DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for June 16th *A.D. 2026 written and calendared for this date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
PRAYER 22, June 16th Part 9 of 11 THE PRESENCE OF GOD
ANECDOTE 320: June 16th A FUTILE PRAYER.
FAITH'S CHECKBOOK: June 16th POSSESS. NOT ONLY [Don't Just] PROFESS
-For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance- Matthew 3:12
MORNING: June 16th “AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH."
EVENING: June 16th "THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR? the
Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" -Psalm 27:1
A SINNER'S PRAYER June 16th
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DEVOTION written by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
PRAYER 22, June 16th Part 9 of 11 THE PRESENCE OF GOD
O, Jehovah, Thou art the true God, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, this God is our God for ever and ever; He shall be our guide even unto death. Them who spakest [spoke] by the apostles speak still by Thy servants, and let Thy Word be with as much power as when Thou sadist [said it] ,
“Let there be light, and there was light.”
Oh! for the lifting up of Thy voice! Let confusion and darkness once again hear the voice of Him that makes order and that giveth [gives] life. Oh! how we would stir Thee up, Thou gracious God. Our prayers would take the form of that ancient one,
“Awake, awake, put on Thy strength.”
Art [are] Thou not He that cut Egypt and wounded the crocodile? Hast [have] Thou not still the same power to smite [strike] and to vindicate Thine own truth and deliver Thine own redeemed?
O Lamb, slain from before the foundation of the world, Thou art still to sit upon the throne, for He that is on the throne looks like a Lamb that has been newly slain. O Jesus, we beseech [implore] Thee take to Thyself Thy great power; divide the spoil [plunder] with the strong; take the purchase of Thy precious blood and rule from the river even unto the ends of the earth.
Here we are before Thee; look on us in great pity. Lord, bless Thine own people. With favor do Thou compass [please surround] them as with a shield.
Lord, save the unsaved.
In great compassion draw them by the attractive magnet of the cross, draw them to Thyself, compel them to come in that the wedding may be furnished with guests.
[I ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.]
Attachment: PRAYER 22.doc
ANECDOTE 320: June 16th June 16th A FUTILE PRAYER.
It has been well observed by an old divine [Godly Man], that the man who pleads his own merit does not pray, but demands his due.
If I ask a man to pay me a debt, I am not a suppliant, but a plaintiff claiming my rights. The prayer of a man who thinks he is meritorious is like serving the Lord with a writ: it is not offering a request, it is issuing a demand. Merit in effect says,
“Pay me that thou owest [Pay me what you owe me]”.
Little, will such a man get of God.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK June 16th POSSESS NOT ONLY [Don’t just] PROFESS
by C.H. Spurgeon 1834 - 1892
-For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance- Matthew 13:12
-Porque a cualquiera que tiene, se le dara, y tendra mas- Mateo 13:12
When the Lord has given to a man much grace, He will give him more. A little faith is a nest egg; more faith will come to it. But then it must not be seeming [presumed] faith, but real and true. What a necessity is laid upon us to make sure work in religion and not to profess much, and possess nothing!
for one of these days the very profession will be taken from us, if that be all we have.
The threatening is as true as, the promise. Blessed be the Lord, it is His way when He has once made a beginning to go on bestowing the graces of His Spirit, till He who had but little, and yet truly had that little, is made to have abundance. Oh, for that abundance!
Abundance of grace is a thing to be coveted.
It would be well to know much, but better to love much. It would be delightful to have abundance of skill to serve God, but
better still to have abundance of faith to trust in the Lord for skill and everything [else].
Lord, since thou hast [have] given me a sense of sin,
deepen my hatred of evil.
Since thou hast [have] caused me to trust Jesus, raise my faith to full assurance.
Since thou hast [have] made me to love Thee, cause me to be carried away with vehement affection [fervent, faithful love] for Thee!
Prayer: Thank You Lord Jesus, for grace. It is well to have an abundance, but better still to love much. It is delightful to have an abundance of skill to serve You Lord, but better still to have abundance of faith to trust You Lord for everything. Lord, as thou have given me a sense of sin, deepen my hatred of evil.
Since thou have caused me to trust Jesus, raise my faith to a full and Blessed Assurance.
Since thou have made me to love Thee, cause me to be carried away with a passionate love for Thee! in Your name Lord Jesus, I pray, Amen.
MORNING June 16th
"AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH."
-Yo les doy vida eterna; y no perecerán para siempre -Juan 10:28
THE Christian should never think or speak lightly of unbelief. For a child of God to mistrust His love, His truth, His faithfulness, must be greatly displeasing to Him. How can we ever grieve [disappoint] Him by doubting His upholding grace?
Christian, it is contrary to every promise of God's precious Word that you should ever be forgotten or left to perish. If it could be so, how could He be true who has said,
"Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I never forget you."
What were the value of that promise
"The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of My peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on you"?
Where were the truth of Christ's words
"I give unto My sheep eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand. My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand"?
Where would the doctrines of grace be? They would be all disproved
if one child of God should perish.
Where would be the veracity [truth] of God, His honor, His power, His grace, His covenant, His oath, if any of those for whom Christ has died, and who have put their trust in Him, should nevertheless be cast away?
Banish [forbid forever] those unbelieving fears which so dishonor God. Arise, shake yourself from the dust, and put on your beautiful garments.
Remember it is sinful to doubt His Word wherein
He has promised you that you will never perish.
Let the eternal life within you express itself in confident rejoicing.
The gospel bears my spirit up:
A faithful and unchanging God
Lays the foundation for my hope,
In oaths, and promises, and blood.
EVENING June 16th "THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR?
The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" -Psalm 27:1
- JEHOVA es mi luz y mi salvación: ¿de quién temeré? Jehová es la fortaleza de mi vida: ¿de quién he de atemorizarme? -Salmos 27:1
THE Lord is my light and my salvation."
Here is personal interest,
"my light," "my salvation."
The soul is assured of it, and therefore declares it boldly. Divine light is poured into the soul at the new birth as the precursor [bringer] of salvation;
where there is not enough light to reveal our own darkness and to make us long for the Lord Jesus, there is no evidence of salvation.
After conversion [being born again] our God is our joy, comfort, guide, teacher, and in every sense, our light: He is light within, light around, light reflected from us, and light to be revealed to us. Note, it is not said that the Lord merely gives light, but that He is light; nor that He gives salvation, but that He is salvation; he, then, who by faith has laid hold on God has all covenant blessings in his possession. This being made sure as a fact, the argument drawn from it is put in the form of a question
"Whom shall I fear?"
a question which is its own answer.
The powers of darkness are not to be feared, for the Lord, our light, destroys them; and the damnation of hell is not to be dreaded by us, for the Lord is our salvation.
This is a very different challenge from that of boastful Goliath, for it rests, not on the conceited vigor of an arm of [physical] flesh, but
upon the real power of the omnipotent [all-powerful] "I am" [The name God gave to Moses for Himself]. Exodus 3:14].
"The Lord is the strength of my life."
Here is a third glowing epithet [Light, Salvation & Strength] , to show that the writer's hope was fastened with a threefold cord which could not be broken. We may well accumulate terms of praise where the Lord lavishes deeds of grace. Our life derives all its strength from God; and if He deigns [chooses] to make us strong, we cannot be weakened by all the machinations [futile falsehoods] of the adversary.
"Of whom shall I be afraid?" The bold question looks into the future as well as the present.
If God be for us, who can be against us, either now or in time to come?
Sing Just as I am with Carrie Underwood
0h, for grace to walk humbly with our God!
Sing: Bless the Lord, 0 my soul. With Matt Redman
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STAND UP! BEWARE!
BC/AD versus BCE/CE Is there a difference? (Click to see)
Yes. And the difference has eternal consequences!
This is a heretical attempt to ignore the birth and life of Jesus Christ and thereby to write Him out of history. The use of a so-called neutral term “BCE” [Before Common Era] instead of the traditional and historically accurate term “BC” [Before Christ] that separates and defines all history by the birth of Jesus Christ 2026 years ago and replaces clearly understood words with nebulous and duplicitous terminology that make no mention of Him.
* “A.D.” Does not mean “after death” but is the Latin abbreviation Anno Domini [the year of our Lord].
The Lord Jesus Christ has existed from eternity past as the WORD of God. He was born of a virgin 2026 years ago [or present year] in Bethlehem of Judea, is alive today, and soon is coming to receive his betrothed [legally binding and promised] bride to consummate the marriage and celebrate the Wedding Feast with the Body of Christ; all the elect, the called and the redeemed Church .
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Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC5rUbs_-E&t=9s
(2 hrs. 49 mins.)
This video presents historical evidence explaining the explosion of over 100 published English versions of the Bible. This continuing attempt to replace, add or take away from the 1769 King James Version of the Holy Bible do not prevail because GOD Himself preserves and protects His Holy Scripture from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion and error.
Note: The New King James Version does NOT follow the text of the Textus Receptus, but. Instead, a Greek Text fabricated by Westcott & Hort, and Nestles & Aland and is therefore inferior to the trustworthy 1769 [1611] King James Version, KJV! GOD’S inerrant, infallible immutable, preserved and protected, inspired [God Breathed [Spoken] WORDS.
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JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, IS RISEN INDEED! HE IS ALIVE FOREVERMORE! Resurrection Romans 6:3-5
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
EASTER [Resurrection Sunday] IS NEVER OVER BECAUSE…
Jesus says:John 11:25 -26
“I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. Believest thou this?”
2 Timothy 2:8-26
8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my [The apostle Paul’s] gospel.
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth [abides] faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth [needs] not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity [sin] .
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth [pottery] ; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet [perfectly matched] for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strife.
24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure [perhaps] will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon
URL: https://www.gotquestions.org/Charles-Haddon-Spurgeon.html
Jesus Christ [Messiah] (Anointed King)] was born of a virgin 2026 years ago, was crucified, then rose from the dead, victorious over sin, death and the grave and is here in the flesh from GOD, as His Church, The Body of Christ, and will live forever, time without end and He, Himself, is coming again.
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You are invited to Worship God:
• 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, right now] 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
• Gather in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. (local and in-person)
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20 - Jesus Christ
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GOSPEL SERMON from The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit London, U.K. (C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892)
SERMON
Love Not The World 1 John 2:15 Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor
In three famous verses, John shows that love for the world cannot coexist with love for God, then defines worldliness, shows its offensiveness to God, and describes how it passes away to judgement before our eyes. What believers do, however, lasts forever.
SACRED PRAISE: Safe in the arms of Jesus by Fanny Crosby … be [be being filled, right now} with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [music] in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19
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A SINNER’S PRAYER
Whosoever shall call on the name of the lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21
Pray, calling on the name of the Lord Jesus, like this. Won’t you?
“Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. I’m lost and hopeless to save myself. Without you and your blood that was shed for me and Your death on the cross I would spend eternity in Hell’s fire.
Thank you Lord Jesus that You love me and died for me before I was born and that You have always loved me and will never reject or turn your back on me. I know You are the Way, the Truth and the Life and that no one can come to the Father but by You.
Thank you, Father that You have caused for me to see myself as I am; a lost sinner. But, because of Your love and goodness, You have made a way and given me the desire to come to You, to turn away from my sin and to trust in You, Lord Jesus. You took my place on the cross and provided the way for me to be forgiven. Thank You.
Thank You that You prompted a desire in me to believe in You, the only begotten Son of God who died on the cross to be the sacrifice that would atone for my sins.
Thank You, Father for Your love that allowed Jesus to suffer and die in my place. Thank You that You raised Jesus from the dead. He is RISEN and is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave and in Christ Jesus I am free. You raised Jesus from the dead, gave Him a Glorified body and after he was seen by many witnesses on earth You took Him up to reign with You in heaven. Thank you, Father, for saving me in the name, of Your only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Romans 6:11 Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you always give witness to and exalt the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 16:8-11With all my heart, thank you Lord for saving me.
Live Your life in me, Lord Jesus, in Your name I pray, Amen.
Please allow us to share in the joy of your having received the new birth with you and the heavenly angels in Heaven as they rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7
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Is it of this God?
Can you trust it?
Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everything you hear] but be testing the spirit whether it is of God: because many false prophets have come out in the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesseth [confesses] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come out of God, is of God: and every spirit [voice] that confesseth not [doesn’t confess] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Therefore: I confess [declare and avow] that “Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh.”
WHO IS THE GOD OF THE BIBLE?
by David Hocking
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF HIS NAME?
(1 One) His Name is INCOMPREHENSIBLE!
Exodus 3:13-15 “13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Authorized (King James) Version
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high, I cannot attain unto it.”
(2 Two) His Name is INFINITE!
Psalm 145:1-3
1 I will extol thee, my God, O king;
and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee;
and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
and his greatness is unsearchable.
Romans 11:33
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
(3 Three) His Name is INCORRUPTABLE!
(two issues: holy and eternal)
Psalm 72:17
“His Name shall endure for ever: His name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed.”
Psalm 99:3
“Let them praise Thy great and terrible name; for it is Holy.”
Psalm 111:9
“Holy and reverend is His name.”
Psalm 135:13
Thy Name, O LORD endureth for ever; and Thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.”
Psalm 145:21
“Let all flesh bless His holy Name for ever and ever.”
(4 Four) His name is IMMUTABLE! [Unchanged and unchangeable]
Malachi 3:6
“For I am the LORD, I change not.”
Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have (1) a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon (2) the hope set before us.”
(5 Five) His name is INCOMPARABLE! [Without Equal]
Deuteronomy 4:35
“Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightiest know that the LORD He is God; there is none else beside Him.”
Deuteronomy 4:39
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
(6 Six) His Name is INDESCRIBABLE! [No description adequately describes HIM]
El, Eloah, Elyon, Elohim, Adon, Adonai, - Yah, Yahveh
(The Names for GOD used 10,952 times in the Bible!)
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To Abraham – His Name is El Shaddai [God Almighty, Abundant Provider, Provider of More than Enough]
Genesis17:1 ,
And when Abram was ninety and nine (99) years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I Am, the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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Why Cults, False Teachers and Heretics have tried to delete 1 John 5:7
from the Bible.
By Dr. Phil Stringer
By Dr. Phil Stringer
1 John 5:7 Is The Great Trinitarian Proof Text of The Bible. (For The immutable Doctrine of the Trinity.)
Daniel Webster [Author of the Famous Webster Dictionary] was once asked. “Does it not bother you [Mr. Webster] to believe in the Trinity since you cannot explain it?
His answer was, “What would bother me would be to have a God so small that I could fully explain HIM.”
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By Dr. David Sorenson
In addition to overwhelming evidence of authenticity from the 5,321 Majority Text Greek manuscripts, this link gives Translational Evidence that proves the age of the Textus Receptus to be older than both the Codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, Primary Greek sources used in all Critical Text translations.
This includes Westcott and Hort, Nestle and Aland and the Codices Sinaiticus and *Vaticanus.
*The unique and final Greek Text so deemed, authorized and sanctioned by the Catholic Church and The Vatican.
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The Lord Jesus *Christ
[*Anointed Messiah]
was supernaturally Fathered by the Holy Ghost, and born of a teen-aged virgin girl named Mary 2026 years ago in Bethlehem of Judea.
He was crucified, and His lifeless body was placed in a tomb. After three days, GOD brought Him back to life again, and raised HIM from the dead victorious over sin, death and the grave.
He is GOD’S Incarnate WORD and Everlasting SACRIFICE, The LAMB of GOD, [THE WORD of GOD made flesh.] The CHURCH is the BODY of *Christ,
*[The MESSIAH.]
[The CHURCH] is HIS espoused [Legally Bound] Bride, for whom HE will come again to consummate their Marriage in the Marriag and Protected Words of GOD.
These WORDS are God-Breathed, [Spoken] Eternal WORDS spoken by Almighty GOD. The same GOD who calls Himself “I AM”, is Omni-Lingual, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Immutable, All-Wise, Omnipresent, Eternally and Supremely Holy. He is the One-and-Only Triune, Three-in-One GOD.
“I and my Father are one”. John 10:30
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1 John 5:7 Is the fundamental scriptural basis for the doctrine and essential tenet of the Trinity. [The Triune, [Three-in-One] GOD in-Three Persons (This verse has been omitted or Changed to diminish the authority and the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ or has been Removed entirely from all Critical Text translations by apostates that hold to the untenable goal of False Doctrine that gives rise to all manner of Cults, False Teaching, Heresies, false Prophets, Agnostics, Gnostics, Atheists and Pagans.
Therefore, The incarnate WORD of GOD, [Jesus *Christ
(*The Anointed MESSIAH) and His Father are ONE.] John 10:30
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, [Jesus Christ] and the Holy Ghost: and
THESE THREE ARE ONE. John 10:30
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, [Holy Ghost] and the Water [Life of the Father], and the Blood; [The Sacrificial Blood of Jesus Christ]: and these three AGREE IN ONE. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son, [The LORD Jesus *Christ
*(The Anointed Messiah)].
GOD calls Himself “I AM” and Jesus Christ is The WORD made Flesh, GOD’s WORD is infinite and will endure FOREVER, from Eternity Past through the never-ending Eternal Future.
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By Dr. Phil Stringer
1 John 5:7 Is The Great Trinitarian Proof Text of The Bible. (That establishes the immutable Doctrine of the Trinity.)
Daniel Webster [Writer of the Webster’s Dictionary] was once asked. “Does it not bother you to believe in the Trinity since you cannot explain it?
His answer was, “What would bother me would be to have a God so small that I could fully explain Him.”
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The Traditional Text: It's History & Manifestation
By Dr. David Sorenson
In addition to evidence of authenticity from the 5,321 Majority Text manuscripts, this link presents Translational Evidence that the Traditional Text is Inerrant, Infallible and is the Inspired [Word-by-Word, GOD-Breathed Greek Text that moved the Prophets and Apostles to write precisely the Greek and Hebrew words they were told to write by the Holy Ghost]
The Traditional Text. Length: (33:56 minutes)
The Traditional Greek Text was printed by Desiderius Erasmus and was used in the FIRST Christian Church at Antioch. It was later called The Received Text [vis. Latin: The Textus Receptus TR].
Over Five Billion King James Bibles, the 1769 Edition [NOT the NEW King James Bibles based on the inferior Critical Greek Text] account for more sales world-wide than any other version or edition of the Holy Bible.
This is more than all other Bible Versions and Editions Combined.
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By Dr. David Sorenson
So, Dr. Sorenson, “I hear You are King James Only.”
No, I’m Traditional Text only. But if you come to the view and the conviction of being Traditional Text only, you will be Only King James.
The issue is not translational.
Marketing ploys by publishing companies with little basis in reality would have us to believe that the new versions are:
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Easier to read.
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More modern.
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More accurate (Not true)
The truth is that the KJV remains The most popular. (is still the most popularly read Bible in America). Over five billion copies of the King James (1769) is greater than all the other versions and editions combined.
The issue comes down to the textual issue. By That, I refer to the underlying Greek text. I guess we could say texts, plural but particularly that of the New Testament. On the one hand is the Traditional Text from which the only major English translation is the King James Version of the Bible. The Traditional Text.
On the other hand, is the Critical Text sometimes called the eclectic text from whence all the other translations come. And some will say well there really is no difference between them. The difference you could amount to is just the footnotes in the bottom of a page. (This is Not true) He was not dishonest but just repeating what someone had told him.
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The Remarkable life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Spurgeon’s Testimony as told by Him. (The Prince of Preachers)
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Link to Complete Index of KJV Bible Scripture References (click here to open link).
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WHY KEEP Old Gospel Hymns? (Blogger: Notorius Meddler)
TODAY'S PRAISE MUSIC: (Sing along, won’t you?)
Arky Arky Illustrated Children’s Song (suggested by MORNING selection)
The Love of God Guy Penrod, Gaither Congregation
Bringing in The Sheaves Marshall Hall
Bringing in the Sheaves Toronto Baptist Congregation
I Need Thee Every Hour Fernando Ortega
…be 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 PRAISE: (Sing-along, won’t you?)
Rock of Ages Tennessee Ernie Ford with brief introduction written by Augustus Montague. Toplady, music by Thomas Hastings. 1762
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Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus Allison Durham Speer and Steve Amerson written by Helen Howarth Lemmel in 1922 inspired by a tract entitled Foccused, written by the missionary Isabella Lilias Trotter. Lemmel first published the hymn in England as a pamphlet in 1918, 260,442 views Sep 20, 2012
My All in All Gaither Homecoming
Christ Arose ! by Kingdom Quartet Written by Robert Lowry 1874
Beneath the Cross of Jesus Congregational Sung at Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022
The Fanny Crosby Story (45 min. video of world’s most prolific Hymn writer of all time)
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Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everything you hear] but be testing the spirit whether it is of God: because many false prophets have come out in the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesseth [confesses] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come out of God, is of God: and every spirit [voice] that confesseth not [doesn't confess] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Therefore: I confess [declare and avow] that "Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh."
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Jesus Christ has always existed as the WORD of God. John 1:1-2
He was born of a virgin 2,021 years ago in Bethlehem,
is alive today, and is coming soon for His bride; the Church
(All of the redeemed).
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,
believed on in the world, received up into glory."
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May God bless your heart with today's DailySpurgeon & Devotional Support for May 24.
We pray that you have trusted or will now trust the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord, and then begin [continue] to worship Him in Spirit and in truth. Such worship will accompany a grateful and loving heart and may take place through prayer, scripture reading, meditation and obeying God’s Word, hearing Gospel preaching, and singing psalms, sacred hymns and spiritual songs to God’s glory. Ephesians 5:18-20
YOU'RE INVITED TO:
• Pray to and 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
• Forsake not assembling together 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
DailySpurgeon (Via Facebook X) is to encourage, and support all site visitors with daily devotional support and personal worship to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and to proclaim the Gospel [Good news] of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
To this end, Audio, Video and Print media are presented. The video content includes a sermon from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle (London, U.K.) from the pastor, Dr. Peter Masters and other Featured Sermons. Sermons and Sacred Music are prayerfully selected to support the devotional focus of the day.
Sacred Literature of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is offered in daily episodes.
Devotional Support content written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon are selected from these publications:
• C.H. Spurgeon Prayers
• Spurgeon’s Illustrative Anecdotes
• Faith’s Checkbook
• Morning
• Evening
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It's a labor of Love that every believer Love and worship God with all their heart, in Spirit and in Truth.
“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [sharing] the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
This website is to encourage, challenge and support believers to a greater love and a more fervent devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ. Support through prayer, praise, gospel preaching and careful study and surrender to God's Word is offered.
To non-believers, we proclaim Jesus Christ, The Messiah; God’s WORD in the flesh, Savior of the world, the Lamb of God and we believe that the Holy Ghost will convict them of their sin, bring them to repentance and impart the faith of Jesus Christ for eternal salvation.
Join in, won’t you? with family, friends and others to pray, study and meditate on, hear and take to heart the gospel preaching, and to sing sacred hymns and praises to worship God in spirit and in truth.
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Caution: We practice assembling together in-person. This website does not replace nor can it substitute for the assembling of ourselves together with others to exhort one another in the WORD and to provoke one another unto love and good works . Hebrews 10:23-27
We desire that this website encourage believers in personal devotions and worship as we are conformed to Christ’s image.
"For whom God did foreknow he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son." Romans 8:29
An in-person assembly of believers, gathered to praise and worship the Lord Jesus Christ should never be supplanted or replaced. Such gathering to worship may come through the Hearing and heeding of Gospel preaching, congregational singing of sacred hymns, the reading of God’s Word, sharing Christian fellowship, public prayer, and also be where assembled believers can consider and exhort one another in the Word, and provoke one another to be fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
Virtual digital communication can never replace the assembling of ourselves together because it doesn’t allow for personal or emotional interaction, an investment in the spiritual welfare and growth of others, nor a commitment of personal or vulnerability, and cannot replace the comfort of a human touch. e.g. Laying on of hands, the right hand of fellowship, a holy kiss etc.
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Personal devotionals encourage obedience to scripture:
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth [needs] not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:1
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Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for the dailyspurgeon.com Website, and for the expansion of an e-mail ministry begun by Jon Edward Riley 1971-2021, a beloved son and brother in Christ Jesus now in the arms of Jesus.
We honor Jon’s memory, giving honor to those whom honor is due; to those The Lord Jesus honors who honor Him. Romans 13:7
Jon loved to say “I’m a blood bought, born-again child of God.”
… a saint’s testimony from one who was, by grace through faith, forever accepted in the Beloved Son of God, and is now in His presence and will be forevermore.
Amen.
SACRED LITERATURE
ADULT AUDIO: (UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SKIP ALL “EPISODES” AND SCROLL DOWN TO “CHILDREN’S VIDEOS”)
The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (Complete audio-book narrated by Christopher Glyn -6 ½ hours)
Preface: Bunyan’s letter​
Episode 01: The City of Destruction
Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable
Episode 03: The Swamp of Despond
Episode 04: Mr. Worldly Wiseman
Episode 05: The Narrow Gate
Episode 06: The House of the Interpreter
Episode 07: The Cross
Episode 08: Simple, Sloth & Presumption
Episode 09: Formalist & Hypocrisy
Episode 10: The Hill Difficulty
Episode 11: Timorous & Mistrust
Episode 12: The Palace Beautiful
Episode 13: Battle with Apollyon
Episode 14: The Valley of the Shadow of Death
Episode 15: Christian Meets Faithful & Talkative
Episode 16 Mr. By-ends Town of Fair Speech
Episode 17: The Hill Lucre [Gain and Greed]
Episode 18: By-path Meadow Vain Confidence
Episode 19: Doubting Castle
Episode 20: The Delectable Mountains
Episode 21: Ignorance Conceit
Episode 22: The Flatterer​
Episode 23: Atheist
Episode 24: The Enchanted Ground
Episode 25: Ignorance Rejoins the Pilgrims
Episode 26: Beulah Land
Episode 27: The River of Death
Episode 28: The Celestial City
The Pilgrim's Progress is probably the most published books in the English language of all time, other than the Bible; 1,300 editions have been printed before 1938, 250 years after the author's death; It’s the most famous Allegory ever written.
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CHILDREN’S VIDEO (Illustrated Adaptation)
Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.
DANGEROUS JOURNEY
Part 1 The Slough of Despond [The Swamp]
Part 2 The Interpreter’s House
Part 3 The Hill Difficulty
Part 4 The Fight with Apollyon
Part 6 Vanity Fair
Part 7 Doubting Castle
Parts 8 & 9 The Dark River and The Celestial City
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.
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Part II 04 A Visit from Secret 4:50 Audio
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Part II 05 Good News 2:25 Audio
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Part II 28 Mount Charity 1:01 Audio
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Part II 29 Fool & Want-Wit 1:16 Audio
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Part II 31 Meeting Valiant-For-Truth 1:41 Audio
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Part II 01 Valiant Does Battle 5:51 Audio
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Part II 02 Valiant’s Story 3:35 Audio
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Part II 04 Which Way To Go 1:30 Audio
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Part II 09 Stand-Fast’s 'Wife' 6:02 Audio
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Part II 11 Stand-Fast’s Story 1:37 Audio
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Part II 12 Beulah Land 3:20 Audio
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Part II 14 The Postman’s Visit 1:57 Audio
13 Part II 15 Christiana’s Blessing 5:55 Audio
14 Part II 16 Christiana Goes Over The River 1:20 Audio
15 Part II 19 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio
16 Part II 20 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio
17 Part II 21 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio
18 Part II 22 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio
19 Part II 23 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio
20 Part II 24 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio
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DEVOTION for May 24th Written an calendared by by Charles Haddon. Spurgeon
Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon
URL: https://www.gotquestions.org/Charles-Haddon-Spurgeon.html
PRAYER 20, Part 2 of 9: THE GREAT SACRIFICE.
ANECDOTE 292: Covenant Mercies.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: May 24 FULL RELIANCE ON GOD
-For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth [crys out]; the poor also, and him that hath [has] no helper -Psalm 72:12
MORNING: "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth [concerns] me." —Psalm 138:8
EVENING: "Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money." —Isaiah 43:24
A SINNER'S PRAYER
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PRAYER 20, Part 2 of 9
THE GREAT SACRIFICE.
We would recall the memory of that blessed season by repeating it. We come again now to the cross whereon the Savior bled; we give another look of faith to Him. We trust we never take away our eyes off Him, but if we have done so we would look anew; we would gaze into the body of the Son of God, pierced with nails, parched with thirst, bleeding, dying, because
“it pleased the Father to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief.”
Lord God, we see in Thy crucified Son a sacrifice for sin; we see how Thou hast [have] made Him to be sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him; and we do, over again accept Him to be everything to us.
This is the victim by whose blood the covenant is made through faith; this is that Paschal [Passover] Lamb by the sprinkling of whose blood all Israel is secured; for Thou hast [have] said,
“When I see the blood I will pass over you.”
This is the blood which gives us access into that which is within the veil; [Holy of Holies] this is the blood which now to our souls is drink indeed, and we do rejoice in the joy which this new wine of the covenant hath [has] given unto our spirits.
[Thank You Father, for this so great salvation in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.] (Complete Prayer in e-mail: PRAYER 20.doc) ________________________________________
ANECDOTE 292: Covenant Mercies.
I like to think of the old Scotch woman, who not only blessed God for the porridge as she ate it, but thanked God that she had a covenant right to the porridge. Daily mercies belong to the Lord’s household by covenant-right; and that same covenant-right which will admit us into heaven above, also gives us bread and water here below.
The trifles in the house, and the jewels of the house, equally belong to the children. We may partake of the common mercies of providence, and the extraordinary mercies of grace, without stint [restraint] . None of the dainties of the royal house are locked up from the children. The Lord says to each believer,
“Son, [Daughter] thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine;” Ye are Christ’s and Christ is God’s,” and therefore
“all things are yours.”
1 Corinthians 3:21
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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK May 24 FULL RELIANCE ON GOD MAY 24 C.H. Spurgeon
-For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth [crys]; the poor also, and him that hath [has] no helper -Psalm 72:12
-Porque el librara al menesteroso que clamare, Y al afligido que no tuviere quien le socorra- Salmos 72:12
The needy cries; what else can he do? His cry is heard of God; what else need he do? Let the needy reader take to [begin] crying at once, for this will be his wisdom.
Do not cry in the ears of friends, for even if they can help you, it is only because the Lord enables them.
The nearest way is to go straight to God, and let your cry come up before Him. Straightforward makes the best runner: run to the Lord, and not to secondary causes [comforts].
-Alas!- you cry,
-I have no friend or helper.-
So much the better; you can rely upon God in both capacities — as without supplies and without helpers. Make your double need your double plea. Even for temporal mercies you may wait upon God, for He careth [cares] for His children in these temporary concerns. As for spiritual necessities, which are the heaviest of all, the Lord will hear your cry, and will deliver you and supply you.
O poor friend, try your rich God. O helpless one, lean on His help. He has never failed me, and I am sure He will never fail you. Come as a beggar, and God will not refuse you help. Come with no plea but His grace. Jesus is King, will He let you perish of want [scarcity]? What! Did you forget this?
Prayer: Lord, thank You that You will supply all our needs and deliver us [Your trusting children] when we cry out to You. Please let each reader join me as in crying out to You as needy, poor and helpless in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. Please send email addresses of those who would like to receive this.
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MORNING May 24
"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth [concerns] me." —Psalm 138:8
—Jehová cumplirá por mí —Salmos 138:8
THE confidence which the Psalmist expressed most manifestly here was a divine confidence.
He did not say, "I [the psalmist] have grace enough to perfect that which concerns me—my faith is so steady that it will not stagger [loose it’s balance] —my love is so warm that it will never grow cold—my resolution is so firm that nothing can move it;
NO, his dependence was on the Lord alone. If we indulge in any confidence that is not grounded on [Jesus Christ] the Rock of ages, our confidence is worse than a dream, it will fall upon us, and cover us with its ruins, to our sorrow and confusion. All that Nature spins [produces], time will unravel to the eternal confusion of all who are clothed [put confidence] in it. The Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord's work.
It is the Lord who has begun the work within us; it is He who has carried it on; and if He does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there be one stitch in the celestial garment [robe] of our righteousness that we are to insert [do] ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the Lord who began [a good work] will perfect [it in us].
He has done it all, must do it all, and will do it all.
Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do. Unbelief insinuates [beguiles with guilt and untruth]—"You will never be able to stand.
Look at the evil of your heart, you can never conquer sin; remember the sinful pleasures and temptations of the world that beset you, you will be certainly allured by them and led astray." Ah! yes, we should indeed perish if left to our own strength. If we had to navigate our frail vessels over so rough a sea alone, we might well give up the voyage in despair; but,
thanks be to God, He will perfect that which concerns us,
and bring us to the desired haven [Harbor].
We can never be too confident when we confide in Him alone, and never too much concerned to have such a trust.
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EVENING May 24
"Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money." —Isaiah 43:24
—No compraste para mí caña aromática por dinero—Isaías 43:24
WORSHIPERS at the temple customarily brought presents of sweet perfumes to be burned upon the altar of God: but Israel, in the time of her backsliding, became ungenerous [stingy], and made but few votive [expressions of a vow] offerings to her Lord: this was an evidence of coldness of heart toward God and His house.
Reader, does this never occur with you? Might not the complaint of the text be occasionally, if not frequently, brought against you? Those who are poor in pocket, if rich in faith, will be accepted none the less because [even if] their gifts are small; but, poor reader, do you give in fair proportion to the Lord, or
is the widow's mite kept back from the sacred treasury?
The rich believer should be thankful for the talent [wealth] entrusted to him, but should not forget his large responsibility, for
where much is given much will be required;
but, rich reader, are you mindful of your obligations, and rendering [giving] to the Lord according to the benefit received?
Jesus gave His blood for us, what shall we give to Him?
We are His, and all that we have, for He has purchased us unto Himself
—can we act as if we were our own? 0 for more consecration! and to this end, 0 for more love! Blessed Jesus, how good it is of You to accept our sweet [sugar] cane bought with money!
Nothing is too costly as a tribute to Your unrivaled love, and yet You receive with favor the smallest sincere token of affection! You receive our poor forget-me-nots [flowers] and love tokens as though they were intrinsically precious, though indeed they are but as the bunch of wild flowers which the child brings to his mother.
Never may we grow niggardly [miserly] towards You, and from this hour never may we hear You complain of [admonish] us again for withholding the gifts of our love.
We will give You the first fruits of our increase, and pay You tithes of all, and then we will confess
"of Thine own have we given Thee."
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Note: JM witnessed the last few hours of his *Daddy’s life on earth coming to an end and heard him say “Amen” over and over, affirming his own life’s conclusion and giving testimony of God’s goodness to him and his agreement and surrender to his earthly departure to be eternally present with the Lord Jesus.
Amen... Amen… Amen!
*Charles Dumah Riley, Sr. 1897 – 1987
My Daddy’s prayer before every meal, he always offered with all gravity and reverence heard in the unique inflection of his deep Bass voice of prayer:
“Accept our thanks for these and all other blessings, we Humbly ask in Thy name, Amen.”
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You can cast your cares on the Lord…
1. Call on Him. As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.. ...Psalm 55:16
2. Trust Him. Commit thy way unto the Lord; and he shall bring it to pass ... Psalm 37:5
3. Come to Him, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I [He] will give you rest.. Matthew 11:28
4. Give Him the burden. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22]
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… and pray for souls to be saved and believers to be strengthened.
The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9
Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit and will rightly divide God’s Holy Word preserved by God, Himself.
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John 3:16 God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [divinely fathered] Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but may be having eternal life.
vis. Textus Receptus [The Received Greek Text] (From the overwhelming majority of extant New Testament Greek manuscripts)
The Incomplete and unsealed codices of Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are not majority texts, [Original Masoretic Hebrew and the Greek Textus Receptus]. Sinaiticus and Vaticanus present variant, ambiguous and erroneous readings rather than that of the well-established and settled texts. They disagree often with one another as well as with the settled majority texts. Thus, an attempt to create a pretext that will continue to justify a never-ending demand for additional editions and interpretations. These unsettled differences and bias in certain sectarian doctrine [dogma] have led to the production of multiple “modern” editions with ambiguities, many variant readings and confusion from the explosion of unending, new editions.
Profit-driven publishers have embraced such an economic windfall to sell a continual flow of “new and better” English edition of The Bible. They give too little attention to the fidelity and accuracy already settled [in heaven] in majority manuscripts of the Masoretic Hebrew and the Greek Textus Receptus.
Psalm 119:89-90
ל Lamed
89 Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. [abides]
God, Himself, providentially protects and preserves His Word. His Word is the God-breathed, self-authenticating, immutable [unchanging and unchangeable], eternal, inerrant, infallible, infinite and all-powerful Word, settled in heaven. He is not the author of confusion.
1 Corinthians 14:33
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MISSION STATEMENT:
… Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13
Our solemn aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus in everything. We must rely upon God entirely to achieve His purposes in us and through us.
Loving and worshiping God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength in Spirit and in truth is a labor of love and duty of every believer. Desire will grow stronger as we give ourselves to prayer, reading and meditating on God’s Word, gathering ourselves together to hear Gospel preaching, the singing of Psalms, sacred hymns and spiritual songs.
We purpose, with God’s help, to reach the lost, comfort, strengthen and encourage believers, and rightly divide God’s Word to proclaim the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ to every creature.
The Holy Bible is God’s eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable revealed and divinely preserved Word. It is His completed scripture of all revealed truth. He brings guidance and the knowledge of His will to us personally and to each local body of Christian believers through His Word. With God’s help and empowerment, we will read, study, meditate-on, trust-in and obey God’s Holy Bible and encourage others to do the same. We hold it to be the supreme authority and the preeminent and divinely established precedent [Stare Decisis Latin: to stand by that which is decided, the legal doctrine of precedence, literally "to stand by decided matters"] in all things.
Therefore, the purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to publish the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature. And, to serve all, in love, especially those in the household of faith. We are compelled by this purpose to follow, and rightly apply and proclaim, God’s Holy Word, the Bible, as God’s divinely preserved truth; being the essential authority and goal of this ministry.
The Metropolitan Tabernacle: Home church of Charles H. Spurgeon
The preaching, teaching, soul winning and writings of Charles Haddon Spurgeon are firmly fixed on the bedrock of Holy Scripture. His entire ministry was established, empowered and inspired solely by God’s Holy Word imparted to him by the Holy Spirit. His written works continue to bless, guide, challenge and benefit today’s readers through the publication of his authentic Gospel sermons and other inspired writing His ministry continues to thrive and flourish today through the Metropolitan Tabernacle a church begun in 1650 The present building was constructed in 1861 and was rebuilt after the destruction caused during the second world war. This church has been steadfast in it’s adherence to Reformed Baptist theology that Spurgeon said was just a nickname for Biblical Christianity. They have resisted and continue to reject worldly winds of false doctrine, including pragmatism and self-centered “Christian hedonism”. Biblical Christianity will always show itself as a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, never just a philosophy or religion.
Mission Aim: Spurgeon's sermons and devotional messages have edified the church body and have been a great benefit, to all readers for many years. We pray they will be useful to strengthen personal discipleship in each and every believer and will be a useful instrument in the spreading of the Gospel [Good news] of Jesus Christ, the Messiah to all nations.
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MISSION PURPOSE:
Our aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus Christ in everything. We rely wholly upon the Holy Spirit to impart God’s divine revelation to us from His Word, the Holy Bible. With God’s help, we will follow Jesus. We expect that lost souls will be saved, believers, comforted, strengthened and encouraged. To God be all the glory.
The Bible is God’s divinely inspired [God breathed] revealed, infinite, eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable Word to all mankind. This divine, supernatural Word brings all revealed truth to the world. We purpose, therefore, to follow God’s Holy Word, Personal guidance and guidance to the local church comes by His Word.
Hence, we resolve, God helping us, to read, study, meditate-on, trust-in and obey God’s revealed and divinely preserved Word, holding it to be the supreme authority and the only divinely established Stare Decisis [Latin: to stand by that which is decided] in all things.
Therefore, the purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to publish and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature, ministering God’s love to all, especially those in the household of faith. The Bible is God’s everlasting, inspired, (God breathed) inerrant, infallible, unchangeable, divinely protected and preserved Word of love and salvation to the entire world. It is also the essential foundation of this ministry.
History: The inspired preaching, teaching and writing of Charles Haddon Spurgeon is all empowered by God’s revealed Word the Bible. His written publications continue to benefit readers through authentic Gospel preaching and sound biblical teaching. This ministry continues to flourish through The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London
Presented here are Spurgeon's writings for the edification of the church as well as for the benefit, blessing and gospel challenge to all readers. Our desire is that the written Word of God will become the Living Word in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ to each and every reader.
To this end, this website is offered to encourage and provide opportunity to hear Gospel preaching, and to engage in daily devotional meditation, Bible study and prayer. Careful adherence to Spurgeon’s calendar and original, unabridged text is given herein.
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Prayer: Dear Lord, empower your ministry to win many souls, and serve those in need, especially those in the household of faith, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Disclaimer: The John Mark Publishing Company does not solicit praise of Charles H. Spurgeon or his writing or preaching. He didn’t need or want it then and wouldn’t desire it now. Our aim is to lift up and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and to preach Christ Jesus only and him crucified.
Precaution: These Messages and prayers will not substitute for continual fellowship with the Lord Jesus or for gathering in in-person worship. Neither will they replace personal reading, meditation, prayer and fasting over God's divinely preserved and eternal Word imparted by the Holy Spirit.
The Authorized King James Version (AKJV), also known as the Authorized Version (AV), is the authentic English Bible because it is rendered [translated into English] accurately and faithfully from the established majority of the Greek Textus Receptus [received text] manuscripts of the New Testament and the Hebrew Masoretic Text of the Old Testament (The Jewish Tanakh) These manuscripts are providentially protected of God, and always give a greater glory to God when compared to variant readings. The established majority manuscripts avoid doctrinal error, inaccuracies in translation, uninspired editorial notations, variant or ambiguous readings taken from Codices Vaticanus, or Sinaiticus.
The Authorized King James version is distinguished also by the requirement of Great Brittan that all King James bibles be printed only by the Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s authorized printer. No other [person or publisher] may print, copy or import the King James Bible into Great Brittan by order of the Crown.
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A SINNER’S PRAYER: … FOR WHOSOEVER:
Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21
Call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved … pray like this, won’t you?
“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner and without You I am lost. I can’t save myself. Without your death on the cross to pay my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity in Hell. My nature and behavior has been sinful from birth. Please forgive me.
I realize that doing my best, being as good as possible, or being better than other people can never save me. . I’m sorry for each and every sin I have ever done and look to You to forgive 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, as God’s sacrifice for my sin.
Right now, just as I am, I call on You, Lord Jesus to save me, I trust You to be my Savior and Lord.
Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You have forgiven me of all my sins. I want to follow You from now on.
You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross.
Thank you, Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me before I was born and that You love me still
Thank you, Heavenly Father, that You called me away from sin and death into the Life everlasting in Your only begotten son, the Lord Jesus.
Thank You, Heavenly Father that you raised Jesus from the dead. He is alive and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave.
Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and Holy Spirit for Your comfort and guidance in all things.
With all my heart, thank you Lord Jesus for saving me. In your name, I pray, Amen.
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Please allow us to share the joy of your new birth with heaven. Heaven rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7
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Philippians Chapter 4
1Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. (sing-along)
5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth [passes] all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth [strengthens] me.
14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.
19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.
22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Cesar’s household.
23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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Rather, we desire this website to encourage believers in personal devotional exercises and worship as we are being conformed to Christ’s image.
"For whom God did foreknow he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son." Romans 8:29
An in-person assembly of believers, gathered for praising and worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ is essential and can never be supplanted or replaced. Such group worship may come through the Hearing and heeding of face-to-face Gospel preaching, congregational singing of sacred hymns, the reading of God’s Word, sharing Christian love and fellowship, public prayer, and also a place where assembled believers can consider and exhort one another in the Word, and provoke one another unto love and good works and bear witness with one another in the Holy Spirit.
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Personal devotionals encourage us to obey the scripture:
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth [needs] not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:1
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Thank you, Lord, for the dailyspurgeon.com domain, and for the expansion of Your e-mail ministry begun by Jon Edward Riley 1971-2021, a beloved son and brother in Christ Jesus.
We honor Jon’s memory, giving honor to those whom honor is due; to those The Lord Jesus honors who honor Him. Romans 13:7
Jon loved to say “I’m a blood bought, born-again child of God.”
… a saint’s testimony from one who was, by grace through faith, forever accepted in the Beloved Son of God, and is now in His presence and will be forevermore.
Amen.
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TODAY’S COMPLETE CONTENTS: May 17th
RECENT HYMNS & PRAISES
Never Grow Old by Jim Reeves
Send the Light Four-part Harmony with ONE artist by Charles H. Gabriel 1887
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder by Gaither Congregation
You Never Let Go by Jeremy Camp
Showers of Blessings by Gaither Congregation
Showers of Blessing Solo by Jimmy Dean
Sweet Little Jesus Boy by Andy Williams
Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin by Bob Kauflin of Sovereign Grace
In The Garden by Elvis Presley
Is Your All on the Altar by Outreach Quartet
Victory in Jesus by Guy Penrod
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder by Gaither Congregation
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In Remembrance of Me ...to accompany The Lord’s Supper (Communion)
The Lord’s Prayer Matthew 6:9-13 by Andrea Bocelli
…be 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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Thank you, Lord, for DailySpurgeon.com a website, added to the e-mail ministry begun with Jon Edward Riley, beloved son, 1971-2021 and his dad. Jon was called home on January 16, 2021…
Jon’s memory is honored, giving honor to whom honor is due Romans 13:7
Jon loved to say, “I’m a blood bought, born-again child of God.”
… a testimony from one who was (by grace through faith) forever accepted in the Beloved Son of God, and is now in His presence forevermore.
Amen.
TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM by Jon Edward Riley,
(February 12, 1971- January16, 2021)
An Indigenous, Irish, beloved All-American son giving tribute and gratitude at:
INDIAN SCOUT POST NO 1 Burial grounds at White Shield, North Dakota
“The heart of Freedom”
… a prayer of compassion and gratitude from a brave and beloved soldier of the Cross, Thanking the Lord and Honoring the Military Service of Native-American Scouts and all Armed Services of the United States of America. …the land of the free and the home of the Brave.
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Jon would sometimes just bust-out singing some of the following songs; sometimes, on the way to church, sometimes just singing along with the Elvis Gospel CD that was always in our truck’s CD player while riding along with his Dad or,
Best of all, when an inspired, spontaneous praise from the Lord would just pop out from his joyful and loving heart.
Some of our favorites:
Where No One Stands Alone Gaither Vocal Band
I LOVE You Lord by Jared Reynolds
How Great Thou Art with Elvis
Lead Me & Rock-a My Soul by Elvis and friends
Lead Me, Guide Me by Elvis
LIFE by Elvis
I found this Elvis song after Jon was called home on January 16th of 2021. It’s Comforting, but can’t compare with being in the presence of the LORD. I Can Only Imagine Jon singing praises with Elvis. Or maybe, singing a song given to Jon, while he was down here, known only to the Lord and the few loved ones who heard it:
"See my Jesus, Walkin' on duh Waduh" an original, Jon Edward Riley
* Click and sing along I Can Only Imagine with Wynonna Judd won’t you?.
Love Without End by George Strait performed for George W Bush (one of the President’s favorites).
It has become my heart-felt message in song to all of my fifteen children and one of my favorites too.
…instead of saying “good bye, ”Jon would always say “Later”; [as in see-ya later]. It was his own farewell greeting when parting company with a friend; and, of course, everyone was Jon’s friend.
… He never said “good-bye”, only "Later".
Now, as I remember the sound of him saying “Later”, it rings true in its new and deeper meaning and it brings a joy and comfort to the hearts of those whom he loved so well; those who love him still and will always, and forever more.
… I also love the promise of this Hymn:
’Till We Meet Again. .
Does Jesus Care? Gaither Music TV (SURE CURE for all "PITY PARTIES", Guaranteed!)
COMFORT, CONDOLENCE and COMPASSION and INSTRUCTION for those in
PERSONAL BERIEVEMENT and GRIEF:
No Tears in Heaven Revelation 7:17 A message of Comfort (Christian Sermons and Audio books SFX) Delivered August 6th 1865, recorded by Charles Koelsch. (ca. 2018)
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TODAY’S SERMON by Charles Haddon Spurgeon:
God’s Promises to the Gospel Church Isaiah 41:8 Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor
An unbelieving world, says Isaiah, will be deaf to the message behind God's mighty events (whether conquest or pandemic) while believers will know His love and power, and reap a great spiritual harvest. Here we explore the prophet's powerful words and their fulfillment.
MOST RECENT SUNDAY SERMONS: from Metropolitan Tabernacle London, U.K.
Teaching Sermon 11:00am | Sunday 15 May 2022
Discerning the Biblical Message 1 Corinthians 10:1-12 By Dr. Peter Masters
Exodus Israelites included believers and witnessed miraculous deliverances and provisions, yet they fell into various sins. Their actions and God’s responses are a pattern for later ages. It is not allegorizing to draw these intended lessons (here reviewed) for avoiding sin.
Gospel Sermon 6:30pm | Sunday 15 May 2022
Being Without God in the World Ephesians 2.12 Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor
If we have no connection with Christ we have only physical life, but no experience of spiritual life, no understanding of the purpose of life, no acceptance by God, no power to shape character, and no eternal life. Here is how Christ provides all these.
Good Friday Sermon Dr. Peter Masters
6:30pm Friday15 April 2022
Behold the Man John 19.5
FEATURED SERMONS:
What Is the Gospel by the late Dr. R. C. Sproul
Christians are called to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but in our day there is confusion about the content of the Gospel. The biblical Gospel is challenged not only by Roman Catholics and liberals, but by those who claim to be evangelical. In this lecture, Dr. R. C. Sproul will clarify exactly what the Gospel is and what it is not.
6:30pm | 27 March 2022
Thy Hand Was Heavy Upon Me Psalm 32:3-4 by Charles H. Spurgeon
(Terrible Convictions and Gentle Drawings) - Preached on May 6. 1860 by C.H. Spurgeon at Exeter Hall. Recorded by Charles Koelsch, Christian Sermons and Audio Books
The Phenomenon of Love Isaiah 63.7 By Dr. Peter Masters
The nature and scope of human love is impressive, but Divine love, made visible in history and, supremely in the atoning sacrifice of Christ, is limitless, freely bestowed and certain toward all who find Him. Here are the 'loving-kindnesses of the Lord' they experience.
Living for the Flesh or for the Spirit Romans 8.5-6 By Dr. Peter Masters
There are two classes of people in the Bible, those who focus on 'the flesh', and those who relate to the Spirit. Here are the characteristics and goals of each, and how God can free us from the captivity of flesh to know communion with Himself.
Mutual Debts in Marriage 1 Corinthians 7:3 By Dr. Peter Masters 15 January 2012
A key word has slipped out of some modern translations – the marital debt of benevolence, meaning goodwill and kind benefits. Here are seven debts each has to the other in Christian marriage, a sevenfold bond and blessing to the crowning earthly friendship of life’s journey, are we paying what is ‘due’?
Things Only Believers See 1 Corinthians 2:9 by Dr. Peter Masters
(A roadmap for rightly dividing and discerning all doctrinal issues.)
Sunday Morning 13 February 2022
The apostle impresses upon us the spiritual blindness of our unconverted state to the wonders revealed in the Gospel, including future glories (described here). Here also is the meaning of 'comparing spiritual things with spiritual,' judging all things and living the mind of Christ
Jesus Christ Himself (Text only) Ephesians 2:20
Preached on March 15th 1883 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Keeping Alive the Spirit Ephesians 2:22 by Dr. Peter Masters
Sunday Morning 11 April 2021 (Today’s Sermon: March 17 )
In the building of a spiritual family the work of the Holy Spirit is the vital power. Here several Holy Spirit verses in Ephesians are explored (including 'Be filled with the Spirit') to show the different activities of the Spirit in the Christian life.
Be Filled with the Spirit Ephesians 5:18 with Dr. Peter Masters
Why The Cross? 1958 Billy Graham (38 minutes)
Two questions answered from The Bible:
Who crucified Jesus?
Why did Jesus die on the cross?
For the Authority of Scripture John MacArthur
The Question of Questions answered in Isaiah, Chapter 53
The Authority of the Bible and the Uniqueness of Jesus the Savior
(Ligonier Ministries’)
Living on the Word (Audio) Deuteronomy 8:3 (Christian Sermons and Audio books) Delivered on March 15th 1883 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, narrated by Charles Koelsch. ca. 2018
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Q & A PANEL DISCUSSION: with Steve Lawson, John MacArthur, R.C. Sproul
Why Are So Many Against Reformed Theology? What is it, anyway?
Reformed Theology? “It’s just a nickname for Biblical Christianity” ― Charles Spurgeon
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TESTIMONIES:
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
The Fanny Crosby Story (45 minute video of the most prolific Hymn writer of all time)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s Conversion 1850 (In his own words)
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Note: JM witnessed the last few hours of his *Daddy’s life on earth coming to an end and heard him say “Amen” over and over, affirming his own life’s conclusion and giving testimony of God’s goodness to him and his agreement and surrender to his earthly departure to be eternally present with the Lord Jesus.
Amen... Amen… Amen!
*Charles Dumah Riley, Sr. 1897 – 1987
My Daddy’s prayer before every meal, he always offered with all gravity and reverence heard in the unique inflection of his deep Bass voice of prayer:
“Accept our thanks for these and all other blessings, we Humbly ask in Thy name, Amen.”
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You can cast your cares on the Lord…
1. Call on Him. As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.. ...Psalm 55:16
2. Trust Him. Commit thy way unto the Lord; and he shall bring it to pass ... Psalm 37:5
3. Come to Him, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I [He] will give you rest.. Matthew 11:28
4. Give Him the burden. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22]
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… and pray for souls to be saved and believers to be strengthened.
The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9
Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit and will rightly divide God’s Holy Word preserved by God, Himself.
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John 3:16 God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [divinely fathered] Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but may be having eternal life.
vis. Textus Receptus [The Received Greek Text] (From the overwhelming majority of extant New Testament Greek manuscripts)
The Incomplete and unsealed codices of Sinaiticus and Vaticanus are not majority texts, [Original Masoretic Hebrew and the Greek Textus Receptus]. Sinaiticus and Vaticanus present variant, ambiguous and erroneous readings rather than that of the well-established and settled texts. They disagree often with one another as well as with the settled majority texts. Thus, an attempt to create a pretext that will continue to justify a never-ending demand for additional editions and interpretations. These unsettled differences and bias in certain sectarian doctrine [dogma] have led to the production of multiple “modern” editions with ambiguities, many variant readings and confusion from the explosion of unending, new editions.
Profit-driven publishers have embraced such an economic windfall to sell a continual flow of “new and better” English edition of The Bible. They give too little attention to the fidelity and accuracy already settled [in heaven] in majority manuscripts of the Masoretic Hebrew and the Greek Textus Receptus.
Psalm 119:89-90
ל Lamed
89 Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. [abides]
God, Himself, providentially protects and preserves His Word. His Word is the God-breathed, self-authenticating, immutable [unchanging and unchangeable], eternal, inerrant, infallible, infinite and all-powerful Word, settled in heaven. He is not the author of confusion.
1 Corinthians 14:33
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MISSION STATEMENT:
… Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13
Our solemn aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus in everything. We must rely upon God entirely to achieve His purposes in us and through us.
Loving and worshiping God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength in Spirit and in truth is a labor of love and duty of every believer. Desire will grow stronger as we give ourselves to prayer, reading and meditating on God’s Word, gathering ourselves together to hear Gospel preaching, the singing of Psalms, sacred hymns and spiritual songs.
We purpose, with God’s help, to reach the lost, comfort, strengthen and encourage believers, and rightly divide God’s Word to proclaim the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ to every creature.
The Holy Bible is God’s eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable revealed and divinely preserved Word. It is His completed scripture of all revealed truth. He brings guidance and the knowledge of His will to us personally and to each local body of Christian believers through His Word. With God’s help and empowerment, we will read, study, meditate-on, trust-in and obey God’s Holy Bible and encourage others to do the same. We hold it to be the supreme authority and the preeminent and divinely established precedent [Stare Decisis Latin: to stand by that which is decided, the legal doctrine of precedence, literally "to stand by decided matters"] in all things.
Therefore, the purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to publish the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature. And, to serve all, in love, especially those in the household of faith. We are compelled by this purpose to follow, and rightly apply and proclaim, God’s Holy Word, the Bible, as God’s divinely preserved truth; being the essential authority and goal of this ministry.
The Metropolitan Tabernacle: Home church of Charles H. Spurgeon
The preaching, teaching, soul winning and writings of Charles Haddon Spurgeon are firmly fixed on the bedrock of Holy Scripture. His entire ministry was established, empowered and inspired solely by God’s Holy Word imparted to him by the Holy Spirit. His written works continue to bless, guide, challenge and benefit today’s readers through the publication of his authentic Gospel sermons and other inspired writing His ministry continues to thrive and flourish today through the Metropolitan Tabernacle a church begun in 1650 The present building was constructed in 1861 and was rebuilt after the destruction caused during the second world war. This church has been steadfast in it’s adherence to Reformed Baptist theology that Spurgeon said was just a nickname for Biblical Christianity. They have resisted and continue to reject worldly winds of false doctrine, including pragmatism and self-centered “Christian hedonism”. Biblical Christianity will always show itself as a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, never just a philosophy or religion.
Mission Aim: Spurgeon's sermons and devotional messages have edified the church body and have been a great benefit, to all readers for many years. We pray they will be useful to strengthen personal discipleship in each and every believer and will be a useful instrument in the spreading of the Gospel [Good news] of Jesus Christ, the Messiah to all nations.
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MISSION PURPOSE:
Our aim is to trust and obey the Lord Jesus Christ in everything. We rely wholly upon the Holy Spirit to impart God’s divine revelation to us from His Word, the Holy Bible. With God’s help, we will follow Jesus. We expect that lost souls will be saved, believers, comforted, strengthened and encouraged. To God be all the glory.
The Bible is God’s divinely inspired [God breathed] revealed, infinite, eternal, inerrant, infallible, immutable Word to all mankind. This divine, supernatural Word brings all revealed truth to the world. We purpose, therefore, to follow God’s Holy Word, Personal guidance and guidance to the local church comes by His Word.
Hence, we resolve, God helping us, to read, study, meditate-on, trust-in and obey God’s revealed and divinely preserved Word, holding it to be the supreme authority and the only divinely established Stare Decisis [Latin: to stand by that which is decided] in all things.
Therefore, the purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to publish and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature, ministering God’s love to all, especially those in the household of faith. The Bible is God’s everlasting, inspired, (God breathed) inerrant, infallible, unchangeable, divinely protected and preserved Word of love and salvation to the entire world. It is also the essential foundation of this ministry.
History: The inspired preaching, teaching and writing of Charles Haddon Spurgeon is all empowered by God’s revealed Word the Bible. His written publications continue to benefit readers through authentic Gospel preaching and sound biblical teaching. This ministry continues to flourish through The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London
Presented here are Spurgeon's writings for the edification of the church as well as for the benefit, blessing and gospel challenge to all readers. Our desire is that the written Word of God will become the Living Word in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ to each and every reader.
To this end, this website is offered to encourage and provide opportunity to hear Gospel preaching, and to engage in daily devotional meditation, Bible study and prayer. Careful adherence to Spurgeon’s calendar and original, unabridged text is given herein.
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Prayer: Dear Lord, empower your ministry to win many souls, and serve those in need, especially those in the household of faith, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Disclaimer: The John Mark Publishing Company does not solicit praise of Charles H. Spurgeon or his writing or preaching. He didn’t need or want it then and wouldn’t desire it now. Our aim is to lift up and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and to preach Christ Jesus only and him crucified.
Precaution: These Messages and prayers will not substitute for continual fellowship with the Lord Jesus or for gathering in in-person worship. Neither will they replace personal reading, meditation, prayer and fasting over God's divinely preserved and eternal Word imparted by the Holy Spirit.
The Authorized King James Version (AKJV), also known as the Authorized Version (AV), is the authentic English Bible because it is rendered [translated into English] accurately and faithfully from the established majority of the Greek Textus Receptus [received text] manuscripts of the New Testament and the Hebrew Masoretic Text of the Old Testament (The Jewish Tanakh) These manuscripts are providentially protected of God, and always give a greater glory to God when compared to variant readings. The established majority manuscripts avoid doctrinal error, inaccuracies in translation, uninspired editorial notations, variant or ambiguous readings taken from Codices Vaticanus, or Sinaiticus.
The Authorized King James version is distinguished also by the requirement of Great Brittan that all King James bibles be printed only by the Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s authorized printer. No other [person or publisher] may print, copy or import the King James Bible into Great Brittan by order of the Crown.
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