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PRAYER 18, Part 4 of 8 O, FOR MORE GRACE!

ANECDOTE 275: Judgment Warped by Personal Considerations.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: May 6  CURE FOR ENVY

-Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off- Proverbs 23:17-18

MORNING: "We dwell in him." 1 John 4:13

EVENING: "All the days of my appointed time will I wait. " —Job 14:14

A SINNER'S PRAYER

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PRAYER 18, Part 4 of 8

O, FOR MORE GRACE!

Our great concern, however, is to grow in grace and to become like our Master. We struggle and we struggle, but how small our progress! Lord, help us in any matter in which we have felt defeated. If we have been betrayed through want [a lack] of watchfulness, Lord forgive and help another time [once again]. If any of Thy [Your] servants have lost the brightness of their evidence, give them to come to Christ as sinners if they cannot come as saints. And if through Satan’s temptation any are sorely put to it even to keep their feet [to keep their balance] , hold them up; and if any have fallen, help them to say,

“Rejoice not against me, O, mine enemy; when I fall I shall arise.”

[In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.]

(Attachment: PRAYER 18.doc)

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ANECDOTE 275: Judgment Warped by Personal Considerations.

We have heard, I dare say, the story of the lawyer who was waited upon by a farmer, to ask him what would be the penalty for a man whose horse was always getting into his neighbor’s field and eating his corn, whether it [the fine] would be heavy; he had warned him several times, and he always would do it, and it was his fence, and he ought to have mended it.

The lawyer said of course there would be a considerable fine, no doubt, and so on.

“Well,” said he, “Sir, it is your horse that has done this.”

“Oh!” said our friend, the solicitor,

“that is quite a different question; I did not know it was my horse before I gave my opinion.”

So it is, generally, with regard to anything that is done amiss, if it hurts you, or if it hurts me, we always feel very indignant about it, but if it only offends the Majesty of heaven, we make light of it.

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK MAY 6 CURE FOR ENVY by C.H. Spurgeon 1834 – 1892

-Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation [hope] shall not be cut off- Proverbs 23:17, 18 -No tenga tu corazon envidia de los pecadores, Antes perseverá en el temor de Jehova todo tiempo: Porque ciertamente hay fin, Y tu esperanza no será cortada- Proverbios 23:17,18
 

When we see the wicked prosper, we are apt to envy them. When we hear the noise of their mirth [laughter], and our own spirit is heavy, we half think that they have the best of it. 

This is foolish and sinful.

If we knew them better, and especially if we remembered their end, we should pity them.

The cure for envy lies in living under a constant sense of the divine presence, worshiping God and communing with Him all the day long, however long the day may seem. True religion [faith in The Lord Jesus] lifts the soul into a higher region, where the judgment becomes more clear, and the desires are more elevated.

The more of Heaven there is in our lives, the less of earth we shall covet.

The fear of God casts out envy of men. The death-blow of envy is a calm consideration of the future. The wealth and glory of the ungodly are a vain [worthless] show. This pompous appearance flashes out for an hour, and then is extinguished.

What [How] is the prosperous sinner the better for his prosperity when judgment overtakes him?

As for the godly man, his end is peace and blessedness, and none can rob him of his joy; wherefore, let him forego envy, and be filled with sweet content [contentment]. 

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Prayer: Thank you Lord that we abide in the fear of the Lord all the day long. For surely Your providence will prevail; and our hope shall not be cut off. Lord Jesus, give me wisdom and courage  to live in the fear of God. Please make me understand that when the end comes You will be my hope and my home forever. In Your name I pray Lord Jesus, Amen.

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MORNING May 6

"We dwell in him." 1 John 4:13

Estamos en él…1 Juan 4:13

Do you want a house for your soul? Do you ask, "What is the purchase [price] ?"   It is something less than proud human nature will like to give. It is without money and without price [It can’t be bought; It has no price] .

Ah! you would like to pay a respectable rent! You would love to do something to win [Jesus] Christ?

Then you cannot have the house, for it is "without price."

Will you lease my Master's house for all eternity, with nothing to pay for it, nothing but the ground-rent of loving and serving him for ever?

Will you take Jesus and "dwell in him?"

See, this house is furnished with all you want, it is filled with riches more than you will spend as long as you live. Here you can have intimate communion with Christ and feast on his love; here are tables well-stored with food for you to live on forever; in it, when weary [tired], you can find rest with Jesus; and from it you can look out and see heaven itself. Will you have the house? Ah! if you are houseless [homeless], you will say, "I "Come to Jesus."

"But," you say,

"I am too shabby for such a house."

Never mind; there are garments [clothes] inside. If you feel guilty and condemned, come; and

though the house is too good for you, Christ will make you good enough for the house, by-and-by [in His time].

He will wash you and cleanse you, and you will yet be able to sing,

"We dwell in him."

Believer: thrice [three times] happy art thou to have such a dwelling-place! Greatly privileged thou art, for thou hast [have] a "strong habitation" in which thou art [are] ever safe. And "dwelling in him," thou hast not only (1) a perfect and (2) secure house, but an (3) everlasting one.

When this world shall have melted like a dream, our house shall live, and stand more imperishable than marble, more solid than granite, self-existent as God, for it is God himself

─ "We dwell [live] in him."

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EVENING May 6

"All the days of my appointed time will I wait. " —Job 14:14

Todos los días de mi edad esperaré, —Job 14:14
 

A LITTLE stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so sweet as toil [hard work]; nothing renders [makes] security so pleasant as exposure to alarms [dangers].

The bitter wooden cups of earth will give a relish [appeal] to the new wine which sparkles in the golden bowls of glory. Our battered armor and scattered countenances [troubled expressions] will render our victory above, more illustrious [brighter] when we are welcomed to the seats of those who have overcome the world.

We would not have full fellowship with Christ if we did not sojourn [journey] below, for awhile, for He was baptized with a baptism of suffering among men, and we must be baptized with the same if we would share his kingdom.

Fellowship with Christ is so honorable that the sorest [most painful] sorrow is a light price by which to procure it.

Another reason for our lingering [staying] here is for the good of others. We would not wish to enter heaven until our work is done, and it may be that we are yet ordained to minister light to souls darkened in the wilderness of sin.

Our prolonged stay here is doubtless for God's glory. A tried saint, like a well-cut diamond, glitters much in the King's crown. Nothing reflects so much honor to a workman as a protracted and severe trial of his work, and its triumphant endurance of the ordeal without giving way [giving up] in any part.

We are God's workmanship, in whom he will be glorified by our afflictions. It is for the honor of Jesus that we endure the trial of our faith with sacred joy.

Let each man surrender his own longings to the glory of Jesus, and feel,

"If my lying in the dust would elevate my Lord by so much as an inch, let me still lie among the pots of earth.

If to live on earth forever would make my Lord more glorious, it would be my heaven to be shut out of heaven."

Our time [on earth] is fixed and settled by eternal decree. Let us not be anxious [stressed] about it, but

wait with patience until the gates of pearl open.

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A SINNER’S PRAYER:   … FOR WHOSOEVER: [For One and all]

Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21
Call on the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved     … pray like this, won’t you?   

“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner and without You I am hopeless.  I can’t save myself. Without your death on the cross for my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned to Hell. I have been  self-centered from birth.  Please forgive me.

I realize that doing my best, being as good as possible, or being better than other people can never save me. . I’m guilty and sorry for each and every sin I have done and look to You to forgive me of them all. 
I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me.
I call on You,  Lord Jesus, right now to save me.  You died on the cross for me, because of my sin  and You say,  “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21.

Right now, just as I am, I call on You, Lord Jesus to save me,  I trust You, to  be my Lord and Savior from now on.
Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You have forgiven me of all my sins.  I ask You to abide in me and give me the desire to always follow You.
You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross.  Even the sins of the whole world.

Thank you,  Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me even before I was born and that You still love me now. I love You too.

 

Thank you, Heavenly Father, that You have called me away from sin and death into the Life everlasting  in Your only begotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank You, Heavenly Father that you raised Jesus from the dead. He is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave. Romans  8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [Holy Ghost, Comforter, Spirit of Truth]
 

Thank You for saving me heavenly Father. With all my heart, thank you Father for saving me in Jesus’ name,  Amen.

Allow us to share the joy of your new birth with heaven. Won’t you? Heaven rejoices over each redeemed sinner. Luke 15:7

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89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

 Psalm 119:89

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21For the prophecy [prophecies] came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.  
2 Peter 1:21

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1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 
John 1:1

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VIDEO That will explain the how the Man-made explosion of over 100 English Translations of the Holy BIBLE occurred.    

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 The complete Inside  Story of Westcott and Hort: 

 Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort  (Text only)

URL:   https://www.febc.edu.sg/v15/article/def_the_INSIDE STORY_of_westcott_and_hort

In 1870, The Anglican Church of England passed a resolution to revise the English Bible. The New Testament revision committee which finally consisted of 25 scholars (though only about 16 eventually attended the meetings) which included Westcott and Hort. The committee worked for ten years in the Jerusalem chamber, and these two scholars swept the Revision Committee along with them after work commenced. In fact, the “Cambridge trio” (Westcott, Hort and Lightfoot) colluded with others to dominate the meetings with their views of the text and to defeat any who opposed them. Their *letters reveal this conspiracy:

* Letters from close relatives are quoted in the Inside Story above

The only voice defending the Textus Receptus was Dr Scrivener, probably the foremost scholar of the day in the manuscripts of the Greek New Testament and the history of the Text. But he was systematically outvoted by the Cambridge trio and outdone by Hort’s powerful debating skill. When the revision was completed, the revision committee had altered the Greek Text in 5,337 places,

thus violating the original rule that had been set for the committee of not altering the Greek Text unless absolutely necessary to do so.
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CONCLUSION

In conclusion, let it be said that no matter how good any modern version of the New Testament is in other ways, it is clearly blemished if the work of Westcott and Hort is present in it. The presence of their work means that it is based on a defective text. Those who want to honor the Word of God must not promote the use of any of these versions by the church, not because the content of the version is evil in itself, but because the attitude of being contented to use a blemished version rather than an existing unblemished one, dishonors God. If God has taken the trouble to preserve for His people a good Greek text of the New Testament for 18 centuries, how dishonoring it would be to Him if His people now chose instead to change over to a version that is based on a defective text.

Let the biblical story of Nadab and Abihu be a lesson to all:

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled” (Lev 10:1–6).

– Published in The Burning Bush, Volume 4 Number 1, January 1998

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