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.
Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.
Speaker 1: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Thursday. It's
March 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, God's Love and Justice just
a couple more days here, and our caption for today
is above all love one another, Above all love one another.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.
Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us the opportunity
to open up your word again today. Teach us to
love like Jesus loves in Jesus name, I pray, Amen
and Amen again. Let's begin with the first sentence of
the lesson writer's paragraph. It says here, if love is
the fulfillment of the law. I like where this is going,
then one cannot keep God's law in the full sense,
simply by refraining from doing things. I'm going to read
that again for those in the back. Okay, if love
is the fulfillment of the law, then one cannot keep
God's law in the full sense simply by refraining from
doing things. You see. The problem that people have many
times is that we think that we can abstain our
way into holiness, we can stop our way into righteousness.
You see, there are things that we need to be avoiding.
There are things that we should completely stay away from,
and we feel like like, if we do that, then
we will be seen as holy. But the fact is,
whereas we should be staying away from a lot of
the things that we're saying, I mean, do we really
need to talk about lying, cheating, stealing? Do we really
need to talk about bad words and abusing people? Like?
It's obvious that we need to at all costs avoid
these things. Avoid pride like the plague, like avoid gossip
like the plague. We must do that. But if we do,
and when we do, it doesn't make us any more holy.
And you're like, hold on, Dave, where are we gone
with this thing? The truth is, holiness comes from God,
not from abstinence. Somebody just got it. Holiness comes from God,
not from abstinence, okay. And so what we want to
do is yield our will to God. And when we
yield our will, God gives us both to will and
to do of his good pleasure. He is the one
that makes us holy, not our own actions. Okay. And
so we're going to read now since we have that
framework from the Bible Book of James, chapter two, James
chapter two, and I will read beginning at verse one,
and the Bible reads, my brethren, have not the faith
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory with
respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly
a man with gold ring or goodly apparel, or there
come in and also a poor man in vile raiment,
and ye have respect to him that weareth the happy clothing,
and say unto him, sit thou here in a good place,
And say to the poor, stand thou there, or sit
under the under my footstool. Are you not then being
partial in yourselves? And are become judges of evil thoughts? Hearken,
my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of
this world? Rich in faith? And heirs of the kingdom,
which he hath promised to them that love him. But
ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress
you and draw you before the judgment seats. Do not
they blaspheme and blaspheme that worthy name by which ye
are called. If ye fulfill the royal law according to
the scripture, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, you
do well. But if ye have respect to persons, ye
commit sin and are convinced of the law. And as
excuse me, transgressors. Okay, I think the message is simple,
even though the language may have been confusing to some
of us. The law of God is very clear, very simple,
and principally we are never to be partial. God wants
us to be impartial. Not because somebody looks like they
have money or they actually have means should we give
them preference or be different toward them. Not because somebody
looks like they have less means that we should somehow
treat them with to despise them. No, God is saying
that when we see people, we need to see Jesus
in the people you see in another place, He said,
as you have done it unto the least of these,
my brethren, ye have done it unto me when I
had When I had a need of clothing, did you
come and clothe me? When I had a need of
food or shelter? Did you give me food or help
me find somewhere to live? Like when I had these
needs and I seemed to be among the welfare class
in these communities, how did you treat me? How did
you treat me when I looked like I was rich
and increased with goods? You see, God is saying, no
matter how a person looks for our perception of them,
they were created by God, and we should treat them
with the love that God would have treated them with.
And the Bible reads in First John, chapter three and
verse fifteen, my little children, let us not love in word.
We see, we talk about it a lot, We even
do Bible studies like these. And everybody says amen, and
maybe even looks around at maybe one of our neighbors
and said, boy, I remember when you did that thing wrong,
And don't say it, but we're thinking it. Well, yeah,
he's talking to all of us, my little children, let
us not love in word like, don't talk about it,
be about it, neither in tongue, but in deed and
in truth in Acts chapter ten. In Acts chapter ten,
we see another principle of no discrimination, beginning at verse
thirty four. Then Peter opened his mouth and said, of
a truth, I perceive that God is no respector of persons.
But in every nation, he that feareth Him, or respects
God and worketh righteousness is accepted or welcomed by Him.
And then we have love shows no partiality. We've said it,
but let's read it from another passage from Romans chapter two,
verse eleven. For there is no partiality with God. Isn't
that very clear? For there is no respect of persons
with God? And so how do we apply this? Well,
let me just give seven quick tips. Love goes beyond
avoiding evil. Love actively seeks good, Love treats all people equally.
Love shows practical care, Love reflects God's character. Love searches
and reaches beyond the four walls of what we call
the church. And then, of course love demonstrates true faith. Yeah,
above all, love one another. But we need to love
like Jesus love. You know how to do it. If not,
just ask him. 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,