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, April
twenty seven, 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 the very First Commandment, the very
first first Commandment. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day
and for the privilege we have to open up your
word and to hear from you and to be protected
by you. Father, Please give us the fullness of your
Holy spirit today. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. The very first commandment. Now, I just want
to give a quick caveat here. We're talking about the
first prohibitive commandment, okay, And when I say that, I'm
saying there is something that God said in the first
telling of the story here in Genesis, chapter one and
verse let's go with twenty seven and twenty eight, and
the Bible reads, So God created humankind or man in
his own image, and the image of God created he
him male and female created he them. And then the
Bible says, and God blessed them, and God said unto them,
be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth and subdue it,
and have dominion over the fish of the sea, over
the fall of the air, and over every living thing
that moveth upon the earth. And then the Bible continues
with a discussion. And so some people may say, well,
that is not a command. Well, God told them to
do this, all right. But when we talk about the
command in this context or commandment in this context, the
lesson writer is identifying a command that is a prohibition.
Look at what it says right here in the lesson
it says the first command a prohibition that God gave
to humankind. And why was it so important? So now
we move over to the second chapter, and now read
verse nine, sixteen and seventeen for now, and the Bible reads,
and out of the ground God made, or the Lord God.
And it says, and out of the ground made the
Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to
the sight and good for food, and the tree of
life also in the midst of the garden, and the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I had
lost my place. And the Bible says in verse sixteen,
and the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every
tree of the garden, thou mayest freely eat. But there
is a caveat verse seventeen. But of the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
of it, For in the day that thou eatst thereof
thou shalt surely die, okay. And so the Bible is
teaching us that God really does care about what we do. Right.
There is a song that we used to sing as children.
Oh be careful, little eyes what you see. Oh, be careful,
little mouth, what you say. No, be careful little feet
where you go. Be careful, little hands, what you do.
There's a father up above who is looking down in
tender love. Oh, be careful, little whatever it is what
we you understand now. And so God protects his people.
He's always protected us. Before there was ever a human sinner.
God was protecting us, protecting us from what, protecting us
from separating from him, protecting us from no longer being
inside of his will, protecting us from limiting ourselves to
time and not entering into eternity. God loves us so
much that he would protect us so he can insulate
our relationship throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity. And so
the Bible teaches us that he said, if if we
do eat that tree, eat anything for eat the fruit
from that tree, then we will surely die. And so
this is a test of faith and trust. I should say,
a test of trust. And I know that this text
comes after the fall. But in Hebrews chapter eleven and
verse six, the Bible says, for without faith, it is
impossible to please him. And so there is a faith requirement,
like if we're going to be in a right relationship
with God, then we need to believe him. There is
love that is a choice, and trust is an opportunity.
And of course this is all based on relationship with God.
So ask yourself the question like do I trust God?
And I'm saying you're looking yourself in the mirror, you're
looking at yourself in your camera and then seeing yourself
on the screen, and you're asking yourself like do you
trust God? And then, of course freedom does have a framework.
The Bible does teach us in Second Corinthians, chapter three
and verse seventeen, where the spirit of the Lord is
there is liberty. But God gives us this liberty within boundaries.
He's protecting us liberty within boundaries. He's protecting us choice.
The power of choice is essential. But God has taught
us what the right decisions would be liberty comes within limits.
Love requires freedom to choose. But again, if we choose
the wrong path, that is our choice or our decision
to make. And then, of course what ever comes as
a result is that two course. Love is the foundation
of keeping God's commands. God's commandments from the beginning of time,
and the Bible reads here in John chapter fourteen and
verse fifteen, if ye love me, then keep my commandments.
And this reveals that obedience shows love, like if we
love him, then we'll do what he says, because he'll
empower us to do so. Trust demonstrates faith and commands
protect us. Again, relationship is primary. God wants us to
be together with him throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.
And so when Adam and Eve chose to eat from
the tree that was not good for food, even though
Eve saw that it was good for food, if God
said don't eat it, then it couldn't be good for food.
It was good for all kinds of stuff, but not
for food. Why not because God said not to eat
from it. I wish I had the time, But she
saw that, and she saw that it was a tree
to be desire to make one wise and then she
took it, she ate it, and of course she gave
to her husband also he took it, he ate it.
And now we are in this mess. But I'm thankful
that God did not leave us in this mess without
a Messiah. Ooh, I think I just said something there.
God did not leave us in this mess without a messiah,
meaning Jesus. So why is this important? God has given
us the establishment of our free will. He wanted us
to demonstrate trust. But since we didn't trust him in
that analysis, now we need the Messiah. And he was
protecting our relationship through Jesus Christ. He's still protecting our
relationship with him. He showed the nature of love. He
sent clear boundaries. Those boundaries still exist today, and he
revealed the consequences when we make the wrong decision. And
so throughout history we see commands of God. We see it.
We see it here. Let me see in Israel's time,
the lesson writer says, millennia later, when Israel asks for
a king, the Lord laid out the consequences. And we
talked about that last week, and then the Bible is
going to teach us as we read through the next
several days. In the Book of Daniel. With this background
in mind, it can be enlightening, not only as the
march of Empires depicted in the book's visions and indictment
of the nations the Gentiles. It is also an indictment
of God's people's failures, their refusal to follow God's commandments.
But we know now the antidote. Follow what he says
and live with him forever.
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,