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. It's
June sixth in 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 God's Plan and our Assurance.
God's Plan and our Assurance. We'll get into that in
just a moment, but first I'd like to just say
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go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
we thank you for this day and for giving us
the privilege to experience you on this day of preparation.
But more than that, thank you for the full assurance
of salvation when we yield our will to you. Please
help us to trust you and not ourselves. In Jesus' name,
I pray, Amen and a man again. Yeah, So I
have a question that should not be a complex question,
but I admit that there are a lot of people
who are struggling to answer this one. Are you ready
for it? Do you have assurance of your salvation? Do
you have assurance of your salvation? I'm talking about like
when you sing, I don't know if it'll be during
family worship this evening, or will it be tomorrow, during
corporate worship or at some other time. Blessed assurance Jesus
is mine. Oh what a foretaste of glory, divine air
of salvation? Do you really mean that? Or are you
confused and wondering? Okay, let me ask you another way,
Are you saved? Yes or no? It's a yes or
no answer or question. You see, there are times that
people over complicate because we definitely don't want to be
self confidence into that we're believers. Like so, once you
say you are a believer, then the Bible teaches, Paul
says this a lot. You're a saint, not a sinner.
I said, a saint and not a sinner. You see,
A saint to someone who is covered in the righteousness
of Christ. A saint is someone who does not trust
his or herself or his or her actions as the
means to salvation. A saint to someone who is completely
palms up, completely surrendering to God. On a regular basis.
Every single day we yield our will to God. We
yield our plans to God to empower us, to enable,
to enact them, or to abandon them as His providence
may indicate someone who is saved by grace through faith,
and that not of ourselves. It is the gift of God,
not of works. Lest any man should boast that individual
should not be confused. In fact, the Bible says, the
redeemed of the Lord should say so. So I ask
you again, with all of what I just said. Are
you saved? Yes or no? Now, if you're still wondering,
then we need the Bible to help us to understand. Now,
in the lesson, we have a quote coming in from
coming in from the book Patriarchs and Prophets, and I
will read through the beginning. The High Priest cannot defend
himself or his people from Satan's accusations. He does not
claim that God's people are free from fault in filthy garments.
We're talking about the Old Testament system of sacrifices in
filthy garments, symbolizing the sins of the people, which he
bears as their representative. He stands before the Angel, confessing
their guilt, yet pointing to their repentance and humiliation, and
relying on the mercy of the sin pardoning redeemer. In faith,
he claims the promise of God. Satan's accusations against those
who seek the Lord are not prompted by displeasure at
their sins. He exults in their defective characters. That means
he likes it. He knows that only through their transgression
of God's law can he obtain power over them. And
then the Bible, I mean, and then The quote continues
that he is he is continuing to send accusations and
send accusations. Jesus is breaking Satan's hold upon the human
family and rescuing souls from his power, meaning the enemy's power.
So let me just jump into the Bible. But I
need to give you a couple of things here straight
out at the beginning. Number one. Number one, our sins
are real. Our sins are real, but so is our repentance.
Let me let that settle in for just a moment,
take your time. Yes, we have committed sins. Our sins
are real, but so is our repentance. That means turning
away from our sin, turning toward God because He gives
us the power through the Holy Ghost to do so.
And the Bible reads in Zechariah three, verses three and four.
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments. I explained that
just a second ago, and he answered, take away. This
is what the voice from heaven says, take away the
filthy garments from him. Take away. And so the action
in this case is to honestly confess your sins. That's
what we all need to do. Don't hide them. God
is willing to remove your guilt and clothe you in
the righteousness of Christ, if you come in humility and
are willing to turn away from your sins. Now From
Revelation chapter twelve and verse ten, the Bible says that
the accuser of the brethren is cast down, which accused
them before our God day and night. Satan accuses not
because he actually hates sin, but because he hates Christ. See,
he knows that God loves you. He knows that God
so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,
that whosoever that means you, that means me, believeth on him,
should not perish but have everlasting life. God didn't send
his son into the world to accuse him or condemn
the world like the devil does, but that the world
through him might be saved. I need you to hear that.
And so when the devil is accusing people for sinning,
it's not because the devil is righteous, devil is able
to see sin and detests and loads it. No, it's
because he hates Christ and Christ loves you. So if
he thinks he can get to Christ, he thinks that
then he would have to do it by getting to you,
causing you to despond, causing you to doubt your connection
with God if you are submitting your will to God,
causing you to see yourself as unable to be saved
by grace through faith, causing you to be flippant about
the law of God and what God really cares about.
Speaker 1: Mm.
Speaker 2: And so the accuser Satan, he does this because he
hates Christ. Yeah, okay. So from Hebrews Chapter four, Verses
fifteen and sixteen, the Bible reads, we have not a
high priest which cannot be touched by the feelings of
our infirmities. Now let us therefore come boldly unto the
throne of grace. This is where we get our help.
Our help comes from the Lord which made heaven and
earth like our help comes from Jesus Christ. I know
what I just said. I know what I just said.
So our high priest is not defending our perfection. That's
not it. He's the one that's perfect. He is the
one who's all together lovely. He is defending us so
that we can repent by faith, we can turn away
from our sins. See, God has so much at stake here,
He has so much skin in the game because he
loves us and he is our assurance. He has given
the perfect plan of salvation, and all we need to
do is continually accept and surrender 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,