DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for August 30th *A.D. 2026

—*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death”.

It abbreviates Anno Domini;
… a Latin phrase adopted into English that means:
* “Year of our Lord."

Check out this new posting:
BC/AD versus BCE/CE YES! THE DIFFERENCE DOES MATTER!
Defend the Truth. Stand up against error, Won’t you? ...More

________________________ Critics say the new terms are meaningless because, just like AD and BC, they still denote years in relation to the life of [Jesus] The Christ [Anointed Messiah and King of Kings].

The website for BBC Religion and Ethics, headed by commissioning editor Aaqil Ahmed, who is a Muslim, is littered with references to Common Era and Before Common Era

Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, said: 'I think this amounts to the dumbing down of the Christian basis of our culture, language and history. These changes are unnecessary and they don't achieve what the BBC wants them to achieve.

'Whether you use Common Era or Anno Domini, the date is actually still the same and the reference point is still the birth of [Jesus] Christ.'

PLEASE DON’T MISS THIS Video THAT REVEALS why we should not entertain or heed:
Textual Criticism's Imperfect Bibles (Click to view)

By Dr. Doug Levesque

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Continuing Features: (2)

The Life of King James (Text)

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I

Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy (169 mins.) [jM1]
(2) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC5rUbs_-E&t=9s

The Bridge to Babylon video is a Treatise of the explosion of over 1,000 English translations of the Bible. Continuing attempts to replace, add or take away from the 1769 King James Version of the Holy Bible. They have not prevailed because GOD Himself has preserved and protected His Inspired [God Breathed] Holy Words from heresy, blasphemy, confusion and error. Over five Billion King James Bibles have been circulated worldwide, This is more than all the other translations put together.

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Scroll Down for Video “EPISODES” of John Bunyan’s THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS. It was written in 1678 and is second only to the Bible as the all-time best selling book ever. It has never been out of print.

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Requiem: Scroll down to read the last word, heard by John-Michael from his Daddy just before he was called home to be forever with the Lord.

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Please select and view (at least) one of these five videos today. (Dr. Philip Stringer’s is highly recommended)

They will bless you in your desire to know GOD’S authoritative, inspired [God breathed] , immutable, inerrant, infallible, preserved, protected written and revealed Word [Words] of GOD.

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Dr. David L. Brown (1 video)

THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT ARE NOT THE SAME.
URL: (click here)
https://youtu.be/EbY3fs9yM-o?is=o1Grz0-cN8QcI9if

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Dr. David Sorenson: (3 videos)

(1) -THE MAKING OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE

URL: (Click here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC089eaT0zA

(2) - THE TRADITIONAL TEXT: ITS HISTORY & RELIABILITY

URL: (Click here)

https://youtu.be/87mZTVZ7i_Y?si=IKhSkPu5xriAnxcu

(3) -THE TRADITIONAL TEXT (ALSO KNOWN AS THE RECEIVED TEXT [TEXTUS RECEPTUS, TR] VERSUS THE CRITICAL TEXT

URL: (Click here)

https://youtu.be/02A7lNf0Rrs?si=TfLITseFIioQCgzX

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Dr. Philip Stringer (1 video)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

THE KING JAMES VERSION [1769] IS THE FINAL PRESERVED AND PROTECTED AUTHORITATIVE, INSPIRED [GOD BREATHED], IMMUTABLE, INNERANT AND INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD-

URL: (Click here) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UbXGjoCnYY
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GOD’S Word for Spiritual Discernment:

Is this Website of God? Is it trustworthy?

God gives the following guidance in His WORD to discern whether every spirit is to be believed or not.

1 John 4:1-3

Chapter 4
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try [test] the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye [by this you all know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth [confesses] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is of God: 3 and every spirit that confesseth not [doesn’t confess] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof [of which] ye [you all] have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Therefore, I hereby confess that

"Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh!”
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TODAY’S SERMON from The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. U.K.)

EXPERIENCING GOD FIRST HAND Psalm 34:8 with Dr. Peter Masters

A burden of King David was in conveying the experiences he had with God that caused God’s Word to proclaim that David “Was a man after God’s own heart”. He spells out the experiences in his life of God's interventions and, the terms on which God’s Word holds David in such high regard.

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THREE SACRED PRAISES (Sing All Three)
It is Well with My Soul by Guy Penrod with Gaither Vocal Band

Joy Comes in The Morning by Joy Gardner with Gaither Vocal Band

Then Came The Morning by Guy Penrod with Gaither Vocal Band

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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION FOR AUGUST 30TH A. D. 2026

PRAYER 6, Part 3of 5 August 30th THE WONDERS [of] CALVARY

ANECDOTE 30: August 30th CHRIST, THE BOND OF UNION
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: August 30th SOLACE, SECURITY, and SATISFACTION
-Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. - 2 Samuel 23:3-5
MORNING: August 30th "WAIT ON THE LORD. "—Psalm 27:14
EVENING: August 30th "HEAL ME, 0 LORD, AND I SHALL BE HEALED. " —Jeremiah 17:14

A SINNER’S PRAYER August 30th

PRAYER 6, Part 3 of 5 August 30th THE WONDERS [of] CALVARY

O Spirit of God, we love Thee today, especially for dwelling in us. How canst Thou abide in [How can You put up with] so rude [unwelcoming] a habitation? How canst Thou [can You] make these bodies to be Thy [Your] temples, and yet Thou dost [You do] so, for which let Thy [Your] name be had in reverence so [as] long as we live.

O Lord, we would [want to] delight ourselves in Thee [You] today. Give us faith and love and hope that with these three graces we may draw very near to the Triune [Three-in-one] God [to You]. Thou wilt [You will] keep us, Thou wilt [You will] preserve us, Thou wilt [You will] feed us, Thou wilt [You will] lead us, and Thou wilt [You will] bring us to the mind of God, and there wilt Thou [You will] show us Thy [Your] love, and in the glory everlasting and boundless, there wilt Thou [You will] make us know and taste and feel the joys that cannot be expressed. But [after only] a little longer waiting and we shall come to the golden shore; but [after] a little longer fighting and we shall receive the crown of life that fadeth not away [doesn’t fade away].

[All these things You will do for Your own namesake In whose name I pray, Amen.]

ANECDOTE 30: August 30th CHRIST, THE BOND OF UNION.

I have often noticed that as soon as we begin to discourse upon [talk about] the atoning death of our divine Lord, we are at home [ease] with one another. There may be brethren present from various churches, and they may not be well at ease when we handle other subjects, but when we come to the precious blood we come to the heart of the matter, and are all at one.

This is one of the secret signs of our spiritual free masonry [Spurgeon uses the name of free masonry here as a metaphor but he was never a member or supporter of free masonry].

I have had my heart warmed and cheered against my own will sometimes by devout writers, whose doctrinal theories I do not believe, and whose church I could not join, and yet when they write about my Lord they win my heart. “A liquid Christi,” as one old divine used to say: the something of Christ in them awakens our affections and draws us nigh [near]. Even books which are corrupt with sacramentarianism have occasionally such a sweet savor of Christ in them that we cannot utterly cast them away, but feel bound very carefully to pare [peel] the apple, and cut out the rotten places, and remove the objectionable core, for the sake of the sweet morsels flavored with the love of Christ.

As the sweet honey-bearing flowers attract the bees, so does the name of Jesus draw all his saints to him, and so to each other. Give me your hand, my brother, if you also know my Lord we belong to the same family, the infallible mark of the redeemed is upon us both.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK August 30th SOLACE, SECURITY, and SATISFACTION

-ALTHOUGH MY HOUSE BE NOT SO WITH GOD; YET HE HATH MADE WITH ME AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, ORDERED IN ALL THINGS, AND SURE: FOR THIS IS ALL MY SALVATION, AND ALL MY DESIRE, ALTHOUGH HE MAKE IT NOT TO GROW. - 2 Samuel 23:3-5

This is not so much one promise as an aggregate of promises — a box of pearls. The covenant [divine promise] is the ark [God’s treasure chest] which contains all things. These are the last words of David, but they may be mine today. Here is a solace: things are not with me and mine as I could wish; there are trials, cares, and sins. These make the pillow hard.

Here is a solace [comfort] — “He hath made with me an everlasting covenant.” Jehovah has pledged Himself to me, and sealed the compact with the blood of Jesus. I am bound to my God, and my God to me.

This brings into prominence a security, since this covenant is everlasting, well ordered and sure. There is nothing to fear from the lapse of time, the failure of some forgotten point, or the natural uncertainty of things.

The covenant is a rocky [bed-rock] foundation to build on for life or for death. David feels satisfaction: he wants no more for salvation or delectation [pleasure]. He is delivered, and he is delighted. The covenant is all a man can desire. O my soul, turn thou this day [turn yourself today] to thy Lord Jesus, whom the great Lord has given to be a covenant to the people. Take Him to be thine [your] all in all.

Prayer: Thank You Father, for Your everlasting covenant [eternal, divine promise] sealed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Thank You that this covenant is the seal of eternal security for me. Thank you Lord for saving me. I desire only more of You. In Your name Lord Jesus I pray, Amen.

MORNING August 30th

"WAIT ON THE LORD. " —Psalm 27:14

—Espera á Jehová — Salmos 27:14
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Strength Will Rise As We Wait Upon the Lord (Sing-along won’t you?) Today’s PRAISE music came to mind from today’s PRAYER.

IT may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier does not learn without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching [double-time] are much easier to God's warriors than standing still. There are hours of perplexity when the most willing spirit [soul], anxiously desirous to serve the Lord, knows not what part to take. Then what shall it do? Vex [frustrate] itself by despair? Fly back [retreat] in cowardice, turn to the right hand in fear, or rush forward in presumption? No, only simply wait. Wait in prayer, however.

Call on God, and spread the case before Him; tell Him your difficulty and plead His promise of aid. In dilemmas between one duty and another, it is sweet to be humble as a child and wait with simplicity of soul on the Lord. It is sure to be well with us when we feel and know our own folly [inadequacy], and are heartily willing to be guided by the will of God. But wait in faith. Express your unstaggering confidence in Him, for unfaithful, untrusting waiting is but an insult to the Lord. Believe that if He keeps you tarrying even till midnight, yet He will come at the right time; the vision will come [be manifested] and will not tarry. Wait in quiet patience, not rebelling because you are under the affliction, but blessing your God for it.

Never murmur against the second cause [God’s destiny for you], as the children of Israel did against Moses; never wish you could go back to the world again, but accept the case [God’s providence] as it is, and put it as it stands, simply and with your whole heart without any self-will, into the hand of your covenant God, saying,

"Now, Lord, not my will, but Your will be done.

I know not what to do; I am brought to extremities, but I will wait until You cleave [part] the floods, or drive back my foes. I will wait, if You keep me many a day, for my heart is fixed on You alone, 0 God, and my spirit waits for You in the full conviction that You will yet be my joy and my salvation, my refuge and my strong tower [fort of protection]."

EVENING August 30th

"HEAL ME, 0 LORD, AND I SHALL BE HEALED. " —Jeremiah 17:14
"I HAVE SEEN HIS WAYS, AND WILL HEAL HIM. —Isaiah 57:18

— Sáname, oh Jehová, y seré sano —Jeremías 17:14

—Visto he sus caminos, y le sanaré —Isaías 57:18

IT is the sole prerogative of God to remove spiritual disease. Natural disease may be instrumentally [by medical means] healed by men, but even then, the honor is to be given to God who gives virtue to medicine, and bestows power to the human frame [body] to cast off [recover from] disease. As for spiritual sicknesses, these remain with the great Physician alone;

He claims it as His prerogative [His right alone], "I kill and I make alive, I wound and I heal;" and one of the Lord's choice titles is Jehovah-Rophi, the Lord that heals us. "I will heal thee of thy wounds," is a promise that could not come from the lips of man, but only from the mouth of the eternal God. On this account the psalmist cried to the Lord, "0 Lord, heal me, for my bones are sore vexed [I am physically very sick]," and again, "Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee." For this, also, the godly praise the name of the Lord, saying, "He healeth [heals] all our diseases." He who made man can restore man; He who was at first the creator of our nature can create it anew.

What transcendent [overwhelming] comfort it is that in the person of Jesus "dwelleth [resides, lives] all the fulness of the Godhead [Father, Son and Holy Spirit] bodily!"

My soul, whatever your disease may be, this great Physician can heal you. If He be [Because He is] God, there can be no limit to His power.

Come then with the blind eye of darkened understanding;

come with the limping foot of wasted energy;

come with the maimed hand of weak faith,

the fever of an angry temper, or

the ague [chills and fever] of shivering despondency;

come just as you are, for He who is God can certainly restore you.

None shall restrain the healing virtue that proceeds from Jesus our Lord. Legions of devils have been made to admit the power of the beloved Physician, and never once has He been baffled [over-ruled]. All His patients have been cured in the past and shall be in the future, and you will be one among them, my friend, if you will but rest yourself in Him this night. ________________________________________

A SINNER’S PRAYER August 30th WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. Acts 2:21

Pray and call on the name of the Lord Jesus, like this. Won’t you?

“Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. I’m lost and hopeless to save myself. Without you and your blood that was shed for me and Your death on the cross I would spend eternity in Hell’s fire.

Thank you Lord Jesus that You love me and died for me before I was born and that You have always loved me and will never reject or turn your back on me. I know You are the Way, the Truth and the Life and that no one can come to the Father but by You.

Thank you, Father that You have caused for me to see myself as I am; a lost sinner. But, because of Your love and goodness, You have made a way and given me the desire to come to You, to turn away from my sin and to trust in You, Lord Jesus. You took my place on the cross and provided the way for me to be forgiven. Thank You.

Thank You that You prompted a desire in me to believe in You, the only begotten Son of God who died on the cross to be the sacrifice that would atone for my sins.

Thank You, Father for Your love that allowed Jesus to suffer and die in my place. Thank You that You raised Jesus from the dead. He is RISEN and is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave and in Christ Jesus I am free.

You raised Jesus from the dead, gave Him a Glorified body and after he was seen by many witnesses on earth You took Him up to reign with You in heaven.

Thank you, Father, for saving me in the name, of Your only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Romans 6:11

Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you always give witness to and exalt the Lord Jesus Christ.

John 16:8-11

With all my heart, thank you Lord for saving me.

Live Your life in me, Lord Jesus, in Your name I pray, Amen.

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Please allow us to share in the joy of your having received the new birth with you and the heavenly angels in Heaven as they rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7

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A SINNER’S PRAYER: August 29th … FOR WHOSOEVER:
Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21

Call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved

… pray like this, won’t you?

“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner and without You I am hopeless. I can’t save myself. Without your death on the cross to pay my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned in Hell. My nature has been self centeredness from birth. Please forgive me.

I realize that doing my best, being as good as possible, or being better than other people can never save me. . I’m sorry for each and every sin I have done and look to You to forgive me of them all.
I look to You, alone Lord Jesus to save me.
I call on You, Lord Jesus, right now to save me. You died on the cross for me, and because of my sin.

Yet You say, “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21.

Right now, just as I am, I call on You, Lord Jesus to save me, I trust that You, will be my Lord and Savior from now on.

Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You have forgiven me of all my sins. I ask You to keep in me always the desire to follow You.

You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross. Even the sins of the whole world.

Thank you, Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me even before I was born and that You still love me now. I love You too.

Thank you, Heavenly Father, that You called me away from sin and death into the Life everlasting in Your only begotten son, the Lord Jesus.

Thank You, Heavenly Father that you raised Jesus from the dead. He is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave. And, there is therefore now no condemnation in Christ Jesus.

Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and Holy Spirit for comfort and guidance revealing all truth,

With all my heart, thank you Lord Jesus for saving me. In your name, I pray, Amen.

Please allow us to share the joy of your new birth with heaven. Heaven rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7

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A SINNER’S PRAYER: August 28th … FOR WHOSOEVER:

Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21

Call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved … pray like this, won’t you?

“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner and without You I am hopeless. I can’t save myself. Without your death on the cross to pay my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned in Hell. My nature has been self centeredness from birth. Please forgive me.