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 Thursday. It's
March thirteen, 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 Justice, and our caption
for today is the vindication of God's names, of God's Name.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray,
and then we will get underway. Father, we do thank
you for giving us this new day. Thank you for
loving us. Thank you for making yourself so clear to
us that we would have to reject you, to miss
the message of love and of hope that you give us. Father,
Please help us to become now your ambassador, ambassadors in
Jesus name, I pray, Amen and amen again the vindication
of God's name. Okay, So we're going to begin. We're
going to begin by reading from the Bible Book of Romans, Romans,
chapter three, verses four, and well, I'll read the first
four verses, okay, Okay, So the Bible reads, therefore, what
advantage does the Jew have or what is the value
of circumcision? Of course, that we're jumping like headlong into
a conversation that's already happening, okay, And so let's just
use the term Jew in this case as the original
connected people of God in the context of their discussion, okay,
or what value the circumcision? Actually, there are many advantaged advantages.
First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles
of God. What then, if some did not believe? Does
their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God? Absolutely not. Let
God be proven true and every human being show up
as a liar, just as it is written, so that
you will be justified in your words and will prevail
when you are judged. I'll come back to that in
just a second. Let's read now from Isaiah chapter five,
verses three and four. Okay, And so the Bible reads,
So now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide
now between me and my vineyard, what more can I
do for you? Or what could I have done for
my vineyard beyond what I have already done. When I
waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it
produce sour grapes instead. We talked about that a little
bit the other day. So please scroll back two days
and get the fullness of that. And so here the
Bible is vindicating the character of God in a few ways.
Number One, God actually invites examination of his actions. And
I don't want us to go too far like God
is holy, he's just, He's good. One hundred percent of
the time. But he is inviting us into the conversation
and saying, what more could I do to save my people? Okay?
Number two, Human failure does not nullify God's faithfulness. You see,
the thing about God is that he doesn't operate like
humans do. He is over and above all things, blessed
be his name, And so sometimes people make it seem
as if God is handcuffed, like he is not able
to accomplish his will. The fact is, though, that there
are people that turn their backs on him. There are
people who have been called by his name, who have
decided that they don't want to live based on the
principles of his name. Talking about in twenty twenty five,
I'm talking about God forbid, I hope not some people
that may be listening to me and watching. Okay, and
yesterday I gave a quick blueprint about how to turn
toward God in a way from our sinfulness. So if
that's you, then God is speaking to you. I'm not
taking it for granted. Like sometimes God is calling the
people right to a platform, to a radio program, to
a podcast, onto social media or YouTube or something and
saying I want you to hear this message because I'm
calling you. I'm calling you into right relationship with me.
And so even still, human failure does not nullify God's faithfulness.
Number three, God's character stands true despite human unbelief. You
don't have to believe something for it to be true.
God is faithful. You don't have to believe it. I
believe it. If you believe that God is faithful, go
ahead and type it in the chat. I believe it.
I know and believe that God is holy at one
hundred percent of the time. But just because some humans
don't believe that doesn't mean that it's not true. God's
character stands despite human unbelief. Number four. God will be
justified in his words and actions. You see in due season, Ah,
God is going to reveal all things. But in the meantime,
we have the privilege of making decisions to serve him
based on what He has already revealed. You see, we
have the privilege of seeing God so loving us that
he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in
him would not perish but have everlasting life. It is
our privilege to believe him. It is our privilege to
embrace the love that he has had for us in
that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for the ungodly.
We can do this in the meantime, but in the end,
when people are still trying to put God on trial,
still trying to say why do good things happen to
bad people? Why do bad things happen to good people?
God is saying that his words will be justified, and
every being in the universe. Notice I did not just
say human beings, even the devil and his angels. Every
being in the universe will say just and true are
his ways at the appropriate time. Number five and final,
he will prevail. He will prevail. God will prevail. The
question is does he prevail in your life today? Does
He prevail in your life today? I'm thankful that God
is so good and you want to say, well, well,
how good is he? Dave? He is so good that
He is giving all of us an opportunity just about
eight minutes into our broadcast to be a manifestation of
His goodness. So people, when they see us, they see
that God is powerful enough to transform broken sinners into
holy saints. In Revelation chapter fifteen and verse three, the
Bible reads and they sing God's people in the end analysis,
they will sing the song of Moses, the Servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying, what's the song,
Brother John. Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God, Almighty,
Just and true are thy ways, Thou King of Saints.
I'm grateful. I'm grateful, and I want to read also
from Revelation chapter nineteen. Let me see how much I
can get out before we come to a swift close,
beginning at verse one. And after these things, I heard
a great voice of much people in saying, ah Lulujah,
salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord,
our God. And for true and righteous are his judgments.
For he hath judged the great whore, that is, the
people who masqueraded as His people but are not, which
did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged
the blood of his servants at her hand. And they
say again Hallelujah, and the smoke of rose up forever
and ever. And then the Bible continues with more praise
and more worship in the scene in verse six and final.
And I heard, as it were, the voice of a
great multitude, as the voice of many waters, as the
voice of mighty thundering saying Hallelujah for the Lord God,
omnipotent reigneth God's character.
Speaker 1: Will be 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,