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DAILY SPURGEON for March 26th *A.D. 2024 ‘
*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death”, a common mistake. It is an abbreviation from the Latin words Anno Domini; a shortened term, actually meaning: “Year of our Lord”.
BCE/CE or BC/AD What’s the difference? Open this link… Won’t you?
He was born of a virgin 2,024 years ago, is alive today, and is coming soon
for His bride; the Church of the born-again redeemed.
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FEATURED MUSIC
Elvis in Spirit and Ever Lasting Life
URL: https://youtu.be/SbryzR_3dR4
SOUTH SHORES CHURCH’s 2023 CHRISTMAS CONCERT:
Christmas at the Shores 2023 South Shores Church Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra Conducted by Robert Perry
Look for John Michael with “Einstein ” Hairdo in the front row. Hope you enjoy it.
(The Music, that is)
URL:
https://youtu.be/PXYCBV5HyG8?t=340
If That Isn’t Love Gaither Premiere,
URL:
https://youtu.be/unfOWRtg81U?t=2982
Love Without End George Strait performing George W Bush’s favorite
It has become my heart-felt song to all my thirteen children and one of my favorite songs too.
URL: https://youtu.be/rkscNqCCDl0
Statler Brothers Final Concert:
URL: https://youtu.be/6zTBebFb0v0?t=360
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FEATURED VIDEOS :
C.H. Spurgeon The Peoples Preacher ( 70 min.) Historically accurate Feature Film of the one called The Prince of Preachers and Charlie, Boy Preacher of the Finns
2,018,939 views May 14, 2020 An Exceptionally Wonderful Production. Heartwarming. Inspirational.
This powerful, inspirational docudrama faithfully recreates the times of C.H. Spurgeon and brings the “people’s preacher” to life as it follows his trials and triumphs with historical accuracy. Here is the intimate story of one of the greatest preachers in the history of the church. We follow him from his youth where, as a young preacher he is surprisingly called to minister in London and soon captures the love and respect of the nation. He goes on to become one of its most influential figures. This powerful, inspirational docudrama faithfully recreates the times of C.H. Spurgeon and brings the “people’s preacher” to life as it follows his trials and triumphs with historical accuracy. Made by the award-winning Christian Television Association and filmed on location in England, Scotland, France and Germany, this film vividly captures the spirit and message of a man whose eventful — and sometimes controversial — life is highly relevant to the twenty-first century.
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The following two videos, one by by John Piper and the other by Steve Lawson provide an introductory context to the life and ministry of Charles H. Spurgeon.
The Life and Ministry of Charles Spurgeon by John Piper (58 min)
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The preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon continues to bless and benefit thousands, worldwide, through the publication and use of his printed sermons; sermons inspired, prepared and delivered in the God-breathed inerrant and infallible WORD of GOD itself.
Who is Charles Haddon Spurgeon? by Steven Lawson (38 min)
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The Preserved, Immutable WORD inspired and saturated preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon continues to bless and benefit thousands through the publication and use of his printed sermons; sermons inspired, prepared and delivered in the God-breathed inerrant and infallible WORD of GOD Himself.
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John-Michael sang in this year’s Christmas concert.
Christmas at the Shores 2023
Look for him on the front row. Enjoy.
URL:
https://youtu.be/PXYCBV5HyG8?t=340
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https://m.facebook.com/johnmichael.riley (FACEBOOK)
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A Prayer
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A Spurgeon Anecdote
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A promise from scripture in Faith’s Checkbook
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Selections from Morning & Evening
RECENT DEVOTIONS (FACEBOOK)
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Rejoice In The LORD Always tap to sing along, won’t you? Philippians 4:4
WE give thanks to the LORD for dailyspurgeon.com that proclaims Jesus Christ [The Messiah], and scripture to commission the making of disciples according to the Word of God.
This ministry was begun as e-mails of Spurgeon’s Faith’s Checkbook, were sent to Jon Edward Riley (1971- 2021). As he shared with others, a mailing list began to grow. This mailing list led to the creation of a website that would present the Good News of Jesus Christ, and deliver Scripture to support Local Churches in the making of disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. To this end and by means of this website, we select and post daily devotional content from the writings of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. (1834 – 1892) known as The Prince of Preachers.
We are grateful to the Lord for providing dailyspurgeon.com and trust it will continue to honor the LORD by encouraging a heart-felt vigor of Love, devotion and onr-ness with Jesus Christ through content written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon and will expand, in God’s perfect will and with His help, the ministry that began with my beloved son, Jon Edward Riley 1971-2021 honored here as one to whom honor is due.
He would often tell anyone who would listen, … or not!
“I’m a blood-bought, born-again child of God.”
Ministries, blessed of GOD through His servant, C.H. Spurgeon, continue to flourish from Spurgeon’s home church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London begun by the congregation of 1650. (Brief History) The present church building was constructed in 1861. The congregation continues to be a vibrant, doctrinally sound, gospel preaching, Sacred Hymn honoring body of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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10 Things you may like to know about Charles Spurgeon
by: Michael Reeves
1. His ministry began in the year of his conversion as a young man.
Spurgeon was raised in a Christian home, but was converted in 1850 at fifteen years old. Caught in a snowstorm, he took refuge in a small Primitive Methodist chapel in Colchester. After about ten minutes, with only twelve to fifteen people present, the preacher fixed his eyes on Spurgeon and spoke to him directly:
“Young man, you look very miserable.” Then, lifting up his hands, he shouted, “Young man, look to Jesus Christ. Look! Look! Look! You have nothin’ to do but to look and live.”
Spurgeon later wrote, ‘Oh! I looked until I could almost have looked my eyes away [out].’ 1
The ‘Prince of Preachers’ was tricked into preaching his first sermon that same year. An older man had asked Spurgeon to go to the little village of Teversham the next evening, “for a young man was to preach there who was not much used to services, and very likely would be glad of company.” It was only the next day that he realized the ‘young man’ was himself.2
2. He was a man of hard work and huge influence.
He went on to preach in person up to thirteen times per week, gathered the largest church of his day, and could make himself heard in a crowd of twenty-three thousand people (without amplification). In print he published some eighteen million words, selling over fifty-six million copies of his sermons in nearly forty languages in his own lifetime.
3. He was self-consciously a theological and doctrinal preacher.
While Spurgeon is not known as a theologian as such, he was nevertheless a deeply theological thinker and his sermons were rich in doctrine, and dripping with knowledge of historical theology – especially that of the Puritans.
Some preachers seem to be afraid lest [for fear that] their sermons should be too rich in doctrine, and so injure the spiritual digestion of their hearers. This fear is superfluous. . . This is not a theological age, and therefore it rails at sound doctrinal teaching, on the principle that ignorance despises wisdom. The glorious giants of the Puritan age fed on something better than sermons of whipped creams and pastries which are now so much in vogue.3
4. He was pre-eminently a theologian and preacher of the cross.
Spurgeon’s was a cross-centered and cross-shaped theology, for the cross was “the hour” of Christ’s glorification (John 12:23–24), the place where Christ was and is exalted, the only message able to overturn the hearts of men and women otherwise enslaved to sin. Along with (Isaiah 45:22), one of Spurgeon’s favorite Bible verses was (John 12:32) : “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
He insisted on celebrating the Lord’s Supper every Sunday, and often broke bread during the week as well. He believed his preaching of the crucified Christ was the only reason why such great crowds were drawn to his church for so many years.
Who can resist his charms? One look of his eyes overpowers us. See with your heart those eyes when they are full of tears for perishing sinners, and you are a willing subject. One look at his blessed person subjected to scourging and spitting for our sakes will give us more idea of his crown rights than anything besides. Look into his pierced heart as it pours out its life-flood for us, and all disputes about his sovereignty are ended in our hearts. We own him Lord because we see how he loved.4
Regeneration, he saw, is a work of pure grace—and those the Lord regenerates, he will indwell.
5. He aimed his ministry and preaching at [sinners in need of] the new birth.
Regeneration was one of the “three Rs” (ruin, redemption, and regeneration) Spurgeon always sought to preach. And regeneration was something he always expected to see as he preached the gospel. A friend of his once came to him, depressed because for three months of ministry he had not seen a single conversion. Spurgeon slyly asked, “Do you expect the Lord to save souls every time you open your mouth?” Embarrassed, the man answered “Oh, no, sir!”
“Then,” Spurgeon replied, “that is just the reason why you have not had conversions:
‘According to your faith be it unto you.’ ” 5 Matthew 9:29
Regeneration, he saw, is a work of pure grace—and those the Lord regenerates, he will indwell. And “with such an indweller we need not fear, but that this poor heart of ours will yet become perfect as God is perfect; and our nature through his indwelling shall rise into complete meetness [readiness] for the inheritance of the saints in light.”6
6. He knew how to enjoy life.
Spurgeon loved life and saw the creation as a blessing from God to be enjoyed. For tired ministers, he recommended:
A day’s breathing of fresh air upon the hills, or a few hours’ ramble in the beech woods’ umbrageous [amazing] calm [sp. " calma asombrosa”],’ which ‘would sweep the cobwebs out of the brain of scores of our toiling ministers who are now only half alive. A mouthful of sea air, or a stiff walk in the wind’s face, would not give grace to the soul, but it would yield oxygen to the body, which is next best.’7
He couldn’t resist walking outside in thunderstorms (‘I like to hear my Heavenly Father’s voice in the thunder’), he is known for his cigar smoking, and he had a keen interest in botany. Like us all, Spurgeon was uniquely himself. Yet his big-heartedness and joy as he walked through his Father’s creation displays exactly the sort of life that will always grow from sound theology.
This introduction to Spurgeon’s life and ministry—organized around themes such as the centrality of Christ and the empowerment of the Spirit—will be an encouragement for readers to live for God's glory.
7. He was a mischievous, funny man.
'What a bubbling fountain of humor Mr. Spurgeon had!’ wrote his friend William Williams. ‘I have laughed more, I verily believe, when in his company than during all the rest of my life .
’8A whole chapter of Spurgeon’s ‘autobiography’ is entitled ‘Pure Fun,’ and he regularly surprised people who expected the zealous pastor to be dour and intense. Grandiosity, religiosity, and humbug could all expect to be pricked by his wit.
8. He was serious about joy.
Spurgeon’s humor and jollity [joviality] were not trivial or frivolous. For him, joy was a theological matter and a manifestation of that happiness and cheer which is found in Christ alone. He refused to take himself—or any other sinner—too seriously, believing that to be alive in Christ means to fight not only the habits and acts of sin but also sin’s temperamental sullenness, ingratitude, bitterness, and despair.
Christ wishes his people to be happy. When they are perfect, as he will make them in due time, they shall also be perfectly happy. As heaven is the place of pure holiness, so is it the place of unalloyed [pure] happiness; and in proportion as we get ready for heaven, we shall have some of the joy which belongs to heaven, and it is our Savior’s will that even now his joy should remain in us, and that our joy should be full.9
9. He suffered with depression.
Spurgeon was full of life and joy, but also suffered deeply with depression as a result of personal tragedies, illness, and stress. Today he would almost certainly be diagnosed as clinically depressed and treated with medication and therapy. His wife, Susannah, wrote, “My beloved’s anguish was so deep and violent, that reason seemed to totter in her throne, and we sometimes feared that he would never preach again.”10
Spurgeon believed that Christian ministers should expect a special degree of suffering to be given them as a way of forming them for Christlike, compassionate ministry. Christ himself was tempted in all points like as we are yet without sin. (Heb. 4:15) (Heb. 2:16–18). It is weak and suffering people that God sometimes uses to minister to the weak and suffering.
10. He was emphatically Christ-centered [Christ Saturated]. [He Always Preached Christ and Christ Crucified]
Spurgeon saw theology much like astronomy: as the solar system makes sense only when the sun is central, so systems of theological thought are coherent only when Christ is central. Every doctrine must find its place and meaning in its proper relation to Christ [Himself].
“Be assured that we cannot be right in the rest, unless we think rightly of HIM. . . . Where is Christ in your theological system?” 11
Spurgeon’s view of the Bible, his Calvinism, and his view of the Christian life are all deeply Christocentric–and even the above astronomical analogy may be too weak to capture quite how Christ-centered Spurgeon was in his thinking.
For him, Christ is not merely one component—however pivotal—in the bigger machinery of the gospel. Christ himself is the truth we know, the object and reward of our faith, and the light that illumines every part of any true theological system.
He wrote, ‘He himself [Jesus Christ] is Doctor and Doctrine, Revealer and Revelation, the Illuminator and the Light of Men. He is exalted in every word of truth, because he is its sum and substance. He sits above the gospel, like a prince on his own throne. Doctrine is most precious when we see it distilling from his lips and embodied in his person.
Sermons are valuable in proportion as they speak of him and point to him. 12
Bibliography:
C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography, Compiled by His Wife and His Private Secretary, 1834–1854, vol. 1 (Chicago: Curts & Jennings, 1898),106.
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C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography, Compiled from His Diary, Letters, and Records, by His Wife and His Private Secretary, 1834–1854, vol. 1 (Chicago: Curts & Jennings, 1898), 200.
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C. H. Spurgeon, The Sword and Trowel (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1865–1891), 125–26.
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C. H. Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, 63 vols. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1855–1917),* vol. 23, 269.
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C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography, Compiled from His Diary, Letters, and Records, by His Wife and His Private Secretary, 1834–1854, vol. 2:151.
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C. H. Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, 63 vols. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1855–1917),* vol.18:225.
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C. H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, Addresses Delivered to the Students of the Pastors’ College, Metropolitan Tabernacle (New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1889) vol. 1, 172.

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William Williams, Personal Reminiscences of Charles Haddon Spurgeon (London: Passmore & Alabaster,
1895),, 17–18. -
C. H. Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, 63 vols. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1855–1917),* vol. 51:229.
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Charles Ray, “The Life of Susannah Spurgeon,” in Morning Devotions by Susannah Spurgeon: Free Grace and Dying Love (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2006), 166.
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C. H. Spurgeon, An All-Round Ministry: Addresses to Ministers and Students (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1900), 364.

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C. H. Spurgeon, The New Park Street Pulpit Sermons, 6 vols. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1855–1860),1:vi.
By Michael Reeves (PhD, King’s College, London) is president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in Bridgend and Oxford, United Kingdom. He is the author of several books, including Delighting in the Trinity; Rejoice and Tremble; and Gospel People.
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Here’s how this is scripturally discerned:
1 John 4:1-3 Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [voice] you hear but be testing the spirits [voices] whether they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit [voice] of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesses that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come from God, is of God: and every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit [voice] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Therefore, we should [must] test every voice [spirit] whether it is from God, bonified and trustworthy to be believed only if it i confesses [says] that…
“Jesus Christ is here, from God, in the flesh having come from God .”
[All English translations of the Bible other than King James have erroneously translated from from two alternate Greek texts created by Westcott & Hort and Nestle & Alland as “Has come” not “Is come” [Is Here] which is the correct translation according to Textus Receptus]. The super-majority of manuscripts MT from the 5,321 individual manuscripts of God that are the preserved, protected, inerrant, infallible and immutable manuscripts and are in overwhelming agreement with one another and are collectively the source from which the Textus Receptus is taken
All Modern Critical translations ignore the original Greek verb “ictin” [To be] [is] (third person singular) that is in virtually all Majority Texts MT and subsequently in the Textus Receptus [Received Text] therefore they fail to correctly translate the Greek verb as, “Is come” [Is here]. (as does the KJV)
This error occurs because the modern critical Greek text, created by Westcott & Hort and Nestles & Alland DO NOT follow the MT [Majority Texts] or the TR [Textus Receptus] rendered therefrom and both have omitted the verb “is”, from the Greek text. This error show itself as res ipsa loquitur [a point of law meaning It speaks for itself].
Therefore, the alternate translations generated from the two alternate Greek fabrications are not supported. Why not? Because non-believers and false prophets can indeed, and often do affirm that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. Practically anyone can make this confession as the birth of Jesus Christ is considered by virtually all respected historians to be the most well documented fact in history. That He has come is generally acknowledged by nonbelievers and believers alike. However, here’s the point. There is a huge difference between “Has come” and “Is Here”. “Has come” falls woefully short of the essential and clear meaning of the confession “Is Here”. Just because something “has come” it can not be assumed, inferred or deduced that it it also “is here”.
The “has come” assertion is not surprising nor is it, per se, a false statement, that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. However, It fails to give the spiritual discernment necessary to establish whether the sprit [voice] being tested [tried] is from God or from false prophets in the spirit of antichrist.
Again, the confession “has come” rather than “is come” [is here] is not, per se a false statement. But, it does not deliver the promised method for discernment that is proffered and inferred in the hypothesis. The failure here to establish a logical and rhetorically sound rubric to addresses the question of whether spirits [words] are from God or from false prophets and the spirit of antichrist is glaring in its absence.
Namely, it does not provide the method for actual discernment of whether a spirit [spoken or written words] are from God or from the Antichrist.
Virtually anyone [or any spirit] may avow that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. But as you can see, this fails, to resolve the main issue of whether something should or should not be believed as true or followed. Why? Once again, because virtually anyone and everyone can and often do confess that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. This leaves no valid and efficatious discernment wanting.
Again, while it is true that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh, this alone is inadequate to discern truth from error. “Has come” does not mean the same thing as “is come [is here], from God, in the flesh” and is therefore is a fraudulent attempt to represent itself as true spiritual discernment as outlined in the scripture at 1 John Chapter 4: 1-3.
Further, by comparing scripture with scripture we comprehend more fully the mystery of God’s message regarding Jesus Christ being in the Flesh.
1 John 4:1-3 with Ephesians 5:30-32
30 for we are members of his [Jesus Christ’s] body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
[So, we are members of His body, flesh and bone, [we are] one flesh with Him, The Body of Christ is (In the flesh); is the Church].
He was born of a virgin 2024 years ago. He lives today,
and He’s coming soon, for His bride; the Church [All Blood-bought, Born-again members of His body].
Every time a believer considers the fact that they are a member of the body of Christ, they should acknowledge and readily confess that…
Jesus Christ is here, from God, in the flesh, bodily; We are the Body of Christ; The Church, in the flesh! Amen.
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BEST BIBLE VERSION:
GOD’S WORD is Infallible, without error and Immutable, It is Inspired [God breathed], Self-Authenticating and Providentially Protected and Preserved by GOD Himself.
For ever, O Lord, thy word is Settled in Heaven, Psalm 119:89
The Authorized King James Bible AKJV
Is It The Best? By David Hocking
David’s Summary (8 min.) The problem is not English, but whether the best Greek text was used as the Primary source of the translation.
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TRADITIONAL and CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
By Blogger, Notorius Meddler
We Sing the 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 faithful and scripturally accurate words.
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 CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS ORATORY:
Handle’s Messiah Complete Performance of World’s most Beloved Christmas Oratory by American BACH Soloists at the Grace Cathedral. [Libretto exclusively from Old Testament book of Isaiah].
BABY’S FIRST SONG:
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
SACRED HYMNS: (Sing, won’t you?
Jesus Saves Temple Baptist Church Powell, Tennessee
Christ Receiveth Sinful Men Traditional with Lyrics
Beneath the Cross of Jesus Congregational Singing Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022
When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder Gaither Congregation
Oh The Blood of Jesus by Gaither Congregation
I Will Sing of My Redeemer by Gaither Music TV
Surely Our God Is Able by Gaither Congregation
If That Isn’t Love Love Can Turn The World Gaither Premiere
The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band
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
Praise Him, Praise Him by Loma Linda University Church
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
Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary by Gaithers
Grace, Grace God’s Grace by Gaither Choir
Onward Christian Soldiers Salvation Army Band
Amazing Grace by Guy Penrod, Gaither Voice Band
Amazing Grace by Wintley Phipps at Carnegie Hall
Blessed Assurance by the Isaacs
Blessed Assurance by Sounds like Reign
Blessed Assurance by Gaithers with Larry Ford and Lillie Knauls
A Mighty Fortress written by Martin Luther with Steve Green
The Love of God by Gaithers with Gardner, Penrod and Phelps
The Love Of God by the Gaither congregation
Oh, The Blood of Jesus, Nothing But The Blood, Near The Cross Medley by Gaithers
Standing on the Promises of God by Gaither Voice Band
Trust and Obey Vagle Brothers written1887 by Daniel Towner music John Sammis.
Come Thy Fount (lyrics & chords) Chris Rice
Jesus Saves by The salvation Army Choir
I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
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
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
There’s Within My Heart a Melody by Gaither Congregation with Jake Hess
Just A Little Talk With Jesus by Gaither Choir
Sweet Hour of Prayer “An Old Farmer praying” by Jimmy Dean (from a wheel chair)
Let Others See Jesus in You (Me) by BB McKinney
Worthy is the Lamb. Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
I Shall Not Be Moved Elvis and The Million Dollar Quartet
Johnny Cash sings I Shall Not Be Moved
Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus by Casting Crowns
More About Jesus by The Blackwood Brothers
Rock of Ages Antrim Mennonite Choir
Chosen Generation Medley: We Are Able, Power in The Blood, Are You Washed, Victory In Jesus, Houston Covenant Church.
SACRED PRAISE:
We Shall Behold Him by Sandi Patti Sing-along, won’t you?
To God Be The Glory Congregation (with lyrics
Surely the Presence of the Lord is in This Place - The Woodlands Methodist Church
O Be Careful Little Eyes What You See Cedarmont Kids
Surely the Presence of the Lord is in This Place - The Woodlands Methodist Church
Holy Spirit Breathe on Me with Anne Jernigan
You Are My All In All Gaither Voice Band
I Will Rejoice for He Has Made Me Glad by St. John’s North Congregation
I Shall Not Be Moved The Statler Brothers
Redeemed, Redeemed by Gaither soloists
Majesty Gaither Voice Band
Bless the Lord, O My Soul by Bill an Gloria Gaither Congregation
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (…I’ll be there) the Gaithers
Ye Must Be Born Again Lyrics and Melody from Baptist Hymnal
I Will Rejoice for He Has Made Me Glad by St. John’s North Congregation
I Shall Not Be Moved by Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash
Ye Must Be Born Again Lyrics and Melody from Baptist Hymnal
I Will Rejoice for He Has Made Me Glad by St. John’s North Congregation
I Shall Not Be Moved Statler Brother’s Quartet
This Train Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis
I Shall Not Be Moved (Rockabilly) By the Million Dollar Quartet
Redeemed by Gaither soloists
Standing on the Promises of God by Praise Praise
Nothing But The Blood by Buddy Greene, (Harmonica) Gaither
Oh The Blood of Jesus by Gaither Congregation
We’re Marching To Zion Gaither Congregational Singing
We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
I’ve Just Seen Jesus Larnelle Harris & Sandi Patti (Gaither)
The Name of the Lord Gaithers
Hallelujah, What a Savior A Cappella by the Nelons
It Is Well With My Soul by Guy Penrod and David Phelps
He Has Made Me Glad Sing with music only, voices or both (choose R/L or both ear buds)
If That Isn’t Love Love Gaither Premiere
Jesus Loves Me This I Know by Gaither Vocal Band
Praise Him, Praise Him by Loma Linda University Church
Ring the Bells of Heaven by Fountainview Academy Orchestra & Singers.
When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir
The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band
Praise Him, Praise Him by Loma Linda University Church
How Great Thou Art by the Statler Brothers
Praise Him, Praise Him by Ernie Haase
Praise Him, Praise Him Bombay Christian Fellowship A hymn from 1869 by Fanny J. Crosby
Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin by Sovereign Grace Music
You Never Let Go by Guy Penrod
O Happy Day Ewin Hawkins, Anthony Brown & Combined Choirs, FBC of Glenarden
The Old Rugged Cross Made the Difference by Guy Penrod, Gaither Singers
Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary by Gaithers
Noah’s Arky Arky by the Cedarmont Kids
Away in a Manger by Phil Wickham…
Traditional Version by Casting
Majesty By The Gaither Congregation
Jesus Messiah by The Gaither Vocal Band
I See the Lord by Gaither Vocal Band
Oh Happy Day The Edwin Hawkins Singers
Worthy Is The Lamb with Gaither vocal Band
I Then Shall Live by Bill Gaither
I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
He Touched Me by Elvis Presley
Because He Lives Gaither Choir
Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know by Alvin Slaughter
Lead Me, Guide Me by Elvis
I’ll Fly Away by Gaither Congregation
Thy Word Is a Lamp unto My Feet Gaither Music with Amy Grant
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INVITATION
You are invited to confess and turn away from of all your sins, look in faith to Jesus Christ
[The Messiah] and confess publicly that HE alone is your Lord and Savior.
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It is merely a resource to develop a deeper devotion to the Lord Jesus in an abiding love with HIM according to s
Scripture, God’s Holy Bible.
“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [understanding and sharing] the word of truth. [The Holy Bible] ” 2 Timothy 2:15
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Worship God in Spirit and in truth:
• Pray with our heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
• Hear and obey the eternal, inspired, immutable, inerrant, infallible, revealed and protected Word of God, revealed through Jesus Christ, the living Word; 1 Peter 1:23
• Be [Be being] filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19
•Gathering in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
- Jesus Christ
Copy and paste this URL if link fails:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt+18%3A20&version=AKJV
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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
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TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM From “A Native Thang” North Dakota (click for video)
URL:
https://www.facebook.com/100010348029573/videos/1184240418597548/
This is The heart of Freedom from a Native Son, thanking the Lord and Honoring the Military Service of Native American Scouts, and all Veterans …of the land of the free and the home of the Brave.
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As Jon remembered veterans, we remember him: Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021) who would, on occasion, just bust-out singing the following songs; sometimes, on the way to church sometimes just singing along with the Elvis Gospel CD that was always kept in the truck’s CD player or,
even better, a song the Lord would spontaneously put in his joyful and loving heart.
I LOVE You Lord by Jared Reynolds
How Great Thou Art with Elvis
Lead Me & Rock-a My Soul by Elvis and friends
…Jon always said “Later”; as in [see’ya later] instead of “good bye”. It was his unique way to bid farewell … He would never say “good-bye”. Now, remembering the sound of his voice saying “Later”, it rings true with a new and deeper meaning and it brings a joyfulness and comfort to the hearts of those he loved so well; those who love him still, and always will.
… we are reminded of the promise of the Hymn:
’Till We Meet Again. Amen.
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GOD’S INSPIRED, INERRANT, INFALLIBLE and IMMUTABLE WORD AND…
STILL THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR BIBLE
BY: SARAH PRUITT
UPDATED: JULY 13, 2023
URL:
https://www.history.com/news/king-james-bible-most-popular
For more than 400 years is The Authorized King James Bible. (KJV) It is immutable, inerrant, infallible and eternal. It will endure for ever, protected and preserved by God HIMSELF.
GOD’S HOLY WORD is
For ever Settled in Heaven Psalm 119:89
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TODAY’S SERMONS:
Heirs of Eternity Romans 4 with Dr. Peter Masters
Paul traces eternal life, by faith alone in God’s redeeming plan, back across the centuries to Abraham, and then to King David. It pre-dated circumcision and also the law, and involves dependence on Christ and His creating power to give new and everlasting life.
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COMMITMENT TO THE WORD OF GOD and sermon: PAYDAY SOMEDAY
… A Peerless Pulpiteer (Text only) was Dr. Robert G. Lee, Pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis Tennessee
URL:
https://christianindex.org/stories/rg-lee-a-peerless-pulpiteer,1680
Long before the Conservative Resurgence, Dr. R.G. Lee was the Southern Baptist champion of biblical infallibility and inerrancy. In his sermon, “The Word of God – Not Broken and Not Bound,” published in 1930, in which Dr. Lee stated the following regarding the HOLY BIBLE: (KJV)
“All [Prophets and Apostles] who wrote are immortalized by their writing of this great Book, supernatural in origin, divine in authorship, human in penmanship, infallible in authority, infinite in scope, universal in interest, personal in application, regenerative in power, inspired [God breathed] in totality.”
Dr. R.G. Lee preached a sermon called Payday Someday over 1,200 times.
Why was it so powerful? Why was it requested and preached so many times?
Come and see, Won’t you?
URL:
https://youtu.be/0mstq4QTyrQ
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FEATURED SERMONS:
Why The Cross? 1958 Billy Graham (38 min)
Powerful, heavyweight, urgent message for the present day.
Who crucified Jesus?
Why did Jesus die on the cross?
Be Filled with the Spirit Ephesians 5:18 with Dr. Peter Masters Metropolitan Tabernacle:
Living on the Word Deuteronomy 8:3 (Christian Sermons and Audio books) Delivered on March 15th 1883 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, recorded by Charles Koelsch.
COMFORT IN GRIEF
No Tears in Heaven Revelation 7:17 (Christian Sermons and Audio books) Delivered on August 6th 1865 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon Audio recorded by Charles Koelsch.
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MOST RECENT SERMONS from London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle by Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor
Bible StudyTn Wednesday 6 March 2024 | 7:30pm
All The Fullness Of The Godhead
'Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.'
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Gospel Sermon Sunday 17 March 2024 | 6:30pm
Our Dangerous Journey
King David's best-known psalm reveals his view of life's journey. Claiming the Almighty God as his personal guide and Saviour, he points to all that we miss without this divine Shepherd, and the conversion experience that He gives to all who follow Him.
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Teaching SermonTng Sunday 17 March 2024 | 11:00am
Representing the Lord
To have a high view of Christ, and His divine attributes, in our heart is the greatest spur and personal preparation for making Christ known. Here is the duty of readiness, the manner of witness, and what is meant by giving 'a reason'.
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B Bible StudyTng dy Wednesday 6 March 2024 | 7:30pm
All The Fullness Of The Godhead
'Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.'
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PERSONAL TESTIMONY:
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
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SACRED LITERATURE:
THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS by John Bunyan is the most famous Allegory, world-wide and the Most widely Published Book of all time and was printed in over 200 Languages. It has NEVER, since 1698, been out-of-print.
Only The King James Bible was more widely published.
ONLINE HYPERLINK PRINT LIBRARY: (No Enrollment Fee or Registration required)
BUNYAN’S ORIGINAL of 1678: The Pilgrim’s Progress Published in 1853 by Logos
REVISED VERSION: The Pilgrim’s Progrefs [sic] 1999 by Barry E. Horner
OLD ENGLISH PRINT: The Pilgrim’s Progress Part II AKA Christiana
(Christian’s wife, Christiana and children; their dangerous journey, and safe arrival at the desired country.)
Pilgrim Progress is the world’s most famous Allegory, It and the Bible were commonly the only books to be found in the cabin of early American Settlers and were loved and read more than any book, second only to the Holy Bible. It’s also considered, by some, as being the world’s first English novel. It’s likely the most published book other than the Bible of all time. There were 1,300 editions printed before 1938, 250 years after the Bunyan’s death. Hence, the world’s most famous Allegory.
Comment on Pilgrim’s Progress by Charles H. Spurgeon from the Spurgeon Sermon
“Christ in You”.
Spurgeon: Christ in us is Christ reigning." reminds me of Mr. Bunyan’s picture of [the town of] Mansoul, …when the Prince Immanuel laid siege to it, and Diabolus from within the city strove to keep him out. It was a, hard time for Mansoul then; but when at last the battering rams had broken down the gates, and the silver trumpets sounded, and the prince’s captains entered the breach, then on a day the prince himself did ride down the city’s streets, while liberated citizens welcomed him with all their hearts, hung out all their streamers, and made the church towers rock again as the bells rang out merry peals [happy melodies] , for the king himself was come. Up to the castle of the heart [main castle] he rode in triumph, and took his royal throne to be henceforth the sole lord and king of the city.
Christ in you is a right royal word. Christ swaying his scepter from the center of your being over every power and faculty, desire and resolve, bringing every thought into captivity to himself, Oh, this is glory begun, and the sure pledge of heaven. Oh, for more of the imperial sovereignty of Jesus, The Messiah; our liberty to be absolutely under his sway.
Spurgeon Sermon: Christ in You, Preached May 13, 1883 Scripture: Colossians 1:27 From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 29 (cit. II. THE SWEETNESS OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, § 5)
You may choose to read, listen or share Pilgrim’s Progress with your little ones as a bed time story. It will bless, strengthen, encourage and instruct pilgrims of all ages and will create precious and enduring memories in little ears.
Spurgeon read it for the first time as a precocious five year old reader and would returned to read it over 100 times during the course of his remarkable ministry as a Baptist pastor who is known as The Prince of Preachers .
Link here for the Complete Index of the Bible Scriptures that saturates The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan preferring God’s view to all “World Views”.
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ADULT AUDIO: PART I
The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (Complete audio-book narrated by Christopher Glyn)
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​
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Episode 23: Atheist
Episode 24: The Enchanted Ground
Episode 25: Ignorance Rejoins the Pilgrims
Episode 26: Beulah Land
Episode 27: The River of Death
Episode 28: The Celestial City
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ILLUSTRATED VIDEO (Recommended Bed Time Story)
Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.
DANGEROUS JOURNEY
Part 1 The Slough [Swamp] of Despond
Part 2 The Interpreter’s House
Part 3 The Hill Difficulty
Part 4 The Fight with Apollyon
Part 5 The Valley of the Shadow of Death
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Part 6 Vanity Fair
Part 7 Doubting Castle
Parts 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.
1 A Visit from Secret 4:50 Audio
2 Good News 2:25 Audio
3 Mount Charity 1:01 Audio
4 Fool & Want-Wit 1:16 Audio
5 Valiant-For-Truth 1:41 Audio
6 Valiant Does Battle 5:51 Audio
7 Valiant’s Story 3:35 Audio
8 Which Way To Go 1:30 Audio
9 Stand-Fast’s 'Wife' 6:02 Audio
10 Stand-Fast’s Story 1:37 Audio
11 Beulah Land 3:20 2018 Audio
12 The Postman’s Visit 1:57 2018 Audio
13 Christiana’s Blessing 5:55 Audio
14 Christiana Goes Over The River 1:20 Audio
15 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio
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16 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio
17 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio Bequeath (Definition)
18 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio
19 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio
20 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio
DEVOTION for March 26th written by Charles Haddon. Spurgeon
Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon
PRAYER 13, Part 7 of 11: THE WINGS OF PRAYER.
ANECDOTE 235: Hearers, but Not Doers.-
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: March 26 THE CARE OF THE POOR
-The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing- Psalm 41:3
MORNING: "Jesus said unto them, If ye seek Me, let these go their way
[If it’s me you’re after, let these go free]." John 18:8
EVENING: "When He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels. " -Mark 8:38
A SINNER'S PRAYER
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PRAYER 13, Part 7 of 11
THE WINGS OF PRAYER.
As men of business, as work-people, as parents, as children, as servants, as masters, [bosses] whatever we may be, may we be such that [Jesus] Christ may look upon us with pleasure. May His joy be in us, for then only can our joy be full.
[In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.]
(Attachment: PRAYER 13.doc)
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ANECDOTE 235: Hearers, but Not Doers.
Beware of being like John Bunyan’s trees that were green outside, but inwardly rotten, and only fit to be tinder for the devil’s tinder-box. Oh “beware of saying as some of you do, “I go, sir,” while you go not [when you actually don’t go]. I sometimes see sick people who quite alarm and distress me. I say to them,
“My dear friend, you are dying; have you a hope?”
There is no answer.
“Do you know your lost state?” “Yes, sir.”
“Christ died for sinners.” ”Yes, sir.”
“Faith gives us of his grace.” “Yes, sir.”
They say, “Yes, sir ; yes, sir ; yes, sir; yes, sir; yes, sir.”
I sometimes wish, before God, they would contradict me, for if they would but have honesty enough to say,
“I do not believe a word of it,”
I should know how to deal with them.
Stubborn [rigid oak trees] are levelled [knocked down] by the gale, [storm] but those who bend like the willow before every wind, what wind shall break them?
Oh, dear brethren, beware of being gospel-hardened;
[What is “gospel-hardened”? It’s the insensitivity and resistance to accept and live by the simple gospel of Jesus Christ when a long and close familiarity with it,
has not resulted in the Godly sorrow that leads to personal repentance and trust in the Lord Jesus
but a self-righteous hardness against it and avoidance of it as being needed by them personally.
Being gospel-hardened is like being inoculated with a counterfeit gospel that brings false assurances of salvation and may be manifested in:
• speaking “Christian-ese” (using church language without being born from above)
• engaging in “Christian” good works, ( “Ministry”) to earn salvation or for the praise given us by others
• confessing good intentions and showing a favorable attitude toward holy living but without the essential strength from God to carry it out
• doing our best (but believing that sin is inevitable) instead of accepting God’s best.
[God’s best for us is Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only begotten and beloved son of God who was sent to die on the cross as the sacrifice for all sin, past, present and future. He thereby delivered us from the penalty of sin, He rose again from the dead to set us free from the practice of sin (He defeated the works of the devil) and will one day deliver us from the presence of sin when we will leave earth and join Him in Heaven for all eternity]
• any or all of the above.
Holy Spirit, help me to receive Jesus Christ as my savior and Lord. Forgive me of my sin and lead me in the path of righteousness in Jesus name, Amen.
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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK MARCH 26 THE CARE OF THE POOR C.H. Spurgeon
-The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing- Psalm 41:3
Remember that this is a promise to the man who considers the poor. Are you one of these? Then take home the text. See how in the hour of sickness the God of the poor will bless the man who cares for the poor! The everlasting arms shall stay [keep] up his soul as friendly hands and downy pillows stay [lift] up the body of the sick. How tender and sympathizing is this image; how near it brings our God to our infirmities and sicknesses! Whoever heard this of the old heathen Jove, or of the gods of India, or China? [No one!]
This is language peculiar to the God of Israel; He it is who deigns [desires] to become nurse and attendant upon good men. If He smites with one hand, He sustains [holds up] with the other. Oh, it is blessed fainting when one falls upon the Lord’s own bosom, and is borne [carried] thereon !
Grace is the best of restoratives;
divine love is the safest stimulant for a languishing patient;
it makes the soul strong as a giant, even when the bond, duty to the poor see what he is losing, and at once become their friend and helper.
Prayer: Thank you, Lord, that as we attend to the needs of the poor, You strengthen and comfort us upon the bed of languishing [hospice] .
Thank You in Jesus name, Amen.
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MORNING March 26
"Jesus said unto them, If ye seek Me, let these go their way [go free]." —John 18:8
—Respondió Jesús: pues si á mi buscáis, dejad ir á éstos. —Juan 18:8
Mark my soul, the care which Jesus manifested even in His hour of trial, towards the sheep of His hand [intimate followers, disciples]! The ruling [survival] passion is strong in death. He resigned himself to the enemy, but He interposed a word of power to set His disciples free.
As to himself, like a sheep before the shearers He was dumb [silent] and opened not his mouth, but for His disciples' sake He spoke with Almighty energy.
Herein is love, constant, self-forgetting, faithful love. But is there not far more here than is to be found on the surface?
Have we not the very soul and spirit of the atonement in these words?
The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep, and pleads that they must therefore go free. The Surety [down-payment] is bound [secured], and justice demands that those for whom He stands a substitute should [be permitted to] go their way.
In the midst of Egypt's bondage, that voice rings as a word of power,
"Let these go their way."
Out of the slavery of sin and Satan the redeemed [blood-bought] must come. In every cell of the dungeons of Despair, the sound is echoed,
"Let these go their way," and forth come [here comes] Despondency and Much-afraid [character personifications of attributes presented in the John Bunyan allegory, Pilgr[jM1] im’s Progress].
Satan hears the well-known voice, and lifts his foot from the neck of the fallen; Death hears it, and the grave opens her gates to let the dead arise. Their way is one of progress, holiness, triumph, glory, and none will dare to stop them in it. No lion will be on their way [after them], neither will any ravenous beast go up thereon.
"The hind of the morning [lively deer]" has drawn the cruel hunters upon himself, and now the most timid roes [small Old World deer] and hinds [red deer] of the field may graze in perfect peace among the lilies of his loves.
The thundercloud has burst over the Cross of Calvary, and the pilgrims of Zion will never be stricken by the [thunder] bolts of vengeance. Come, my heart [soul], rejoice in the immunity which your Redeemer has secured [for] you, and bless His name all the day, and every day.
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EVENING March 26
"When He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels. "—Mark 8:38
—Cuando Él vendrá en la gloria de su Padre con los santos ángeles.—Marcos 8:38
IF we have been partakers with Jesus in His shame, we will be sharers with Him in the luster [glow] surrounding Him when He appears again in glory.
Are you beloved, one, with Christ Jesus? Does a vital union knit [hold] you to Him?
Then today you are with Him in His shame; you have taken up His cross, and gone with Him outside the camp bearing His reproach; you will doubtless be with Him when the cross is exchanged for the crown.
But judge yourself this evening; for
if you are not with Him in the regeneration, neither will you be with Him when He comes in His glory. If you start back [shy away] from the black side of communion, you shall not understand its bright, its happy period, when the King will come, and all His holy angels with Him.
What! are angels with Him? And yet He took not up angels—He took up the seed of Abraham. Are the holy angels with Him? Come, my soul, if you are indeed His own beloved, you cannot be far from Him. If His friends and His neighbors are called together to see His glory, what do you think it will be like if you are married to Him? Will you be kept at a distance? Though it be a day of judgment, yet you cannot be far from that heart which, having admitted angels into intimacy, has admitted you into union.
Has He not said to you, 0 my soul, "I will betroth [marry] you to Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness"?
Have not His own lips said it,
"I am married to you, and my delight is in you"?
If the angels, who are but friends and neighbors, will be with Him, it is abundantly certain that His own [redeemed] beloved Hephzibah: [whose name means my pleasure and delight], referring to restoration of spiritual Jerusalem, in whom is all His delight, will be near to Him, and sit at His right hand.
Here is a morning star of hope for you, of such exceeding brilliance, that it may well light up the darkest and most desolate experience.
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