Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. The Lord revels in His
own glory, and will share it with none. The rebellious nature
of men causes them to take issue with this, because men delight
in their own glory, wrongly assuming that they have some standing
which would entitle them to respect even before God. We live in an
age when the singular glory of God is little mentioned, while
the supposed glory of men is magnified. Little by little over
time, the truth of God has been turned into a lie, as men worship
and serve the creature more than the Creator. This error is manifested
in the widespread teaching of a gospel, which is another gospel,
as Paul described it. As we said before, so say I now
again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that
ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade
men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For
if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Those who preach any other message than Jesus Christ and Him crucified
are those who, having a form of godliness but denying the
power thereof, from search turn away, ever learning and never
able to come to the knowledge of the truth. The preaching of
Christ crucified is done for the sole purpose of magnifying
His name and setting forth before the sons of men the glory which
surrounds Him who bled and died for sinners according to His
eternal purpose. It is the declaration of His
eternal kingdom which He has established in the earth through
His redemptive work in the behalf of those who were chosen in Him
from before the foundation of the world. It is the proclamation
of the fact that He has finished the work which He came to do
and has saved His people from their sins. It is the announcement
that He is calling His sheep by name from the midst of darkness
of this world, where they are scattered like pieces of treasure,
awaiting the day when they are snatched as brands from the burning
and subjected to the refiner's fire. It is the assertion that
He presently works in His people through His Spirit, for it is
God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good
pleasure. It is to announce that He will
come again to the earth to gather that possession which He has
purchased with His own blood, and to raise those of them who
sleep in Him with the same resurrection which He manifested when He triumphed
over sin and death, rising from the dead on the third day. And
so shall they ever be with the Lord. This gospel declaration
is made in the presence of all men, but it is specifically sent
to the ears of them whom the Lord is pleased to awaken, that
they might hear the call of his voice and come unto him, even
as he commands them to do. Come you sinners, poor and wretched,
weak and wounded, sick and sore. Jesus ready stands to save you,
full of pity, joined with power. Let not conscience make you linger,
nor of fitness fondly dream. All the fitness he requireth
is to fill your need of him. This he gives you, tis the Spirit's
rising beam. As the psalmist says, though
the Lord is high, he hath respect unto the lowly. The Lord stands
in need of nothing, yet he has regard unto sinners. Is this
not the most amazing revelation that can be set forth before
men and angels? This truth is manifested when
he said, to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. Just as surely as
he holds the proud at arm's length, he does gather those who are
lowly in his arms and will not let them perish. A bruised reed
shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till
he send forth judgment unto victory. For the Son of Man has come to
save that which was lost. Even so, it is not the will of
your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones
should perish. The proud will not seek Him,
for they are satisfied with their own righteousness, and they shall
have it and the fruits which come with it. Yet those whom
the Lord has caused to see their lowly estate, He will also deliver
out of it, setting their feet upon a solid rock and causing
them to rejoice therein. This is the message that he came
to deliver. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to
heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them
that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
He has not in any wise failed to accomplish exactly what he
has set out to do, nor shall he in any wise be disappointed
in the outcome of that which he has purposed to do. The pleasure
of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the
travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge
shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall bear their
iniquities. Are you among the proud who are
far off or the lowly who are brought near? For a free CD containing
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