Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. Jesus Christ is the source
of all life, as well as its sustainer. No creature has life within themselves,
but receive it from him who kills and makes alive. In him was life,
and the life was the light of men. For as the Father hath life
in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.
For in him we live and move and have our being. Every breath
that we take, every beat of our heart, is that which is determined
and wrought in us according to the good pleasure of His will.
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath
wrought this, in whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind? Adam was in a state of carnal
innocence, though not perfection, and had no knowledge of death,
sin, or destruction before he disobeyed the clear and simple
command of God. Yet when he acted according to
his nature, as the Lord had told him that he would, he brought
all of that upon his own head as well as his posterity. But
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not
eat of it, for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die." Now we're quite certain that Adam did not physically
die in that day when he ate of that which was forbidden. In
fact he lived to be nine hundred and thirty years old. Yet he
did indeed die in that day because the sentence of death and condemnation
came upon him. And every day in which his body
drew breath he came closer to the ultimate outcome of his disregard
of the Lord's command. and as it is appointed unto men
once to die, but after this the judgment. He was like a man on
death row awaiting his final day with no reprieve in sight.
There is no power which men have to stave off this appointed end,
though they expend all manner of money and effort to avoid
it. Their life must cease according to the ordained purpose of him
who gives them life in the first place. In their rebellion against
this one who appoints a man's bounds that he cannot pass, men
have devised all sorts of religions and philosophies which they believe
help them cope with this certain end. They are certain that their
beliefs will uphold them in that day, which is rapidly approaching.
Most men believe that they have a soul, yet the scriptures indicate
that they are a soul. The same scriptures speak of
the spirit of a man. It is impossible, however, for
men to discern the exact difference between the soul and the spirit,
or even how they can be differentiated from the body, since the only
visible evidence of a man is seen by his body. Yet we do know
that the word of God, which is sharper than any two-edged sword,
can divide between the soul and spirit, even the joints and marrow,
that is, the body. So we are left here upon the
earth with no knowledge of the existence of men apart from seeing
their body alive and well. The great and precious promise
of the Lord is that he will raise these corruptible bodies from
the grave in the day of the resurrection. This is the hope given to those
who believe on Jesus Christ. His resurrection assures them
of this promise. Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to His abundant mercy,
hath begotten us again into a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled,
and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who were kept
by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed
in the last time. This promise of life which is
in Christ Jesus can only be enjoyed by those which were born not
of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of
man, but of God. Herein do they rejoice, having
promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Those who are born from above, receiving life from Him who is
life, are made free in Him. There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and
death. 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. I am crucified
with Christ, nevertheless I live. Yet not I, but Christ liveth
in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for
me. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors
not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after
the flesh, ye shall die. But if ye through the Spirit
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as
are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For
ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but
ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father. This is the promise of life in
Christ Jesus. Do you rest in this promise?
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