Daily Spurgeon

DEVOTION for  December 25th MERRY CHRISTMAS *A,D, 2025. Written and calendared for this date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

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The inspired preaching, teaching and writings  of Charles Haddon Spurgeon were bedrock solid on God’s revealed Word, the Bible.  Spurgeon’s  written publications continue to benefit readers through inspired Gospel preaching and sound biblical teaching. His ministry continues to flourish in London’s   Metropolitan Tabernacle.  (Brief History)   a church begun in 1650. The building was constructed by members of the congregation in 1861. It continues to thrive and flourish today.

 

                 Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s Conversion   in 1850  in his own words.

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All Bible versions that are NOT  translated from the Textus Receptus [The (traditional) Received Greek Text] include variant  readings that diminish the full  expressions of glory and the most Holy reverence due to the Omnipotent and Almighty GOD.  He preserves and protects it’s  immutably  in the 1769 Edition of the 1611 King James Version  KJV Bible. This version is also known as the Authorized King James  Version  AKJV and the  Authorized Version AV.  ALL GLORY is due to and must be given to the Omnipotent and Omnicient LORD of ALL.

 

The Geneva Bible was also faithfully translated from the Greek Textus Receptus and included  comments favorable to the Protestant Reformation  from inspired, devoted,  faithful Christian men of GOD; They were Puritan Believers known to be  beyond reproach.

This Bible was first brought to Plymouth Massachusetts  in the American Colonies by the Puritan Pilgrims guided by Captain Christopher Jones’s on the Mayflower sailing ship in 1620. A 1592 Edition of the Geneva Bible that belonging to a Mayflower passenger and the Governor of the Plymouth Colony (Later to become the State of   Massachusetts) by William Bradford and is on display at the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the oldest continuously operating public museum in the United States.

 

The traditional Textus Receptus [Received Greek Text] unlike any other Greek Text was taken  from more than 5,321 original Majority Greek Manuscripts MT that agree 98% with one another. Other variant readings are translations invented by  either Westcott and Hort or Nestle and Aland. These fabricated Greek Texts were translated from only a handful [45] of Majority Text Manuscripts MT and  lack the  trustworthiness of  the inspired 1769 [1611] King James Version, KJV or the Geneva Bible and are the only two translations of the traditional, reliable, inspired, [GOD BREATHED] immutable and providentially and divinely protected Textus Receptus.

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Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy

(1) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC5rUbs_-E&t=9s
             (169 mins.)  

 

The Bridge to Babylon video presents evidence that tracks the explosion of more than 100 new versions of English translations  of the Bible. The continuing attempts to replace, add or take away from the 1769 King James Version of the Holy Bible does not  prevail because GOD Himself preserves and protects The  inspired, inerrant, immutable and infallible  Holy Word of GOD from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion , errors, additions, subtractions or changes.

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 BCE/CE  vs.  BC/AD     Is there a difference?
defend the Truth.   Won’t you?

*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death” as many mistakenly believe. It is Latin for Anno Domini,  a  phrase adopted into English usage that means  “Year of [the/our] Lord”.  The complete  original phrase "anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi" means "in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ”. A.D. and together with B.C. Before Christ   is used to divide all history before and after the birth of Jesus the Christ [Messiah].   ...More

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Can   DAILYSPURGEON  be trusted? Is it trustworthy?

Is it of God?

YES, it can!    Yes, it is!     Here’s why.

 

1 John 4:1-3

Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everyone or !everything] you hear but be testing the spirit [voice] whether it is of God: because many false prophets have gone [come] out into the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesses [avows] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come[who came] out of God, is of God: and every spirit that confesses not [doesn’t audibly avow] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

 I therefore must and do audibly confess,  that Jesus Christ is come  [is here]  in the flesh.

 

[All translations of the Bible that have used a Greek text translation other than the traditional and faithful Textus Receptus have ignored the Greek word “ictin” [this Greek word means “is” in English] and causes the meaning of “is here” to  be changed from “is” come” [is here] to “has” come”.

 

This error is self-evident because non-believers, false prophets, atheists or heretics can, and frequently do, affirm that Jesus Christ “has come” [in the flesh].

 

While this is a true statement, when taken at face value, the  meaning of  “has come” is clearly not the same as “is here”; which is the valid, scriptural test of  discernment to know if words are from the Spirit of God or the spirit of antichrist.

 

The most well documented fact in all of human history is that the Lord Jesus Christ [The Messiah]  “has” come in the flesh. However, the question of much greater importance,  is not whether the spirit [a spoken or written word] being considered and tested confesses that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh but, whether the confession being made affirms that Jesus Christ, “is come” [is here], from God, in the flesh.

 

Compare and consider [Meditate upon] scripture with scripture:  Precept upon precept, Line upon line… 
Isaiah 28:10-14

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 Ephesians 5:30-32

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I [The Apostle Paul]  speak concerning Christ and the church.  [The body and Bride of CHRIST]

 

“I speak concerning Christ and the church.” [the fleshly embodiment, here and now ,  of the body of Christ]. Because  followers of Jesus Christ are members of the incarnate Body of Christ [The Church] I affirm and avow that Jesus Christ is here

[Not “Has come”] in the flesh.

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BEST TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE:

GOD’S HOLY WORD is (Immutable, [unchanging over time, unable to mutate or to be changed],  inspired, [God breathed], Self-Authenticating [. Providentially Protected and Preserved and Forever Settled in Heaven, Psalm 119:89). The Authorized King James Version AKJV AKA The Authorized Version, AV. Translated from the preeminent and traditional Greek Textus Receptus.

 

Which Bible Is The Best?  (57 min.) David Hocking

 

David’s Summary  (8 min.) The problem is not English, but which Greek text was used to render the English translation.

 

1 John 4:1-3  

 (AKJV) This Translation is faithfully translated by fully dedicated, preeminent linguists and  scholars who were fully devoted followers of  The Lord Jesus Christ.   The 1611 King James translation is from the inerrant, inspired and immutable Textus Receptus [the Received Text]:

It is The Inspired and Ultimate Stare Decisis [to uphold all things God-Breathed [Inspired Holy Scripture] and therefore eternally decided]

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

Psalm 119:89  ל   (Lamed)  Forever,  O  Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

 

Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everything] you hear but be testing the spirit [voice] whether it is of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesses [avows] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come[who came] from God, is of God:  and every spirit that confesses [avows] not that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit [voice] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

 

Therefore, I hereby confess and affirm that “Jesus Christ is here, from God, in the flesh.”  

 

[English translations of the Bible that use Greek manuscripts other than the Textus Recptus render the English text to be  “Has come”.

        This inferior Translation from such manuscripts do not include the translation of the Greek word  “ictin”  (The Greek word for is)  and therefore fail to correctly render “Is come” [Is Here].  (AKJV AKA AV)

 

This  error is also self- evident, because non-believers, false prophets or heretics  can, and sometimes do,  make a confession that He “has come” in the flesh. This is not surprising because the birth of Jesus Christ is arguably the most well documented fact in all of recorded history.  Indeed, Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. While this is true, discernment could scarcely be ascertained as to whether the spirit [words] being tested can be discerned to be either from God or from the antichrist.  While its  true that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh, it is of crucial importance, to hear (and make) the confession that Jesus Christ, “is here,  from God, in the flesh.”

 

By reading and meditating on Scripture in view of all other relevant Scripture, God’s Word  is self-authenticated:

1 John 4:1-3 with Ephesians 5:30-32

 

30 for we are members of his [Jesus Christs’]  body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

 [We are members of His body, flesh and bones, one flesh with Him, as the church].

He was born of a virgin 2025 years ago, is alive today,

and is coming soon for His bride; the Church.

 "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,                                                                      

believed on in the world, received up into glory."1 Timothy 3:16
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Why Do Gospel Hymns Endure for so long?   (Text from Blogger: Notorius Meddler)
… be being filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [music] in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19

 

PLAYLIST  INDEX  (Look for your Favorite SACRED MUSIC. Won’t you?)

 

Our prayer is that you have personally trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord, or that you will do it now,  right now. Sing and Pray this prayer, All To Jesus I Surrender All

(49,592,993 views Jul 31, 2007) won’t you?

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The aim of this  website is to win souls and to provide encouragement to all believers to exercise greater love as fully devoted followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Good News, (in song):   Jesus Saves,   He Lives!  and  Great Is Thy Faithfulness   (Tap to sing-along. Give voice to the truth, won’t you?) 

 

Join in, won’t you? to pray, hear and heed the gospel of Jesus Christ (Messiah), and  sing hymns and praises to worship God in spirit and in truth.

 

YOU’RE THEREFORE  INVITED TO:
• Pray to the heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
• Hear. believe and obey the eternal, inspired (God breathed) , immutable, inerrant, infallible and providentially preserved and protected written Word of God, revealed through His Holy Bible by The Holy Spirit and embodied in Jesus Christ, the living Word; 1 Peter 1:23
• Be [Be being] filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19
• Not forsake the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is; Hebrews 10:23-25  
 
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
- Jesus Christ  Matthew 18:19-20    

You are invited to come to the only true God. The God of  Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through His only begotten Son, GOD’S  WORD, made flesh, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God and to follow Him, because He is The Way, The Truth and The Life. John 14:6

 

Receive God’s Gift of eternal life. John 3:16

 

To this end, Preaching, Sacred music, Sacred Literature and Devotional content are offered here in the name of Jesus, the Messiah.

 

• Preaching is from The Metropolitan Tabernacle (London) by Pastor, Dr. Peter Masters.  Sermons are prayerfully selected to amplify the daily devotional topics so that the lost  will be saved and believers will be  encouraged, challenged and build-up.  We pray all believers who visit the website will be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ

• Sacred Hymns and Praise Selections to sing

• Daily Episodes of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan provides a blessing from reading or listening to recordings of this classic of Sacred Literature. You may choose to read short selections as bed time stories to your little ones each night.
  They will love this time with you and you, with them.

It’s the world’s most famous allegory second only to the Bible as the all-time, world wide best seller. It’s also claimed by some to be the world’s first English novel as it predates  Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Caruso published 1719
It has encouraged,  blessed and instructed pilgrims of all ages for centuries.

 

• Daily Devotion by Charles Haddon Spurgeon will always include a selections from these publications:

  • C.H. Spurgeon Prayers

  • Spurgeon’s  Illustrative Anecdotes

  • Faith’s Checkbook

  • Morning &

  •  Evening

 

It’s the  desire of every born-again  believer to worship God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, in Spirit and in truth.   

“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [accurately preaching] the word of truth.”    2 Timothy 2:15  

 

To this end, Heavenly Father, we pray that You will bless all who visit this website bringing  many to the Lord Jesus Christ.  We ask this in Jesus’ name and for His sake, Amen.

 

This website  does not replace nor can it be a substitute for the in-person, personal assembling of ourselves together. Hebrews 10:23-27  

 

Rather, the Website’s  purpose is to save the lost and to build up and encourage believers through God’s Word and prayer seeking fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ [Messiah] in personal discipleship, worship  to the Lord Jesus as we are being conformed to His image.  “For whom God did foreknow he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son…” Romans 8:29

 

We are, as redeemed of the Lord, scripturally instructed to assemble,  praise and worship God. This we  in the worship of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ and in exhorting and provoking one another to good works.

Such worship may take place through, congregational singing of sacred hymns and spiritual songs, reading, preaching and obeying God’s Word, sharing Christian love and fellowship, agreeing together  in public prayer, and considering and exhorting one another in the Word, provoking one another unto love and good works and bearing witness with one another in the Holy Ghost.

 

Admonition: Online streaming does not satisfy personal, in-person assembly. Electronic media cannot substitute for  physical inter-personal fellowship, commitment, and vulnerability, nor does it allow for the kind and comforting touch of another person.  e.g. Laying on of hands, 1 Timothy 4:14;  the right hands of Christian fellowship, Galatians 2:9; or an embrace, Acts 20:1; or greeting with a holy kiss,

1 Thessalonians 5:26.

 

 

We give thanks to the Lord, for the DailySpurgeon.com  website as His instrumentality for building up fully devoted followers of the Lord Jesus Christ who are taught and teach others to be disciples; Fully devoted followers of The Lord Jesus Christ [The Messiah]. We pray that you will forever also be an instrumentality of God to share the good news of Jesus Christ with every one, encouraging them to  conform to and become the very image of Jesus Christ. 

 

This ministry was begun as daily e-mails of Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon were sent to Jon Edward Riley.  Jon shared these messages with others and soon many wered added to the mailing list as he witnessed and  shared  his testimony with them.

Jon was called home by his loving Father in Heaven on January 16, 2021 leaving a legacy of this Website to minister to all who will  benefit in this labor of Love to the glorify God and His Eternal Kingdom. ALL Glory belongs to God, alone.

 

Jon is honored here; giving honor to whom honor is due.  Romans 13:7    

 

We pray that many will be born again, challenged, encouraged, and built-up to become fully devoted followers of the Lord Jesus Christ and be conformed to His image; that they might be the firstborn among many brethren.  Romans 8:28-29.

 

A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING  (A heartfelt video)  by Jon Edward Riley, 

(February 12, 1971- January16, 2021)

…from  a well beloved, Indigenous, Irish, All-American son; a heartfelt prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord.
 

 “A Heart of Freedom”

…  honoring the Military Service and families of Native-American Scouts from North Dakota who served in the armed services of United States of America and defended. …the land of the free and the home of the Brave.

 

INDIAN SCOUT POST NO 1 Burial grounds, White Shield, North Dakota.

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 Jon loved to say, “I’m a blood-bought, born-again Child of God!” to anyone he happened to meet or to anyone who would listen.

… Jon’s  testimony lives on from one who, by grace, through faith was forever accepted in the Beloved; who’s loving ways brought the good news of Jesus to many. and one who is now present with the LORD  in glory forever.  One who, one day, we’ll  meet again. 
Amen. 

Jon  would sometimes just sing-out some of the following songs on the way to church, or sometimes just singing along with the Elvis Gospel CD that was always in our F-150’s CD player while riding with his Dad or,

Best of all, when  an inspired,  spontaneous praise from the Lord would just pop out from his joyful, creative, redeemed and loving heart.

 

His Favorite Songs:

I Love You Lord    by the Gaither choir

I Love You Lord  Universal Music Group

 I  LOVE  You  Lord   by Jared Reynolds
Where No One Stands Alone   Gaither Vocal Band

Lead Me  & Rock-a My Soul   by Elvis and friends

He Knows Just What I Need  by Elvis

How Great Thou Art    with  Elvis
Lead Me & Rock-a My Soul   Elvis and friends
Lead Me, Guide Me  by Elvis

It Is No Secret   by Elvis written by Stuart Hamblen

 

The following recordings were discovered several months  after Jon was called home on January 16th 2021.  It’s a blessing, to hear Elvis sing the Gospel message in song but, of course, it can’t  compare with the Glory of being in the actual presence of the LORD.

LIFE    by Elvis         

 

       *I Can Only Imagine being present with the LORD,  or hearing the completed song the Lord completed with Jon when he arrived; a song known only to the Lord,  to Jon and the few who heard Jon sing it here. Lyrics remembered  from him singing:   "See my Jesus, Walkin' on duh Waduh"…  an original, inspired song from our beloved  Jon, himself a true and renown original.

 

* Click and sing  I CAN ONLY IMAGINE   with Wynonna Judd,  won’t you?

 

LOVE WITHOUT END, AMEN  (A Father’s Love) by George Strait for George H.W. Bush  (41st President)  at the Houston Astrodome, one of the President’s favorite songs.

It’s also my sincere  message of love to all  my children, grand-children and great grand-children etc..

  

…Jon would always say “Later”; [as in, see-ya later] instead of “good bye”.  It was his only farewell greeting when parting company with a friend; and, everyone was Jon’s friend.

 … He would never  say “good-bye”.

Now, as we remember the sound of him saying “Later”, it rings true in a  new and deeper meaning and it brings a joy and comfort to the hearts of those whom he loved so well; those who love him still and will forever more.

 

… and how much sweeter to us now, are the promises in these two Hymns:  

 ’TILL WE MEET AGAIN. (sing along, won’t you?)

DOES JESUS CARE?    Gaither  Music TV

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A SERMON OF COMFORT & JOY:       

No Tears in Heaven    Revelation 7:17  by Christian Sermons & Audio, August 6th 1865  by C. H. Spurgeon, recorded by Charles Koelsch.  ca. 2018

 

https://youtu.be/ehLMtrzuEVw   (Copy and paste for link to Spurgeon’s

“No Tears in Heaven” if above hyperlink fails)

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The Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, U.K. 
 Brief History  of The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London with Founder Charles Spurgeon from 1853 to 1892

 

TODAY’S  WEB PAGE at:   The Metropolitan Tabernacle  broadcasting live church services in real time from London.   Live-stream prayer, scripture reading, singing of sacred hymns and gospel preaching, won’t you?

 

Sunday *11.00 am  

Teaching Ministry

Sunday *6.30 pm

Gospel Sermon

Wednesday *6.30 pm

Bible Study

*London time

FEATURED SERMONS:

God Appeals to Reason  December 11th  Isaiah 30:15-21   with Dr. Peter Masters

Before conversion, the claims of God mean nothing to us, but when God's Word speaks to our hearts, the challenge becomes inescapable. Self-searching begins, and the kindness of God's forgiving love is grasped as never before. Here is God's reasoning with souls.

 

God Gave them Up  December 11th by Alistair Begg

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SERMONS by Dr, Peter Masters, Pastor of THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE in LONDON.

 TEACHING SERMONS 
Christ Prepares His Church

The call of the disciples, their unique role, and the care and patience of Christ in their training. Then the preparation of the church for extreme and persistent opposition, the reasons why demons were cast out, the unpardonable sin, and the supreme mark of true conversion.

Mark 3.13

Dr Peter Masters | 11:00am | Sunday 11 December 2022

 

 

   GOSPEL SERMONS

  

Dr Peter Masters   6:30pm | Sunday 11 December 2022

    God Keeps His Promises

2 Corinthians 1.20

The goodness of God is fully demonstrated in the promises He makes in the Bible. That the Creator and Sovereign God should deign to give promises to us is amazing. Here are the major promises, how Christ makes them possible, and how we receive them.

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HISTORIC  SERMONS: from Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis Tennessee

  “Pay Day Someday”  December 11th  A historic sermon by the late Robert G. Lee, venerable, beloved former pastor. 

"The Root of Bitterness” December 11th  by Adrian Rogers, Love Worth Finding Broadcast Ministry

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Sanctify Them Through Thy Truth      John 17:17    Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor
Sanctification (purification, consecration and commitment) by the Word is the will of Christ for His own, and here we turn to the first three of the Ten Commandments to challenge our souls. How should these be applied today in our lives and churches?
 

Closeness to Christ    2 Timothy 2:10-12   Dr.  Peter Masters

In this hostile world, believers cannot live successfully and fruitfully without Christ being with their spirits. Here is why the soul is also called the spirit, and what it means for Christ to be with our spirit. Examples and counsels for securing His nearness.

 

Good Friday Sermon 6:30 pm Friday 15 April 2022
Behold the Man   December 11th     John 19.5     Dr. Peter Masters

‘Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!’

What Is the Gospel  December 11th by the late Dr. R. C. Sproul
Christians are called to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but in our day there is confusion about the content of the Gospel. The biblical Gospel is challenged not only by Roman Catholics and liberals, but by those who claim to be evangelical. In this lecture, Dr. R. C. Sproul will clarify exactly what the Gospel is and what it is not.

The Years the Locust Has Eaten  December 11th   Joel 2:21-27   Message by Charles Haddon Spurgeon from the Series: Truth Stranger Than Fiction, delivered on Lord’s day Evening May 30, 1896  

Recording by: Gavin Childress  44:24 minutes

    304,103 views Jan 5, 2017
 Thy Hand Was Heavy Upon Me December 11th   Psalm 32:3-4  by Charles H. Spurgeon

(Terrible Convictions and Gentle Drawings) - Preached on May 6. 1860 by C.H. Spurgeon at Exeter Hall. Recorded by Charles Koelsch,  Christian Sermons and Audio Books ca. 2018
The Phenomenon of Love December 11th   Isaiah 63.7   Dr. Peter Masters  
The nature and scope of human love is impressive, but Divine love, made visible in history and, supremely in the atoning sacrifice of Christ, is limitless, freely bestowed and certain toward all who find Him. Here are the 'loving-kindnesses of the Lord' they experience.
Living for the Flesh or for the Spirit December 11th   Romans 8.5-6     Dr. Peter Masters
There are two classes of people in the Bible, those who focus on 'the flesh', and those who relate to the Spirit. Here are the characteristics and goals of each, and how God can free us from the captivity of flesh to know communion with Himself.
Mutual Debts in Marriage December 11th    1 Corinthians 7:3    Dr. Peter Masters  15 January 2012
A key word has slipped out of some modern translations – the marital debt of benevolence, meaning goodwill and kind benefits. Here are seven debts each has to the other in Christian marriage, a sevenfold bond and blessing to the crowning earthly friendship of life’s journey, are we paying what is ‘due’?

God’s Order for Man and Women   December 11th  1 Corinthians Ch 11   Dr. Peter Masters
Paul answers the question on the roles of husbands and wives and affirms conformity to the dress code of head coverings in Greek society at that time. With Calvin and major confessions we show that the ‘message’ of clothing may change in other ages and lands.

Things Only Believers See   December 11th  1 Corinthians 2:9   Dr. Peter Masters
Sunday Morning 13 February 2022
The apostle impresses upon us the spiritual blindness of the unconverted state to the wonders revealed in the Gospel, including future glories (described here). Here also is the meaning of 'comparing spiritual things with spiritual,'   judging all things and living the mind of Christ
Jesus Christ Himself  December 11th  (Text only)   Ephesians 2:20
Preached on March 15th  1883 by Charles Haddon  Spurgeon
Keeping Alive the Spirit   December 11th  Ephesians 2:22    Dr. Peter Masters
Sunday Morning 11 April 2021 (March 17 Sermon) 
In the building of a spiritual family the work of the Holy Spirit is the vital power. Here several Holy Spirit verses in Ephesians are explored (including 'Be filled with the Spirit') to show the different activities of the Spirit in the Christian life.

The True Source of Power     December 11th 1 Corinthians 1.10   Dr. Peter Masters
Sunday Morning 23 January 2022 
For the Gospel to be credible, (the Corinthians [and many today] erroneously taught), we need  conspicuous personalities or preachers. Here Paul proclaims the true source of spiritual power, the preaching of the cross of Christ, and why it is foolishness to the perishing and power to the saved. 

Why The Cross? 1958 December 11th Billy Graham (38 min)

Two questions answered from The Bible:

Who crucified Jesus?

Why did Jesus die on the cross?
The Question of Questions December 11th  Isaiah 53  by John MacArthur
The Authority of the Bible and the Uniqueness of Jesus the Savior
Living on the Word    Deuteronomy 8:3 December 11th  Audio message by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Delivered on March 15th 1883, recorded by Charles Koelsch  51:04 minutes Christian Sermons and Audio books 160,059 views Aug 30, 2017
 

 

WHAT IS  REFORMED THEOLOGY.

  “It’s just a nickname for Biblical Christianity”. 

― Charles Spurgeon

 

Q & A   PANEL DISCUSSION: with Steve Lawson, John MacArthur,  &  the late, R.C. Sproul
Why Are So Many Against Reformed Theology?  What is it, anyway? 
 

PERSONAL TESTIMONIES:  

Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?  (Tap and find out, won’t you?)

 

The Fanny Crosby Story (45 minute video of the most prolific Hymn writer of all time) 

 

A Former Mormon Tells their Conversion Story (61 minutes) to Sean McDowell

35,159 views Streamed live on May 19, 2021

Testimony of Micah Wilder (17 minutes)  3,816,667 views Jul 8, 2018
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SERMONS: from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle (London)

 

He Loved and Gave Himself   with Dr. Peter Masters

The enduring amazement of Paul the Apostle shines through these famous words, urging us to explore and ponder the glorious Person of Christ and the way in which He 'gave Himself', or handed Himself over, to the work of redeeming His people.

PRAISE: O, How I Love Jesus (medley)    By Gaither Vocal Band

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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION  for December 25th  *A.D. 2025 Written and calendared for this exact date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

*A.D. Does NOT mean after death as is commonly believed. It is a Latin abbreviation
for anno Domani (It means “Year of our Lord” in English)

BC/AD versus BCE/CE What’s the difference?​

Stand for the Truth, Won’t you? 

 

Jesus Christ [Messiah] the LORD GOD was born of a virgin 2025 years ago, is now here in the flesh from GOD through His body and bride, the church and lives forevermore, time without end  and He’s coming again, soon.

 

 

DAILY SPURGEON & DEVOTION  for December 25th  *A.D. 2025 Written and calendared for this exact date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

*A.D. Does NOT mean after death as is commonly believed. It is a Latin abbreviation
for anno Domani (It means “Year of our Lord” in English)

BC/AD versus BCE/CE     There IS a  difference!​

Stand for the Truth, Won’t you? 

 

Jesus Christ [Messiah] the LORD GOD was born of a virgin 2025 years ago, is now here in the   flesh from GOD through His body and bride, the church and lives forevermore, time without end  and He’s coming again, soon.

 

 

 

PRAYER 20, Part 4 of 9 December 25th  THE GREAT SACRIFICE   C.H. Spurgeon

ANECDOTE 145: December 25th  AN INFIDEL’S CONVERSION.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: December 25th  HE CAME; HE IS COMING
-This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven- Acts 1:11

MORNING, CHRISTMAS DAY: December 25th   "BEHOLD, A VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE, AND BEAR A SON, AND SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL. "
— Isaiah 7:14

EVENING, CHRISTMAS DAY: December 25th   "And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. "— Job 1:5

A SINNER’S PRAYER  December 25th 

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CONTENTS:

 

PRAYER 20, Part 4 of 9 December 25th  THE GREAT SACRIFICE.

 

We are not our own; we are bought with a price. Lord Jesus, renew Thy grasp of [hold on] us, take us over again, for we do even with greater alacrity [cheerfulness] than ever before surrender ourselves to Thee, and so

 

“bind the sacrifice with cords, even with cords to the horns of  the altar.”

 

O Lord, I am Thy servant, and the son of Thine handmaid. Thou hast [have] loosed my bonds [set me free]. The Lord liveth, [lives] and blessed be my Rock. Henceforth [from now on] within that Rock I hide myself. [It is] For Him I live. [May] The Lord enable all His people with sincere hearts, with undivided hearts, thus again to give themselves up to Jesus, and do Thou [would You] set in them anew [refresh] the marks and tokens of Thy possession till every one of us shall say as many of us can say,

“From henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

[We praise and thank You Father, for this immeasurable, unspeakable gift in the name of our savior the Lord Jesus Christ, The Messiah, Amen.]

(Attachment: PRAYER 20.doc) 

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ANECDOTE 145: December 25th   AN INFIDEL’S CONVERSION.

I received a long letter from a certain city, from one who has been one of the leaders of the secular society in that place.

The writer says, “I purchased one of the pamphlets entitled Who is this Spurgeon? and also your portrait (or a portrait sold as yours) for 3d. (90 cents) I brought these home, and exhibited them in my shop window. I was induced to do so from a feeling of derisive [mischievous] pleasure.

 

The title of the pamphlet is, naturally, suggestive of caricature [a cartoon], and it was especially to incite that impression that I attached it to your portrait and placed it in my window. But I also had another object in view. I thought by its at traction to improve my trade. I am not at all in the book or paper business, which rendered its exposure and my motive the more conspicuous [suspect of its intent] .

I have taken it down now: I am taken down, too...  I had bought one of your sermons of an old infidel a day or two previous. In that sermon I read these words: —‘They go on; that step is safe —they take it ; the next is safe —they take it; their foot hangs over a gulf of darkness’ I read on, but the word darkness staggered me. It was all dark with me.

‘True, the way has been safe so far, but I am lost in bewilderment. No, no, no, I will not risk it.’

I left the apartment in which I had been musing [pondering], and as I did so, the three words,

 

‘Who can tell?’

 

seemed to be whispered at my heart. I determined not to let another Tuesday pass without visiting a place of worship. How soon my soul might be required of me I knew not [I didn’t know], but felt that it would be mean, base, cowardly, not to give it a chance.

 

Ay, my associates may laugh, scoff, deride, call me coward, turncoat, [but] I will do an act of justice to my soul. I went to the chapel; I was just stupefied with awe. What could I want there?

The doorkeeper opened his eyes wider, and involuntarily demanded, ‘It’s Mr.--- isn’t it?’ ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘it is.’

He conducted me to a seat, and afterward brought me a hymn-book. I was fit to burst with anguish [torment]. ‘Now,’ I thought, ‘I am here, if it be the house of God, heaven grant me an audience, and I will make full surrender.

 

God, show me some token by which I may know that thou art, and that thou wilt in no wise cast out the vile deserter who has ventured to seek thy face and thy pardoning mercy.’

 

I opened the hymn-book to divert my mind from feelings that were rending me [tearing me up], and the first words that caught my eyes were,

 

“ ‘Dark, dark indeed the grave would be,

Had we no light, O God, from thee’ ”

 

After giving some things [in his letter] which he looks upon as evidences that he is a true convert of religion, he closes [the letter] up by saying,

 

“O sir, tell this to the poor wretch whose pride, like mine, has made him [in a]  league with hell; tell it to the hesitating and to the timid; tell it to the cooling Christian, that

God is a very present help to all that are in need.” 

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK December 25th  HE CAME; HE IS COMING  C.H. Spurgeon
 

-This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven- Acts 1:11

-Este mismo Jesus que ha sido tomado desde vosotros arriba en el cielo, asi vendrá como le habeis visto ir al cielo- Hechos1:11

Many are celebrating our Lord’s first coming this day [today, December 25th ]; let us turn our thoughts to the promise of His second coming. This is as sure as the first advent [coming], and derives a great measure of its certainty from it. He who came as a lowly man to serve will assuredly come to take the reward of His service. He who came to suffer [The Lord Jesus] will not be slow in coming to reign [as King of Kings]. This is our glorious hope, for we shall share His joy.

Today we are in our concealment and humiliation [out of sight and humiliated], even as He was while here below; but when He cometh [comes] it will be our manifestation, even as it will be His revelation [promised in Holy Scripture].

 

Dead saints shall live [come back to life] at His appearing. The slandered and despised shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Then shall the saints appear as kings and priests, and the days of their mourning [sorrow and sadness] shall be ended.

 

The long rest and inconceivable splendor of the millennial [1,000 year] reign will be an abundant recompense [reward] for the ages of witnessing and warring.

 

Oh, that the Lord would come! He is coming! He is on the road and traveling quickly. The sound of His approach should be as music to our hearts! Ring out, ye bells of hope!

 

Prayer: Thank You Father for the second coming of the Lord Jesus. You say,

 

Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.

 

You also say,

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah 45:22

 

Thank You Lord Jesus for dying in my place on the cross to give me eternal life and not me only but to all that will believe in Jesus name, Amen.

 

LOOK unto Him, and be saved! LOOK!!

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       … and pray for the saving of souls and strengthening  of believers. 

The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

 

Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide God’s eternal Word preserved and protected by God, Himself.

      For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 3:16  
 

The Textus Receptus TR [Received Text] is the faithfully rendered Greek text with an overwhelming agreement in the 5,321 extant New Testament, Greek manuscripts  known as the  MT. [Majority Text]. The Old Testament Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts were meticulously copied by hand [manuscript] by the Masoretic scribes. These are the manuscripts  from which  the 1611  King James version  was translated onto English.

 

In order for Westcott & Hort and Nestle & Aland to create the Modern Greek translations setting forth  the many variant readings that are  highly nuanced readings from the Critical Text theory to diminish the precision of the Textus Receptus.  Only Fifty-five 55 manuscripts from the 5,321 Majority Text MT were hand-picked and these were not taken from the foundational text of the Textus Receptus but were selected from  the inferior Sinaiticus and Vaticanus codices. These fifty-five manuscripts  brought  inferior variant readings and were created, to justify the creation of an alternative Greek text to the Textus Receptus which had been under spurious attack by Westcott & Hort and Nestle & Aland for many years.

The Codices known as Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are inferior because they often are in disagreement with the Textus Receptus and incredibly, also in disagreement with one another. They give rise to variant readings and embrace secular doctrine biases not supported by scripture translated from the Majority Text or the Textus Receptus.  They have been infused by the invented Greek text was deferred to  where an absence of Greek text from the Fifty-five hand-picked manuscripts existed.

They invented but did not disclose themselves as the source  of the new Greek translation.  They supplied this new Greek translation to all Committee members with the aim to revise the King James Bible. However, They insisted on a code of silence as to the authorship of the Greek Text from which all the Revisions were to be based. All members of the committee were required to agree to this code.

Modern textual criticism is based on the assumption that older manuscripts are, de-facto, more accurate. Actually, the continuous and unsettled changes from their  variant readings reflect error, doctrinal ambiguities and biases not supported by Majority Text or the TR.

 

Scripture based on The Greek text of Westcott &  Hort or Nestle & Aland is of a secular or denominational tradition allow modern textual criticism  to  rob God of His Sovereignty, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Immutability, Inerrancy and  Infallibility and to diminish Glory from His infinite and everlasting “I AM” that deserves and demands ALL GLORY!

 

For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in Heaven. Psalm 119:89

God is not the author of confusion. 1 Corinthians 4:33­­

God, Himself, providentially protects and preserves all of His inspired WORD.  HIS God-breathed, self-authenticating, immutable [unchanging and unchangeable], eternal, everlasting inerrant, infallible, infinite and all-powerful [omnipotent] Word.

For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in Heaven. Psalm 119:89

 

God is not the author of confusion. 1 Corinthians 14:33

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MORNING, CHRISTMAS DAY December 25th 

"Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. "
— Isaiah 7:14

14 Por tanto, el Señor mismo os dará señal: He aquí que la virgen concebirá, y dará a luz un hijo, y llamará su nombre Emanuel Isaiah 7:14

 

LET us today go down to Bethlehem, and in company with wondering shepherds and adoring Magi [Wise men] let us see Him who was born King of the Jews, for we by faith can claim an interest in Him and can sing,

 

"Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given."

 

Jesus is Jehovah  incarnate [in the flesh], our Lord and our God, and yet our brother and friend; let  us adore and admire. Let us notice at the very first glance His miraculous conception. That a virgin should conceive and bear a Son was a thing unheard of before and unparalleled since.

 

The first promise revealed this: "The seed of the woman, " not the offspring of the man. Since venturous woman [Eve] led the way in the sin that brought forth Paradise lost,

 

she [Mary], and she alone, ushers in the Re-gainer of Paradise.

 

Our Savior, although truly man, was as to His human nature the Holy One of God. Let us reverently bow before the holy Christ [Messiah] whose innocence restores to manhood its ancient glory; and let us pray that He may be formed in us, the hope of glory. Fail not to note [Don’t miss noticing] His humble parentage.

 

His mother has been described simply as "a virgin," not a princess, or prophetess, nor a matron of large estate [great wealth].

 

True, the blood of kings ran in her veins; nor was her mind a weak and untaught one, for she could sing most sweetly a song of praise; but yet how humble her position, how poor the man to whom she was engaged and how miserable the accommodation [of a stable] afforded to the new-born King!

 

Immanuel, [means] God with us…

in our nature,

in our sorrow,

in our lifework,

in our punishment,

in our grave, and

now with us, or rather we with Him, in [the] resurrection, ascension, [into heaven] [the] triumph [victory], and Second Advent [coming] in splendor.

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EVENING, CHRISTMAS DAY December 25th 

"And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about [going on], that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job [offer burnt offerings] continually. "— Job 1:5

—Y acontecía que, habiendo pasado en turno los días del convite, Job enviaba y santificábalos, y levantábase de mañana y ofrecía holocaustos conforme al número de todos ellos. Porque decía Job: Quizá habrán pecado mis hijos, y habrán blasfemado á Dios en sus corazones. De esta manera hacía todos los días. — Job 1:5

 

WHAT the patriarch [father] did early in the morning, after the family festivities, it will be well for the believer to do for himself before he rests tonight. Amid the cheerfulness of household gatherings,  [parties] it is easy to slide into sinful levities and to forget our avowed character as Christians.

It ought not to be so, but so it is that our days of feasting are very seldom days of sanctified enjoyment, but too frequently degenerate into unhallowed mirth [unholy revelry, partying and foolish, sinful  behavior].

 

There is a way of joy as pure and sanctifying as though one bathed in the rivers of Eden: holy gratitude should be quite as purifying an element as grief.

 

Alas, that facts prove that the house of mourning is better than the house of feasting.

 

Come, believer, in what have you sinned today? Have you been forgetful of your high calling? Have you been even as others in idle words and loose speeches? Then confess the sin, and fly [run] to the sacrifice. The sacrifice sanctifies.

 

The precious blood of the Lamb slain removes the guilt and purges away the defilement of our sins of ignorance and carelessness.

 

This is the best ending of a Christmas day— to wash anew in the cleansing fountain.

 

Believer, come to this sacrifice continually; if it be so good tonight, it is good every night. To live at the altar is the privilege of the royal priesthood;

 

to them sin, great as it is, is nevertheless no cause for despair, since they draw near yet again to the sin-atoning victim, and their conscience is purged from dead works.

 

Gladly I close this festive day,

Grasping the altar's hallow'd [holy] horn;

My slips and faults are washed away,

The Lamb has all my trespass borne.
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SACRED LITERATURE:

 

THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS  by John Bunyan

 

ORIGINAL: The Pilgrim’s Progress  Pub. by Logos in 1853  from the 1678 Original 

REVISED: by Barry E. Horner: The Pilgrim’s Progrefs  [sic] ©1999

 

The Pilgrim Progress is the world’s most widely published and most famous Allegory, It was commonly found among he scant possessions in the cabins of the early American Pioneers. It was  loved and  read, second only to the Holy Bible, God’s Word, of guidance, encouragement and comfort. It’s also considered, by some, to be the world’s first English novel and is the most published book of all time. other than the Bible. There were 1,300 editions printed before 1938, 250 years after the author's death. It remains among the world’s most famous literature.

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You may choose to read, or  listen to, or share  with a little one, Pilgrim’s Progress as a bed time story.

It will bless, strengthen, encourage and instruct all pilgrims (readers and seekers) of all ages for a life-time.

 

Here is the Complete Index of  Bible Scripture References   that are found in Pilgrim’s Progress. John Bunyan does not present any World view different from the view of the world Scripture brings. Rather, he trusts scripture to speak per se [of itself].

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ADULT AUDIO:

The Pilgrim’s Progress   by John Bunyan (Complete audio-book narrated by Christopher Glyn -6 ½ hours)

Preface: Bunyan’s letter​     

Episode 01: The City of Destruction      

• Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable      

Episode 03: The Swamp of Despond

Episode 04: Mr. Worldly Wiseman

Episode 05: The Narrow Gate

Episode 06: The House of the Interpreter  

Episode 07: The Cross

Episode 08: Simple, Sloth & Presumption

Episode 09: Formalist & Hypocrisy

Episode 10: The Hill Difficulty

Episode 11: Timorous & Mistrust

Episode 12: The Palace Beautiful

Episode 13: Battle with Apollyon

Episode 14: The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Episode 15: Christian Meets Faithful & Talkative

Episode 16:  Mr. By-ends      Town of Fair Speech

Episode 17: The Hill Lucre [Gain and Greed]

Episode 18: By-path Meadow   Vain Confidence

Episode 19: Doubting Castle

Episode 20: The Delectable Mountains

Episode 21:    Ignorance  (Conceit)

Episode 22:  The Flatterer​

Episode 23: Atheist

Episode 24: The Enchanted Ground

Episode 25: Ignorance Rejoins the Pilgrims

Episode 26:  Beulah Land

Episode 27: The River of Death

Episode 28:  The Celestial City

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CHILDREN’S VIDEO (Illustrated Adaptation) 

Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.

            DANGEROUS JOURNEY    

Part 1 The Slough of Despond [The Swamp]

Part 2 The Interpreter’s House

Part 3 The Hill Difficulty

• Part 4 The Fight with Apollyon

Part 5 The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Part 6   Vanity Fair

Part 7 Doubting Castle

Parts  8  & 9   The Dark River and  The Celestial City

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PART II of PILGRIM’S PROGRESS – CHRISTIANA, The SEQUEL  (Enjoy this “Old English” dialect)

AUDIO: These files will advance to and play the next recording automatically, if not paused.                

1 Part II 04   A Visit from Secret   4:50 Audio

2 Part II 05 Good News 2:25 Audio

3 Part II 28 Mount Charity 1:01 Audio

4 Part II 29 Fool & Want-Wit 1:16 Audio

• 5 Part II 31 Meeting Valiant-For-Truth 1:41 Audio

6 Part II 01 Valiant Does Battle 5:51 Audio

7 Part II 02 Valiant’s Story 3:35 Audio

8 Part II 04 Which Way To Go 1:30 Audio

9 Part II 09 Stand-Fast’s 'Wife' 6:02 Audio

10 Part II 11 Stand-Fast’s Story 1:37 Audio

11 Part II 12 Beulah Land 3:20 Audio      

12 Part II 14 The Postman’s Visit 1:57 Audio

13 Part II 15 Christiana’s Blessing 5:55 Audio

14 Part II 16 Christiana Goes Over The River 1:20 Audio

15 Part II 19 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio

16 Part II 20 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio

17 Part II 21 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio

18 Part II 22 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio

19 Part II 23 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio

20 Part II 24 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio

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A SINNER’S PRAYER:

 

… 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 lost.  I can’t save myself. Without your death on the cross to pay my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity in Hell. My nature and behavior  has been sinful 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 ever done and look to You to forgive 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, as God’s  sacrifice for my sin.

Right now, just as I am, I call on You, Lord Jesus to save me,  I trust You to be my Savior and Lord.
Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You have forgiven me of all my sins. I want  to follow You from now on.

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

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

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.

Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and Holy Spirit for Your comfort and guidance in all things.

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