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, April seven,
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 how to study Bible prophecy. We'll get into
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Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
day and for the opportunity to come together in this
manner to not just open your word, but to be
transformed by you through your word. I pray that we
will live the love that you have given to us
in Jesus name. I pray Amen and a men again,
understanding God's love. Understanding God's love. I will admit every
quarter order that we begin a new lesson study, I
have difficulty for the first one or two weeks as
I'm presenting, because the lesson is always teaching us foundational
teachings to get us in full swing, in full gear
as we run forward with the subsequent weeks. And sometimes
for me, I'm not saying anything's wrong with it, but
sometimes for me, it's the details that people get lost
in and we're not able to really connect with God
unless we do so intentionally. So I want you to
be intentional, and I think today's lesson more than just
it being sort of academic in nature is a good
principle because it's all about God and his love. So
I don't want you to focus of course, it says
understanding God's Love, but I don't want you to focus
on this, like you know, asking your device, what is
the definition of love? Next question? What we're looking for
is a connection with God. Because God so loved the
world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
God didn't send his son into the world to condemn
the world. Sometimes people feel condemned. Sometimes you hear voices
in your own minds from when you were young and
people only had condemnatory or critical things to say of you,
And I'm talking about unproductive critical things to say to
or about you, and you super impose. Sometimes we put
that on our relationship with God and we feel condemned
all of the time. But understanding God's Love says that
he didn't come to condemn us, but to transform us. Yes,
there are times that we will receive God's correction and
chastisement and reproof. Yes, there are many, many, many times
that we will have to turn away from our sin
and turn toward God because He loves us, and so
understanding the nature of love is the key and important
key to understanding Bible prophecy. So we read the end
of the story. Let me read now from the book
the Great Controversy. See the end of the story teaches
us this, the entire universe is clean. I'm looking forward
to that day. Yes, if you are looking forward to
the day that the entire universe is clean. There is
no more talk of crime or violence, no more sex,
inappropriate sex, money and murder like when if you're looking
forward to those days, go ahead and type of one
in the chat. The entire universe is clean. One pulse
of harmony and gladness beats through the vast creation from
Him who created all flow, life and light and gladness
throughout the realms of illimitable space, from the minutest atom
to the greatest world. All things animate and inanimate, in
their shadow, unshadowed beauty and perfect joy declare just one message.
You want to know what that message is? Here is
the one message that God is love. I'm looking forward
to the day that that is our reality. But until
then we hold on to the truth by faith that
God loves us so much that he gave us all
of heaven and one gift so that we can be
transformed and be saved and help others to do the same.
And so based on the story in Genesis chapter twenty two,
beginning at verse one, we are seeing the profound mention
of love. The first mention of quote love in the
Bible is found in Genesis twenty two. And I will
read just a couple of the verses, and it reads,
and it came to pass after these things that God
did tempt or test Abraham and said unto him Abraham,
and he said, behold here am I. And he said,
unto him, Take now thy son, thine only son whom thou.
What is the word? Here? Lovest? And get thee into
the land of Mariah and offer him there for a
burnt offering. Wait a minute, God is asking or commanding
Abraham to give his son as a sacrifice, the one
whom he loves. Yes, I wish I had the time
to deal with why Abraham found himself in this predicament.
It was because the father of the faithful wasn't as
faithful as we know that he became at some point
when God talked to him and to his wife about
the promise Sarah, about the promise of the son that
God would put into they're loins who would be the
basis of many great nations, A great nation. Yes, but
they did not believe God to the to the point
of action. And so and so now we have this test.
I wish I had the time. But the first mention
of love in this context shows us. Number one, God's sacrifice.
I said, God's sacrifice love, God's kind of love, his
brand of love, if you will, is sacrificial in nature.
And I already said it to you. For God so
loved the world that he was gave, He sacrificed, He
gave his only begotten son. That's the one of a
kind son, Jesus is one of a kind. And it
teaches us that love requires sacrifice. You say you love someone,
you say you're you love that woman, gentlemen you're about
to get married. Ladies, you say that you love that
that guy you're about to get married. Well, what does
it look like? Well, love requires a sort of sacrifice.
What am I investing? Who? What of myself am I giving?
And of course it's the highest love, the highest cost
that sacrifice. Giving what is dearest? What could be more
dear than Abraham's son? Are you serious? The Son of Promise,
the son that was a part of the whole controversy
in the end where Ishmael and Hagar and the discussion
of whether Iliezer's children could be a part of you
understand of this covenant situation. Giving what is dearest means
that godly love is sacrificial. Number two, it will be tested.
The Bible says that God did tempt or test Abraham.
Love proves genuine through trials. Is it real or is
it fake? Or counterfeit? Is it real or is it fake?
Love proves genuine through trials. Also, love is demonstrated by obedience.
We can't say we love God and then don't live
according to his commandments. I wish I had the time,
and then, of course love is stronger than self preservation.
Let me give you just a couple more principles. We
have run out of time. Love is costly. The prophetic
part is that God will give himself as the lamb
in the person of Jesus Christ. And then love has
an element of trust and it's responsive, and we see
God's character of love in this story, But do we
see his love in our lives? My answers yes.
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.
Speaker 2: Yeah,