Thy mercy, my God, is the theme
of my song. Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. The blessings which Jesus
Christ has purchased for His brethren are not in any wise
conditional. He has met and fulfilled all
conditions in the behalf of those whom He loved with an everlasting
love. Whatever they have lacked, He has provided, but without
faith it is impossible to please Him. Thus he has provided faith
to those whom he loves. His faith is perfect and without
doubting, and it is in his faith that we stand. This is that one
faith of which Paul writes, Christ is the source of all true faith,
which is the gift of God. Christ is the basis of all true
faith, as Paul says, 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. This faith is in no wise
dependent upon the performance of the children of God. If we
believe not, yet he abideth faithful. He cannot deny himself. And the
very God of peace sanctify you wholly. And I pray God, your
whole spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you,
who also will do it. The Lord demands a perfect righteousness
for those who would enter into his presence, 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 into vanity, nor sworn deceitfully, he shall receive
the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of
his salvation. There is only one who has ever
met these requirements, and it is he who is our substitute.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom,
and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, that according
as it is written, he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. The
salvation of the sons of God is from beginning to end the
product of His own will and power. He is mighty to save. Any condition
which the sons of God stand in need of, He has provided. While the law demanded obedience,
it could not furnish it, since the weakness of our flesh is
demonstrated by our inability to keep its demands. for what
the law could not do, and that it was weeped 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. Paul writes of a sequence of
events which must transpire in order for the salvation which
Christ has wrought to be made manifest in the conscience of
those for whom he has provided it. For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they
call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they
believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they
hear without a preacher? In order for a man to believe
in Christ, he must hear. Yet we find that men by nature
cannot hear the truth of God, nor will they seek after it.
How then cometh this hearing? It must be bestowed upon them
by him who is the healer of deaf ears. Many have made the mistake
of thinking that the power of the preacher is that which causes
men to hear. The Lord is pleased to send and
use men to perform the task of declaring the gospel, which brings
life and immortality to light. But it is only as the Lord opens
the ears of the hearer that they shall be enabled to hear. The
Lord promised that He would open the ears and heal the blind eyes
of those who have sat in darkness. I will put My law in their inward
parts and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and they
shall be My people. They shall be caused to hear
and then to learn of Him. And this is life eternal, that
they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom
Thou hast sent. In this fashion they have indeed
learned of the Father. For when a man has seen Jesus
Christ, he has seen the Father. As the Lord told the Pharisees,
if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. When
a man has learned of the Father, he has also learned of the great
gulf that there is between the perfections and glory of God
and himself. This is the learning which begets
repentance. So it is when the sons of God have heard the word
of truth from the lips of him who is the truth, they will learn
of the Father, and they will come unto him, for they can do
nothing else. All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me. For the glory of God, we do proclaim
liberty to the captives and the giving of sight to the blind,
declaring that he calls sinners to come to him. Come unto me,
all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly
at heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke
is easy, and my burden is light. Do you hear him? For a free CD
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