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 Thursday, January two,
twenty twenty five. 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 new
Lesson study series, God's Love and Justice, and our caption
for today is Crucified for us? Can I say it
this way? Jesus was crucified for us. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first I'd like to
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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead
and pray and then we will get underway. Father in heaven,
thank you for giving us this new day and for
giving us the privilege of coming into your presence through
your word. Please teach us, Father, how to serve you
and to love you. Teach us to live for you
in Jesus name. I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay,
So Jesus was crucified for us, and I want you
to think, like, how can I apply that reality to
my life. When we get to the Bible Book of Galatians,
chapter two, it'll start to ring clear in our minds.
But let me just say it one more time. Jesus
was crucified for us, and Jesus didn't stay dead. So
he was crucified for us, but he did not stay dead.
That means that Jesus kept his promise. He gave his
life for us so that we can be safe, so
we can have power over every single besetting sin, over
every negative mindset style, like, we now have the power
to be raised incorruptible spiritually speaking and then practically with
Christ because he gave his life for us, but he
did not stay dead. Okay, And so what makes the
difference so we don't have to die? The lesson writer said,
God invites everyone into a love relationship with him. Oh,
I think love makes the difference. But only those who
freely accept. Now we're getting somewhere. But only those who
freely accept, underscore, underscore, circled, emboldened, red type, highlighted, freely
accept the invitation enjoy the eternal results. So the fact
that Jesus Christ gave himself for us, he died the
death that we deserve, so we can live the life
that he deserved. Right, Well, the invitation is there, many
are called right, ah, His love is there, many are
called ah. But those who freely accept those are the
ones who enjoy the benefits. But few are chosen. So
the ones who are chosen are the ones who freely
eccepit accept the invitation. Okay, And so I ask myself
a question, who would be unwilling to accept God's invitation
into this celebration of his son? You see the celebration
of Jesus's ability to save hopeless sinners and make us
hopeful saints like this is the invitation. He's welcoming us
from death into life. He's welcoming us into the experience
of let your light so shine before people, so that
when they see your good works of kindness, when they
see your good works of I can actually assist you
in getting over that addiction to alcoholism or substances, or pornography,
or having itching ears waiting for someone else to gossip,
or for you to bad mind someone and speak badly
about people. I have the antidote, because God has given
all of his children the antidote. So when God has
welcomed you, he's welcomed me in the invitation, with an
invitation into a relationship that is transformative in nature, where
now we learn how to love where we were fearful before,
We learn how to love where we were hateful before.
We know how to invest our times in things that
matter to God, rather than to be distracted by the
things that the enemy would have us be distracted upon.
Speaker 1: Huh.
Speaker 2: Being proud in church and religious circles where we somehow
think we're better. God forbid than someone else, because we
have learned something and begun to actually live it, and
they are still struggling. Like, God is able by invitation
bringing us into this celebration of his son, so we
can have the righteousness of Christ. So when the judgment comes,
we can have boldness in the day of judgment. Huh,
we can be perfected in love. He's inviting us to
a celebration. Who would be unwilling to accept such a celebration. Well,
in Matthew chapter twenty t, we do see where people
did reject the invitation, and then one poor soul accepted it.
I mean, it's a parable, but one poor soul accepted
the invitation, said yes, I want to be in relationship
with you. Yes, I love you, Thank you for your righteousness,
and then stripped it off and said, you know what,
I think I can get it from here.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: I'm on my own. I'm good now, I know how
to overcome sin and temptation all by myself now. And
it's like no, no, no, no. The invitation is ongoing
and we freely accept, and therefore those who freely accept
enjoy the eternal results. Which of quote God's people would
reject this invitation? And so in the Book of John
chapter ten, verse seventeen, the Bible reads, Therefore, doth my
Father love me because I lay down my life that
I might take it again? No man verse eighteen taketh
it from me. But I laid down my life myself.
I have power to lay it down, and I have
power to take it again. This commandment have I received
of my Father. The Bible says that Jesus became obedient
unto death. We're to let our minds be like Christ's
mind to adopt his mindset ha who had the power
to be obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
There are some people right now who are not accepting
the miracle in the text that I'm about to read, Okay,
and I want you to take yourself out of that
category and put yourself into miracle territory. By God's grace.
And Galatians chapter two and verse twenty, the Bible reads,
I am crucified with Christ. It was a miracle that
Jesus allowed his humanity to die, because his divinity could
have resisted the power of the death that came to
his humanity. Can I say that one more time? It
was a miracle for Jesus Christ coming into human flo
with all of that divinity still in his bosom. He
never ceased being God. But great is the mystery of
godliness that he became God in the flesh. That's a miracle.
And then Jesus Christ, with all of his divinity, allowed
his humanity to go to sleep. And Jesus stayed in
the tomb until the Sunday morning, and in his strength, unborrowed, underived,
Jesus took up his life again. And I'm thankful. But
there are some people who refuse that miracle, some people
who will choose not to be crucified, who will no
longer allow themselves to submit to God's will, who will
not submit and surrender to the point that they allowed
their evil flesh to die. I'm talking about spiritually, God
is giving us the privilege to enjoy the miracle of
dying to sin. And then the Bible says, ah, but
h nevertheless, I live, but Christ is the one, not I,
but Christ liveth in me the death or excuse me,
the life which I now live in the flesh. I
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved
me and gave himself for me. And so the miracle
is that now I can live a victorious life. The
miracle is now I know how to be kind, when
before I was not kind. I now miraculously can submit
my will to God, and I can actually do God's
will and be in right relationship with Him and allow
others to do the same. So when Jesus gives us
an invitation to be crucified with him and to be
raised with him, accepted. 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,