Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. The sons of God are exhorted
to judge all things, but we must daily ask for grace to judge
righteous judgment, which is always done in humility, knowing
that we know nothing as we ought to know. The Lord said, behold,
I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be you therefore
wise as serpents and harmless as doves. We will all be surprised
one day to find out how little we knew of heavenly things and
how much less we knew of God's wondrous workings and those whom
he calls his own. The Lord often saves the best
for last and gives his children insights into heavenly things
that they can appreciate more fully towards the end of their
days. A man can ramble on about many things that may be of some
profit to the sons of God, but as the Lord told Martha, one
thing is needful. It will always be what Paul confessed,
for I determine not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and
Him crucified. The latter end of David is much
like most men. He who once wielded a mighty
sword to cut off the head of Goliath was eventually brought
to a bed of feebleness, where he could not even keep warm except
it be by extreme measures. His last words are significant
because they give us an insight into the grace which kept David
while the world, his flesh, and Satan conspired to destroy him.
Such is the case with all of the sons of God, for he will
not forsake his own, even though it may appear so when the ravages
of time and age have taken their toll on these feeble houses of
clay. One cannot know what goes on
in the mind and spirit of the sons of God when they are in
such states of decay. But we can know that their testimony
of faith in Christ is not diminished, even though their bodies may
be. For Christ is their strength and shield, and He will supply
their every need. He is their faith. He commanded
no armies in that state, but he was nonetheless a mighty warrior
in the army of God. The Lord does not need the vibrancy
and strength of youth, but will demonstrate his faithfulness
and grace to those he loves, even to the very end of these
tottering earthly tabernacles. It does not matter how eloquent
or powerful a man might have been, or how mightily he might
have been used by the Lord. All will ultimately be stripped
of such things, as the weakness of their body is demonstrated,
and their sustainer's hands of mercy hold them tightly to his
bosom. The eternal God is our refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms." In David's last words, he confessed that
in all of those anointed psalms that he wrote, it was the power
and grace of God that brought them to pass. The Spirit of the
Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. This is akin
to that which Paul taught. For who maketh thee to differ
from another in what hast thou that thou didst not receive?
The man who is taught by the Spirit of God can never glory
in his own abilities and power, but must give all glory to him
who led captivity captive and gave gifts to men. In David's
last words, he spoke prophetically of Christ. The God of Israel
said, the rock of Israel spake to me. Christ is that rock. Though David saw very dimly as
an Old Testament prophet, he knew that Christ would come.
In full revelation, we now see that Christ is the spokesman
of God. God hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,
whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made
the worlds. Christ alone is that just King
and Ruler who came to do his Father's will. In David's last
words he spoke of him who is the light of the world, and he
shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth,
even a morning without clouds, as the tender grass springing
out of the earth by clear shining after rain. For he would dispel
the darkness which held men in chains. The morning is broken
as the bright and morning star has now come. For God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
of Jesus Christ. In David's last words, he spoke
of a covenant-keeping God. Although my house be not so with
God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered
in all things and sure. The covenant blessings of God
come to his people through Christ, to whom all covenant promises
have been made. 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. The Lord
declared the results of this covenant when He said, All that
the Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh to
me I will in no wise cast out. The last words of John are, Even
so come, Lord Jesus. Do you look for His coming? For
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