Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. We find the evidence of
the Lord's longing as an obedient son throughout the Psalms. His
desire to walk in the light of the Lord, to hide his word in
his heart, to be found faithful and unashamed in the presence
of those who sought his destruction. He alone as a perfect son could
express a perfect desire and yearning for the courts of the
Lord. He is the only one who could possibly be described in
Psalm 24, three through five. Who shall ascend into the hill
of the Lord, or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath
clean hands and a pure heart, who hath not lifted up his soul
unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully, he shall receive the blessing
from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
None of the sons of Adam could ever fit this description. Christ
alone is the righteousness of God who has life in himself. If any man would see a picture
of a perfect man, let him read the Psalms in the light of seeing
Christ pray with effectual and fervent prayer and hearing him
extol the God of heaven and earth with joyous praise which has
no bounds. Great is the Lord, and greatly
to be praised, in the city of our God, in the mountain of his
holiness. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art
very great. Thou art clothed with honor and
majesty, who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who
stretches out the heavens like a curtain, who layeth the beams
of his chambers in the waters, who maketh the clouds his chariot,
who walketh upon the wings of the wind, who maketh his angels'
spirits his ministers of flaming fire, who laid the foundations
of the earth that it should not be removed forever. Lift up your
heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors,
and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up
your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting
doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King
of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the
King of glory. Selah. We read of him who is
mighty in battle, as he has triumphed over all his foes, taking captivity
captive and giving gifts unto men. He has trod the winepress
of God's wrath alone, and there was none with him. Yet his own
arm brought salvation to him, as he trampled his enemies in
his fury and made his garments red with his own blood and those
he has slain. Yet he has come as a man of peace,
and sowed the seeds of peace wherever he went. He spoke words
of peace, even as that one who will not break the bruised reed,
nor quench the smoking flax. He called to sinners, those who
had no strength, and those who see themselves laboring for an
empty treasure. He announced himself as the light
of the world, the shepherd of the sheep, and that one who came
to seek and to save that which was lost. He came unto his own,
that is, the natural nation of Israel into which he was born,
and yet they received him not. He spoke words of peace unto
them, but they determined to pursue war, even as he testifies
in Psalm 120, verse 7. They reviled him, spat upon him,
and beat him unmercifully. Yet he raised no accusation against
them. And as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened
not his mouth. He spoke unto them the words
of life, and demonstrated the power of God in their midst,
raising the dead to life, giving sight to the blind, and feeding
the multitudes. And yet they manifested the natural
and unreasonable hatred of all men towards God, and would not
hear him. He spoke to them of the mercy
of God towards the Gentiles, and they hated him for it, and
would have cast him off of a cliff had he not walked through the
midst of them. At any time he could have destroyed them all.
He was for peace, but they were for war. The Lord of Glory, who
tabernacled among men, is a man of war. The Lord is a man of
war. The Lord is His name, as we read
in Exodus 15. He has manifested Himself in
that fashion many times over, as He has put the enemies of
His people to flight. Yet He demonstrated the nature
of His kingdom in quite a different fashion when He rode into Jerusalem
meekly on a colt, the foal of an ass. For God sent not His
Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world
through Him might be saved. He came with a message of peace
and declared His intention of giving peace unto those who are
His, who believe in His name according to the gift of faith
bestowed by His Spirit, even those for whom He has shed His
blood and does call according to His purpose. If left to themselves,
would each one raise themselves against Him. and desire war rather
than peace. And you that were sometime alienated
in enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. He does conquer the hearts of
his people through his words of peace declared in the gospel,
and they gladly throw down their instruments of war and worship
at his footstool. Have you been reconciled unto
this King of peace? For a free CD containing 15 of
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