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, January twelve,
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 Lesson
study series, God's Love and Justice, and our caption for
today is more valuable than you can imagine, more valuable
then you can imagine. Of course, he's talking about us,
He's talking about you, brothers and sisters. Before we get
into that, I'd like to just say welcome to everyone
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and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then we
will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving
us this value that you have placed on us by
giving us your son. Thank you for loving us and
putting us into this new work week. I pray that
we will listen to you as you guide us in
the paths of righteousness. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen
and Amen again. More valuable than you can imagine. And
God is talking about us. And so God loves sinners.
Can I say it this way? God loves sinners, but
he despises the sin. I'm gonna say it one more time.
God loves sinners, but he despises the sin. Why does
God despise the sin? Because it disrupts the relationship that
he wants to have with us. Sin gets in the way.
He sees that it is destructive, He sees that it
is in the way, he sees that he has to
hide himself from us if we are still sinful and
don't yield ourselves to him, huh, or else we will
be destroyed just because he's holy and we are not.
And therefore he despised sin. He despises sin. That's not
the only reason, but that is in this context. But
what did Jesus do about it? What did God, our
father do about it? What is the Holy Ghost doing
about it? And so our story today is set in
Luke chapter fifteen. That's the book of Luke, chapter fifteen.
And really it's about the prodigal son's story, at least
that's what some people call it. It's the parable in
Luke chapter fifteen. And let me just summarize. There are
two sets of people here listening to Jesus, two sets
of people. Both sets are sinners, okay. And so there
are sinners who are willing to yield themselves to God,
willing to surrender to God. And then there are sinners
who feel like they got all they have it all together.
These are sinners who who feel like because they know
the scriptures, they have them even on their bodies, you understand.
And they are leaders of God's people. Those sinners feel
like everything is just fine with them. But two sets
both are sinners. Now the son. There is a son
who goes to his daddy. He's the younger of two sons.
He goes to his daddy and says, give me what
is mine. And so he's asking for an inheritance, and
by virtue of him asking for an inheritance, he's really saying, Father,
I wish you were dead. I can't stand your rules.
I need the money. Give it to me and I
can get out of here. And to make a long
story short, the father and the story, he gives unto them.
The Bible says, unto them. He divideth unto them his living,
and so that which he would have had and given
to them as an inheritance, he now gives it to them.
Of course, it would normally have been divided already in
the Jewish economy, but was not to be given out
until God forbid the dead. He dies, but he gives
them what he is to give them. The younger son
goes out and he burns the money on Harlot's. He
burns the money on partying. He burns the money on
what the Bible calls riotous living. He goes out. He
is a lost sheep that goes out from the house.
He gets lost. But there is another brother. The second
brother is at home. He's the one that looks tidy
and nice. He's the one who would be considered maybe
a leader. I don't know. He is the one that
seems to be behaving. But low Kei, he's not. He's not.
He is the lost sheep. I just don't have the
time to parse out the story, to drill it in
the way that we need to. Let's just say that
this son is lost at home. He is the lost
sheep that is at home. He is like the coin
that is lost at home. But this young man, the
prodigals prodigal son is lost away from home. And so
the story is told that the son who is away
from home, who burns all of the money on riotous living.
The Bible says that, yeah, he realizes that he's in
a pickle. And he says, you know what, my servants,
my father's servants have everything they need, and I'm out
here getting food, adjoining myself to a man, a stranger
in a foreign land, and wanting the things that he
is feeding. The pigs in order for me to just
get a meal. But my father's servants have everything that
they need. So I'm going to go. I'm going to
arise and go to my father, and I'm going to
say I have sinned, Father, i have sinned. Please accept
me as one of your servants. And the Bible teaches,
in a long story short that as this young man
has come to himself, how many know that the only
way that we can become aware of ourselves, and that
scenario is if the Holy Spirit comes to us. Ah.
The Holy Spirit teaches us all truth about God, that
he is holy, he's just, he's good, he loves us Ah,
and then he teaches us how foul and sinful that
we are, and how much we are in need of
a savior. He does not leave us there. And so
the Bible says, as he has this awareness, he says,
I'm gonna arise, I'm going to confess and say, let
me be one of your servants. And the Bible says
that as this young man now he goes home and
he's approaching home, he's approaching home, and the father sees
him on his approach. I said, the father sees him
on his approach. That means that the father is looking
for him. The father's looking for you, brothers and sisters.
If you are lost, the father is looking for you.
And so he sees the son a great way off,
And the Bible says that the father runs out to him.
He runs out to him, the son who went away
bosie and proud, who went away with his money bag
full of money. Now he's coming back dejected, feeling rejected.
He is broken down, and the father sees him, and
he runs out to him. Ah, he runs out to him,
and he falls upon his son's neck, and he continues
to kiss him. And immediately he not only restores him,
but he makes him better than when he was living
in his home. He did not let that son come
into the house in shame. He covered him with a
with a robe of righteousness. Huh. He put on him
the feet shod with the prepar the shoes shod with
the preparation of the Gospel of Peace. He puts on
his finger the signet that says, not only are you
my son, but you now represent me. And he tells
his servants to throw a party, because my son who
was lost, you come and rejoice with me. That he
is found. And now the brother is not rejoicing. The
other brother he's not rejoicing, and he's asking the serve
what's going on. And the Bible says that they said,
your brother who was lost, he is found. He was dead,
but now he's alive. He's back. Come and party with us. Well.
He remonstrates with his father, who goes out to him
because he realizes his son is not coming in to
the party, the celebration of the life of his brother,
and he says, but I've been with you all this time.
You never thrown me a party andan not going in basically,
and the father says, all that I have has been yours.
Will you come in and rejoice? Everything that I have
is yours. Can you imagine the kind of love? You
are more valuable Whether you are the first or the
second brother, you are more valuable than you can imagine.
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,