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
February twenty eight, twenty twenty five. 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
our lesson study series God's Love and Justice, and our
caption for today is sin is the Devil's Fault. At
Sin is the Devil's Fault. We'll get into that in
just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome
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pray and then get underway. I know you're interested, you're curious. Yeah,
Father in Heaven, thank you for this day of preparation.
Thank you for the Sabbath that is drawing near. Father,
I just pray now that you will give us the
fullness of your holy spirit, that you will teach us
how to trust you, trust you and you alone. In
Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay, So
sin is the devil's fault. Don't cooperate with him. I said,
sin is the devil's fault, but don't cooperate with him. Now.
I know. When I was a young guy in the
seventies and eighties, there were people who committed all kinds
of crimes. They committed all kinds of crimes, and then
they would say, the devil made me do it. It's like, no,
he didn't make you do it. You had to cooperate.
There's no way that he could make you do anything.
And so when I say it's the devil's fault. I'm
not saying that your part, if God forbid, my part,
If God forbid, we choose to sin is his fault. No,
the presence of sin is his fault. So inflation, yeah,
we cooperate when that happens, But inflation is his fault.
Human trafficking, that's his fault. Global warming, high gas prices,
broken homes, your headaches, traffic jams, and any and other
any other inconvenience or trial or problem is the devil's fault.
But the question is am I cooperating with him? And
I would just say God forbid so so nothing. Oh,
let me tell you where I'm going to read this from.
This is from the book The Great Controversy, and it
reads nothing is more plainly taught in scripture than that
God is in no wise responsible for the entrance of sin.
Did you get that part? God did not bring sin
to you. He didn't bring sin to you. Let me
let me continue. Let me continue to read that there
was no arbitrary withdrawal of God's grace, no deficiency in
the divine government that gave occasion for the uprising of rebellion.
Sin is an intruder. Remember we read I think it
was just under a week ago when we were talking
about the wheat and the tears, and Jesus taught that
an enemy has has planted these tears, these weeds, these
things that are encroaching upon the good crops in the land. Okay,
and so it's an intruder for whose presence no reason
can be given. It is mysterious. I told you this
a couple of days ago. Unaccountable. To excuse it is
to defend it. Have you ever heard somebody say, I
understand why person X fill in the blank particular crime
because he or she needed to take care of his
or her family. And it's like, no, no, no, no no.
To excuse it is to defend it. He had he
Satan been imediately blotted from existence, they the inhabitants of
heaven and of the other worlds, would have served God
from fear rather than from love. And you're like the
other worlds, Yeah, the other worlds. And I'm not talking
about Mars. Yeah, I'm not talking about Mars. I wish
I had the time, Okay, maybe another time. The inflow
tu wents of the deceiver would not have been fully destroyed,
nor would the spirit of rebellion have been utterly eradicated.
You see, there are times that things have to run
their course. They have to run their course, and you're like,
but why would God let these things run their course
so that humans could see how bad this can get?
So that God can demonstrate how powerful he is to
overcome sin in your life if you choose to yield
your will to him. You see, God, God does more
than just restore, which restoration is amazing, but he does
more than just restore, because even if he restores us
on planet Earth, at some point we're going to die.
At some point before we die, we're going to experience
those things that I cited earlier. We're going to experience
human trafficking. We're going to experience abusive relationships, and global warming,
the effects of global warming. We're gonna experience inflation more
month than money. We're going to experience the crazy news
cycle with bad news after bad news after bad news.
In just twenty two minutes, we hear all of the
bad news of the world. You see. And so what
God does is beyond restoration. He gives us new hearts,
he gives us a new spirit, he gives us a
new destination at the end of our lives on planet Earth,
which is to live with God at the appropriate time
when Jesus comes back, We're going to live with God
forever in heaven. We'll live for a thousand years, and
then God is going to give us a new earth
wherein dwelleth righteousness. Yeah, Matthew chapter five says that the
meek shall inherit the earth. You see Revelation chapters twenty
through twenty two teach us that God is going to
recreate this place, and then He's going to wipe away
all tears from our eyes. He's going to remove with
remove death forever. No more death, no more crying, no
more pain. For the former things the Bible writer said
will be passed away. So what are we going to
do now? I'm going to get into that just in
a moment. In a moment, evil will must be permitted
to come to maturity for the good of the entire universe.
Through ceaseless ages. Satan must more fully develop his principles.
That is, charges against the Divine government might be seen
in their true light by all created beings, that the
justice and mercy of God and the immutability of His
law might forever be placed beyond all question. Now we
can see very clearly the contrast between God and his enemy.
Now I'm going into our Companion Guide. We're going into
the Companion Guide. Let's go to page one hundred and
forty and one hundred and forty seven, and again you
can get that one at your Daily Portion dot com.
We're going to apply this one at work. Okay, we
have four applications for people who don't are not familiar
with our guide, and we're going to look at the
professional application using the acronym win WIN. What is important
now in your work environment, it is crucial to maintain
integrity and resist the urge to participate in gossip. So
it's the devil's fault, but we don't have to participate
in it or division, which are often inspired by negative influences.
I shouldn't have said often it's always inspired that way. Okay,
number not number two, but the letter I internalize. The
insight reflect on your professional interactions. We all have them.
Have you noticed any situations where negativity or unfair judgment
seem to dominate? Think of those meetings, those board meetings,
those committee meetings, etc. Can you interact or counteract part
of me these influences with a christ Like attitude and finally,
en next best move? And what is the next best move?
Be a source of positivity and encouragement in your workplace.
When you encounter negativity, speak truth and love into the situation.
Pray for wisdom to handle difficult circumstances in a way
that reflects God's character. That's for the win, everybody, that
is for the win. We know that the sin problem
is God's is not God's fault. It is the devil's fault,
and we don't have to cooperate him with him. Make
it a great day, Feasts.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: Friends.
Speaker 1: 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 l. David Harris. Make
it a great day. Yeah,