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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for October 12th *A.D. 2026 written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon

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Thank you in the name of The Lord Jesus Christ [Anointed Messiah] for His sake and by His Grace, with All Glory to Him, I remain your grateful brother in Christ,
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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for October 12th *A.D. 2026 written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon.

The Providential Preservation and Protection of God’s inspired WORD is manifested in The 1769 Edition of The [OLD] King James Version of The Bible: It’s Immutable! [God Breathed and will never change]s

King James the First of England Approved, Authorized, Commissioned and provided guidance for a new version of the Bible based upon the Bishop’s Bible (In which The Old Testament was translated from the original Hebrew and copied by hand [manuscript] by the Masorete Scribes. The Traditional [original, Received Greek Text] Text was followed in the translation of the New Testament. The King James Version of 1769 is Providentially preserved and protected and is the world’s most authoritative and most quoted, and most read Bible version ever with over 6 Billion extant copies. This is more than all the other versions and editions Combined and has become the Most Influential, faithful and best Bible ever.

Posted on 10/12/2026:

Dr. Jeff Riddle makes a Case for the Providential Preservation of GOD’S WORD based upon the Traditional Text, also known as The Received Text, [The Textus Receptus, TR].

The Defense of the Received Text (Click here) [The Textus Receptus TR]
By Dr. Jeff Riddle

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THE TESTIMONY OF CHARLES SPURGEON'S CONVERSION IN HIS OWN WORDS. (Click here)

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—*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death”.
Rather, it abbreviates Anno Domini;
… a Latin phrase adopted into English that means:
“Year of our Lord."

Does BC/AD versus BCE/CE really matter? …YES. IT DOES!

Defend the Truth. Stand against the attempt to mislead, Won’t you? ...More
The new terms are meaningless because BCE and CE still denote the exact number of years in relationship to the birth in Bethlehem of Jesus Christ [The Anointed Messiah].

Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, said: '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 the BBC’s objective [of wiping out any mention of or reference to Jesus Christ, His birth or His life]. ’

'Whether you use “Common Era, CE” or “Anno Domini, AD”, the date is actually still exact same same for both and the reference point is still the birth of [Jesus] Christ.

Dr. Doug Levesque presents the Historical account that reveals why we should not rely on dumbed- down versions from:

Critical Text's Flawed Bibles (From All Non Traditional Texts) (Click Here)
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The Providentially Inspired Life of King James (Click Here)

Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy (Click Here)
(169 minutes. Video)[jM1]

“Bridge to Babylon” is a very thorough video Treatise of the explosion of over 1,000 English translations of the Bible. An expose of the continuous attempts to replace the Traditional [Old, NOT New] 1769 King James Version of God’s Holy, Inerrant, Infallible and Immutable Bible. All Attempts fail because GOD Himself providentially preserves and protects His Inspired [God Breathed/Spoken] Words from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion, error and misinterpretation .

Over six Billion extant (OLD 1769) King James Bibles establish it as the most widely printed, read and distributed book in human history. This is more than all other translations added together and continues to be the most quoted and most read Bible ever.

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Scroll Down to bottom of p. 27 for “ 19 EPISODES” of THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS written in 1678 and is second only to the Bible as the all-time most widely printed and distributed book ever. It has never been out of print.

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A Memorial to John Michael’s Dad: The last word(s) , spoken by John Michael’s beloved Daddy just before he (his Dad) was called home to be forever with the LORD.

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Please select and view at least one video from among these five videos. *(Dr. Philip Stringer’s Documentary is highly recommended to be your first selection.)

You will be blessed as you discover GOD’S AUTHORITATIVE, inspired [God breathed] , immutable, inerrant, infallible, providentially preserved and 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)
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Dr. David Sorenson: (3 videos)

(1) -THE MAKING OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE

URL: (Click here)

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

URL: (Click here)

(3) -THE TRADITIONAL TEXT (ALSO KNOWN AS THE RECEIVED TEXT [TEXTUS RECEPTUS] VERSUS THE CRITICAL TEXT [Man’s critical thoughts and interpretations to take the place of God’s actual, God Breathed (Inspired) WORDS that were given to Prophets and Apostles and written as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.]

URL: (Click here)

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*Dr. Philip Stringer (Video)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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

URL: (Click here)
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How we can Discern between God’s Holy Ghost, Divine Spirit and the spirit of false teachers and the Antichrist:

Is this Website from God and therefore trustworthy?

God says in His WORD to try every spirit to discern [determine] whether they are of God, and therefore whether they should be believed and obeyed or not.

1 John 4:1-3

Chapter 4
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try [test] the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye [by this you all [will] 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, Daily Spurgeon’s Website must hereby confess that

"Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh!” as the Body, The Bride of Christ; of His Church.
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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for October 12th *A.D. 2026

Written and calendared 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?

Defend the Truth. Won’t you?

The Lord Jesus, who is God in human flesh, was born of a virgin 2024 years ago,
He lives today and will live forevermore and He’s coming soon,

TODAY’S CONTENTS:
SERMON: from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle (London)

with Dr. Peter Masters
PRAISE: (…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 )
The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference Guy Penrose
(Click or Tap for audio. Sing-along won’t you? Today’s PRAISE music came to mind from today’s Anecdote selection)

Devotion for October 12th by Charles Spurgeon

PRAYER 12. Part 3 of 10: October 12th ON HOLY GROUND.

ANECDOTE 72: October 12th CHRIST SUFFICIENT FOR ALL KINDS OF SINNERS.
FAITH S CHECKBOOK October 12th MARK OF COVENANT GRACE-
-And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest [you may] live-Deuteronomy 30:6
MORNING: October 12th "I WILL MEDITATE IN THY PRECEPTS. "— Psalm 119:15
EVENING: October 12th "THE COMFORTER, WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST. "— A SINNER’S PRAYER: October 12th

PRAYER 12. Part 3 of 10 October 12th ON HOLY GROUND. C.H. Spurgeon
Great God, we long [yearn] that Thou mayest [may] be known unto the ends of the earth [everywhere], that the idols [anything esteemed above or in place of You] may be utterly abolished. We long [yearn] that false doctrine [teachings] may fly like birds of darkness before the light and Thy coming. Reign Thou in the hearts of our fellow-men. Lord, subdue [conquer] sin, and under Thy feet let drunkenness, [drug abuse] and unchastity [unholy sexual gratification], and oppression, and every form of wickedness be put away by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit. [I pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ] Amen.
(Attachment: PRAYER 12.doc)

ANECDOTE 72: October 12th CHRIST SUFFICIENT FOR ALL KINDS OF SINNERS

A worthy, consistent, industrious woman was married to a low, worthless, dissipated [lazy, self-indulgent] husband. Both of them, however, were alike [in that they were] ignorant of the gospel. They came together to the house of prayer [church]; they heard together the tidings of mercy; they each believed, and each of them received the Savior, and they both were saved the same way; they both found mercy on the same terms.[Trusting in Jesus] To the rich, free, sovereign grace of God they vied [lovingly competed] with one another in ascribing [attributing] the praise.[To The Lord Jesus]

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK October 12th [The] MARK OF COVENANT GRACE C.H. Spurgeon

-And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, [offspring] to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest [may] live -Deuteronomy30:6

-Y circuncidará Jehova tu Dios tu corazon, y el corazon de tu simiente, para que ames a Jehova tu Dios con todo tu corazon y con toda tu alma, a fin de que tu vivas- Deuteronomio 30:6

Here we read of the true circumcision. Note the author of it: -The Lord thy God.- He alone can deal effectually with our heart, and take away its carnality [lust of the flesh] and pollution. To make us love God with all our heart and soul is a miracle of grace which only the Holy Ghost can work. We must look to the Lord alone for this and never be satisfied with anything short of it. Note where this circumcision is wrought [done]. It is not of the flesh, but of the spirit. It is the essential mark of the covenant of grace.

Love to God is the indelible [immutable] token of the chosen seed; by this secret seal the election of grace is certified to the believer. We must see to it that we trust in no outward ritual, but are sealed in heart by the operation of the Holy Ghost. Note what the result is

-that thou mayest [you may] live-

To be carnally minded [prioritizing the pleasures of the flesh] is death.
In the overcoming of the flesh we find life and peace. If we mind the things of the Spirit, we shall live. Oh, that Jehovah, our God, may complete His gracious work upon our inner natures, that in the fullest and highest sense we may live unto the Lord. Amen.

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MORNING October 12th

"I will meditate in Thy precepts. [Commandments] "— Psalm 119:15

—En tus mandamientos meditaré— Salmos 119:15

THERE are times when solitude is better than society, [being alone is better than being with a group] and silence is wiser than speech. We should [would] be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting on God, and gathering spiritual strength through meditation on His Word for labor in His service. We ought to muse [think carefully] on the things of God, because thus we get the real nutriment out of them. Truth is something like the cluster [of grapes] of the vine: if we would have wine from it, we must bruise it; we must press and squeeze it many times. The bruisers [grape stomper’s] feet must come down joyfully on the bunches, or else the juice will not flow; and they must well tread [stomp] the grapes, or else much of the precious liquid will be wasted. So we must, by meditation, tread [on] the clusters of truth, if we would get the wine of consolation therefrom.

Our bodies are not supported by merely taking food into the mouth, but the process that really supplies the muscle, and the nerve, and the sinew, and the bone, is the process of digestion. It is by digestion that the outward food becomes assimilated with the inner life. Our souls are not nourished merely by listening a while to this, and then to that, and then to the other part of divine truth. Hearing, reading, marking, and learning, all require inwardly digesting to complete their usefulness, and the inward digesting of the truth lies for the most part in meditating on it.

Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglected their closets [quiet place for prayer] , and do not thoughtfully meditate on God’s Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it.
From such folly [lack of common sense and normal prudence] deliver us, 0 Lord, and be this our resolve [solemn commitment] this morning, "I will meditate in Thy precepts [Your teachings found in your Word]."

EVENING October 12th
"THE COMFORTER, WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST. "— John 14:26

— El Consolador, el Espíritu Santo— Juan 14:26

THIS age is peculiarly the dispensation of the Holy Spirit, in which Jesus cheers us, not by His personal presence as He shall do by-and-by, but by the in dwelling and constant abiding of the Holy Ghost, who is evermore the Comforter of the Church. It is His office to console the hearts of God's people.

He convinces [brings conviction] of sin; He illuminates and instructs; but still

the main part of His work lies in making glad the hearts of the renewed, in confirming the weak, and lifting up all those that are bowed down. He does this by revealing Jesus to them. The Holy Spirit consoles, but [Jesus] Christ is the consolation. If we may use the figure, the Holy Spirit is the physician, but Jesus is the medicine. He heals the wound, but it is by applying the holy ointment of Christ's name and grace. He takes not of His own things, but of the things of [Jesus] Christ.

So if we give to the Holy Spirit the Greek name of Paraclete, [Comforter] as we sometimes do, then our heart confers on our blessed Lord Jesus the title of the Paraclesis. If the one be the Comforter, the other is the Comfort. Now, with such rich provision for his need, why should the Christian be sad and desponding?

The Holy Spirit has graciously promised to be your Comforter: do you imagine, 0 you weak and trembling believer, that He will be negligent of His sacred trust? Can you suppose that He has undertaken what He cannot or will not perform? If it be His special work to strengthen you and to comfort you, do you suppose He has forgotten His business or that He will fail in the loving office which He sustains toward you?

Nay, [No, never.] think not so hardly of the tender and blessed [Holy] Spirit whose name is "The Comforter." He delights to give the oil of joy for mourning, [sadness] and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Trust in Him, and He will surely comfort you till the house of mourning is closed forever and the marriage feast [with the Lord Jesus] has begun.

A SINNER’S PRAYER October 10th (FOR WHOSOEVER):

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 and be saved … won’t you?

(Pray like this)
“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner hopeless without You. I would never be able to save myself. Without your death on the cross to pay my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned in Hell. By nature and practice I am a natural-born sinner. I’m totally depraved and I sin because I am a sinner. Please forgive me.0

I realize that doing my best or being as good as possible, or being better than other people or having good excuses can never save me.
I look to You, alone Lord Jesus to save me and I call on You right now to save me. You died on the cross in my place to pay for my sin. Your Word says, “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21. Thank You, Lord.

Right now, Lord Jesus, I come to You, just as I am. I’m trusting You to forgive me and save me. I look to you as my Lord and Savior.
Please forgive me of all my sins. I’m sorry for each one. Without You, I am lost. Thank you, Lord, for saving me. You paid the price, in full, for all of my sins and the sins of the whole world once for all by suffering and dying on the cross.
Thank You that You loved me and died for me.

Thank you, Heavenly Father, for saving me. Thank You that You brought me to see Your love for me and that the wages of sin is death but eternal life is mine through the Lord Jesus Christ who suffered and died as the sacrifice Lamb of God.

Thank You, Heavenly Father that you raised Jesus from the dead victorious over sin, death and the grave and that in Him I am now eternally born again.

I believe that You have saved me and will guide, comfort and instruct me by the Holy Spirit into all truth and that You will be conform me to the image of Your only begotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior and Lord.

In the name of Jesus Christ I pray, Amen.

Please allow us to celebrate your new birth with you and the angels in heaven. They rejoice in the redemption of each sinner who comes to the Lord Jesus. Write us, won’t you?

[You too can cast your cares on the Lord…

Call on Him. As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.. ...Psalm 55:16
Trust Him. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass ... Psalm 37:5
Come to Him. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.. Matthew 11:28
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]

Abide in me Lord Jesus in Your name I pray, Amen.

Please allow us to celebrate with you and with the angels in heaven your new birth. Write to:

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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 viewing 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 immutable 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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FEATURED SERMON:

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

Blessed Assurance

(…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:

The Love of God Bill Gaither with 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.

2 Peter 3:9

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

ל Lamed

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. GOD is not the author of confusion.

1 Corinthians 14:33

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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.

Psalm 139:6

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

In Defense of I John 5:7

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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Why The Traditional Greek Text Also Known As The Received Text [Latin: Textus Receptus] TR is Inspired, Inerrant and Immutable.

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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Why Cults, False Teachers, Heretics and Critical Text adherents have tried to take 1 John 5:7 out of the Holy Bible.

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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The Critical Text vs. The Traditional Text
(Also Known As The Received Text , The Textus Receptus TR , and The Authorised Version AV and AKJV)

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:

Easier to read.
More modern.
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: (Tribute to the BRAVE) 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 a “ 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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The Life of King James (Click Here forText)

ORIGINAL SACRED LITERATURE:
The Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan

Beginning at its original publication in 1678 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 VIDEOS

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