1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:03,839 Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:07,759 much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy 3 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:11,560 for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,080 yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to 5 00:00:15,199 --> 00:00:19,000 keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,879 going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,920 today and receive the power we need to live healthy, 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,839 vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,079 author speaker Elle David Harris. 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Tuesday, September two, 11 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,600 twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris. 12 00:00:40,799 --> 00:00:43,719 I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion 13 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,759 where we give you God's word every single day, and 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,679 today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson 15 00:00:49,719 --> 00:00:52,640 study series through the Book of Exodus, and our caption 16 00:00:52,759 --> 00:00:58,719 for today is power to Obey. I said power to Obey. 17 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,960 God gives us this. Before we get into that, I'd 18 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,040 like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,159 joining us for the very first time. Please go over 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,120 to your Daily Portion dot com. 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So 28 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,079 a couple of months ago, I was in a church 29 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:45,000 in Kingston, Jamaica where we were having the discussion about 30 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,519 and it was coming in from the Book of Romans. 31 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,480 I think we were in chapter ten if I'm correct 32 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,319 about Romans chapter ten, and it was a discussion about 33 00:01:53,319 --> 00:01:56,239 the law and how we can't keep the law in 34 00:01:56,439 --> 00:01:59,840 order to earn salvation. So that is the basic premise. 35 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,200 It's almost like a foregone conclusion in twenty twenty five. 36 00:02:04,319 --> 00:02:07,319 But I guess there are some people who still think 37 00:02:07,359 --> 00:02:10,599 that they can earn their way to salvation, like that 38 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,199 they can earn by being plant based, implant based. Our 39 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,879 family and household we are plant based. We think or 40 00:02:17,879 --> 00:02:20,319 do we think we can earn salvation by doing that, 41 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:24,479 like we believe in the seventh day Sabbath of the 42 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:27,800 Lord our God as as a sign between us and 43 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,199 God that he's the one that sanctifies us. But do 44 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,800 I try to keep. It's not possible, But do I 45 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:38,560 try to keep the Sabbath in order to get brownie 46 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,719 points with God so he can pat me on the 47 00:02:40,759 --> 00:02:43,319 back and say good job, and then say, because you've 48 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,000 done such a good job, I'm going to save you. No, 49 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:49,520 that's not how this works. We are saved by grace 50 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:54,960 through faith, and that not of ourselves, like not of works, 51 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,400 lest any one of us should both. So God doesn't 52 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,280 owe us something as if we worked for twenty nine days, 53 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,560 thirty days, thirty one days, and because we worked, then 54 00:03:04,599 --> 00:03:07,400 God owes us a paycheck. No, that's not how this 55 00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:12,479 thing works. But then the discussion turned into something even better, 56 00:03:13,719 --> 00:03:18,319 where we have to resolve whether God is able to 57 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,080 actually keep us from falling. I think in the Book 58 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,960 of Juw chapter in the Book of Jude, verse twenty four, 59 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:29,479 the Bible says in the Benediction, now unto him that 60 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:33,439 is able to keep us from falling and present us 61 00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:37,479 faultless before the presence with exceeding joy like Jesus Christ. 62 00:03:37,759 --> 00:03:41,159 Is he able in fact and indeed to give us 63 00:03:41,199 --> 00:03:45,199 the strength to obey him? Yes or no? That is 64 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,479 the question. We can't earn salvation that's resolved. But can 65 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,159 we actually do God's word? Can we actually live in 66 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:59,039 a position where we are obedient to God in real life? Now, 67 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:03,919 the Bible says in First John chapter two, beginning at 68 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,400 verse one, my little children, these things rite, I unto 69 00:04:07,439 --> 00:04:10,800 you that ye sin not. So God is putting us 70 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:15,759 in a position where, once we receive the new birth experience, 71 00:04:15,879 --> 00:04:20,720 we are able to live above sin. But I said 72 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,160 able to, But there are times that you may stumble 73 00:04:24,399 --> 00:04:28,600 or fall or jump. God forbid into sin. After you've 74 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,480 been reborn. You started to look at your feet instead 75 00:04:31,519 --> 00:04:33,959 of looking at Christ and the storm of life, and 76 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,759 then began to drown. And so he said, my little children, 77 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,920 these things right, I unto you that ye sin not. 78 00:04:42,399 --> 00:04:47,720 And if any person sins, you have an advocate with 79 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,360 the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous, so he can put 80 00:04:51,439 --> 00:04:55,560 us back on the right pathway. But again, the fact 81 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,480 that we can sin after we are reborn doesn't mean 82 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:04,519 that we must. Somebody listened to me this morning under 83 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,439 the Holy Ghost. The fact that we can sin until 84 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,720 probation has closed on planet Earth, where the filthy filthy 85 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,319 remain filthy, where the righteous righteous remain righteous. Still in 86 00:05:17,399 --> 00:05:22,079 the words of the prophet John. The fact that we 87 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,959 can sin doesn't mean that we are bound and must sin. 88 00:05:26,519 --> 00:05:30,279 That is not the reality of the believer. I wish 89 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,120 I had the time so power to obey. We learn 90 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,199 a few lessons as we continue in this discussion. Lesson 91 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,720 number one comes in from Ezekiel, chapter thirty six. Somebody's 92 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,279 catching up right now and verse twenty six, and the 93 00:05:44,319 --> 00:05:47,480 Bible reads a new heart? Also will I give you? 94 00:05:48,319 --> 00:05:49,800 Is God giving you a new heart? 95 00:05:49,879 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: Yes? 96 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,319 Speaker 2: Or no? What was wrong with the old one? The 97 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:58,319 old one was after the likeness of Adam in Genesis 98 00:05:58,399 --> 00:06:02,720 chapter five. Chapter five says that his offspring were in 99 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,639 his image. That was the first problem. So God is 100 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,480 giving us a new heart because that which is born 101 00:06:08,519 --> 00:06:11,600 of flesh is flesh. That which is born of spirit 102 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,160 is spirit. Y'all listen to this this morning, and a 103 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:18,120 new spirit will I put in you? And I will 104 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:23,000 take away He said, He's gonna take away the old 105 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:28,759 stony heart out of your flesh, and God will give 106 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,759 you a heart of flesh. God doesn't ask us to 107 00:06:33,879 --> 00:06:38,800 obey with what we don't have. He begins by transforming 108 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,920 the essence of who we are, the core of who 109 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,600 we are the minds that He has given to us 110 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,199 through the new birth experience is a good way to begin. 111 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:55,240 A responsive heart comes before a consistent walk. A responsive 112 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:02,199 heart comes before a consistent walk. You're putting God on 113 00:07:02,439 --> 00:07:06,879 trial and saying God forbid that he is not able 114 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:10,839 to keep us. When you say that no human can 115 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:16,839 do God's will. The action step is to ask God 116 00:07:16,879 --> 00:07:23,079 in prayer every single morning that you wake, replace your 117 00:07:23,199 --> 00:07:30,759 hardness with His softness. Surrender your motives before your actions. 118 00:07:30,879 --> 00:07:33,600 Lesson number two. You're going to have to rewind this 119 00:07:33,639 --> 00:07:36,759 one today. I promise you. It comes in from the 120 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,759 next verse thirty six, verse twenty seven, and I will 121 00:07:40,759 --> 00:07:44,399 put my spirit within you. Is God's spirit within you? 122 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,040 Yes or no? It's a simple question. And cause you 123 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,240 to walk? To do what walk he will do? What 124 00:07:51,439 --> 00:07:56,560 caused you to walk? In my statutes? And you shall 125 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:02,600 keep my judgments and do them? Is he able? Yes 126 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,759 or no? I want you. I'm going to challenge you 127 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:14,040 to study Ezekiel chapter thirty six alongside Romans chapter eight. Yeah. 128 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,560 So the law points the way out like we talked 129 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,720 about that from the Book of James a couple of 130 00:08:19,959 --> 00:08:23,079 several days ago. Right, So it points the way out. 131 00:08:23,079 --> 00:08:26,160 But the Holy Ghost gives us the strength. God does 132 00:08:26,279 --> 00:08:29,639 not expect what he's not already enabled us to do. 133 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:34,679 You understand, like what he first gives, then he requires. Okay, 134 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:37,759 If you say that we have to be have faith, 135 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,399 He's the author and finisher of our faith. If you 136 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,879 say that we need to love God, then the Bible says, 137 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:45,840 we love him be cause he first loved us. So 138 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,639 he's the cause of our ability to love. If you 139 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,120 say that we have to be obedient, the Bible says 140 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:55,200 that He condemned. Jesus condemned sin in the flesh in 141 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,679 order that the righteousness of the law might be fully 142 00:08:59,159 --> 00:09:02,559 met in us, fulfilled in us who walk not according 143 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,279 to the flesh, but according to the spirit. If you 144 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,759 say that we have to repent, the Bible says that 145 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,960 he gives us. He gives us the gift of repentance 146 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,200 in Romans chapter two and verse four. So every little 147 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:19,360 thing that God requires of us, he first gives us. 148 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,159 And then finally, finally from verse twenty eight, and ye 149 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,639 shall dwell in the land that I give to your fathers, 150 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,759 and ye shall be my people, and I will be 151 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:36,440 your God. Obedience is not a latter to God. It 152 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:40,279 is the fruit of walking with him. When he is 153 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:44,440 truly our God, his priorities become ours. Make it a 154 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,720 great day. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. 155 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by 156 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,679 every word that comes from the mouth of God. This 157 00:09:53,759 --> 00:09:57,200 has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make 158 00:09:57,279 --> 00:10:00,279 it a great day. Yeah.