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 Sabbath. It's
February twenty two, 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, God's Love and Justice. We're
coming in with lesson number nine under the caption the
Cosmic Conflent, the Cosmic Conflict. Before we get into that
this Sabbath morning, i'd like to say welcome to you
and ask you to go over to your Daily Portion
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faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then
we will get underway. Father in heaven, we do thank
you for winning the conflict. I thank you for giving
us the fullness of your spirit for these days. Please
help us to receive him in Jesus name. I pray,
Amen and Amen again. The cosmic conflict. Now that sounds ominous,
and I think indeed it is this time. I think
it is like sometimes we say things for effect, but no,
this is real. The conflict is real, and I'm thankful
that God has already shown us the end of the story.
He's also shown us what he did in heaven. When
the conflicts started with Lucifer, Lucifer decided that he wanted
to be he wanted to replace God. Lucifer decided that
he wanted to place replace God, and God had to
deal with that situation as it really was, and unfortunately
Lucifer and his cohorts, they they decided that they did
not want to repent, and the Bible says there was
war in heaven, and of course Mikael and his angels
fought against the dragon and his angels, and of course
the dragon loses his evil angels and him. They go
and get kicked out of heaven. But they live. They
they they I'm not going to say live. But what
they what they do is they antagonize the humans on
planet Earth. Now that's what they're doing. That's their job,
antagonize human beings. And they attempt to get us separated
from God, our father. And so I'm thankful that God
gave us the end of the story, like he showed
us that the devil loses one hundred percent of the
time when it's a war or a conflict with God.
So the question is today I'm talking about this Sabbath morning,
will you allow God to win this cosmic conflict in
your life? What I'm saying is, when you have to
make a decision in your personal life, spiritual life, your relationships,
your professional and financial life, Like when you have to
make decisions in all of these key areas, are you
going to listen to God or are you going to
listen to the enemy. Are you going to believe God
or are you going to believe the voice of the enemy.
That is the question with which we must contend every
single day, including on Sabbath. Like Sabbath is not a
utopia somewhere in on planet Earth where we are insulated
against the temptations of the enemy. But we do know
that since we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, and
we do indeed wrestle against principalities and powers, and the
rulers of the darkness of this age, and spiritual wickedness
and high places, we know that when we put on
God's entire armor, than we will be able to stand yes.
And so we read now from Genesis, chapter three and
verse fifteen, the response of God after the humans in
the garden of Eden decided to do what the devil
said instead of what God said. And so we read
now in that passage, and I will put enmity. That
means hostility, that's one of the ways that you can
define it. And I will put hostility between you and
the woman. So he is God. God is speaking to
the devil, the serpent through the serpent. But he's speaking
to the devil, okay. And I will put hostility between
you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed.
He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel.
And so God is telling the devil right then and
there that the seed which is Christ is going to
crush you. The seed is going to crush you. The
seed which is Christ is going to win. You will
lose in this cosmic conflict. Even though you will constantly
be nipping at the heels of God's people, You will
constantly be nipping at the heel of Even Jesus when
he lived on planet Earth, he was always on his heels,
tempting him, attempting to get Jesus off of his spiritual square,
his proverbial square, trying to get Jesus off task which
he came for, one thing, to seek and to save
that which was lost. And so I'm thankful that God
is so kind. I'm thankful that God is so kind
that he has given us the blueprint and also shown
us the outcome. Okay, and so I'm going to read
now from the Bible Book of Matthew, the Bible Book
of Matthew, chapter thirteen. Let's read from Matthew chapter thirteen,
beginning at verse twenty four. Oops. Matthew chapter thirteen. It'd
be great if I would listen to myself and then
begin at verse twenty four, and the Bible says in
another parable, put he forth unto them, saying, this is
Jesus speaking. The kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a
man which sowed good seed in his field while men slept.
His enemy came in so tears among the wheat, and
went his way. But when the blade was sprung up
and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tears. Also, of course,
we know the tears are not good. And the servants
of the household are came and said unto him, Sir,
didst thou not sow seed in thy field? From whence
then cometh the tears? And he said, unto them, an
enemy hath done this. See the devil is still planting
evil things among God's people. He is still planting evil
things on planet Earth. Okay, the Bible continues. The servants said,
unto him, wilt thou then that we go and gather
them up? And he said, nay, lest while ye gather
up the tears, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Let both grow together until the harvest. And in the
time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, gather
ye together first the tears, buying them in bundles to
burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. You see,
the devil is continually planting and sowing discord. He's planting
and sowing strife. You see that at your workplace. Sometimes
God forbids you see it in your home. Sometimes he
plants it just in your mind. And this war is
going on, and he is trying to get you to
doubt God. He is he is planting tears of bad mindset,
like he's planting tears of people who deliberately stir up
controversy while they are in and among God's people, And
God is saying, I'm gonna let them grow up. You
will have challenges. You will wonder why are these people
even here? Why are these thoughts creeping in among me?
Among us Ah. But at the appropriate time, as God
knows what his plan and his will is, he is
going to rip out the tears, burn them, and then
only what will be left is what God had planted. Now,
let me ask you a question. Are you on God's
side or not? Are you the fruit of the harvest
that God is going to take to heaven and then
plant in the earth made new one day? Or are
you a tear. It's something with which we must contend,
and God is so good to us that we can
choose never, never to be a tear, but always be
His wheat in order to win the conflict in our lives. Peace.
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 el David Harris. Make
it a great day. Yeah,