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 Sabbath, September six,
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 Apostasy and Intercession. Apostasy and Intercession. Before
we get into that, I'd like to just say welcome
to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the
very first time. Please go over to your Daily Portion
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Portion dot com. This is one of the ways that
we continue to build faith and fellowship. And let me
just say to those who are here on the island
with me. I'll be at Trench Town, SDA this morning
sharing the word of God. So if you're in the area,
come through, come through and enjoy God and the brethren
with me today. Let's go ahead and pray and then
we will get underway. Father, thank you for this new Sabbath,
for the opportunity to experience You. And I'm praying that
you will give us the antidote today against apostasy, against
turning our backs on You. Please, in Jesus name, I pray, Amen,
and a man again, so we get to see in
the life of Moses what it looks like to really
get into the heart of God. Because think about it,
human beings have sinned, all have sinned and come short
of the glory of God. This is what we know
right all of us. All of us have sinned and
come short of the glory of God. And Jesus Christ,
the Bible says that God gave him so that we
can be saved. So Jesus Christ is the ultimate intercessor,
the ultimate mediator, the ultimate go between. I think job.
When he was going through his trials, he said, I
need a days man. I need somebody who will speak
to God for me. This burden is too heavy God.
I need somebody to go and speak to God for me.
And so in this case, even though God's people were
stiff necked and stubb even though they murmured and all
of these things, Moses knew that he really wanted them
to be saved. Okay, And so the Bible reads here
in Exodus chapter thirty two, verses thirty one and thirty two.
Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, oh, these
people have committed a great sin. We're going to talk
about that in the next two days. If the Lord
spaars life, they have a great sin and have made
for themselves a god out of gold. What yet, now,
if you will forgive their sin? But if not, I pray.
Now comes like some of the most incredible words you'll
ever read that a human said in scripture, He said,
I pray blot me out of your book which you
have written holding. What kind of love is this? Where
the man of God, knowing how foul the people of
God can be, knowing all that it means that they struggle,
and he's saying, God, if you won't forgive them, then
please let me be the one that has to pay
the penalty. Yes, this is deliberate. For those listening on
the air, it is not. The broadcast has not cut off.
I can't even imagine what was going through Moses's mind
when he said, blot me out and save these people,
especially when the people did not love God in the
way that they should, especially when God gave them clearly
the ten commandments, especially when he said, have no other
gods before me, and God heard their groanings and delivered
them by a mighty hand out of bondage. And they
do this fall God. What Yeah, let that settle in.
So let's learn some lessons. Now, let's learn some lessons.
Sometimes we have to slow down before we speed up.
And so in verse eight of chapter thirty two, the
Bible reads that they have turned aside quickly out of
the way which I commanded them. This is what God
is saying. They have made them a molten calf guard
your walk daily. I'm talking about even this Sabbath morning,
because look at it, this temptation and the fall into
sin was related to worship. So even today this Sabbath morning.
Guard your walk with God, even after spiritual victories, even
after God takes you through your red seat experience on
dry ground and he destroys the marauders who have been
destroying your life. Even when you have these mountaintop experiences
like Elijah had on Mount Carmel, You've had these experiences
where you just knew that God was speaking, you did
what he said, and wonderful and miraculous things happened in
your life. Be anchored through consistent time in the Word
of God and prayer. And when we're praying, we're not
just spouting things out to God. We are saying God,
there are things in my life that I know that
if you don't keep me, you don't save me, you
don't transform me, I will go off base. Will you
please keep me on base, Keep me in relationship with you.
Teach me to treat people the way that you treat people.
Teach me to love you like you love me. Teach
me how to serve you in such a way that others,
when they see my life, they will want to have
a relationship with you. Show me how to steward the
money and other means that you have given me. All
of us have time. All of us have a level
of health, even if we're not as healthy as we
should be. All of us have the ability to experience. God,
help me to steward all of that, God, and bring
you glory in my life. From verse thirty two of Exodus,
chapter thirty two, we read, yet not now, if thou
wilt forgive their sin, blot me. I pray thee out
of the book which thou hast written. This is it
intercede for those who've failed. You have a child right
now who is failing. You know that he or she
or God forbid all of your children have turned their
backs on you. On God. Now it's time to intercede.
You see in the story of Job, the Bible says
that he offered sacrifice back when sacrifices were what God
would accept. He offered sacrifices for all of his children
if peradventure, they would do something foolish. I promise you,
my mom, my late mother, if she were not praying
the way she was, and she had some friends, some
sisters who are praying in the same way she was,
I would not be here today. The millions of people
who get this word because God has laid his hand
on me. Would not have gotten it in this way
if my mom had not done exactly this. She knew
that my life was a mess. She knew that I
enjoyed being in the world. She knew I had no
intention of following the Lord. And she prayed, and she prayed,
and she woke up in the middle of the night,
and she continued to pray. I think there's a song
that says, somebody prayed for me, they had me on
their mind. I am so glad that they prayed for me.
So do that for somebody else, especially when you want
to give up on them. Pray from the heart like
Moses did. And now we come in from the book
of Psalms, chapter one hundred and six and verse twenty three.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not
Moses his chosen and stood before him in the breach?
Are you God's chosen? The many are called, according to
Matthew chapter twenty two, but few are chosen. The chosen
are people who accept the covering of righteousness that comes
from Christ. Those who are chosen are the ones who
surrender our will to God. And they're not just invited,
but now surrender their will to God. So if you
are one of those when judgment was due, like God
responded to intercession with mercy. So thank God for the
grace that has spread you before more many times more
than you know. Live like someone who is forgiven by
interceding that others may be forgiven.
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.
Speaker 2: Yeah,