Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. When the Lord came into
the world as an infant of days, he was overshadowed by angels
which were given charge to watch over him. Because thou hast made
the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most high thy habitation,
there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come
nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels
charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear
thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a
stone. "'Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder, "'the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. "'Because
he has said his love upon me, "'therefore will I deliver him.
"'I will set him on high because he hath known my name. "'He shall
call upon me and I will answer him. "'I will be with him in
trouble. "'I will deliver him and honor him. "'With long life
will I satisfy him "'and show him my salvation.' "'He came
to do his father's will "'and he performed it perfectly "'and
fulfilled the exact purpose "'for which he was sent into the earth.
Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people
from their sins. Who gave himself for us, that
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar
people, zealous of good works. The Lord said that he is the
door of the sheep. He calls his sheep by name, and
they follow him. I am the door. By me, if any
man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and
find pasture. As we read this, our thoughts are turned to the
promise given to Christ and all of those who are His sheep in
Psalm 121. The Lord shall preserve thy going
out and thy coming in. Just as all aspects of the life
of the man Christ Jesus was watched over by his Father, so too are
the steps of the righteous who are hidden in Christ. There is
no time when he does not preserve them and keep them from falling.
The Lord made a similar promise to the nation of Israel, but
it was conditional based upon their obedience to the law which
he had given them. Blessed shalt thou be when thou
comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
They did not receive this blessing, because they did not abide under
the conditions upon which it was promised. This is given for
our instruction, as Paul points out. For what the law could not
do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned
sin in the flesh, that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Foolish is the man who expects to receive such blessings on
the basis of partial obedience or weak faith. Apart from the
perfect righteousness of Christ, there can be no fulfillment of
the law, nor any blessing bestowed upon that basis. Christ is our
law keeper, and he is that one who directs our going out and
our coming in. O Lord, Thou hast searched me
and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising.
Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my
path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, Thou
knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and
before and laid Thine hand upon me. This promise is first fulfilled
in Christ and bestowed on all those who are his. Whither shall
I go from thy spirit, or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there. If I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall
thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. This is the
heritage of the sons of God. They have reaped the benefits
which Christ has procured for them. They have inherited all
of the blessings which the Father has been pleased to give unto
Christ. The psalmist said, such knowledge
is too wonderful for me. It is high. I cannot attain to
it. We cannot fully appreciate the
blessings which are ours in Christ, so we are compelled to fall down
and worship at his feet, even with that multitude which no
man can number. I beheld in low a great multitude
which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds, And
people in tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes and palms in their hands, and cried
with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon
the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round
about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and
fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying,
Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be unto our God
forever and ever. Amen. Do you rejoice in the righteousness
of Christ, or do you seek to add to that which is already
perfect? For a free CD containing 15 of
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