DEVOTION  for April 10th Written and calendared  by Charles Haddon. Spurgeon

Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

URL:

https://www.gotquestions.org/Charles-Haddon-Spurgeon.html

PRAYER 15, Part 2 of 9: THE PEACE OF GOD.

ANECDOTE 248: Recognition of Friends in Heaven.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: April 10   THE BIBLE S SUPREME PLACE

-Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them- Psalm 119:165

MORNING: "And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women,

which also bewailed and lamented Him. " —Luke 23:27

EVENING:"Thy gentleness hath made me great. " —Psalm 18:35 

A SINNER'S PRAYER

________________________________________

TODAY’S DEVOTION for April 10 written and calendared  by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

PRAYER 15, Part 2 of 9

THE PEACE OF GOD.

[Lord,] Grant this to each one of us. We would each one pray, “Lord, sanctify me; make me obedient; write Thy law upon my heart and upon my mind.” Make our nature so clean that temptation cannot defile it. “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One.” 

May our course be very clean, our path be very straight; may we keep our garments unspotted from the world; and in thought and desire and imagination, in will and in purpose, may we be holy as God is holy.

[We ask this In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.]

(Attachment: PRAYER 15.doc) 

________________________________________

ANECDOTE 248: Recognition of Friends in Heaven.

I always thought that a quietus to the question which the wife of old John Ryland asked : “Do you think,” she said, “you will know me in heaven ?” “Why,” said he, “I know you here ; and do you think I shall be a bigger fool in heaven than I am on earth?” The question is beyond dispute. We shall live in heaven with bodies, and that decides the matter. We shall know each other in heaven; 

you may take that for a positive fact, and not mere fancy. 

________________________________________

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK APRIL 10 THE BIBLE’S SUPREME PLACE C.H. Spurgeon

-Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them- Psalm 119:165

-Mucha paz tienen los que aman tu ley; Y no hay para ellos tropiezo- Salmos 119:165

Yes, a true love for the great Book [The Holy Bible] will bring us great peace from the great God, and be a great protection to us. Let us live constantly in the society of the law of the Lord, and it will breed in our hearts a restfulness such as nothing else can. The Holy Spirit acts as a Comforter through the Word, and sheds abroad those benign [good] influences which calm the tempests of the soul. Nothing is a stumbling block to the man who has the Word of God dwelling in him richly. He takes up his daily cross and it becomes a delight. For the fiery trial he is prepared, and counts it not strange, so as to be utterly cast down by it. He is neither stumbled [tripped-up] by prosperity, as so many are, nor crushed by adversity, as others have been; for he lives beyond the changing circumstances of external life. When his Lord puts before him some great mystery of the faith which makes others cry,

-This is an hard saying; who can hear it?-

the believer accepts it without question; for his intellectual difficulties are overcome by his reverent awe [respect and holy fear] of the law of the Lord, which is to him the supreme authority to which he joyfully bows.

Lord, work in us this love, this peace, this rest, this day.

Prayer: Thank You Lord that we who love Your law [The Bible] have great peace and nothing shall offend us [your children].

________________________________________

MORNING April 10                                                                                                                                                                                                 

"And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him. " —Luke 23:27

—Y le seguía una grande multitud de pueblo, y de mujeres, las cuales le lloraban y lamentaban. —Lucas 23:27

AMID the rabble [disorderly crowd] which hounded [chased after] the Redeemer to His doom, there were some gracious souls whose bitter anguish sought vent in wailing and lamentations [weeping and sorrowing]—fit [are appropriate] music to accompany that march of woe.

When my soul can, in imagination, see the Savior bearing His cross to Calvary, it joins the godly women and weeps with them; for, indeed, there is true cause for grief— [a] cause lying deeper than those mourning women thought. They bewailed innocence mistreated, goodness persecuted, love bleeding, meekness about to die; but my heart has a deeper and more bitter cause to mourn.

My sins were the scourges that lacerated those blessed shoulders, and crowned with thorns that bleeding brow [head]: my sins cried

"Crucify Him! crucify Him!"            

and laid the cross upon His gracious shoulders. His being led forth to die is sorrow enough for one eternity: but my having been His murderer is infinitely more grief than one poor fountain of tears can express. Why those women loved and wept would not be hard to guess: but they could not have had greater reasons for love and grief than my heart has.

Nain's widow [the widow from Nain, a town near Capernaum] saw her son restored, but I myself have been raised to newness of life.

Peter's wife's mother was cured of the fever, but I [was cured] of the greater plague of sin.

Out of [Mary] Magdalene seven devils were cast [out], but a whole legion [3 to 6 thousand] were cast out of me.

Mary and Martha were favored with visits, but He dwells [abides continually] with me.

His mother bare [carried] His body, but He is formed in me, the hope of glory.

Since in nothing I am behind the holy women in [their] debt, let me not be behind them in gratitude or sorrow.

Love and grief my heart dividing,

With my tears His feet I'll lave [wash] —

Constant still in heart abiding,

Weep for Him who died to save. 

________________________________________

EVENING: April 10

"Thy gentleness hath made me great. " —Psalm 18:35

—Tu benignidad me ha acrecentado. —Salmos 18:35

THE words are capable of being translated,

"Thy goodness hath made me great."

David gratefully ascribed all his greatness not to his own goodness, but to the goodness of God.

"Thy providence" is another reading; and providence is nothing more than goodness in action.

Goodness is the bud of which providence is the flower, or goodness is the seed of which providence is the harvest. Some render it,

"Thy help, "

which is but another word for providence; providence being the firm ally [partner] of the saints aiding them in the service of their Lord. Or again,

"Thy humility 

hath made me great."

"Thy condescension"

may, perhaps, serve as a comprehensive reading combining the ideas mentioned including that of humility.

It is God's making Himself little which is the cause of our being made great. We are so little, that if God should manifest His greatness without condescension, we should be trampled under His feet.

But God, who must stoop [bend down] to view the skies and bow [lean over] to see what angels do, turns His eye yet [even] lower and looks to the lowly and contrite [repentant sinner], and makes them great.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           There are yet other readings; for instance, the Septuagint reads,

"Thy discipline"

—Thy fatherly correction—"hath made me great," while the Chaldee paraphrase reads,

"Thy word 

hath increased me."

Still the idea is the same. David ascribes all his own greatness to the condescending goodness of his Father in heaven.

May this sentiment be echoed in our hearts this evening while we cast our crowns [trophies of our accomplishment, acclaim and glory] at Jesus' feet, and cry,

"Thy gentleness hath made me great."

How marvelous has been our experience of God's gentleness! How gentle have been His-corrections! How gentle His forbearance! How gentle His teachings! How gentle His drawings [loving appeals to us]! Meditate upon this theme, 0 believer.

Let gratitude be awakened; let humility be deepened; let love be quickened before you fall asleep tonight. 

________________________________________                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

The Fanny Crosby Story (45 minute video of world’s most prolific Hymn writer of all time)   ___________________________________________ 

A SINNER’S PRAYER:   … FOR WHOSOEVER: [One and all]

Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21
Call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved     … pray like this, won’t you?   

“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner and without You I am hopeless.  I can’t save myself. Without your death on the cross for my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned to Hell. I have been  self-centered 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 guilty and sorry for each and every sin I have done and look to You to forgive me of them all. 
I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me.
I call on You,  Lord Jesus, right now to save me.  You died on the cross for me, because of my sin  and You say,  “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21.

Right now, just as I am, I call on You, Lord Jesus to save me,  I trust You, to  be my Lord and Savior from now on.
Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You have forgiven me of all my sins.  I ask You to abide in me and give me the desire to always follow You.
You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross.  Even the sins of the whole world.

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

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

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. Romans  8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [Holy Ghost, Comforter, Spirit of Truth]
 

Thank You for saving me heavenly Father. With all my heart, thank you Father for saving me in Jesus’ name,  Amen.

Allow us to share the joy of your new birth with heaven. Won’t you? Heaven rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7

 The John Mark Publishing Company,  P.O. Box 21, San Juan Capistrano, CA  92693, U.S.A.  or  e-mail: dailyspurgeon@aol.com.   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]

 
MISSION STATEMENT:

Our aim, with God;w help,  is to be Christlike in all that we think, do and say. We desire to fulfill the Great Commission by taking the GOOD NEWS of Salvation by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ [The Messiah] to every creature, and to make disciples and baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son  and the Holy Ghost.
 
The Published Titles written by Spurgeon are included each day in DailySpurgeon.com

 Devotions are:

·       C.H. Spurgeon Prayers

·       Spurgeon’s  Illustrative Anecdotes

·       Faith’s Checkbook

·       Morning & Evening

These titles are selected from the inspired body of work created from the preaching and writing of Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892. He created an excellent  legacy of gospel preaching and exposition and is known as the “Prince of Preachers”.  Spurgeon has been and is today widely read with great benefit from the 1800’s to this present time. He is the beloved founder of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, England (Still thriving TODAY through the faithful preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.)  [Click to live-stream current gospel preaching in real time each Sunday from London by Dr. Peter Masters, Metropolitan Tabernacle pastor since 1970.
       Prayer: Lord Jesus, please bless Your disciples toward the winning of many souls, and help us to be loving and compassionate toward all who are in need, especially those in the household of faith. I pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and for His sake, Amen.     

      Disclaimer: The John Mark Publishing Company does not praise or exalt  Charles H. Spurgeon beyond the honor due him. He didn’t need or want it when he was on earth and would have no need or desire for it now. Our aim is to lift up and glorify the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and to preach HIM and Him crucified.

      Precaution: These Messages and prayers alone will not substitute for continual fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Neither do they replace personal reading, meditation, prayer and fasting over God's divinely preserved and eternal Word. (The King James version (KJV), known also as the Authorized Version (AV), is the preferred English Bible because its accuracy and fidelity to the Greek Textus Receptus [received text] and the Hebrew Masoretic Text) avoid doctrinal and editorial weaknesses found in many contemporary editions.

      Prayer Selection by Spurgeon must not be offered as a substitute for personal, intimate fervent, heart-felt, prayer. It  is intended rather, to warm the hearts of those who are in prayer seeking a season of authentic two-way, heart-to-heart  fellowship and prayer with the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit. Read from the NT Book of Romans Chapter 8.     

        Preaching  Preparation: Find  a sermon by Charles H. Spurgeon from the same scripture(s) of the sermon you’re now preparing.

New Testament

URL:

https://www.spurgeongems.org/spurgeon-sermons/

Old Testament
 
URL:

 https://www.spurgeongems.org/spurgeon-sermons/   (copy and paste)

____________________________________

Prayer for all visitors: Dear Father, please lift up, build up, encourage and draw to Yourself all visiting readers.  Bless preaching of the Gospel and be glorified in your all sufficient, atoning grace that redeems all who call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ [Messiah], in Your name, Lord Jesus, Amen.

Distribution:  In order to provide  the most reliable means of distribution, The John Mark Publishing Company will  send Daily Spurgeon  by e-mail to anyone making such request. Just send the e-mail address to

DailySpurgeon@aol.com  

Editorial Support: [Brackets inform of ALL additions to the unabridged text of Spurgeon]  to clarify words and expressions that are unfamiliar or not in present-day  (USA) English use.  
No changes other than spelling differences between the UK and the United States English (USA) have been made to Spurgeon’s original,  unabridged text.  Scripture references are blue hyperlinks to The Bible text. (English: AKJV, Authorized King James Version]; Spanish: Reina Valera/Gomez)   

Copyright: Prayers, Anecdotes, Faith’s Checkbook  and  MORNING & EVENING, by C.H.  Spurgeon are public domain. Please copy and share freely with anyone who comes to mind. Your partnership in this work is acknowledged with joy and gratitude. 

“Unsubscribe”requests are honored promptly.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Printed Copies: Are available from:  

The John Mark Publishing Company,

P.O.  BOX 21, San Juan Capistrano, CA  92693  U.S.A.

__________________________________________

 The  Authorized King James Bible 
(Copy and paste this URL for a direct link)

https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/King-James-Version-KJV-Bible/

The above link is to search for specific words or Scripture references in the King James Bible  (KJV)  inerrant and infallible  English Bible because it is providentially protected and preserved by GOD Himself through the only translation into English by faithful brethren from the established majority text MT from which the Greek Textus Receptus [received text] manuscripts of the New Testament was taken  and the Hebrew Masoretic Text of the Old Testament (Jewish Tanakh).  These manuscripts are providentially protected, and frequently give greater glory to God when compared to variant readings of all modern translations from Modern Critical Texts based on inferior Greek manuscripts.

The established majority manuscripts avoid doctrinal error, inaccuracies in translation, uninspired editorial notations, variant or ambiguous readings taken from Codices Vaticanus, or Sinaiticus.

Copyright: The King James Version is distinguished by the requirement of Great Brittan that all King James bibles be printed by the Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s authorized printer. No one other than the Crown’s printer, is allowed print, copy or import the King James Bible into Great Brittan by order of the Crown.

In the United States there is no Copyright protection and the KJV  is deemed Public Domain. If a new publication changes at least a 10% of an existing  publication a lucrative Copyright can be granted. Therefore  the NKJV and many other copyrighted translations. Only the King James Version New Testament is unique from among the over 100 English translations that follow modern textual criticism and only the King James is translated from the superior Greek Textus Receptus as its Primary time tested and self-authenticating Greek text Source.

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________________________________
 

DEFENDING  THE  KING JAMES BIBLE    by the Millennium Bible Institute 

URL:

https://youtu.be/RL1px3GRfo4

This is a fact filled video to present the truth  for those who seek to learn about and use the providentially protected, preserved and immutable Holy Bible that is both inerrant and infallible and gives God the utmost praise, and the greatest glory due to GOD, HIMSELF, alone. Praise and worship are rightfully insisted upon and commanded in God’s  inspired [God-Breathed (Spoken) Word from God himself. 
HOLY WORDS  that were given by God through the Holy Ghost, word by word, to His  Holy Prophets and Apostles and comprise all eternal Holy Scripture. (Matthew 5:18)

__________________________________

HOW HAS  THE MAJORITY TEXT AND  THE TEXTUS RECEPTUS BEEN PROVIDENTIALLY PROTECTED AND PRESERVED? 

THE INSPIRED, GOD BREATHED, IMMORTAL WORDS, WERE  UTTERED, WORD-BY-WORD, TO THE  HOLY PROPHETS AND APOSTLES, WHO WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY GHOST ARE PROTECTED AND PRESERVED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE THAT WAS  WRITTEN WORD-FOR-WORD IS IMMUTABLE, INERRANT, AND INFALLIBLE AND IS FOR EVER SETTLED IN HEAVEN BY GOD HIMSELF IN THE SELF AUTHENTICATING WORD OF GOD, ITSELF. 

Authorized (King James) Version:

ל  Lamed

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

 Psalm 119:89

Authorized (King James) Version:

21For the prophecy [prophecies] came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.  
2 Peter 1:21

Authorized (King James) Version:

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 
John 1:1

_____________________________________________

VIDEO That will explain the how the Man-made explosion of over 100 English Translations of the Holy BIBLE occurred.    

URL:
https://youtu.be/vIC5rUbs_-E?si=hLdDxc580z-dvPdi

 Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort  (Text only)

URL:
https://www.febc.edu.sg/v15/article/def_the_INSIDE STORY_of_westcott_and_hort

In 1870, The Anglican Church of England passed a resolution to revise the English Bible. The New Testament revision committee which finally consisted of 25 scholars (though only about 16 eventually attended the meetings) which included Westcott and Hort. The committee worked for ten years in the Jerusalem chamber, and these two scholars swept the Revision Committee along with them after work commenced. In fact, the “Cambridge trio” (Westcott, Hort and Lightfoot) colluded with others to dominate the meetings with their views of the text and to defeat any who opposed them. Their *letters reveal this conspiracy:

* Letters from close relatives are quoted in the Inside Story above

The only voice defending the Textus Receptus was Dr Scrivener, probably the foremost scholar of the day in the manuscripts of the Greek New Testament and the history of the Text. But he was systematically outvoted by the Cambridge trio and outdone by Hort’s powerful debating skill. When the revision was completed, the revision committee had altered the Greek Text in 5,337 places,

thus violating the original rule that had been set for the committee of not altering the Greek Text unless absolutely necessary to do so.

Link above, for The complete Inside  Story of Westcott and Hort.
____________________________________

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, let it be said that no matter how good any modern version of the New Testament is in other ways, it is clearly blemished if the work of Westcott and Hort is present in it. The presence of their work means that it is based on a defective text. Those who want to honor the Word of God must not promote the use of any of these versions by the church, not because the content of the version is evil in itself, but because the attitude of being contented to use a blemished version rather than an existing unblemished one, dishonors God. If God has taken the trouble to preserve for His people a good Greek text of the New Testament for 18 centuries, how dishonoring it would be to Him if His people now chose instead to change over to a version that is based on a defective text.

Let the biblical story of Nadab and Abihu be a lesson to all:

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled” (Lev 10:1–6).

– Published in The Burning Bush, Volume 4 Number 1, January 1998

__________________________________________

The John Mark Publishing Company

P.O. BOX 21, San Juan Capistrano. CA 92693

   
e-mail:  DailySpurgeon@aol.com      Internet:  dailyspurgeon.com  

or  My Story on  Facebook:

  URL:  https://m.facebook.com/johnmichaelriley

Please "Like", “Follow” and Share DEVOTION “MY STORY”

on Facebook

https://m.facebook.com/johnmichaelriley

“Comment” and “Retweet”

On  X

(Copy and paste this URL  if above link fails)

https://twitter.com/DailySpurgeon1

Heavenly Father, Thank You that You will save those who call out to You in faith in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, according to Your Promise, Amen.

Jesus saith [says]…I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father but by Me. John 14:6 …

DailySpurgeon.com Browse, Linger, Meditate, Engage with, Absorb and Obey the eternal unchangeable inerrant, infallible and Self-authenticating Word of GOD. Won’t You?

URL:

https://dailyspurgeon.com/ 
___________________________________
 

Request a complimentary King James Bible from The John Mark Publishing Company. Protected and preserved by GOD, It remains immutable, infallible and without error and is still the most popular Holy Bible after 700 plus years! 

Send your  request to: 

The John Mark Publishing Company

P.O. Box 21, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693

Or email:  michaelriley1008gmail.com

You will be blessed by God’s inerrant, infallible and self-authenticating WORD. He is and will be a light unto Your feet and a lamp unto your path through His Word. other versions not providentially preserved and protected as the Original  KJV has been. It is still the most preferred Bible worldwide after more than 700 years. It’s the ONLY ENGLISH translation that is translated into English from the Textus Receptus [This Received Text is rendered from 5,321 Greek manuscripts that overwhelmingly agree with one another known as the Majority Text  MT. All other versions are translated from Greek text created by either  Westcott and Hort  or the Nestle-Aland that was  rendered from only 145 Greek manuscripts and fragments. These do not always agree with themselves and of course never with the preserved and protected Textus Receptus.

For ever,  O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
-Psalm 119:89  Authorized (King James) Version

1 Corinthians 14:33  Authorized (King James) Version

33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

The John Mark Publishing Company   
P.O.  Box 21, San Juan Capistrano, CA  92693 

URL   for Daily Spurgeon website:

https://www.dailyspurgeon.com/
______________________________________________