Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. The Lord Jesus Christ is
the sole inheritor of all of the covenant promises which have
been made by the Father. He has taken captivity captive
and given gifts unto men, triumphing over all of his enemies, and
therefore the enemies of all those whom the Father has given
him from before the foundation of the world. He is the fulfiller
of the law, which no man could keep, and he has established
that covenant which was prophesied in the book of Jeremiah. The
only conditional covenant with a quid pro quo, which is do this
and live, which the Lord has set forth, was that which was
given to Moses. Many assume that this Mosaic
covenant is still in effect today, and go about to establish their
own righteousness by supposed adherence to its demands. Yet
this covenant was never given to produce righteousness. If
there had been a law given which could have given life, verily
righteousness should have been by the law. Therefore by the
deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his
sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. This law which
was given on Mount Sinai is no hiding place. The law was given
to teach men that they cannot keep the law, nor come unto God
by any works of their flesh. The man who thinks that he does
keep the law is deluded, and those who would seek to earn
blessings by supposed obedience to it deny both the holiness
of the law and their own innate wickedness. Such was the plight
of the Pharisee who went to the temple to pray thus with himself. The Jews perish because they
go about to establish their own righteousness, even as many who
profess to follow Christ do the same, when they think that they
can gain the favor of God by their actions. All of our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags before Him. So likewise ye, when ye shall
have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are
unprofitable servants, we have done that which was our duty
to do. What could a man possibly do to gain the favor of Him who
will not look upon sin? The glorious new covenant which
the Lord has established is in reality older than the Mosaic
covenant, which failed due to the weakness of the flesh and
not the failure of the law. The law does indeed accomplish
exactly what it was intended to do. Wherefore, the law was
our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be
justified by faith. But after that faith is come,
we are no longer under a schoolmaster. Any other use of the law other
than to bring men to the feet of Christ in repentance is a
misuse of it, and any who lay it upon the backs of those who
are set free in Christ fight against the liberty of the sons
of God. 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. That the righteousness
of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit. The covenant of promise which
was first demonstrated to Abraham was in reality hinted at in the
Lord's declaration to Satan of that one who was to come. And
I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed. It shall bruise thy head, and
thou shalt bruise his heel. The Lord set forth this promise
directly to the seed of Abraham, which is the same one who is
called the seed of the woman. For all the promises of God in
him are yea, and in him amen, unto the glory of God by us. The Lord showed to Jeremiah how
that he would bring this covenant to fruition in calling out a
people which he has loved from the beginning. This covenant
of promise is set forth in contrast to that covenant of law, which
demonstrated the weakness of sinful flesh. The covenant that
was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law which was 430
years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise
of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more
of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore
then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come, to whom the promise was made. Christ
is the promised seed, to whom this covenant was made. This
is a covenant which shall stand forever, for it is built upon
a promise which shall never fail, and does not depend in any wise
on the ability or supposed faith of sinful flesh to bring it to
pass or cause it to endure, which hope we have as an anchor of
the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that
within the veil. Is Christ your hope? For a free
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