Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. The kingdom of God is one
of light and life, which is totally in contrast to and at odds with
the kingdoms and thought processes of this world. This is the exact
reason that the Lord told Nicodemus, except a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God. Paul describes this blindness
saying, but the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit
of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually discerned. This is not to say
that a man cannot learn and recite scriptures and even declare doctrinal
truth that is in itself sound and useful. Yet that essence
of truth is missing from those who have not tasted that the
Lord is gracious. There are those who are ever
learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Though we cannot testify with the apostles to having seen the
Lord with these eyes of our flesh, Yet by the grace of God we have
indeed seen him through the eye of faith as the Spirit has enlightened
our minds and opened our understanding to behold him who is full of
grace and truth. For God who commanded the light
to shine out of darkness has shined in our hearts to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
of Jesus Christ. The Lord gave to his twelve apostles
gifts that he did that they in turn might glorify him in the
declaration of those things which they both saw heard and touched. As John said, that which was
from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen
with our eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have
handled of the word of life. We are extremely blessed by the
testimony of these men, whom the Lord was pleased to call
and send into the earth with the glorious gospel of the blessed
God. John said that this word of life was manifested in the
earth. Thus he testifies in his gospel
account, saying, And the word was made flesh and dwelt among
us, and we beheld his glory. The glory is of the only begotten
of the Father, full of grace and truth. Christ came into this
world in a body of flesh and blood, coming forth from his
mother's womb just like every son of Adam. He walked among
the sinners of this earth and was tempted in all points like
as we are, yet was totally without sin of his own. Apart from this
real body he could not have atoned for our sin, for we could not
be redeemed except by him who is our near kin. in the body
of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable
and unreprovable in his sight. For as much as you know that
you were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold from
your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers,
but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot. This man who died on Calvary
is the same one who was sealed vainly in a tomb awaiting the
third day when he split the bonds of death and arose a victor over
sin, death, and shame in the behalf of his kinsmen. Once again
he walked among his apostles in the same body which was laid
in the tomb. When he removed the cobwebs of unbelief from
their eyes, they beheld him once again, but this time as a triumphant
warrior who made a show of his enemies openly. He ate with them
on the seashore of a meal which he had prepared for them. A few
days later they beheld him as he ascended back to the glory
which was his from the beginning. There he presently lives in that
same body which was manifested to them, bearing the scars of
his victory in the mantle of that glory which is rightfully
his. In this same body he shall descend
from heaven with a shout and the voice of the archangel, to
gather that possession which he has purchased with his own
blood. Why stands he gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus
which has taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. It is true that
we which are alive and remain cannot testify that we have beheld
him in his body, yet we have been given the gift of faith
to believe the testimony of those who have. These are not mere
random speculators or those who have sought to perpetuate some
concocted myth. These are those who have been
ordained by the true and living God to bear witness of him with
whom they walked daily. For we have not followed cunningly
devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his
majesty. And this voice which came from
heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. We
have also a more sure word of prophecy, where unto ye do well
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place,
until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts. Do
you believe this testimony? For a free CD containing 15 of
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