Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. Religious men are convinced
that they can go about earning God's favor and blessing by the
activities of their mind and body. They believe that their
obedience to his precepts and their devotion therein will cause
the blessing of God to come upon them. Thus they spend much time
seeking to stir up men to various levels of zeal and commitment
in supposedly serving God. They are blissfully unaware that
the blessing of God is that which brings about true zeal, and commitment
rather than vice versa. Paul declares this quite plainly,
saying, Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, naught
is in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Work
out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God
which worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasure. So then it is not of him that
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
The sweet consolation of the sons of God is that He will never
leave them to their own devices, except that He might instruct
them, even as He did with Job and Peter, via Satan's sifting. Yet it is unceasing mercy towards
the sons of God that prompts His faithful chastening. For
he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee, so that
we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear
what man shall do unto me. For the mountains shall depart,
and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart
from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed,
saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. It cannot be overemphasized
that all of the promises which the sons of God enjoy the fruits
of were first given to Christ, and they enjoy those fruits because
they are chosen in him. Now to Abraham and his seed were
the promises made. He saith not unto seeds as of
many, but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ. For we
are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. These
promises are continual and cannot be overturned or abandoned, because
Christ is the beginning and the end. For all the promises of
God in him are yea, and in him amen, unto the glory of God by
us. Now he which establisheth us
with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God, who hath
also sealed us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in
our hearts. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto
the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it
by an oath. that by two immutable things
in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong
consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope
set before us, which hope we have as an anchor of the soul,
both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within
the veil, whether the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus,
made an high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. It
is pleased the Lord to send messengers into the earth to proclaim the
glory of His grace, revealed in Jesus Christ unto the vast
regions of the world. For He has a people of every
kindred, tribe, and tongue scattered throughout the earth, and He
will call them all according to the purpose of His grace.
It is He who blesses both the message and the messengers. How
beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him that bringeth
good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings
of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God
reigneth. And how shall they preach, except
they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful
are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring
glad tidings of good things. When a man is sent with this
message, nothing can stop it, nor diminish the purpose of him
who sends it to accomplish that which he determines. We see this
clearly demonstrated in the early days of the New Testament church,
as Peter and other of the apostles declared this message in an unstoppable
fashion. When they were warned to be silent,
they preached still. When they were in prison, they
were set free in order that they might proclaim this good news.
When they were threatened with death, they ceased not to magnify
the name of Christ according to the purpose of God. This was
not done in their power, but rather in that of Him that sent
them. Peter declared this purpose on the day of Pentecost, for
the promise is unto you and to your children and to all that
are far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
This is a work which shall be carried out until the end of
the age. I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify unto you
these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring
of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit
and the bride say, Come, and let him that heareth say, Come,
and let him that is athirst come, and whosoever will, let him take
the water of life freely. Do you hear his voice, and are
you thirsty? For a free CD containing 15 of
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