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
February twenty 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, and our
caption for today is Christ has Overcome the World. Christ
has overcome the World. Before I get into that, I'd
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Let's go ahead and pray and we will get underwagh.
Father in heaven, thank you for giving us this day
our daily bread. Thank you for showing us how to overcome.
Please make us overcomers in Jesus' name. I pray a
man and a man again. Christ has overcome the world.
I'm very excited to share this with you because because
sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the world. The Bible says
that we should Paul speaking, he said we should we
should not allow the world to squeeze us into its mold.
The Bible says that we should not be conformed to
this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our minds.
You see where this is going. And so I'm thankful
because Jesus already overcame the world so we can be
transformed and not have to worry about conforming to the
mold of this world. Okay, So I want to say
that because sometimes people are trying to figure out, like,
how in the world do we do this? How do
we do this? How do we do this? Jesus has
done it, and he has promised that he will be
with us that if we let this mind be in us,
which was also in Christ, Jesus, he will superimpose his power.
He will instill his victory into our lives. And all
we need to do is cooperate, surrender our will to God,
and cooperate. Now, I want to give an example, because
there are a number of ways that we can we
can go in discussing this, but I want to give
from First John chapter two a quick quiz. Okay, from
First John chapter two, beginning at verse fifteen, and then
we'll go to lou chapter four, and the Bible reads
love not the world, neither the things that are in
the world. If anybody loves the world, the love of
the Father is not in him, for all that is
in the world, the lust of the flesh. Keep that
list in mind. The lust of the flesh, and the
lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is
not of the Father, but of the world. And the
world passeth away, and the lust thereof But he that
doeth the will of God abideth forever. So do you
want to abide forever life? Do you want to live
eternally with God? Do you want victory in every key
area of your life and your relationships and your finances, huh,
in your spiritual journey, your personal development and beyond. If
that is what you're interested in, then take this passage
to heart. Now, I want to go to the Bible
Book of Luke chapter five, Luke chapter four, and I
want to discuss very quickly the time that Jesus was
in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. Okay, and
I want you to be on the lookout for some things.
And the Bible reads beginning at verse one and Jesus
being full of the Holy Ghost, he was what he
was full of the Holy Ghost. So the prerequisite to overcoming,
as Jesus overcame, is to allow God's Holy Spirit to
fill us. Okay, So he's full of the Holy Ghost
and led by the Spirit into the wilderness. So as
we are full of the Holy Spirit, we are inclined
to listen when he leads us and guides us. Okay.
Being forty days tempted of the devil, and in those
days he did eat nothing, and when they were ended,
he afterward was hungry. And the devil said unto him,
if thou be the son of God, I want you
to hear what he's saying, command this stone that it
be made bread. If you had to pick one of
the three categories of sin that we just read from
First John chapter two, which would it be. Would it
be lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, or
pride of life that the devil was tempting Jesus with
which are the three? Of course, it's the first lust
of the flesh. He was trying to get Jesus to
satisfy the desire or the needs of the flesh in
a way that would have been unholy. And Jesus verse
four answered him, saying, it is written that man shall
not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
So Jesus he wins. He wins against the lust of
the flesh. Verse five, And the devil taking him up
into a high mountain. I wish I had time to
really drill this, but I just need to make this
one point, okay. And the devil, taking him up into
a high mountain, showed him all of the kingdoms of
the world in a moment of time. And the devil said,
unto him, all this power will I give thee and
the glory of them, For that is delivered unto me,
and to whomsoever I will give it. If therefore that
will worship me, all shall be thine. Which would that
be lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, or
pride of life? And if you said lust of the
or lust of the eyes, then you would be correct.
He showed him all of the kingdoms of the world.
He dangled that proverbial carot before Jesus and said, I
will give you all of these things if you will
what go against God, break the law of God our father,
and worship the enemy. Of course, Jesus overcame lust of
the flesh. Now the lu of the eyes. He overcame
that as well verse eight. And Jesus answered and said,
unto him, get thee behind me, Satan, For it is written,
thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve. Okay, And here we go in verse nine,
and he brought on. He brought him to Jerusalem and
set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said,
unto him, if thou be the son of God, cast
thyself down from hence he's telling Jesus to jump off
of the temple. What for it is written he shall
give his angels charge over thee to keep thee. He
lests some stuff out, But I don't have the time
to deal with this. And in their hands shall they
bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy
foot against the stone. So which is it lust of
the flesh, lust of the eyes, or the pride of life?
Of course, if you identified that it's number three, the
pride of life, then again you would be correct. And
the Bible says and verse twelve, and Jesus, answering, said,
unto him, it is said, thou shalt not tempt the
Lord thy God. And the devil had ended all of
the temptation. He departed from him for a season, and
Jesus returned in the power of the spirit into Galilee,
and there went out of fame of him through all
the region round about. I will just pause right here,
and so when the Bible says that Jesus was in
all points tempted like as we are, and yet without sin,
we see an illustration Jesus overcoming lust of the flesh,
overcoming lust of the eyes, overcoming pride of life, so
that you can overcome. Make it a great day, peace.
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. Yeah,