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 Monday, March ten,
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 the just and the Justifier. We'll get into
that in just a moment. I know that sounds really
theol logical, and it is, but we'll make it simple.
But we'll get into that in just a moment. But
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and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven.
Thank you for giving us this new day. Thank you
for loving us more than we can even believe. Thank
you for giving us the privilege of being cleansed by
you in Jesus name. Amen, and a man again, the
just and the Justifier. Okay, so let me explain this
one more again, like one more time I shared it
quickly with you the other day. But God being just
and the Justifier means that all of us have sinned
and come short of the glory of God. The wages
of sin is eternal death. So anybody who sins must
die like eternal death penalty. We're not talking about you know,
like what humans go through on planet Earth. My mother
has passed away. She passed away in a tragic car
accident in twenty twenty. That is not what we're talking about,
as tragic as it is, as disruptive to us as
it was how much we missed her. That is, that
is not the wages of sin. That is something that
we see as a result of sin. Yes, but people
who die like that or in other ways, all are
going to be raised one way or the other, some
unto everlasting life, some unto condemnation. Okay, And so the
wages of sin is death actually means that whoever sins
should die the second death eternal separation from God and
the burning happens in hell until that life is extinguished.
This is what happens after the thousand years following the
coming of Jesus Christ. Okay, so that's what we're talking about. Ah,
But there's a problem. There's a problem. God loves us
so much. I know, I said problem. I know what
I just said. God loves us so much, so much
that what that he could not stand to watch us die.
So what happens Jesus Christ becomes our substitute. He takes
on human flesh. This is why what we call the incarnation,
or Jesus taking on human flesh, becoming like a human
being living on planet Earth. He was born unto Mary
right the power of the Holy Ghost overshadows her. She
bears him in nine months just like normal. And he
is the son of God. And yet he comes through Mary.
And so as a human being, Jesus Christ bears the
punishment that we deserve. He becomes our substitute. Just like
the Old Testament writers would have shown us in the sanctuary.
All of those innocent animals were representative of taking our punishment.
But Jesus, the real Lamb of God, which taketh the
way the sins of the world. He now becomes our substitute.
He takes our punishment, and then he takes up his
life again and is of course in his glorified self again,
and he will live throughout eternity. He has given to
us that life as a gift. So that means that
the punishment that we deserve, he becomes our substitute. If
we have faith in him, then we can be justified.
He can be just He punishes sin, and he can
justify us, meaning he can look at us as if
we never sinned, how can he do that? Now we
can have on the righteousness of Christ. So when the
law sees me, he it sees you. The law sees me,
the law sees you. But now we are covered in
the righteousness of Christ. The judgment don't gavel down. Is innocent,
not just not guilty. I wish I had the time
innocent why because Jesus was in his Did you did
you follow all of that? I know we're trying to
cram so much goodness into a couple of minutes. You're
gonna you're gonna need to pray and rewind this, Okay,
And so the lesson writer actually wants us to read
from the Bible Book of Romans, chapter three, uh, and
beginning at verse twenty three, Let's see how much we
can we can get. Actually, you know what, let me
let me go go quicker quicker. Romans Chapter five and
verse eight encapsulates it. The Bible reads God commendeth his
love toward us in that while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us. So I'm not gonna explain that further.
It's what I just said in a little bit more.
And so these passages both the one I didn't read,
and this one reveal number one, the universal problem of sin.
All of us have sinned. Of course, the devil and
his angels have sinned, but they their chances, so they
can't be saved, but we can be saved. The universal
problem of sin. God's solution through Christ's death and resurrection, Yes,
and his ministry in heaven. The public display of God's
righteousness because he died on the cross and it was
well documented, like people saw this, and of course now
we still talk about it based on the Bible, the
demonstration of God's love he gave us Jesus Christ. And finally,
the perfect balance of justice and mercy. God is just.
He's righteous. Yes, the sinner must die, but his mercy
sees the death of Jesus Christ on our behalf as payment.
He represents the human race here and as payment for
the death penalty we deserve. Jesus paid it all, just
like the hymn writer wrote. You see, I'm so grateful.
There's so much here. I know we don't have enough
time to cover it all. The lesson writer also wants
us to read from Genesis chapter three, verse fifteen and
Revelation chapter twelve. Verses ten through twelve. I'll just read
the first one. In Genesis, chapter three and verse fifteen,
the Bible reads, and I will put hostility or enmity
between you and the woman, and between your offspring and
her offspring. Her offspring will crush your head. So he's
speaking directly to the devil who's using the serpent as
a puppet, and you will bruise his heel. So Jesus
is going to crush the head of Satan. And Satan
is going to nip at the heels of Jesus. While
he lived on planet Earth, he nipped at his heels.
He nips at the heels of the people who are
God's people, God's chill, and he nips at the heel.
But Christ in Us, the hope of Glory, finally crushes
the head of Satan. And so this connection, the connection
between the two that we would have read, shows that
number one, the prophecy in Genesis, is a fulfillment in
Christ's victory of prophecy. Right the number two, the Cross
dealt a fatal blow to Satan, crushed his head. Number three,
victory is secured through the blood of the Lamb. For
Satan's time now is limited because of God's decisive victory,
and we finally overcome him by the blood of the Lamb.
Make it a great day.
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.