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DAILY SPURGEON for August 23rd   *A.D. 2024  written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

 

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

[Christ Jesus]

 

URL:  https://youtu.be/hHF1r74XaTQ?si=czhwYSJP9H53XqCy

 

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 that was preached originally by Charles Spurgeon in 1875 from his home church, The Metropolitan Tabernacle, London.
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*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  [The born-again redeemed believers in Christ Jesus].

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Do You trust this website?

Is it of God?

Is it trustworthy?

1 John 4:1-3

Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everything you hear] but [continually] be testing the spirit whether it is of God: because many false prophets have come out in the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesseth [confesses] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come out of God, is of God: and every spirit [voice] that confesseth not [doesn't confess] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Hence, I confess "Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh."

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He has existed from eternity past [FOREVER] as the WORD of God.    John 1:1-2

And He was born of a virgin 2,024 years ago in Bethlehem,

is alive today, and is coming soon for His bride, the Church

[All redeemed believers].

"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,

believed on in the world, received up into glory."

1 Timothy 3:16

 

Let me invite you to accept and receive  the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord and to publicly confess Him as such before men. He will therefore be able to acknowledge and confess you before His Father in Heaven. He is The God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob. Following your public confession, You also invited to follow Him in believer’s baptism by immersion. 

 

Jesus came from Galilee t o Jordan to be baptized by John the Baptist. But, John forbad [refused] Him and said, “I have need to be baptized of You and [yet] you are coming to me?” [for baptism] And Jesus answering him said, “Suffer it to be so [Allow this]: for thus it becometh [is fitting and right for] us to fulfil all righteousness.” 

 Matthew 3:15

 

Baptism is not required for salvation. Remember, Jesus said to the thief on the cross, who acknowledged Jesus’ innocence and said to him.

 

“Remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

 

And Jesus said to him,

 

“Verily [Truly] I say to you, Today you shall be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43

The act of Baptism pictures the Lord’s death, burial  and resurrection and the believer’s death to self, burial, and resurrection to walk in newness of life.

It bears witness to the preaching of John the Baptist who preached that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand and exhorted Repentance from sin and the Baptism of atonement. Therefore, the act of baptism is not required for salvation but as John preached it is is to be followed to fulfil all righteousness

This website is not intended, were it possible, to take the place of the personal gathering of believers fellowship or congregational worship in  local bodies of believers.

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

 

Following the Lord Jesus Christ in His purpose for us is our desire. We trust Him for our salvation, guidance, strength and our eternal destiny. We desire to and will, with His help, follow Him in soul winning by use of DailySpurgeon or any instrumentality He may bestow. We invite and encourage non-believers to turn away from sin, look to Him and be saved.

We trust that believers (old and new) will benefit in knowing that He will sustain, guide and build us up as we are being conformed to the image of Christ Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The DailySpurgeon website consists  of devotional writings, prayers, sacred music  and sermons by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, that  rightly divide God’s Word. The Sermons from The Metropolitan Tabernacle and sacred congregational music of worship and praise are to encourage believers to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

 

 

 

INTERVIEW 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  

Note: It has become my heart-felt song to all of my children  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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BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEO of Charles Haddon Spurgeon  1834-1892: 

 

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

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

 

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

 

This Documentary follows the trials and triumphs of Charles Spurgeon with keen historical accuracy and accurately portrays him consistently and faithfully preaching Jesus Christ proclaiming, “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh [takes] away the sin of the world.”

 

It’s 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 and enduring figures.

 

Produced by the award-winning Christian Television Association and filmed on location in England, Scotland, France and Germany, this film vividly captures the spirit, message and legacy of a man whose eventful life and Christian ministry is supremely  relevant to the present.

 

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 The following two videos, by John Piper and Steve Lawson provide background context for  the life and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon.  1834 -1892

 

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 from 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 Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit the publication of his printed sermons; sermons, prepared and delivered from the God-breathed, inerrant and infallible WORD of GOD. The Holy Bible.

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

Directed by Robert Perry.

Presented by South Shores Church 
Dana Point, California. 92675

Enjoy it, won’t you?
 

URL:https://youtu.be/PXYCBV5HyG8?t=340
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TODAY'S  DEVOTION
URL:

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

 

·       Prayer

·       A Spurgeon 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  a website that  proclaims Jesus as the the Christ [Messiah and Anointed King] to all the world .

 

This website ministry grew from sending e-mails of daily promises from  Charles Spurgeon’s  Faith’s Checkbook a book of daily promises from Scripture  to John Michael’s son, Jon Edward Riley (1971- 2021). When Jon shared them with others, they asked to be added to the mailing list. This mailing list  continues to be used to distribute dailyspurgeon.com .  Our prayer is that it will continue to encourage fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ in personal devotional vigor in  Love, obedience and oneness with Jesus Christ through the empowered study of and obedience to GOD’S WORD empowered by the Holy Ghost.

 

Multiple Devotional publications  by Charles Spurgeon are now brought together day by day at dailyspurgeon.com

This devotional content was written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon over 200 years ago yet  continue to bring inspiration, eternal relevance and encouragement today. We pray that many will be born-again and be built-up in the Faith of Jesus Christ. May God be pleased to sustain this ministry begun with a beloved son, Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021)  honored here as one to whom honor is due.

 

Jon Edward could  sometimes be heard saying:

 

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

 

as he would tell others about JESUS.

 

Amen.
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Hymns to comfort the grieving:  


’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 Charles 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 of  vibrant, doctrinally sound, Gospel preaching, Sacred Praise and Hymn singing body of believing and devoted Disciples; followers of  the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Is dailyspurgeon.com   a trustworthy website?

Is it true?     Is it of God? 

We ought to  apply the following Scripture to everything we hear/read in order to discern whether what we are  hearing/reading is of God and therefore whether or not it should be believed.
 

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

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

 

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

 

Greek manuscripts invented by Westcott & Hort and  Nestle & Alland fail to make this confession nor did they use the well established Textus Receptus that is rendered from the 5,321 extant Greek manuscripts,  known to be  in overwhelming agreement with one another as  the Majority Text.

Instead,they used their own Greek  translations that they created using only  55 Greek manuscripts selected from  the 5,321 Majority Texts Greek manuscripts..

 

Their Greek translation  presents faulty readings in many places. One example is  All translations other than the King James version overlook the original Greek verb “ictin” [To be] [is] (third person singular) that is translated in substantially  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].  (Translated aright from the Received Text (TR)  in the King James Version only) 

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 substantial agreement with one another.   The TR  [Textus Receptus] is rendered from an overwhelming agreement found among the Majority Text of 5,321 primary Greek manuscript 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 meaning the thing speaks for itself.

 Therefore, the alternate Greek  fabrications generated by these two sources are not actually translations at all but are introduced as translations but actually  represent merely  their own  Greek language creations unsupported by the reliability of the Majority Text or the Textus Receptus.

How do we know? 

Because we hear non-believers and false prophets both assert that Jesus Christ 
“has come” in the flesh. Practically anyone can  make this confession as the  birth of Jesus Christ is considered by respected historians to be the most well documented fact in all of human 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  logical framework  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, by which discernment is accurately revealed. 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 if “has come” becomes the favored reading.

Namely, “has come” is such a wide-spread belief held to be historically true by all, it does not provide a sound standard to discern whether a spirit [spoken or written words]  are from God or the spirit of Antichrist.

Almost anyone [or any spirit] can declare 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 almost anyone can and often does confess that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. This is an insufficient standard. The standard must be whether the confession that Jesus is here  alone, gives an efficacious standard to discern truth from error.

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 fails to be efficacious for true spiritual discernment as outlined in 1 John Chapter 4: 1-3.

 

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

we comprehend God’s message regarding  the body of Jesus Christ  being in the Flesh vis-à-vis The Body of Christ, The Corporate Church.

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 and  He lives today.

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

 

When a believer considers the fact that they are members 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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BEST BIBLE TRANSLATION:

GOD’S WORD is Infallible, without error and Immutable, It is Inspired [God breathed], Self-Authenticating and Providentially Protected and Preserved by GOD Himself.
                                                                                                                                                           For ever, O Lord, thy word is Settled in Heaven, Psalm 119:89

The Authorized King James Bible AKJV


Is It The Best?   By David Hocking (57 min.)

 

David’s Summary  (8 min.) The problem is not with 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 sacred, scriptural  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  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:

Praise Him, Praise Him All Ye Little Children   Hillsong Kids

What a Wonderful World  by Luis Armstrong

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

Jesus Loves Me   All three verses

Children’s Medley  with Rosemary Siemens with children singing

This Little Light Of Mine  Cedarmont Kids

 

A Mighty Fortress written by Martin Luther with Steve Green

Amazing Grace by Wintley Phipps at Carnegie Hall

Amazing Grace by Guy Penrod, Gaither Voice Band

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

Blessed Assurance by the Isaacs

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

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 Receiveth Sinful Men Traditional with Lyrics 

Grace, Grace God’s Grace by Gaither Choir

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
I Will Sing of My Redeemer by Gaither Music TV 

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

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
I Shall Not Be Moved  Elvis and The Million Dollar Quartet

More About Jesus    by The Blackwood Brothers

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

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

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 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 

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
Worthy is the Lamb. Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir                         

 

SACRED  PRAISE:

Away in a Manger by Phil Wickham… 
Away In a Manger, Traditional Version   by Casting Crowns

Because He Lives Gaither Choir

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

Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary by Gaithers 

Camp Meeting Tonight (…On The Old Camp Ground)  by Mississippi John Hunt (Library of Congress)

Everything Is Beautiful  (Jesus Loves the Little Children) by Ray Stevens   

Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin   by Sovereign Grace Music

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)

He Touched Me by Elvis Presley

Holy Spirit Breathe on Me with Anne Jernigan 

How Great Thou Art    by the Statler Brothers

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
I See the Lord  by Gaither Vocal Band

I See The Lord by Chris Falson

I Shall Not Be Moved (Rockabilly) By the Million Dollar Quartet

I Shall Not Be Moved The Statler Brothers

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

I Shall Not Be Moved Statler Brother’s Quartet

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’ll Fly Away    by Gaither Congregation 

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 
 

Jesus Messiah by The Gaither Vocal Band

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 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 

Praise Him, Praise Him   by Loma Linda University Church

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.

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

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band 

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

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 

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 English & Spanish 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

We”re Marching to Zion   by Issac Watts  Sing with The Hymn Club  Sing-along won’t you? 

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

When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir 

Where We'll Never Grow Old   by Jim Reeves

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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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)

 

The Pilgrim’s Progress Part I by John Bunyan (Complete Part I by Christopher Glyn)

Preface: Bunyan’s letter      

Episode 01: The City of Destruction

Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable

Episode 03: The Swamp of Despond

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 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 18: By-path Meadow [Vain Confidence]

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________________________________________

ILLUSTRATED VIDEO  (Recommended Bed Time Story)

Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.

 

DANGEROUS JOURNEY    

Part 1 The Slough of Despond [The Swamp]

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 6 Vanity Fair      

Part 7 Doubting Castle

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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.
               

1 Part II 04   A Visit from Secret   4:50 Audio

2 Part II 05 Good News 2:25 Audio

3 Part II 28 Mount Charity 1:01 Audio

5 Part II 31 Meeting Valiant-For-Truth 1:41 Audio

6 Part II 01 Valiant Does Battle 5:51 Audio

7 Part II 02 Valiant’s Story 3:35 Audio

8 Part II 04 Which Way To Go 1:30 Audio

9 Part II 09 Stand-Fast’s 'Wife' 6:02 Audio

10 Part II 11 Stand-Fast’s Story 1:37 Audio

11 Part II 12 Beulah Land 3:20 Audio      

12 Part II 14 The Postman’s Visit 1:57 Audio

13 Part II 15 Christiana’s Blessing 5:55 Audio

14 Part II 16 Christiana Goes Over The River 1:20 Audio

15 Part II 19 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio

16 Part II 20 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio

17 Part II 21 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio

18 Part II 22 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio

19 Part II 23 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio

20 Part II 24 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio

DEVOTION for AUGUST 23rd  written and Calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892

PRAYER 5, Part 2 of 6 TO THE KING ETERNAL,

ANECDOTE 24: The Chain of Blessings.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK August 23  LOVE AND SEEK TRUE WISDOM

-I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shalt [shall] find me- Proverbs 8:17

MORNING: "The voice of weeping shall be no more heard."—Isaiah 65:19

EVENING: "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. —Ephesians 3:17

A SINNER’S PRAYER

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PRAYER: TO THE KING ETERNAL

PRAYER 5, Part 2 of 6

Lord, help us to worship Thee in life as well as lip [in word]. May our whole being be taken up with Thee. As when the fire fell down on Elijah’s sacrifice of old and licked up even the water that was in the trenches, so may the consuming fire of the Divine Spirit use up all our nature, and even that which might seem to hinder [restrain], even out of that may God get glory by the removal of it. Thus, would we adore. But, oh! dear Savior, we come to Thee, and we remember what our state is, and the condition we are in encourages us to come to Thee now, as beggars, as dependents upon Thy [Your] heavenly charity. Thou art [You are] a Savior, and as such Thou art [You are] on the outlook for those that need saving, and here we are, here we come.

We are the men and women Thou art [You are] looking for, needing [that need] a Savior.

Great Physician, we bring Thee [You] our wounds and bruises and putrefying [stinking] sores, and the more diseased we are and the more conscious we are to-day of the depravity of our nature, of the deep-seated corruption of our hearts, the more we feel that we are the sort of beings that Thou art [You are] seeking for, for the whole [healthy] have no need of a physician but they that are sick. Glorious Benefactor, we can meet Thee [You] on good terms, for we are full of poverty, we are just as empty as we can be.

 

We could not be more abjectly dependent than we are. Since Thou wouldest [You would] display Thy [Your] mercy, here is our sin; since Thou wouldest [You would] show Thy [Your] strength here is our weakness; since Thou wouldest [You would] manifest Thy [Your] loving-kindness here are our needs; since Thou wouldest [You would] glorify Thy [Your] grace here are we, such persons as can never have a shadow of a hope except through Thy [Your] grace, for we are undeserving, ill-deserving, hell-deserving, and if Thou [You] do not magnify Thy [Your] grace in us we must [will] perish for ever. [I trust You to save me today. Thank You. In Your name Lord Jesus, I pray, Amen]

(Attachment: PRAYER 5.doc)

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ANECDOTE 24: The Chain of Blessings.

You sometimes see a railway carriage [car] or truck, fastened on to what goes before; but there is also a great hook behind. What is that for? Why, [well] to fasten something else behind, and so to lengthen the train. Any one mercy from God is linked on to all the mercy that went before it; but provision is also made for adding future blessing. All the years to come are guaranteed by the ages past.
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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK AUG 23 LOVE AND SEEK TRUE WISDOM

-I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shalt [shall] find me- —Proverbs 8:17

-Yo amo a los que me aman; Y me hallan los que madrugando me buscan- Proverbios 8:17
 

Wisdom loves her lovers, and seeks her seekers. He is already wise who seeks to be wise, and he has almost found wisdom who diligently seeks her. What is true of wisdom in general is especially true of wisdom embodied in our Lord Jesus. Him we are to love and to seek, and in return we shall enjoy His love, and find Himself. Our business is to seek Jesus early in life. Happy are the young whose morning is spent with Jesus! It is never too soon to seek the Lord Jesus. Early seekers make certain finders. We should seek Him early by diligence. Thriving tradesmen are early risers, and thriving saints seek Jesus eagerly. Those who find Jesus to their enrichment give their hearts to seeking Him. We must seek Him first, and thus earliest. Above all things Jesus.

Jesus first, and nothing else, even as a bad second.

The blessing is that He will be found. He reveals Himself more and more clearly to our search. He gives Himself up more fully to our fellowship. Happy men who seek One who, when He is found, remains with them forever, a treasure growingly precious to their hearts and understandings. Lord Jesus, I have found thee; be found of me to an unutterable degree of joyous satisfaction.

Prayer: Thank You Father for Your love and assurance that when I earnestly look for you I will find You in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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MORNING August 23

"The voice of weeping shall be no more heard. "—Isaiah 65:19

—Nunca más se oirán en ella voz de lloro —Isaías 65:19
 

THE glorified weep no more [have stopped crying], for all outward causes of grief are gone. There are no broken friendships, nor blighted prospects [ruined or unkept promises] in heaven.

Poverty, famine, peril, persecution, and slander are unknown there. No pain distresses; no thought of death or bereavement saddens.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     They weep no more, for they are perfectly sanctified. No "evil heart of unbelief" prompts them to depart from the living God; they are without fault before His throne and are fully conformed to His image.

Well may they cease to mourn who have ceased to sin. They weep no more, because all fear of change is past. They know that they are eternally secure. Sin is shut out and they are shut in. They dwell within a city that will never be stormed [attacked]; they bask in a sun that will never set; they drink of a river that will never dry; they pluck [pick] fruit from a tree that will never wither [die]. Countless cycles may revolve but eternity will not be exhausted [end], and while eternity endures, their immortality and blessedness shall co-exist with it.

They are forever with the Lord. They weep no more, because every desire is fulfilled. They cannot wish for anything they have not in possession. Eye and ear, heart and hand, judgment, imagination, hope, desire, will—all the faculties—are completely satisfied; and imperfect as our present ideas are of the things that God has prepared for them that love Him, yet we know enough by the revelation of the Spirit, that the saints above are supremely blessed. The joy of Christ, which is an infinite fullness of delight, is in them. They bathe themselves in the bottomless, shore-less sea of infinite beatitude [never ending blessing]. That same joyful rest remains for us. It may not be far distant. Before long the weeping willow will be exchanged for the palm branch of victory, and sorrow's dewdrops will be transformed into the pearls of everlasting bliss. "Wherefore comfort one another with these words." 

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EVENING August 23

"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. —Ephesians 3:17

—Que habite Cristo por la fe en vuestros corazones—Efesios 3:17
 

Beyond measure it is desirable that we, as believers, should have the person of Jesus constantly before us, to inflame our love towards him, and to increase our knowledge of him. I would to God that my readers were all entered as diligent scholars in Jesus' college, students of Corpus Christi, or the body of Christ, resolved to attain unto a good degree in the learning of the cross.

But to have Jesus ever near, the heart must be full of him, welling up with his love, even to overrunning; hence the apostle prays

"that Christ may dwell in your hearts."

See how near he would have Jesus to be! You cannot get a subject closer to you than to have it in the heart itself.

"That he may dwell;"

not that he may call upon you sometimes, as a casual visitor enters into a house and tarries for a night, but that he may dwell;
that Jesus may become the Lord and Tenant of your inmost being, never more to go out.

Observe the words
--that he may dwell in your heart, that best room of the house of manhood; not in your thoughts alone, but in your affections; not merely in the mind's meditations, but in the heart's emotions.

We should pant after love to Christ of a most abiding character, not a love that flames up and then dies out into the darkness of a few embers, but a constant flame, fed by sacred fuel, like the fire upon the altar which never went out. This cannot be accomplished except by faith. Faith must be strong, or love will not be fervent; the root of the flower must be healthy, or we cannot expect the bloom to be sweet. Faith is the lily's root, and love is the lily's bloom.

Now, reader, Jesus cannot be in your heart's love except you have a firm hold of him by your heart's faith; and, therefore,

 

pray that you may always trust Christ in order that you may always love him. If love be cold, [you may] be sure that faith is drooping.

 

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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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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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MISSION STATEMENT:

… Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13

Our solemn aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus in everything. We must rely upon God entirely to achieve His purposes in us and through us.

Loving and worshiping God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength in Spirit and in truth is a labor of love and duty of every believer. Desire will grow stronger as we give ourselves to prayer, reading and meditating on God’s Word, gathering ourselves together to hear Gospel preaching, the singing of Psalms, sacred hymns and spiritual songs.

We purpose, with God’s help, to reach the lost, comfort, strengthen and encourage believers, and rightly divide God’s Word to proclaim the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ to every creature.

The Holy Bible is God’s eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable revealed and divinely preserved Word. It is His completed scripture of all revealed truth. He brings guidance and the knowledge of His will to us personally and to each local body of Christian believers through His Word. With God’s help and empowerment, we will read, study, meditate-on, trust-in and obey God’s Holy Bible and encourage others to do the same. We hold it to be the supreme authority and the preeminent and divinely established precedent [Stare Decisis Latin: to stand by that which is decided, the legal doctrine of precedence, literally "to stand by decided matters"] in all things.

Therefore, the purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to publish the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature. And, to serve all, in love, especially those in the household of faith. We are compelled by this purpose to follow, and rightly apply and proclaim, God’s Holy Word, the Bible, as God’s divinely preserved truth; being the essential authority and goal of this ministry.

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The preaching, teaching, soul winning and writings of Charles Haddon Spurgeon are firmly fixed on the bedrock of Holy Scripture. His entire ministry was established, empowered and inspired solely by God’s Holy Word imparted to him by the Holy Spirit. His written works continue to bless, guide, challenge and benefit today’s readers through the publication of his authentic Gospel sermons and other inspired writing His ministry continues to thrive and flourish today through the Metropolitan Tabernacle a church begun in 1650 The present building was constructed in 1861 and was rebuilt after the destruction caused during the second world war. This church has been steadfast in it’s adherence to Reformed Baptist theology that Spurgeon said was just a nickname for Biblical Christianity. They have resisted and continue to reject worldly winds of false doctrine, including pragmatism and self-centered “Christian hedonism”. Biblical Christianity will always show itself as a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, never just a philosophy or religion.

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MISSION PURPOSE:

Our aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus Christ in everything. We rely wholly upon the Holy Spirit to impart God’s divine revelation to us from His Word, the Holy Bible. With God’s help, we will follow Jesus. We expect that lost souls will be saved, believers, comforted, strengthened and encouraged. To God be all the glory.

The Bible is God’s divinely inspired [God breathed] revealed, infinite, eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable Word to all mankind. This divine, supernatural Word brings all revealed truth to the world. We purpose, therefore, to follow God’s Holy Word, Personal guidance and guidance to the local church comes by His Word.

Hence, we resolve, God helping us, to read, study, meditate-on, trust-in and obey God’s revealed and divinely preserved Word, holding it to be the supreme authority and the only divinely established Stare Decisis [Latin: to stand by that which is decided] in all things.

Therefore, the purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to publish and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature, ministering God’s love to all, especially those in the household of faith. The Bible is God’s everlasting, inspired, (God breathed) inerrant, infallible, unchangeable, divinely protected and preserved Word of love and salvation to the entire world. It is also the essential foundation of this ministry.

History: The inspired preaching, teaching and writing of Charles Haddon Spurgeon is all empowered by God’s revealed Word the Bible. His written publications continue to benefit readers through authentic Gospel preaching and sound biblical teaching. This ministry continues to flourish through The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London

 

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All Bible versions NOT  translated from the Textus Receptus [The (traditional) Received Greek Text] include variant  readings that diminish the full  glory and the most Holy reverence due to Almighty GOD, that He preserves and protects it immutably  in the 1769 Edition of the 1611 King James Version  KJV Bible. This version is also known as the Authorized King James  Version  AKJV and the  Authorized Version AV. ALL GLORY is due to and must be given to the Omnipotent Lord of ALL.

 

The Geneva Bible was also faithfully translated from the Greek Textus Receptus and included  comments favorable to the Protestant Reformation  from inspired, devoted,  faithful Christian men of GOD; They were Puritan Believers known to be  beyond reproach.

This Bible was first brought to Plymouth Massachusetts  in the American Colonies by the Puritan Pilgrims guided by Captain Christopher Jones’s on the Mayflower sailing ship in 1620. A 1592 Edition of the Geneva Bible that belonging to a Mayflower passenger and the Governor of the Plymouth Colony (Later to become the State of   Massachusetts) by William Bradford and is on display at the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the oldest continuously operating public museum in the United States.

 

The traditional Textus Receptus [Received Greek Text] unlike any other Greek Text was taken  from more than 5,321 original Majority Greek Manuscripts MT that agree 98% with one another. Other variant readings are translations invented by  either Westcott and Hort or Nestle and Aland. These fabricated Greek Texts were translated from only a handful [45] of Majority Text Manuscripts MT and  lack the  trustworthiness of  the inspired 1769 [1611] King James Version, KJV or the Geneva Bible and are the only two translations of the traditional, reliable, inspired, [GOD BREATHED] immutable and providentially and divinely protected Textus Receptus.

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Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy

(1) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC5rUbs_-E&t=9s
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The Bridge to Babylon video presents evidence that tracks the explosion of more than 100 new versions of English translations  of the Bible. The continuing attempts to replace, add or take away from the 1769 King James Version of the Holy Bible does not  prevail because GOD Himself preserves and protects The  inspired, inerrant, immutable and infallible  Holy Word of GOD from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion , errors, additions, subtractions or changes.

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 BCE/CE  vs.  BC/AD     What’s the difference?
defend the Truth.   Won’t you?

*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death” as many mistakenly believe. It is Latin for Anno Domini,  a  phrase adopted into English usage that means  “Year of [the/our] Lord”.  The complete  original phrase "anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi" means "in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ”. A.D. and together with B.C. Before Christ   is used to divide all history before and after the birth of Jesus the Christ [Messiah].   ...More

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Can   DAILYSPURGEON  be trusted? Is it trustworthy?

Is it of God?

YES!   Here’s why.

 

1 John 4:1-3

Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everyone or !everything] you hear but be testing the spirit [voice] whether it is of God: because many false prophets have gone [come] out into the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesses [avows] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come[who came] out of God, is of God: and every spirit that confesses not [doesn’t audibly avow] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] 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.

 I therefore must and do audibly confess,  that Jesus Christ is come  [is here]  in the flesh.

 

[All translations of the Bible that use a Greek text other than the traditional and faithful Textus Receptus ignore the Greek word “ictin” [the Greek word that means “is” in English].  This omission causes the meaning of “is here” to  be changed from “is” come” [is here] to “has” come”.

 

This error is self-evident because non-believers, false prophets, atheists or heretics can, and frequently do, affirm that Jesus Christ “has come” [in the flesh].

 

While this is a true statement, when taken at face value, the  meaning  “has come” is clearly not the same as “is here”; which is the valid, scriptural test of  discernment to know if words are from the Spirit of God or the spirit of antichrist.

 

The most well documented fact in all of human history is that the Lord Jesus Christ [The Messiah]  “has” come in the flesh. However, the question of much greater importance,  is not whether the spirit [a spoken or written word] being considered and tested confesses that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh but, whether the confession being made affirms that Jesus Christ, “is come” [is here], from God, in the flesh.

 

Ephesians 5:30-32

30 for we are members of his 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 [The Apostle Paul]  speak concerning Christ and the church.  [The body of CHRIST]

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“I speak concerning Christ and the church.” [the fleshly embodiment, here and now ,  of the body of Christ]. Because  followers of Jesus Christ are members of the incarnate Body of Christ [The Church] I affirm and avow that Jesus Christ is here [Not “Has come”] in the flesh.

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Compare and consider [Meditate on] scripture with scripture:  Precept upon precept, Line upon line… 
Isaiah 28:10-14

 

Isaiah Chapter 28 

 

1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one [crown of pride] , which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

5 In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth [sits]  in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

11 For with stammering [stuttering] lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, [totally  voided]  and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

19 From the time that it goeth [goes] forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only [merely] to understand the report.

20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

21 For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth  [very angry] as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

24 Doth [does] the plowman plow all day to sow? doth [does] he open and break the clods of his ground?

25 When he hath [has] made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, [black’ cumin]  and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie [rye] in their place?

26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for November 14th  *A.D. 2025 Written and calendared for this date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

`Spurgeon’s prayer for America featured in the PRAYER selection today:


The Lord Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, 1 John 4:2-4
was born of a virgin  A.D. 2025  years ago.                     . 
 

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,
believed on in the world, received up into glory.  1 Timothy  3:16  

 

Look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of the earth:
for I am God and there is none else.   Isaiah 45:22      

 

BCE/CE  vs.  BC/AD     What’s the difference?
Learn the difference;  defend the Truth.   Won’t you?

It’s a mistake to believe that A.D. means “After Death” as many do. It actually abbreviates  Latin for Anno Domini,  a  phrase brought into English usage that means  “Year of [the/our] Lord”.  The complete  original phrase "anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi" means "in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ”. A.D. is used with B.C. Before Christ  to divide all of history before and after the birth of Jesus Christ [The Messiah].   ...More

 

Please join us in prayer, devotional study, gospel preaching, and singing sacred hymns and praises as we worship God in spirit and in truth.
 

  • Praying with our heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17

  • Hearing and obeying the eternal, inspired, immutable, inerrant, infallible, revealed and protected Word of God, revealed through Jesus Christ, who is the living Word; 1 Peter 1:23

  • 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

  • By not Forsaking not the Gathering together of Believers 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    
     

SERMON: November 14th   from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle  (London, U.K.)

Christ Teaches Assurance   John 14:1-18   with Dr. Peter Masters

The future apostles are taught the steps to be taken when the soul is wounded or jaded, vital for all who love and serve the Lord. Here are the Lord's five themes for reflection, enabling obedience to, 'Let not your heart be troubled'.
PRAISE: November 14th  Jesus, Name Above All Names  The Maranatha Singers


TESTIMONY: November 14th       
Do Muslims And Christians Worship The Same God?       

 

PRAYER 15, Part 7 of 9: November 14th THE PEACE OF GOD.

ANECDOTE 104: November 14th  Folly of  “the Blues.” [being depressed]
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: November 14th  THE NAME TO USE

-If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it-   John 14:14
MORNING: November 14th "I will cut off them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that [also] swear by [King]  Malcham [idol of the Ammonites] "— Zephaniah 1:5
EVENING: November 14th  "And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give
the younger before the firstborn. "— Genesis 29:26

A PRAYER FOR  SINNERS:  November 14th
 

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TODAY’S  CONTENTS:
 

SERMON: November 14th       

from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle  (London)

Christ Teaches Assurance   John 14:1-18   with Dr. Peter Masters


PRAISE: November 14th       

Jesus, Name Above All Names…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

PRAYER 15, Part 7 of 9 November 14th 

THE PEACE OF GOD.

         He has brought us into covenant [divine promise] with Him by a covenant which can never fail, so like David we may say this morning:

 

“Although my house be not so with God, yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure.”

 

Lord, bless Thy Word throughout the world. Prosper all missions amongst the heathen, all work among the Mohammedans [Islamist]; and, oh! send Thy grace to the churches at home.

 

Turn the current of thought which sets so strong in the wrong direction, and bring men to love the simplicities of the Gospel [The Good news that  Jesus, the Messiah Saves sinners].

 

Remember our country in great mercy, and in all ranks and conditions of men do Thou [You do] give the blessing.

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

(Attachment: PRAYER 15.doc)



ANECDOTE 104: November 14th   Folly of  “the Blues.” [being depressed]
A sick and suffering brother rebuked me the other day for being cast down. [depressed] 

He said to me, “We ought never to show the white feather: but I think you do sometimes.” I asked him what he meant, and he replied, “You sometimes seem to grow [become] desponding and low. Now I am near to die, but I have no clouds and no fears.” I rejoiced to see him so joyous, and I answered, “That is right, my brother, blame me as much as you please for my unbelief, I richly deserve it.” “Why,”  [“Well,”]  he said, “you are the father of many of us. Did you not bring me and my friend over yonder to Christ?  “If you get low in spirit after so much blessing, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.”  I could say no other than,

“I am ashamed of myself, and I desire to be more confident in the future.”

Brethren, we must hope, and not fear.

 

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK  November 14th 

THE NAME TO USE by  C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892

-If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it-   John 14:14
-Si algo [cualesquiera]  pidiereis en mi nombre, yo lo haré-  Juan 14:14 

 

What a wide promise! Anything! Whether large or small, all my needs are covered by that word   -anything.-  Come, my soul, be free at the mercy seat, and hear thy Lord saying to thee,  -Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.-  What a wise promise! We are always to ask in the name of Jesus. While this encourages us, it also honors Him. This is a constant plea. Occasionally every other plea is darkened, especially such as we could draw from our own relation to God, or our experience of His grace; but at such times the name of Jesus is as mighty at the throne as ever, and we may plead it with full assurance. What an instructive prayer!

 

I may not ask for anything to which I cannot put Christ’s  hand and seal.

 

I dare not use my Lord’s name to a selfish or willful [what I want] petition. I may only use my
Lord’s  name to prayers which He would Himself pray if He were in my case [circumstance]. It is a high privilege to be authorized to ask in the name of Jesus as if Jesus Himself asked; but our love to Him will never allow us to set that name where He would not have set [put] it.   Am I asking for that which Jesus approves? 

 

Dare I put His seal [name] to my prayer?  Then I have that which I seek [desire] of the Father.
 

Prayer: Thank You Lord Jesus that You will do anything we ask, in Your name; in harmony with your authority and will. Help us to associate Your name always in ways that bring only honor and glory to You.  I ask this in Your Holy name, Lord Jesus,  Amen. 

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       … and pray for the saving of souls and strengthening  of believers. 

The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

 

Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide God’s eternal Word preserved by God, Himself.

John 3:16       
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but may be having eternal life.

 

vis. Textus Receptus [The Received Greek Text] (From an overwhelming majority of extant New Testament Greek manuscripts)

 

The Incomplete codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are not included in the majority texts [Masoretic and Textus Receptus]. They present variant and ambiguous readings from that of  the overwhelmingly well-established majority texts.  They disagree often with one another as well as with the settled majority texts thus, providing a pretext attempting to justify the need for additional translations.  These unsettled differences and bolstering of certain sectarian doctrine [dogma] have produced ambiguities, many variant readings and confusion from the explosion of unending, new translations.

 

Publishers cash-in by marketing the “new and better”,  never ceasing, English translations of The Bible, [World’s best seller of all time] with too little consideration for maintaining the fidelity and accuracy already settled from the majority manuscripts of the Masoretic Hebrew and the Textus Receptus Greek.

 

God, Himself, has and will always preserve His immutable [unchanging and unchangeable], eternal, inerrant, infallible, infinite and all-powerful Word.

MORNING  November 14th    
"I will cut off them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that [also] swear by [King]  Malcham.[national idol of the Ammonites] "— Zephaniah 1:5

 Exterminaré a los que se inclinan jurando por Jehová y jurando por su rey [Malcus]  Sofonías 1:5

      SUCH persons thought themselves safe because they were with both parties: they went with the followers of Jehovah, but bowed at the same time to Malcham.  

 

But duplicity is abominable with God—His soul hates hypocrisy [double mindedness]. The idolater who distinctly gives himself to his false god, has one sin less than he who brings his polluted and detestable sacrifice to the tem­ple of the Lord while His heart is with the world and its sins. 

 

To hold [keep company] with the hare [rabbit] and run with the hounds is a dastard's  [evil and cowardly]   policy. In the common matters of daily life a double-minded man is despised, but in religion he is loathsome to the last degree. The penalty pronounced in the verse before us is terrible, but it is well deserved; for how should divine justice spare the sinner, who knows the right, approves it, and professes to follow it, but all the while loves the evil and gives it dominion in his heart?

 

My soul, search yourself this morning, and see whether you are guilty of double dealing. You profess to be a follower of Jesus—do you truly love Him?  Is your heart right with God? Are you of the family of old Father Honest, or are you a relative of Mr. By-ends [characters “personified” in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress  the one [Father Honest] portraying complete honesty but the other [Mr. By-ends]  believed that the end justified the means]?   [For] A name to live is of little value if it be indeed dead in trespasses and sins. To have one foot on the land of truth, and another on the sea of falsehood, will involve a terrible fall and a total ruin.[Jesus] Christ will be all or nothing.  God fills the whole universe, and hence there is no room for another god; if He reigns in my heart, then there will be no space for another reigning power. Do I rest alone on Jesus crucified and live alone for Him? Is it my desire to do so? Is my heart set on so doing? If so, blessed be the mighty grace which has led me to salvation; and if not so,

 

0 Lord, pardon my sad offense, and unite my heart to fear Your name.

 EVENING   November 14th    

"And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. "— Genesis 29:26
—Y Labán respondió: No se hace así en nuestro lugar, que se dé la menor antes de la mayor— Génesis 29:26

 

       WE do not excuse Laban for his dishonesty, but we do not hesitate to learn from the custom [his culture] which he quoted as his excuse. There are some things that must be taken in order, and if we would win the second we must secure the first. The second may be the more lovely in our eyes, but the rule of the heavenly country must stand, and the elder must be married first.

 

For instance, many men desire the beautiful and well favored Rachel of joy and peace in believing,  but they must first be wedded [married] to the tender-eyed  Leah of repentance. Every one falls in love with happiness, and many would cheerfully serve twice [two times] seven years to enjoy it, but  according to the rule of the Lord's kingdom, the Leah of real holiness must be beloved of our soul before the Rachel of true happiness can be attained.

 

Heaven stands not first but second, and only by persevering to the end can we win a portion in it. The cross must be carried before the crown can be worn. We must follow our Lord in His humiliation, or we shall never rest with Him in glory.


My soul, what do you say, are you so vain as to hope to break through the heavenly rule? Do you hope for re­ward without labor, or honor without toil? Dismiss the idle expectation, and be content to take the ill-favored things for the sake of the sweet love of Jesus, which will recompense for all. 

 

In such a spirit, laboring and suf­fering, you will find bitters grow sweet, and hard things easy. Like Jacob, your years of service will seem to you but a few days for the love you have for Jesus; and when the dear hour of the wedding feast shall come, all your toils shall be as though they had never been

 

—an hour with Jesus will make up for ages of pain and labor.

 

                                          Jesus, to win Thyself so fair,

     Thy cross I will with gladness bear: 
              Since so the rules of heaven ordain, 

The first I'll wed the next to gain.


 

MISSION STATEMENT:

           
Ecclesiastes 12:13

… Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

 Our solemn  aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus in everything. We must rely upon God completely to achieve His purposes for and through us.

 

Loving and worshiping God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength in Spirit and in truth is a labor of love and duty of every believer. Desire will grow stronger as we give ourselves to prayer, reading and meditating on God’s Word, gathering ourselves together to hear Gospel preaching,  the singing of Psalms, sacred hymns and spiritual songs.

 

We purpose, with God’s help,  to reach the lost, comfort, strengthen and encourage believers, and  rightly divide God’s Word to proclaim the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ to every creature.

 

The Holy Bible is God’s eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable revealed and divinely preserved Word.  It is His completed scripture  of all revealed truth.  He brings guidance and the knowledge of His will to us personally and to each local body of Christian believers through His Word. With God’s help and empowerment, we will read, study, meditate-on, trust-in  and obey God’s Holy Bible and encourage others to do the same. We hold it to be the supreme authority and the preeminent and divinely established precedent [ Stare Decisis   Latin: to stand by that which is decided, the legal doctrine of precedence, literally "to stand by decided matters"] in all things. 


       Therefore, the purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to publish the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature. And, to serve all, in love, especially those in the household of faith. We are compelled by this purpose to follow, and rightly apply and proclaim, God’s Holy Word, the Bible, as God’s divinely preserved truth; being the essential authority and goal of this ministry.
 

The Metropolitan Tabernacle:
       The  inspired preaching, teaching, soul winning and writings of Charles Haddon Spurgeon were solely based, empowered and inspired by God’s Holy Word the Bible.  His written sermons and devotional messages continue to benefit today’s readers through authentic  Gospel preaching and sound biblical teaching. His ministry continues to flourish from the original (Spurgeon’s)  Metropolitan Tabernacle a church begun in 1650.  The present  building was constructed in 1861 and rebuilt after the destruction during the second world war.

 

Mission Aim: Spurgeon's sermons and devotional messages have edified the church body and have been a great benefit, to all readers for many years.  We pray they will be useful to strengthen personal discipleship in every believer and to spread the Gospel [Good news] of Jesus Christ, the Messiah to every person.

 

The Gospel in brief:
 

  • God is infinitely Holy and good. (He is the God of all grace.  He is not willing that any should perish)

  • Man is bad. (Totally depraved, hopeless and lost)

  • God made provision (Through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ to save each lost one who will come)  Whosoever will [whoever wants to] may come. This means you too.  After you come, you will see that you were saved before the foundation of the world)

 

Menu and Calendars:  (Scroll up on Home page of DailySpurgeon.com to follow daily worship through preaching,  praying, scripture reading, meditation and the singing of sacred songs.  Fidelity to all of Spurgeon’s original text and calendared dates have been carefully maintained.

 
Spurgeon Publications from which  DailySpurgeon  Print Selections have been made:

 

  • C.H. Spurgeon Prayers

  • Spurgeon’s  Illustrative Anecdotes

  • Faith’s Checkbook

  • Morning & Evening
     

These Spurgeon publications display an unmatched legacy of Gospel preaching and devotional encouragement from scripture from the anointed heart of Charles H. Spurgeon   His preaching was heard by multiple thousands in the 1800’s and he continues to be widely read and often quoted today.
 

Soul Winning is the chief goal of this ministry.  Charles Spurgeon, beloved former-pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle  demonstrated a life time of gospel preaching and Soul Winning.  You may live-stream worship services from the Tabernacle with Dr. Peter Masters, pastor since 1960 in London, U.K.  Join us, won’t you? 

Worldly influence, music and uncertain riches must not compromise Gospel Preaching and Worship and believers must adhere to the preaching of sound scriptural doctrine and sacred music to worship in spirit and in truth.
 

Our Prayer: Dear Lord, use any and all means you choose to save souls. Empower us to serve and minister to the lost and those in need, especially those in the household of faith. Revive, encourage, strengthen, and edify us as we  follow you. Help us to  share You, your lovingkindness, and the Gospel of your salvation.  May we pray fervently with  fasting according to your will and may we be the church triumphant in soul winning, and in all things holy as we follow You. In Jesus Christ name, Amen.

We offer ourselves with gratitude for your sacrifice at calvary, given to provide eternal salvation for all who believe. Accept our thanks for these and all other blessing we humbly ask in Thy name, Amen.

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A SINNERS PRAYER    (FOR WHO SO EVER):
Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21

  

 So, pray and call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved   … won’t you? 

 
(Pray out loud and from your heart)

“Lord Jesus, I’m lost.  I’m a selfish, sinful and hopeless sinner.  I cannot save myself. Without you and your willing sacrifice on the cross  to save me, I would be bound for Hell. In my sinfulness I reflect my fallen nature.  Without Your grace, I’m  totally depraved and I sin because I am a sinner. Please save me.

I now realize that doing my best, or being good, or as good as I can, or being better than others or rationalizing or making excuses for myself can never save me.

I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me. I call on You right now to save me.  You died on the cross in my place to pay  for my sin. You say in Your word,  “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21. I call  on Your name, right now Lord Jesus.  I come to You,  just as I am, trusting You to save me. I look to you  as my Lord and Savior.
Please forgive me of all my sin. I’m sorry for each one. Thank you, Lord,  for saving me.  You paid the price, in full,  for all of my sins and the sins of the whole world once and for all by suffering and dying on the cross.  
Thank You that You loved me so much that you would die for me.

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

 

     Thank You, Heavenly Father that you raised Jesus from the dead victorious over sin, death and the grave and that in Him I can now be, for all eternity, born again.

Thank you for saving  me. Guide me by the Holy Spirit into all truth and make me into the very image of Your only begotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior and Lord.   In His name I pray, Amen.
 

May we celebrate your new birth with you, the angels in heaven and our local body of believers.  Angels in heaven rejoice in the redemption of each sinner who comes to the Lord Jesus.  Write us, 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.

 

Pray like this, won’t you? :  

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

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

 

     Right now, I surrender my sinful self  to You,  just as I am, Lord Jesus. I trust You to forgive me and save me and be my Lord and Savior.
Please forgive me for all my sins. I’m sorry for every sin (bad thoughts, words and things I have done) and look to You to forgive me of them all.  I need your strength to overcome sin’s temptations. Thank you for forgiving me.
You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross. 

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

    Thank you Heavenly Father that You have made the way  of  redemption, forgiveness and  atonement for me  and have drawn me away from sin and death into Life  in Your only begotten son.  He took  my place and suffered my punishment.

 

     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. In Christ Jesus there is therefore now no condemnation.
 

     Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and for sending the Holy Spirit for my guidance, comfort  and solemn instruction into all truth,  Amen.”

    With all my heart, I thank you Lord Jesus for saving me. In your name, Lord Jesus I pray, Amen.

 

 

 

     Please allow us to rejoice over your new birth in the presence of angels in heaven who rejoice over one sinner that repents. Luke 15:10

 

   Please e-mail or   write to: The John Mark Publishing Company,  PO BOX 21, San Juan Capistrano, CA  92693, U.S.A.  or  e-mail: michaelriley1008@gmail.com

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