Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. Peter wrote, Behold, I
lay in sign a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he that
believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you, therefore,
which believe, he is precious. But unto them which be disobedient,
the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made
the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense,
even to them which stumble at the word being disobedient, whereunto
also they were appointed. This is that stone of which the
Lord Jesus testified, and whosoever shall fall on this stone shall
be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall it will grind him
to powder. The Lord is of such tender mercy
that none who call upon his name as broken in contrite centers
shall in any wise ever be turned away. That soul who on Jesus
hath leaned for repose, he will not, he will not, desert to his
foes. Yet the most righteous of men
who expect to gain his favor by their own activity or works
of faith shall surely be destroyed when that which can be shaken
is stripped naked and bare before him in an eternal and unwavering
judgment, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression
and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty. The Lord
gave Moses two tables of stone written with his finger. And
he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with
him upon Mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone,
written with the finger of God. Yet the children of Israel despised
these tables of stone. In like fashion, as we read,
he came unto his own, and his own received him not. He is despised
and rejected of men. Christ is the law of God, and
it is impossible that any man should ever measure up to it.
Were it not that he who is the law of God is also the fulfiller
of that law, we would perish. For that law written in tables
of stone was but a schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ. He does
show us the way more clearly, writing the law upon our hearts.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made
me free from the law of sin and death. In the days of Samuel,
when the house of Israel was beset by the Philistines, and
in great fear the Lord did deliver them, thus Samuel took a stone
and set it between Mizpah and Shin, and called the name of
it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. This
stone represented him who is our very present help in trouble.
He said he will never forsake those whom he loves. When Israel
was once again in fear before the Philistines and their champion
Goliath, the Lord raised up a shepherd to do battle with him. And David
put his hand in his bag and took thence a stone, and slung it,
and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk
into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. So
David prevailed over the Philistines with a sling and with a stone,
and smote the Philistine and slew him. Is this not a picture
of Him who has removed the curse of the law from us, blotting
out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us, and He took it out of the way, nailing it to
His cross? And having spoiled principalities and powers, He
made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Isaiah revealed
the wickedness of Israel, who had despised the way of the Lord,
embracing darkness and death. Because ye have said, We have
made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall
not come unto us. For we have made lies our refuge,
and under falsehood have we hid ourselves. Yet in spite of this
open rebellion, the Lord would visit those that are His with
this promise. Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion
for a foundation stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone,
a sure foundation. He that believeth shall not make
haste. Judgment also will allay to the line, and righteousness
to the plummet. And the hail shall sweep away
the refuge of lies, and the water shall overflow the hiding place.
And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your
agreement with hell shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge
shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. The promises
of God are without conditions, and his yea is yea and amen.
The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal. The Lord
knoweth them that are his. Christ is indeed our sure foundation
stone. Come hither, I will show thee
the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the
Spirit to a great high mountain, and showed me that great city,
the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having
the glory of God. And her light was like unto a
stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear
what we shall be. But we know that when He shall
appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Christ is all. Do you rejoice
in Him who is that precious stone? For a free CD containing 15 of
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