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DEVOTION   for  July 1st  *A.D. 2025 Written and calendared for this exact date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892

PLEASE VIEW THE FOLLOWING VIDEO TO DETERMINE  WHETHER YOUR                   PREFERRED VERSION  OF THE BIBLE HAS BEEN AND IS IS PROTECTED AND               PRESERVED BY GOD AS INSPIRED [GOD-BREATHED,
WORD  FOR WORD], INNERANT, INFALLIBLE,  IMMUTABLE AND HOLY   
WORD OF GOD?

 

Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC5rUbs_-E&t=9s
(2 hrs. 49 mins.)

This video presents historical evidence explaining the explosion of over 100 published  English versions  of the Bible. This continuing attempt to replace, add or take away from the 1769 King James Version of the Holy Bible do not  prevail because GOD Himself preserves and protects His Holy Scripture from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion and error.

Note: The New King James Version does NOT follow the Greek text  of the Textus Receptus, but a Greek Text fabricated by Westcott and Hort and is therefore inferior to the  trustworthy 1769 [1611] King James Version, the  KJV!

JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, IS RISEN  INDEED! HE IS ALIVE FOREVERMORE!

Resurrection Romans 6:3-5

3  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

EASTER [Resurrection Sunday] IS NEVER OVER BECAUSE…

Jesus said:

John 11:25 -26  “I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. Believest  thou this?”  2 Timothy 2:8-26

8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel.

9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

13 If we believe not, yet he abideth [abides] faithful: he cannot deny himself.

14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth [pottery] ; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.

21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet [the perfect match] for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strife.

24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

e25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure [perhaps] will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION   for  July 1st  *A.D. 2025 Written and calendared for this exact date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892

BC/AD versus BCE/CE Is there a  difference?​

Yes!   Stand for the Truth, Won’t you?

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Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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

Jesus Christ [Messiah] (Anointed King)] the LORD GOD was born of a virgin 2025 years ago,    was crucified, then rose from the dead, victorious over sin, death and the grave and is here in the flesh from GOD as His Church, The Body of Christ and will live forever, time without end and   He, Himself, is coming again.

DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION written and calendared for the exact date of July 1st .

 

PREACHING  from Metropolitan Tabernacle London, U.K.  (C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892)

Mutual Debts in Marriage      1 Corinthians 7:3   By Dr. Peter Masters    15 January 2012

A key word has slipped out of some modern translations – the marital debt of benevolence, meaning goodwill and kind benefits. Here are seven debts each has to the other in Christian marriage, a sevenfold bond and blessing to the crowning earthly friendship of life’s journey, are we paying what is ‘due’?

The Years the Locust Has Eaten Joel 2:21-27 Message by Charles Haddon Spurgeon from the Series: Truth Stranger Than Fiction, delivered on Lord’s day Evening May 30, 1896

Recording by: Gavin Childress 44:24 minutes

304,103 views Jan 5, 2017

Thy Hand Was Heavy Upon Me   Psalm 32:3-4   by Charles H. Spurgeon

(Terrible Convictions and Gentle Drawings) - Preached on May 6. 1860 by C.H. Spurgeon at Exeter Hall. Recorded by Charles Koelsch, Christian Sermons and Audio Books

 

SACRED  PRAISE:

 Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior by Gaither Music TV Congregation

Do, Lord, Do Remember Me  with Mauldin Harmony Arrangement Music selections came to mind from SERMON’S SCRIPTURE VERSE  Luke 23:42)                 

… be [be being filled, right now] 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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BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL!    Gaither Congregation (Sing with us, won’t you?)
https://youtu.be/d3pQOmFts0E


Amen, The Anthem   by Harry Belafonte 
https://youtu.be/UfEwnRV_qdU

 

 * Note:  In God’s divine providence, Harry Belafonte died April 25, 2023; one day before the posting anniversary of this Amen Anthem.  It will continue to warm the hearts of all who whisper-it-out in prayer …

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DEVOTION for July 1st  by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

PRAYER 24, Part 6 of 11 July 1st  DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

ANECDOTE 335: Keep the Light Burning.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: July 1st  GOD WITH US

-God shall be with you- Genesis 48:21

MORNING: July 1st  "In summer and in winter shall it be. " —Zechariah 14:8

EVENING: July 1st  "The voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. "  Genesis 3:8

A SINNER'S PRAYER

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TODAY'S DEVOTION:   written by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 

PRAYER 24, Part 6 of 11 July 1st  

DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

Deliver us, we pray Thee , from doubts within and fears without, from depression of spirit, and from the outward assaults of the world. Make us and keep us pure within, and then let our life be conducted with such, holy jealousy and watchfulness that there may be nothing about us that shall bring dishonor to Thy name.

May those who most carefully watch us see nothing but what shall adorn [honor and glorify] the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

[I ask this dear Lord in the name of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.]

(Complete Prayer in e-mail: PRAYER 24.doc) 

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ANECDOTE 335: Keep the Light Burning.

Truly, the minister of Christ will feel like the old keeper of Eddystone lighthouse ; life was failing fast, but summoning all his strength, he crept round once more to trim [light] the lights before he died.

May the Holy Spirit enable us to keep the beacon-fire blazing [light in the Light Hou won’t] se burning brightly], to warn you of the rocks, shoals, and quick sands, which surround you. and

may we ever guide you to Jesus.

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK July 1st  GOD WITH US C.H. Spurgeon 1834 - 1892

- And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.- Genesis 48:21

-Y dijo Israel a Jose: He aqui, yo muero, mas Dios será con vosotros, y os hará volver a la tierra de vuestros padres- Genesis 48:21

                                                                                

Good old Jacob could no more be with Joseph, for his hour had come to die: but he left his son without anxiety, for he said with confidence,

-God shall be with you.-

When our dearest relations, or our most helpful friends, are called home by death, we must console ourselves with the reflection that the Lord is not departed from us, but lives for us, and abides with us forever. If God be with us, we are in ennobling company [as fellowship with Him brings nobility], even though we are poor and despised.

If God be with us, we have all-sufficient strength, for nothing can be too hard for the Lord. If God be with us, we are always safe, for none can harm those who walk under His shadow. Oh, what a joy we have here!

Not only is God with us, but He will be with us. With us as individuals; with us as families; with us as churches.

Is not [Isn’t] the very name of Jesus, Immanuel — God with us?

Is not [Isn’t] this the best of all, that God is with us?

Let us be bravely diligent, and joyously hopeful. Our cause must prosper, [succeed] the truth must win, for

the Lord is with those who are with Him.

All this day may this sweet word be enjoyed by every believer who turns to

–FAITH’S CHECK BOOK–.

No greater happiness is possible. [Than having God with us]

 

Prayer: Thank You Father, that You are with us; not only that, but that You will also be with us in the future. We are greatly ennobled and encouraged by this word. I receive it now in Your name, Lord Jesus, Amen.

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MORNING July 1st  

"In summer and in winter shall it be. " —Zechariah 14:8

Acontecerá también en aquel día, …en verano y en invierno. —Zacarías 14:8

 

THE streams of living water which flow from Jerusalem are not dried up by the parching heats  of sultry midsummer any more than they are frozen by the cold winds of blustering winter. Rejoice, 0 my soul, that you are spared [delivered] to testify of the faithfulness of the Lord.

The seasons change and you change, but the Lord abides evermore the same, and

the streams of His love are as deep, as broad, and as full as ever.

The heats of business cares and scorching trials make me need the cooling influences of the river of His grace; I may go at once and drink to the full [all I want] from the inexhaustible fountain, for in summer and in winter it pours forth its flood. The upper springs are never scanty [limited], and blessed be the name of the Lord, the lower springs cannot fail either.

Elijah found Cherith dried up, but Jehovah was still the same God of providence. Job said his brethren were like deceitful brooks, but he found his God an overflowing river of consolation.

The Nile [River] is the great confidence of Egypt, but its floods are variable;

our Lord is evermore the same.

By turning the course of the Euphrates [River], Cyrus took the city of Babylon, but

no power, human or infernal [diabolical], can divert the current of divine grace.

The tracks of ancient rivers have been found dry and desolate, but

the streams that take their rise on the mountains of divine sovereignty and infinite love will ever be full to the brim.

Generations melt away, but the course of grace is unaltered.

The river of God may sing with greater truth than the brook in the poem.

Men may come, and men may go,

But I go on forever.

How happy are you, my soul, to be led beside such still waters! [Psalms 23] Never wander to other streams, lest you hear the Lord's rebuke,

"What have you to do in the way of Egypt to drink of the muddy [Nile] river?"

[Why are you in Egypt (the carnal world), drinking muddy water?]

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EVENING July 1st  

"The voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. " —Genesis 3:8

Y oyeron la voz de Jehová Dios que se paseaba en el huerto al aire del día. —Génesis 3:8

 

MY soul, now that the cool of the day has come, retire [rest] awhile and hearken [listen, hear and heed] to the voice of your God. He is always ready to speak with you when you are prepared to hear. If there is any slowness to commune [communicate] it is not on His part, but altogether on your own, for He stands at the door and knocks, and if His people will but open He rejoices to enter. But in what state is my heart, which is my Lord's garden?

May I venture to hope that it is well trimmed [kept] and watered, and is bringing forth fruit fit for Him? If not, He will have much to reprove [correct], but still I pray Him to come unto me, for nothing can so certainly bring my heart into a right condition as the presence of the Sun of Righteousness, who brings healing in His wings.

Come, therefore, 0 Lord, my God, my soul invites You earnestly, and waits for You eagerly. Come to me, 0 Jesus, my well-beloved and plant fresh flowers in my garden such as I see blooming in such perfection in Your matchless character! Come, 0 my Father, [You] who are the Husbandman, and deal with me in Your tenderness and prudence! Come, 0 Holy Spirit, and bedew [water] my whole nature as the herbs [plants] are now moistened with the evening dews.

0 that God would speak to me.

Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears!

0 that He would walk with me; I am ready to give up my whole heart and mind to Him, and [so that] every other thought is hushed. I am only asking what He delights to give.

I am sure that He will condescend to have fellowship with me, for

He has given me His Holy Spirit to abide with me forever.

Sweet is the cool twilight, when every star seems like the eye of heaven, and the cool wind is as the breath of celestial love.

My Father, my elder Brother, my sweet Comforter, speak now in loving-kindness, for You

have opened my ear and I am not rebellious.

[Thank you, Lord. I Praise You Lord (Hallelujah!)]

 

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 trusting in You.  

Thank you, Father that You have caused 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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­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Please allow us to share in the  joy of your having received  the new birth with you and the heavenly angels in Heaven as they rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7

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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.

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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  PRAISES:

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

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

FEATURED  SERMON from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle  (London)

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

The day before Calvary, with the disciples, Christ gives a fourfold remedy for their deficiencies. They must grasp the necessity of faith, the heavenly objective, His pivotal atonement, and His equality with the Father. Only then can they fulfil their commission.

 

 

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The purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to make known the Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ to everyone. We desire to show the love of Jesus  to those in need, especially those in the household of faith.

The Bible is God’s everlasting, inspired, (God breathed) inerrant, unchangeable, divinely protected and preserved  message of salvation to the whole world.  It is the essence of  the ministry  inspired here.
The  inspirational source of  preaching, teaching and writing  by Charles Haddon Spurgeon is from this same essence.  His writings continue to be  much read and much used today in the  support of Gospel preaching. Such ministry is still flourishing  in London at  the Metropolitan Tabernacle,  the church constructed for the 6,000 member congregation in the 1800's. Our effort here is to increase  the publication, circulation and use of Spurgeon's materials for the benefit of the church body as well as all other readers.  To this end we have arranged a daily Table of Contents and have added brief annotations [shown in brackets]  while maintaining a strict fidelity to the  original and unabridged text.  

 
Published Titles from Spurgeon’s written work are used exclusively as the resource from which
selections are made for inclusion into the Daily Spurgeon:
 

     C.H. Spurgeon Prayers
    Spurgeon’s  Illustrative Anecdotes

     Faith’s Checkbook

     Morning & Evening


These titles are from the inspired body of work created from the preaching and writing of Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892. No servant of God has given a greater legacy of gospel exposition to the world in the English language.  Spurgeon has been and is today widely read with great benefit from the 1800’s to this present time. He is the beloved founder of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, England (Still thriving TODAY through the faithful preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.)  [Click or Tap this link to stream gospel preaching in real time each Sunday from London brought by Dr. Peter Masters, Metropolitan Tabernacle pastor since 1970.


  Prayer: Dear Lord, please empower this, Your ministry to thrive in winning souls, and helping us to be loving and compassionate toward all who are in need, especially those in the household of faith, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.     

      Disclaimer: The John Mark Publishing Company is not intended to praise or exalt  Charles H. Spurgeon. He didn’t need or want it then and wouldn’t desire it now. Our intention is to lift up and glorify the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and to preach HIM and .

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

     Printed Prayer Selection: It must not be read or offered as a substitute for personal, fervent, effectual, heart-felt, prayer. It  is intended rather, to touch and warm the hearts of those who presently seek a season of fervent, authentic two-way, heart-to-heart  fellowship and prayer with the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit.     

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     My Prayer: Dear Father,  Please touch, lift up, encourage and teach all who read this, right now .  Bless all who minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ. May Your blessings and holy anointing fall fresh
and continually upon each one who rightly divides and faithfully proclaims Your Word  [The Bible]. Please save many souls; and be glorified in everything You do In the name of our Redeemer, The Lord Jesus Christ, A men

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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:  

“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  right now Lord Jesus 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 and I trust You to forgive and save me and be my Lord and Master.
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 celebrate with the angels in heaven because of your new birth.   Please e-mail or   write to: The John Mark Publishing Company,  PO BOX 21 San Juan Capistrano, CA  92693, U.S.A.   dailyspurgeon@aol.com

         
Contributions:  Thank you for your prayers.
The Apostle Paul’s gratitude, contentment and blessing are expressed in his writing from the book of
Philippians  and describe our policy, attitude and practice regarding all contributions received by this
ministry.
 

     Our desire is for “fruit that may abound to your account. “
Look at Paul’s words.
 

     "For even in  [the] Thessaloni'ca [jail] ye sent once and again unto my necessity.  Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.  Philippians 4:17. But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received the things which were sent from you, a sweet fragrance, a  sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God. …[therefore] I know that my God shall supply all your     need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:17-19.Now unto God and our Father  be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of *Caesar’s household [in our local fellowship]. “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” Philippians 4:20-23
* Not only were new converts won to the truth in Caesar's household, but after their conversion they  remained in that household.
They did not feel at liberty to abandon their post of duty because their surroundings were no longer   congenial [comfortable]. [They were out of their comfort zone.] The truth had found them there, and there they remained, by their changed life and character testifying to the transforming power of their new found faith in Jesus Christ.

May fruit indeed abound to your account according to God’s Word and may God bless you richly, in Jesus name,   Amen.

 

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Hear My Cry O Lord
Hear my cry O Lord
Attend unto my prayer
From the ends of the earth
Will I cry out to thee

And when my heart is overwhelmed
Lead me to the Rock
That is higher than I…
That is higher than I…
 

For thou hast been
A shelter unto me…
A high tower Lord
Against the enemy…
 

And when my heart is overwhelmed
Please Lead me to the Rock
That is higher than I…
That is higher than I….
 

And when my heart is overwhelmed
Lead me to the Rock

That is higher than I…
That is higher than I…
That is higher than I…
That is higher than I…



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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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A SINNER’S PRAYER:

      A person  (YOU) may come to Jesus by  believing and (whole heartedly) praying and confessing The Lord Jesus publicly like this:


“Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. I’m lost and hopeless without You.  I will never be able to save myself by my own merits. Without you and your death on the cross I would spend eternity in Hell.

      I know that me doing my best or being good (in my own opinion)  and justifying my own behavior as "good" or "OK" will never  save me.

      I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me.

      I come to You   right now. Lord Jesus.   Please save me. I believe You died on the cross in my place to pay for my sin debt and put to death my sin nature. I know  You always keep your word. Please save me. You say and it’s written in the Bible that you won’t reject anyone who comes to You. I'm coming  to You now. Thank You for saving me.

      I  give myself (all of myself) to You, Lord Jesus. I declare that You are my Savior and Lord. I’m sorry for and I turn away from  every sin (every bad thought, every bad word I have spoken and every bad thing I have ever done) and look to You free me from the penalty of sin, to keep me free from the power of sin and empower me overcome any temptation from sin’s  presence. Thank you for forgiving all of my sins by dying on the cross to pay the punishment that I deserve. (I was a sinner by nature and by behavior). But now I'm washed clean by Your blood that was shed [poured out] for me at Calvary [at the cross].

      Thank you Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me before I was born and that You love me now and will always love 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 other than by You.

      Thank you Father that You have made a way for me to see myself as ungodly.  But, because You are good You have made a way and given me the desire to come to You, to turn away from my sin and to trust in the Lord Jesus.  You have forgiven me because He took my place and You have provided for me to be born again [born from above, born of the Holy Spirit].


You prompted this desire and faith to believe in Your only begotten Son who,gave up  His life and died on the cross to pay my sin debt, not mine alone, but the sins of the whole world.

      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 and in Christ Jesus there is no condemnation. After You raised Him from the dead You gave Him a Glorified, [everlasting] physical body and  after he was seen by many witnesses on earth You took Him up to reign with You in heaven.

       I pray this in the name, of Your only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ with a grateful heart.   Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and for sending the Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, for my guidance and solemn instruction into all truth.,  Amen.”

      Thank You,  Holy Spirit of  Truth, my Comforter, my Paraclete [my true best-friend who is by my side and always has myback]  for the new life in Jesus and the victory that comes because I have reconed myself dead indeed unto sin and alive unto God through Christ Jesus our Lord trusting You, Holy Spirit for Your  empowerment to see this promise fulfilled. Romans 6:11

      Thank you that you, Holy Spirit,  always exalt [lift up] the Lord Jesus.  John 16:8-11With all my heart, I thank you Lord Jesus for saving me.


I ask now that You live Your life through me in Your name, Lord Jesus  I pray, Amen.


Please allow us to celebrate with you and with the angels in heaven at the news of your new birth.   Please e-mail or write to: The John Mark Publishing Company,  PO BOX 21 San Juan Capistrano, CA  92693, U.S.A.   michaelriley1008@gmail.com

 MISSION PURPOSE:         
       Our aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus Christ as fully devoted followers 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 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 from  (Spurgeon’s)  Metropolitan Tabernacle, (Brief History) a church fellowship that was begun in 1650. The building was constructed by members of the congregation in 1861.

 

        We present Spurgeon's printed  materials for the edification of the church body as well as for the benefit, blessing and gospel challenge to all readers. Our desire is that the written Word of God will become the Living  Word in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ to each and every reader.

To this end,  DailySpurgeon.com is offered to encourage and provide opportunity to hear Gospel preaching, and to engage in daily devotional meditation, Bible study and prayer. Careful adherence to Spurgeon’s calendar and  original, unabridged text is given herein. 

 
   DailySpurgeon  Devotional sources:

 

    C.H. Spurgeon Prayers
   Spurgeon’s  Illustrative Anecdotes

    Faith’s Checkbook

    Morning & Evening
 

            These publications were written by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.
No servant of God has left a greater legacy of presenting the Gospel to the world in the English language. (Now translated into many other languages)  Spurgeon is widely read with great benefit. He is a beloved pastor and founder of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, England, still thriving TODAY.  You’re invited to Live-stream worship services from London with Dr. Peter Masters, current  pastor since 1960.
Prayer: Dear Lord, empower your ministry to win many souls, and serve those in need, especially those in the household of faith, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.     

Disclaimer: The John Mark Publishing Company does not solicit praise of  Charles H. Spurgeon or his writing or preaching.  He didn’t need or want it then and wouldn’t desire it now.  Our aim is to lift up and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and to preach HIM only and him crucified.

Precaution: These Messages and prayers will not substitute for continual fellowship with the Lord Jesus nor gathering for corporate worship. Neither do they replace personal reading, meditation, prayer and fasting over God's divinely preserved and eternal Word. 

The Authorized King James version (AKJV), also known as the Authorized Version (AV), is the preferred English Bible because it is rendered [translated into English] accurately and faithfully from the Greek Textus Receptus [received text] and the Hebrew Masoretic Text  that bring the greatest glory to God and thereby avoids doctrinal error, inaccuracies in translation, editorial changes or ambiguous readings found in other translations. It is distinguished further by the requirement in Great Brittan that all King James bibles be printed only by the Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s authorized printer. No other [person or publisher] may print, copy or import the King James Bible into Great Brittan; by order of the Crown.

 

Printed Prayer: Printed prayers must not be read or offered as a substitute for personal, fervent, effectual, heart-felt, prayer. They are offered, rather, to warm the hearts of those who will presently seek a season of fervent, authentic two-way, heart-to-heart  fellowship and prayer with the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Authentic revelations from God during  prayer are always consistent with His revealed Word, the Bible.   

Preaching  Preparation:  When preparing to preach from a specific, scriptural text, please enter the text reference if you would like us to send you a Spurgeon Sermon from the same text.

My Prayer: Dear Father,  is that You would touch, lift up, encourage and teach all who faithfully minister your Word.  Bless all who minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ. May Your blessing and holy anointing fall fresh upon each dear reader and abide with each one who rightly divides and faithfully proclaims Your Word  [The Bible]. Please save many souls; and may all be glory be yours alone. I pray this in the name of our Redeemer, The Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

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 A SINNER’S PRAYER:   … FOR WHOSOEVER:
   Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21

 

Call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved     … pray like this, won’t you?   

“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner and without You I am hopeless.  I can’t save myself. Without your death on the cross to pay my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned in Hell. My nature has been  self centeredness from birth.  Please forgive me.

I realize that doing my best, being as good as possible, or being better than other people can never save me. . I’m sorry for each and every sin I have done and look to You to forgive me of them all.
I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me.
I call on You,  Lord Jesus, right now to save me.  You died on the cross for me, and because of my sin.

Yet You say,  “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21.

 

Right now, just as I am, I call on You, Lord Jesus to save me,  I trust that You, will be my Lord and Savior from now on.


Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You have forgiven me of all my sins.  I ask You to keep in me always the desire to follow You.


You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross.  Even the sins of the whole world.

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

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

 

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. And, there is therefore now no condemnation in Christ Jesus.
 

Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and Holy Spirit for comfort and guidance revealing  all truth,

 

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

 


Please allow us to share the joy of your new birth with heaven. Heaven rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7

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   Please Write,  won’t you?
 

The Love of Godby Gaither Choir Trio  (Click or Tap for audio. Sing-along won’t you?  Today’s PRAISE music came to mind from today’s  EVENING  selection)
 

*Charles Dumah Riley, Senior. (Also known as: Daddy, "CD", and Paw-Paw) 1897 – 1987

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

Amen... Amen… Amen!

 

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

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

________________________________________

 

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

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

Amen... Amen… Amen!

 

Daddy’s  prayer before every meal, he always offered with all gravity and reverence heard in the unique inflection of his deep Bass voice of prayer:

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

______________________________________________

 

Create in Me a Clean Heart    Sing with the Maranatha Singers, won’t you?

 

Today’s PRAISE music selections came to mind from today’s Anecdote, Faith’s Checkbook, and todays date for the birth of a Godly Nation built on God’s Word, The Holy Bible.

 

OUTWARD practical holiness is a very precious mark of grace. I fear that many have perverted the doctrine of justification by faith [in Jesus Christ] in such a way as to treat good works with contempt; if so, they will receive everlasting contempt at the last great day. 

If our hands are not clean, let us wash them in Jesus' precious blood, and so let us lift up pure hands to God.

 

But "clean hands" will not suffice, unless they are connected with "a pure heart."

 

True religion [faith] is heart-work. We may wash the outside of the cup and the platter as long as we please, but if the inward parts be filthy, we are filthy altogether in the sight of God, for our hearts are more truly ourselves than our hands are; the very life of our being lies in the inner nature, and hence the imperative need of purity within.

 

The pure in heart shall see God, all others are but blind bats.

 

The man who is born for heaven "hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity." All men have their joys by which their souls are lifted up;

the worldling [“carnal man”] lifts up his soul in carnal delights which are mere empty vanities; but

the saint loves more substantial things.

 

Like Jehoshaphat, he is lifted up in the ways of the Lord.

 

He who is content with husks [pig slop] will be reckoned [counted] with the swine.

 

Does the world satisfy you? Then you have your reward and portion in this life; make the most of it, for you will know no other joy.

"Nor sworn deceitfully. " The saints are men of honor still. The Christian man's word is his only oath; but that is as good as twenty oaths of other men.

 

False speaking will shut any man out of heaven, for a liar will not enter into God's house, whatever may be his professions or doings.

 

Reader, are we  condemned by false speaking or do we hope to ascend to the hill of the Lord [ZION] ?

Sing: We’re Marching to Zion

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PLEASE VIEW THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) VIDEOS TO SEE  WHETHER YOUR                   PREFERRED VERSION  OF THE BIBLE IS NOW AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROTECTED AND PRESERVED BY GOD; HIS INSPIRED [GOD-BREATHED],
INERRANT, INFALLIBLE,  IMMUTABLE AND ETERNAL HOLY   
WORD OF GOD?

 

(2)  WHAT IS THE TRUE GOSPEL  ?

 Q. and A. PANEL with R.C. Spraul and John MacArthur   (48 mins   __________________________________________________

 

Amazing Grace by Wintley Phipps at Carnegie Hall 
(3)   URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHTSCJ77SM8

 

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DEFENDING  THE  KING JAMES BIBLE   

 by the Millennium Bible Institute 


URL: https://youtu.be/RL1px3GRfo4 


This video presents the truth  for those who seek to learn about and use the providentially protected, preserved and immutable Holy Bible that is both inerrant [without error] and infallible and gives God alone, the utmost praise, and the greatest glory due to HIMSELF. Praise and worship are rightfully insisted upon and commanded in God’s  inspired [God-Breathed (Spoken) Word from God himself. 
INSPIRED [God Breathed] HOLY WORDS  were given and are protected by by God through the Holy Ghost, word by word, to His  Holy Prophets and Apostles comprise all eternal Holy Scripture. (Matthew 5:18)

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

 

The inspired, god breathed, immortal words, were  uttered, word-by-word, to the  holy prophets and apostles who were chosen of God and moved by the holy ghost. These words are protected and preserved in holy scripture and are written word-by-word and are immutable, [unchanged and unchangeable] without error, and infallible [incapable of mistake or heresy]. and for ever [sic] settled in heaven by God himself in the self-authenticating word of god, itself. 

 

The Authorized (King James) Holy Bible.

 

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

 Psalm 119:89


Authorized (King James) Version:

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

 

Authorized (King James) Version:

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

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Click here for evidence of God’s eternal Preservation and Protection of His immutable, inerrant WORD. God is not the author of confusion ...

 

VIDEO (2 hrs. 49 mins.)

 

This Documentary presents the historical facts regarding the explosion of more than  100 English language  versions of the BIBLE has occurred.   Because God is omnipotent, omniscient and Omnilingual He does not need nor will He ever condone or accept finite editing to His infinite, inspired [GOD BREATHED WORDS].

 

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

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The Inside  Story of Westcott and Hort: 

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


URL:   https://www.febc.edu.sg/article/def_the_inside_story_of_westcott_and_hort

 

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

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

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

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

In conclusion, let it be said that no matter how good any modern version of the New Testament is in other ways, it is clearly blemished if the work of Westcott and Hort or Nestle & Aland.is present in it. The presence of their work means that it is based on  defective text. Those who honor the Word of God must not promote any of these versions by the church, not because the content of the version is entirely  evil in itself, but because being contented to use a weakened version rather than the existing, preserved, inerrant unblemished one, dishonors God. If God has preserved for His people a good Greek text of the New Testament for 18 centuries, how dishonoring it must  be to Him if His people now chose versions based on  the defective  Greek manuscript  invented  by either Westcott & Hort or Nestle & Aland.

 

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

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SACRED LITER[jM1] ATURE:

ORIGINAL: The Pilgrim’s Progress  Pub. by Logos,1853 from 1678 Original by John Bunyan

         

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

 

in Pilgrim’s Progress. (The World’s most widely circulated Allegory by John Bunyan, also credited, by some, as being the world’s first English novel. 

IT’S FREE. No subscription required. You may choose to read at your own pace, or you may want to view DailySpugeon.com for daily encounters with Pilgrim.)

 

"Christ in us is Christ reigning." reminds me [Spurgeon's comment] 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 [melody] , for the king himself was come. Up to the castle of the heart 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; it is our liberty to be absolutely under his sway.

 

ADULT AUDIO Episodes and CHILDREN’S VIDEO Story Parts:

You may choose to read or listen to Pilgrim’s Progress as a bed time story.

It’s the world’s most famous allegory and is the all-time, world-wide best seller second only to the Bible. Some believe it to be the world’s first novel written in English.

It will bless, encourage and instruct pilgrims (readers and seekers) of all ages for a life-time.

Link to Complete Index of Bible Scripture References (open link).

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ADULT AUDIO:

The Pilgrim’s Progress   by John Bunyan (Complete audio-book narrated by Christopher Glyn -6 ½ hours)

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 11: Timorous & Mistrust

Episode 12: The Palace Beautiful

Episode 13: Battle with Apollyon

Episode 14: The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Episode 15: Christian Meets Faithful & Talkative

Episode 16 Mr. By-ends      Town of Fair Speech

Episode 17: The Hill Lucre [Gain and Greed]

Episode 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 28:  The Celestial City


The Pilgrim's Progress is probably the most published books in the English language of all time, other than the Bible; 1,300 editions have been printed before 1938, 250 years after the author's death; It’s the most famous Allegory ever written.

 

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CHILDREN’S VIDEO (Illustrated Adaptation) 

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 4 The Fight with Apollyon

Part 5 The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Part 6 Vanity Fair

Part 7 Doubting Castle

Part 8  & 9   The Dark River and  The Celestial City

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

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

1Part 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

4 Part II 29 Fool & Want-Wit 1:16 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

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 17 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio

16 Part II 18 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio

17 Part II 19 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio

18 Part II 20 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio

19 Part II 21 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio

20 Part II 22 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio

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

Jesus Christ [The Messiah]

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

Note: This Sermon was referenced at South Shore Church, Dana Point, California Men’s Bible Study on Wednesday, August 14th 2024 and is featured here, Sermon # 1245 that was preached by Charles Spurgeon in 1875 from his home church,   metropolitantabernacle.org
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