Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. Every true prophet in every
age has prophesied of Christ, who is the fulfillment of all
prophecy from the beginning. When the Lord prophesied to Adam
that he would surely die when he ate of the forbidden tree,
He set the stage for the antidote of death, which He promised to
the woman that she would bear him, who would bruise Satan's
head. When the bow was set in the clouds
after the flood, Christ was at promise, even as He was that
ark into which Noah and his family were sealed. When Abraham would
sacrifice his son Isaac, the Lord Jesus Christ was that ram
caught in the thicket. When Joseph was sold into slavery
in Egypt only to become the deliverer of his father's house, we see
Christ the Savior of those who was given to him by his father.
That burning bush which Moses saw was Christ. Christ was that
Passover lamb which was slain, and his blood was upon the doorposts
and lintels of the houses of the children of Israel. He was
that cloud which shielded them from the heat in the wilderness,
and that pillar of fire which followed them by night, dispelling
the darkness. Christ was that manna which fell
from heaven, and fed them even as he was that rock from whence
the water flowed to quench their thirst. He was that Joshua which
led them into the promised land. He was that ark of the covenant,
that tabernacle of refuge, and that mercy seat where they could
offer an acceptable sacrifice unto the Lord. The subject of
every word written by the sweet psalmist of Israel was Christ,
who is that man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor stood in the way of sinners. He is that word which was hid
in the heart as he promised to write his law upon the people
of his choice. He is that one who pursued his
beloved in Solomon's song even as he is the wisdom demonstrated
in the Proverbs. He is that one whom Isaiah said
would be called the everlasting father and the prince of peace
whose government shall never pass away. He is that one whom
Nebuchadnezzar saw in the fiery furnace with the three Hebrews
and later the same one who he confessed doeth according to
his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of
the earth and none can stay his hand or say unto him what doest
thou. He is that son of righteousness who arises with healing in his
wings as Malachi prophesied. We see no different dispensations
relating to various ages in the earth, but rather we see the
dispenser of grace in every age to that blessed people which
he chose in Christ from before the foundation of the world.
This was he whom Paul declared that he would preach and in whom
alone he would boast. But God forbid that I should
glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom the
world is crucified unto me and I unto the world. Paul was a
man specifically blessed and called to declare the glorious
dispensation of grace to all men. He plainly stated, for he
is not a Jew, which is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision,
which is outward in the flesh, but he is a Jew, which is one
inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit
and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of
God. This is a practical demonstration
of the exact message which the Lord brought to Nicodemus. When
he said, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom
of God. This new birth cannot be earned,
purchased, nor gained through any religious exercise, regardless
of its sincerity. Rather, it must be dispensed
by the one who kills and makes alive according to his good pleasure. But as many as received him,
whether they be Jew or Gentile, to them gave he power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name, which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of God. The Lord dispenses grace as he
is pleased to send men into the earth to preach the everlasting
gospel of Jesus Christ the righteous. For whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call
on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they
believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they
hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except
they be sent? There is no sweeter message that
can be proclaimed than this one, whose author and finisher is
he who is the dispenser of light and life to as many as he shall
call. For whom he did foreknow, them
he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his
Son. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called, and whom
he called, them he also justified, and whom he justified, them he
also glorified. He will never leave nor forsake
those to whom he is pleased to dispense this glorious saving
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