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DAILY SPURGEON  for  April 29th   *A.D. 2024 written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death”, a common mistake.  It is an abbreviation from the Latin  words Anno Domini;  a shortened term, actually meaning:   “Year of our Lord”. 

 

BCE/CE or  BC/AD   What’s the difference? Open this link…   Won’t you?

 He was born of a virgin 2,024 years ago, is alive today, and is coming soon

for His  bride; the Church of the born-again redeemed.

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FEATURED INTERVIEW on TBN with Former Saddleback Pastor,  Rick Warren.

URL:

https://www.tbnplus.com/c/sy/sMW1pnGB?episodeId=EJGY0J8Q&play=1

 

FEATURED MUSIC

Elvis in Spirit and Ever Lasting Life
URL:   https://youtu.be/SbryzR_3dR4


If That Isn’t Love    Gaither Premiere

URL:

https://youtu.be/unfOWRtg81U?t=2982

 

Love Without End   George Strait performing George W Bush’s favorite  

It has become my heart-felt song to all my thirteen children and one of my favorite songs too.

URL:  https://youtu.be/rkscNqCCDl0

 

Statler Brothers Concert:

Do You Remember These  (The Good Old Days)

URL: https://youtu.be/6zTBebFb0v0?t=360

 

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FEATURED BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEOS  : 

 

C.H. Spurgeon The Peoples Preacher  ( 70 min.)  Historically accurate Feature Film of the one called The Prince of Preachers     

 

2,018,939 views May 14, 2020       ―a video into the life and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, widely known first as the “people’s preacher” who was later known as “The Prince of Preachers”.

 

It follows his trials and triumphs with historical accuracy pointing always to Jesus Christ and proclaiming, “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh [takes] away the sin of the world.”

 

Here is an intimate account of one of the greatest preachers in the history of the church. We follow him from his youth where, as a young preacher he is called Charlie, boy preacher of the Finns. to become the minister to London’s largest Baptist congregation and soon captures the love and respect of Great Britan to become one of its most influential figures.

 

Made by the award-winning Christian Television Association and filmed on location in England, Scotland, France and Germany, this film vividly captures the spirit and message of a man whose eventful life is highly relevant to the twenty-first century.

 

URL:
https://www.google.com/search?q=documentary+of+charles+spurgeon+with+grandson&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS825US825&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgAECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnGOoCMgkIARAjGCcY6gIyCQgCECMYJxjqAjIJCAMQIxgnGOoCMgkIBBAjGCcY6gIyCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAYQIxgnGOoCMgkIBxAjGCcY6gLSAQ0xNTEzOTcwNTFqMGo3qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4d8e1dc0,vid:cKYQW5KB40U,st:0

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 The following two videos, by John Piper and Steve Lawson provide the background context for  the life and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

 

The Life and Ministry of Charles Spurgeon   by John Piper (58 min)
URL:

https://youtu.be/028S_gnFcJQ

 

The preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon continues to bless and benefit thousands, worldwide,  through the publication and use of his printed sermons; sermons inspired, prepared and delivered in the God-breathed inerrant and infallible WORD of GOD itself.

 

Who is Charles Haddon Spurgeon?  by Steven Lawson  (38 min)

URL:

https://youtu.be/PNzpbk4P6Gc

 

The Preserved, Immutable, Infallible and Inerrant WORD OF GOD was saturated  into and always  proclaimed in the preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. His sermons continue to bless and benefit thousands through the publication of his printed sermons; sermons inspired, prepared and delivered in the God-breathed, inerrant and infallible WORD of GOD.

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John-Michael participated in this year’s Christmas concert.
Christmas at the Shores 2023

Directed by Choirmaster Robert Perry. Enjoy.
URL:
https://youtu.be/PXYCBV5HyG8?t=340


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TODAY'S  DEVOTION
URL:

https://m.facebook.com/johnmichael.riley     (FACEBOOK)

 

·       A Prayer

·       An Anecdote

·       A promise from Faith’s Checkbook

·       Selections from  Morning & Evening

 

RECENT DEVOTIONS  (FACEBOOK)
URL:

https://m.facebook.com/johnmichael.riley
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Rejoice In The LORD Always  tap to sing along, won’t you?  Philippians 4:4

URL:
https://youtu.be/8Rs1SeuBgU0


Thank You  LORD for dailyspurgeon.com  that proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ [The Messiah], and  the great commission for believers to go into  all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

 

This ministry was begun with the sending of  e-mails of  Spurgeon’s  Faith’s Checkbook,  to Jon Edward Riley (1971- 2021). A mailing list was started and grew rapidly with the addition of many who learned of this publication and wanted it sent to them directly. This mailing list  continues to be used to distribute dailyspurgeon.com   and we trust that it will continue to encourage whole-hearted devotional vigor of Love, and oneness with Jesus Christ through the study and obedience of GOD’S WORD.

 

All content is selected for this ministry has been  written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon. We pray that many will be born-again  and built-up in the Faith of Jesus Christ, by God’s grace and with His help, sustain this ministry that was begun with my beloved son, Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021)  honored here as one to whom honor is due.

 

Jon would  often  testify...

 

“I’m a blood-bought, born-again child of God.”

 

We say, Amen.

 

Hymns of condolences:  

’Till We Meet Again. .

Does Jesus Care? Gaither Music TV  (A Guaranteed SURE CURE for "PITY PARTIES"!)

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A thriving  ministry continues  from Spurgeon’s home church, the  Metropolitan Tabernacle begun in London in 1650.   (Brief History)  The present  church building was constructed in 1861to support a congregation that continues as a  vibrant, doctrinally sound, Gospel preaching, Sacred Praise and Hymn singing body of believing Disciples, devoted to and following  the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Is dailyspurgeon.com   or any other spoken or written communication to be trusted? 

Is it true?     Is it of God? 

Apply this Scripture to discern if it is of God and true, or not.

1 John 4:1-3  Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [voice] you hear but be testing the spirits [voices] whether they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit [voice]  of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesses that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come from God, is of God:  and every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit [voice] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 

Therefore, we should [must] test every voice [spirit] whether it is from God, bonified and trustworthy to be believed only if it  confesses [says]  that… 

“Jesus Christ is here, from God, in the flesh having come from God .”  

[All English translations of the Bible other than King James have  erroneously translated from two alternate Greek texts created by Westcott & Hort or Nestle & Alland as “Has come” rather than“Is come” [Is Here] which is the correct translation following the Greek Majority Text and the Textus Receptus].  The majority of manuscripts MT of the 5,321 individual Greek manuscripts that are preserved, protected, inerrant, infallible and immutable manuscripts and are in overwhelming agreement with one another and are the source from which the Textus Receptus is taken

All Modern Critical  translations overlook the original Greek verb “ictin” [To be] [is] (third person singular) that is in virtually all Majority Texts MT and  subsequently in the Textus Receptus [Received Text] therefore they fail to correctly translate  the Greek verb  as, “Is come” [Is here].  (as does the KJV) 

This  error occurs  because the  modern critical Greek text, created by Westcott & Hort and Nestles & Alland DO NOT follow the  MT [Majority Texts] of 5,321 Greek manuscripts that  affirm agreement   with one another.   The TR  [Textus Receptus] is rendered from this overwhelming body of primary sources   . Both Westcott & Hort and Nestles & Alland have omitted the verb “is”, from the Greek text. This error may be described as  res ipsa loquitur [a legal term meaning the thing speaks for itself].

 Therefore, the alternate translations generated from these two alternate Greek fabrications are not correct. Why is that? 

Because non-believers and false prophets can indeed, and often do, affirm that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. Practically anyone can  make this confession as the  birth of Jesus Christ is considered by virtually all respected historians to be the most well documented fact in history. That He has come is generally acknowledged by nonbelievers and believers alike.   However, here’s the point. There is a huge difference between “Has come” and “Is Here”. “Has come” falls woefully short of the essential and clear meaning of the confession “Is Here”. Just because something “has come” it can not be assumed, inferred or deduced that it also “is here”.

The “has come” assertion is not surprising nor is it, per se, a false statement. Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. However, this  fails to present a  Rubric necessary to discern whether the sprit [voice] being tested [tried] is from God or from false prophets in the spirit of antichrist. 

Again, the expression “has come” rather than  “is come” [is here]  is not, per se a false statement.

However, it fails to deliver a valid hypothesis, proffered and inferred in the contextfor scriptural discernment. The failure here  to establish a logical and rhetorically sound rubric to judge  the question of whether spirits [words] are from God or from false prophets and the spirit of antichrist is absent.

Namely, it does not provide a sound hypothesis to discern whether a spirit [spoken or written words]  are from God or the spirit of Antichrist.

Virtually anyone [or any spirit] may avow that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. But as you can see, this does not resolve the issue of whether something should or should not be believed or followed. Why?  Once again,  because virtually anyone and everyone can and often do confess that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. This leaves absent a valid and efficacious hypothesis to discern the truth.

Again, while it is  true that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh, this alone is inadequate to discern truth from error. “Has come” does not mean the same thing as “is come [is here],  from God, in the flesh” and therefore  is a failed attempt to represent itself as efficacious for true spiritual discernment as outlined in 1 John Chapter 4: 1-3.

Further, as we  compare  Scripture with  scripture in 1 John 4:1-3 and  Ephesians 5:30-32 

we comprehend God’s message regarding  Jesus Christ  being in the Flesh vis-à-vis His Church Body

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

1 John 4:1-3
Authorized (King James) Version                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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

 

Ephesians 5:30-32 
Authorized (King James) Version

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

but I speak concerning  Christ and the church. 

 [So, we are members of His body, flesh and bone, [we are] one flesh with Him,  The Body of Christ is (In the flesh); and is the incarnate Body of believers].

 He was born of a virgin 2024 years ago.  He lives today,

and He’s coming soon,  for His bride; the Church [Blood-bought, Born-again members of His body].

 

When a believer considers the fact that they are a member of the body of Christ [The Church] , they should acknowledge and readily confess that…

 

“Jesus Christ is here, from God,  in the flesh,” because  We are the Body of Christ; The Church, in the flesh!  Amen.

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Is It The Best?   By David Hocking

 

David’s Summary  (8 min.) The problem is not English, but whether the best Greek text was used as the Primary source for the translation.

TRADITIONAL and  CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
By Blogger, Notorius Meddler

We Sing Sacred Music that’s loved and has been passed down through the ages and we also, embrace new Sacred Praise and Worship Music that magnifies and glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ by using doctrinally sound, faithfully divided and proclaimed scripture rendered accurately into musical lyrics.
Why Have Traditional Gospel Hymns Endured for so many years?   
URL: 
https://www.randyspecktacular.com/2008/09/old-gospel-hymn.html
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… be being filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [music] in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19

SACRED  and Most Performed Christmas ORATORY: 

Handle’s Messiah  A Complete Performance of World’s most Beloved Christmas Oratory by American BACH Soloists at the Grace Cathedral. [Libretto is exclusively from Old Testament book of Isaiah]. 

 

BABY’S FIRST SONGS:
Jesus Loves Me This I Know  by Gaither Vocal Band

 

OTHER CHILDREN’S  FAVORITES:

Children’s Medley  with Rosemary Siemens with children singing

God Is So Good Children’s Chorus
Praise Him, Praise Him All Ye Little Children   Hillsong Kids

Jesus Loves Me   All three verses

Noah’s Arky Arky     by the Cedarmont Kids
Away in a Manger by The Gaither Studio
Away in a Manger by Gaither Vocal Band
O Be Careful Little Eyes What You See by the Cedarmont Kids

This Little Light Of Mine  Cedarmont Kids

What a Wonderful World  by Luis Armstrong

 

SACRED HYMNS:  (Sing, won’t you?

 

 

A Mighty Fortress written by Martin Luther with Steve Green

Amazing Grace by Guy Penrod, Gaither Voice Band

Amazing Grace by Wintley Phipps at Carnegie Hall

Beneath the Cross of Jesus Congregational Singing Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022

Blessed Assurance by Sounds like Reign
Blessed Assurance  by Gaithers with Larry Ford and Lillie Knauls

Blessed Assurance by the Isaacs

Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary   by Gaithers  

Chosen Generation  Medley:  We Are Able, Power in The Blood, Are You Washed, Victory In Jesus, Houston Covenant Church.

Christ Arose!  by Kingdom Quartet Written by Robert Lowry 1874

Christ Receiveth Sinful Men Traditional with Lyrics 

Grace, Grace God’s Grace by Gaither Choir

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir

If That Isn’t Love Love Can Turn The World Gaither Premiere


Jesus Is All the World to Me Chonda Pierce (Stand up Comedy and Classic Hymn written by by William Lamartine Thompson 1904)

Jesus Saves by The salvation Army Choir

Jesus Saves Temple Baptist Church Powell, Tennessee

Johnny Cash sings I Shall Not Be Moved

Just A Little Talk With Jesus by Gaither Choir

Let Others See Jesus in You (Me) by  BB McKinney
Worthy is the Lamb. Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir 
I Shall Not Be Moved  Elvis and The Million Dollar Quartet

More About Jesus    by The Blackwood Brothers

Oh, the Blood of Jesus   Bill & Gloria Gaither (Medley)

Oh, The Blood of Jesus, Nothing But The Blood, Near The Cross  Medley by Gaithers

Onward Christian Soldiers Salvation Army Band

Praise Him, Praise Him  by Ernie Haase
Praise Him, Praise Him  Bombay Christian Fellowship from 1869 of Hymn by Fanny J. Crosby 
Ring the Bells of Heaven    by Fountainview Academy Orchestra & Singers.
When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir 

Praise Him, Praise Him   by Loma Linda University Church

Rescue The Perishing 1869 by Fanny Crosby with Altar of Praise Chorale S E Simonte
Mary Did You Know?  Gaither Music TV by Mark Lowery
O Little Town of Bethlehem  Gaither Vocal Band
It Is No Secret  by ELVIS
There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood   by The Hymn Club 

Ring the Bells of Heaven    by Fountainview Academy Orchestra & Singers.
When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir 
Redeemed  by Guy Penrod Bill and Gloria Gaither

Rock of Ages   Antrim Mennonite Choir

Standing on the Promises of God by Gaither Voice Band

Surely Our God Is Able by Gaither Congregation 

Sweet Hour of Prayer “An Old Farmer praying” by Jimmy Dean (from a wheel chair)

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

The Love of God   by Gaithers with Gardner, Penrod and Phelps
The Love Of God   by the Gaither congregation

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band 

The Old Rugged Cross Hymn from Whitewell Metroplitan Tabernacle, Belfast Sunday Beneath the Cross of Jesus Congregational Singing at Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022

There’s Within My Heart a Melody by Gaither Congregation with Jake Hess 

Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus     by Casting Crowns

Trust and Obey  Vagle Brothers written1887 by Daniel Towner music John Sammis. 
Come Thy Fount (lyrics & chords) Chris Rice

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus  withThe Living Stones Quartet   by Helen Howarth Lemmel 1922
Angles We Have heard On High  by Christendom College &
Schola Gregoriana                           

When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder  Gaither Congregation
Oh The Blood of Jesus  by Gaither Congregation
I Will Sing of My Redeemer by Gaither Music TV 

 

SACRED  PRAISE:

Above All    by Lenny LeBlanc

Amen, The Anthem   by Harry Belafonte  (See EVENING for Note:) 

Away in a Manger by Phil Wickham… 
Traditional Version   by Casting

Because He Lives Gaither Choir

Beneath the Cross of Jesus   Congregational Sung at Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022

Bless the Lord, O My Soul by Bill an Gloria Gaither Congregation

Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary by Gaithers 

God Is So Good Children’s Chorus

Hallelujah, What a Savior A Cappella by the Nelons

He Has Made Me Glad Sing with music only, voices or both (choose R/L or both ear buds)

Holy Spirit Breathe on Me with Anne Jernigan 

How Great Thou Art    by the Statler Brothers

I Know that My Redeemer Liveth     Handel’s Messiah, by 11 year old Henry Jenkenson

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
He Touched Me by Elvis Presley

I See the Lord  by Gaither Vocal Band

I See The Lord by Chris Falson

I See The Lord by Chris Falson

I Shall Not Be Moved (Rockabilly) By the Million Dollar Quartet
Redeemed by Gaither soloists 

I Shall Not Be Moved by Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash

I Shall Not Be Moved Statler Brother’s Quartet

I Shall Not Be Moved The Statler Brothers

I Then Shall Live by Bill Gaither 

I Will Rejoice for He Has Made Me Glad by St. John’s North Congregation 

I Will Rejoice for He Has Made Me Glad by St. John’s North Congregation 

I Will Rejoice for He Has Made Me Glad by St. John’s North Congregation 

I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord by Squirrel 24

I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord by Squirrel 24

I’ll Fly Away    by Gaither Congregation 

I’ve Got Peace Like a River by Phoenix Children’s Choir

I’ve Just Seen Jesus       Larnelle Harris & Sandi Patti (Gaither) 

If That Isn’t Love Love   Gaither Premiere

It Is Well With My Soul by Guy Penrod and David Phelps

Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know by Alvin Slaughter

Jesus Loves Me This I Know by Gaither Vocal Band 
Praise Him, Praise Him   by Loma Linda University Church

Jesus Messiah by The Gaither Vocal Band

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I Know            `

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I Know  by John Lomacang`

Lead Me, Guide Me by Elvis

Majesty   By The Gaither Congregation  

Majesty Gaither Voice Band

Near To The Heart of God by the Mennonite Choir 

Nothing But The Blood by Buddy Greene, (Harmonica) Gaither

O Happy Day Ewin Hawkins, Anthony Brown & Combined Choirs, FBC of Glenarden

O The Blood of Jesus by Glory Kim

Oh Happy Day The Edwin Hawkins Singers

Oh The Blood of Jesus by Gaither Congregation

Open the Eyes of My Heart by Paul Baloche 

Praise Him, Praise Him   by Loma Linda University Church

Praise Him, Praise Him  by Ernie Haase
Praise Him, Praise Him  Bombay Christian Fellowship A hymn from 1869  by Fanny J. Crosby 
Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin   by Sovereign Grace Music

Praise Him, Praise Him by Fanny Crosby

Praise Him, Praise Him by Fanny Crosby

Praise Him, Praise Him written by Fanny Crosby

Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord written by Fanny Crosby

Redeemed, Redeemed by Gaither soloists

Ring the Bells of Heaven    by Fountainview Academy Orchestra & Singers.
When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir 

Standing on the Promises of God by Praise Praise

Surely the Presence of the Lord is in This Place - The Woodlands Methodist Church

Surely the Presence of the Lord is in This Place - Woodlands TX Methodist Church

Sweet Hour of Prayer by Guy Penrod

Tell Me The Story of Jesus by Carman
I Love To Tell The  Story by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Where We'll Never Grow Old   by Jim Reeves

The Battle Belongs to the Lord  by John Michael Talbot

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band

The Love of God by Gaither, Penrod, Phelps, Gardner

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band 

The Name of the Lord    Gaithers

The Old Rugged Cross Made the Difference by Guy Penrod, Gaither Singers

The Old Rugged Cross by Johnny and June Carter Cash

The Wings of a Snow White Dove with Loretta Lynn & Chrystal Gayle 

Then Came the Morning at Gaither Tent Revival with Guy Penrod

This Train Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis

Thy Word Is a Lamp unto My Feet Gaither Music with Amy Grant

To God Be The Glory Congregation (with lyrics

Vaya Con Dios Bilingual by Julio Iglesias James 4:8

We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

We Shall Behold Him   by Sandi Patti Sing-along, won’t you?

We Shall Behold Him   by Sandi Patti Sing-along, won’t you?

We’re Marching To Zion Gaither Congregational Singing

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (…I’ll be there) the Gaithers

Worthy Is The Lamb  with Gaither vocal Band

Ye Must Be Born Again Lyrics and Melody from Baptist Hymnal 

Ye Must Be Born Again Lyrics and Melody from Baptist Hymnal 

You Are My All In All Gaither Voice Band

You Never  Let Go      by Guy Penrod 

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INVITATION

You are invited to confess and turn away from of all your sins, look in faith to Jesus Christ
[The  Messiah] and confess openly and publicly that HE alone is your Lord and Savior.

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This website can never replace the in-person Church gatherings with other believers to worship, hear Gospel preaching, enjoy Christian fellowship, provoke good works and join together in prayer, and the study of God’s Word in the  presence of and in fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

It's a resource to help develop a deeper devotion to the Lord Jesus in an ever deepening and abiding love of  HIM according to Scripture, God’s Holy Bible.

1 John 4:19   ― We love Him because He first loved us.

 

“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [understanding  and sharing] the word of truth. [The Holy Bible] ”   2 Timothy 2:15

   

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Worship God in Spirit and in truth:

• Pray with our heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
• Hear and obey the eternal, inspired, immutable, inerrant, infallible, revealed and protected Word of God, revealed through Jesus Christ, the living Word; 1 Peter 1:23
• Be [Be being] filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19
•Gathering in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
- Jesus Christ

Matthew 18:20


Copy and paste this URL if link fails:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt+18%3A20&version=AKJV

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…Be [being] filled with the spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [music] in your heart to the lord;    Ephesians 5:18-19

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TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM   From  “A Native Thang” [sic] North Dakota (click for video)

URL:
https://www.facebook.com/100010348029573/videos/1184240418597548/

This is The heart of Freedom from a Native Son, thanking the Lord and Honoring the Military Service of Native American Scouts, and all Veterans …of the land of the free and the home of the Brave.

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As Jon remembered veterans, we remember him: Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021) who would, on occasion, just bust-out singing the following songs; sometimes, on the way to church sometimes just singing along with the Elvis Gospel CD that was always kept in the truck’s CD player or, 

even better, a song the Lord would spontaneously put in his joyful and loving heart.

 

I LOVE You Lord by Jared Reynolds

How Great Thou Art with Elvis

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


…Jon always said “Later”; as in [see’ya later] instead of “good bye”. It was his unique way to bid farewell … He would never say “good-bye”. Now,  remembering the sound of his voice saying “Later”, it rings true with a  new and deeper meaning and it brings a joyfulness and comfort to the hearts of those he loved so well; those who love him still, and always will.

… we are reminded of the promise of the Hymn:

 

’Till We Meet Again. Amen.

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GOD’S INSPIRED, INERRANT, INFALLIBLE  and  IMMUTABLE  WORD OF GOD AND…

 

STILL THE  WORLD’S MOST POPULAR  BIBLE

BY: SARAH PRUITT

UPDATED: JULY 13, 2023 

URL:
https://www.history.com/news/king-james-bible-most-popular

For more than  400 years is The Authorized King James Bible. (KJV) It is immutable, inerrant, infallible and eternal. It will endure for ever, protected and preserved by God HIMSELF.

 

GOD’S HOLY WORD is

 For ever Settled in Heaven Psalm 119:89
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TODAY’S SERMON:

From Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle (Brief History) 

 

The Necessity and Blessings of Separation   2 Corinthians 6:14-16    with Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor

The Lord's binding commands (in a series of texts)to stand apart from doctrinal unbelief and from sinfully conceived aspects of worldly culture. How in the case of worldly methods "the medium the message". The result of disobedience, and the place of secondary separation.

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COMMITMENT TO THE infallibility and inerrancy of the WORD OF GOD and

 

PAYDAY SOMEDAY
(R.G. Lee’s Signature Sermon)

URL:  https://youtu.be/0mstq4QTyrQ
          

 A Peerless Pulpiteer  (Biographical Text)  was Dr. Robert G. Lee, Pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis Tennessee
URL:

https://christianindex.org/stories/rg-lee-a-peerless-pulpiteer,1680

 

Long before the Conservative Resurgence, Dr. R.G. Lee was the Southern Baptist champion of biblical infallibility and inerrancy. In his sermon, “The Word of God – Not Broken and Not Bound,” published in 1930, in which Dr. Lee stated the following regarding the HOLY BIBLE: (KJV)


“All [Prophets and Apostles] who wrote are immortalized by their writing of this great Book, supernatural in origin, divine in authorship, human in penmanship, infallible in authority, infinite in scope, universal in interest, personal in application, regenerative in power, inspired [God breathed] in totality.”

 

Dr. R.G. Lee preached a sermon called Payday Someday over 1,200 times. 

Why was it so powerful? Why was it requested and preached so many times? 

Come and see, Won’t you?

 

 

SERMON CLASSICS:

Why The Cross? 1958 Billy Graham (38 min)

Powerful, heavyweight, urgent message for the present day.

Who crucified Jesus?

Why did Jesus die on the cross?

 

Be Filled with the Spirit   Ephesians 5:18 with Dr. Peter Masters Metropolitan Tabernacle:

Living on the Word    Deuteronomy 8:3   (Christian Sermons and Audio books) Delivered on March 15th 1883 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, recorded by Charles Koelsch.  

 

COMFORT IN  GRIEF
No Tears in Heaven    Revelation 7:17   (Christian Sermons and Audio books)  Delivered on August 6th 1865  by Charles Haddon  Spurgeon Audio recorded by Charles Koelsch.

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MOST RECENT SERMONS from London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle  by Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor

 

Teaching SermonS   Sunday 21 April 2024 | 11:00am

Five Rules For The Church

1 Peter 4.7

In the light of the approaching end, the apostle gives duties to churches: (1) safe-mindedness; (2) watchfulness for prayer; (3) fervent love in the fellowship; (4) the exercise of all talents; (5) the earnestness and authority of preaching and teaching.

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 Gospel Sermon   Sunday 14 April 2024 | 6:30pm

“To Whom Shall We Go?”   John 6.68

A message tracking the enthusiastic pursuit of Christ by many who wanted a materialistic, earthly return to prosperity, while He proclaimed His purpose - spiritual and eternal life to all who depend on Him as divine Saviour, and His redeeming work on Calvary.


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 Bible StudyTng  dy Wednesday 17 April 2024 | 7:30pm

Distinctive Glories for Christ

Hebrews 2.5

'For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.'

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PERSONAL  TESTIMONY OF FORMER ISLAMIST:
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
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SACRED LITERATURE:

 

THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS   by  John Bunyan  is the most famous Allegory, world-wide and the Most widely Published Book of all time and was printed in over 200 Languages. It has NEVER,  since 1698, been  out-of-print.

 

Only The King James Bible was more widely published than The Pilgrim’s Progress.

 

ONLINE PRINT LIBRARY: (No Enrollment Fee or Registration required)

 

BUNYAN’S  ORIGINAL of 1678: The Pilgrim’s Progress  Published in 1853  by Logos  

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

OLD ENGLISH  PRINT: The Pilgrim’s Progress  Part II   AKA  Christiana 
(Christian’s wife, Christiana and children; their dangerous journey, and safe arrival at the desired country.)

 

 Pilgrim Progress is the world’s most famous Allegory, It and the Bible were commonly the only books to be found in the cabin of early American Settlers and were  loved and  read more than any book, second only to the Holy Bible.  It’s  also considered, by some, as being the world’s first English novel. It’s likely the most published book other than the Bible of all time. There were 1,300 editions printed before 1938,  250 years after the Bunyan’s death. Hence, the world’s most famous Allegory.

 

 Comment on Pilgrim’s Progress by Charles H. Spurgeon from the Spurgeon Sermon 
“Christ in You”.

 

Spurgeon:  Christ in us is Christ reigning." reminds me of Mr. Bunyan’s picture of [the town of] Mansoul, …when the Prince Immanuel laid siege to it, and Diabolus from within the city strove to keep him out. It was a, hard time for Mansoul then; but when at last the battering rams had broken down the gates, and the silver trumpets sounded, and the prince’s captains entered the breach, then on a day the prince himself did ride down the city’s streets, while liberated citizens welcomed him with all their hearts, hung out all their streamers, and made the church towers rock again as the bells rang out merry peals [happy melodies] , for the king himself was come. Up to the castle of the heart [main castle]  he rode in triumph, and took his royal throne to be henceforth the sole lord and king of the city.

       Christ in you is a right royal word. Christ swaying his scepter from the center of your being over every power and faculty, desire and resolve, bringing every thought into captivity to himself, Oh, this is glory begun, and the sure pledge of heaven. Oh, for more of the imperial sovereignty of Jesus, The Messiah;  our liberty to be absolutely under his sway.

 

 Spurgeon Sermon: Christ in You, Preached May 13, 1883 Scripture: Colossians 1:27  From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 29   (cit. II. THE SWEETNESS OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, § 5)

 

You may choose to read, listen or share Pilgrim’s Progress with your little ones as a bed time story.   It will bless, strengthen, encourage and instruct pilgrims of all ages and will create precious and enduring memories in little ears. 

 

Spurgeon read it for the first time as a precocious five year old reader and would returned to read it over 100 times during the course of his remarkable ministry as a Baptist pastor who is  known as The Prince of Preachers .

 

Link here for the Complete Index of the  Bible Scriptures that saturates The Pilgrim’s Progress by  John Bunyan preferring God’s view to all  “World Views”. 

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ADULT AUDIO: PART I

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

 

Preface: Bunyan’s letter     

Episode 01: The City of Destruction      

Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable      

Episode  Episode 04: Mr. Worldly Wiseman

Episode 05: The Narrow Gate

Episode 06: The House of the Interpreter   

Episode 07: The Cross

Episode 08: Simple, Sloth & Presumption

Episode 09: Formalist & Hypocrisy

Episode 10: The Hill Difficulty

Episode 11: Timorous & Mistrust

Episode 12: The Palace Beautiful

Episode 13: Battle with Apollyon

Episode 14: The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Episode 15: Christian Meets Faithful & Talkative

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

Episode 17: The Hill Lucre [Gain and Greed]

Episode 19: Doubting Castle

Episode 20: The Delectable Mountains

Episode 21:  Ignorance  (Conceit)

Episode 22:  The Flatterer

Episode 23: Atheist

Episode 24: The Enchanted Ground

Episode 25: Ignorance Rejoins the Pilgrims

Episode 26:  Beulah Land

Episode 27: The River of Death

Episode 28:  The Celestial City

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ILLUSTRATED VIDEO  (Recommended Bed Time Story)

Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.

 

DANGEROUS JOURNEY    

Part 1 The Slough [Swamp] of Despond 

Part 2 The Interpreter’s House

Part 3 The Hill Difficulty

 Part 4 The Fight with Apollyon

Part 5 The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Part 7 Doubting Castle

Parts  8  & 9   The Dark River and  The Celestial City

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PART II – CHRISTIANA, The Sequel  (Enjoy this “Old English” dialect)

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

A Visit from Secret  4:50  Audio  

Good News  2:25  Audio

Fool  & Want-Wit    1:16  Audio

Valiant-For-Truth  1:41 Audio

Valiant Does Battle 5:51  Audio

Valiant’s Story  3:35  Audio

Which Way To Go  1:30  Audio

Stand-Fast’s 'Wife'   6:02  Audio

10 Stand-Fast’s Story   1:37  Audio

11 Beulah Land  3:20  2018  Audio

12 The Postman’s Visit  1:57  2018  Audio

13 Christiana’s Blessing  5:55  Audio

14 Christiana Goes Over The River  1:20  Audio 

15 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell   2:10  Audio                                                                          

16 Old-Honest Called    1:41  Audio

17 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword  2:27 Audio  Bequeath   (Definition) 

18 Stand-Fast’s Will   3:56  Audio   

19 Christiana Nears The City  1:01  Audio 

20 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry   4:45  Audio

DEVOTION for  April 29th  Written And Calendared
By Charles H. Spurgeon. 
 

PRAYER 17, Part 3 of 8: TO BE LIKE CHRIST.

ANECDOTE 266: “Whosoever Will.”

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: April 28  IT BECOMES MUTUAL

-I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people-  -2 Corinthians 6:16-

MORNING: "Remember the word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast caused me to hope." —Psalm 119:49

EVENING: "All the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted." —Ezekiel 3:7

A SINNER'S PRAYER


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BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL!    Gaither Congregation (Sing with us, won’t you?)

https://youtu.be/d3pQOmFts0E
 

PRAYER 17, Part 3 of 8  TO BE LIKE CHRIST.

And, Lord, hear us who are Thy children, in whom the [Holy] Spirit beareth [bears] witness [is in agreement] with our spirit, that we are the children of God. Hear us while we bring before Thee our daily struggles. Blessed be Thy name; there are some sins which Thou hast helped us to overcome, and now they are trodden beneath our feet with many a tear that we ever should have been in bondage to them.

And Oh, there are rebellions within our nature still. We think that we are getting holy, and behold we discover that we are under the power of pride, that we are self-conceited about ourselves. Lord help us to master pride. And then when we try to be humble before Thee [in Your presence] we find ourselves falling into inaction and supineness [lying down]. Lord, slay sloth [kill laziness] within us, and

never let us find a [soft]  pillow in the doctrines of grace for ease while yet a single sin remains.

Besides, great God, the raging lusts of the flesh will sometimes pounce upon us like wild beasts. Help us to be very watchful lest by any means we be torn and rent [ripped to shreds] by them. O keep us, we beseech, [earnestly ask] Thee Lord, for

without Thy keeping [us] we cannot keep ourselves. !

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

(Attachment: PRAYER 17.doc)

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ANECDOTE 266: “Whosoever Will.”

“Ah!” saith [says] one, “God knows I am willing, but still I do not think I am worthy.” No,
I know you are not, but what is that to do with it ? It is not “whosoever is worthy” but

“whosoever will, let him come.”

“Well,” says one, “I believe that whosoever will, may come, but not me, for I am the vilest sinner out of hell.” But hark thee, [you pay attention!] sinner, it says,

“whosoever.”

What a big word that is! Whosoever! There is no standard-height here. It is of any height and any size. Little sinners, big sinners, black sinners, fair sinners, sinners doubled-dyed [dyed-in-the-wool], old sinners, aggravated sinners, sinners who have committed every crime in the whole catalogue, whosoever.

Doth [Does] this exempt [even] one? Who can be excluded from this whosoever? It mattereth not [doesn’t matter] who thou mayest [may] be, nor what thou mayest have been [you may have been] , if thou art [are] willing to be saved; free as the air thou breathest [you breathe] is the love and grace of God.

“Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” 

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK APRIL 29 IT BECOMES MUTUAL C.H. Spurgeon 1834 - 1892

-I will dwell in them, and walk in them; [Ye are the temple of the living God] and I will be their God, and they shall be my people  -2 Corinthians 6:16-

-Habitaré y andaré en ellos; y seré el Dios de ellos, y ellos serán mi pueblo- 2 Corintios 6:16 (RVG)

Here is a mutual interest [fact]. Each belongs to each. God is the portion [property] of His people, and the chosen people are the portion [property] of their God. The saints find in God their chief possession, and He reckons them to be His peculiar treasure.

What a mine [treasure] of comfort lies in this fact for each believer! This happy condition of mutual interest leads to mutual consideration. God will always think of His own people, and they will always think of Him. This day my God will perform all things for me; what can I do for Him? My thoughts ought to run toward Him, for He thinketh upon [about] me. Let me make sure that it is so, and not be content with merely admitting that it ought to be so. This, again, leads to mutual fellowship. God dwells in us, and we dwell in Him; He walks with us and we walk with God.

Happy communion [loving fellowship] this! Oh, for grace to treat the Lord as my God: to trust Him and to serve Him, as His [Three-in-One] Godhead deserves! Oh, that I could love, worship, adore, and obey Jehovah in spirit and in truth! this is my heart’s desire.

When I shall attain to it, I shall have found my Heaven.

Prayer: Lord God, my Heavenly Father, help me to know and love thee with all my heart, for Jesus’ sake, Amen.

Thank you Lord for Your covenant [divine promise] that -I will dwell in them [The temple of the living God] and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people- Lord Jesus, let me walk confidently in You knowing that Your promises are sure and you cause them to be ours. I believe that You died for my sins and that God raised You from the dead. Thank You for saving me. Help me to be holy. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.- (Galatians 2:20)

I too, share the joy in heaven over one repentant sinner more than over ninety nine just persons which need no repentance. (Luke 15:7) In Jesus name, Amen.

I Pray also that all believers be enabled to faithfully and rightly divide [proclaim, preach and share] God’s everlasting Word, the Bible; divinely inspired words of God written by men of God moved by the Holy Spirit and providentially protected and preserved by God almighty, Himself eternally, for God so loved the world…

I pray too, that all believers faithfully, whole-heartedly and rightly preach, proclaim and share the good news that Jesus suffered and died on the cross and after three days, was raised from the dead by His heavenly father to provide eternal salvation to all that would look to Him in faith. Join me in prayer that all redeemed, blood-bought children of God faithfully minister His Word to every creature.  Amen.

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MORNING April 29

"Remember the word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast [have] caused me to hope." —Psalm 119:49
--Acuérdate de la palabra dada á tu siervo, En la cual me has hecho esperar. —Salmos 119:49

WHATEVER your special need may be, you may readily find some promise in the Bible suited to it. Are you faint and feeble because your way is rough and you are weary [tired-out]? Here is the promise:

"He giveth [gives] power to the faint [weak ones] ."

When you read such a promise, take it back to the great Promiser, and ask Him to fulfill His own word. Are you seeking after [Jesus] Christ, and thirsting for closer communion with him? This promise shines like a star upon you:

"Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled."

Take that promise to the throne continually; do not plead anything else, but go to God over and over again with this:

"Lord, you have said it; do as You have said."

Are you distressed because of sin, and burdened with the heavy load of your iniquities? Listen to these words

—"I, even I, am He thamore remember your sins."

You have no merit of your own to plead His pardon but plead His written promises and He will perform them. Are you afraid lest you should not be able to hold on to the end, lest, after having thought yourself a child of God, you should prove a castaway ? If that is your state, take this word of grace to the throne and plead it:

"The mountains may depart, and the hills may be removed, but the covenant of My love shall not depart from thee [you]."

If you have lost the sweet sense of the Savior's presence, and are seeking Him with a sorrowful heart, remember the promises:

"Return unto Me, and I will return unto you;" "For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee [come get you]."

Feed your faith with God's own word, and whatever your fears or wants [short-comings], repair [go] to the Bank of Faith with your Father's note [God’s cashiers check] in hand, saying,

"Remember the word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast [have] caused me to hope."

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EVENING April 29

"All the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted." —Ezekiel 3:7
—Toda la casa de Israel son tiesos de frente, y duros de corazón. —Ezequiel 3:7

ARE there no exceptions? No, not one. Even the favored race [of Israel] are thus described. Are the best so bad? Then what must the worst be? Come, my heart, consider how far you have a share in this universal accusation, and while considering, be ready to take shame to yourself wherein you may have been guilty.

The first charge is impudence, or hardness of forehead, a want [lack] of holy shame, an unhallowed [unholy] boldness in evil.

Before my conversion, I could sin and feel no compunction [shame], hear of my guilt and yet remain un-humbled, and even confess my iniquity and manifest no inward humiliation on account of it. For a sinner to go to God's house and pretend to pray to Him and praise Him argues a brashness of the worst kind.

Alas! Since the day of my new birth I have doubted my Lord to His face, murmured [whined and complained] unblushingly in His presence, worshiped before Him in a slovenly [lazy] manner, and sinned without bewailing [being ashamed of] myself concerning it.

If my forehead were not impenetrable, harder than flint, I should have far more holy fear, and a far deeper contrition [sorrow] of spirit.

Woe is me, I am one of the impudent house of Israel. The second charge is hardheartedness, and I must not venture to plead innocent here.

Once I had nothing but a heart of stone, and although through grace I now have a new and fleshy heart, much of my former obduracy [obstinacy] remains.

I am not affected by the death of Jesus as I ought to be; neither am I moved by the ruin of my fellow men, the wickedness of the times, the chastisement of my heavenly father, and my own failures, as I should be.

0 that my heart would melt at the recital of my Savior's sufferings and death. Would to God I were rid of this millstone within me, this hateful body of death.

Blessed be the name of the Lord, the disease is not incurable, the Savior's precious blood is the universal solvent, and me,

even me, it will effectually soften, until my heart melts like wax before the fire.
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"The Amen. "—Revelation 3:14

—He aquí dice el Amén —Apocalipsis 3:14

 

Sing: Amen with Harry Belafonte

URL: https://youtu.be/pewcFXNf1M4

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Note:

JM witnessed the last moments of his *Daddy’s life on earth and heard him say “Amen” repeatedly and continuously affirming his own life and testimony of God’s goodness to him and his agreement for his imminent departure and to be present with his Lord Jesus. Amen... Amen… Amen!

*Charles Dumah Riley, Sr. 1897 – 1987  ("C. D." as his beloved and loving wife referred to him. She incorporated “CD” into her personal signature when she would sign checks from their JOINT CHECKING ACCOUNT with  (“Mrs. CD Riley”)  [Mrs. C.D. Riley]

 

His one, never changing, prayer of thanksgiving before every meal where he was present and without fail at all every day family meals:

(Offered with all gravity and reverence through the unique sound of his voice when he prayed)

He intoned with his deep Bass prayer voice and prayed thus: 

 

“Accept our thanks for these and all other blessings, we Humbly ask in Thy name, Amen.” 

 

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A SINNER’S PRAYER:   … FOR WHOSOEVER: [For 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

 

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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]

 
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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.     

     

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DEFENDING  THE  KING JAMES BIBLE    by the Millennium Bible Institute 


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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)

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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

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See that God is not the author of confusion in a remarkable...

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

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

 

 

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

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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.
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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

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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.

 

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