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, August
thirty 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 through the Book of Exodus, and our
caption for today is the Book and the Blood. The
Book and the Blood. We'll get into that in just
a moment, but before we do, I'd like to just
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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
Thank you, Thank you for this new day and for
the privilege you've entrusted to us to come together in
this manner. Thank You for the new week. Please help
us to see our response to You in relationship as relational,
not as formulaic, not as a way to prove something
or trying to earn something. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and a man again. I am very systems oriented.
I'm very structure, but I don't believe in structure as
the basis of my relationship with God. Now, when I
say that, I am not saying that I don't believe
in the ten Commandment's law. I am not saying that
I have a problem with the blueprint that God showed
us in his law, statutes and judgments, and in the
sanctuary platform that he showed us and taught us the
plan of salvation. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that
I don't see prayer as something that's obligatory somehow, and
if I tick the box that I've fulfilled that obligation,
then God owes me something not in that way. I
really want to come into his presence with thanksgiving and
with praise, because he's the one who who not only
created me because that was a long time ago, but
he's the one that's keeping me. He's the one that's
giving me the opportunity with all these lights here and
with this my to reach out to you. Every single day.
I said I wanted to change the world for Christ,
and He's given me a platform. And so I see
that as a way to say thank you and to
experience Him so that I can share whatever he puts
in me with my family. He gave me a family
that is holy and a family that is healthy when
I didn't necessarily grow up in a family that was healthy.
And so now I go to God and say, God,
You're so good, Like, how do we even improve this?
Like how can I be How can I demonstrate how
much I appreciate you? Can you show me how to
live in a way that pleases you? And so yes,
with all of the structure that God gives us, he
also gives us the privilege to do this through relationship
and in the Bible, in the Bible Book of Exodus,
chapter twenty four, we see formula. We see structure that
God gave. But again, his purpose was so that He
could dwell among us, not that we could become like
really just good at structure. In Exodus twenty four, beginning
at verse one, the Bible reads, now he said to Moses,
come up unto the Lord, you and Aaron Nadab and
abye you and seventy of the elders of Israel, and
worship from Afar off. So God is welcoming them. He
has given them an invitation into his presence. And the
Bible says in verse two, and Moses alone shall come
near to the Lord, but they shall not come near,
nor shall the people go up with him. So Moses
came and told the people all of the words of
the Lord and all of the judgments. And all of
the people answered with one voice. We read this a
couple of times yesterday, all of what God said, We're
gonna do that. Verse four, And Moses wrote all the
words of the Lord. And he rose early in the
morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain.
I want you to see the positions here. So where
is he He is at the foot of the mountain.
He's worshiping, building an altar at the foot of the
mountain and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Then he sent young men of the children of Israel
who burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of the oxen
to the Lord. I want you to see this position
as the alter court. I wish I had the time.
I know we don't have the blueprint for the sanctuary
historically yet at this moment. But God is showing his
people something verse six. And Moses took half of the
blood and put it in the basins, and half of
the blood he sprinkled it on the altar, and took
the book of the Covenant and read it in the
hearing of the people, and said all they said, all
that the Lord has done. That said, that's what we're
going on do and be obedient. And Moses took the
blood sprinkled it in on the people. This is the
blood of the Covenant which the Lord has made with you,
according to all these words. And so they sealed their
relationship by blood. I think Jesus gave his blood for us.
I think the Bible says, for God so loved the
world that he gave his only begattum Son. Not just gave,
but Jesus died for us that whosoever believe in him
won't perish but have everlasting life. And so now we
see this covenantal experience and even some of the details
playing out right in front of us in real time.
And so now at the base of the mount, they're
worshiping and giving sacrifice. The appropriate parties are worship and
they're worshiping, and the appropriate parties are giving sacrifice, and
God says, I'm going to have Moses come as near
as possible to me. So in the outer court, if
you want to say, they're giving sacrifice and they're worshiping. Yes,
Moses at some point is going to go up into
the cloud with God. And in the interim space there's
going to be some men who are eating and drinking
in the mount, but not in the final station where
God is going to commune with Moses. So we're starting
to see the blueprint for the sanctuary early in this discussion,
as God is about to give him the good stuff. Now,
let me just read from the book Selected Messages, Book one,
page three hundred and eighty eight. Somebody's eyes just opened,
like what, Yes, Yes, we'll continue in the days to come.
And it reads the only way in which men will
be able to stand firm in the conflict is to
be rooted and grounded, where in Christ. They must receive
the truth as it is in Jesus. And it is
only as the truth is presented in connection with Jesus
that it can be of any value to us. So
all of the details, I'm detail oriented, excruciating details. I
love them. However, the details will not save us. The
micro details will not save us. Will learn from them.
Some of us will, even God forbid, become proud because
we are able to give very good responses related to
the details that some people didn't see. Like this morning,
I showed you a little bit of the sanctuary blueprint
before we get the sanctuary. It's like whoa, and you
can cheer in applaud but that ain't gonna get you
no closer to God. My ability to see that is
not getting me closer to God. It's just the privilege
that God has given us through Christ, that we will
actually begin to live in covenant with Him. And so
the first one, the covenant lesson for today, pardon me.
The covenant is not only a regular kind of a contract,
it's relationship built on God's word. Our second lesson. The blood,
in this case symbolizes dependence on divine power because the
life is in the blood. God gives us our lives.
And then, finally, relationship with God must be personal and oh,
by the way, experienced every single day, every single day,
every night. This week, I want you to speak to
God as personally as possible. Don't make it a script, though,
talk to him about your actual day.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: Friends.
Speaker 1: 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.
Speaker 2: Yeah,