Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. Men assume that they are
free to choose to serve God, just like they are free to pick
out a new pair of shoes or decide on which model of car to buy.
Therefore, a smorgasbord of gods is laid out before the masses,
and the preachers of religion, morality, and devotion tell men
that the choice is all theirs. Just pick out one that suits
you and follow in that path, and we'll all arrive at our desired
destination. Some become very exclusive, saying,
if you don't follow this way or this God, then you'll miss
the boat. The gods which men are free to choose all fall into
one category. There are no leaders among them.
They all ultimately lead to the same end. The will of man cannot
choose anything which his heart does not desire to do. For instance,
a normal mother may possess the physical power to put a knife
into the heart of her child, but she is not free to make such
a choice because she is prevented by the overwhelming love she
has for her child. A man may have the physical ability
to drink poison, but his desire for life prohibits him from making
such a choice. If his desire changes, then so
can his will. Men in their natural fallen state
cannot desire God, and therefore will not choose to serve him.
The Lord Jesus said to the Pharisees, and ye will not come to me, that
ye might have life. Why do ye not understand my speech?
Even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. The Pharisees
are but typical of man in his natural state. The only reason
that any man ever chooses to follow the one true God is because
God gives him a revelation of himself. 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. God shows men who He is. My sheep hear my voice, and I
know them, and they follow me." He doesn't sit around wringing
his hands just hoping that somebody will choose him over the long
list of impotent gods which populate the darkness of this world. The
men of this world are free to choose any of those gods which
can be seen and understood by human understanding, but the
one who inhabits eternity cannot be seen or comprehended by mortal
flesh and blood apart from the miraculous intervention of the
quickening spirit. In time past, God was pleased
to reveal a glimpse of himself to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
They knew him as El Shaddai, which is the word most often
translated in the scriptures as Almighty God. They had limited
understanding of him, yet they understood him to be the God
of heaven and earth, beside whom there is none else. They worshipped
and served no other. Then God was pleased to reveal
himself to Moses on Mount Sinai as Jehovah or Yahweh. This was
a greater revelation than his father's had. Yet Moses had a
veil placed over his eyes and was hid in a cleft of the rock
and only glimpsed the backside of the Lord as he passed by.
This was all that God intended him to see. Yet Moses knew that
he was the true and living God and worshipped and served no
other. But when the fullness of time was come, when that moment
which God ordained was ready, He sent forth His Son, the Lord
Jesus Christ, into the world. God, who at sundry times and
in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets, 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, who being the brightness of His glory and the express
image of His person. and upholding all things by the
word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat
down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. For the law
was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
No man has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. Now those
who have been quickened by his Spirit have been given the full
revelation of the Lord, which he intends them to have. Peter
said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus
answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona, for
flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which
is in heaven. We worship Him who is the true
and living God. He is our rock and our defense
is sure in Him. We're not waiting for the unfolding
of any mystery concerning who He is. We're not trying Him out
to see if we like Him. We're not giving Him a chance
to be our Lord or letting Him in our hearts. We know that He
is the Lord of glory and we will worship and serve no other. No
man has taught us these things, but our Father which is in heaven
has revealed them unto us. Do you worship Him? For a free
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