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DEVOTION for May 8th *A.D. 2026 were 

written and Calendared by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) for today’s Month and Day.

 

Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

 

PRAYER 18, May 8th   Part 6 of 8      O, FOR MORE GRACE!

ANECDOTE 277: May 8th   TRUE WISDOM.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK May 8th   : HELP WANTED

-Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive- Matthew 20:7

MORNING: May 8th    "HE THAT WAS HEALED WIST NOT [DIDN’T KNOW] WHO IT WAS." —John 5:13

EVENING: May 8th    "ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM. " —Job 22:21

A SINNER'S PRAYER  May 8th   

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PRAYER 18, May 8th   Part 6 of 8   O, FOR MORE GRACE!

God, bless our country and our Sovereign [In  the U.K.]; God bless this city [London]; may there be no disquietude [unrest] between the different orders of men — the employer and the employed; but may there be a general spirit of goodwill given to the people of this city, and do prosper Thou us.

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

(Attachment: PRAYER 18.doc)

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ANECDOTE 277: May 8th   TRUE WISDOM.

 

Copernicus declared the truth that the earth and the planets revolve around the sun. His opponents replied that this could not be true, for if the planet Venus revolved around the sun, she must present the same phases as the moon. This was very true.

Copernicus looked up to Venus, but he could not see those phases, nor could anyone else, nevertheless he stuck to his statement, and said,

 

“I have no reply to give, but in due time God will be so good that an answer will be found.”

 

Copernicus died, and his teaching had not yet been justified [verified] ; but soon, after Galileo came forward with his telescope, and on looking at Venus he saw that she did pass through exactly the same changes as the moon.

 

Thus wisdom is justified of her children.

 

Truth may not prevail to-day or to-morrow, but

 

her ultimate victory is sure. 

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK May 8th   HELP WANTED  by C. H. Spurgeon 1934 – 1892

 

-Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive- Matthew 20:7 
 

- Id tambien vosotros a la vina, y recibiréis lo que fuere justo- Mateo 20:7
 

Yes, there is work in Christ’s vineyard for old bodies [Senior Saints]. It is the eleventh hour, and yet He will let us work. What great grace is this! Surely every old man ought to jump at this invitation! After men are advanced in years nobody wants them as servants; they go from shop to shop, and employers look at their grey hairs, and shake their heads.

 

But Jesus will engage old people, and give them good wages too! This is mercy indeed.

 

Lord, help the aged to enlist in thy service without an hour’s delay [right now].

 

But will the Lord pay wages to worn-out old men?

 Do not doubt it. He says He will give you what is right if you will work in His field. He will surely give you grace here and glory hereafter. He will grant present comfort and future rest; strength equal to your day, and a vision of glory when the night of death comes on.

All these the Lord Jesus will as freely give to the aged convert as to one who enters His service in his youth. Let me tell this to some unsaved old man or old woman, and pray the Lord to bless it, for Jesus sake. Where can I find such persons?

 

I will be on the look-out for them, and kindly tell them the news.

 

Prayer: Thank you Lord that You will employ of Your children, the elderly: I know that when I complete my day of labor in Your vineyard, I will receive what is right and just.

Therefore, 

 

I go joyfully into the vineyard today, without delay

in Your name, expecting Your blessing, I pray, Amen.

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MORNING May 8th  "HE THAT WAS HEALED WIST NOT [Didn’t Know] WHO IT WAS." —John 5:13

 

̶ El que había sido sanado, no sabía quién fuese—Juan 5:13

 

YEARS are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have dragged on to a very weary length in the life of the poor lame man.

 

When Jesus healed him by a word while he lay at the pool of Bethesda, 

 

he was delightfully aware of a change. 

 

Even so the sinner who has for weeks and months been *paralyzed with despair and has wearily sighed for salvation is very conscious of the change when the Lord Jesus speaks the word of power, and gives joy and peace in believing.

 

The evil removed is too great to be removed without our discerning [awareness] of it; the life imparted is too remarkable to be possessed and remain inoperative [idle]; and the change wrought [done] is too *marvelous not to be perceived.

 

Yet the poor man was ignorant of the author of his cure; he knew not the sacredness of His person, the offices that he sustained, or the errand [divine work] that brought Him among men.

 

Much ignorance of Jesus may remain in hearts that still feel the power of His blood.

 

We must not hastily condemn men for lack of knowledge; but where we can see the faith that saves the soul, we must believe that salvation has been bestowed [given].

 

The Holy Spirit makes men penitents [sorry and ashamed] long before He makes them divines [priests, theologians, or holy men]; and

 

he who believes what he knows, shall soon know more clearly what he believes.

Ignorance is, however, an evil; for this poor man 

was much tantalized [ridiculed and mocked] by the Pharisees, and was quite unable to cope with them.

It is good to be able to answer gainsayers [those who deny, declare as untrue, contradict or oppose]; but

 

we cannot do so if we know not the Lord Jesus clearly and with understanding.

The cure of his ignorance, however, soon followed the cure of his infirmity, for he was visited by the Lord in the temple; and after that gracious manifestation, he was found testifying that

 

"it was Jesus who had made him whole."

 

Lord, if [because] you have saved me, 

 

show Yourself to me that I may declare You to the sons of men.

 

*English (USA) spelling

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EVENING May 8th "ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM. " —Job 22:21

̶ Amístate ahora con él—Job 22:21

 

IF we would rightly

 

"acquaint ourselves with God, and be at peace,"

 

we must know Him as He has revealed Himself, not only in the unity of His essence and subsistence, but also in the plurality of His persons. God said,

 

"Let us make man in our own image."

 

Let not man be content until he knows something of the "us" from whom His being was derived . Endeavor to 

 

Know the Father; 

 

bury your head in His bosom in deep repentance, and confess that you are not worthy to be called His son; receive the kiss of His love; let the ring which is the token of His eternal faithfulness be on your finger; sit at His table and let your heart make merry in His grace.

 

Then press forward and seek to 

 

know much of the Son of God 

 

who is the brightness of His Father's glory, and yet in unspeakable condescension [humility] of grace became man for our sakes; know Him in the unique complexity of His nature:

eternal God, and yet suffering finite man;

 

follow Him as He walks the waters with the tread [step] of deity, and as He sits upon the well in the weariness of humanity [to eternally satisfy man's thirst for God] . Be not satisfied unless you know much of Jesus Christ as your Friend, your Brother, your Husband, your all.

 

Forget not [Don’t forget]

the Holy Spirit; 

 

endeavor to obtain a clear view of His nature and character, His attributes, and His works. Behold that Spirit of the Lord, who first of all moved on chaos [utter disorder] and brought forth order, now visits the chaos [disorder] of your soul and creates the order of holiness.

 

Behold Him as the Lord and giver of spiritual life, the Illuminator, the Instructor, the Comforter, and the Sanctifier. Behold Him as He descends, like holy unction [anointing, sweet-smelling oil], upon the head of Jesus, and then afterwards rests upon you who are as the skirts [borders] of His garments.

Such an intelligent, scriptural, and experiential [heart-felt] belief in the Trinity in Unity [The Three-in-one: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost] is yours if [because] you truly know God; and


such knowledge brings peace indeed. 

 

1 John 5:7

 

URL: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%205%3A7&version=AKJV 

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Note: JM witnessed the last moments of his *Daddy’s life on earth and heard him say “Amen” repeatedly and continuously affirming his own life and testimony of God’s goodness to him and his agreement for his imminent departure and to be present with his Lord Jesus. Amen... Amen… Amen!

*Charles Dumah Riley, Sr. 1897 – 1987

My Daddy’s never changing prayer before every meal where he was present and always at every family meal and was always offered with all gravity and reverence in the unique inflection of his deep Bass prayer voice:

“Accept our thanks for these and all other blessings, we Humbly ask in Thy name, Amen.” ________________________________________________

 

PLEASE VIEW THE FOLLOWING VIDEO TO DETERMINE  WHETHER YOUR                   PREFERRED VERSION  OF THE BIBLE HAS BEEN AND IS IS PROTECTED AND               PRESERVED BY GOD AS INSPIRED [GOD-BREATHED,
WORD  FOR WORD], INNERANT, INFALLIBLE,  IMMUTABLE AND HOLY    
WORD OF GOD?

 

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 versionsof the Bible. This continuing attempt to replace, add or take away from the 1769 King James Version of the Holy Bible do notprevail because GOD Himself preserves and protects His Holy Scripture from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion and error.

Note: The King James Version does follow the Greek text of the Textus Receptus, but a Greek Text fabricated by Westcott and Hort and is therefore inferior to the trustworthy 1769 [1611] King James Version, theKJV!

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 SPECIAL FEATURES:

 

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHTSCJ77SM8

 

URL: https://godblesstheusabible.com/

 

              URL: https://www.history.com/news/king-james-bible-most-popular

 

 

SACRED LITERATURE:

              URL:  https://openthebible.org/article/seven-good-reasons-to-read-pilgrims-progress/#:~:text=It's%20a%20classic

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Jesus Christ [Messiah] (Anointed King)] the LORD GOD was born of a virgin 2025 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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*A.D. Does NOT mean after death as is commonly believed. It is a Latin abbreviation
for anno Domani (It means “Year of our Lord”.


BC/AD versus BCE/CE Is there a  difference?​

Yes. Stand for the Truth, Won’t you? 

 

Jesus Christ [Messiah] (Anointed King)] the LORD GOD was born of a virgin 2025 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.

 

Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

 

A.D. did not and does NOT mean “After Death” as many erroneously now think. It actually abbreviates  Anno Domini,  a  Latin phrase adopted into English that literally means  “Year of our Lord”.  It has been used together with B.C. Before Christ   for centuries.

 

B.C.E  is not a synonym for B.C. (Before Christ)]  It is not the same thing. Not even close.

 

B.C.E. / C.E  or   B.C. /A.D.  What’s the difference?                                                                                 

 

B.C.E. (BEFORE COMMON ERA [or  BEFORE CURRENT ERA] ― Anything to avoid all reference or mention of anything CHRISTIAN by atheist and anti-Christians and to remove A.D. [Anno Domini] and  B.C. [Before Christ] from being used.

 

The argument here, claims to have a neutral point of view that would remove all reference to Jesus Christ by omitting the use of A.D Ano Domini and B.C. Before ChristThis argument brings forward a faulty if not egregious hypothesis.  Without consideration of a person’s religious views analysis of the hypothesis of a neutral point of view (NPOV) must be made.

 

What is A NEUTRAL point of view?  Such a fool’s errand would argue that a point of view could set forth a valid, genuine, authentic and simultaneously  be neutral. What?  This defies logic. A neutral point of view, were it possible, is no point of view at all. Rather, it’s  illogical and by applying simple common sense, impossible.  Anytime a point of view is combined, confused or blended with another one so that the properties are clouded, weakened or confused the actual definite and certain POV is lost and any rational adherence or support for it is now moot.   A Neutral point of view exists only in  the imagination of those who prefer confusion to a true, authentic, genuine, robust and proven point of a verifiable fact.

 

A neutral point of view, were it possible, would be, at best,  illogical, unattainable,  indefensible and irresponsible. The king of oxymorons.

 

Therefore, the mere consideration of an imagined but impossible and unattainable neutral point of view (NPOV) is ludicrous.  A point of view cannot be NEUTRAL. An authentic point of view cannot be neutral, or ambiguous, but must clearly advance a singular, definite and certain  point of view (POV).  It cannot be both a  POV and neutral.   A neutral point of view is a logical impossibility.  A neutral (POV), were it possible, would ignore the historical fact of Jesus Christ’s birth. The pretense of seeking a neutral point of view  is therefore misleading and  disingenuous.

 

The Lord Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh,
was born of a virgin  2025 years ago.                       
He’s  alive  today, has always existed as God’s eternal and everlasting Word, 
and will soon return for his bride, the Church
[The body of all redeemed believers in Jesus Christ].
 

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.

1 Timothy  3:16  

 

Look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of the earth: for I am God and there is none else.

Isaiah 45:22

 

You are invited to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior and Lord and to follow Him in believer’s baptism.

        Jesus came from Galilee  to Jordan to be baptized by John the Baptist. But, John forbad [refused] Him and said, “I have need to be baptized of You and [yet] you are coming to me?” [for baptism]  And Jesus answering him said, “Suffer it to be so [Do it] now: for thus it becometh us [is beautifully fitting and expected of us] to fulfil all righteousness.” 

        Baptism is not a requirement for salvation but it is the willing desire of all believers to demonstrate agreement and consistency with  the righteousness of preaching Repentance and Baptism by John the Baptist and obedience to the scriptural teaching.  The issue of baptism is therefore not an issue of salvation but of obedience and of fulfilling all righteousness.

        Worshiping Him in Spirit and in truth will spring-up and be manifested in a sense of gratitude.  Such worship can come through prayer, Bible reading, scriptural meditation and study. Fellowship in a local church body, hearing gospel preaching and singing of sacred hymns and spiritual songs are also acts of worship and reflects an active discipleship.

        To this purpose, DailySpurgeon,  is offered as a reliable, dependable and effective resource.

 It is not intended, were it possible to take the place of fellowship or congregational worship in a local body of believers.

“Study to show yourself  approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [accurately comprehending and sharing] the word of truth.”   2 Timothy 2:15

 

Trusting in and following the Lord Jesus Christ is our chief purpose. We trust Him for salvation, guidance, strength and our eternal destiny according to His perfect will.  We follow Him in soul winning through DailySpurgeon  or any other instrumentality He may choose.   We invite and encourage non-believers to turn away from sin, look to Him and be saved.  We trust that believers (old and new) will benefit from its use knowing that He will sustain, guide and build us up as we are conformed to His image by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

 
DailySpurgeon  is a collection of devotional thoughts, prayers and encouragement by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, revealing God’s Word. Sermons from The Metropolitan Tabernacle and sacred music of worship and praise are included to strengthen personal dedication and spiritual edification.

 

A schedule  and link are here provided to The Metropolitan Tabernacle  for live streaming of church worship services from the London congregation.  Join us in prayer, scripture reading, singing of traditional sacred hymns and preaching, won’t you?

 

Sunday 11.00 am (*4:00 am)  

Teaching ministry service

Sunday 6.30 pm (*11:30 am)

Evangelistic service

Wednesday 6.30 pm (*12:30 am)

Bible Study

 *(Pacific Daylight time,  U.S.)

 

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SERMON:  The Metropolitan Tabernacle  (Charles Spurgeon 1834-1892)

The Strategy of Resurrection   John Ch. 20    with Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor

It is clear the resurrection was completely unexpected by the disciples. Here is how it came, first by gentle intimation, then with a caution, then as a proof of Christ's successful atonement, and then as a command to trust in the living Lord.


 

Mission and Invitation
 

The aim of this work is to save souls, strengthen and encourage believers in the Word, proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ as we serve those in need. We believe the Bible is God’s revealed Word and that through His Word He guides us as individuals and as a local body of believers. We are resolved, God helping us, to study, meditate and pray to rightly divide God’s revealed Word holding it as the final authority in all things. 
 

The purpose of The John Mark Publishing Company is to make known the Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ to every creature. We aim to love the brethren, win souls, and  build-up of the Body of Christ, [The Universal Church of true believers].  We purpose to publish the Good News of Jesus Christ and to proclaim (preach) HIM everywhere.  We purpose also to serve everyone, especially those in the household of faith.. 
       We believe the Bible is God’s everlasting, inspired (God breathed) Word.  By His Word He guides us individually and corporately through His local Church.
       God’s Word [The Bible] is the driving essence of all our work. To this end we annotate and reprint, unabridged, the sermons and publications from The Holy Bible that were preached and    taught through Charles Haddad Spurgeon.

 

The published Headings and Titles selected forare:

  •  Prayers

  • Anecdotes

  • Faith’s Checkbook

  • Morning

  • Evening
     

This body of inspired work was created by Spurgeon 1834-1892 and has been widely published and preached to this present time.  He was Pastor and founder of the Metropolitan Tabernacle  in London, England (Still flourishing TODAY) Still preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  [Click this blue link to hear live, contemporary and traditional preaching brought by the Internet from broadcasts from Dr. Peter Masters, the current Metropolitan Tabernacle minister for over 30 years].

       Prayer: Dear Lord, May this endeavor  be effective and thrive in winning souls,
and may we also be loving and compassionate as we  encourage and comfort  all who
are needy, especially to those who are in the household of faith, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.      
        Disclaimer: These mailing are not intended to attract praise for or exalt  the Lord’s servant, and founding minister of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Charles H. Spurgeon. He didn’t need it and wouldn’t have wanted it.  Rather, it is offered as an encouragement, for seekers and believers who read, meditate on, pray-over and desire to obey through the power of The Holy Spirit, God’s inspired [God breathed] inerrant, revealed, immutable Word, the Bible.
       Precaution: These devotional messages and prayers are not offered or intended to substitute for walking in the bright sunlight of continual companionship [communion, fellowship] in love with the Lord Jesus Christ [The Messiah]. Neither should they be substituted for reading, meditating on, praying and fasting over God's Word; (KJV, Authorized Version is  recommended) that reveals His unspeakable Love to all the world.   John 3:16  
       Printed Prayer:  Should not be read or offered as a substitute for personal, fervent, effectual, heart-felt, prayer. It  is intended rather, to touch and warm the hearts of those who presently seek a season of fervent, authentic two-way, heart-to-heart  fellowship and prayer  with the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit.      
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        My Prayer: Dear Father,  Please  touch, lift up, encourage and teach this reader right now .  Bless all who minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ. May Your blessings and holy anointing fall fresh and continually upon each one who rightly divides and faithfully proclaims Your Word [The Bible] to every living creature. Please save many souls; and be glorified in everything You do In the name of our Redeemer, The Lord Jesus Christ,  Amen
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will Include:

  • A Spurgeon Prayer

  • A Spurgeon Anecdote

  • A promise from scripture  in  Faith’s Checkbook

  • Selections from  Morning & Evening

 

 

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SPECIAL SPURGEON SERMON: “Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ”

[Christ Jesus]

 

URL:  https://youtu.be/hHF1r74XaTQ?si=czhwYSJP9H53XqCy

 

Note: This Sermon was referenced in the Men’s Bible Study on Wednesday, August 14th 2024 at South Shores Church and is featured here as an unabridged Audio recording of Sermon # 1245 that was preached originally by Charles Spurgeon in 1875 from his home church, The Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, U.K.
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Can You trust this website?

Is it of God?

Is it trustworthy?

1 John  Chapter 4

Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everything you hear] but [continually] 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, says] 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.

Hence, I confess [declare and affirm] "Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh."

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GOD’S WORD made Flesh  has existed from eternity past [FOREVER] as the WORD of God.    John 1:1-2

And He was born of a virgin 2,024 years ago in Bethlehem, the WORD made flesh,

is alive today, and is coming soon for His *bride, the Church

[*All redeemed believers].

"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."

1 Timothy 3:16

 

Let me invite you to trust in  the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord and to publicly confess [declare] Him as such before men [publicly]. He will therefore be able to acknowledge and confess you before His Father in Heaven. He is The God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob. Following your public confession, You also invited to follow Him in believer’s baptism by immersion.

 

Jesus came from Galilee t o Jordan to be baptized by John the Baptist. But, John forbad [refused] Him and said, “I have need to be baptized of You and [yet] you are coming to me?” [for baptism] And Jesus answering him said, “Suffer it to be so [Allow this]: for thus it becometh [is fitting and right for] us to fulfil all righteousness.”

 Matthew 3:15

 

Baptism is not required for salvation. Remember, what Jesus said to the thief on the cross, who acknowledged Jesus’ innocence and said to him:

 

“Remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

 

And then, Jesus said to him:

 

“Verily [Truly] I say to you, Today you shall be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43


Baptism pictures the Lord’s death, burial  and resurrection and the believer’s new birth.

 

It bears witness with John the Baptist who preached that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand and exhorted Repentance from sin and the Baptism of atonement. Therefore, the act of baptism is not required for salvation but it is an act of obedience to fulfil all righteousness.

Matthew 3:15


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.

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This website is not intended, were it possible, to take the place of in-person, physical gatherings of believers for Gospel Preaching, congregational praise and worship and Christian fellowship of  local Church bodies of believers.

“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [accurately proclaiming] the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15

 

Following the Lord Jesus Christ in His purpose for us is our aim. We trust Him for our salvation, guidance, strength and our eternal destiny. We desire to and will, with His help, follow Him in soul winning by use or any instrumentality He may choose. We invite and encourage non-believers to turn away from sin, look to Him and be saved.

We trust that all believers (old and new) will benefit in knowing that He will sustain, guide and build us up.  We are being conformed to the image of Christ Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit.

 

dailyspurgeon.com

includes daily devotions by Charles Spurgeon of:

 

A Prayer,

An Anecdote,

Faith’s Checkbook [God’s Promises]

Morning and Evening [Devotions]

 

Sermons by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892 and Sermons by Peter Masters preached at The Metropolitan Tabernacle during Worship services that always include sacred congregational singing to be an encouragement to believers to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

 

 

 

INTERVIEW with Former Pastor of  Saddleback Church,  Rick Warren. “Receiving  God’s eternal love for  you!”

 

URL:https://www.tbnplus.com/c/sy/sMW1pnGB?episodeId=EJGY0J8Q&play=1

 

Behold, therefore: Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh.   1ohn 4:1-3

He was born of a virgin 2,021 years ago, is alive today,

and is coming soon for His bride; the Church (All believers).

 

"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."

1 Timothy 3:16

 

SACRED  HYMNS:  (Sing along, won’t you?)

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God  Words and Music by Martin Luther (1529)Translated by Frederick H. Hedge (1852)   Christian Sermons and Audio Books
Marvelous Grace   by the Pilgrim Mennonite Mission Choir
Grace, Greater than Our Sin  by The Gaithers

 

WELCOME:

You are invited to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord,  then to worship Him in Spirit and in truth; through prayer, reading, meditating on and obeying His Word, the Holy Bible  brought in Gospel preaching, and the singing of psalms, sacred hymns and spiritual songs.

 

Worship God in spirit and in truth.
 
• Pray with our heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
• Hear and obey the eternal, inspired, immutable, inerrant, infallible, revealed and protected Word of God, revealed through Jesus Christ, the living Word; 1 Peter 1:23
• Be [Be being] filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19
• Forsake not Gathering in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.  - Jesus Christ 
Matthew 18:20 

 

DailySpurgeon is a Website to inspire and support believers in the worship of God; the God of Abraham, Isaak and Jacob. Daily content is offered that include Audio, Video and Print selections. Video content consist of sermons from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle (London, U.K.) and of praises including Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Devotional selections are by Charles Haddon Spurgeon and consist of: prayers. anecdotes, “Faith’s Check Book” and “Morning and Evening” devotional messages.

 

The  joy of every believer, is full when we  Love and worship Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and that we do so in Spirit and in truth. He blesses us  as we study, meditate and act upon His Word.  We will not forsake the gathering together to worship, hear God’s Word, and sing Psalms, sacred hymns and spiritual songs in person.
 

To this end, Heavenly Father, we pray You will bless all who visit DailySpurgeon.com .  We ask that You bring nonbelievers to faith in Christ Jesus and that You will inspire fervent devotion, and active discipleship in each believer to Your glory.  We ask this in Jesus name and for His sake, Amen.
 

The website is  not intended to replace the gathering with other believers to worship, and to hear face-to-face Gospel preaching, enjoy fellowship, and join together in prayer, and the study of God’s Word in the  presence of the Lord Jesus and with fellowship of other believers.

 

Rather, it is a resource that may be useful in developing a more active personal discipleship and a more fervent personal devotion to the Lord.

 

“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [analyzing  and sharing] the word of truth.”

 2 Timothy 2:15

We thank thee Lord for providing dailyspurgeon.com  to expand  the e-mail ministry that was begun with  Jon Edward Riley 1971-2021 and his Dad, John Michael.

We honor Jon’s memory here, giving honor to those whom honor is due;  those who honor the Lord Jesus.      Romans 13:7

 

Jon loved to give this testimony:  “I’m a blood bought, born-again child of God.”


… his testimony as a forgiven, redeemed sinner, now and forevermore a child of God and forever accepted in the Beloved Savior, Jesus Christ The Messiah., \ in the Glory of His presence now, and forever. Amen.  

I Will Sing Of The Mercies Of The Lord Forever     by Cedarmont Kids

He Hideth My Soul  by Gaither Music Video

He Arose    by  Isbaptist Toronto

He Lives  by First Baptist Atlanta,

 

SPECIAL MUSIC:

 

 

 TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM  A “Native Thang” from North Dakota (click/tap for video)

The heart of Freedom from a Native Son, Thanking the Lord and Honoring the Military Service of Native American Scouts and  all Armed Service Veterans of the United States of America. …the land of the free and the home of the Brave.

Remembering Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021) who would sometimes just bust-out singing the following songs; sometimes, on the way to church sometimes just singing along with the Elvis Gospel CD that was always kept in the truck’s CD player or, even better, a song the Lord would spontaneously put in his joyful and loving heart.

 

 I LOVE You Lord      by Jared Reynolds

How Great Thou Art    with Elvis

Lead Me & Rock-a My Soul   by Elvis and friends

 

…Jon always said “Later”; [see-ya-later] instead of “good bye”. It was his standard greeting to bid farewell … He would never  say “good-bye”. Now, as we remember the sound of him saying “Later”, it rings very true as to its new and deeper meaning and it brings a joyfulness and comfort to the hearts of those he loved so well; those who love him still and will forever more.

… we are  reminded of the promise of the Hymn:

Till We Meet Again. Amen.

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GOD’S  WORD

From The Metropolitan Tabernacle    (C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892) Live-streamed worship services from London.

(Brief History)

 

SERMON:

Life’s Greatest Mental Block   John 7:6   with Dr. Peter Masters

The scribes of Christ's day were accomplished men, but a strange fog clouded their reaction to Him. Though amazed at Him and His teaching, they refused to listen. Here is why, and how the same mental block shuts off many from God today.

 

TESTIMONY OF A FORMER MUSLIM  
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?

 

FEATURED MUSIC

Elvis in Spirit and Ever Lasting Life
URL:   https://youtu.be/SbryzR_3dR4


If That Isn’t Love    Gaither Premiere

URL:https://youtu.be/unfOWRtg81U?t=2982

 

Love Without End   George Strait performing George W Bush’s favorite

Note: It has become my heart-felt song to all of my children  too.

URL:  https://youtu.be/rkscNqCCDl0


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BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEO of Charles Haddon Spurgeon  1834-1892:

 

C.H. Spurgeon The Peoples Preacher  ( 70 min.)  Historically accurate Feature Film of the one called The Prince of Preachers

URL:https://www.google.com/search?q=documentary+of+charles+spurgeon+with+grandson&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS825US825&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgAECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnGOoCMgkIARAjGCcY6gIyCQgCECMYJxjqAjIJCAMQIxgnGOoCMgkIBBAjGCcY6gIyCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAYQIxgnGOoCMgkIBxAjGCcY6gLSAQ0xNTEzOTcwNTFqMGo3qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4d8e1dc0,vid:cKYQW5KB40U,st:0
 

2,018,939 views May 14, 2020       ―This video of the life and ministry of Charles Haddon

 

Spurgeon, who was known in his teens as the “people’s preacher” and later became known as “The Prince of Preachers”.

 

This Documentary follows Charles Spurgeon’s life accurately portraying him faithfully preaching Jesus Christ, “ The Lamb of God which taketh [takes] away the sin of the world.”

 

It presents an intimate account of one of the greatest preachers in the history of the Christian faith. He is followed from his youth where, as a young preacher he was called Charlie, Boy preacher of the Finns and soon become the minister to London’s largest Baptist congregation. He captured the love and respect of Great Britan to become one of its most influential and enduring figures.

 

The video was produced by the award-winning Christian Television Association and filmed on location in England, Scotland, France and Germany, vividly capturing the spirit, purpose and legacy of a man whose life and Christian ministry continues to be extremely relevant and instructive to the present day.

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These additional  videos, by John Piper and Steve Lawson provide more background context to  the life and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon.  1834 -1892

 

The Life and Ministry of Charles Spurgeon   by John Piper (58 min)
URL:

https://youtu.be/028S_gnFcJQ

 

The preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon continues through his many published writings to bless and benefit thousands, worldwide,  through their publication on the Internet and in print  of his sermons. Additionally, His Commentaries, Personal Devotions  and Lectures to My Students; constitute an  unparalleled legacy of  and inspired Biblical sermons, prepared,  delivered and always saturated in  the God-breathed inerrant and infallible WORD of GOD.

 

Who is Charles Haddon Spurgeon?  by Steven Lawson  (38 min)

…an introduction by Steven Lawson, formerly Pastor of Trinity Bible Church, Dallas, Texas.

URL:https://youtu.be/PNzpbk4P6Gc

 

The Preserved, Immutable, Infallible and Inerrant WORD OF GOD saturated the preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. His sermons continue to bless and benefit thousands through the Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, a publication of his printed sermons;, prepared and delivered from the God-breathed, inerrant and infallible WORD of GOD. The Holy Bible. 
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Jesus Christ [Messiah- Anointed King]  has always existed, from eternity past [FOREVER] as the WORD of God.    John 1:1-2

And He was born of a virgin 2,024 years ago in Bethlehem, the WORD made flesh,

is alive today, and is coming soon for His *bride, the Church

[*All redeemed believers].

"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."

1 Timothy 3:16

 

You’re invited to receive the Lord Jesus Christ [The Messiah] as your Savior and Lord and to publicly confess your trust in Him so He  will then be able to acknowledge you before His Father, The God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob. Jesus answered him and  said, “Suffer it to be so [to let this happen]: for thus it becometh [is in accord with] us to fulfil all righteousness.”

 Matthew 3:15

 

Baptism is not required for salvation. Remember, Jesus said to the thief on the cross, who acknowledged Jesus’ innocence and said to him.

 

“Remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

 

And Jesus said to him,

 

“Verily [Truly] I say to you, Today you shall be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43


The act of Baptism pictures the Lord’s death, burial  and resurrection and the believer’s death to self, burial, and resurrection to walk in newness of life.

It bears witness to the preaching of John the Baptist who preached that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand and exhorted Repentance from sin and the Baptism of atonement. Therefore, the act of baptism is not required for salvation but as John preached it is is to be followed to fulfil all righteousness

This website is not intended, were it possible, to take the place of the personal and physical gathering of believers fellowship or congregational worship in  local bodies of believers.

“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [accurately comprehending and sharing] the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15

 

Following the Lord Jesus Christ in His purpose for us is our desire. We trust Him for our salvation, guidance, strength and our eternal destiny. We desire to and will, with His help, follow Him in soul winning by use of DailySpurgeon or any instrumentality He may bestow. We invite and encourage non-believers to turn away from sin, look to Him and be saved.

We trust that believers (old and new) will benefit in knowing that He will sustain, guide and build us up as we are being conformed to the image of Christ Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit.

DailySpurgeon.com website consists  of devotional writings, prayers, sacred music  and sermons by Charles Haddon Spurgeon and the current Pastor ofThe Metropolitan Tabernacle Peter Masters, who  rightly proclaim God’s Word. Sermons and sacred congregational music seek to save lost souls and to encourage believers to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

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The Preserved, Immutable, Infallible and Inerrant WORD OF GOD saturated  the preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. His sermons continue to bless and benefit thousands through the Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, the publication of his printed sermons; sermons, prepared and delivered from the God-breathed, inerrant and infallible WORD of GOD. The Holy Bible.

 

 

John-Michael Riley, web director of

dailyspurgeon.com   and South Shores choir member sang in the 2024 Christmas concert. Click below and Enjoy.

Christmas at the Shores 2024
 

Directed by Ray Medina, Minister of Music

South Shores Church 
Dana Point, California. 92675

URL:https://youtu.be/PXYCBV5HyG8?t=340


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Rejoice In The LORD Always  tap to sing along, won’t you?  Philippians 4:4

URL:https://youtu.be/8Rs1SeuBgU0


Thank You LORD for dailyspurgeon.com  a website that  proclaims Jesus, the Christ [Messiah and Anointed King] to all the world .

 

This website ministry grew from a beginning of sending e-mails from  Charles Spurgeon’s  Faith’s Checkbook a book of daily promises from Scripture  to John Michael’s son, Jon Edward Riley (1971- 2021). When Jon shared them with others, they asked to be added to this mailing list. This mailing list grew to over 400 and  continues to be used in the  distribution of  the website content  Our prayer is that it will continue to encourage followers of Jesus Christ in vigorous  personal devotions of  Love, obedience and oneness with Jesus Christ through the study of and obedience to GOD’S WORD empowered by the Holy Ghost.

 

Devotional contents  by Charles Spurgeon are brought together daily at dailyspurgeon.com

These devotional contents were written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon over 200 years ago yet  continue to have a significant relevance today.

 

We pray that many lost souls will be born-again and then be built-up in the Faith of Jesus Christ. May God sustain, guide and protect this ministry begun with John Michael’s  beloved son, Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021)  honored here as one to whom honor is due.

 

Jon Edward loved to say,

“I’m a blood-bought, born-again child of God.”

…then, he would tell them about JESUS and his love. John 3:16
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A ministry was begun in London in the 1600’s and continues to this day from Charles Spurgeon’s home church, The  Metropolitan Tabernacle 
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Is   dailyspurgeon.com   trustworthy?

Is it true?     Is it of God?

We should apply the following Scripture to everything we hear/read to discern whether what we are  hearing or reading is of God and therefore whether or not it should be believed.
 

1 John 4:1-3  Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [word] you hear but be testing the spirits [words] whether they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Here’s how you know if it is the Spirit [voice]  of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come from God, is of God:  and every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Therefore beloved, we must test every voice [written or spoken]  to discern whether it is from God or not. By applying these scripture verses we can determine with certainty if the scriptural standard that protects believers from believing false prophets has been met.   We can thereby identify false witnesses and determine not to believe or follow them.  The voice [spirit] being tested should not be believed unless it confesses [states]  that…

“Jesus Christ is here, in the flesh having come from God .”

 

Two Greek manuscripts that were cobbled together by Westcott & Hort and Nestle & Aland do not make this confession nor do they follow the Textus Receptus  rendered from 5,321 extant Greek manuscripts,  which  agree overwhelmingly with each other  known as as the Majority Text. The 5,321  Majority Text is the source from which the trusted Textus Receptus was rendered.

 

Instead, these two purveyors of Greek texts used their own Greek  translations that they invented by hand picking only 55 of the 5,321extant Greek manuscripts. When these 55 Manuscripts did not contain the text being translated, they inserted their own invented and unfounded Greek text.

 

Their invented Greek translation  presented variant  readings different than the Textus Receptus [Received Text] in many places. One example  from 1 John, Chapter 4 where  all English translations other than the King James version overlook the original Greek verb “ictin” [To be] [is] (third person singular) that is translated in substantially all Majority Texts MT and  subsequently in the Textus Receptus [Received Text] and therefore have failed to correctly translate  the Greek verb  as, “Is come” [Is here].  (correctly Translated from the Textus Receptus [Received Text (TR)]  in the King James Version)

This  error occurs  because the  modern critical Greek text, created by Westcott & Hort and Nestles & Alland DO NOT follow the  MT [Majority Texts] of 5,321 Greek manuscripts that  affirm substantial agreement with one another.   The TR  [Textus Receptus] is rendered from an overwhelming agreement found among the Majority Text of 5,321 primary Greek manuscript sources.

Both Westcott & Hort and Nestles & Alland ignore the verb “is”, from their invented  Greek text and place “has come” instead.

This error may be legally described as res ipsa loquitur a latin phrase that means “the thing speaks for itself”.

Therefore, the Greek  inventions generated by these two sources are not actually translations, even though they are introduced as translations, but actually  represent their own  Greek language inventions unsupported by the reliability of the Majority Texts and the Textus Receptus.


How do we know?

We know because both  non-believers and false prophets assert that Jesus Christ 
“has come” in the flesh. Practically anyone  can make this confession as the  birth of Jesus Christ is considered by historians to be the most well documented fact in all of human history.

 

That He has come is generally acknowledged by nonbelievers and believers alike.   However, here’s the point. There is a huge difference in meaning between “Has come” and “Is Here”. “Has come” is woefully short of the essential and clear meaning of the confession “Is Here”.

 

Just because something “has come” it can not be assumed, inferred or deduced that it also “is here”.

The “has come” assertion is made in all translations based on the Critical Text.  It’s not, per se, a false statement. Jesus Christ has indeed come in the flesh. However, it  falls short of  presenting the test  to discern whether the sprit [voice] being tested [tried] is from God or from false prophets or teachers that come in the spirit of antichrist.

 

Again, the expression “has come” rather than  “is come” [is here]  is not, per se, a false statement.

However, it fails to deliver a valid way to discern, true from false.The failure here  to establish a logical and rhetorically sound rubric to judge  the question of whether spirits [words] are from God or from false prophets and the spirit of antichrist is absent if “has come” is  the standard used.

 

Actually, “has come” is such a wide-spread belief held to be historically true by all, yet, it does not provide a sound standard to discern whether a spirit [spoken or written words]  are from God or the spirit of Antichrist.

 

Almost anyone [or any spirit] can declare that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. But as you see, this does not resolve the issue of whether something should or should not be believed as true or followed. Why?  Once again,  because almost anyone can and often does confess that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh. But, his is an insufficient standard. The standard must be whether the confession that Jesus is here  alone, gives an efficacious standard to discern truth from error.

Again, while it is  true that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh, this alone is inadequate to discern truth from error. “Has come” does not mean the same thing as “is come [is here],  from God, in the flesh” and therefore fails to be efficacious for true spiritual discernment.

 

Further, as we  compare  Scripture with  scripture in 1 John 4:1-3 and  Ephesians 5:30-32

we comprehend God’s message regarding  the body of Jesus Christ  being in the Flesh vis-à-vis The Body of Christ, The Corporate Church.

Compare Scripture with Scripture:  1 John 4:1-3   with Ephesians 5:30-32

1 John 4:1-3  Authorized (King James) Version

4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Ephesians 5:30-32 
Authorized (King James) Version

30 for we are members of his [Jesus Christ’s]  body,  of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning  Christ and the church.

[So, we are flesh and bone members of His body, We are] one flesh with Him,  The Body of Christ is (In the flesh); and is the incarnate Body of believers.

 

He was born of a virgin 2026 years ago and He’s alive today.

He’s coming again  soon,  for His bride; the Church [Blood-bought, Born-again members of His body].

 

When a believer considers the fact that they are members of the body of Christ [The Church] , they will see and acknowledge that…

 

“Jesus Christ is here,  in the flesh,” because  We are the Body of Christ; The Church, in the flesh! 

Amen.

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THE BEST BIBLE TRANSLATION:
 

Why KING JAMES is Best  by Steven Houck

Even though [it is said that the] King James Version has its weaknesses, it is an excellent translation and by far the best version available today. We must not be taken in by the modern versions and their claims. Our 400 years old Bible is to be preferred above all others because it is better than them all.

1) It was translated by men who are unsurpassed in their knowledge of Biblical studies.

2) The translators were pious men of God who believed in the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures.

3) It is the mature fruit of generations of English translations as well as the careful work of its translators.
4) The King James Version is based upon the Received Text rather than the critical Greek text of modern versions. [vis. Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.]
5) It is a word-for-word translation which faithfully and accurately reflects the originals [of the Majority Texts, MT].

6) The language is one of reverence and respect which gives honor [and greater glory] to the majesty of its Author.

7) Of all the English versions of today, it alone is the Bible of the Reformation.

8) Our spiritual forefathers thought so highly of it that they were willing to suffer and even die for it.

9) It is the version which has been recognized for generations and generations as the Bible God has given to His English-speaking Church.

 

The 10th reason why it is best  is added here by DailySpurgeon.com

 

10) The 1611 KJV is the work of 54 translators selected and organized into seven companies. (2), from Westminster (2), from Cambridge, (2), from Oxford and (1)  from London. The work was done openly allowing each company to receive inquiries or comments during the course of the work.  When an issue of disagreement arose, it was addressed in Prayer and discussion was continued until the difference was resolved unanimously and without objection.

 

What Bible is The Best?  by David Hocking Reviews the HISTORY and Original Source of the Bible

 

David’s Summary  (8 minutes) The problem is not English, but what  Greek text was used to render the English translation.

 

Commitment to the Word of God

Long before the Conservative Resurgence, Dr. R.G. Lee was the Southern Baptist champion of biblical infallibility and inerrancy. In his sermon, “The Word of God – Not Broken and Not Bound,” first published in 1930, Dr. Lee proclaimed, “All who wrote are immortalized by their writing of this great Book [The Holy Bible],

 

… “supernatural in origin, divine in authorship, human in penmanship, infallible in authority, infinite in scope, universal in interest, personal in application, regenerative in power, inspired [God breathed] in totality.”

 

Dr Robert G. Lee preached a sermon (click here)  Payday Someday   over 1,000 times and was the Senior Pastor of one of the first Megachurches, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee,

TRADITIONAL and  CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
By Blogger, Notorius Meddler

We Sing Sacred Music that’s loved and has been passed down through the ages and we also, embrace new Sacred Praise and Worship Music that magnifies and glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ by using doctrinally sound, faithfully divided and proclaimed scripture rendered accurately into musical lyrics.
Why Have Traditional Gospel Hymns Endured for so many years?   
URL: 
https://www.randyspecktacular.com/2008/09/old-gospel-hymn.html
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… be being filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [music] in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19

SACRED  and Most Performed Christmas ORATORY: 

Handle’s Messiah  A Complete Performance of World’s most Beloved Christmas Oratory by American BACH Soloists at the Grace Cathedral. [Libretto is exclusively from Old Testament book of Isaiah]. 

 

BABY’S FIRST SONGS:
Jesus Loves Me This I Know  by Gaither Vocal Band

 

OTHER CHILDREN’S  FAVORITES:

Children’s Medley  with Rosemary Siemens with children singing

God Is So Good Children’s Chorus
Praise Him, Praise Him All Ye Little Children   Hillsong Kids

Jesus Loves Me   All three verses

Noah’s Arky Arky     by the Cedarmont Kids
Away in a Manger by The Gaither Studio
Away in a Manger by Gaither Vocal Band
O Be Careful Little Eyes What You See by the Cedarmont Kids

This Little Light Of Mine  Cedarmont Kids

What a Wonderful World  by Luis Armstrong

 

SACRED HYMNS:  (Sing, won’t you? 

 

A Mighty Fortress written by Martin Luther with Steve Green

Amazing Grace by Guy Penrod, Gaither Voice Band

Amazing Grace by Wintley Phipps at Carnegie Hall    AMAZING and UNIQUE

Beneath the Cross of Jesus Congregational Singing Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022

Blessed Assurance by Sounds like Reign
Blessed Assurance  by Gaithers with Larry Ford and Lillie Knauls

Blessed Assurance by the Isaacs

Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary   by Gaithers  

Chosen Generation  Medley:  We Are Able, Power in The Blood, Are You Washed, Victory In Jesus, Houston Covenant Church.

Christ Arose!  by Kingdom Quartet Written by Robert Lowry 1874

Christ Receiveth Sinful Men Traditional with Lyrics 

Grace, Grace God’s Grace by Gaither Choir

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir

If That Isn’t Love Love Can Turn The World Gaither Premiere


Jesus Is All the World to Me Chonda Pierce (Stand up Comedy and Classic Hymn written by by William Lamartine Thompson 1904)

Jesus Saves by The salvation Army Choir

Jesus Saves Temple Baptist Church Powell, Tennessee

Johnny Cash sings I Shall Not Be Moved

Just A Little Talk With Jesus by Gaither Choir

Let Others See Jesus in You (Me) by  BB McKinney
Worthy is the Lamb. Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir 
I Shall Not Be Moved  Elvis and The Million Dollar Quartet

More About Jesus    by The Blackwood Brothers

Oh, the Blood of Jesus   Bill & Gloria Gaither (Medley)

Oh, The Blood of Jesus, Nothing But The Blood, Near The Cross  Medley by Gaithers

Onward Christian Soldiers Salvation Army Band

Praise Him, Praise Him  by Ernie Haase
Praise Him, Praise Him  Bombay Christian Fellowship from 1869 of Hymn by Fanny J. Crosby 
Ring the Bells of Heaven    by Fountainview Academy Orchestra & Singers.
When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir 

Praise Him, Praise Him   by Loma Linda University Church

Rescue The Perishing 1869 by Fanny Crosby with Altar of Praise Chorale S E Simonte
Mary Did You Know?  Gaither Music TV by Mark Lowery
O Little Town of Bethlehem  Gaither Vocal Band
It Is No Secret  by ELVIS
There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood   by The Hymn Club 

Ring the Bells of Heaven    by Fountainview Academy Orchestra & Singers.
When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir 
Redeemed  by Guy Penrod Bill and Gloria Gaither

Rock of Ages   Antrim Mennonite Choir

Standing on the Promises of God by Gaither Voice Band

Surely Our God Is Able by Gaither Congregation 

Sweet Hour of Prayer “An Old Farmer praying” by Jimmy Dean (from a wheel chair)

The Fanny Crosby Story (45 min video of world’s most prolific Hymn writer of all time)  

The Love of God   by Gaithers with Gardner, Penrod and Phelps
The Love Of God   by the Gaither congregation

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band 

The Old Rugged Cross Hymn from Whitewell Metroplitan Tabernacle, Belfast Beneath the Cross of Jesus Congregational Singing at Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022

There’s Within My Heart a Melody by Gaither Congregation with Jake Hess 

Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus     by Casting Crowns

Trust and Obey  Vagle Brothers written1887 by Daniel Towner music John Sammis. 
Come Thy Fount (lyrics & chords) Chris Rice

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus  withThe Living Stones Quartet   by Helen Howarth Lemmel 1922
Angles We Have heard On High  by Christendom College & Schola Gregoriana

When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder  Gaither Congregation
Oh The Blood of Jesus  by Gaither Congregation
I Will Sing of My Redeemer by Gaither Music TV 

 

 

SACRED  PRAISE: (Alphabetical)

      

                                           

Amen, The Anthem   by Harry Belafonte  (See EVENING for Note:) 

Away in a Manger by Phil Wickham… 
Traditional Version   by Casting

Because He Lives Gaither Choir

Beneath the Cross of Jesus   Congregational at Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022

Beneath the Cross of Jesus   Congregational Sung at Metropolitan Tabernacle March 13, 2022

Bless the Lord, O My Soul by Bill an Gloria Gaither Congregation

Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary by Gaithers 

Christ Arose ! by Kingdom Quartet Written by Robert Lowry 1874

God Is So Good Children’s Chorus

God Is So Good Children’s Chorus

Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin    by Bob Kauflin of Sovereign Grace

Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin by Sovereign Grace

Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin by Sovereign Grace

Hallelujah, What a Savior A Cappella by the Nelons

He Has Made Me Glad Sing with music only, voices or both (choose R/L or both ear buds)

Holy Spirit Breathe on Me with Anne Jernigan 

How Great Thou Art    by the Statler Brothers

I Know that My Redeemer Liveth     Handel’s Messiah, by 11 year old Henry Jenkenson

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
He Touched Me by Elvis Presley

I See the Lord  by Gaither Vocal Band

I See The Lord by Chris Falson

I Shall Not Be Moved (Rockabilly) By the Million Dollar Quartet
Redeemed by Gaither soloists 

I Shall Not Be Moved by Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash

I Shall Not Be Moved Statler Brother’s Quartet

I Then Shall Live by Bill Gaither 

I Will Rejoice for He Has Made Me Glad by St. John’s North Congregation 

I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord by Squirrel 24

I’ll Fly Away    by Gaither Congregation 

I’ll Fly Away   with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis

I’ve Got Peace Like a River by Phoenix Children’s Choir

I’ve Just Seen Jesus   Larnelle Harris & Sandi Patti (Gaither) 

If That Isn’t Love Love   Gaither Premiere

In The Garden by Elvis Presley

In The Garden by Elvis Presley

In The Garden by Elvis Presley

Is Your All on the Altar     by Outreach Quartet

Is Your All on the Altar     by Outreach Quartet

Is Your All on the Altar     by Outreach Quartet
Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin    by Bob Kauflin of Sovereign Grace

It Is Well With My Soul by Guy Penrod and David Phelps

Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know by Alvin Slaughter

Jesus Loves Me This I Know by Gaither Vocal Band 
Praise Him, Praise Him   by Loma Linda University Church

Jesus Messiah by The Gaither Vocal Band

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I Know  by John Lomacang`

Lead Me, Guide Me by Elvis

Majesty   By The Gaither Congregation  

Majesty Gaither Voice Band

Near To The Heart of God by the Mennonite Choir 

Nothing But The Blood by Buddy Greene, (Harmonica) Gaither

O Happy Day Ewin Hawkins, Anthony Brown & Combined Choirs, FBC of Glenarden

O The Blood of Jesus by Glory Kim

Oh The Blood of Jesus by Gaither Congregation

Open the Eyes of My Heart by Paul Baloche 

Praise Him, Praise Him   by Loma Linda University Church

Praise Him, Praise Him  by Ernie Haase
Praise Him, Praise Him  Bombay Christian A hymn from 1869  by Fanny J. Crosby 
Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin   by Sovereign Grace Music

Praise Him, Praise Him written by Fanny Crosby

Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord written by Fanny Crosby

Redeemed, Redeemed by Gaither soloists

Ring the Bells of Heaven    by Fountainview Academy Orchestra & Singers.
When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir 

Standing on the Promises of God by Praise Praise

Standing on the Promises by IsBaptist Toronto

Surely the Presence of the Lord is in This Place - Woodlands TX Methodist Church

Sweet Hour of Prayer by Guy Penrod

Sweet Little Jesus Boy by Andy Williams

Tell Me The Story of Jesus by Carman
I Love To Tell The  Story by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Where We'll Never Grow Old   by Jim Reeves

The Battle Belongs to the Lord  by John Michael Talbot

The Love of God by Gaither, Penrod, Phelps, Gardner

The Name of the Lord    Gaithers

The Old Rugged Cross Made the Difference by Guy Penrod, Gaither Singers

The Old Rugged Cross by Johnny and June Carter Cash

The Wings of a Snow White Dove with Loretta Lynn & Chrystal Gayle 

Then Came the Morning at Gaither Tent Revival with Guy Penrod Above All    by Lenny LeBlanc

This Train Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis

Thy Word Is a Lamp unto My Feet Gaither Music with Amy Grant

To God Be The Glory Congregation (with lyrics

Trees of the Field by Gaither Congregation

Vaya Con Dios Bilingual by Julio Iglesias James 4:8

Victory in Jesus by Guy Penrod

Victory in Jesus by Guy Penrod

Victory in Jesus by Guy Penrod

We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

We Shall Behold Him   by Sandi Patti Sing-along, won’t you?

We’re Marching To Zion Gaither Congregational Singing

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (…I’ll be there) the Gaithers

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder by Gaither Congregation

Whosoever Surely Meaneth Me Congregational Singing

Worthy Is The Lamb  with Gaither vocal Band

Ye Must Be Born Again Lyrics and Melody from Baptist Hymnal 

You Are My All In All Gaither Voice Band

You Never Let Go   by Matt Redman

You Never  Let Go      by Guy Penrod 

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INVITATION

You are invited to confess and turn away from of all your sins, look in faith to Jesus Christ
[The  Messiah] and confess openly and publicly that HE alone is your Lord and Savior.

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This website can never replace the in-person Church gatherings with other believers to worship, hear Gospel preaching, enjoy Christian fellowship, provoke good works and join together in prayer, and the study of God’s Word in the  presence of and in fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. 

It's a resource to help develop a deeper devotion to the Lord Jesus in an ever deepening and abiding love of  HIM according to Scripture, God’s Holy Bible.

1 John 4:19   ― We love Him because He first loved us.

 

“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker that needs not be ashamed, rightly dividing [understanding  and sharing] the word of truth. [The Holy Bible] ”   2 Timothy 2:15

   

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Worship God in Spirit and in truth:

• Pray with our heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
• Hear and obey the eternal, inspired, immutable, inerrant, infallible, revealed and protected Word of God, revealed through Jesus Christ, the living Word; 1 Peter 1:23
• Be [Be being] filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19
•Gathering in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew18:20

URL:  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt+18%3A20&version=AKJV

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TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM   From  “A Native Thang” [sic] North Dakota (click for video)

URL:
https://www.facebook.com/100010348029573/videos/1184240418597548/

This is The heart of Freedom from a Native Son, thanking the Lord and Honoring the Military Service of Native American Scouts, and all Veterans …of the land of the free and the home of the Brave.

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As Jon remembered veterans, we remember him: Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021) who would, on occasion, just bust-out singing the following songs; sometimes, on the way to church sometimes just singing along with the Elvis Gospel CD that was always kept in the truck’s CD player or, 

even better, a song the Lord would spontaneously put in his joyful and loving heart.

 

I LOVE You Lord by Jared Reynolds

How Great Thou Art with Elvis

Lead Me & Rock-a My Soul by Elvis and friends


…Jon always said “Later”; as in [see’ya later] instead of “good bye”. It was his unique way to bid farewell … He would never say “good-bye”. Now,  remembering the sound of his voice saying “Later”, it rings true with a  new and deeper meaning and it brings a joyfulness and comfort to the hearts of those he loved so well; those who love him still, and always will.

… we are reminded of the promise of the Hymn:

 

’Till We Meet Again. Amen.

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GOD’S INSPIRED, INERRANT, INFALLIBLE  and  IMMUTABLE  WORD OF GOD AND…

 

STILL THE  WORLD’S MOST POPULAR  BIBLE

BY: SARAH PRUITT

UPDATED: JULY 13, 2023 

URL:
https://www.history.com/news/king-james-bible-most-popular

For more than  400 years is The Authorized King James Bible. (KJV) It is immutable, inerrant, infallible and eternal. It will endure for ever, protected and preserved by God HIMSELF.

 

GOD’S HOLY WORD is

 For ever Settled in Heaven Psalm 119:89
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TODAY’S SERMON:

From Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle (Brief History) 

 

A Miracle That Demonstrates Conversion   John 5:5-13   Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor

Christ constantly combined compassionate works of healing with illustrations of spiritual conversion. His healing of the helpless man at Bethesda's Pool is a remarkable example, showing the dramatic course and features of how Christ is to be approached, and what He will do for seekers.

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COMMITMENT TO THE infallibility and inerrancy of the WORD OF GOD and 

PAYDAY SOMEDAY
(R.G. Lee’s Signature Sermon)
URL:  https://youtu.be/0mstq4QTyrQ           

 A Peerless Pulpiteer  (Biographical Text)  was Dr. Robert G. Lee, Pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis Tennessee
URL:

https://christianindex.org/stories/rg-lee-a-peerless-pulpiteer,1680 

Long before the Conservative Resurgence, Dr. R.G. Lee was the Southern Baptist champion of biblical infallibility and inerrancy. In his sermon, “The Word of God – Not Broken and Not Bound,” published in 1930, in which Dr. Lee stated the following regarding the HOLY BIBLE: (KJV)
“All [Prophets and Apostles] who wrote are immortalized by their writing of this great Book, supernatural in origin, divine in authorship, human in penmanship, infallible in authority, infinite in scope, universal in interest, personal in application, regenerative in power, inspired [God breathed] in totality.” 

Dr. R.G. Lee preached a much requested sermon called Payday Someday over 1,000 times. 

Why was it so powerful? Why was it requested and preached so many times? 

Click above link or URL here  and see, Won’t you?
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mstq4QTyrQ 

SERMON CLASSICS:

Why The Cross? 1958 Billy Graham (38 min)
Powerful, heavyweight, urgent message for the present day.

  • Who crucified Jesus?

  • Why did Jesus die on the cross?

 

Be Filled with the Spirit   Ephesians 5:18 with Dr. Peter Masters Metropolitan Tabernacle:

Living on the Word    Deuteronomy 8:3   (Christian Sermons and Audio books) Delivered on March 15th 1883 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, recorded by Charles Koelsch.  

 

COMFORT IN  GRIEF
No Tears in Heaven    Revelation 7:17   (Christian Sermons and Audio books)  Delivered on August 6th 1865  by Charles Haddon  Spurgeon Audio recorded by Charles Koelsch.

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MOST RECENT SERMONS from London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle  by Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor

 

Teaching SermonS   Sunday 28 April 2024 | 11:00am

Testing and Sifting of Believers

1 Peter 4.12

We are not to think that bad treatment of believers is abnormal, says the apostle. It is bound to happen if our lives show Christ and salvation. Here is counsel for tried believers and how assurance is strengthened and God's promises are gloriously fulfilled.

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 Gospel Sermon   Sunday 14 April 2024 | 6:30pm

 

“To Whom Shall We Go?”   John 6.68

A message tracking the enthusiastic pursuit of Christ by many who wanted a materialistic, earthly return to prosperity, while He proclaimed His purpose - spiritual and eternal life to all who depend on Him as divine Saviour, and His redeeming work on Calvary.


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 Bible StudyTng  dy Wednesday 1 May 2024 | 7:30pm

Antidotes to Backsliding

Hebrews 3.7

'Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.'

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TESTIMONY OF FORMER ISLAMIST:
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
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SACRED LITERATURE:

THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS   by  John Bunyan  is the most famous Allegory, world-wide and the Most widely Published Book of all time and was printed in over 200 Languages. It has NEVER,  since 1698, been  out-of-print.

 

Only The King James Bible was more widely published than The Pilgrim’s Progress.

 

ONLINE PRINT LIBRARY: (No Enrollment Fee or Registration required)

 

BUNYAN’S  ORIGINAL of 1678: The Pilgrim’s Progress  Published in 1853  by Logos  

REVISED VERSION:              The Pilgrim’s Progrefs  [sic] 1999 by Barry E. Horner 

OLD ENGLISH  PRINT: The Pilgrim’s Progress  Part II   AKA  Christiana 
(Christian’s wife, Christiana and children; their dangerous journey, and safe arrival at the desired country.)

 

 Pilgrim Progress is the world’s most famous Allegory, It and the Bible were commonly the only books to be found in the cabin of early American Settlers and were  loved and  read more than any book, second only to the Holy Bible.  It’s  also considered, by some, as being the world’s first English novel. It’s likely the most published book other than the Bible of all time. There were 1,300 editions printed before 1938,  250 years after the Bunyan’s death. Hence, the world’s most famous Allegory.

 

 Comment on Pilgrim’s Progress by Charles H. Spurgeon from the Spurgeon Sermon 
“Christ in You”.

 

Spurgeon:  Christ in us is Christ reigning." reminds me of Mr. Bunyan’s picture of [the town of] Mansoul, …when the Prince Immanuel laid siege to it, and Diabolus from within the city strove to keep him out. It was a, hard time for Mansoul then; but when at last the battering rams had broken down the gates, and the silver trumpets sounded, and the prince’s captains entered the breach, then on a day the prince himself did ride down the city’s streets, while liberated citizens welcomed him with all their hearts, hung out all their streamers, and made the church towers rock again as the bells rang out merry peals [happy melodies] , for the king himself was come. Up to the castle of the heart [main castle]  he rode in triumph, and took his royal throne to be henceforth the sole lord and king of the city.

       Christ in you is a right royal word. Christ swaying his scepter from the center of your being over every power and faculty, desire and resolve, bringing every thought into captivity to himself, Oh, this is glory begun, and the sure pledge of heaven. Oh, for more of the imperial sovereignty of Jesus, The Messiah;  our liberty to be absolutely under his sway.

 

 Spurgeon Sermon: Christ in You, Preached May 13, 1883 Scripture: Colossians 1:27  From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 29   (cit. II. THE SWEETNESS OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, § 5)

 

You may choose to read, listen or share Pilgrim’s Progress with your little ones as a bed time story.   It will bless, strengthen, encourage and instruct pilgrims of all ages and will create precious and enduring memories in little ears. 

 

Spurgeon read it for the first time as a precocious five year old reader and would returned to read it over 100 times during the course of his remarkable ministry as a Baptist pastor who is  known as The Prince of Preachers .

 

Link here for the Complete Index of the  Bible Scriptures that saturates The Pilgrim’s Progress by  John Bunyan preferring God’s view to all  “World Views”. 

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ADULT AUDIO: PART I

The Pilgrim’s Progress  by John Bunyan (Complete audio-book narrated by Christopher Glyn)

 

Preface: Bunyan’s letter     

Episode 01: The City of Destruction      

Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable      

Episode  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 28:  The Celestial City

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ILLUSTRATED VIDEO  (Recommended Bed Time Story)

Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.

 

DANGEROUS JOURNEY    

Part 2 The Interpreter’s House

Part 3 The Hill Difficulty

Part 4 The Fight with Apollyon

Part 5 The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Part 6   Vanity Fair

Part 7 Doubting Castle

Parts  8  & 9   The Dark River and  The Celestial City

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PART II – CHRISTIANA, The Sequel  (Enjoy this “Old English” dialect)

AUDIO: These files will advance to and play the next recording automatically, if not paused.
               

A Visit from Secret  4:50  Audio  

Good News  2:25  Audio

Mount Charity  1:01  Audio

Fool  & Want-Wit    1:16  Audio

Valiant-For-Truth  1:41 Audio

Valiant Does Battle 5:51  Audio

Valiant’s Story  3:35  Audio

Which Way To Go  1:30  Audio

Stand-Fast’s 'Wife'   6:02  Audio

10 Stand-Fast’s Story   1:37  Audio

11 Beulah Land  3:20  2018  Audio

13 Christiana’s Blessing  5:55  Audio

14 Christiana Goes Over The River  1:20  Audio 

15 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell   2:10  Audio                                                                          

16 Old-Honest Called    1:41  Audio

17 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword  2:27 Audio  Bequeath   (Definition) 

18 Stand-Fast’s Will   3:56  Audio   

19 Christiana Nears The City  1:01  Audio 

20 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry   4:45  Audio

DEVOTION  for May 8th Written and calendared by Charles Haddon. Spurgeon

Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

 

PRAYER 18, Part 6 of 8 O, FOR MORE GRACE!

ANECDOTE 277: True Wisdom.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK May 8: HELP WANTED

-Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive- Matthew 20:7

MORNING: "He that was healed wist not [didn’t know] who it was." —John 5:13

EVENING: "Acquaint now thyself with Him. " —Job 22:21

A SINNER'S PRAYER

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PRAYER 18, Part 6 of 8

O, FOR MORE GRACE!

God, bless our country and our Sovereign [Of the U.K.]; God bless this city; may there be no disquietude [unrest] between the different orders [identities] of men — the employer and the employed; but may there be a general spirit of goodwill given to the people of this city, and do prosper Thou us.

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

(Complete Prayer in e-mail: PRAYER 18.doc)

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ANECDOTE 277: True Wisdom.

 

Copernicus declared the truth that the earth and the planets revolve around the sun. His opponents replied that this could not be true, for if the planet Venus revolved around the sun, she must present the same phases as the moon. This was very true.

Copernicus looked up to Venus, but he could not see those phases, nor could anyone else, nevertheless he stuck to his statement, and said,

 

“I have no reply to give, but in due time God will be so good that an answer will be found.”

 

Copernicus died, and his teaching had not yet been justified [proved] ; but soon, after Galileo came forward with his telescope, and on looking at Venus he saw that she did pass through exactly the same changes as the moon.

 

Thus wisdom is justified of her children.

 

Truth may not prevail to-day or to-morrow, but

 

her ultimate victory is sure. 

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FAITH’S CHECKBOOK MAY 8 HELP WANTED  by C. H. Spurgeon 1934 – 1892

-Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive- Matthew 20:7 - Id tambien vosotros a la vina, y recibiréis lo que fuere justo- Mateo 20:7
 

Yes, there is work in Christ’s vineyard for old bodies [Senior Saints]. It is the eleventh hour, and yet He will let us work. What great grace is this! Surely every old man ought to jump at this invitation! After men are advanced in years nobody wants them as servants; they go from shop to shop, and employers look at their grey hairs, and shake their heads.

 

But Jesus will engage old people, and give them good wages too! This is mercy indeed.

 

Lord, help the aged to enlist in thy service without an hour’s delay [right now].

 

But will the Lord pay wages to worn-out old men?

 Do not doubt it. He says He will give you what is right if you will work in His field. He will surely give you grace here and glory hereafter. He will grant present comfort and future rest; strength equal to your day, and a vision of glory when the night of death comes on.

All these the Lord Jesus will as freely give to the aged convert as to one who enters His service in his youth. Let me tell this to some unsaved old man or old woman, and pray the Lord to bless it, for Jesus sake. Where can I find such persons?

 

I will be on the look-out for them, and kindly tell them the news.

 

Prayer: Thank you Lord that You will employ of Your children, the elderly: I know that when I complete my day of labor in Your vineyard, I will receive what is right and just.

Therefore, 

 

I go joyfully into the vineyard today, without delay

in Your name, expecting Your blessing, I pray, Amen.

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MORNING May 8

"He that was healed wist not [didn’t know] who it was." —John 5:13

̶ El que había sido sanado, no sabía quién fuese—Juan 5:13

 

YEARS are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have dragged on to a very weary length in the life of the poor lame man.

 

When Jesus healed him by a word while he lay at the pool of Bethesda, 

 

he was delightfully aware of a change. 

 

Even so the sinner who has for weeks and months been *paralyzed with despair and has wearily sighed for salvation is very conscious of the change when the Lord Jesus speaks the word of power, and gives joy and peace in believing.

 

The evil removed is too great to be removed without our discerning [awareness] of it; the life imparted is too remarkable to be possessed and remain inoperative [idle]; and the change wrought [done] is too *marvelous not to be perceived.

 

Yet the poor man was ignorant of the author of his cure; he knew not the sacredness of His person, the offices that he sustained, or the errand [divine work] that brought Him among men.

 

Much ignorance of Jesus may remain in hearts that still feel the power of His blood.

 

We must not hastily condemn men for lack of knowledge; but where we can see the faith that saves the soul, we must believe that salvation has been bestowed [given].

 

The Holy Spirit makes men penitents [sorry and ashamed] long before He makes them divines [priests, theologians, or holy men]; and

 

he who believes what he knows, shall soon know more clearly what he believes.

Ignorance is, however, an evil; for this poor man 

was much tantalized [ridiculed and mocked] by the Pharisees, and was quite unable to cope with them.

It is good to be able to answer gainsayers [those who deny, declare as untrue, contradict or oppose]; but

 

we cannot do so if we know not the Lord Jesus clearly and with understanding.

The cure of his ignorance, however, soon followed the cure of his infirmity, for he was visited by the Lord in the temple; and after that gracious manifestation, he was found testifying that

 

"it was Jesus who had made him whole."

 

Lord, if [because] you have saved me, 

 

show Yourself to me that I may declare You to the sons of men.

 

*English (USA) spelling

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EVENING May 8

"Acquaint now thyself with Him. " —Job 22:21

̶ Amístate ahora con él—Job 22:21

 

IF we would rightly

 

"acquaint ourselves with God, and be at peace,"

 

we must know Him as He has revealed Himself, not only in the unity of His essence and subsistence, but also in the plurality of His persons. God said,

 

"Let us make man in our own image."

 

Let not man be content until he knows something of the "us" from whom His being was derived . Endeavor to 

 

Know the Father; 

 

bury your head in His bosom in deep repentance, and confess that you are not worthy to be called His son; receive the kiss of His love; let the ring which is the token of His eternal faithfulness be on your finger; sit at His table and let your heart make merry in His grace.

 

Then press forward and seek to 

 

know much of the Son of God 

 

who is the brightness of His Father's glory, and yet in unspeakable condescension [humility] of grace became man for our sakes; know Him in the unique complexity of His nature:

eternal God, and yet suffering finite man;

 

follow Him as He walks the waters with the tread [step] of deity, and as He sits upon the well in the weariness of humanity [to eternally satisfy man's thirst for God] . Be not satisfied unless you know much of Jesus Christ as your Friend, your Brother, your Husband, your all.

 

Forget not [Don’t forget]

the Holy Spirit; 

 

endeavor to obtain a clear view of His nature and character, His attributes, and His works. Behold that Spirit of the Lord, who first of all moved on chaos [utter disorder] and brought forth order, now visits the chaos [disorder] of your soul and creates the order of holiness.

 

Behold Him as the Lord and giver of spiritual life, the Illuminator, the Instructor, the Comforter, and the Sanctifier. Behold Him as He descends, like holy unction [anointing, sweet-smelling oil], upon the head of Jesus, and then afterwards rests upon you who are as the skirts [borders] of His garments.

Such an intelligent, scriptural, and experiential [heart-felt] belief in the Trinity in Unity [The Three-in-one: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost] is yours if [because] you truly know God; and


such knowledge brings peace indeed.  

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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.


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DEFENDING  THE  KING JAMES BIBLE    by the Millennium Bible Institute 


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

 Psalm 119:89


Authorized (King James) Version:

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

 

Authorized (King James) Version:

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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See evidence that God is not the author of confusion in a remarkable...

 

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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For ever,  O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
-Psalm 119:89  Authorized (King James) Version

 

 

1 Corinthians 14:33  Authorized (King James) Version

33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

 

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