DEVOTION for March 19th Written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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PRAYER 12, Part 10 of 10: ON HOLY GROUND.
ANECDOTE 228 Chastening, a Pledge of Fatherly Love.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: March 19 BECOMING FIT FOR GLORY
“The Lord will give grace and glory.” Psalm 84:11
MORNING: "Strong in faith"—Romans 4:20
EVENING: "And she did eat, and was sufficed [satisfied], and left." —Ruth 2:14
A SINNER'S PRAYER
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PRAYER 12, Part 10 of 10 ON HOLY GROUND by C. H. Spurgeon
Sing: We Are Standing on Holy Ground (With Guitar Chords)
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But, above all, give us spiritual help. Give us wisdom, which is profitable to get. Give us the absence of all self-seeking, and a complete yielding up of our desires to the will of God. Help us to be as Christ was [is], who was not His own, but gave Himself to His Father for our sins; so may we, for His sake, give ourselves up to do or suffer the will of our Father who is in heaven.
Remember Thy people in their families and convert [save] their children; give us help and strength; spare precious lives that are in danger; be gracious to any that are dying; may the life of God swallow up the death of the body.
Prepare us all for Thy glorious advent [second coming]; keep us waiting and watching, and do Thou come quickly to our heart’s desire [longing] , for we pray
“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven, for Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, for ever and ever.”
[In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ] Amen.
(Attachment: PRAYER 12.doc)
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ANECDOTE 228: * Chastening, a Pledge of Fatherly Love.
*[Chastise means to punish or castigate. Chasten means to discipline or subdue. Chastisement is harsher, chastening can be subtle and event gentle.]
If anyone should say to a father, after he had chastened his child, “Why is it you have chastened the child ?” he would not say, it is because I am his father. It is true in one sense; but he would say,
“I have chastened the child because he has done wrong.”
Because the proximate reason why he had chastened his child would not be that he was his father, though that would have something to do with it as a primary reason; but the absolute and primary cause would be,
“I have chastened him because he has done wrong, because I wish to correct him for it, that he might not do so again.”
Now, God, when he chastens his children, absolutely, never does it; because he is his father; but he does it for a wise reason. He has some other reason besides his fatherhood. At the same time, one reason why God afflicts his children and not others, is because he is their Father.
If you were to go home to-day and see a dozen boys in the streets throwing stones and breaking windows it is very likely you would start [surprise] the whole lot of them; but if there is one boy that would get a sweet knock on the head it would be your own; for you would say,
“What are you at, [what are you doing?] John? What business have you here ?”
You might not be justified, perhaps, in meddling with the others you would let their own fathers attend to them; but because you were his father, you would try to make him remember it. Certain special chastisements are inflicted on God’s children, because they are his children; but it is not because they are his children that he chastens them at any one time, but because they have been doing something wrong.
Now, if you are under chastisement, let this truth be certain to you.
Are the consolations of God small [of little importance] with thee? Is there any secret thing with thee?
Art thou chastened in thy business? Then what sin hast thou committed?
Art thou cast down in thy spirit? Then what transgression has brought this on thee?
Remember, it is not fair to say, “I am chastened because I am his child;”
the right way to say it is,
“I am his child, and therefore when he chastens me, [he] has a reason for it.” ________________________________________
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK MARCH 19 BECOMING FIT FOR GLORY by C.H. Spurgeon
-The Lord will give grace and glory- Psalm 84:11
-Gracia y gloria dará Jehova- Salmos 84:11
Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and as for the future, that grace is still sufficient.
If we have but little grace the fault must lie in ourselves; for the Lord is not straitened, [limited] neither is He slow to bestow it in abundance. We may ask for as much as we will and never fear a refusal. He giveth [gives] liberally and up-braideth not [doesn’t find fault, criticize or utter a reproach] .
The Lord may not give gold, but He will give grace: He may not give gain, but He will give grace. He will certainly send us trial, but He will give grace in proportion thereto.
We may be called to labor, and to suffer, but with the call there will come all the grace required. What an “AND” is that in the text — and glory! We do not need glory yet, and we are not yet fit for it; but we shall have it in due order [time].
After we have eaten the bread of grace, we shall drink the wine of glory. We must go through the holy -which is grace, to the holiest of all [holy of holies] — which is glory.
These words -and glory- are enough to make a man dance for joy.
A little while — a little while, and then glory forever!
Prayer: Thank you, Lord, that You give grace and glory to Your redeemed, in Jesus Christ name, Amen.
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MORNING March 19
"Strong in faith. "—Romans 4:20
Esforzado en fe —Romanos 4:20
CHRISTIAN, take good care of your faith; for recollect [remember]
faith is the only way whereby you can obtain blessings.
If we want blessings from God, nothing can fetch [bring] them down but faith. Prayer cannot draw down answers from God's throne except it be the earnest prayer of the man who believes.
Faith is the angelic messenger between the soul and the Lord Jesus in glory. Let that angel be withdrawn, we can neither send up prayer, nor receive the answers.
Faith is the telegraphic wire [instrumentality] that links earth and heaven—on which God's messages of love fly so fast, that before we call He answers, and while we are yet speaking He hears us.
But if that telegraphic wire of faith be snapped [cut off], how can we receive the promise?
Am I in trouble? I can obtain help for trouble by faith.
Am I beaten about by the enemy? My soul leans on her dear Refuge [safe place] by faith.
But take faith away—in vain I call to God.
There is no road betwixt [between] my soul and heaven. In the deepest wintertime faith is a road on which the horses of prayer may travel and all the better for the biting frost; but blockade [block] the road, and how can we communicate with the Great King?
Faith links me with divinity.
Faith clothes me with the power of God.
Faith engages the omnipotence [infinite power] of Jehovah on my side.
Faith ensures every attribute of God in my defense.
It helps me to defy the hosts of hell.
It makes me march triumphant over the necks of my enemies.
But without faith how can I receive anything of the Lord? Let not him that wavers, who is like a wave of the Sea, expect that he will receive anything of God!
0, then, Christian, watch well your faith; for with it you can win all things, however poor you are, but without it you can obtain nothing.
"If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes."
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EVENING March 19
"And she did eat, and was sufficed [satisfied], and left. " —Ruth 2:14
—Y ella comió hasta que se hartó y le sobró. —Rut 2:14
WHENEVER we are privileged to eat of the bread which Jesus gives, we are, like Ruth, satisfied with the full [meal] and sweet repast [dessert].
When Jesus is the host, no guest goes empty [leaves hungry] from the table.
Our head is satisfied with the precious truth which Christ reveals.
Our heart is content with Jesus, as the altogether lovely object of affection.
Our hope is satisfied, for whom have we in heaven but Jesus [himself]?
Our desire is satiated [satisfied], for
what can we wish for more than "to know Christ and to be found in Him"?
Jesus fills our conscience until it is at perfect peace, our judgment with persuasion of the certainty of His teachings, our memory with recollections of what He has done, and our imagination with the prospects of what He is yet to do.
As Ruth was "sufficed, and left," so is it with us. We have had deep draughts [“big gulps”]; we have thought that we could take in all of Christ, but when we have done our best, we have had to leave a vast remainder [after we have been satisfird].
We have sat at the table of the Lord's love, and said,
"Nothing but the infinite can ever satisfy me; I am such a great sinner that I must have infinite merit wash my sin away."
But we have had our sin removed, and found that there was merit to spare; we have had our hunger relieved at the feast of sacred love, and found that there was a abundance of spiritual meat remaining [on the platter]. There are certain sweet things in the Word of God which we have not enjoyed yet, and which we are obliged to leave for a while; for we are like the disciples to whom Jesus said,
"I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now."
Yes, there are graces to which we have not attained; places of fellowship nearer to Christ we have not reached; and heights of communion our feet have not climbed [approached].
At every banquet of love there are many baskets of fragments left. Let us magnify the liberality of our glorious Boaz
[Jesus, our near kinsman, our next of kin].
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A SINNER’S PRAYER: … FOR WHOSOEVER: [One and all]
Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21
Call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved … pray like this, won’t you?
“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner and without You I am hopeless. I can’t save myself. Without your death on the cross for my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned to Hell. I have been self-centered from birth. Please forgive me.
I realize that doing my best, being as good as possible, or being better than other people can never save me. . I’m guilty and sorry for each and every sin I have done and look to You to forgive me of them all.
I look to You, alone Lord Jesus to save me.
I call on You, Lord Jesus, right now to save me. You died on the cross for me, because of my sin and You say, “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21.
Right now, just as I am, I call on You, Lord Jesus to save me, I trust You, to be my Lord and Savior from now on.
Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You have forgiven me of all my sins. I ask You to abide in me and give me the desire to always follow You.
You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross. Even the sins of the whole world.
Thank you, Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me even before I was born and that You still love me now. I love You too.
Thank you, Heavenly Father, that You have called me away from sin and death into the Life everlasting in Your only begotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank You, Heavenly Father that you raised Jesus from the dead. He is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave. Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [Holy Ghost, Comforter, Spirit of Truth]
Thank You for saving me heavenly Father. With all my heart, thank you Father for saving me in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Allow us to share the joy of your new birth with heaven. Won’t you? Heaven rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7
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89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
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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.
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In 1870, The Anglican Church of England passed a resolution to revise the English Bible. The New Testament revision committee which finally consisted of 25 scholars (though only about 16 eventually attended the meetings) which included Westcott and Hort. The committee worked for ten years in the Jerusalem chamber, and these two scholars swept the Revision Committee along with them after work commenced. In fact, the “Cambridge trio” (Westcott, Hort and Lightfoot) colluded with others to dominate the meetings with their views of the text and to defeat any who opposed them. Their *letters reveal this conspiracy:
* Letters from close relatives are quoted in the Inside Story above
The only voice defending the Textus Receptus was Dr Scrivener, probably the foremost scholar of the day in the manuscripts of the Greek New Testament and the history of the Text. But he was systematically outvoted by the Cambridge trio and outdone by Hort’s powerful debating skill. When the revision was completed, the revision committee had altered the Greek Text in 5,337 places,
thus violating the original rule that had been set for the committee of not altering the Greek Text unless absolutely necessary to do so.
Link above, for The complete Inside Story of Westcott and Hort.
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CONCLUSION
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And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled” (Lev 10:1–6).
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-Psalm 119:89 Authorized (King James) Version
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
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