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DEVOTION for August 15th written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892

 

SPECIAL SPURGEON SERMON: “Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ” [Christ Jesus]

Note: This Sermon was referenced in the Men’s Bible Study on Wednesday, August 14th 2024 at South Shores Church and is featured here as an unabridged Audio recording of Sermon
# 1245 preached originally by Charles Spurgeon in 1875 from his home church, The Metropolitan Tabernacle, London.

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

How [Jesus] Christ Builds Our Faith      John 14:1-14     with Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor

The day before Calvary, with the disciples, Christ gives a fourfold remedy for their deficiencies. They must grasp the necessity of faith, the heavenly objective, His pivotal atonement, and His equality with the Father. Only then can they fulfil their commission
PRAISE: Create in Me a Clean Heart Oh God  by The Maranatha Singers  Sing-along won’t you?

PRAYER 3, Part 4 THE LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE OR END
ANECDOTE 16, ATONEMENT -  The Sinner’s Ransom.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: August 15  A NAME GUARANTEE
-And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son- John 14:13
MORNING: "Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide." —Genesis 24:63
EVENING: "And I will give you an heart off flesh. " —Ezekiel 36:26
A SINNER’S PRAYER:

TODAY’s DEVOTION CONTENT:

 

SERMON from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle  (London)

How [Jesus] Christ Builds Our Faith   John 14:1-14   with Dr. Peter Masters

PRAISE: Create in Me a Clean Heart Oh God by The Maranatha Singers  Sing-along won’t you? 
Today’s music came to mind from today’s  PRAYER

 (…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 )

DEVOTION for August 15th written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892

PRAYER 3,   Part 4 of  5A
 
THE LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE OR END

Furthermore, we ask of Thee, our Father, this day to perfect Thy work within our hearts. We are saved [by grace through faith in Jesus Christ Ephesians 2:8], but we would be [we desire to be] saved from sin of every form and degree; from sins that lie within, and we are scarcely aware that they are there. If we have any pride of which we are not conscious, any unbelief of which we are not aware, if there is a clinging to the creature [a fleshly appetite or a soulish, self-centered human being], a form of idolatry which we have not yet perceived, we pray Thee, Lord, to search us as with candles [divine light] till Thou dost [until You do] spy out [find] the evil and then put it away. We are not satisfied with pardoned sin, [we want NO sin for which we  have to ask forgiveness]  “We pray, create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”  

(today’s PRAISE music)

Help us in our daily life, in our families, in our relations as husbands or wives, parents; or children, masters or servants [employers, employees, domestic helpers, or nannies], in our business transactions with our fellow men, in our dealings with the Church of God,  may we be true, upright, pure; kept from the great transgression because we are kept from the minor [lesser ones].  Oh! that we may be such as glorify Christ. Save us, we pray Thee, from the common [lifeless]  religion; give us the peculiar [unique, particular, specific] grace of a peculiar people.

 

May we abide in Christ, may we live near to God. Let not the frivolities [amusements] of the world have any power over us whatever. May we be too full-grown  in grace to be bewitched with the toys  which are only becoming [attractive to] children. Oh! give us [help us] to especially serve Thee, and, this prayer we have already prayed but we pray it again:  make us useful in the salvation of our fellow man. O Lord, have we lived so long in the world and yet are our [our own] children unconverted?  May we never rest until they are truly saved.  Have we been going up and down in business, and are those round about us as yet unaware of our Christian character?  [That we reflect Jesus?] Have we never spoken to them the Word of Life? [The good news that Jesus is the Messiah]  Lord, arouse us to a deep concern for all with whom we come in contact from day to day. Make us all missionaries at home or in the street, or in our workshop, wherever Providence has cast our lot, may we there shine as lights in the world.

[In Jesus name I pray, Amen.]  

ANECDOTE 16, ATONEMENT -  The Sinner’s Ransom.

But there stands forth on our behalf  “The Wonderful, the Counselor [Jesus Christ] ;” he takes his brief in hand and begins to plead. Hark [Listen carefully to] what he says, and see how all opinion is turned at once!  “I confess,” says he, “that every word is true that the last accuser has said. My client pleads guilty to every charge; but I have a full pardon signed by God’s own hand, purchased by my own blood;” and, stripping himself, he shows his breast, and bares his arm, and says, “These [souls] were given to me of my Father before the foundation of the world. I bare their sins in my own body on the tree [cross]. My Father justified them; I pardoned them.”

 

And then, mounting to the highest [most important] point, he reaches the climax of grace as he exclaims, “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? Canst thou [You] O God?  Hast thou not justified ?  [Haven’t You justified them?]  I cannot, [charge God’s elect]  for I died.” Then he sits down, in triumph, saying, “Whom he [The Father] justified, them he also glorified. Nothing shall be able to separate them from the love of God.” Shall not each ransomed sinner shout with joy?

 

 [ Hallelujah !]

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK AUGUST 15         C.H. Spurgeon 1834 - 1892

A NAME GUARANTEE
-And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son- John 14:13
-Y todo lo que pidiereis al Padre en mi nombre, esto hare, para que el Padre sea glorificado en el Hijo
- Juan 14:13  

 

It is not every believer who has yet [even yet] learned to pray in [Jesus] Christ’s  name. To ask not only for His sake, but in His name, as authorized by Him, is a high order of prayer. We would not dare to ask for some things in that blessed name, for it would be a wretched profanation of it [profanity]; but when the petition is so clearly right that we dare set the name of Jesus to it, then it must be granted. Prayer is, all the more, sure to succeed because it is for the Father’s  glory through the Son. It glorifies His truth, His faithfulness, His power, His grace. The granting of prayer, when offered in the name of Jesus, reveals the Father’s  love to Him, and the honor which He has put upon Him. The glory of Jesus and of the Father are so wrapped up together, that the grace which magnifies the one magnifies the other. The channel [stream] is made famous through the fullness [abundant volume] of the fountain [spring], and the fountain is honored through the channel [stream] by which it flows.

If the answering of our prayers would dishonor our Lord, we would not [so] pray; but since in this thing He is glorified, we will pray without ceasing in that dear name in which God and His people have a fellowship of delight.

Prayer: Thank You Father  that when the petition is so clearly right that we dare to set the name of Jesus to it, then it must be granted. Prayer is all the more, sure to succeed because it is for Your glory, Father, through Your Son. It glorifies His truth, His faithfulness, His power, and His grace. Thank You that The glory of Jesus and of You,  Father, are so wrapped up together, that the grace which magnifies the one magnifies the other.

Thank You, In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 

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Pray also that believers rightly divide [faithfully preach] God’s eternal Word, preserved by God, Himself in The Textus Receptus (Received Greek Text rendered from Majority Text of 5,412 primary Greek manuscripts overwhelmingly in agreement with each other.)

 

Pray that all followers of Jesus Christ faithfully proclaim God’s Word to every creature.

 in Jesus’ name,  Amen.

 

MORNING    August 15
"Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide." —Genesis 24:63
— Y había salido Isaac a meditar al campo, a la hora de la tarde…—Génesis 24:63 

VERY admirable was his [Isaac’s]  occupation. If those who spend so many hours in idle company, light reading, and useless pastimes [amusements, T.V. etc.], could learn wisdom they would find more profitable society [friends] and more interesting engagements in meditation than in the vanities [pass-time] which now have such charms [strong attraction] for them. 

 

We would all know more, live nearer to God, and grow in grace, if we were alone more often. Meditation chews the cud [second chewing for normal digestion in cows] extractng the real nutriment [benefit] from the mental food gathered elsewhere. 

 

When Jesus is the theme, meditation is sweet indeed. Isaac found Rebecca while engaged  in  private musings [reflections]; many others have found their best beloved [The Lord Jesus] there.
Very admirable was the choice of place. In the field we have a study hung round with [supported by many] texts for thought. From the cedar [tree] to the hyssop [herb bush], from the soaring eagle down to the chirping grasshopper, from the blue expanse of heaven to a drop of [morning] dew, all things are full of teaching and when the eye is divinely opened that teaching flashes on the mind far more vividly than from written books. 

 

Our little rooms [inside a house] are neither so healthy, so suggestive, so agreeable, or so inspiring as the fields [outside]. Let us count nothing common or unclean but feel that all created things point to their Maker, and the field will at once be hallowed [holy].

     

Very admirable was the season. The season of sun set as it draws a veil over the day, befits [duly brings] that repose of the soul when earthborn cares yield to the joys of heavenly communion [companionship]. 

 

The glory of the setting sun excites our wonder, and the solemnity of approaching night awakens our awe [wonderment]. If the business of this day will permit it, it will be well, dear reader, if you can spare an hour to walk in the field at eventide [sunset], but if not, the Lord is in the town too, and will meet with you in your chamber [room] or in the crowded street.
  

 Let your heart go to meet Him.

 

EVENING     August 15

"And I will give you an heart off flesh. " —Ezekiel 36:26
—Y os daré corazón de carne. —Ezequiel 36:26 

 

A HEART of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To have indulged a foul [sinful] imagination or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry even for a moment is quite enough to make a heart of flesh grieve [sense true sorrow] before the Lord.

 

The [person with a] heart of stone calls a great iniquity nothing, but not so the heart of flesh.

 

If to the right or left I stray,

That moment, Lord, reprove; 
And let me weep my life away,

For having grieved thy love.

The heart of flesh is tender [sensitive] to God's will. 

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 personified in The Pilgrim’s Progress

(The worlds  most widely read and most famous Allegory written by John Bunyan)

 

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?

 

[Ask for it now,  won’t you?]
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A SINNER’S  PRAYER 

 

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, like this. Won’t you? 

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

Thank you Lord Jesus that You love me and died for me before I was born and that You have always loved me and will never reject or turn your back on me. I know You are the Way, the Truth and the Life and that no one can come to the Father but by You.  

Thank you, Father that You have caused for me to see myself as I am; a lost sinner.  But,  because of Your love and goodness, You have made a way and given me the desire to come to You, to turn away from my sin and to trust in You, Lord Jesus.  You took my place on the cross and provided the way for  me to be forgiven. Thank You.
Thank You that You prompted a desire in me to believe in You, the only begotten  Son of God who died on the cross to be the sacrifice that would  atone for my sins.

Thank You, Father for Your love that allowed Jesus to suffer and die in my place. Thank You that You raised Jesus from the dead. He is RISEN and is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave and in Christ Jesus I am free.

You raised Jesus from the dead, gave Him a Glorified body and after he was seen by many witnesses on earth You took Him up to reign with You  in heaven.  

Thank you, Father,  for saving me in the name, of Your only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Romans 6:11  

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

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

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*Charles Dumah Riley, Sr. (AKA: Daddy, "CD", and Paw Paw) 1897 – 1987

Note: JM witnessed the last few hours of his *Daddy’s life on earth coming to an end and heard him say “Amen” over and over, affirming his own life’s conclusion and giving testimony of God’s goodness to him and his agreement and surrender to his earthly departure to be eternally present with the Lord Jesus. 

Amen... Amen… Amen!

 

Hear Harry Belafonte’s AMEN

 

My Daddy’s  prayer before every meal, always offered in the gravity and reverence in his unique  deep Bass voice of prayer:

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

 

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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2 Peter 3:9

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God has preserved His Word through The Masoretic Hebrew of the Old Testament and the GreekTextus Receptus of the New:
 

In contrast, the Incomplete and unsealed codices of Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are not translated from the  over 5,312 Majority Text Greek manuscripts, that became the Textus Receptus [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. He is not the author of confusion.

1 Corinthians 14:33 

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 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]

 
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These titles are from the inspired body of work created from the preaching and writing of Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892. He created an unexcelled  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 (Thriving TODAY through the faithful preaching of the Gospel and the Sacred Worship of Jesus the Christ [Messiah].) 

 

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Prayer: Lord Jesus, please be blessed by the winning of many souls, and give us love and compassion toward all who are in need, especially those in the household of faith. I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and for His sake, Amen. 

    

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The Speciality of Evangelistic Preaching

 

Dr Peter Masters

Pastor, Metropolitan Tabernacle

In two lectures Dr Masters demonstrated the urgent necessity of regular, persuasive Gospel preaching, together with the clear New Testament precedents and examples, the difficulties

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MOST RECENT SUNDAY SERMONS: from  Metropolitan Tabernacle London, U.K.

 

Featured Sermon

The Necessity of Evangelistic Preaching

We post this week this message from our recent Day of Special Studies, due to its immense importance in our churches today. Here are the biblical arguments for the revival of a once-universal practice. (This is Part I of two addresses.)

 

 

Gospel Sermon  Sunday 21 July 2024 | 6:30pm

Why Should We Believe?

Mark 4.23

God appeals to our intelligent minds - but will we listen? Our inclination is to turn away, but if God in His mercy places in us a thirst for certain things, we listen and come to Him. Here are the needs that draw us to God.

 

 

Bible Study  Wednesday 24 July 2024 | 7:30pm

How Mosaic Worship Foretold Christ

Hebrews 9.1

'Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all.'

 

Teaching Sermon  Sunday 21 July 2024 | 11:00am

The Believer’s Vow

Genesis 28.20

New believers when truly enlightened and saved are moved to make a pledge or vow to God, which will be renewed and deepened throughout this pilgrimage. Here are the important features of such vows, their scope, and their benefits and blessings.

 

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The above link is to search for specific words or Scriptures in the King James inerrant and infallible  English Version  (KJV)  because it is providentially protected and preserved by GOD Himself through the only translation into English by faithful brethren from the 5,312 established majority text manuscripts MT from which the New Testament  Greek Textus Receptus [received text] 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 only 55 hand picked inferior Greek manuscripts fabricated from either Westcott and Hort or Nestle and Aland. Both of these Greek textual sources follow an assumption that OLDER IS BETTER. Of course, this assumption is not valid if the older manuscripts contain error.

 

The established majority manuscripts and the Textus Receptus avoid doctrinal error, and inaccuracies in translation, uninspired editorial notations, variant or ambiguous readings which 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.

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DEFENDING  THE  KING JAMES BIBLE    by the Millennium Bible Institute 

URL: https://youtu.be/RL1px3GRfo4 

This video presents the truth  for those who seek to learn about and use the providentially protected, preserved and immutable Holy Bible that is both inerrant [without error] and infallible and gives God alone, the utmost praise, and the greatest glory due to HIMSELF. 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 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 chosen of God and moved by the holy ghost. These words are protected and preserved in holy scripture and are written word-by-word and are immutable, [unchangeable] without error, and infallible [incapable of making a mistake or being wrong]. and for ever [sic] settled in heaven by God himself in the self authenticating word of god, itself. 

 

The Authorized (King James) Holy Bible.

 

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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 evidence that God is not the author of confusion ...

 

VIDEO (2 hrs. 49 mins.)

This Documentary 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 

 

 

The complete Inside  Story of Westcott and Hort: 

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

URL:   https://www.febc.edu.sg/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.
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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 entirely  evil in itself, but because being contented to use a weakened version rather than the existing, preserved, without error unblemished one, dishonors God. If God has preserved 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 use versions that are  based on  defective Greek manuscript  created by Westcott & Hort or Nestle & Aland.

 

Let the biblical story of Nadab and Abihu be a lesson for us 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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