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 Tuesday, March three,
twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is Elle 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 uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians and Colossians,
and our caption for today is Nailed to the Cross.
Nailed to the Cross. We'll get into that in just
a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
go ahead and pray and get underway. Father, we thank
you for this day. Thank you for nailing the things
that were against us to the cross. Thank you for
giving us the privilege of living living with your power. Today.
Please help us to accept Jesus in the fullness. In
Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. So I
want to super simplify, but not oversimplify our discussion for today,
first with a question, does your understanding of the Cross
or what Jesus did as our sacrifice on the Cross
lead you to freedom from condemnation while strengthening your loyalty
to God's law. This is a very pointed question. I'm
calling it a heart check. Does your understanding of salvation
through Christ lead you to freedom from condemnation? So we're
not afraid of an angry God in air quotes. I
think back in December we talked about like the view
of God as the angry God. That's not the reality.
That's not the reality. He's not there just looking for
somebody to destroy. But does your understanding of what God
has done for us through Christ lead you to freedom
from condemnation? Hold that right there, stick a pin while
strengthening you to loyalty to his law. You see, sometimes
people throw the law out because they say that Jesus
delivers us from condemnation. And it's like, no, you, like
you completely missed the point. Jesus would not. He would
not he would not have died, He wouldn't have needed
to die on the cross. If the law could be
just thrown away or changed somehow, the Ten Commandments law
still stands. Therefore, Jesus gave his life as as satisfying
the standard. Because humans broke the law, humans trampled the law, well,
somebody has to die for that. The soul that sins
must die. Why because the law, the law, like the
transgression of the law, is what sin is. And so
when we are delivered from condemnation, when we are in Christ,
now we are empowered to actually do what God said,
like Jesus did. Okay, And so I'm reading from Review
and Herald eighteen seventy five. The law of ten Commandments
was not abolished at the cross. Was What was removed
was the system of rights and ceremonies that pointed forward
to Christ. And so what was nailed to the cross
was not the Ten Commandments law. That wouldn't even make sense.
It wouldn't make sense. It's the transcript of God's character.
It's the standard of right ta sciousness. What was nailed
to the cross, what was removed at the time of
Jesus giving his life for us, was that sacerdotal as
the theologians call it, the Sacerdotal system, the system of sacrifices, rites,
and ceremonies, the shadows, the types that pointed forward to Jesus,
because he is the genuine article. So if you go
and try to sacrifice a lamb today, or a goat
or a bullock today, in order to somehow expiate your sin,
you are what rejecting Jesus Christ, and that is not
what we want as believers. We accept Christ and we
say okay, bye by shadows, Bye bye types, Bye bye priests.
Bye bye high priests, like bye by all of these
things that people put in the way of Christ. Yeah, Okay,
before I get too passionate, let me read one more
The Desire of Ages, page one hundred and sixty five.
We read the ceremonial system made up of symbols pointing
to Christ, to his sacrifice and his priesthood. When Christ died,
what is the timeline on this thing? When Christ died,
the symbols met their fulfillment. Jesus came to fulfill the law.
What law the law of ceremonies and sacrifices. I'll leave
that right where it is, and we'll continue with our
lesson Number one Colossian, Chapter two and verse fourteen. He
destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed
in decrees opposed us. He has taken it away by
nailing it to the cross. Paul identifies something that stood
against us and condemned us. The language fits legal and
legal indebtedness and ceremonial regulations tied to guilt and separation,
not the Ten Commandments law. God's law defines sin. The
Ten Commandments law defines sin. Okay, The cross addresses sin's penalty.
I said that in an impassioned way a little bit earlier.
And the system that symbolized separation not the moral standard
that reveals God in his character. And so and so,
what I want you to do is, while you study
through Colossians chapter two by yourself with the Holy Ghost,
I want you to reject teachings, teachings that weaken obedience
by misusing the cross. The Cross of Christ his sacrifice
does not say that we can now kill murder. It
does not say that we can now commit adultery. It
doesn't legalize lying. It does not legalize sabbath breaking, the
seventh day Sabbath breaking. It does not legalize. The cross
does not legalize coveteousness. The cross does not legalize disrespecting
and dishonoring our parents. The Cross does not make it
legal for us to have other gods before God. Do
you understand where we're going with this? That's how crazy
it sounds when people say that Jesus nailed the Ten
Commandments to the cross. It's like, what, that doesn't make sense.
It's not now legal to have other gods before God.
It is not now legal to bow down ourselves to
them and serve them. It doesn't make God not jealous anymore,
you understand, so reject that and ask God like, how
can how can you please deepen my gratitude and commitment
to the Holy standard of righteousness, which is the law
through having salvation in Christ, my God. I don't have
that kind of time. Let me go on to lesson
number two. True circumcision is an inner transformation. When you
read in Colossians two and verse eleven about circumcision, even
back in the Old Testament when Moses wrote about it,
he wrote about the circumcision of the heart to love
the Lord our God. And so circumcision as a ceremony
or a rite has been nullified. In Jesus Christ. He
wants us to have the inner transformation to love the
Lord our God with everything we have and everything we are.
Circumcision of the heart. 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,