Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. We are nowhere in the scriptures
specifically instructed to remember the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He did, however, pointedly instruct us to remember his death until
he comes again. Surely he could not have been
the Savior of men had he not been born exactly according to
his own predestined purpose. Yet it is not his birth which
is at the center of the gospel, but rather his suffering and
death as a sin substitute and his subsequent resurrection as
proof of his triumph over sin, death, and hell. It is this fact,
coupled with the proclamation from His own lips, that He is
one with His Father, that is a stumbling block for the men
of this world. Many can supposedly rejoice in His birth, that otherwise
balk and rebel against His absolute Lordship and sovereign control
of all things. They can fawn over little baby
Jesus, so helpless and vulnerable, but raise fists of rebellion
against Him who shows mercy to whom He will show mercy, and
hardens whom He will. So men have created a counterfeit
Christianity which centers itself in the free will of men that
presents Christ as a Savior who has done all that He could to
save men but has left the rest all up to them. Multitudes have
accepted this powerless Savior who can only hope that they allow
Him to be the Lord of their lives. It is not difficult to get men
to worship the gods of their own making, and this is demonstrated
quite clearly in what is called modern Christianity, which has
no basis in fact, much less in the declaration of the gospel
delivered by the one true prophet sent from God, Jesus Christ,
the righteous. How shall we escape destruction
if we disregard the salvation which is declared by Jesus Christ
himself and those whom he has taught the same? This is a great
salvation because it is designed and dispensed by a great God.
That salvation which is delivered to us is no cooperative effort
between God and men. He alone has determined to save
His elect before they ever drew breath. For the Lord your God
is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty and a terrible,
which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. He is in no
way influenced by men in the dispensing of it, but bestows
it according to His sovereign purpose. He will be magnified
in the ages to come by the display of those whom he has appointed
to receive this great salvation. This is a great salvation because
it is delivered by a great Savior. He shall send them a Savior and
a Great One, and He shall deliver them. None other but the Lord
Jesus Christ could have purchased the redemption of guilty sinners.
He was born of a virgin, untainted by the sin which was passed by
imputation to all of Adam's race. Therefore he was a lamb without
spot or blemish, the firstborn among many brethren. He trod
the winepress of God's wrath alone, and none stood with him,
nor did any come to his aid, but his own hand wrought salvation
for those whom he determined to deliver. For as much then
as children are protectors of flesh and blood, he also himself
likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy
him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver
them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject
to bondage. He is indeed mighty to save. This is a great salvation because
it is built upon great and precious promises. whereby are given unto
us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might
be protectors of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption
that is in the world through lust. This salvation which he
has provided is a complete salvation. He did not just procure for us
a ticket to heaven when we die, but he has applied his Spirit
to us and given us the mind of Christ. We are no longer captives
to the dominion of sin, that which He has promised He has
secured. All of our comfort is found in Him and built upon the
promises of Him who cannot lie. And so after He had patiently
endured, He obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater,
and an oath for confirmation is to them in the end of all
strife. wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto
the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it
by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible
for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have
fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us, which
hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast,
and which entereth into that within the veil. Whether the
forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus made a high priest
forever after the order of Melchizedek. He said, in my father's house
are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have
told you. Do you worship at the feet of
this sovereign Savior? Or are you content with a make-believe
Jesus who must wait upon you to make up your mind to be saved?
He is the Savior of sinners and does visit his people with his
salvation. He said, my sheep hear my voice.
I know them, and they follow me. Do you follow Him? For a
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