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, February fourteen,
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 Sin is no Joke. I just say that again,
Sin is no joke. We'll get into that in just
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This is one of the ways that we continue to
build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Bother and Heaven, thank you
for giving us this new day, this time of preparation. Lord,
the times in which we live are serious times. Sin
is no joke. Help us not to play around with it.
In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again is
no joke. We talked about that in a way on
Tuesday when we were talking about how God condemned sin
in the flesh through Christ in the sanctuary. We see
the concept of Jesus being our substitute. And even though
he never sinned, Bible says, the one who knew no
sin became sin for us so that we can be saved.
And so with that we know that God doesn't play
around with sin. If God would execute job judgment almost
a justice. If God would execute judgment on Christ because
he's representing us and he becomes sin. If he would
do that with Christ, how would it be for those
who don't repent, those who don't repent and have actually
committed the sins? You see, where are we going with this?
So God is not playing games with sin. He has
done all that can be done, pardon me, in order
to save us from our sins. Okay. And so I'm
reading now from the book the book Patriarchs and Prophets,
beginning at page forty two, and it reads, even when
he was cast out of heaven in finite wisdom, did
not destroy Satan. And I know that's a plot twist
for some people. Really that's right, okay. Since only the
service of love can be accepted or acceptable to God,
the allegiance of his creatures must rest upon a conviction
of His justice and benevolence. The inhabitants of heaven and
of the worlds, being unprepared to comprehend the nature or
consequences of sin, could not then and have seen the
justice of God in the destruction of Satan. Ooh, this
is getting good. Had he been immediately blotted out of existence,
some would have served God from fear rather than from love.
The influence of the deceiver would not have been fully destroyed,
nor would the spirit of rebellion have been utterly eradicated
for the good of the entire universe through ceaseless ages.
He must more fully develop his principles, that his charges
against the Divine government might be seen in their true
light by all created beings, and that the justice and
mercy of God and the immutability of his law might
forever be placed beyond all question. And on and on
and on this quote continues. You see, there are times
that there are things we just don't understand. Remember we
started out our week talking about that there are some
things we just literally don't understand. And while that is
being worked out, God does some special things, not so
that we, you know, get an answer to every little
detail or question that we have. But when the true
nature of sin was not yet revealed, God needed it
to run its course so that without question, by the
time Jesus was crucified on the cross, without question, now
everybody who has eyes can see that the devil is
not for our goods. Sin is no joke. And so
what I want to do is apply this in relationships,
this concept okay, and we're using the win approach again.
We are in page one one, one hundred and sixteen
in our companion Guy that you can get at your
Daily Portion dot com and the w What's important? Now,
sin also affects how we interact with others. Can you
tell the truth? Like have you ever had an interaction
with another human being and you wonder what went wrong?
Like what in the world I was communicating clearly and
this person mistook what I said? And now it becomes
a relationship challenge. Right, So sin also affects how we
interact with others. Being honest and seeking reconciliation is essential
to building healthy, loving relationships that reflect God's character. You know.
In the Lord's Prayer, it says Jesus was speaking, and
he said, forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
That is a principle that comes out of the heart
of God. Because He has freely given us forgiveness. Now
we have the privilege to freely give that to others.
He freely mended our relationship with him. Of course we
needed to cooperate, but he has also given us the
ministry of reconciliation. Okay, and so the eye to internalize
this insight. Consider a relationship that may be strained because
of unresolved issues or unspoken resentments. Recognize how sin can
create barriers and lead to misunderstandings and distance. Have you
ever been in a situation where somebody you were close
to just stop talking to you, or if they didn't
stop talking to you, there was a coldness between you.
There was a coldness between you, and you just don't
know how to resolve it. Well, the Bible gives clear
guidance in Matthew chapter eighteen about one of the ways
that we resolve these conflicts, going to the person one
on one to resolve conflicts. And then of course it
gives us, it gives us the pathway beyond that. And
so God is giving us the privilege to model what
he did exactly. He resolved the distance problem by sending
Jesus Christ as the bridge between humanity and divinity, between
divinity and humanity. And then, of course end next best
move this week, now, of course we're at the end
of the week, take a step toward reconciliation, whether through
an apology, forgiveness or simply reaching out. Make an effort
to restore broken connections and reflect God's grace in your relationships.
And I know it's difficult. There was one relationship I
had that I just it was so hard because it
was with my estranged father and it was difficult. But
I did my best when I became an adult, even
though we had separation from my age thirteen until I'm
already married. But I believe what the Bible says, and
I did my best. He's now deceased, but that is
what I believe, just like you, Okay. And so God
has given us the privilege not to play around with sin,
not to take on the devil's mindset where relationships or
our businesses, our experience with God, or our personal development
are concerned. And because He loves us so much, he
revealed the devil's character so we can know that God
actually does love us.
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,