DAILY SPURGEON
DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for September 8th *A.D. 2026 written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon
—*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death”.
It abbreviates Anno Domini;
… a Latin phrase adopted into English that means:
* “Year of our Lord."
NEW POSTINGS:
BC/AD versus BCE/CE YES! THE DIFFERENCE DOES MATTER!
Defend the Truth. Stand up against error, Won’t you? ...More
Critics say the new terms are meaningless because, just like AD and BC, they still denote years in relation to the life of [Jesus] The Christ [Anointed Messiah and King of Kings].
Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, said: 'I think this amounts to the dumbing down of the Christian basis of our culture, language and history. These changes are unnecessary and they don't achieve what the BBC wants them to achieve.
'Whether you use Common Era or Anno Domini, the date is actually still the same and the reference point is still the birth of [Jesus] Christ.'
DON’T MISS THIS! A Historical Video THAT REVEALS why we must not rely on any dumbed- down versions of:
Textual Criticism's Imperfect Bibles (Click to view)
By Dr. Doug Levesque
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Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy (169 min. video) [jM1]
(2) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC5rUbs_-E&t=9s
“Bridge to Babylon” is a video Treatise of the explosion of over 1,000 English translations of the Bible. The Continual attempts to replace, add or take away from the 1769 King James Version of the Holy Bible. They don’t prevail because GOD Himself has preserved and protected His Inspired [God Breathed] Holy Words from heresy, blasphemy, confusion and error.
Over five Billion King James Bibles are in circulation worldwide, This is more than all the other translations put together.
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Scroll Down to bottom of p. 28 for “ 19 EPISODES” of John Bunyan’s THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS written in 1678 and is second only to the Bible as the all-time best selling book ever. It has never been out of print.
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Requiem: Read the last word (s) , spoken by John Michael’s Daddy just before his earthly father was called home to be forever with the Lord Jesus.
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Please select and view (at least) one of these five videos today. (Dr. Philip Stringer’s Documentary is highly recommended)
They will bless you in your desire to know GOD’S authoritative, inspired [God breathed] , immutable, inerrant, infallible, preserved, protected written and revealed Word [Words] of GOD.
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Dr. David L. Brown (1 video)
THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT ARE NOT THE SAME.
URL: (click here)
https://youtu.be/EbY3fs9yM-o?is=o1Grz0-cN8QcI9if
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Dr. David Sorenson: (3 videos)
(1) -THE MAKING OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE
URL: (Click here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC089eaT0zA
(2) - THE TRADITIONAL TEXT: ITS HISTORY & RELIABILITY
URL: (Click here)
https://youtu.be/87mZTVZ7i_Y?si=IKhSkPu5xriAnxcu
(3) -THE TRADITIONAL TEXT (ALSO KNOWN AS THE RECEIVED TEXT [TEXTUS RECEPTUS, TR] VERSUS THE CRITICAL TEXT
URL: (Click here)
https://youtu.be/02A7lNf0Rrs?si=TfLITseFIioQCgzX
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Dr. Philip Stringer (1 video)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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THE KING JAMES VERSION [1769] IS THE FINAL PRESERVED AND PROTECTED AUTHORITATIVE, INSPIRED [GOD BREATHED], IMMUTABLE, INNERANT AND INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD-
URL: (Click here) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UbXGjoCnYY
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Spiritual Discernment:
Is this Website of God? Is it trustworthy?
God gives the following guidance in His WORD to discern whether every spirit is to be believed or not.
Chapter 4
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try [test] the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye [by this you all know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth [confesses] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is of God: 3 and every spirit that confesseth not [doesn’t confess] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof [of which] ye [you all] have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Therefore, I hereby confess that
"Jesus Christ is come [is here] manifested in the flesh!” in the Body of Christ; His Church.
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FOUR SACRED PRAISES (Sing All Four)
Safe in the Arms of Jesus by Fanny Crosby
It is Well with My Soul by Guy Penrod with Gaither Vocal Band
Joy Comes in The Morning by Joy Gardner with Gaither Vocal Band
Then Came The Morning by Guy Penrod with Gaither Vocal Band
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DEVOTION SELECTIONS:
PRAYER 8, Part 1 of 7: September 8th A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS.
ANECDOTE 40: September 8th YOKED WITH CHRIST.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: September 8th FEAR HAS ITS PLACE
-Happy is the man that feareth [the Lord] always- Proverbs 28:14
MORNING: September 8th "I WILL ANSWER THEE, AND SHEW THEE GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS WHICH THOU KNOWEST NOT." —Jeremiah 33:3
EVENING: September 8th "AND ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE WERE FOUR AND TWENTY SEATS: AND UPON THE SEATS I SAW FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS SITTING, CLOTHED IN WHITE RAIMENT." —Revelation 4:4
A SINNER’S PRAYER September 8th
PRAYER 7, Part 7 of 7 September 8th LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE.
ANECDOTE 39: September 8th “BLEATING OF THE SHEEP”
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: September 8th BROKEN AND SMOKING
-A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench -Isaiah 42:3
MORNING: September 8th "FROM ME IS THY FRUIT FOUND." —Hosea 14:8
EVENING: September 8th "THE EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER TO US-WARD WHO BELIEVE, ACCORDING TO THE WORKING OF HIS MIGHTY POWER, WHICH HE WROUGHT IN CHRIST, WHEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD." —Ephesians 1:19, 20
A SINNER’S PRAYER September 8th
PRAYER 7, Part 7of 7 September 8th LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE.
Our heart seems as if it had not anything else to ask for when it reaches to this; yet would we go back a moment and say:
Lord, forgive us our sins;
Lord, sanctify our persons [set myself apart for Your purposes] ;
Lord, guide us in difficulty;
Lord, supply our needs.
[May] The Lord teach us;
[May] the Lord perfect us;
[May] the Lord comfort us;
[May] the Lord make us meet [a perfect match] for the appearing of His Son from heaven! And now we come back to a theme that still seems to engross our desires.
Oh! that [Jesus] Christ might come.
Oh! that His word might be made known to the uttermost ends of the earth!
Lord, they die, they perish, they pass away by multitudes!
Every time the sun rises and sets they pass away!
Make no tarrying [don’t delay], we beseech Thee. [earnestly beg You]
Give wings to the feet of Thy [Your] messengers, and fire to their mouths, that they may proclaim the Word with Pentecostal [Supernatural] swiftness and might.
Oh! that Thy [Your] kingdom might come, and Thy [Your] will be done on earth as it is in heaven, for
Thine [Yours] is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever.
[In the name of the Lord Jesus Amen.]
Attachment: PRAYER 7.doc
ANECDOTE 39: September 8th “BLEATING OF THE SHEEP”
If you learn of Jesus you will have rest from the fear of men. I recollect, before I came to London, being at a prayer-meeting where a very quaint brother prayed for me that I might be delivered from the “bleating of the sheep.”
I understood it after awhile, he meant that I might live above the fear of man, that when such a person said “How much we have been edified to-day,” I might not be puffed up; or if another said, “ How dull the discourse was to-day,” I might not be depressed. You will be delivered from “the bleating of the sheep ” when you have the spirit of [Jesus Christ] the Good Shepherd.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK September 8th BROKEN AND SMOKING
by C.H. Spurgeon 1834 – 1892
-A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench -Isaiah 42:3
-No quebrará la caña cascada, ni apagará el pabilo que humeare: - Isaias 42:3
Then I may reckon upon [count on] tender treatment from my Lord. Indeed, I feel myself to be at best as weak, as pliant, as worthless as a reed. Someone said, -I don’t care a rush for you-; and the speech, though unkind, was not untrue. Alas! I am worse than a reed when it grows by the river, for that at least can hold up its head. I am bruised, sorely, sadly bruised. There is no music in me now; there is a rift [bruise] which lets out all the melody. Ah, me!
Yet Jesus will not break me; and if he will not, then I mind little what others try to do. O sweet and compassionate Lord, I nestle down beneath thy protection, and forget my bruises! Truly I am also fit to be likened to -the smoking flax,- whose light is gone, and only its smoke remains. I fear I am rather a nuisance than a benefit. My fears tell me that the devil has blown out my light, and left me an obnoxious smoke, and that my Lord will soon put an extinguisher upon me. Yet I perceive [understand] that though there were snuffers [used to put out candles] under the law, there were no extinguishers; and Jesus will not quench me; therefore, I am hopeful. Lord, kindle me anew, and cause me to shine forth to thy glory, and to the extolling of thy tenderness.
Prayer: Thank You Heavenly Father, for Your protection toward me and all those who are weak and barely flickering, in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen.
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… and pray to 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.
Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide God’s eternal Word preserved by God, Himself
Vis. 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. John 3:16 vis. Textus Receptus [Received Text] (overwhelming majority of extant New Testament Greek texts absent codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, often in dispute with one another and with frequent editions being required to address unsettled and uncertain changes and denominational bias created to bolster certain particular doctrine).
MORNING September 8th
"From Me is thy fruit found." —Hosea 14:8
—De mí será hallado tu fruto — Oseas 14:8
Our fruit is found from our God as to union [being connected]. The fruit of the branch is directly traceable to the root. Sever [separate] the connection, the branch dies, and no fruit is produced. By virtue of our union with Christ we bring forth fruit. Every bunch of grapes have been first in the root, it has passed through the stem, and flowed through the sap vessels, and fashioned itself externally into fruit, but it was first in the stem; so also every good work was first in Christ, and then is brought forth in us. O Christian, prize this precious union to Christ; for it must be the source of all the fruitfulness which thou canst [you can] hope to know. If thou wert [you were] not joined to Jesus Christ, thou wouldst [you would] be a barren bough [dry branch] indeed.
Our fruit comes from God as to spiritual providence. When the dew-drops fall from heaven, when the cloud looks down from on high, and is about to distil its liquid treasure, when the bright sun swells the berries of the cluster, each heavenly boon may whisper to the tree and say, "From me is thy fruit found." The fruit owes much to the root-that is essential to fruitfulness -but it owes very much also to external influences. How much we owe to God's grace-providence! in which He provides us constantly with quickening [life giving], teaching, consolation, strength, or whatever else we want [lack] . To this we owe our all of usefulness or virtue.
Our fruit comes from God as to wise husbandry [skillful cultivation]. The gardener's sharp-edged knife promotes the fruitfulness of the tree, by thinning the clusters, and by cutting off superfluous [unnecessary] shoots [buds and blooms]. So is it, Christian, with that pruning which the Lord gives to thee. "My Father is the husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not [doesn’t bring] fruit He taketh [takes] away; and every branch that beareth [bears] fruit He purgeth [prunes] it, that it may bring forth more fruit."
Since our God is the author of our spiritual graces, let us give to Him all the glory of our salvation.
EVENING September 8th
[Glory to] "The exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead." —Ephesians 1:19, 20
IN the resurrection of [Jesus] Christ, as in our salvation, there was put forth nothing short of divine power. What shall we say of those who think that conversion is wrought by the free will of man, and is due to his own better-ness [self-improvement]of disposition? When we shall see the dead rise from the grave by their own power, then may we expect to see ungodly sinners of their own free will turning to Christ.
It is not the word preached, nor [is it] the word read in itself: all quickening power proceeds from the Holy Ghost [Spirit]. This power was [and is eternally] irresistible. All the soldiers and the high priests could not keep the body of Christ in the tomb; Death himself could not hold Jesus in his bonds [grasp]. Even so the power put forth in the believer when he is raised to newness of life is irresistible.
No sin, no corruption, no devils in hell nor sinners on earth, can stay [hold back] the hand of God's grace when it intends to convert a man [a person].
If God omnipotently [infinitely powerful] says, "You will," man will not say, "I will not." Observe that the power which raised Christ from the dead was glorious. It reflected honor to God and wrought dismay in the hosts [armies] of evil.
So, there is great glory to God in the conversion of every sinner. It was everlasting power. "Christ being raised from the dead dieth [dies] no more; death hath no more dominion over Him." So we, being raised from the dead, go not back to our dead works nor to our old corruptions [sinful habits], but we live unto God.
"Because He lives, we live also." "For we are dead, [to sin] and our life is hid with Christ in God." "Like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in new ness of life." Lastly, in the text, note the union of the new life to Jesus. The same power which raised the Head works life in the members [body].
What a blessing to be quickened [made alive] together with [Jesus] Christ!
Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you always give witness to and exalt the Lord Jesus Christ.
With all my heart, thank you Lord for saving me.
Live Your life in me, Lord Jesus, in Your name I pray, Amen.
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Please allow us to share in the joy of your having received the new birth with you and the heavenly angels in Heaven as they rejoice over each and every redeemed sinner.
Luke 15:7
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Sing: This Little Light of Mine Children’s Chorus by JAMJAR Sing-along won’t you? This PRAISE music came to mind from today’s ANECDOTE.
Better [to] have two lights than only one. The light of creation is a bright light. God may be seen in the stars; his name is written in gilt letters on the brow of night; you may discover his glory in the ocean waves, yea, in the trees of the field; but it is better to read it in two books than in one.
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David Hocking (click here) enlightens us with historical facts that make the case for the OLD KING JAMES VERSION; time well spent.
You will find it here [in the Bible] more clearly revealed; for he has written this book himself, and he has given you the key to understand it, through the Holy Spirit. Ah, beloved, let us thank God for this Bible; let us love it; let us count it more precious than much fine gold.
[The Authorized King James Version, (AKJV) used by Charles Spurgeon is
God’s preserved, and protected inerrant and immutable Word.
David Hocking makes the case for the Protected translation of the Bible, and points out the textual errors of “Critical Text” and its erroneous Theory followed by all modern English translations due to Westcott and Hort’s inferior Greek Translation of the New Testament. Text that follows incomplete and conflicting Greek manuscripts rather than the coherent and reliable Traditional Text [Received Text (Textus Receptus)] for the New Testament and the Masoretic Hebrew Text for the New and Old Testament respectively of the Authorized King James Bible.
“The Bible, The Whole Bible and Nothing but the Bible” is an expression David Hocking favors and says often.
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(2) SUGGESTED SERMONS:
Behold Your God Isaiah 40:9 with Dr. Peter Masters
URL:
https://metropolitantabernacle.org/sermons-online/behold-your-god/
Our society today knows so little about almighty God, having willfully shut Him out of all consideration. But look, says the Bible, at His attributes, ways and plans. Consider the uniqueness of God and compare His actions, plans and promises with those of human society.
The Most Hated Christian Doctrine by John MacArthur
URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1fFRyDLbMA
PRAISE: (Two Beloved Sacred Hymns)
I Will Sing The Wondrous Story
(…be 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 )
SACRED PRAISES: August 30th
The Love of God Bill Gaither and Choir
(sing-along won’t you?)
…be 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
I Love You Lord by Jared Reynolds
In loving memory of Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021) who would sometimes just bust-out singing this beautiful praise; often, on the way to church.
…“Later” [see-ya later] was how he always said farewell … he would never say “good-bye”. Remembering how Jon always said “Later” brings a special joy to those he loved so well.
… and brings to mind the promise of the song:
’Till We Meet Again. By Jeremiah Rankin (1880) with Antrim Mennonite Choir
Amen.
TODAY’S SERMON:
From The Metropolitan Tabernacle (C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892)
Duty and Fruits of Brotherly Love 1 John 4:7 with Dr. Peter Masters
From the warning against false teachers, the apostle turns again to the great duty of love to fellow believers, providing fourteen compelling reasons (with benefits) for honoring this obligation. Here love is defined, its actions and activities listed, and the reasons surveyed.
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God? NO! (Click HERE to find out why.)
The natural will is cold, hard iron, which cannot be hammered into form, but the renewed will, like molten metal, is soon molded by the hand of [God’s] grace. In the fleshy heart there is a tenderness of the affections.
The hard heart does not love the Redeemer, but the renewed heart burns with affection towards Him. The hard heart is selfish and coldly demands, "Why should I weep for sin? Why should I love the Lord?"
But the heart of flesh says;
"Lord, You know that I love You; help me to love You more!"
Many are the privileges of this renewed heart; " 'Tis [It is] here the [Holy] Spirit dwells, 'tis here that Jesus rests." It is fitted to receive every spiritual blessing, and every blessing comes to it. It is prepared to yield every heavenly fruit to the honor and praise of God, and therefore the Lord delights in it.
A tender heart is the best defense against sin, and the best preparation for heaven. A renewed heart stands on its watchtower [on guard] looking for the coming of the Lord Jesus.
Have you [Do you have] this heart of flesh?
[Pray and Ask for it now, won’t you?]
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Requiem Note: *Charles Dumah Riley, Sr. (AKA: Daddy, "CD", and Paw Paw) 1897 – 1987
JM witnessed the last few hours of his *Daddy’s life on earth coming to an end and heard him say only “Amen” over and over, in the belief that he was affirming and agreeing with God’s will in the conclusion of his own life’s and giving a testimony of God’s goodness to him and his agreement and his surrender to his earthly departure to be eternally present with the Lord Jesus.
Amen... Amen… and Amen!
My Daddy’s prayer before every meal, always offered with all gravity, reverence and always heard in the unique sound of his deep Bass prayer voice:
“Accept our thanks for these and all other blessings, we humbly ask in Thy name, Amen.”
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You can cast your cares on the Lord…
1. Call on Him. As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.. ...Psalm 55:16
2. Trust Him. Commit thy way unto the Lord; and he shall bring it to pass ... Psalm 37:5
3. Come to Him, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I [He] will give you rest.. Matthew 11:28
4. Give Him the burden. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22]
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… and pray for souls to be saved and believers to be strengthened.
The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide God’s Holy Word preserved by God, Himself.
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John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The Incomplete and unsealed codices of Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are not majority texts, [Original Masoretic Hebrew and the Greek Textus Receptus]. Sinaiticus and Vaticanus present variant, ambiguous and erroneous readings rather than that of the well-established and settled texts. They disagree often with one another as well as with the settled majority texts. Thus, an attempt to create a pretext that will continue to justify a never-ending demand for additional editions and interpretations. These unsettled differences and bias in certain sectarian doctrine [dogma] have led to the production of multiple “modern” editions with ambiguities, many variant readings and confusion from the explosion of unending, new editions.
Profit-driven publishers have embraced such an economic windfall to sell a continual flow of “new and better” English edition of The Bible. They give too little attention to the fidelity and accuracy already settled [in heaven] in majority manuscripts of the Masoretic Hebrew and the Greek Textus Receptus.
Psalm 119:89-90
89 Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
thou hast established the earth, and it abideth [abides].
God, Himself, providentially protects and preserves His Word. His Word is the God-breathed, self-authenticating, immutable [unchanging and unchangeable], eternal, inerrant, infallible, infinite and all-powerful Word, settled in heaven. He is not the author of confusion.
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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.
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Please allow us to share the joy of your new birth with heaven. Heaven rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7
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Philippians Chapter 4:
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth [passes] all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth [strengthens] me.
14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.
19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.
22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Cesar’s household.
23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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WHO IS THE GOD OF THE BIBLE?
by David Hocking
WHAT ARE HIS NAMES?
(1 One) His Name is INCOMPREHENSIBLE!
Exodus 3:13-15 “13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Authorized (King James) Version
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high, I cannot attain unto it.”
(2 Two) His Name is INFINITE!
Psalm 145:1-3
1 I will extol thee, my God, O king;
and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee;
and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
and his greatness is unsearchable.
Romans 11:33
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
(3 Three) His Name is INCORRUPTABLE!
(two issues: holy and eternal)
Psalm 72:17
“His name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed.”
Psalm 99:3
“Let them praise Thy great and terrible name; for it is Holy.”
Psalm 111:9
“Holy and reverend is His name.”
Psalm 135:13
Thy Name, O LORD endureth for ever; and Thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.”
Psalm 145:21
“Let all flesh bless His holy Name for ever and ever.”
(4 Four) His name is IMMUTABLE! [Unchanged and unchangeable]
Malachi 3:6
“For I am the LORD, I change not.”
Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have (1) a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon (2) the hope set before us.”
(5 Five) His name is INCOMPARABLE! [Without Equal]
Deuteronomy 4:35
“Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightiest know that the LORD He is God; there is none else beside Him.”
Deuteronomy 4:39
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
(6 Six) His Name is INDESCRIBABLE! [No description adequately describes HIM]
El, Eloah, Elyon, Elohim, Adon, Adonai, - Yah, Yahveh
(The Names for GOD used 10,952 times in the Bible!)
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To Abraham – His Name is El Shaddai [God Almighty, Abundant Provider, Provider of More than Enough]
Genesis17:1 ,
And when Abram was ninety and nine (99) years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I Am, the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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Why Cults, False Teachers and Heretics have tried to delete 1 John 5:7
from the Bible.
By Dr. Phil Stringer
By Dr. Phil Stringer
1 John 5:7 Is The Great Trinitarian Proof Text of The Bible. (For The immutable Doctrine of the Trinity.)
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By Dr. David Sorenson
In addition to overwhelming evidence of authenticity from the 5,321 Majority Text Greek manuscripts, this link gives Translational Evidence that proves the age of the Textus Receptus to be older than both the Codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus,
(The Primary Greek sources used in all Critical Text translations.)
This includes Westcott and Hort, Nestle and Aland and the Codices Sinaiticus and *Vaticanus.
*The final Greek Text so deemed, authorized and sanctioned by the Catholic Church and The Vatican.
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The Lord Jesus *Christ [The*Anointed Messiah]
was supernaturally Fathered by the Holy Ghost, and born of a teen-aged virgin girl named Mary 2026 years ago in Bethlehem of Judea.
He was crucified, and His lifeless body was placed in a tomb. After three days, GOD brought Him back to life again, and raised HIM from the dead victorious over sin, death and the grave.
He is GOD’S Incarnate WORD and Everlasting SACRIFICE, The LAMB of GOD, [THE WORD of GOD made flesh.] The CHURCH is the BODY of *Christ,
*[The MESSIAH.]
[The CHURCH] is His espoused [Legally Bound] Bride, for whom HE will come again to consummate their Marriage in the Marriag and Protected Words of GOD.
These WORDS are God-Breathed, [Spoken] Eternal WORDS spoken by Almighty GOD. The same GOD who calls Himself “I AM”, is Omni-Lingual, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Immutable, All-Wise, Omnipresent, Eternally and Supremely Holy. He is the One-and-Only Triune, Three-in-One GOD.
“I and my Father are one”. John 10:30
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1 John 5:7 Is the fundamental scriptural basis for the doctrine and essential tenet of the Trinity. [The Triune, [Three-in-One] GOD in-Three Persons (This verse has been omitted or Changed to diminish the authority and the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ or has been Removed entirely from all Critical Text translations by apostates that hold to the untenable goal of False Doctrine that gives rise to all manner of Cults, False Teaching, Heresies, false Prophets, Agnostics, Gnostics, Atheists and Pagans.
Therefore, The incarnate WORD of GOD, [Jesus *Christ
(*The Anointed MESSIAH) and His Father are ONE.] John 10:30
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, [Jesus Christ] and the Holy Ghost: and
THESE THREE ARE ONE. John 10:30
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, [Holy Ghost] and the Water [Life of the Father], and the Blood; [The Sacrificial Blood of Jesus Christ]: and these three AGREE IN ONE. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son, [The LORD Jesus *Christ
*(The Anointed Messiah)].
GOD calls Himself “I AM” and Jesus Christ is The WORD made Flesh, GOD’s WORD is infinite and will endure FOREVER, from Eternity Past through the never-ending Eternal Future.
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By Dr. Phil Stringer
1 John 5:7 Is The Great Trinitarian Proof Text of The Bible. (That establishes the immutable Doctrine of the Trinity.)
Daniel Webster [Writer of the Webster’s Dictionary] was once asked. “Does it not bother you to believe in the Trinity since you cannot explain it?
His answer was, “What would bother me would be to have a God so small that I could fully explain Him.”
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The Traditional Text: It's History & Manifestation
By Dr. David Sorenson
In addition to evidence of authenticity from the 5,321 Majority Text manuscripts, this link presents Translational Evidence that the Traditional Text is Inerrant, Infallible and is the Inspired [Word-by-Word, GOD-Breathed Greek Text that moved the Prophets and Apostles to write precisely the Greek and Hebrew words they were told to write by the Holy Ghost]
The Traditional Text. Length: (33:56 minutes)
The Traditional Greek Text was printed, not written by Desiderius Erasmus and was used in the FIRST Christian Church at Antioch. It was later called The Received Text [vis. Latin: The Textus Receptus TR].
Over Five Billion King James (1769 Edition) Bibles, [NOT the NEW King James Version which is based on the inferior Critical Greek Text] account for more sales world-wide than all other version or edition of the Holy Bible combined.
This is more than all other Bible Versions and Editions put-together.
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By Dr. David Sorenson
…So, Dr. Sorenson, “I hear You are King James Only.”
No, I’m Traditional Text only. But if you come to the view and the conviction of being Traditional Text only, you will be Only King James.
The issue is not translational.
Marketing ploys by publishing companies with little basis in reality would have us to believe that the new versions are:
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Easier to read.
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More modern.
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More accurate (Not true)
The truth is that the KJV remains The most popular. (is still the most popularly read Bible in America). Over five billion copies of the King James (1769) is greater than all the other versions and editions combined.
The issue comes down to the textual issue. By That, I refer to the underlying Greek text. I guess we could say texts, plural but particularly that of the New Testament. On the one hand is the Traditional Text from which the only major English translation is the King James Version of the Bible. The Traditional Text.
On the other hand, is the Critical Text sometimes called the eclectic text from whence all the other translations come. And some will say well there really is no difference between them. The difference you could amount to is just the footnotes in the bottom of a page. (This is Not true) He was not dishonest but just repeating what someone had told him.
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The Remarkable life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Spurgeon’s Testimony, as told by Him. (The Prince of Preachers)
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Link to Complete Index in The Pilgrim’s Progress of Bible Scripture References (click here to open link).
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Thank you, Lord, for DailySpurgeon.com a website given by You to encourage and support personal devotions to the Lord Jesus. This ministry started with sending e-mails of Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon to Jon Edward Riley and others he would add..
Jon was called home by his loving Father in Heaven on January 16, 2021.
His memory is honored here, giving honor to whom honor is due. We pray that through this and all other instrumentalities that God may effect, many will be born again, challenged, encouraged, and supported to grow in personal devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ while being conformed to His image; that they might be the firstborn among many brethren.. Romans 13:7 Romans 8:28-29
A PRAYER OF GRATITUDE: (Click for Video) by Jon Edward Riley,
(February 12, 1971- January16, 2021)
From an Indigenous, Irish, well beloved All-American son giving a prayer of gratitude to the Lord for in: “The heart of Freedom”
INDIAN SCOUT POST NO 1 Burial grounds at White Shield, North Dakota.
… a compassionate prayer of gratitude, thanking the Lord for the Military Service of Native-American Scouts serving the United States of America. …the land of the free and the home of the Brave.
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Jon loved to say, “I’m a blood bought, born-again child of God!” to anyone he happened to meet.
… Jon’s testimony is 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 present with the LORD in glory forever. One with whom we’ll one day 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 and loving heart.
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SACRED LITERATURE:
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I
ORIGINAL TEXT:
The Pilgrim’s Progress, 1678 by John Bunyan
Since its 1678 publication it has NEVER been out of print.
"All the flowers in God's garden are double." There is no single mercy. You may think you have but one mercy, but you shall find it to be a whole cluster of mercies. It is abounding mercy. Millions have received it, yet far from its being exhausted, it is as fresh, as full, and as free as ever.
It is unfailing mercy. It will never leave you. If mercy is your friend, mercy will be with you in temptation to keep you from yielding; with you in trouble to prevent you from sinking; with you [in] living to be the light and life of your countenance; and with you [in] dying to be the joy of your soul when earthly comfort is ebbing fast [slipping away].
You may want to read the daily selections as a bed time story for you and your little ones. .
It’s the world’s most famous allegory and is the all-time, world-wide best seller second only to the Bible. Some believe it to be the world’s first novel written in English.
It will bless, encourage and instruct pilgrims (readers and seekers) of all ages for a life-time.
My Lord “Will-be-will” [Mr. Self-will] is a great blusterer, [one who roars loudly with empty threats, menaces or protests] and it is hard to subject him to God's will; but when the heart of flesh is given, the will quivers like an aspen leaf in every breath of heaven, and bows like a willow in every breeze of God's Spirit.
Mr. Self-will is a personification in The Pilgrim’s Progress
(The world’s most widely read and most famous Allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678 and has NEVER been out of print.)
Link to Complete Index of Bible Scripture References included in The Pilgrim’s Progress are found by this Link.
ADULT VIDEO:
PILGRIM’S PROGRESS EPISODES 1-19
CHILDREN’S VIDEO Illustrated Adaptation from
Pilgrim’s Progress (Complete video -2 hours) Presented in 10 parts.
Part 1 The Slough of Despond [The Swamp]
Part 2 Obstinate and Pliable
Part 3 The Interpreter’s House
Part 4 The Hill Difficulty
Part 5 The Fight with Apollyon
Part 6 The Valley of the Shadow of Death
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Part 7 Vanity Fair
Part 8 Doubting Castle
Part 9 The Dark River
Part 10 The Celestial City
PART II – CHRISTIANA, The SEQUEL (Enjoy this “Old English” dialect)
AUDIO: These files will advance to 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
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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 17 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio
16 Part II 18 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio
17 Part II 19 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio
18 Part II 20 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio
19 Part II 21 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio
20 Part II 22 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio
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