Daily Spurgeon
DAILY SPURGEON for May 18th *A.D. 2024 written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
*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 INTERVIEW on TBN with Former Saddleback Pastor, Rick Warren.
URL:
https://www.tbnplus.com/c/sy/sMW1pnGB?episodeId=EJGY0J8Q&play=1
FEATURED MUSIC
Elvis in Spirit and Ever Lasting Life
URL: https://youtu.be/SbryzR_3dR4
If That Isn’t Love Gaither Premiere
URL:
https://youtu.be/unfOWRtg81U?t=2982
Love Without End George Strait performing George W Bush’s favorite
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 Concert:
Do You Remember These (The Good Old Days)
URL: https://youtu.be/6zTBebFb0v0?t=360
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FEATURED BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEOS :
C.H. Spurgeon The Peoples Preacher ( 70 min.) Historically accurate Feature Film of the one called The Prince of Preachers
2,018,939 views May 14, 2020 ―a video into the life and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, widely known first as the “people’s preacher” who was later known as “The Prince of Preachers”.
It follows his trials and triumphs with historical accuracy pointing always to Jesus Christ and proclaiming, “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh [takes] away the sin of the world.”
Here is an intimate account of one of the greatest preachers in the history of the church. We follow him from his youth where, as a young preacher he is called Charlie, boy preacher of the Finns. to become the minister to London’s largest Baptist congregation and soon captures the love and respect of Great Britan to become one of its most influential figures.
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 life is highly relevant to the twenty-first century.
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The following two videos, by John Piper and Steve Lawson provide context for the life and ministry of Charles Haddon 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, Infallible and Inerrant WORD OF GOD was saturated into and always proclaimed in the preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. His sermons continue to bless and benefit thousands through the publication of his printed sermons; sermons inspired, prepared and delivered in the God-breathed, inerrant and infallible WORD of GOD.
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John-Michael participated in this year’s Christmas concert.
Christmas at the Shores 2023
Directed by Choirmaster Robert Perry. Enjoy.
URL:
https://youtu.be/PXYCBV5HyG8?t=340
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https://m.facebook.com/johnmichael.riley (FACEBOOK)
· A Prayer
· An Anecdote
· A promise from Faith’s Checkbook
· Selections from Morning & Evening
RECENT DEVOTIONS (FACEBOOK)
URL:
https://m.facebook.com/johnmichael.riley
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Rejoice In The LORD Always tap to sing along, won’t you? Philippians 4:4
URL:
https://youtu.be/8Rs1SeuBgU0
Thank You LORD for dailyspurgeon.com that proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ [The Messiah], and the great commission for believers to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
This ministry was begun with the sending of e-mails of Spurgeon’s Faith’s Checkbook, to Jon Edward Riley (1971- 2021). A mailing list was started and grew rapidly with the addition of many who learned of this publication and wanted it sent to them directly. This mailing list continues to be used to distribute dailyspurgeon.com and we trust that it will continue to encourage whole-hearted devotional vigor of Love, and oneness with Jesus Christ through the study and obedience of GOD’S WORD.
Devotional Content published here has been written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon. We pray that many will be born-again and the born-again will be built-up in the Faith of Jesus Christ, by God’s grace and with His help. May God be pleased to sustain this ministry begun with my beloved son, Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021) honored here as one to whom honor is due.
Jon would often say...
“I’m a blood-bought, born-again child of God.”
Amen.
Hymns of condolences and comfort:
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A thriving ministry continues from Spurgeon’s home church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle begun in London in 1650. (Brief History) The present church building was constructed in 1861to support a congregation that continues as a vibrant, doctrinally sound, Gospel preaching, Sacred Praise and Hymn singing body of believing Disciples, devoted to and following the Lord Jesus Christ.
s dailyspurgeon.com or any other spoken or written communication to be trusted?
Is it true? Is it of God?
Apply this Scripture to discern if it is of God and true, or not.
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 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 two alternate Greek texts created by Westcott & Hort or Nestle & Alland as “Has come” rather than“Is come” [Is Here] which is the correct translation following the Greek Majority Text and the Textus Receptus]. The majority of manuscripts MT of the 5,321 individual Greek manuscripts that are preserved, protected, inerrant, infallible and immutable manuscripts and are in overwhelming agreement with one another and are the source from which the Textus Receptus is taken
All Modern Critical translations overlook 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]. (Rightly translated from the Received Text only in the King James Version)
This error occurs because the modern critical Greek text, created by Westcott & Hort and Nestles & Alland DO NOT follow the MT [Majority Texts] of 5,321 Greek manuscripts that affirm agreement with one another. The TR [Textus Receptus] is rendered from this overwhelming body of agreement from Majority Text of primary manuscript sources. Both Westcott & Hort and Nestles & Alland have omitted the verb “is”, from the Greek text. This error may be described in the legal term res ipsa loquitur meaning the thing speaks for itself.
Therefore, the alternate translations generated from these two alternate Greek fabrications are not correct. Why is that?
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 also “is here”.
The “has come” assertion is not surprising nor is it, per se, a false statement. Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. However, this fails to present a Rubric necessary to discern whether the sprit [voice] being tested [tried] is from God or from false prophets in the spirit of antichrist.
Again, the expression “has come” rather than “is come” [is here] is not, per se a false statement.
However, it fails to deliver a valid hypothesis, proffered and inferred in the contextfor scriptural discernment. The failure here to establish a logical and rhetorically sound rubric to judge the question of whether spirits [words] are from God or from false prophets and the spirit of antichrist is absent.
Namely, it does not provide a sound hypothesis to discern whether a spirit [spoken or written words] are from God or the spirit of Antichrist.
Virtually anyone [or any spirit] may avow that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. But as you can see, this does not resolve the issue of whether something should or should not be believed or followed. Why? Once again, because virtually anyone and everyone can and often do confess that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. This leaves absent a valid and efficacious hypothesis to discern the truth.
Again, while it is true that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh, this alone is inadequate to discern truth from error. “Has come” does not mean the same thing as “is come [is here], from God, in the flesh” and therefore is a failed attempt to represent itself as efficacious for true spiritual discernment as outlined in 1 John Chapter 4: 1-3.
Further, as we compare Scripture with scripture in 1 John 4:1-3 and Ephesians 5:30-32
we comprehend God’s message regarding the body of Jesus Christ being in the Flesh vis-à-vis The Body of Christ, The Corporate Church.
Compare 1 John 4:1-3 with Ephesians 5:30-32
1 John 4:1-3
Authorized (King James) Version
4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Ephesians 5:30-32
Authorized (King James) Version
30 for we are members of his [Jesus Christ’s] body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
[So, we are members of His body, flesh and bone, [we are] one flesh with Him, The Body of Christ is (In the flesh); and is the incarnate Body of believers].
He was born of a virgin 2024 years ago and He lives today.
He’s coming again, for His bride; the Church [Blood-bought, Born-again members of His body].
When a believer considers the fact that they are members of the body of Christ [The Church] , they should acknowledge and readily confess that…
“Jesus Christ is here, from God, in the flesh,” because We are the Body of Christ; The Church, in the flesh! Amen.
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BEST BIBLE TRANSLATION:
GOD’S WORD is Infallible, without error and Immutable, It is Inspired [God breathed], Self-Authenticating and Providentially Protected and Preserved by GOD Himself.
For ever, O Lord, thy word is Settled in Heaven, Psalm 119:89
The Authorized King James Bible AKJV
Is It The Best? By David Hocking
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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SACRED LITERATURE:
The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
You may choose from three audio recordings to hear Pilgrim’s Progress:
Part I contains (1) ADULT AUDIO and (2) CHILDREN’S AUDIO (Illustrated) .
Part II adds Sequel (3) CHRISTIANA, Pilgrim’s wife and children. These audios may be listened to or shared. Little ones will long remember the loving bed time stories you share
They will bless, strengthen, encourage, challenge and instruct seekers and believers, of all ages.
THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS by John Bunyan
ORIGINAL: The Pilgrim’s Progress Part I Published by Logos in 1853 from Bunyan's 1678 text.
REVISED VERSION PRINT: by Barry E. Horner: The Pilgrim’s Progrefs
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[sic] ©1999
The Pilgrim Progress is the world’s most widely published and most famous Allegory . It was commonly found among he scant possessions in the cabins of the early American Pioneers. It was loved and read, second only to the Holy Bible, God’s Word, of guidance, encouragement and comfort. It’s also considered, by some, to be the world’s first English novel and is the most published book of all time. other than the Bible. There were 1,300 editions printed before 1938, 250 years after the author's death. It remains one of the world’s most famous books. In allegorical genre, it is unequalled.
Pilgrim’s Progress is referenced in many Spurgeon Sermons.
Here's one example:
“Christ in you, the hope of glory.”—Colossians 1:27
Note: Spurgeon was taught to read at a very early age and read The Pilgrim’s Progress for the first time when he was six years old. He would return to re-read it over 100 times. He made many reference to it in his sermons as Pastor of The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London.
Excerpt from Sermon: II. § 5 THE SWEETNESS OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU
"Christ in us is Christ reigning." reminds me [Spurgeon] of Mr. Bunyan’s picture in The Pilgrim’s Progress. 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 [ancient weapons of war] 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 [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; it is our liberty to be absolutely under his sway.
Spurgeon’s Full Sermon: Christ in You, May 13, 1883 Scripture: Colossians 1:27 From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 29 (cit. II. The Mystery of this is Christ In You, § 5)
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You may choose to read, listen or share Pilgrim’s Progress is a bed time story.
It will bless, strengthen, encourage and instruct pilgrims (readers and seekers) of all ages for a life-time.
Index of the 533 Scripture References cited in The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan 1687
John Bunyan did not write or set forth any world view of any kind. His masterful allegory, demonstrably displays that God's Word does not support a world view at all but sets forth God’s view on every thing revealed and forever settled in heaven, The Holy Bible.
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Bunyan merely, yet ardently, trusted in God’s Word; the God-breathed [divinely inspired], Self-authenticating, Providentially-protected immutable, inerrant, infallible, and inextinguishable written Word from GOD Himself. God, the omnipotent, omnipresent, righteous and Holy One, has breathed out His Word and has made His Word flesh in the birth of Jesus Christ. God’s Word is now, has always been and will forever be in perfect accord with Himself and the Spirit of Truth.
God’s infinite Love and Grace to redeem all fallen, hell-bound sinners who will look to Him is revealed by the sacrifice of His only begotten [fathered by God] Son, Jesus Christ.
The story inspiration given to Bunyan was in the form of a dream. Never the less, it imparts wisdom and may encourage soul-searching self-reflection to all pilgrims who seek redemption and eternal life. Many scripture references will be captured and remembered from its reading [listening].
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ADULT AUDIO:
The Pilgrim’s Progress Part I by John Bunyan (Complete Part I by Christopher Glyn)
Preface: Bunyan’s letter
Episode 01: The City of Destruction
Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable
Episode 03: The Swamp of Despond
Episode 04: Mr. Worldly Wiseman
Episode 05: The Narrow Gate
Episode 06: The House of the Interpreter
Episode 07: The Cross
Episode 08: Simple, Sloth & Presumption
Episode 09: Formalist & Hypocrisy
Episode 10: The Hill Difficulty
Episode 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 27: The River of Death
Episode 28: The Celestial City
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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 3 The Hill Difficulty
Part 4 The Fight with Apollyon
Part 5 The Valley of the Shadow of Death
Part 6 Vanity Fair
Part 7 Doubting Castle
> Parts 8 & 9 The Dark River & The Celestial City
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PART II - CHRISTIANA Some say, “Better than PART I” (Old English dialect)
PRINT: - The Pilgrim’s Progress Part II Christiana by John Bunyan
AUDIO: (Automatic consecutive play of all 20 Parts if not paused or stopped)
1 Part II 04 A Visit from Secret 4:50 2018 Audio
2 Part II 05 Good News 2:25 2018 Audio
3 Part II 28 Mount Charity 1:01 2018 Audio
4 Part II 29 Fool & Want-Wit 1:16 2018 Audio
5 Part II 31 Meeting Valiant-For-Truth 1:41 2018 Audio
6 Part II 01 Valiant Does Battle 5:51 2018 Audio
7 Part II 02 Valiant’s Story 3:35 2018 Audio
8 Part II 04 Which Way To Go 1:30 2018 Audio
9 Part II 09 Stand-Fast’s 'Wife' 6:02 2018 Audio
10 Part II 11 Stand-Fast’s Story 1:37 2018 Audio
11 Part II 12 Beulah Land 3:20 2018 Audio
12 Part II 14 The Postman’s Visit 1:57 2018 Audio
13 Part II 15 Christiana’s Blessing 5:55 2018 Audio
14 Part II 16 Christiana Goes Over The River 1:20 2018 Audio
15 Part II 19 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 2018 Audio
16 Part II 20 Old-Honest Called 1:41 2018 Audio
> 17 Part II 21 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 2018 Audio
18 Part II 22 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 2018 Audio
19 Part II 23 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 2018 Audio
20 Part II 24 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 2018 Audio
DEVOTION for May 18th written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon
URL: https://www.gotquestions.org/Charles-Haddon-Spurgeon.html
PRAYER 19, Part 8 of 11 GOD’S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT.
ANECDOTE 287: Uncertain Tenure of Life.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: May 18 LOSSES OVERCOME
-And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten- Joel 2:25
MORNING: "In Him [Jesus Christ] dwelleth [dwells {lives}] all the *fullness of the Godhead [Essence of God] bodily [incarnate {in the flesh}]. And ye are complete in Him."
—Colossians 2:9-10
EVENING: "Afterward. " —Hebrews 12:11
A SINNER'S PRAYER
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PRAYER 19, Part 8 of 11
GOD’S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT.
Just now [Springtime] when the earth is waking up to life, Lord, wake up dead hearts; and if there are seeds of grace lying dormant in any soul may they begin to bud, may the bulb down at the heart send forth its golden cup and drink in of the light, the life of God. Oh! save [souls] today.
“Thy King in the midst of Thee from the center of Your essence is mighty: He will save.”
Our very heart is speaking now much more loudly and sweetly than our lips can speak. Lord, save sinners; great High Priest have compassion on the ignorant and such as are out of the way shoved to one side or ignored. Great Shepherd of the sheep, gather the lambs within Thine arm; find out [discover] the lost sheep ; throw them on Thy shoulders and bring them home rejoicing.
[We ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.]
(Attachment: PRAYER 19.doc)
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ANECDOTE 287: Uncertain Tenure of Life.
Have you not been startled by the news that a neighbor or acquaintance, with whom you chatted a day or two ago, is dead? “Dead!” you said. “Why, he was in my shop only a few days ago! Dead! Why, he seemed to be in good health, strong in body, vigorous in mind, full of plans and projects; I should have thought of any man being dead sooner than he!”
Do not you recollect the time when you heard the bell toll for a near relative, and when you stood over the open grave? Ah, then, when the dust fell upon the coffin-lid, and the words were uttered,
“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes,”
each of those thundering morsels said,
“I have a message from God unto thee.”
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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK MAY 18 LOSSES OVERCOME C.H Spurgeon 1834 – 1892
-And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten- Joel 2:25
-Y os restituiré los anos que comio la oruga – Joel 2:25
Yes those wasted years over which we sigh shall be restored to us. God can give us such plentiful grace that we shall crowd into the remainder of our days as much of service as will be some recompense for those years of un-regeneracy [those lost years before we trusted in You, Lord Jesus] over which we mourn in humble penitence.
The locusts of backsliding, worldliness, luke-warmness, are now viewed by us as a terrible plague. Oh that they had never come near us! The Lord in mercy has now taken them away, and we are full of zeal [enthusiasm] to serve Him. Blessed be His name we can raise such harvests of spiritual graces as shall make our former barrenness to disappear. Through rich grace we can turn to account our bitter experience, and use it to warn others.
We can become the more rooted in humility, childlike dependence, and penitent spirituality, by reason of our former shortcomings. If we are the more watchful, zealous, and tender, we shall gain by our lamentable [shameful] losses.
The wasted years, by a miracle of love, can be restored.
Does it seem too great a boon [favor]? Let us believe for it, and live for it, and we may yet realize it, even as Peter became all the more useful a man after his presumption was cured by his discovered weakness.
Lord, aid us by thy grace.
Prayer: Thank you Lord that -You will restore to us the years that the locust hath [has] eaten- Father, we desire to be renewed daily into a life of useful service and integrity by Your love and grace through Jesus Christ and by empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
Help me to be completely yielded to You Lord and to look for the restoration of what has been lost, [backsliding, worldliness, luke-warmness, are now viewed by us as a terrible plague]. Give me faith to abide in You, knowing that You bring full restoration for what the Locust has eaten, and even more, in Your name, Lord Jesus I pray, Amen
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¶ Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah Chapter 45, verse 22
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MORNING May 18
"In Him [Jesus Christ] dwelleth [dwells] all the *fullness of the Godhead bodily [Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]. And ye are complete in Him." —Colossians 2:9, 10
Porque en él habita toda la plenitud de la divinidad corporalmente:Y en él estáis cumplidos —Colosenses 2:9, 10
ALL the attributes of Christ, as God and Man, are at our disposal. All the fullness of the Godhead, whatever that marvelous term may include, is ours to make us complete. He cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity; but He has done all that can be done, for He has made even His divine power and Godhead subservient to our salvation.
His omnipotence [infinite power],
omniscience [infinite knowledge],
omnipresence [present everywhere at the same time],
immutability [forever unchanged and unchangeable]
and infallibility [the inability to be wrong],
are all combined for our defense.
Arise, believer, and behold the Lord Jesus yoking [being yoked], the whole of His divine Godhead to the chariot of salvation! How vast [huge] His grace, how firm His faithfulness, how unswerving His immutability, how infinite His power, how limitless His knowledge! All these are made the pillars of the temple of salvation by the Lord Jesus; and all, without diminution of [diminishing] their infinity, are covenanted [given as holy promises] to us as our perpetual [eternal] inheritance.
The fathomless [bottomless] love of the Savior's heart is every drop of it ours; every sinew in the arm of might, every jewel in the crown of majesty, the immensity of divine knowledge, and the sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and shall be employed for us.
The whole of Christ, in His adorable character [unsearchable loveliness] as the Son of God, is given over to us by Himself to enjoy most richly.
His wisdom is our direction, His knowledge, our instruction, His power, our protection, His justice, our surety [guarantee], His love, our comfort, His mercy, our solace, and His immutability, our trust.
He makes no reserve, but opens the recesses of the Mount of God and bids [asks] us dig in its mines for the hidden treasures.
"All, all, all are yours," says He, "be ye satisfied with favor and full of the goodness of the Lord."
Oh, how sweet thus to behold Jesus, and to call on Him with the certain confidence that in seeking the intervention of His love or power,
we are but asking for that which He has already faithfully promised.
* English (USA) spelling
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EVENING May 18
"Afterward. " —Hebrews 12:11
—Después—Hebreos 12:11
HOW happy are tried [tested and proved] Christians, afterward. No calm is more deep than that which follows a storm.
Who has not rejoiced in clear shinings [sunshine] after rain? Victorious banquets are for well-exercised [experienced] soldiers.
After killing the lion, we eat the honey; after climbing the Hill of Difficulty, we sit down in the arbor [shady covering of trees] to rest; after traversing [traveling] the Valley of Humiliation, after fighting with Apollyon, the shining one [Jesus] appears with the healing branch from the tree of life.
Our sorrows, like the passing keels [wakes] of the vessels upon the sea, leave a silver line of holy light behind them "afterward."
It is peace, sweet, deep peace, which follows the horrible turmoil which once reigned in our tormented, guilty souls. See, then, the happy estate of a Christian! He has his best things last, and he therefore in this world receives his worst things first.
But even his worst things are "afterward" good things, harsh plowings yielding joyful harvests. Even now he grows rich by his losses, he rises by his falls, he lives by dying, and becomes full by being emptied.
If, then, his grievous afflictions yield him so much peaceable fruit in this life,
what will be the full vintage of joy "afterward" in heaven?
If his dark nights are as bright as the world's days, what will his days be? If even his starlight is more splendid than the sun, what must his sunlight be?
If he can sing in a dungeon,
how sweetly will he sing in heaven!
If he can praise the Lord in the fires,
how will he extol Him before the eternal throne!
If evil be good to him now, what will the over flowing goodness of God be to him then?
Oh, blessed "afterward!" Who would not be a Christian?
Who would not bear the present cross for the crown that comes afterward?
But herein is work for patience, for the rest is not for today, nor the triumph for the present, but
"afterward."
Wait, 0 soul, and let patience have her perfect work.
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A SINNER’S PRAYER: … FOR WHOSOEVER WILL: [For 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]
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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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DEVOTION for May 18th written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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PRAYER 19, Part 8 of 11 GOD’S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT.
ANECDOTE 287: Uncertain Tenure of Life.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: May 18 LOSSES OVERCOME
-And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten- Joel 2:25
MORNING: "In Him [Jesus Christ] dwelleth [dwells {lives}] all the *fullness of the Godhead [Essence of God] bodily [incarnate {in the flesh}]. And ye are complete in Him."
—Colossians 2:9-10
EVENING: "Afterward. " —Hebrews 12:11
A SINNER'S PRAYER
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PRAYER 19, Part 8 of 11
GOD’S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT.
Just now [Springtime] when the earth is waking up to life, Lord, wake up dead hearts; and if there are seeds of grace lying dormant in any soul may they begin to bud, may the bulb down at the heart send forth its golden cup and drink in of the light, the life of God. Oh! save [souls] today.
“Thy King in the midst of Thee from the center of Your essence is mighty: He will save.”
Our very heart is speaking now much more loudly and sweetly than our lips can speak. Lord, save sinners; great High Priest have compassion on the ignorant and such as are out of the way shoved to one side or ignored. Great Shepherd of the sheep, gather the lambs within Thine arm; find out [discover] the lost sheep ; throw them on Thy shoulders and bring them home rejoicing.
[We ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.]
(Attachment: PRAYER 19.doc)
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ANECDOTE 287: Uncertain Tenure of Life.
Have you not been startled by the news that a neighbor or acquaintance, with whom you chatted a day or two ago, is dead? “Dead!” you said. “Why, he was in my shop only a few days ago! Dead! Why, he seemed to be in good health, strong in body, vigorous in mind, full of plans and projects; I should have thought of any man being dead sooner than he!”
Do not you recollect the time when you heard the bell toll for a near relative, and when you stood over the open grave? Ah, then, when the dust fell upon the coffin-lid, and the words were uttered,
“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes,”
each of those thundering morsels said,
“I have a message from God unto thee.”
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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK MAY 18 LOSSES OVERCOME C.H Spurgeon 1834 – 1892
-And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten- Joel 2:25
-Y os restituiré los anos que comio la oruga – Joel 2:25
Yes those wasted years over which we sigh shall be restored to us. God can give us such plentiful grace that we shall crowd into the remainder of our days as much of service as will be some recompense for those years of un-regeneracy [those lost years before we trusted in You, Lord Jesus] over which we mourn in humble penitence.
The locusts of backsliding, worldliness, luke-warmness, are now viewed by us as a terrible plague. Oh that they had never come near us! The Lord in mercy has now taken them away, and we are full of zeal [enthusiasm] to serve Him. Blessed be His name we can raise such harvests of spiritual graces as shall make our former barrenness to disappear. Through rich grace we can turn to account our bitter experience, and use it to warn others.
We can become the more rooted in humility, childlike dependence, and penitent spirituality, by reason of our former shortcomings. If we are the more watchful, zealous, and tender, we shall gain by our lamentable [shameful] losses.
The wasted years, by a miracle of love, can be restored.
Does it seem too great a boon [favor]? Let us believe for it, and live for it, and we may yet realize it, even as Peter became all the more useful a man after his presumption was cured by his discovered weakness.
Lord, aid us by thy grace.
Prayer: Thank you Lord that -You will restore to us the years that the locust hath [has] eaten- Father, we desire to be renewed daily into a life of useful service and integrity by Your love and grace through Jesus Christ and by empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
Help me to be completely yielded to You Lord and to look for the restoration of what has been lost, [backsliding, worldliness, luke-warmness, are now viewed by us as a terrible plague]. Give me faith to abide in You, knowing that You bring full restoration for what the Locust has eaten, and even more, in Your name, Lord Jesus I pray, Amen
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¶ Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah Chapter 45, verse 22
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MORNING May 18
"In Him [Jesus Christ] dwelleth [dwells] all the *fullness of the Godhead bodily [Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]. And ye are complete in Him." —Colossians 2:9, 10
Porque en él habita toda la plenitud de la divinidad corporalmente:Y en él estáis cumplidos —Colosenses 2:9, 10
ALL the attributes of Christ, as God and Man, are at our disposal. All the fullness of the Godhead, whatever that marvelous term may include, is ours to make us complete. He cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity; but He has done all that can be done, for He has made even His divine power and Godhead subservient to our salvation.
His omnipotence [infinite power],
omniscience [infinite knowledge],
omnipresence [present everywhere at the same time],
immutability [forever unchanged and unchangeable]
and infallibility [the inability to be wrong],
are all combined for our defense.
Arise, believer, and behold the Lord Jesus yoking [being yoked], the whole of His divine Godhead to the chariot of salvation! How vast [huge] His grace, how firm His faithfulness, how unswerving His immutability, how infinite His power, how limitless His knowledge! All these are made the pillars of the temple of salvation by the Lord Jesus; and all, without diminution of [diminishing] their infinity, are covenanted [given as holy promises] to us as our perpetual [eternal] inheritance.
The fathomless [bottomless] love of the Savior's heart is every drop of it ours; every sinew in the arm of might, every jewel in the crown of majesty, the immensity of divine knowledge, and the sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and shall be employed for us.
The whole of Christ, in His adorable character [unsearchable loveliness] as the Son of God, is given over to us by Himself to enjoy most richly.
His wisdom is our direction, His knowledge, our instruction, His power, our protection, His justice, our surety [guarantee], His love, our comfort, His mercy, our solace, and His immutability, our trust.
He makes no reserve, but opens the recesses of the Mount of God and bids [asks] us dig in its mines for the hidden treasures.
"All, all, all are yours," says He, "be ye satisfied with favor and full of the goodness of the Lord."
Oh, how sweet thus to behold Jesus, and to call on Him with the certain confidence that in seeking the intervention of His love or power,
we are but asking for that which He has already faithfully promised.
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EVENING May 18
"Afterward. " —Hebrews 12:11
—Después—Hebreos 12:11
HOW happy are tried [tested and proved] Christians, afterward. No calm is more deep than that which follows a storm.
Who has not rejoiced in clear shinings [sunshine] after rain? Victorious banquets are for well-exercised [experienced] soldiers.
After killing the lion, we eat the honey; after climbing the Hill of Difficulty, we sit down in the arbor [shady covering of trees] to rest; after traversing [traveling] the Valley of Humiliation, after fighting with Apollyon, the shining one [Jesus] appears with the healing branch from the tree of life.
Our sorrows, like the passing keels [wakes] of the vessels upon the sea, leave a silver line of holy light behind them "afterward."
It is peace, sweet, deep peace, which follows the horrible turmoil which once reigned in our tormented, guilty souls. See, then, the happy estate of a Christian! He has his best things last, and he therefore in this world receives his worst things first.
But even his worst things are "afterward" good things, harsh plowings yielding joyful harvests. Even now he grows rich by his losses, he rises by his falls, he lives by dying, and becomes full by being emptied.
If, then, his grievous afflictions yield him so much peaceable fruit in this life,
what will be the full vintage of joy "afterward" in heaven?
If his dark nights are as bright as the world's days, what will his days be? If even his starlight is more splendid than the sun, what must his sunlight be?
If he can sing in a dungeon,
how sweetly will he sing in heaven!
If he can praise the Lord in the fires,
how will he extol Him before the eternal throne!
If evil be good to him now, what will the over flowing goodness of God be to him then?
Oh, blessed "afterward!" Who would not be a Christian?
Who would not bear the present cross for the crown that comes afterward?
But herein is work for patience, for the rest is not for today, nor the triumph for the present, but
"afterward."
Wait, 0 soul, and let patience have her perfect work.
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A SINNER’S PRAYER: … FOR WHOSOEVER WILL: [For 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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Come to Him. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.. Matthew 11:28
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]
MISSION STATEMENT:
Our aim, with God’s help, is to be Christlike in all that we think, do and say. We desire to fulfill the Great Commission by taking the GOOD NEWS of Salvation by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ [The Messiah] to every creature, and to make disciples and baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
The Published Titles written by Spurgeon are included each day in DailySpurgeon.com
Devotions are:
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· 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. He created an unexcelled legacy of gospel preaching and exposition and is known as the “Prince of Preachers”. 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 (Thriving TODAY through the faithful preaching of the Gospel and the Sacred Worship of Jesus the Christ [Messiah].)
[Click this link to live-stream current gospel preaching in real time each Sunday from London by Dr. Peter Masters, Metropolitan Tabernacle pastor since 1970.
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Precaution: These Devotional 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), also known also as the Authorized Version (AKJV), 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 weakness found in many contemporary editions.
Written Prayers by Spurgeon must not be offered as a substitute for personal, intimate fervent, heart-felt, prayer. They are rather intended to warm the hearts of those who are seeking a season of authentic two-way, heart-to-heart fellowship and prayer with the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit. Go to the book of Romans Chapter 8
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DEFENDING THE KING JAMES BIBLE by the Millennium Bible Institute
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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.
HOLY WORDS that were given 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 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 written word-for-word are immutable, without error, and infallible and for ever [sic] settled in heaven by God himself in the self authenticating word of god, itself.
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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.
2 Peter 1:21
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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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The complete Inside Story of Westcott and Hort:
Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort (Text only)
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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.
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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 is present in it. The presence of their work means that it is based on a defective text. Those who want to honor the Word of God must not promote the use of 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 without error 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 would be to Him if His people now chose instead to use versions that are based on defective Greek manuscript created by Westcott and Hort or Nestle and Aland.
Let the biblical story of Nadab and Abihu be a lesson for us all:
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).
– Published in The Burning Bush, Volume 4 Number 1, January 1998
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For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
-Psalm 119:89 Authorized (King James) Version
1 Corinthians 14:33 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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