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 Sunday. It's
February two, 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 in our
lesson study series, God's Love and Justice, and wouldn't you
know our caption for today is love and Justice. We'll
get into that in just a moment. I like to
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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
go ahead and pray. Father, we do thank you for
this day and for giving us your love. Help us
to understand your love and live in the fullness of
a good relationship with You Jesus name, I pray, Amen
and a man again. There is so much that we
just literally do not understand about God's love. We just don't.
And that's not a negative. It's our reality as limited
human beings. But may I just say this, as I
have shared with you before, Justice in the scriptures almost
all of the time means righteousness. So justice and righteousness
mean the same thing. And so where there is no justice.
There is no righteousness, you understand. So righteousness is what
is undergirding our discussion here, because because sometimes people misconstrue
what love is. Let me say that one more time.
People misconstrue what love is because sometimes they're seeking justice
at the expense of other people. Times, not understanding or
really living what justice is, they turn their backs on love,
true love. So justice according to God's principles means that, yes,
sin has to be extinguished from the earth one day
because love cannot prevail where righteousness is not prevailing. Okay,
so let me just go ahead and begin reading from
the Bible Book of Psalms, the Bible Book of Psalms,
chapter thirty three, and I'll read verse five. I'll read
verse five. He loveth righteousness and judgment. The earth is
full of the goodness of the Lord. Let me read
it from another version. The Lord loves justice and fairness.
He is full of the Lord's faithful love. Aren't you
glad that God loves justice and love and love. God
loves love justice. This sounds weird, Yeah, aren't you glad?
Because listen, if our baseline or our foundation is God,
then how in the world would we not live according
to his principles of love and justice. See, we don't
have to get mixed up in the way that we
talk about it in politics. We don't have to be
mixed up in the way that sometimes Christianese speaking people
get mixed up because we misapprehend the Bible. No, we
can just simply look to God. How does he live
where love and justice is concerned. Look at how he
dealt with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
after they both had sinned. You see the love of
God in full swing because he went there and he
reached out to the first human he created, Adam. He
represents the human race, and he goes, Adam, where are you?
And he's beginning to show Adam really where Adam is.
Not because God didn't know. He wanted Adam to know
that he was si paraded from him. He was naked, yes,
he was hiding. Yes, he was ashamed, Yes he was afraid. Yes,
But why because he turned us back on justice, He
turned us back on righteousness, and his love quotient dropped
through the bottom of his life. He no longer demonstrated
the love that God had put in him in order
to live a righteous life. You see, and so we
see also that he could have God could have extinguished
Adam and Eve, but he chose not to. He gave
them mercy. He gave them what they needed in order
to amend their ways. And so we see love and justice,
and of course mercy is all mixed up in there.
And perfectly God begins the journey of reconciliation. And in
Isaiah chapter sixty one and verse eight, the Bible reads,
for I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for
burnt offering. I will direct their work in truth. I
will make an everlasting covenant with them. Let me read
it again in another version, For I the Lord love
justice and hate robbery andson, I will faithfully reward my
loyal followers and make an eternal covenant with them. And
so the standard of righteousness the standard of God's covenant,
the ten Commandments law. In this case, he has said
that He under the New Covenant, has written them in
our hearts and on our minds. God writes the transcript
of his character the measure of righteousness in our new
spiritual DNA, so that we can actually learn to love God.
We can actually keep his commandments because they become a
part of who we are under the New Covenant. And
in Jeremiah chapter nine and verse twenty four, the Bible reads,
but let the one who boasts boast about this that
he understands and knows me, meaning God. For I the
Lord who promotes fairness and justice and righteousness in the earth.
For I delight in these things, declares the Lord Isa.
In an Psalm chapter eighty five and verse ten, the
Bible says, mercy and truth are met together. I gave
you an inkling of that a moment ago. Righteousness and
peace have kissed each other. That means they are they
are balanced, They are in perfect harmony and agreement. And
one more Psalm chapter eighty nine and verse fourteen, the
Bible reads, Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule. Aren't you glad
that God is characterized in this way? So that any ruler,
any king, any president, any prime minister, or leader of
a country can, if those individuals submit themselves to God,
can manifest the same thing. Equity and justice, huh, loyal
love and faithfulness. Anybody who is surrendered to God can
live according to these principles. I wish I had the
time to really deal with what I just said, and
so I'm thankful because human justice has been perverted, human
love has been watered down and spoiled, and now sometimes
people live according to those false premises, and then of
course that just reaks havoc in our lives. And so
what I want you to do really is to invest
some time and go to page ninety or eighty nine,
eighty nine and look at the relationship's application in our
Companion Guide, and I'll just give you a quick one
on the w What is important now? God's call to
love and justice extends to our relationships. We are to
treat others with fairness, kindness, and mercy, reflecting His character
in our interactions. So what are your relationships like? Are
they the ones in your home with your spouse, your children,
I'm with your parents are you? Are we talking about
relationships that you have in the gym or some other
exercise environment at work? What kinds of relationships are we
talking about? We have the privilege because God writes his
laws in our lives and our hearts to live according
to love and justice everywhere we go and in all
of our relationships. 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,