Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. Those who are convinced
of the supposed truth of the theory of evolution only have
to produce one piece of evidence which would silence their critics
forever, that being the fabled missing link. If it is true that
one species can or has changed from one to another, surely in
all of the vast expanses of the world, both present and past,
in the so-called fossil record, there should be at least one
example of this change in progress. If man descended from apes or
birds, surely there is a monkey with wings or a man with a tail.
The fact of the matter is that the reason no missing link can
be produced is because none ever existed. The Scripture is clear
that God made His creation as He intended it to be and has
not, as some suggest, just set things in motion in order to
bring it to pass. But God hath chosen the foolish
things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen
the weak things of the world to confound the things which
are mighty. And base things of the world and things which are
despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to
bring to naught things that are, that no flesh should glory in
his presence. I am often amused at the thought
of men digging in the earth and discovering the bones of some
supposed extinct creature which they are convinced actually lived
upon the earth because there is a fossil in the ground. Now,
whether or not such creatures ever existed is not in anyone's
ability to determine. It is entirely possible that
God put these bones in the earth for no other reason than to confound
those wise and mighty men who are determined to explain our
existence without bowing before the Creator. We're not interested
in spending a lot of time debating the evolutionists, for they are
quite convinced that their theories are true. To them it is quaint
that someone who actually believes that the Bible account of creation
is literally true would be so bold and ignorant as to question
science falsely so-called. We on the other hand are quite
convinced by power outside of human reason that God spoke worlds
into existence. Through faith we understand that
the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which
are seen were not made of things which do appear. Human reasoning
will never produce faith in those that believe not, nor can it
overturn that faith which God has wrought in man according
to his own purpose and glory. So we turn our thoughts to a
missing link which is of much more importance. Repentance is
a subject which commands very little attention in our day,
yet its proclamation was a chief element of John the Baptist's
message. It was at the very heart of the teaching of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and it was the cornerstone of the Apostles' doctrine. Paul,
speaking at Mars Hill in Athens, said that God now commandeth
all men everywhere to repent. By nature, men are in great spiritual
darkness and in need of deliverance from it. In order for a man to
have any understanding of spiritual truth, he must receive enlightenment
from a source outside of his own intellect. The new birth
is the perfect work of God in a man to bring him into a perfect
light. Another perfect work which God
produces in His children is that of the gift of faith which enables
a man to embrace that revelation of truth. At the end of this
chain of events is another perfect work of God in His people which
is the culmination of the new birth and faith which we call
conversion. Repentance is part and parcel
of this work. Peter was a man who professed
faith in Christ. The Lord even used him as an
example of true faith and testified of the fact that he had received
the knowledge that he had by divine revelation. Yet Peter
had not yet been converted. Job testified of his faith and
dependence on God when he argued with his friends. Yet Job had
not yet been converted. Nebuchadnezzar had some knowledge
of God when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were delivered from
the fiery furnace, yet Nebuchadnezzar had not yet been converted. Paul
was a Pharisee and a student of the Scriptures, zealous for
the glory of God when Stephen was stoned, perhaps even pricked
in his conscience, yet Paul had not yet been converted. The Lord
revealed Himself to these men when He brought them to their
knees in repentance. When their self-esteem was turned
to corruption within them, they all fell on their faces and worshipped
Him who is the true and living God. Repentance is a godly sorrow
which produces a profound result in those who experience it. It
is not the sorrow which the world has, such as that which drove
Judas to despair and suicide, nor is it a common feeling of
regret which is the natural work of the conscience. True repentance
is a life-changing experience that cannot be overturned, and
is an evidence of the grace of God. Have you been brought to
repentance before God? For a free CD containing 15 of
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