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 one,
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 God's Love of Justice. I know it sounds confused. Yes,
our caption for today is similar to the theme. Yes,
but it's God's Love of Justice. We'll get into that
in just a moment, but first I'd like to say
welcome to you in Happy Sabbath, Happy Sabbath. Thank you
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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 your love and being just.
Thank you for finding a way for mercy and justice
to come together so that we can live and you,
at the same time can continue to be holy. I
pray that we will not take you for granted anymore,
that we will love you with everything we are and
do your will. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and
Amen again God's love of justice. Do you love justice?
Do you love justice? And I don't mean what some
people call justice, Like sometimes people talk about justice, but
really they just want what they want and anything else
is in justice. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking
about righteousness from God's perspective. He realized that in the Bible,
every almost every instance where God is referencing justice. From
his perspective, it's about righteousness, it's about holiness. I wish
I had the time. So God's love of justice, the
Bible reads here in Jeremiah, chapter nine and verse twenty seven.
But let him who glories glory in this that he
understands and knows me that I am the Lord exercising
loving kindness. God is loving and he's kind both and
at the same time judgment and righteousness. That's the same
as justice in the earth. For in these I delight,
says the Lord. You see, God loves to be loving
and kind. He loves to be just and aphalled righteousness
in the earth. You see, there are things that happen
in our society today that are unjust. The way that
the lame, the main, the blind, the halt, the people
who are fatherless, the oppressed, the widows are being treated
in society many times is unjust. There is inequity in
so many of the systems of the world. I wish
I really had the time, but I don't. But God
is saying that he loves to be just and the
justifier of those who him, who are being saved by Him.
To be justice, to hope, uphold righteousness, and to justify
in this case is that God is going to treat you,
dear brother, dear sister as if you had never sinned,
just as if you had never sinned, that is, if
you yield your will to him. And I'm thankful. I'm
thankful because He has given us so many places in
the scriptures to see what his will is where where
justice is concerned. The first one is an Isaiah chapter
one and verse seventeen. Isaiah Chapter one and verse seventeen.
Learn to do well, seek judgment. This is what the
prophet is telling us, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Did we not just say that? And so what God
wants for us to do to do? Not think about,
not like theorize about it, or or be philosophical about.
The Bible says that we need to be seeking justice
for the oppressed, Advocate for justice in your community, and
support organizations that fight against oppression and support vulnerable groups.
There are some people who are so quote heavenly minded,
that they are no earthly good. The Bible says, I'm
going to read it again, learn to do well. Okay,
I got that seek judgment, okay, relieve the oppressed, judge
the fatherless, plead for the widow. So there's no question
about what God desires for us. And in Micah chapter
six and verse eight, this one is familiar to most
of you. He hath showed the old man, and I
would say, by extention, O woman, this is all people.
He has showed you, all people, what is good and
what the Lord doth require of thee. To do what justly,
love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God. It says,
to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.
So we are to live a life characterized by fairness.
Are when you are speaking to your children? Are you fair?
When they God forbid, do something that is not holy
or that is against your rules in your home? And
there's nothing wrong with rules as long as they're just.
I wish I had the time for that. But when
they do, God forbid? But if they do, are you fair?
And how you treat them? How about mercy? Are you merciful?
Are you humble? Are you embodying the character of God
in personal and professional interactions? And I'm asking myself the
same question. This isn't a quiz for you. I'm asking
you the same thing I'm asking myself. And in First Corinthians,
chapter ten and verse fourteen, the Bible reads, wherefore my
dearly beloved flee from idolatry. So in all of this
pursuit of justice, which is righteousness, remember, and of course
we're thankful for God's mercy, etc. Now we need to
flee from idolatry. We were talking about it yesterday a
little bit. Idolatry a little bit yesterday where the people
of God built a golden calf, and they needed mercy
because God should and could have I should say, destroyed
them immediately because they were already breaking the commandments. But
the Bible says that basically God showed them mercy they
could have gotten their acts together. Of course, there was judgment.
I mean, there were some things that Moses had them
to do because this is the way God wanted it
to be. Yes, that not pleasurable to them. But the
Bible teaches us that God was doing that because those
that God loves, he also rebukes and chastens when the
need should arise. And so we are to flee idolatry,
avoid and denounce modern forms of idolatry such as materialism, oh,
self centeredness, oh, focusing instead on serving God and others.
And then from the Bible Book of Proverbs, chapter fourteen
and verse thirty one, he that oppresseth the poor reproacheth
his maker, but he that honoreth him hath mercy on
the poor. And I think in the New Testament Jesus
said it this way, like himself speaking. He said, there
are some people out here who need to be visited,
who are locked up. There are some people out here
who have certain needs. And the Bible says, in the
way that you treat these the least of these, my brethren,
this is how you, in fact are treating me. And
so the action really is to engage in charitable activities
that assist the poor and those who are at a disadvantage,
showing God's love in practical ways. Not talking about it.
Brothers and sisters, we need to be about it. Some
of you know that I am obsessed with assisting individuals
who have amputations, and I need to be a billionaire
as far as I'm concerned to help even more people.
The reality is God's love and justice go together? Does
it go together?
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,