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 Tuesday, January
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 in our
Lesson study series. God's love and grace are God's love?
What do I say? Why do I mix that up? Sometimes?
God's love and justice. And our caption for today is
righteous indignation. Righteous indignation. We'll get into that in just
a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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is one of the ways that we continue to build
faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then
we will get underway. Bother in heaven, thank you for
giving us this day our daily bread. Thank you for
giving us the model for holiness, for being holy. Thank
you for giving us the opportunity to talk to you
and be saved. I pray that we will assume your
character in our lives. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen
and Amen again, Oh My Holy in dig nation. Listen,
there was a time and I don't want to be
too triggering, so I'll just leave it as simple as that.
There was a time. Let me fix this mic for
the people who are watching online. Yeah, there was a
time when people were really confused all around the world
in media about what is holy indignation versus just human indignation.
Like there are people who take their indignation too far
and they're not being eyes honest and truthful. They are
not being honest and truthful about where this rage comes from.
Can I just say that there are times that we
try to blame God for how we behave and we
are firing in ways that God is not pleased. Bible
actually says Jesus said, like they're going to take you
and do all kinds of evil things to you, and
even take your lives, thinking that they're doing God's work.
And it's like what what? So you have heard it
said of them of old time, thou shalt not murder.
But I say unto you. Jesus said in Matthew chapter
five that if you have anger with your brother, and
I'll add by extension your sister without a cause, you
are in danger of the judgment. You're like, but, Dave,
is there anything wrong with being indignant? Is there anything
wrong with being angry. Bible says that we need to
be angry and sin not. Now, I know this is
going to take some of you for loop, but he's
telling you two things not to do. Can I say
that again? The Bible writer is teaching us two things
not to do. Go back to the text. You can
look it up, be angry and sin not. People are like, oh, okay,
well that means that I can just be angry as
long as I don't sin about it, right, And it's like, okay, yeah,
let me just go back to the text. He said, Okay,
therefore you need to put away all wrath, all anger,
and some more things on the list. And it's like
uh oh, and so you're talking too fast, Dave. What
does that mean? There is a kind of anger that
has has a human focus that does not please God.
See today we're going to talk about righteous indignation. There
are times when you see injustice against the life, the main,
the blind, the halt, against our children, against people we love,
the widows, our wives, people who are being disrespected. Like
when you see that, this should be a measure of
anger that is from God, our source. We're a resource. God,
our source, and Jesus He demonstrated that in Matthew, chapter
twenty one and verse twelve. The Bible says, Uh and
Jesus went into the Temple of God and cast out
all of them that sold and brought and bought in
the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers
and the seats of them that sold doves like these
individuals were making. We're monetizing ministry and limiting people who
did not have the kind of resources they needed in
order to provide sacrifice. They turned it into some kind
of monetize religion. And Jesus said, no, this is my
father's house, which is a house of prayer for all people.
But you have made it I dent of thieve. See,
his indignation was holy. Jesus shows his indignation towards those
who were corrupting the worship at God's house, you see,
And so this indignation was attached to holiness. This indignation
was about the name of God. This indignation was about
misrepresenting the character of God by people who are making
merchandise of ministry, making merchandise of coming closer and connecting
with God. Would he turn over the money changers in
some of our houses of worship. Would he turn over
the table of the money changers in some of our homes. Well,
that's for you to determine. But we see another example
with a human that is not Jesus in Exodus, chapter
thirty two and verse nineteen. The Bible reads, and it
came to pass as soon as he came nigh unto
the camp. You see, Moses was in the mount with God.
He's receiving a blessing. He's learning those ten ominous words,
those holy ten commandments that are now in a new
Covenant written in our hearts and on our minds, then
emblazoned on sapphire blue sapphire stones. I know somebody was like,
what did you just say blue? Yeah, they were not
beige or brown or gray. Blue sapphire stones cut right
from the throne of God. I wish I had the time,
But he's receiving that and the blueprint for the sanctuary,
the Kindergarten view of the plan of salvation before Jesus
lived on planet Earth. And so Moses is up there
in the mount and in the cloud and with God.
And it came to pass as soon as he came
nigh unto the camp and he saw the cast. See
now Aaron is down at the base of the mountain
building these people in idol, which is what to replace God.
We don't know where Moses is. You need to give
us something to worship. And this dude actually built them
a golden calf to quote replace God, Oh my word.
And so he saw the calf and the dancing, and
Moses's anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out
of his hands and break them. Beneath the mount You
see the people of God are worshiping another God before him,
the brother of Moses, who is really like the He
was the original of the priesthood. He is leading in
the charge in false worship, and Moses is receiving all
kinds of light and holiness from God. And they're down
there breaking every covenant, every law. They're breaking relationship with God.
And now he's angry in this case holy indignation. You see,
it was about the honor of God. And if we
looked at the story of Elijah and the prophets of
Baal and Astrooth, we would have seen it in that story.
We would have seen in Paul's ministry many times, like
in Galatians chapter one where he's correcting believers Jesus rebuking
the storm like Jesus demonstrates his authority over the storm, etc.
We see different times in Bible history where there is
indignation that's holy, so we need to ask God it's
mine holy.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, listening to 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,