Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of Morsels for Zion's Poor. In the realm of flesh and
blood men are consumed with the quest to gain this world's goods,
and thus do apply themselves to the pursuit of things that
pass away. Yet in the kingdom of God these
things are of no value at all, and it is foolish for the sons
of God to fret and worry in trying to attain them. The goal of those
who enter this kingdom is not to attain the things which the
men of this world seek after, but rather to pursue those things
that are eternal. Even as he instructed his disciples,
but seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto you. Those that would
make merchandise of the souls of men tell them that God's promises
are conditional upon their obedience and that He will reward men with
a mixture of spiritual blessings and the goods of this world which
shall all in reality perish in the twinkling of an eye. This
is how they would define the things which are added to men.
Their ways of radio and TV are full of those who espouse this
error, leaving men in greater darkness than those who have
never heard anything. These blind guides fulfill that
prophecy of the Lord. Woe unto you, scribes, Pharisees,
hypocrites, for ye can pass land and sea to make one proselyte,
and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of
hell than yourselves. They can be readily discovered
as they are constantly trying to gain contributions to fund
their so-called ministries, which are in large part designed with
their own benefit in mind, while they call for love gifts and
seed-faith offerings to dupe their listeners. The preaching
of the gospel is not associated with the money of this world.
Its success, in no wise, depends upon one nickel, which any man
can scrape up, nor shall it cease or be hindered by any lack thereof.
The Lord sends it to accomplish His purpose in the earth, of
calling His elect sons out of darkness and into the light,
and He will sustain it. No man ever gained one shred
of heavenly or earthly blessing on the basis of any carnal seed
he might sow. All of the blessings of the sons
of God flow to them not because of their own obedience or faith,
but rather because of the benefits purchased for them and imputed
to their account by the work and person of the Lord Jesus
Christ. They stand ever before the presence
of God as those who are clothed in pure white linen, a bride
without spot or blemish of any kind, for they stand there in
the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ. They are blessed
and made complete in Him, quite apart from any effort. of their
own. It is surely true that the Lord
knows exactly the carnal needs of all His creation, since not
even a sparrow can fall to the earth without the direct determination
of both its trajectory and its point of landing by the All-Wise
Creator and Sustainer of all things. If He gives to all their
meat in due season, will He not also provide all things needful
for those whom He values above all that He has created? They
are the elect of God, the chosen and precious possession which
He has ordained to inherit His kingdom, who are manifested among
men by the gift of faith. The Lord refers to His bride
as the lily among thorns, which does perfectly describe her as
that one who is brought up in the midst of brambles, yet preserved
and precious in the sight of Him who has set His love upon
her and gave Himself for her while she dwells among the daughters
of men who do not share in His affection. The scriptures speak
of the Valley of Sharon as a place where the most beautiful of roses
could be found. Christ is the Rose of Sharon,
and he knows his sheep and calleth them by name. And Sharon shall
be a fold of flocks, and the Valley of Acre a place for the
herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. Sharon
is that place where the sons of God feast upon the wine of
his kingdom. In Sharon's lovely rose, immortal
beauty shine Its sweet refreshing fragrance shows its origins divine
How blooming and how fair O may my happy breast this lovely rose
forever wear, and be supremely blessed. If you would like a free transcript
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