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DEVOTION for January 4th *A,D, 2026. 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, 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 and must be given to the Omnipotent and Omniscient 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 edition of the King James Version KJV 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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THE BEST 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. Is faithfully Translated from the preeminent and traditional Greek Textus Receptus [The received Text].

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

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

“Thy Word” is The Inspired and Ultimate Stare Decisis [The Latin phrase that means to stand by things decided, to uphold all things God-Breathed [Inspired] and therefore eternally and immutably decided]

4:1 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 [says] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come from God, is of God: and every spirit that confesses not [doesn’t say] 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 it is in the world.

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

[All other English translations of the Bible that use Greek manuscripts other than the Textus Receptus render the English translation as “Has come”.

This erroneous Translation is because inferior Greek manuscripts that do not include the Greek word “ictin” (This is The Greek word for is that is found only in the Textus Receptus) and therefore fail to correctly translate “Is come” [Is Here] into English.

The Authorized King James Version AKJV also known as The Authorized Version AV stand alone in giving the correct translation, “is here”.

The error, “has come” is self- evident, because non-believers, false prophets and even heretics can, and sometimes do, make the confession that He “has come” in the flesh. This is no surprise because the birth of Jesus Christ is arguably the most well documented fact in all of recorded history. Indeed, it is a factual statement that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. While this is, on the surface a true statement, when “has come” replaces “is come” its altered meaning does not now provide the test of discernment as to whether a spirit [voiced or written thing being said] is either from God or from antichrist. It is true that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh, but it is essential and of crucial importance, that the confession that Jesus Christ, “is here, from God, in the flesh.” Be made aloud.

By Reading, comparing and meditating on a certain Scripture with other Scriptures, God’s Word self-authenticates:

Therefore we study:
1 John 4:1-3 with Ephesians 5:30-32

1 John 4:1-3

Authorized (King James) Version

1 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 that Jesus Christ is come 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.

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 His bride the church.

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

He was born of a virgin 2026 years ago, and HE is alive today,

and He 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 Have Traditional Sacred Hymns Endured for So Long aTime?
(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

(Find your Favorite SACRED MUSIC, Won’t you?)

Our prayer is that you have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord, or that you will do it now, right now.

Sing this Sinner’s prayer wholeheartedly, won’t you?

All To Jesus I Surrender

(49,592,993 views Jul 31, 2007)

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The aim of dailyspurgeon.com

is to win souls and to encourage all believers to have greater love to and to become a fully devoted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, [The Messiah].

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 Him in spirit and in truth.

YOU ARE INVITED TO:

• Pray to the Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
• Read, Hear, believe and obey the eternal, inspired (God breathed) , immutable, inerrant, infallible and providentially preserved and protected written Scripture, The everlasting Word of God, revealed in His Holy Bible by The Holy Ghost and embodied in The Lord Jesus Christ, the living Word made flesh; 1 Peter 1:23
• Be [to 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 Jesus; Ephesians 5:18-19
• Not forsake the assembling of yourself together with other members of the Body of Christ [The Church] 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: no man cometh unto the Father but by me John 14:6-7

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

To this end, please receive the Preaching, Sacred music, Sacred Literature and Devotional content that are offered here in the name of The Lord Jesus Christ, [The Messiah].

Preaching is from The Metropolitan Tabernacle (London) by Pastor, Dr. Peter Masters. Sermons are prayerfully selected to focus on the daily devotional topics so that sinners will be saved and believers will be encouraged, challenged and built-up in the Faith of Jesus Christ. We pray that all believers who visit the website will become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ and fully conformed to the image of Jesus Christ.
Sacred Music
Daily Audio recordings of an Episode in The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan to provide a blessing from listening to this Sacred Literature classic. You may also choose to read short selections as bed time stories to your little ones each night.

They will love the time spent with you and Christian, The Pilgrim, the main character.

Pilgrim’s Progress is the world’s most famous allegory and is second only to the Holy 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 in 1719
It blesses and has encouraged and instructed pilgrims of all ages for centuries.

Daily Devotions that are found at dailyspurgeon.com by Charles Haddon Spurgeon will include a selection from each of these publications each day:
- C.H. Spurgeon Prayers
- Spurgeon’s Illustrative Anecdotes
- Faith’s Checkbook
- Morning &
- Evening

It should be the desire of every born-again believer to worship God with all their 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 sharing] the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15

To this end, Heavenly Father, we pray that You will bless all who visit this website and bring many to confess the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. We ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.

The 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 lost sinners and to teach and encourage believers through God’s Word and prayer to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ [The Messiah] in personal discipleship and worship of the Lord Jesus as we are being conformed to His very image. “For whom God did foreknow he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son…” Romans 8:29

We are, instructed by Holy Scripture to assemble, praise and worship God. Thus we worship the Lord Jesus Christ and exhort and provoke one another to do good works.

Such worship takes place through, congregational singing of sacred hymns and spiritual songs, reading, preaching and obeying God’s Word, sharing Christian love and fellowship, agreeing together with specific public prayer requests, and reading and exhorting one another in the Word, to provoke one another to love and serve and bear witness with one another in the Holy Ghost.

Admonition: Online streaming may not satisfy personal interaction, or the fellowship of an in-person assembly. Electronic media cannot substitute for the physical inter-personal fellowship, commitment, and humility, nor does it provide for a kind and comforting touch or embrace of another believer. 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 DailySpurgeon.com as an instrumentality for building up of fully devoted followers of the Lord Jesus Christ who are being taught and are teaching others to be disciples; Fully devoted followers of The Lord Jesus Christ [The Messiah].

We pray that you will also be an inspired instrumentality of God to share the good news of Jesus Christ with every creature, encouraging them to 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; 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.

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A HEARTFELT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING TO ARIKARA BRAVES
A video… by Jon Edward Riley, [White Owl]

(February 12, 1971- January16, 2021)

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

with…“ A Joyful Heart of Freedom” WAR CRY! ( at video’s end) June 15, 2020

…This is a Video that honors Braves that gave Military Service and the families of Native-American Scouts from White Shield, North Dakota who served in the armed services of The United States of America defending. …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.

Jon’s 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:

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 from: The Metropolitan Tabernacle broadcasting live church services in real time from London. Please visit this Website for Live-streaming of prayer, scripture reading, singing of sacred hymns and gospel preaching,

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 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, [by the Holy Spirit] the challenge becomes inescapable [and Irresistible ]. 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 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 | December 2022

GOSPEL SERMONS

Dr Peter Masters 6:30 pm | 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” A historic sermon by the late Robert G. Lee, venerable, beloved former pastor.

"The Root of Bitterness” by Adrian Rogers, formerly the three-term President of The Southern Baptist Convention and founder of the 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 (Text only) Ephesians 2:20
Preached on March 15th 1883 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Keeping Alive the Spirit 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 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 by Billy Graham (38 min)

Two questions answered from The Bible:

Who crucified Jesus?

Why did Jesus die on the cross?
The Question of Questions \ Isaiah 53 by John MacArthur
The Authority of the Bible and the Uniqueness of Jesus the Savior
Living on the Word Deuteronomy 8:3 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? (Check it 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, UK)

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.

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

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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION Written and Calendared for January 4th A.D. 2026

PRAYER 1: Part 4 of 7 January 4th HELP FROM ON HIGH.

ANECDOTE 155: January 4th THE PLEA OF THE CROSS

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK January 4th IN CALM REPOSE -I will make them to lie down safely- —Hosea 2:18

MORNING: January 4th "GROW IN GRACE, AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST."
—2 Peter 3:18

EVENING: January 4th "AND JOSEPH KNEW HIS BRETHREN, BUT THEY KNEW NOT HIM." —Genesis 42:8

A SINNER’S PRAYER January 4th

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PRAYER 1 Part 4 of 7 January 4th HELP FROM ON HIGH.

Lord, sanctify us. Oh! that Thy spirit might come and saturate every faculty [instrumentality] , subdue every passion, and use every power of our nature for obedience to God. Come, Holy Spirit, we do know Thee; Thou hast [have] often overshadowed us. Come, more fully take possession of us. Standing now as we feel we are right up at the mercy seat, our very highest prayer is for perfect holiness, complete consecration, entire cleansing from every evil.

Take our heart, our head, our hands, our feet, and use us all for Thee [for Yourself]. Lord, take our substance, let us not hoard [be stingy or selfish with] it for ourselves, nor spend it for ourselves.

Take our talent, let us not try to educate ourselves that we may have the repute [reputation] of being wise, but let every gain of mental attainment be still that we may serve Thee better.

May every breath be for Thee; may every minute be spent for Thee. Help us to live while we live and while we are busy in the world as we must be, for we are called to it, may we sanctify the world for Thy service. May we be lumps of salt in the midst of society. May our spirit and temper as well as our conversation be heavenly; may there be an influence about us that shall make the world the better before we leave it. Lord, hear us in this thing. [In Jesus name I pray, Amen]
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ANECDOTE 155: January 4th THE PLEA OF THE CROSS.

If I had offended my father, I should wish to be at peace with him directly [right away ]; and if my father said to me,

“My son, I will be reconciled to you if you will go and speak to your brother about it,”

well, I should not think it hard, for I love my brother as well as my father, and I would go to him at once, and so all would be well.

God says,

“Go to Jesus; I am in him. You can reach me there —go round by [go to] his cross; you will find me reconciled there. Away from the cross I am a Judge, and my terrors will consume you. With the cross between you and me, I am a Father, and you shall behold my face beaming with love to you.”

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK January 4th IN CALM REPOSE by C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892

-I will make them to lie down safely- Hosea 2:18

-Harelos dormir seguros-. Oseas 2

Yes, the Saints are to have peace. The passage from which this gracious word is taken speaks of peace -with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls [birds] of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground.- This is peace with earthly enemies, with mysterious evils, and with little annoyances! Any of these might keep us from lying down, but none of them shall do so.

The Lord will quite [completely] destroy those things which threaten His people:

-I will break the [archer’s] bow and the sword, and the battle out of the earth.-

Peace will be profound indeed when all the instruments of disquiet are broken to pieces. With this peace will come rest. -So he giveth [gives] his beloved sleep.- Fully supplied and divinely quieted, believers lie down in calm repose [peaceful rest].

This rest will be a safe one. It is one thing to lie down, but quite another

-to lie down safely. –

We are brought to the land of promise, the house of the Father, the chamber [room] of love, and the bosom [hugging arms] of Christ: surely we may now

-lie down in safety. –

It is safer for a believer to lie down in peace than to sit up and worry .

- He maketh me to lie down in green pastures- [Psalms 23]

We never rest till the Comforter makes us lie down.

Prayer: Thank you, Lord that You make us to lie down in safety. We are brought to the land of promise, the house of the Father, the chamber [room] of love, and the bosom [loving arms] of Christ: surely we may now -lie down safely. Help me to sleep peacefully and to receive this promise in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

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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 led by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide and proclaim God’s immutable and eternal Word protected and preserved by God, Himself.

John 3:16 God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but may be having eternal life.

This translation is from the Textus Receptus [Received Text] (The TR issues from the overwhelming agreement of the majority of the 5.321 extant Greek texts; the Majority Text MT, and is different in many places from codices Alexandrinus, Sinaiticus and Vaticanus which often, do not agree with one another and introduce modern critical text translations which contain variant readings, ambiguities, uncertainties and introduce doubt. They purport to address unsettled, uncertain and variant readings and to “modernize” archaic English words. However, the received, providentially protected and preserved, inspired, self-authenticating Greek text of the TR is free from sectarian bias, denominational dogma and unsettled doctrine and is the Greek source of the Authorized King James Version AKA Authorized Version AV..

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

God, Himself, providentially preserves His God-breathed, self-authenticating, immutable [unchanging and unchangeable], eternal, inerrant, infallible, infinite and all-powerful Word.

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

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MORNING, January 4th

"Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." —2Peter 3:18

-Mas creced en la gracia y conocimiento de nuestro Señor y Salvador Jesucristo- 2 Pedro 3:18 .

GROW in grace"—not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have believed. Let faith increase in fullness, constancy, and simplicity.

Grow also in love. Ask that your love may become extended, more intense, more practical, influencing every thought, word, and deed.

Grow likewise in humility. Seek to lie very low, and know more of your own nothingness.

As you grow downward in humility, seek also to Grow upward

—drawing nearer to God in prayer and having more intimate fellowship with Jesus.

May God the Holy Spirit enable you to

"grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior."

He who grows not in the knowledge of Jesus, refuses to be blessed. To know Him is

"life eternal,"

and to advance in the knowledge of Him is to increase in happiness. He who does not long to know more of Christ knows nothing of Him yet. Whoever has sipped this wine will thirst for more, for although Christ satisfies, the appetite is not cloyed [stuffed], but whetted [intensified].

If you know the love of Jesus—as the hart [deer] pants for the water brooks, so will you pant after deeper quantities of His love.

If you do not desire to know Him better, then you do not love Him, for love always cries,

"Nearer, nearer."

Absence from Christ is hell; but the presence of Jesus is heaven. Do not rest content without an increasing acquaintance with Jesus. Seek to know more of Him in His divine nature, in His human relationship, in His finished work, in His death, in His resurrection, in His present glorious intercession, and in His future royal advent. [The second coming]

Firmly abide [live steadfastly] by the Cross and search the mystery of His wounds. An increase of love for Jesus, and a more perfect understanding of His love for us is one of the best tests of [our] growth in grace.

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EVENING January 4th

"And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him." —Genesis 42:8

-José, pues conoció á sus hermanos; pero ellos no le conocieron- Génesis 4:8

THIS morning (see MORNING above) our desire was for growth in our acquaintance with the Lord Jesus; it may be well tonight to consider a related topic, namely, our heavenly Joseph's knowledge of us. It was most blessedly perfect long before we had the slightest knowledge of Him.

"His eyes beheld our substance, yet being imperfect, and in His book all our members [body parts] were written [predestined], when as yet there was none of them."

Before we had a being [our existence] in the world we had a being [our existence] in His heart. When we were enemies to Him, He knew us: our misery, our madness, and our wickedness.

When we wept bitterly in despairing repentance and viewed Him only as a judge and a ruler, He viewed us as His brethren [brothers] well beloved, and His heart yearned for us.

He never mistook His chosen, but always beheld them as objects of His infinite affection.

"The Lord knows them that are His"

is as true of the prodigals who are feeding swine [hogs] as of the children who sit at the table.

But, alas! We knew not our royal Brother, and out of this ignorance grew a host [multitude] of sins. We withheld our hearts from Him, and allowed Him no entrance to our love. We distrusted Him, and gave no credit to His words. We rebelled against Him, and paid Him no loving homage [respect].

The Sun of Righteousness shone forth, and we could not see Him. Heaven came down to earth, and earth perceived it not.

Let God be praised, those days are over with us; yet even now it is but little that we know of Jesus compared with what He knows of us.

We have only begun to study Him, but He knows us altogether.

It is a blessed circumstance that the ignorance is not on His side, for then it would be a hopeless case for us.

He will not say to us, "I never knew you,"

but He will confess our names in the day of His appearing,

and meanwhile will manifest [reveal] Himself to us in a way He does not [manifest] to the world.

A SINNER’S PRAYER January 4th

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. Won’t you?

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

I know that me doing my best or being good (in my own opinion) and justifying my own behavior as "good" or "OK" can never be enough to save me.
I look to You, alone Lord Jesus to save me.
I come to You right now. Lord Jesus. Will You please save me. I believe You died on the cross in my place to pay for my sin debt and put to death my sin nature. I know You always keep your word. Please save me. You have said and it’s written in the Bible that you won’t reject anyone who comes to you. Thank You.

I give myself completely to You, Lord Jesus. I’m sorry for every sin I’ve done and I now turn away from each one and look to You to forgive me, save me and deliver me from future evil. Thank you for forgiving all of my sins by dying on the cross paying the punishment that I deserve. I’m a sinner by nature and by my actions. But now I'm washed clean by Your blood that was shed for me at the cross.

Thank you Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me before I was bor n and that You love me now and will always love 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 other than by You.

Thank you, Father that You have made a way for me to see myself as ungodly. But, because You are good You have made a way and given me the desire to come to You, to turn away from my sin and to trust in the Lord Jesus. You have forgiven me because He took my place and You have provided for me to be born again [born from above, born of the Holy Spirit].
You prompted this desire and faith to believe in Your only begotten Son who,gave up His life and died on the cross to pay my sin debt, not mine alone, but the sins of the whole world.

Thank You, righteous Father of love that you allowed Jesus to suffer and die raised Jesus from the dead. He is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave and in Christ Jesus there is no condemnation. After You raised Him from the dead You gave Him a Glorified, [everlasting] physical body and after he was seen by many witnesses on earth You took Him up to reign with You in heaven.

Thank you for saving me. I pray this in the name, of Your only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ with a grateful heart. Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and for the Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, for my guidance and solemn instruction into all truth., Amen.”

Thank You Holy Spirit of Truth, Comforter, Paraclete [one who comes along side] for the new life in Jesus and victory that comes when I recon myself dead indeed unto sin and alive unto God through Christ Jesus our Lord trusting You, Holy Spirit for the execution of this vow.

Romans 6:11

Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you always bear witness of and exalt the Lord Jesus. John 16:8-11

With all my heart, thank you Lord for saving me.
Abide in me Lord Jesus in Your name I pray, Amen.
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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

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.

Index to the 533 Scriptural References cited in The Pilgrim's Progress A.D. 1687

John Bunyan did not write nor hold to a world view of any kind. His inspired work, The Pilgrim’s Progress, known as the world’s most allegory, does not subscribe to any world view at all but proclaims God’s view on everything revealed and forever settled in Heaven Psalm 119:89 in The Holy Bible.

Bunyan merely, yet ardently believed God’s Word; That it is God-breathed [inspired by God], Self-authenticating, Providentially-protected and propagated immutable [unchanged and unchangeable] , inerrant [without error] , infallible [incapable of being mistaken or of being wrong], indestructible and eternal written Word from GOD Himself for ever settled in Heaven.

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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