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 Friday, April
twenty 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 how to study Bible Prophecy, and
our caption for today is anchored in Christ, Anchored in Christ.
Before we get into that, I'd like to say welcome
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one of the ways that we continue to build faith
and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father, We thank
you for giving us this new day and for the
privilege that you have entrusted to us to serve you
and to open up your word. Please anchor our faith
in you today. In Jesus' name, I pray a man
and a man again anchored in Christ. I'm going to
begin from the book The Great Controversy, pages forty nine
to fifty, and I'm going to give seven principles that
will help us mitigate against what we read about here. Okay,
And so it reads little by little, at first in
stealth and silence, and then more openly. As it increased
in strength and gained control of the minds of men,
The mystery of iniquity carried forth its deceptive and blasphemous work.
What almost imperceptibly, what happened The customs of Heathenism found
their way into the Christian Church. Can we say right
now that we see the customs of Heathenism in God's Church? Absolutely,
The spirit of compromise and conformity was restrained for a
time by the fierce persecution which the Church endured under paganism.
But as persecution ceased and Christianity entered the courts and
palaces of kings, she laid aside the humble simplicity of
Christ and his apostles for the pomp and pride of
pagan priests and rulers. And in place of the requirements
of God m the Holy ten Commandment's law thrown away,
other truths and scripture thrown away, she substituted human theories
and traditions. The nominal conversion of Constantine. I just want
you to be very careful here. I want you to
think about the actual fruit of what we see when
people join God's Church. Sometimes there's a lot of pomp
and circumstance around what we want to call what I
want to call Christianese speaking. Sometimes people use the name
of God and misuse the name of God and make
it seem as if people are really on God's side.
But in the case of Constantine in the early part
of the fourth century, that caused great rejoicing in the world.
Wait a minute, cloaked with a form of righteousness just
because a leader says that he or she is godly
doesn't mean that it's the case, just in case you
are not clear about this. And so that form of
righteousness walked into the church. Now the work of corruption
rapidly progressed. Paganism, while appearing to be vanquished, became the conqueror.
Her spirit controlled the church. Her doctrines, ceremonies, and superstitions
were incorporated into the faith and worship of professed followers
of Christ. There was so much to say here, but
so little time. It would take a series of Bible
teachings to really drill this, but suffice it to say,
we need to have seven principles to mitigate against this
in our lives. Okay, Number one, Let's go to the
Bible Book of Revelation, chapter two, verses four and five
and see what God said to his church at Ephesus.
The Bible says, nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee because
thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence
thou art fallen and repent. So we can take a
page out of this experience that the church at Ephesus
was having those churches, those seven churches in Asia minor
including now in this case, we're talking about Ephesus, when
we first experience the love of God in our commitment
to him, in all that he teaches us, in his word,
all that he gives us, in relationship with him. We're
to hold fast to this truth, hold fast to the relationship,
hold fast to the experience that we're having with Him,
and don't let anything that anybody does, any government, any
church official, any set of people, people that come with
great new ideas and new beliefs that are not founded
on scripture, based on our love to God, our love
our relationship with God, we should remain there so that
we do not fall into deception Number two. We're going
into First John Chapter one, verses three and seven, and
the Bible reads and truly our fellowship is with the
Father and with his son Jesus Christ. If we walk
in the light as he is in the light, we
have fellowship one with another. So we need fellowship with God,
we need fellowship with other true believers. And if we
are walking in the light of God's word, then we
will continue to have fellowship with God and with his people.
I'm talking about true people of God. Remember the Ten Commandments,
Law are are, Let's say, simplified into these two great commandments.
Number one love for God. Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with everything that you have and everything that
you are. And the second is like unto it, to
love thy neighbor as thyself. The Bible says on these
two hang all the law and the prophets. So if
you want fellowship with God, fellowship with believers who truly
love God, then that means that we walk in the light.
Mm hmm. Then comes in Matthew chapter five and verse eight,
blessed other pure in heart, for they shall see God
one day. We will see his face. But we will
only see his face if we are clean and pure.
Because we repent every day, we confess our sins every day.
We are not hiding our sins. We're not allowing creeping
compromise in our lives. We are always being honest with
God and saying, God, you said to go left, and
I went right. Or Father, you said to go right,
and I went left. You said to pause, but I
ran forward. You said to run forward, but I pause. God,
You told me to keep holy the things that you
have given to us in your word. And I began
to desecrate them, little by little, one imperceptible step against
the other. But now I come to you and repent.
I turn away from those sins God. So keeping that
kind of relationship in purity is key. And David said
it this way, create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me. And then we
go to the Bible Book of James, chapter four and
verse eight. Draw nigh unto God, and he will draw
nigh unto you. Cleanse your hands, ye, sinners, and purify
your hearts, ye double minded. And so we see that
His presence is something we need to practice. We need
to practice the visible presence of God. How would we
live if Jesus were right in front of us, in
your office, in your bedroom, in your closet, under your bed,
wherever you happen to go, in your devices, if you
could see Jesus in any and all of those places,
how would you actually live? And so we practice the
visible presence of God by drawing nigh to Him. And
of course we guard our affections. We're almost out of time.
We stay spiritually intimate. The Bible says in one Corinthians
six and verse seventeen. But he that is joined unto
the Lord is one spirit. And then finally choose daily
consecration from Romans, chapter twelve and verse one. Make it
a great day.
Speaker 1: Peace. 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.