DEVOTION for February 26th *A.D. 2026. Written and calendared for this exact date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

           Saint Valentine’s Day 

 by John-Michael Riley

 

The King decreed, “No marriages here!

As Married troops are weak from fear.”

                

The Love of wife and children too,                                                                       

If he be killed, what would they do?

 

No faithful couples; side-by-side,

No husbands, kids, or gorgeous bride.

 

But God’s dear Word does so intone:

“It is Not good, man be alone.”

 

It isn’t right, so to deprive us.

“Marry Then!”,  spoke Valentinus.

 

So they did;  he then, arrested,

With Jailer’s daughter he was tested.

 

She was blind and could not hear.

His prayer brought healing to his dear.

 

Smitten greatly by her charms;

He then Saved Jailer from all harms.

 

When going to the gallows,

He sent his sweet, “Be mine.”

 

He Signed his name confessing:           

“I am yours and you are mine.”
 

Your Valentine.
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Does it matter whether the traditional  abbreviation   

B.C./A.D. or the New Age  B.C.E./C.E. is used to describe Calendar years?

Yes, it does. Significantly!

 

B.C./A.D. are the traditional abbreviations that stand for “Before Christ” and “Anno Domani” [Year of our Lord] A.D. Does NOT mean “After Death” as many erroneously believe.

 

B.C.E./C.E is a New Age invention that stands for “Before Common Era” and “Common Era”. [An effort to eliminate the person of Jesus Christ by not mentioning HIM].
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The Lord Jesus Christ [Messiah and Anointed King] was born of a virgin girl named  Mary 2026 years ago in Bethlehem.   HE was crucified, and after three days, was raised from the dead, victorious over sin, death and the grave. He is GOD’S Incarnate WORD [The WORD made flesh.]  The Church is the Body of Christ, His espoused Bride to be, for whom HE will come again.

 

The singular event of His birth divides and establishes all Human History as having been either Before or After His Birth.     

 

John 1:1: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the  WORD was GOD. [IS FOR EVER GOD] Jesus Christ is GOD’s [incarnate] WORD, In The Flesh.      

 

I and my Father are One.   John 10:30
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WHO IS THE GOD OF THE BIBLE

1. His Name is INCOMPREHENSIBLE!

Exodus 3:13-15 “And Moses said…

Isaiah 9:6  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God,
The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.

Psalm 139:6 Such knowledge is…

 

1. His Name is INFINITE!

Psalm 145:1-3
I will…for ever and for ever…

His greatness is unsearchable.

Romans 11:33
O the depth…

How unsearchable…
…His ways past finding out

 

1. His Name is INCORRUPTABLE!

              (two issues: holy and eternal)

Psalm 72:17
His Name shall endure…

…all nations shall call Him…

 

Psalm 99:3
Let them praise Thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

 

Psalm 111:9
…holy and reverend is His name
Psalm 135:13
Thy Name endureth…
…and Thy memorial…

 

Psalm 145:21
…let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever

 

1. His name is IMMUTABLE!

Malachi 3:6
I am the LORD, I change not.

 

Hebrews 6:18
By two immutable things…
…to lay hold upon hope…

 

1. His name is INCOMPARABLE!

Deuteronomy 4:35
…the LORD He is God; there is none else…

 

Deuteronomy 4:39
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

 

1. His Name is INDESCRIBABLE!
   El, Eloah, Elyon, Elohim, Adon, Adonai, - Yah, Yahveh, are used 10,952 times in the Bible!

 

Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, (99) the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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The Indestructible Book   [GOD’s HOLY WORDS]

 

By Dr. David Brown

 

The 1769 Edition of The King James Bible is Divinely Inspired, Inerrant, Infallible, Providentially Preserved and Protected Words of GOD. They are God-Breathed and Eternal WORDS of GOD Almighty GOD. who calls Himself “I AM” [HE IS] is Omni-Lingual, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Immutable, All Wise, Omnipresent, Eternally Infinitely and Supremely Holy. He is the One-and-Only Triune Three-in-One GOD.

“I and my Father are one”.  John 10:30

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1 John 5:7  Is the fundamental scriptural  doctrine and essential tenet of the Trinity. [The Triune, [Three-in-One] GOD in-Three Persons   (This verse has been repeatedly Changed in an attempt to diminish the authority and the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ or it has been Removed entirely from all Modern Critical Text translations by apostates with the untenable goal of protecting and supporting False Doctrines that give rise to all manner of Cults, False Teaching and Heresies.

 

Jesus proclaims in John 10:30:   
30 “I and my Father are one.” 

Therefore, The incarnate WORD of GOD, [Jesus *Christ (*The Anointed Messiah and KING) and His Father are ONE.]          

7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, [Jesus Christ] and the Holy Ghost: and
these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, [Holy Ghost] and the water [Life of the Father], and the blood; [The Sacrificial Blood of Jesus Christ]: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son [Jesus Christ (The Anointed Messiah and King)].

 

GOD is “I AM” and Jesus Christ is The WORD made Flesh, GOD’s WORD is infinite and endures FOREVER, from Eternity Past through Eternity Future, that never-ends.
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Why Cults, False Teachers and Heretics Continue to try to take   1 John 5:7   out of the Bible.     

 

By Dr. Phil Stringer

 

1 John 5:7 Is The Great Trinitarian Proof Text of The Bible. (The immutable Doctrine of the Trinity.)

 

Daniel Webster was once asked. “Does it not bother you to believe in the Trinity since you cannot explain it?

 

And his answer was,  “What would bother me would be to have a God so small that I could fully explain Him.”
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Why The Traditional  Greek Text AKA The Received Text [Textus Receptus] TR? is Inspired, Inerrant and Immutable.

 

By Dr. David Sorenson

 

The above link presents a video of Translational Evidence that the Traditional Text is  Inerrant, Infallible and the Inspired [Word-by-Word and GOD-Breathed] Greek Text.  Length: (33:56 minutes)

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The Heritical and Counterfeit Critical Greek Text of Westcott and Hort

By Dr. David Sorenson

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The preaching, teaching and writings of Charles Spurgeon
are  saturated with God’s Word, the Bible.  His  publications continue to benefit readers with sermons and sound biblical teaching from one whose life was poured out like a drink offering to The Lord Jesus Christ,  to whom Charlie [Charles Spurgeon] was a fully devoted follower. His love of Jesus Christ manifested itself in an singular love for and a never-ceasing effort toward winning souls of the unsaved multitudes.  From one who became known as The Prince of Preachers he remained humble always proclaiming  Christ, and Him crucified.

 

His ministry continues to thrive today at London’s   Metropolitan Tabernacle. 
(Brief History)   a church begun in 1650 with a building erected by members of Charles Spurgeon’s 1861 congregation .

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A brief summary of the life and ministry of Charles Spurgeon
1834-1892   by John Piper   (58 minutes)

  

Spurgeon’s sermons are saturated with The Word of God, and continue to bless thousands in his sermons printed in the  63 volume set of the

Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit            

(CLICK HERE TO FIND A SPURGEON SERMON WITH THE SAME SCRIPTURE AS THE SERMON YOU MAY NOW BE PREPARING TO PREACH)  The complete 63 volume set of  printed sermons by Charles Spurgeon may be SEARCHED here.
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              Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s Conversion  In 1850,  in his own words.

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All  Versions and editions of Bibles that are NOT  translated from the Traditional  Text [AKA the Received Text (Textus Receptus) TR or The Byzantine Text]  contain  variant  readings that diminish the person and works of Jesus Christ. All  Glory belongs to The Almighty GOD.  He preserves and protects HIS WORD as immutable [incapability of mutation or any change] in the 1769 Edition of the 1611 King James Version  [KJV]. Bible

 

This version is also known as the Authorized Version  [AV].   ALL GLORY,  LOVE, HONOR AND RESPECT  is due and must be given to the Omnipotent [Almighty], Omniscient [All-knowing], Omnipresent and Infinite GOD.

Over 5,321 hand written Greek Manuscripts support  the Traditional Text AKA The Textus Receptus with 99% agreement in the manuscripts.
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Who was Charles Haddon Spurgeon?  (Click here for a  brief Biography)

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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for February 26th *A.D. 2026. Written and calendared for this exact date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

 

TODAY’S  SERMON: Distinguishing Truth from Error   1 John 4:1-6 

The duty to test all who teach by four standards: (1) Do they proclaim the divinity and humanity of Christ, our infallible mediator? (2) are they truly converted? (3) are they separate from the world? (4) are they bound by the authority and sufficiency of scripture? 

PRAISE:  The Love of God. By Gaither Congregation …be [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

PRAYER 10, Part 8 of 9: February 26th  THE MUSIC OF PRAISE.
ANECDOTE  209: February 26th   THE LOVE OF GOD. 
FAITH S CHECKBOOK: February 26th   TRUTH ESTABLISHED

-The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment-
-Proverbs 12:19
MORNING: February 26th  “SALVATION IS OF THE LORD. ” –Jonah 2:9
EVENING: February 26th   "BEHOLD, IF THE LEPROSY HAVE COVERED ALL HIS FLESH,
HE SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN THAT HATH THE PLAGUE. " —Leviticus 13:13
A SINNER’S PRAYER: February 26th  

 

SERMON: February 26th  Distinguishing Truth from Error    1 John 4:1-6  from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle  with Dr. Peter Masters

The duty to test all who teach by four standards: (1) Do they proclaim the divinity and humanity of Christ, our infallible mediator? (2) are they truly converted? (3) are they separate from the world? (4) are they bound by the authority and sufficiency of scripture? 

PRAISE:  The Love of God. February 26th  By Gaither Congregation  …be [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

PRAYER 10,    Part 8 of 9 February 26th   THE MUSIC OF PRAISE.

         [Heavenly Father] Our desire is that we may be quickened [enlivened]  in our progress toward the celestial [heavenly] life. Visit us with [bring us] Thy [Your] salvation. Lord, let us not only have life, but let us have it more abundantly. May we every one of us quicken [speed up] his pace, and may we run more earnestly than ever toward the mark that is set before us.  Remember all Thy Church throughout the whole world. 

Prosper missionary operations. Be with any ministers or missionaries that are depressed for lack of success. Be with any that are rejoicing because of success.  May each heart be kept in a right state, so that Thou mayest [may] use Thy servants to the utmost of possibility.

[I pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ] Amen.

(Attachment: PRAYER 10.doc)

 

ANECDOTE  209:  February 26th  IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN CONDEMNED TO THE GUILLOTINE,     

        In the French Revolution, there was a young man condemned to the guillotine, and shut up in one of the prisons. He was greatly loved by many, but there was one who loved him more than all put together. How know we this? It was his own father; and the love he bore his son was proved in this way: when the lists were called, the father, whose name was exactly the same as his son’s,  answered to the name, and the father rode in the gloomy tumbril out to the place of execution, and his head rolled beneath the axe instead of his son’s,  a victim to mighty love. See here an image of the love of Christ to sinners; for thus Jesus died for the ungodly, viewed as such. If they had not been ungodly, neither they nor he had needed to have died; if they had not sinned, there would have been no need for a suffering Savior,  but Jesus proved his boundless love  “in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” 

 

        Your name was in the condemned list, my fellow-sinner, but, if you believe in Jesus, you shall find that your name is there no longer, for Christ’s name is put in your stead, and you shall learn that he suffered for you, the just for the unjust, that he might bring you to God. Is not this the greatest wonder of divine love,  that it should be set upon us as sinners? I can understand God’s loving reformed sinners, and repenting sinners ; but here is the glory of it,

 

“God commendeth [gives] his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners yet sinners!

 

Christ died for us.”

 

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK  February 26th   TRUTH ESTABLISHED

-The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment-
-Proverbs 12:19

-El labio de verdad permanecerá para siempre: Mas la lengua de mentirá por un momento -Proverbios 12:19
 

        Truth wears well. Time tests it, but it right [very]  well endures the trial. If, then, I have spoken the truth, and have for the present to suffer for it,  I must be content to wait. If also I believe the truth of God, and endeavor to declare it, I may meet with much opposition, but I need not fear, for ultimately

 

the truth must prevail. 

 

What a poor thing is the temporary triumph of falsehood! 

 

“A lying lip is but for a moment!”

 

 It is a mere gourd, which comes up in a night, and perishes in a night; and the greater its development the more manifest its decay.

 

On the other hand,  how worthy of an immortal being is the avowal and defense of

 

that truth which can never change; the everlasting gospel,

 

which is established in the immutable [unchanged and unchangeable] truth of an unchanging God!

 
An old proverb saith [says], 

 

-He that speaks truth shames the devil.- Assuredly he that speaks the truth of God will put to shame all the devils in hell,  and confound all the seed of the serpent which now hiss out their falsehoods.

 

        O my heart, take care that thou be in all things on the side of truth, both in small things and great; but

 

specially, on the side of Him by whom grace and truth have come among men!

Prayer: Thank you, Lord that the lip of truth shall be established  ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.  Help us speak only truth and avoid  lies so that we shall be set apart and fit for holy service. Clothe us in Your Truth, holiness and righteousness for Your name’s  sake, Lord Jesus, Amen.  

 

MORNING   February 26th   “SALVATION IS OF THE LORD. ” –Jonah 2:9
La salvación pertenece á Jehová. –Jonás 2:9  

      SALVATION is the work of God.

 

It is He alone who quickens [brings to life] the soul "dead in trespasses  and sins" and it is He who also maintains the soul in its spiritual life. He is both "Alpha and Omega." [the beginning and the end] Salvation is of the Lord."
If I am prayerful, [it’s because] God makes me prayerful;
If I have graces, they are God's gifts to me;
If I hold on in a consistent life, it is because He upholds me with His hand.
I do nothing whatever toward my own preserva­tion, except what God himself first does in me.

Whatever I have, all my goodness is of the Lord alone.
When I sin, that is my own; but when I act rightly, that is of God, wholly and completely. 

If I have repulsed [stood against] a spiritual enemy, the Lord's strength nerved [strengthened] my arm.

Do I live a [holy] consecrated life before men?
It is not I, but Christ who liveth [lives] in me.
Am I sanctified [holy and set aside for God’s service]?

I did not cleanse myself: God's Holy Spirit sanctifies me.
Am I weaned [freed] from the world? I am weaned [freed] by God's chastisements [correcting disciplines] sanctified to my good.
Do I grow in knowledge? The great Instruc­tor teaches me.

All my jewels were fashioned by heavenly art.

I find in God all that I want; but I find in myself nothing but sin and misery.

"He only is my rock and my salvation."
Do I feed on the Word [Holy Bible]?

That Word would be no food for me unless the Lord made it food for my soul, and helped me to feed on it.
Do I live on the [divine] manna that comes down from heaven?

What is that manna but Jesus Christ incarnate [in the flesh], whose body and whose blood I eat and drink?
Am I continually receiving fresh increase of strength? Where do I gather my might?

My help comes from heaven's hills: without Jesus I can do nothing.

As a branch cannot bring forth fruit except it abide [remain] in the vine, no more can I, [bring forth fruit] except I abide [live] in Him.
What Jonah learned in the great deep, [in the whale]  let me learn this morning [now] in my closet [secret place of prayer]:

 

"Salvation is of the Lord." 

EVENING  February 26th   "BEHOLD, IF THE LEPROSY HAVE COVERED ALL HIS FLESH, HE SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN THAT HATH THE PLAGUE. "

─Leviticus 13:13
─Entonces si la lepra hubiere cubierto toda su carne, dará por limpio al llagado—Levítico 13:13

 

       IT is strange enough that this regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for the throwing out of the disease [symptoms coming to the surface] provided that the constitution [body] was sound. This evening it may be well for us to see the typical teaching of so singular a rule.

 

        We, too, are lepers, and may read the law of the leper as applicable to ourselves. When a man sees himself to be altogether lost and ruined, covered all over with the defilement of sin, and in no part free from pollution; when he disclaims all righteousness of his own, and pleads guilty before the Lord; then he is clean through the blood of Jesus and the grace of God.

 

        Hidden, unfelt, un-confessed [sin] is the true leprosy; but when sin is seen and felt, it has received its deathblow [end], and the Lord looks with eyes of mercy upon the soul afflicted with it. Nothing is more deadly than self-righteousness, or more hopeful than contrition [Godly sorrow].

 

        We must confess that we are

 

"nothing else but sin,"

 

for no confession short of this will be the whole truth; and if the Holy Spirit is at work in us, convincing us of sin, there will be no difficulty about making such an acknowledgment: it will spring spontaneously from our lips [it will pop right out]. What comfort does the text afford to truly awakened sinners? 

 

        The very circumstance which so grievously discouraged them is here turned into a sign and symptom of a hopeful state! 

 

        Stripping comes before clothing, digging out the foundation is the first thing in building, and a thorough sense of sin is one of the ear­liest works of grace in the heart. 0 poor leprous sinner, utterly destitute of [without] a sound spot, take heart from the text, and come as you are to Jesus.

                     For let our debts be what they may, however great or small,
            As soon as we have nought to pay, our Lord forgives us all.
                  'Tis perfect poverty alone that sets the soul at large:

            While we can call one mite [cent] our own, we have no full discharge [total forgiveness]

 

 A SINNER’S PRAYER February 26th      … FOR WHOSOEVER:
   Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21 Pray and call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved    … won’t you?   

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

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 still love me.
 

    Thank you, Heavenly Father, that You have made the way  to save me  and have drawn me away from sin and death into Life  in Your only begotten son, the Lord Jesus.  He took  my place, suffered and died for punishment that I deserved.

 

     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 the Holy Spirit you will send 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.

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You too 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; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass ... Psalm 37:5

3. Come to Him. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I 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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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 led…                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide and proclaim God’s Word providentially protected and preserved by God, Himself.

 

John 3:16:   

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in Heaven. Psalm 119:89

God is not the author of confusion. 1 Corinthians 4:33­­

God, Himself, providentially protects and preserves His WORD. All of His Word is inspired, [God-breathed], self-authenticating, immutable [unchanging and unchangeable], eternal, inerrant, infallible, infinite and all-powerful [omnipotent] Word.

 

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We aim to be fully devoted followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. We trust the Holy Spirit to impart God’s  divine revelation to us from His Word, the Holy Bible.  We trust that many who are lost will be saved, that believers will be comforted, strengthened and encouraged as we are being conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ; all, to God’s glory.

Divine Scripture is God’s infinite, eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable revelation to all mankind.  Herein, all revealed truth is given to the world. It is God-breathed [inspired] , self-authenticating [compare scripture to scripture]  and providentially protected and will endure, immutable, forever.  We purpose, therefore, with God enabling, to rightly divide and follow The Holy Bible in all things.  Personal guidance in Holiness and all divine revelation to His Church body are through God’s Holy Word, the Bible.

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

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 forever settled in heaven.

 

It is also the essence and  foundation of this ministry as we aim to encourage a fully devoted discipleship demonstrating  devotional vigor.
 

History: The preaching, teaching and writing  of Charles Haddon Spurgeonc, continues to reveal God’s love through His WORD, rightly divided and conforming to all doctrines of Biblical Christianity.  His work continues to benefit, bless and challenge readers through authentic Gospel preaching and sound biblical teaching. The Lord’s ministry through Charles Spurgeon  continues to flourish from  (Spurgeon’s)  Metropolitan Tabernacle,   (Brief History)

This Website is shared with the hope that growth in personal devotions and the edification of the church as well as fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ will be encouraged.  We desire that the written Word of God will be the Living  Word in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ to each and every reader.

To this end,  DailySpurgeon.com is offered to hear Gospel preaching and engage in daily devotions,  Bible study, meditation, prayer, and the singing of Sacred  Praise and Worship music to The Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Adherence to Spurgeon’s calendared dates and original, unabridged text is carefully guarded.
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Alterations to and alternative readings in Biblical Text were brought about by the inferior Critical Greek Text of Westcott & Hort and was used to translate the: NIV, ESV, RSV and other Modern Language Translations. These Greek translations came from the Greek Codices Vaticanus and Sinaiticus.  90% is from Vaticanus and 8-9% from Sinaiticus  and were the principle source Texts used by Westcott and Hort to invent their Critical Greek Text. There are  more disagreements than there are agreements between these two Codices.

 

17 verses are deleted out of the New Testament in the Critical Text. 7,000 words are deleted.

Codices Sinaiticus  and Vaticanus are counterfeits that were  overwritten in the 10th 11th and  completely overwritten in the 15th centuries. There are more points of disagreement than there are points of agreement between them.

The Geneva Bible was also translated from the Traditional Greek Text, The Textus Receptus [The Received Text] including  comments favorable to the Protestant Reformation  from, devoted,  faithful Christian men of GOD; Puritan Believers whose lives were  beyond reproach.
This Bible was 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 [The Received (Greek) Text] unlike any other Greek Text was taken  from more than 5,321 original Majority (Greek Manuscript) Text [MT] that agree 99% with one another. Other variant readings stem from Greek 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 [TR]

 

There is also translational evidence that establishes The Traditional Greek Text as both the OLDEST and the BEST. [Unlike the Counterfeit proofs  offered by Critical Test adherents].

 

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Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy   (169 minutes.)

(1) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC5rUbs_-E&t=9s       

The definitive and historical video Bridge to Babylon (URL above) documents the evidence as to  the explosive creation  of over 100 new Critical Text translations of the Bible into English.

Attempts to change the Bible by adding to, or taking away from the 1769 edition of the King James Version [KJV] of the Holy Bible will not  prevail because GOD Himself preserves and protects His inspired [God Breathed, Spoken] , inerrant, [without error] immutable [incapability of changing] and infallible [incapable of having error or failing] God Breathed [Spoken] WORDS. Eternal Protection and Preservation  from all counterfeit and variant readings and heresy, blasphemy, confusion , errors, additions to, or subtractions from the is freely given to WORD of GOD by GOD HIMSELF.

 

The Traditional Greek Text was first used  in the FIRST Church at Antioch and was later called  The Received Text [Textus Receptus TR].  Over 6 Billion King James Bibles account for more sales world-wide than any other version or edition of the Holy Bible. More than all other Versions and Editions Combined.
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Can the Website  DAILYSPURGEON  be trusted? Is it trustworthy?
Is it of God?
YES, it can!    Yes, it is!     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.

Therefore I do confess,  that Jesus Christ is come  [is here]  in the flesh.

[All translations of the Bible that use  Greek translations other than the Traditional AKA the faithful Textus Receptus do not have the Greek word “ictin”.  This word  means “is” in English] and  its exclusion causes the meaning of its translation, “is here” to change to “has” come.

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

While this is a true statement, taken at face value, the  meaning of  “has come” is clearly not the same as “is here”. When “has” come is the meaning   the test God has given in His Word to discern whether words being analyzed are from the Spirit of God or the spirit of antichrist is made void.

One of the most well documented facts in all human history is that Jesus The Christ [The Anointed Messiah]  “has” come in the flesh. However, the essential question  is not whether the spirit [a spoken or written word] confesses that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh but, whether this confession affirms that Jesus Christ, “is come” [is here],  in the flesh.

 

Please Compare and consider [Meditate upon] this scripture with other related scriptures.  Precept upon precept, Line upon line… 
Isaiah 28:10-14
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 Ephesians 5:30-32
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 Church body and Bride of CHRIST]

“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 freely affirm and avow that Jesus Christ is hereNot “Has come”] in the flesh.
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Which Bible Is The Best?  (57 minutes) David Hocking

David’s Summary  (8 minutes) The problem behind Bible translations is not English.  The issue is what Greek text was being used.   I believe the true Author is The Holy Spirit. I believe this is the Word of God… We need to understand that The word of GOD in and of itself is power. Power to change your life and through the work of the Holy Spirit can produce the New Birth. We are born again of an incorruptible seed of the Word of God which liveth and abideth forever.

- David Hocking
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THE  WORDS of GOD Are :
 

Immutable, [unchangeable and, incapable of mutation or change] 
Inspired, [God breathed, spoken],

Infallible,[Incapable of failing, making a mistake or being wrong]  

Inerrant [Without error]

Self-Authenticating  [The Bible is considered to be self-authenticating because proponents who believe it to be so know it contains inherent divine qualities—Such qualities are unity, majesty, power, and internal consistency—that reveal its divine origin, that convinces readers of its truth without relying on external historical proof or church testimony.

This concept, championed by the Reformation, know that the Holy Spirit illuminate:
the "heavenliness of its matter," the "efficacy of its doctrine," and the "majesty of its style" within the text itself, allowing God's Word to be received directly, the same way as seeing God's glory in Christ.]
 

Divinely Protected and Providentially Preserved:
Psalm 12:6-7:   6 The words of the Lord are pure words:
as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them [Thy Words] (Note Plural), O Lord, thou shalt preserve them [Thy Words] from this generation for ever. (KJV).

 

Isaiah 40:8: 8 The grass withereth, [withers] the flower fadeth [fades] :but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (KJV).

 

Matthew 5:18: 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (KJV).

Matthew 24:35: 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (AKJV).

1 Peter 1:23: 23 being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.  (KJV).

1 Peter 1:25: 25 but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.  (KJV).

 

Psalm 119:89:  89 For ever, [sic] O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven, Psalm 119:89).  (KJV).

 

The Authorized King James Version (AKJV)  also known as The King James Version, Edition of 1769 (KJV), The Authorized Version (AV) and The Geneva Bible are faithful Translations from the preeminent, [surpassing all others],  Traditional Greek Text which predates the name given to the  Textus Receptus [The Received Text] TR, and is superior to all modern Critical Text translations rendered from inferiorGreek Sources that include: (Westcott & Hort, Nestle & Aland,  and Codices Vaticanus, Sinaiticus and Alexandrus).

 

John 1:1: 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God.
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John 1:1-3    1In the beginning was he Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in he beginning with God. 3 all things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.

(KJV) The Authorized Version AV Translation was faithfully translated by fully consecrated,  and dedicated men of faith, beyond reproach, preeminent linguists, language scholars who were fully devoted followers of  The Lord Jesus Christ.   The 1611 King James translation is from the inerrant, inspired and immutable Textus Receptus [Received Text]:

 

Psalm 119:89  ל   (Lamed)  For ever, [sic] O  Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

 

“Thy Word” is The Inspired and Ultimate Stare Decisis [A Legal Term in Latin that establishes the principle of “Legal Precedence”. It means to stand by things decided, and  to uphold all things God-Breathed [Inspired] and therefore eternally, Divinely and immutably decided FOREVER]

 

4:1 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 [says] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] 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.

 

Therefore, I now confess that “Jesus Christ is here in the flesh.”  

 

[All other English translations of the Bible that use Greek manuscripts other than the Textus Receptus erroneously renders the English translation “Has come”.

      

 This Translation error is because inferior Greek manuscripts do not include the Greek word  “ictin”  (This is The Greek word for is that is found only in the Majority Text of the Textus Receptus) and therefore  the failure  to correctly translate “ictin” [Is Here] into English.

 

 The Authorized King James Version AKJV also known as The Authorized Version AV and the Geneva Bible stand alone in making and giving the correct translation: “is here”.

 

This  error: “has come” is self-evident, because non-believers, false prophets and even heretics  can, and sometimes will,  make the confession that He “has come” in the flesh. This is no surprise because the birth of Jesus Christ is the most well documented fact in all of recorded history.  Indeed, it is a true and factual statement that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Yet, while this is, a true and factual statement, the meaning in scripture has now been erroneously changed. The new and erroneous meaning is that now even if He “has come” in the flesh  the confession that JESUS CHRIST IS HERE IN THE FLESH is impossible for THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST who is the creator of all heresies  to confess. Without it, Don’t  believe anything  that is said or written.

 

NEITHER does it provide for the test for believers to discern whether a spirit [voice or written words being read or heard] are from God or from the Antichrist.  It is  true that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh, but it’s essential that the confession that Jesus Christ,  “IS HERE IN THE FLESH” Be confessed  [be spoken].

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By Reading, comparing and meditating on any specific Scripture together with other relevant Scriptures, God’s Word clarifies and self-authenticates:

 

Therefore we will read and meditate on:
1 John 4:1-3 with Ephesians 5:30-32

 

1 John 4:1-3

Authorized (King James) Version

1 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

30: for we are members of his [Jesus Christs’]  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 His bride the church.

 [We are members of His body, flesh and bones, one flesh with Him, as His bride the church].

He was born of a virgin 2026 years ago, and HE lives today,

and He is soon returning for His bride, The Church.

 

 "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
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Why Have Traditional  Sacred Hymns Endured for Such a Long aTime? 
 

Because God preserves and protects His Word. The lyrics in Sacred hymns are divinely God breathed [Inspired and Spoken by God] words and are therefore infinite, immutable and eternal.

 

(Text from Blogger: Notorius Meddler)
… be being filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [music] in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19

 

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Our prayer is that you have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord, or that you will do it now,  right now. 

 

Sing-along and Pray this Hymn wholeheartedly,  won’t you?
 

All To Jesus I Surrender

(49,592,993 views Jul 31, 2007)

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The aim of dailyspurgeon.com  is to win souls and to encourage all believers to have greater love to and to become a fully devoted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ,  [The Messiah].

 

The Good News, (in Gospel song):   Jesus Saves,   He Lives!  and  Great Is Thy Faithfulness   (Tap to sing-along. Give voice to the truth, won’t you?) 

 

Join in, won’t you? to pray, hear and heed the gospel of Jesus Christ (Messiah), and  sing hymns and praises to worship Him in spirit and in truth.

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Sing  “If I Needed You” with Joey and Rory

UR:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2WrfeHK3Yw

 

 

 PLAYLIST  INDEX  
Be blessed by This SACRED MUSIC, Won’t you?)

 

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The aim of this Website is to encourage you to become a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ [The anointed Messiah and King].

• Pray to the Heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; to the only begotten Son, Jesus [The Christ [The anointed Messiah], and to The Holy Ghost [Spirit]. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
• Read GOD’s WORD, Hear, believe and obey the eternal, inspired (God breathed) , immutable, inerrant, infallible and providentially preserved and protected written Scriptures, The everlasting Word of God, revealed in His Holy Bible by The Holy Ghost and embodied in The Lord Jesus Christ, the living Word of GOD that is here in the flesh; 1 Peter 1:23
• Be [always 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 Jesus; Ephesians 5:18-19
• Not forsake the assembling of yourself together with other members of the Body of Christ [The Church] as the manner of some is; Hebrews 10:23-25  
 
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
- Jesus Christ  Matthew 18:19-20    

You are invited to come to the only true God. The God of  Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through His only begotten Son, who is GOD’S  WORD, made flesh, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God and to follow Him, because He is The Way, The Truth and The Life:  no man cometh unto the Father but by me [Him]   John 14:6-7

 

Receive God’s Gift of eternal love and  eternal life.   John 3:16 

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

To this end, please use the  Preaching, Sacred music, Sacred Literature and Devotional content that are offered here in the name of The Lord Jesus Christ, [Anointed  Messiah]. Amen.

 

Preaching is from The Metropolitan Tabernacle (London) by Pastor, Dr. Peter Masters, Charles Spurgeon other Reformed Preachers are prayerfully selected to focus on  \daily devotional topics so that sinners will be saved and believers will be  encouraged, challenged and built-up in the Faith of Jesus Christ.  We pray that all believers who visit the website will become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ fully conformed to the image of  Jesus Christ, The Messiah.

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Daily Devotions from dailyspurgeon.com  by Charles Haddon Spurgeon will include a selection from all of these publications each day:
 

• C.H. Spurgeon Prayers

• Spurgeon’s  Illustrative Anecdotes

• Faith’s Checkbook

• Morning

•  & Evening

 

It should be the  desire of every born-again  believer to worship God with all their heart, soul, mind and strength, in Spirit and in truth.   

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

 

To this end, Heavenly Father, we pray that You will bless all who visit this website and bring  many to confess the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.  We ask this in Jesus’ name,  Amen.

  DailySpurgeon.com

 

This Website can not replace nor can it be a substitute for the in-person, personal assembling of ourselves together as is the manner of some.  Hebrews 10:23-27  

 

Rather, its purpose is to save lost sinners and to teach and encourage believers through God’s Word and prayer to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ [The Anointed Messiah] in personal discipleship and worship  of the Lord Jesus as we are predestined to be conformed to His very image. 

“For whom God did foreknow he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son…” Romans 8:29

 

We are, instructed in the Word of GOD to assemble,  praise and worship God. Thus, we must assemble and worship the Lord Jesus Christ and exhort [encourage] and provoke one another to do good works.

Such worship may take place through, congregational singing of sacred hymns and spiritual songs, reading, preaching and obeying God’s Word, sharing Christian love and fellowship, agreeing together  with  specific public prayer requests, and reading and exhorting one another in the Word, to provoke one another to love and serve and bear witness with one another in the Holy Ghost.

 

Admonition: Online streaming cannot satisfy personal interaction or the warm fellowship of in-person assemblies of  brothers and sisters who are in Christ Jesus. Electronic media cannot substitute for the warm inter-personal love, fellowship, commitment, and compassion, nor does it provide for a kind and comforting touch or embrace of another believer.  e.g. Laying on of hands, 1 Timothy 4:14;  the right hands of Christian fellowship, Galatians 2:9; or an embrace, Acts 20:1; or greeting with a holy kiss,

1 Thessalonians 5:26.

 

 

We give thanks to the Lord, for the  Website DailySpurgeon.com  and pray that it will continue to be used of The Lord Jesus to build up fully devoted followers of the Lord Jesus Christ [Anointed Messiah] .  These followers will be taught to be disciples themselves and will then teach others to be disciples.

We pray that you will also be a radiant messenger of God to share the good news of Jesus Christ with every one, encouraging them to believe in Christ Jesus and to become the very image of Jesus Christ. 

 

This ministry was begun as daily e-mails of Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon were sent to John -Michael’s son, Jon Edward Riley.  Jon shared these messages with others and soon over 300 were added to the mailing list through his witness as he witnessed and  shared  his testimony with them.

Jon was called home by his loving Father in Heaven on January 16, 2021 leaving a legacy of this Website to minister to all who will  benefit in this labor of Love to the glorify God and His Eternal Kingdom. ALL Glory belongs to GOD, alone.

 

Jon is honored here; giving honor to whom honor is due.  Romans 13:7    

 

We pray that many will be born again, challenged, encouraged, and built-up to become fully devoted followers of the Lord Jesus Christ and be conformed to His image; that they might be the firstborn among many brethren.  Romans 8:28-29.

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A HEARTFELT  PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR ARIKARA INDIAN BRAVES  
A video… by John-Michael’s son, Jon Edward Riley, [“White Owl”] To whom he Gives honor to whom honor is due.

(February 12, 1971- January16, 2021)

…from  a well beloved, Indigenous Brave, and in remembrance of him, my beloved son; comes his heartfelt prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord.
 

Concluding with…“ A Joyful Heart of Freedom” WAR CRY!     ( at video’s end)    June 15, 2020 

 

…This is a Video of tribute that  honors all Indigenous Braves  that gave Military Service and the families of Native-American Scouts from White Shield, North Dakota  who served in the armed services of The United States of America defending. …the land of the free and the home of the Brave.

 

The Video was recorded at…INDIAN SCOUT POST NO 1 Burial grounds, White Shield, North Dakota.

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 Jon loved to say, “I’m a blood-bought, born-again Child of God!” to anyone he happened to meet.

… Jon’s  testimony lives on from one who, by grace, through faith was forever accepted in the Beloved; who’s loving ways brought the good news of Jesus to many. and one who is now present with the LORD  in glory forever.  One who, one day, we’ll reunite.. 
 

Jon  would sometimes just sing-out some of the following songs on the way to church, or just singing along with the Elvis Gospel CD that was always in our F-150’s CD player while riding with his Dad or,  Best of all, when  an inspired,  spontaneous praise from the Lord would just pop out from his joyful, creative, redeemed and loving heart.

 

Some of Jon’s Favorites:

I Love You Lord    by the Gaither choir

I Love You Lord  Universal Music Group

 I  LOVE  You  Lord   by Jared Reynolds
Where No One Stands Alone   Gaither Vocal Band

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

He Knows Just What I Need  by Elvis

How Great Thou Art    with  Elvis
Lead Me & Rock-a My Soul   Elvis and friends
Lead Me, Guide Me  by Elvis

It Is No Secret   by Elvis written by Stuart Hamblen

 

The following recordings were discovered several months  after Jon was called home on January 16th 2021.  It’s such a blessing, to hear Elvis sing the Gospel message in song but it can’t compare with the Glory of being in the presence of the LORD for all eternity.

 

LIFE    by Elvis         

 

       *I Can Only Imagine being present with the LORD,  or hearing the completed song the Lord completed with Jon when he arrived; a song known only to the Lord,  to Jon and the few who heard Jon sing it here. Lyrics remembered  from him singing:   "See my Jesus, Walkin' on duh Waduh"…  an original, inspired song from our beloved  Jon, himself a true and renown original.

 

* Click and sing:

 

 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE   with Wynonna Judd.

 

LOVE WITHOUT END, AMEN  (A Father’s Love) by George Strait honoring George H.W. Bush  (41st President) A favorite song of the President.

 

It’s also my sincere  message of love to all  my children, grand-children and great grand-children  and all loved ones.