you have tried to manage some examples in the beginning,
rather than putting to death and surrender it fully to
Christ today. M that's it. Yeah, lesson number two. It's sobering.
I know resurrection power makes mortification possible. Putting these things
to death? Are its possible? Because Jesus, when he took
his life back up again, he had the keys to
hell death in the grave in his hands. The Bible
reads in Romans chapter six and verse six. Knowing this,
we know that our old man was crucified with him,
so that the body of sin, which no longer would
excuse me, no longer dominate us, so that we would
no longer be enslaved to sin. You don't have to
be a slave no more. A slave. You should be
excited about this. You don't have to be bound to
the liquor bottle anymore. You don't have to be bound
to anxiety or spiritual pride anymore. You don't have to
be bound to abusing your spouse anymore. You don't have
to be bound to those entertainment patterns that you know
God is not pleased with anymore, because you have a
new life in Christ. And so the insight is to
command to mortify earthly desires is rooted the command to
mortify earthly desires is rooted in a completed spiritual reality.
Believers don't fight sin to gain life. You see how
that's backwards. Yeah, Christ came to give us life, and
that life more abundantly. That's the gift that he came
to give. We don't have to earn. We can't earn it.
We don't have to try to earn it. We don't
fight for it. That's not how it's attained. We receive
the life as a free gift and we continue to
cooperate with him. They fight from life already given. Resurrection
power does not remove temptation instantly, but it does remove
sin's authority. Victory flows from identity, that is our identity
with God not trying harder the next time. Okay, let's
take a deep breath and really think about what we
are saying. Sin has authority over human beings who have
not surrendered our will to God. So that means whenever
sin comes bump bump bump knocking at your door, God forbid.
But whenever that happens, that means you have to answer it.
You have to do the wickedness that is a temptation
to you when you don't have resurrection power working in
your life. And so today the action step for this
one is when temptation arises or comes bump bump knocking
at the door, as I described, a firm allowed that
you are no longer enslaved to sin, but alive with Christ. Lessen.
Number three and final, persistent earthliness invites condemnation? Who persistent
earthliness invites condemnation? May I just say this, simply surrender
your will. I will do the same to God. And
then we don't have to worry about condemnation because there's
no condemnation for those who are in Christ. Jesus 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,