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, June sixteen,
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 how to study Bible Prophecy, and our caption
for today is worshiping the image.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: Oh, worshiping the image. When you see yourself in the mirror,
do you worship that image? Oh? Don't do that. Before
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Let's go ahead and pray and then get underway bother
in heaven. Thank you for giving us the privilege of
being called by your name, and thank you for giving
us giving us the blueprint, the blueprint to connection with you.
I pray now that you will teach us to serve
you with everything we have today, everything that we are
in Jesus' name, I pray Amen and Amen again. I
just want to begin with Jesus is the only one
worthy of worship. And of course when I say that,
I'm speaking about God like all of the family, in
that case, God the Father, God the Son, God, the
Holy Ghost. But God has shown us that there is
no name under heaven given among men whereby we must
be saved, and that's by the name of Jesus, right.
And so when we have an opportunity to worship, we
should be thinking, is this God or something else? Is
it something we've contrived, Is it the way that we
use our time that we worship, Is it some other paradigm?
That people say all roads lead to the Creator, which
that is, it could never be true because God has
given us the pathway. God has given us the privilege
of experiencing him, and when we experience him, we can
see very clearly that he is worthy of worship. And
so in Daniel chapter three we see that nebuchad Nezar
didn't bel leave, that he didn't agree with that. He
worshiped himself and he wanted others to worship him, and
so he erected a golden altar to himself, really an
image of gold. And in Daniel chapter three and verse one,
the Bible says that nebiculd Nezar the king, made an
image of gold. It was a pride within him that
challenged God's authority. And the same way that Lucifer challenged
the authority of God when he lived in heaven and
had lost his connection, he erected a paradigm. And so
the lesson here is that nebiculd Nezar he erected or
exalted human power over divine truth. That's what he did
when God had given him the reality that he was
the head of gold. As we talked about the other day,
he said, no, I'm the entire image. Whatever you say
about what's coming next, I reject that. And so the
action for me, though for you, is not just to
look back at the story and say, look at what
Nebuchadnezzar had done. Don't look into just the new cycle
today and say look at what these particular leaders around
the world may be doing wrong, but at myself, like
I need to be looking at myself and be cautious
of any mindset. And maybe cautious is not even strong
enough word personal or national that exalts me or anything
else above what God said. And then in Daniel chapter three,
verses four and five, it says you to you, it
is commanded ye fall down and worship the golden image.
Human power demands conformity, Human authoritarian power demands and commands conformity. Well,
the world will always pressure God's people to conform. But
what God says is that we have the privilege of
choosing loyalty to hit Adam and Eve didn't do that
when they chose to eat the fruit that God forbade,
and I can go down through history and see most
of God's people during the scene that we're actually considering
today chose the wrong direction. Those individuals chose to be
loyal to, if not loyal fearful of Nebuchadnezzar, and they bowed.
But Hannah Andanaiah, Azararah Micheal did not bow. I think
Daniel was not around, But if he had been there,
he wouldn't have bowed, you see. And so in Daniel
chapter three and verse six we see whoso far if
not down and worship, shall the same hour be cast
in the midst of a burning, fiery furnace. The lesson
for me is that it wasn't only about loyalty the
king to the king, but it was about worship. The
loyalty to the king was in a side. It was
about worship. When I do things that are contra tray
to God's will, then I'm worshiping something or someone other
than Him. And so for me, I need to test
everything by the first Commandment? Who are what do I
bow to? The first Commandment? Have no other gods before me?
That's what God said, And I need to test everything
I think and do by that standard. Now, before we
go too far afield, I want to make some last
day parallels. Some last day parallels. Let's go back. Let's
go back to chapter three and verse five, ye fall
down and worship the image that Nebuchadnezzer Hath set up.
In Revelation chapter thirteen, verse fifteen, it says, and cause
that as many as would not worship the image of
the beast should be killed. We have seen that religio
political powers erect a false Sabbath in the last days,
to the degree exalted, to the degree trying to replace
the Seventh Day Sabbath with a different paradigm, to the
degree that if people choose not to exalt that false Sabbath,
they should be killed. It says it right there in
the scriptures. I wish I had the time to go
through Daniel in Revelation, but I don't, So I want
you to take your browser to Sabbathtruth dot com or
dot org so that you can see the entire history
and story of this controversy. But what we need to
think about then, whether it is ancient Babylon or in
the last days, forced worship of a false system will
be the defining issue resolve now. We need to resolve
within ourselves now to only worship God. It's very simple,
until it's not. Uh oh, yeah, we let's run along.
Verse six. Again, whoso falleth not down and worship it,
worship show, I'll be cast into the midst of the burning,
fiery furnace. And it says the same thing in thirteen Revelation,
chapter thirteen and verse fifteen. And for me, the application
is the choice is life or loyalty? Life or loyalty.
God's people will face death, but they will never face
it alone. Just like the three Hebrew boys and Anaya
Michel as a riot. They did not face what they
were about to experience alone. Okay. And again in verse
twelve of Daniel chapter three, we see these men. They
were reported by people who were supposed to be on
the same team. I wish I had the time these
men shall they serve not Thy gods, nor worship the
Golden image. So they're being reported on. Look at what
they're doing. These are the people you have chosen, These
are the ones in your cabinet. These are the ones
that are closest to you. And look at them. They
don't worship as you have commanded o King. Revelation fourteen
and verse twelve. The Bible says, here are they that
keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus.
And so my application is the faithful will always stand out.
The pressure to blend in will be enormous. Hold the line,
hold the line, do not conform in Jesus' name, do
not conform, and let's just go with one more. God
delivers his faithful and Daniel chapter three and verse twenty five.
Revelation chapter fifteen and verse two. We see that God
does not keep us always from the fire, but ultimately
he saves us in the end. Make it a great day, 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,