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 Wednesday, March five,
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 under the caption the
Temporary Ruler of this World, The Temporary Ruler of this World.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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Father in heaven, we do thank you for giving us
this day and for the opportunity to open up your word.
And I'm asking you to please fill us with your
holy spirit. Please teach us how to love you and
to serve you. Thank you for the opportun tunity, Father,
to come together in this way. Help us to trust
you and you alone in Jesus name, I pray, Amen
and Amen again the temporary ruler of this world. Okay.
So I'm going to just jump right in, jump right
in to the Bible passages here that the lesson writer
highlighted first in John chapter twelve and verse thirty one.
The Bible reads, now is the judgment of this world?
Now shall the prince of this world be cast out?
So immediately we see that the prince of this world
is temporary. How do we know? Because the text says
it right there, He's going to be cast out. Wait
a minute, cast out. I think we've heard this language before.
In Revelation chapter twelve, the Bible says that there was
war in heaven. Yell and his angels fought against the
dragon and his angels, and the devil or the dragon
and his angels were cast out of heaven. There was
no place found for them. Then the Bible says, rejoice
ye heavens and those that dwell there, because the devil
is gone, like he has been cast out. But then
the Bible says, whoe woe unto the inhabitants of the
earth and of the sea. Why because the devil has
come down unto you, having great wrath. Okay, So I'm
thankful that even though the text says in the Revelation,
John is the one who authored that book too, woe
to us down here, that Jesus says, this is temporary.
The woe that you experience at work, when when you
have gossipers and politrickers and people who don't mean you
any good, that's temporary. Ah, The woe in your relationship
where there are some people that are just selfish full stop,
like they say they're for you, but they don't behave
and live like they are for you. That is temporary.
You see where I'm going. The health condition that you
are contending with today, and you have to go to
the doctor over and over. You have dialysis over and over,
you have chemotherory therapy, you have rady radiation treatment, proton treatment.
I got a brain freeze there for a moment. That
woe is temporary. Why because the devil is cast out?
Why is he going to be cast out because of
the judgment. You see, God has a faithful record of
everything that is going on. He is actually watching. In
the words of Take six, as they sung, he never sleeps,
he never slumbers. He watches me both night and day.
He never sleeps, he never slumbers. The reason I know, oh,
it is because he told me so. He told you
that the devil is going to be judged. He told
you that he's going to be cast out. How do
we know that his word is true? Well, what of
the ways is because he cast him out of heaven.
So if he could do that, he's gonna definitely do it. Here,
let me keep going, John chapter sixteen and verse eleven.
The Bible reads, of course we're breaking into a discussion,
but it's appropriate here of judgment, because the prince of
this world is what judged. The prince of this world
is judged. I don't have to say anything more. It's
just another passage to say the same thing. Tewo Corinthians,
chapter four and verse four. In whom the God lowercase
G of this world has blinded the minds of them
which believe not so, that means that the devil, who
is the quote god of this world. That means that
he is having temporary, limited rule of people who will
cooperate with him. The Bible says that he hath blinded
their minds that believe not.
Speaker 1: So.
Speaker 2: What is the antidote for the blinded mind? The blinded mindset,
the one that is deceived by the enemy. The antidote
is to no longer be bound to the devil. Believe God,
it says, those who believe not have blinded minds. So
we get to believe God. When God says it's this way,
then we believe him what he says in his word,
we believe him. Okay, let me keep going less the
light of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ. Now we
know with the basis of his word, the blinders coming
off comes by virtue of the glorious or that bright,
shining Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Bible says that the
Gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God unto
salvation to everyone who what believes, to everyone who believes.
If you want to live in light and not darkness,
believe God. If you want to overcome your besetting sins
and those things that have been really dogging your heels
for years and years, and you realize that that is
in your bloodline. Your daddy was this way, your grandmother
was this way, your great grandfather, your great great grandmother
on both sides, mothers on both sides were this way. Well,
the Bible says that we can believe in the glorious
Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God should
shine unto them. Luke Chapter four and verse six. And
the devil said, unto him, all this power will I
give unto you the glory of them, for that is
delivered to me, and to whomsoever I will give it.
Now the devil was lying. May I just say, yeah,
the Bible says he's the prince of this world. Yes,
the Bible says he's the lowercase g D of this world. Yeah,
it is not given unto him to give whomever he
wishes anything on planet Earth. Because he is temporary, he
is under judgment, and that judgment will finally be executed soon,
thank God. Ah. And yeah, God is always watching, he
will be cast out. So when he was tempting Jesus
in the wilderness, and he was saying, as he was
showing Jesus all of the kingdoms of the world in
the moment of time, he wanted Jesus to worship him,
and he was promising something he could not provide. If
you worship me, then I will give you everything. You see.
There are some parties, let me just say, there are
some parties that have been in the news worldwide of
a music mogul in the United States of America, who,
like many before him, promised the world to people, to
artists and maybe even act and actresses promise the world
to them if they would only fill in the blank
something that is not godly. Well we see where that went.
So the devil's rule is temporary. God is always in
control and he will deliver his people ultimately. So guard
your mind, submit yourselves to God, and stay alert in prayer.
The Bible says, watch and pray that you enter not
into temptation. The spirit, indeed is willing. He was speaking
to one of our brothers, but the flesh is weak.
I'm taking this to heart that I will continue to
pray because I know that in my own flesh I'm weak.
Make it a great day, peace.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: 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,