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 Sunday. It's
March nine, 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 Christ the Victor, Christ the Victim? Is
he the victor in your life? And really it's up
to you, It's up to me to answer that question.
And if we allow him to be, then in our lives,
he will, in fact and indeed be. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first I like to
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and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then we
will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for this
day and for the opportunity that you have given us
to see your victory in our lives. In Jesus name,
I pray, Amen and Amen again. You know there are
times that humans just can't see, we can't see how
God is being so good to us, how he is
faithful in our lives. And so I'm very grateful that
God has given us the privilege of seeing him as
the victor in our lives. Yes, the devil is a deceiver.
Yes he is a slanderer and the accuser of the brethren.
Yes he is a liar, and he was such from
the beginning. Yes, he has been trying to usurp God's
authority to take for himself the worship for which only
Jesus is worthy or God our Father is worthy. Like
he is all of that. But really, is is that
what we need to focus on? Do we need to
focus on how evil evil is?
Speaker 1: Like?
Speaker 2: The devil is the devil, like, he's devilish, He's doing
his job, And so our focus should be to connect
with God. Why because Christ is the victor. Yes, the
faith that he gives us, the one that is the
author and finisher of our faith, has told us before
it has happened, what exactly will happen and what the
end will be like God wins in the end analysis
And as I've asked the question multiple times over the
last couple of weeks, is God winning in my life?
Is he winning in your life? Christ is the victor.
Although the lesson writer says there is an enemy at work,
whom Christ himself refers to usurper ruler of this world,
the true king of the universe is Christ. Jesus wins
victory for us, and in him we can have victory
even in the midst of hardship and suffering. Indeed, the
work of Christ counters and overcomes the enemy at every turn. Okay,
and so I am going to whoops, I am going
to read read a couple of passages to you so
that it will help all of us get closer to God.
Number one, let's go to Romans chapter three, beginning at
verse twenty five. Romans Chapter three, beginning at verse twenty five.
And I'm hoping that you will do things like this
in your spare time. Okay. So the first thing I
want us to do, I said us, I need this
for me is trust in Christ's righteousness. Trust in Christ's righteousness.
The Bible reads God publicly, what did he do publicly
displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible
through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness because God,
in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.
This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time,
so that he would be just and the justifier of
the one who lives because of Jesus's faithfulness. Okay, and
let me read it again. This was also to demonstrate
his righteousness in the present time, whenever that was written
in that time, in our present time, so that he
could be just, that is, he could be righteous and
at the same time justify me. He could make it
just as if you, dear brother, you, dear sister, had
never sinned those mistakes that you have made over the
course of years. And maybe humans have records of those things,
and they remember and throw in your face sometimes the
things that you did against them, and they have not
yet forgiven you right. They have not healed from whatever,
or you have not maybe even healed from what you've
done to yourselves. You see, But what Jesus has done
by becoming the mercy seat, becoming the one who is
who was covering hovering over the law. I wish I
had the time to go back into the sanctuary. But
the mercy seat was right above where the law was housed,
in the ark of the Covenant. So God, as we
would see it, is on his throne, seated on the
mercy seat. And below the mercy seat is the law
of God. And so if you are going to change
the law of God, you have to move God out
of the way. That's not going to happen, right, take
him up off his throne. That's not going to happen.
And if you are going to assault God's people, then
you would have to remove God, take up his mercy,
get right back to the law, take out the law
like a sword, and then go against the people of God,
be like the accuser of the brethren. But you cannot
move God. Ah, you cannot remove his mercy. You cannot
misuse his law to the degree of condemning his people.
And so Jesus, being that perfect mercy seat now is
showing how even though the law cannot be changed, and
it is only wholly just and good, and we have
transgressed the law, which means we should die. Being the
mercy seat says I'll take the punishment because of God's mard.
Jesus takes the punishment that we deserve so that we
can receive the life that he deserves. Now, I also
want you to remember while you're letting that settle in, like,
wait a minute, He's giving me life eternal and I
don't deserve it. That's right. Just yield your will to him,
confess your sins, live your life according to the principles
of His word and his Holy ten Commandment's law in
his strength. Yes, but you know what, while we are
living in that reality, the devil will still nip at
our heels. He will still be there at every turn.
He's not going anywhere until he's ultimately destroyed. But I
want you to remember one thing. The devil's time is limited.
He's unborrowed time. The Bible reads in Revelation, chapter twelve
and verse twelve. Therefore, rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that
dwell in them, wee unto the inhabitors of the earth
and of the sea. The devil is coming down unto you,
having great wrath. And people usually stick right there and
gets and get and get, and let our minds get poisoned,
and we wonder, like, oh, my goodness, what in the
world are we gonna do? Well? He says here, the
Bible says here, because he knoweth that he hath but
a short time he's filled with this anger, but he
knows that he has a short time. This is why
he redoubles his efforts and lives and behaves the way
he does against the people of God. That is why,
because God is going to destroy our enemy and ultimately
God is going to destroy death. Why because, like Jesus
is the victor. What did you think? 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,