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DEVOTION  for May 24th  Written an calendared  by by Charles Haddon. Spurgeon

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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.

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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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To the non-believer, we proclaim Jesus, The Messiah, God Incarnate, Savior of the world, the Lamb of God with the hope that the Holy Ghost will convict them of their sin, bring them to repentance and impart faith in Jesus to them for eternal salvation and everlasting life.

 

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Caution: We do not promote or condone the forsaking of the assembling together as is the manner of some. 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

 

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.

 

Virtual digital communication can never replace assembling ourselves together. It requires no personal  interaction, investment, commitment, or personal vulnerability, and cannot deliver a comforting human touch. e.g. Laying on of hands etc.

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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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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.

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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.

 

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