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, February eight,
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 the problem of evil. The problem of evil.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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we do thank you for this Sabbath morning, for the
opportunity to experience you in a special way. Father, Please
help us not to just identify a problem, but help
us to live in the fullness of your light and
your Holy Spirit, to receive and experience the solution. You
are the solution. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and
a man again the problem of evil. Now, I need
to ask myself reflective question, and I want you to
do the same thing. Is there a problem with me?
That's the question. Is there a problem with me? This
is very important because really looking at evil like in
a vacuum, looking at it at far off in the distance,
looking at evil in a way that is that is
not connected to my own behavior is sometimes fruitless. I
didn't say all the time. I mean sometimes, okay. And
so we do understand that when God created Lucifer, he
was created perfectly. He was he was the covering cherub
or a covering cherub in heaven. Okay, And so the
Bible says that every beautiful jewel was his covering. He
reflected the character of God even on his visual form.
And I'm grateful for that inmation, because the Bible says
that at some point iniquity was found in him. Mm hmm,
this covering cheruph this one that couldn't have been closer
to God, like, there's no way to be closer to
God than than he was. And and the Bible says
that that what happened next At some point I don't
know how long it took after he was created, I
don't I don't know how many hundreds or thousands or
more years that it took. But at some point he
became mysteriously dissatisfied with his connection with God. And remember,
there was no such thing as sin, there was no
such thing as as evil, like it began in his bosom.
This is why it's a mystery. We'll come back to that.
And so and so and so. The Bible says that
when you know it teaches us principally and then practically
that yes, when he chose not to repent, we know
that God is a merciful God. I'm sure that God
would have remonstrated with him. We don't have all of
those details in the Bible about it, but we know
the character of God, and it comes a point when yeah,
he would not be convinced. And so the Bible says
that there was war in heaven. Yes, Mi kl and
his angels fought against the dragon and his angels, and yeah,
there was no place found for the dragon in heaven
with him anymore. So he's kicked out of heaven. So
the Bible continues that, yeah, well, unto the inhabitors of
the earth of the sea, because the devil or the
accuser of the brethren, the dragon is cast down to
the earth. He's cast down to the earth. Now, let
me ask you a question again. Is there a problem
with you? I'm asking me the question, is there a
problem with me? Has the devil taken his warlike mentality
and placed it in my bosom and I accepted it?
Or was it just a temptation? Is it a temptation?
And every day we yield our will to God all day,
every day we yield and overcome those temptations by by
the blood of the lamb. And so is there a
problem with me? And so the Bible does say that
at some point in the future. We'll talk about that
in just a second. God is going to do something special.
And from the Bible Book of Revelation, chapter twenty one
and verse four, the Bible reads, and God will wipe
away every tear. God will do it. He's going to
wipe away every tear from their eyes. These are from
the eyes of the people who are choosing still to
serve God, who are yielded to his will, the people
who love God ultimately and in the end analysis would
have chosen for the last time to continue in the
faith of God. Those individuals from their eyes, and there
shall be no more death, Thank God. There will be
no more sorrow, there will be no more crying, there
will be no more pain. Are you experiencing pain right now?
Are you experiencing crying right now because you've lost a
loved one, or maybe in your physical body you are
experiencing pain because of some condition with your health. And
the question is are you ready for the day when
there will be no more pain? For the former things
have passed away? And so I did promise, I'd said
that i'd share when like you can type in the chat.
Go ahead and start typing in the chat. If you're
on social media or on YouTube, go ahead and type
in the chat when will this happen? When will this happen?
When will God wipe away all tears from our eyes?
When will there be no more death, sorrow, pain, or
anything of the sort. When will all sin and sinners
be destroyed? And when I say sinners, I'm talking about
the people who refuse to love love, the ones who
said I don't need you to transform, be God. I'm
done with you, those folks and the devil and his angels.
When will that happen? And I think now we're getting
a clear indication it is not at the Second Coming
when all of this happens. We're looking forward to the coming.
But once God's people would have lived with God for
a thousand years following that great and beautiful day of
the second Coming of Jesus Christ, after the thousand years
are finished, the Bible teaches us that God will do
what we read. Now, let me read from the book
the Great Controversy, The Great Controversy, And we're setting up
for the week to come beginning tomorrow, okay, And it's
coming from page four hundred and ninety two, and it
reads to many minds the origin of sin and the
reason for its existence a resource of great perplexity. Remember,
we're not talking about sin on earth. We're talking about
sin the very first time there was a sin ever
in the universe. They see the work of evil, with
its terrible results of woe and desolation, and they question
how all of this can exist under the sovereignty of
one who is in finite in wisdom, in power and love.
Here is a mystery of which they find no explanation.
Whoa yeah. But the question that I have to ask
me is not as the not what are the details
of the origin of sin? How did that happen way
back then? Which is important, maybe something that we can
continue to study. I've studied it, maybe you have studied it.
But in my day to day this Sabbath morning m
at nine minutes, almost nine minutes into our program this morning,
with just about a minute or two to go, why
is it that I choose sometimes to go down the
wrong path? And what is the antidote? Like, how do
I make the decision to serve God? How do I
accept him as the one who will give me a
new birth experience, the one who rights his laws in
my heart and on my mind, like, how do I
put myself in the position and the position that I
will no longer choose to go down that path of unrighteousness.
And so today I say, we look forward to the
day where there will be no more sin. We look
forward to the day. But in the meantime, we have
the privilege. We have the privilege. The problem with evil
is really that some of people still accept that. But
we have the privilege until then to surrender our will
to God, and He can transform our lives so evil
won't prevail in our lives. Peace.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot
live by bread alone, put 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,