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 Tuesday, September two,
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 through the Book of Exodus, and our caption
for today is power to Obey. I said power to Obey.
God gives us this. Before we get into that, I'd
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faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, Father, thank
you for giving us the power to do your will
in Jesus name. I pray Amen and Amen again. So
a couple of months ago, I was in a church
in Kingston, Jamaica where we were having the discussion about
and it was coming in from the Book of Romans.
I think we were in chapter ten if I'm correct
about Romans chapter ten, and it was a discussion about
the law and how we can't keep the law in
order to earn salvation. So that is the basic premise.
It's almost like a foregone conclusion in twenty twenty five.
But I guess there are some people who still think
that they can earn their way to salvation, like that
they can earn by being plant based, implant based. Our
family and household we are plant based. We think or
do we think we can earn salvation by doing that,
like we believe in the seventh day Sabbath of the
Lord our God as as a sign between us and
God that he's the one that sanctifies us. But do
I try to keep. It's not possible, But do I
try to keep the Sabbath in order to get brownie
points with God so he can pat me on the
back and say good job, and then say, because you've
done such a good job, I'm going to save you. No,
that's not how this works. We are saved by grace
through faith, and that not of ourselves, like not of works,
lest any one of us should both. So God doesn't
owe us something as if we worked for twenty nine days,
thirty days, thirty one days, and because we worked, then
God owes us a paycheck. No, that's not how this
thing works. But then the discussion turned into something even better,
where we have to resolve whether God is able to
actually keep us from falling. I think in the Book
of Juw chapter in the Book of Jude, verse twenty four,
the Bible says in the Benediction, now unto him that
is able to keep us from falling and present us
faultless before the presence with exceeding joy like Jesus Christ.
Is he able in fact and indeed to give us
the strength to obey him? Yes or no? That is
the question. We can't earn salvation that's resolved. But can
we actually do God's word? Can we actually live in
a position where we are obedient to God in real life? Now,
the Bible says in First John chapter two, beginning at
verse one, my little children, these things rite, I unto
you that ye sin not. So God is putting us
in a position where, once we receive the new birth experience,
we are able to live above sin. But I said
able to, But there are times that you may stumble
or fall or jump. God forbid into sin. After you've
been reborn. You started to look at your feet instead
of looking at Christ and the storm of life, and
then began to drown. And so he said, my little children,
these things right, I unto you that ye sin not.
And if any person sins, you have an advocate with
the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous, so he can put
us back on the right pathway. But again, the fact
that we can sin after we are reborn doesn't mean
that we must. Somebody listened to me this morning under
the Holy Ghost. The fact that we can sin until
probation has closed on planet Earth, where the filthy filthy
remain filthy, where the righteous righteous remain righteous. Still in
the words of the prophet John. The fact that we
can sin doesn't mean that we are bound and must sin.
That is not the reality of the believer. I wish
I had the time so power to obey. We learn
a few lessons as we continue in this discussion. Lesson
number one comes in from Ezekiel, chapter thirty six. Somebody's
catching up right now and verse twenty six, and the
Bible reads a new heart? Also will I give you?
Is God giving you a new heart?
Speaker 1: Yes?
Speaker 2: Or no? What was wrong with the old one? The
old one was after the likeness of Adam in Genesis
chapter five. Chapter five says that his offspring were in
his image. That was the first problem. So God is
giving us a new heart because that which is born
of flesh is flesh. That which is born of spirit
is spirit. Y'all listen to this this morning, and a
new spirit will I put in you? And I will
take away He said, He's gonna take away the old
stony heart out of your flesh, and God will give
you a heart of flesh. God doesn't ask us to
obey with what we don't have. He begins by transforming
the essence of who we are, the core of who
we are the minds that He has given to us
through the new birth experience is a good way to begin.
A responsive heart comes before a consistent walk. A responsive
heart comes before a consistent walk. You're putting God on
trial and saying God forbid that he is not able
to keep us. When you say that no human can
do God's will. The action step is to ask God
in prayer every single morning that you wake, replace your
hardness with His softness. Surrender your motives before your actions.
Lesson number two. You're going to have to rewind this
one today. I promise you. It comes in from the
next verse thirty six, verse twenty seven, and I will
put my spirit within you. Is God's spirit within you?
Yes or no? It's a simple question. And cause you
to walk? To do what walk he will do? What
caused you to walk? In my statutes? And you shall
keep my judgments and do them? Is he able? Yes
or no? I want you. I'm going to challenge you
to study Ezekiel chapter thirty six alongside Romans chapter eight. Yeah.
So the law points the way out like we talked
about that from the Book of James a couple of
several days ago. Right, So it points the way out.
But the Holy Ghost gives us the strength. God does
not expect what he's not already enabled us to do.
You understand, like what he first gives, then he requires. Okay,
If you say that we have to be have faith,
He's the author and finisher of our faith. If you
say that we need to love God, then the Bible says,
we love him be cause he first loved us. So
he's the cause of our ability to love. If you
say that we have to be obedient, the Bible says
that He condemned. Jesus condemned sin in the flesh in
order that the righteousness of the law might be fully
met in us, fulfilled in us who walk not according
to the flesh, but according to the spirit. If you
say that we have to repent, the Bible says that
he gives us. He gives us the gift of repentance
in Romans chapter two and verse four. So every little
thing that God requires of us, he first gives us.
And then finally, finally from verse twenty eight, and ye
shall dwell in the land that I give to your fathers,
and ye shall be my people, and I will be
your God. Obedience is not a latter to God. It
is the fruit of walking with him. When he is
truly our God, his priorities become ours. Make it a
great day. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.
Speaker 1: 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.