DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION  for October 21st *A.D. 2026 written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon.

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I am so grateful for the blessing of God in Daily Spurgeon TV. to enrich the Devotional Content authored by Charles Haddon Spurgeon and other advocates of the Authorized King James Version. (1769 edition) Our prayer is that many shall continue to enjoy the Joy of our continued fellowship and the God-kind [Agape] love that GOD bestows upon His Elect.

Thank you in the name of  The Lord Jesus Christ [Anointed Messiah] for His sake and by His Grace, All Glory to Him.
Your grateful brother in Christ,
John Michael
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Posted on 10/21/2026:

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Are You Actually Born Again by Charles Spurgeon

URL:  (Click Here)   37 Minutes
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The True Story of John Calvin: The Man Who Reformed the Church

URL: (Click Here)    25 Minutes
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ELVIS (Click Here)  …for the Back Story of  His very First singing performance as a 10 year old boy at the Tupelo, Mississippi / Alabama  FAIR.

…  now hear him sing  “OLD SHEP”, The same song he sang back then, now that he’s a Super Star.
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THE SUPERIORITY OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE

By Dr. Joe Shakour

URL: (Click Here)
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DR. ROBERT G. LEE, former pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis Tennessee is recorded here, preaching  the remarkably inspired  SERMON
 “Pay Day Someday”   (Click Here)   75 minutes

He preached this message  over 1,000 times to over a million people resulting in  many being drawn to confess and repent [turn away from] their sins, and to look to Christ Jesus, and Him alone for eternal life, and to confess Him publicly  to be their Savior and Lord as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Dr. Lee preached from The Formal Equivalent (Literal / word-for-word)  Providentially Preserved and Protected, Everlasting WORD of GOD, The 1769 Edition of The Authorized, Authoritative King James Bible: The Inspired [God Breathed],  Immutable! [never will be changed], inerrant and Infallible [incapable of error].
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MARTIN LUTHER (1)

The man who Freed GOD’S WORD
He was used of God to Translate the NEW TESTAMENT into German in 1521-1522 from the Source Text of the 1519 Second Edition of Erasmus’s Greek New Testament later known as The Textus Receptus. It was the First Bible translated into German, a language that would be understood by the Common people and would be used of GOD to be the driving force of the  PROTESTANT REFORMATION

URL (Click Here) 44 minutes

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MARTIN LUTHER, THE MONK WHO CHANGED CHRISTIANITY (2)

URL   (Click Here) 25 minutes
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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION  for October 21st *A.D. 2026 written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon.

King James the First of England Approved, Authorized, Commissioned and provided the leadership to create a new version of the Bible. This new Bible translation was directed by the King to be based on the existing Bishop’s Bible  (The Bishop’s Bible consists of The Old Testament copied from the ancient Hebrew [Masoretic] text.  The meticulous work of preserving and copying the ancient Hebrew text was done by the faithful Masoretes. Their core mission was to safeguard the original Hebrew Scriptures [The Tanakh / Old Testament] so that its meaning, pronunciation and accuracy would never be lost.

The Priest / Scribe ultimate biblical model for this role is Ezra 7:12 “Ezra the Priest, the scribe of the law”.  

The Traditional [original, Received Greek Text] The Textus Receptus is the Master text from which the King James translation of the New Testament is taken. The King James Version of 1769 is Providentially preserved and protected and is the most  authoritative  and most quoted, and most read Bible version ever. It has circulated over 6 Billion copies. This is more than all the other versions and editions Combined and has become the Most Influential, faithful and best Bible ever.

The NEW King James version is inferior to the [OLD 1769] King James.

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DR. JEFF RIDDLE makes the Case for the PROVIDENTIALY  PRESERVED Words of GOD’S  translated from  the Traditional Text, also known as The Received Text, [The Textus Receptus, TR].

The Defense of the Received Text  (Click here) [The Textus Receptus TR, THE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITATIVE GREEK TEXT]
By Dr. Jeff Riddle

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THE TESTIMONY OF CHARLES SPURGEON'S CONVERSION IN HIS OWN WORDS. (Click here)
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—*A.D. does NOT mean “After Death”. 
Rather,  it abbreviates Anno Domini;
… a Latin phrase adopted into English that means:
“Year of our Lord."
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Does BC/AD versus BCE/CE  really matter? …YES. IT DOES! 
Defend the Truth. Stand against the attempt to mislead, Won’t you?  ...More
The new terms are meaningless because BCE and CE still denote the exact number of years in relationship to the birth in Bethlehem of Jesus Christ [The Anointed Messiah].

Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, said: 'This amounts to the dumbing down of the Christian basis of our culture, language and history. These changes are unnecessary and they don't achieve the BBC’s objective [of wiping out any mention of or reference to Jesus Christ, His birth or His life]. ’

'Whether you use “Common Era, CE” or “Anno Domini, AD”, the date is actually still exact same same for both and the reference point is still the birth of [Jesus] Christ.

DR. DOUG LEVESQUE  presents a Historical account to show why we should not rely on more than 1,100 dumbed- down English translations from the CRITICAL TEXT. An Inferior text that was  cobbled together by self-appointed  men following Satan’s  questioning words to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden,
“Hath God Said ?”

The Critical Text's Flawed Bibles  (From All Other Than The Textus Receptus Source Text) (Click Here)  27 minutes
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The Providentially Provided and Inspired  Life of King James  (Click Here)
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Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy  (Click Here)
(169 minutes. Video)[jM1]  

“Bridge to Babylon” is an exceptionally thoughtful Treatise of the explosion of over 1,100 English translations  of the Bible. An expose of the continuous  attempts to replace the Traditional 1769 King James Version of God’s Holy, Inerrant, Infallible  and Immutable Bible. All Attempts fail because GOD Himself providentially preserves and protects His Inspired  [God Breathed/Spoken] Words from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion, error and misinterpretation .

Over six Billion extant  (1769) King James Bibles establish it as the most widely printed, read and distributed book in human history. This is more than all other translations put  together and it continues to be the most quoted and most read  Bible ever.

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Scroll to bottom of p. 28  for  “ 19 EPISODES” of  THE  PILGRIM’S PROGRESS written in 1678 and is second only to the Bible as the all-time most widely printed and distributed book ever.  It has never been out of print.

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A Memorial Honoring the Memory of John Michael’s *Dad: 

The  last words, spoken by John Michael’s  beloved Daddy just before he (his Dad) was called home to be forever with the LORD.

*Charles Dumah Riley, Sr. (AKA: Daddy, "CD", and Paw Paw) 1897 – 1987

JM witnessed the last few hours of his *Daddy’s life on earth coming to an end and heard him say only “Amen” over and over, in the belief  that he was affirming and agreeing with God’s will in the conclusion of his own life’s and giving a testimony of God’s goodness to him and his agreement and his surrender to his earthly departure to be eternally present with the Lord Jesus. 

Amen... Amen… and  Amen!

My Daddy’s standard prayer before every meal, was always offered with all gravity, reverence and always heard in the unique sound of his deep Bass prayer voice:

“Accept our thanks for these and all other blessings, we humbly ask in Thy name, Amen.” 
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Please select and view at least one presentation today from among these five videos. 

DR. PHILIP STRINGER is highly recommended.)

THE KING JAMES VERSION [1769] IS THE FINAL, PRESERVED, PROTECTED and AUTHORITATIVE, INSPIRED [GOD BREATHED],  IMMUTABLE,  INNERANT AND INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD.

 

URL: (Click here) 38 Minutes             

You will be blessed as you discover GOD’S AUTHORITATIVE,  inspired [God breathed] , immutable, inerrant, infallible, providentially  preserved and  protected written and revealed Word [Words] of GOD.

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DR. DAVID L. BROWN (1 video)

THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT ARE NOT THE SAME.
URL: (click here)
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DR. DAVID SORENSON: (3 videos)

(1)  -THE MAKING OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE

URL: (Click here)
 

(2) - THE TRADITIONAL TEXT: ITS HISTORY & RELIABILITY

URL: (Click here)

 

(3) -THE TRADITIONAL TEXT (ALSO KNOWN AS THE RECEIVED TEXT [TEXTUS RECEPTUS]  VERSUS THE CRITICAL TEXT [Man’s critical thoughts and interpretations to take the place of God’s actual, God Breathed (Inspired) WORDS that were given to Prophets and Apostles and written as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.]

URL: (Click here)

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How to Discern between God’s Holy Ghost and the spirit of false teachers and the Antichrist:

Is this Website from God and therefore trustworthy?

God says in His WORD to try every spirit to discern [determine] whether they are of God, and therefore whether they should be believed or not.

1 John 4:1-3

Chapter 4 
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try [test] the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye [by this you all [will] know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth [confesses] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is of God: 3 and every spirit 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 [of which] ye [you all] have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Therefore, Daily Spurgeon’s Website must hereby confess that

 

"Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh!” as the Body, The Bride of Christ; of His Church.
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SERMON: from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle  (London)

Defining Spiritual Meat    1 Corinthians 3:1-10    with Dr. Peter Masters
PRAISE:  Sing the new song that God will give you. See EVENING below.
(…be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [music] in your heart to the Lord; Ephesians 5:18-19 )

 

DEVOTION for October 21st by C.H. Spurgeon

 

COMPLETE CONTENTS for October 21st ​

 

SACRED PRAISES: October 21st     (Sing along, won’t you?)

Bringing In The Sheaves   from Islington Baptist Church

It Is No Secret   by Elvis Presley 

The Church Triumphant  by Gaither Vocal Band

…be filled with the spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [music] in your heart to the lord;    Ephesians 5:18-19

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In memory of Jon Edward Riley (1971-2021) who would often 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 our truck’s CD player or an Original song from the Lord to his joyful 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.

… and it reminds us of the promise of  this Hymn:  

 ’Till We Meet Again. Amen.

 

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THE WORD

From The Metropolitan Tabernacle (C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892)

SERMON October 21st    

Expanding Your View of Life     2 Corinthians 5:7   with Dr. Peter Masters, Pastor
Many think that Christianity gives a narrow, restricted view of life, when it is a materialistic outlook that imposes a limiting cage. Here is the vastly wider view that comes from listening to God's Word, and what it means to know and prove Him.

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SACRED LITERATURE: October 21st    

ORIGINAL TEXT: The Pilgrim’s Progress  Pub. by Logos,1853 from 1678
Original by John Bunyan

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

 

Pilgrim’s Progress. (The World’s most widely circulated Allegory by John Bunyan, also credited, by some, as being the world’s first English novel.  

IT’S FREE. No subscription required. You may choose to read at your own pace, or you may want to view DailySpugeon.com for daily encounters with Pilgrim.)

 

"Christ in us is Christ reigning." reminds me [Spurgeon's comment] 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 [melody] , for the king himself was come. Up to the castle of the heart he rode in triumph, and took his royal throne to be henceforth the sole lord and king of the city.

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

 

 

DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION  for October 21st *A.D. 2026 written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon.

 

PRAYER 13, Part 2 of 11: October 21st  THE WINGS OF PRAYER.
ANECDOTE 81: October 21st     CHRIST OUR GUIDE.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: October 21st   GOD’S MULTIPLICATION TABLE
-A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation:
I the Lord will hasten it in his time -   Isaiah 60:22
MORNING:  October 21st  “THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINETH US.” 2 Corinthians 5:14
EVENING: October 21st   "WHY ARE YE TROUBLED? AND WHY DO THOUGHTS ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS?" October 21st  —Luke 24:38
A SINNER’S PRAYER: October 21st  

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PRAYER 13, Part 2 of 11 October 21st  THE WINGS OF PRAYER.
 

        Thou hast [Heavenly Father, You have] supplied our necessities as soon as ever we have cried unto Thee [You]; yea, [Oh yes] we have found it true:
“Before they call I will answer, and while they are yet speaking I will hear.”
We do bless Thee [You], Lord, for instituting the blessed ordinance of prayer. What could we do without it, and we take great shame to ourselves that we should use it so little. We pray that we may be men [people] of prayer, taken up with it, that it may take us up and bear us as on its wings towards heaven.  And now at this hour wilt Thou [You will] hear the voice of our supplication [requests]. First, we ask at Thy [Your] hands, great Father, complete forgiveness for all our trespasses and shortcomings. We hope we can say with truthfulness that we do from our heart forgive all those who have in any way trespassed against us. There lies in our heart, we hope, no thought of enmity [vengeance, retribution, hatefulness or unkindness] towards any man. However [No matter how much] we have been slandered or wronged, we would, with our inmost heart, forgive and forget it all.

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

(Attachment: PRAYER 13.doc)

 

ANECDOTE 81: October 21st     CHRIST OUR GUIDE.

       When Mr. Andrew Fuller was going to preach before an association, he rode to the meeting on his horse. There had been a good deal of rain, and the rivers were very much swollen. He got to one river which he had to cross. He looked at it, and he was half afraid of the strong current, as he did not know the depth.  A farmer, who happened to be standing by, said -It is all right, Mr. Fuller; you will get through it all right, sir; the horse will keep its feet [will not have to swim].- Mr. Fuller went in, and the water got up to the girth, and then up to the saddle, and he began to get uncomfortably wet.  Mr. Fuller thought he had better turn round, and he was going to do so, when the same farmer shouted -Go on, Mr. Fuller ; go on ; I know it is all right;-  and Mr. Fuller said, -Then I will go on ;  I will go by faith.-  Now, sinner, it is very [much] like that with you.

      You think that your sins are too deep, that Christ will never be able to carry you over them ; but, I say to you It is all right, sinner; trust Jesus, and he will carry you through hell itself, if it were needful and possible. If you had all the sins of all the men that have ever lived, and they were all yours, if you could trust him, Jesus Christ would carry you through the current of all that sin. It is all right, man! Only trust [Jesus] Christ.

 

       The river may be deep, but Christ’s love is deeper still. It is all right, man! Do not let the devil make you doubt my Lord and Master. He [the devil] is a liar from the beginning, and the father of lies, but my Master is faithful and true. Rest on him and it is all right. Herein lies the supreme consolation of this earthly life.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK October 21st  GOD’S MULTIPLICATION TABLE
by C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892
 

-A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation:
I the Lord will hasten it in his time -   Isaiah 60:22
 

-El pequeno será por mil, el menor, por gente fuerte.
Yo Jehova a su tiempo haré que esto sea presto-  Isaias 60:22 

      Works for the Lord often begin on a small scale, and they are none the worse for this. Feebleness educates faith, brings God near, and wins glory for His name. Prize [special] promises of increase! Mustard seed is the smallest among seeds, and yet it becomes a tree-like plant, with branches which lodge the birds of Heaven. We may begin with one, and that -a little one,- and yet it will -become a thousand.-
      The Lord is great at the multiplication table. How often did He say to His lone servant, -I will multiply thee-! Trust in the Lord, ye ones and twos; for He will be in the midst of you if you are gathered in His name. 

       -A small one.- What can be more despicable in the eyes of those who count heads and weigh forces! yet this is the nucleus of a great nation. Only one star shines out at first in the evening, but soon the sky is crowded with countless lights. Nor need we think [We shouldn’t think that] the prospect of increase [is] to be remote, for the promise is,  -I Jehovah will hasten it in his time- There will be no premature haste, like that which we see at excited meetings; it will be all in due time; but yet there will be no delay. When the Lord hastens, His speed is glorious.
Prayer: Thank You dear Lord that you multiply the strength of your children, individually. And thank You that Your blessings always comes right on time. I receive this promise, in your name, Lord Jesus. Amen. 

 

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My OLD life was all about me. My NEW life is all about HIM [Jesus Christ]. How about you?  God’s Word lovingly instructs us, “Look unto me any and everyone  [all ye ends of the earth] and be saved for I am God and there is none else.” Isaiah 45:22

 

This Scripture was preached  to 15 year old Charles Spurgeon and used of God so that He was Born Again to Everlasting life.

A Sinners Prayer  October 21st      
Come to Jesus by believing and (whole heartedly) praying a prayer like this:

“Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. I’m lost and hopeless without You.  I will never be able to save myself. Without You and your death on the cross I would spend eternity in Hell when I die.

      I know that by doing my best or being good or justifying my own behavior as "good"   or "OK" will never  save me.

      I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me.

      I come to You right now, Lord Jesus.   Please save me. I believe You died on the cross to take my place and to put my sin nature to death. I know You always keep your word. Please save me. You say that you won’t reject anyone who comes to You. I'm coming    to You now. Thank You for saving me.

      I  give myself  to You, Lord Jesus. I declare that You are my Savior and Lord. Please   forgive me for all my sins. I’m sorry for every sin (bad thoughts, bad words and bad things I have done) and look to You to free me from the guilt and penalty of them, to keep me free from the power of sin and empower me overcome any temptation from sin’s     presence. Thank you for forgiving all of my sins by dying on the cross and paying for   my punishment. By nature and heritage I am a sinner, but now I'm clean by Your blood that you bled for me at Calvary [on the cross].

        Thank you Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me before I was born and that You love me now and will always love me and will never reject or turn your back on   me.

        Thank you Heavenly Father that You let me see myself as the sinner that I am.  But, because You are good You have made a way I can be forgiven and have even given me the desire to come to You, turning away from my sin and to trusting in the Lord Jesus.  You have forgiven me because He took my place and You have made it possible for me to be born again [from above].

You gave Your only begotten Son to, give up  His life and die on the cross to pay my sin debt. Not just mine alone, but the sins of the whole world.

      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. In Christ Jesus there is no condemnation. After You raised Him from the dead You gave Him a Glorified, [everlasting] physical body and  after he was seen by many witnesses on earth You took Him up to reign with You in heaven.
 

         I pray in the name, of Your only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ with a grateful heart.   Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and for sending the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, for my guidance and solemn instruction into all truth.,  Amen.”

    With all my heart, I thank you Lord Jesus for saving me.
I ask now that You live Your life through me in Your name, Lord Jesus  I pray, Amen.

Please allow us to celebrate with you and with the angels in heaven at the news of your new birth.   Please write to:

The John Mark Publishing Company,    

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[You too can cast your cares on the Lord…

 

1. Call on Him. As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.. ...Psalm 55:16

2. Trust Him. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass ... Psalm 37:5

3. Come to Him. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest..  Matthew 11:28

4. Give Him the burden.  Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22]

 

Abide in me Lord Jesus in Your name I pray, Amen.

 

Please allow us to celebrate with you and with the angels in heaven your new birth. Write to:

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The John Mark Publishing Company 

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San Juan Capistrano, CA  92693, U.S.A.

Sing:  This Little Light of Mine  Children’s  Chorus  by JAMJAR   Sing-along won’t you?  This PRAISE music came to mind from today’s  ANECDOTE.

Better [to] have two lights than only one. The light of creation is a bright light. God may be seen in the stars; his name is written in gilt letters on the brow of night; you may discover his glory in the ocean waves, yea, in the trees of the field; but it is better to read it in two books than in one.

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David Hocking (click here)   enlightens us  with  historical facts that make viewing  the case for the OLD KING JAMES VERSION; time well spent.

You will find it here [in the Bible] more clearly revealed; for he has written this book himself, and he has given you the key to understand it, through the Holy Spirit. Ah, beloved, let us thank God for this Bible; let us love it; let us count it more precious than much fine gold.

[The Authorized immutable King James Version, (AKJV) used  by Charles Spurgeon is
God’s preserved, and protected  inerrant and immutable Word.

 David Hocking  makes the case for the Protected translation of the Bible, and points out the textual errors of “Critical Text” and the erroneous Theory followed by all modern English translations due to Westcott and Hort’s inferior Greek Translation of the New Testament. Text that follows  incomplete and conflicting Greek manuscripts rather than the coherent and reliable Traditional Text [Received Text (Textus Receptus)] for the New Testament and the Masoretic Hebrew Text for the New and Old Testament respectively of the Authorized King James Bible.

“The Bible, The Whole Bible and Nothing but the Bible” is an  expression David Hocking expresses often.

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FEATURED SERMON:
Behold Your God     Isaiah 40:9    with Dr. Peter Masters

URL:
https://metropolitantabernacle.org/sermons-online/behold-your-god/

Our society today knows so little about almighty God, having willfully shut Him out of all consideration. But look, says the Bible, at His attributes, ways and plans. Consider the uniqueness of God and compare His actions, plans and promises with those of human society.

The Most Hated Christian Doctrine   by John MacArthur

URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1fFRyDLbMA

SACRED HYMN and GOSPEL SELECTIONS:

(…be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [music] in your heart to the Lord;

Ephesians 5:18-19  
 
I Will Sing The Wondrous Story

Blessed Assurance

 

 

The Love of God    Bill Gaither with Choir

 I Love You Lord   by Jared Reynolds
In loving memory of  Jon Edward Riley  (1971-2021) who would sometimes just bust-out singing this beautiful praise;  often, on the way to church with his Dad.

  …“Later” [see-ya later] was how he always said farewell  … he would never say “good-bye”.  Remembering how Jon always said  “Later” brings a special  joy to those he loved so well. … and brings to mind the promise of the song:

’Till We Meet Again.  By Jeremiah Rankin (1880) with Antrim Mennonite Choir

Amen.

TODAY’S SERMON:

From The Metropolitan Tabernacle (C.H. Spurgeon 1834-1892)
Duty and Fruits of Brotherly Love    1 John 4:7     with Dr. Peter Masters

From the warning against false teachers, the apostle turns again to the great duty of love to fellow believers, providing fourteen compelling reasons (with benefits) for honoring this obligation. Here love is defined, its actions and activities listed, and the reasons surveyed.

Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?     NO! (Click HERE to find out why.)

 

The natural will is cold, hard iron, which cannot be hammered into form, but the renewed will, like molten metal, is soon molded by the hand of [God’s] grace. In the fleshy heart there is a tenderness of the affections.  

The hard heart does not love the Redeemer, but the renewed heart burns with affection towards Him. The hard heart is selfish and coldly demands, "Why should I weep for sin? Why should I love the Lord?"

But the heart of flesh says;
"Lord, You know that I love You; help me to love You more!"

Many are the privileges of this renewed heart;   " 'Tis [It is] here the [Holy] Spirit dwells, 'tis here that Jesus rests.  "  It is fitted to receive every spiritual blessing, and every blessing comes to it. It is prepared to yield every heavenly fruit to the honor and praise of God, and therefore the Lord delights in it.

A tender heart is the best defense against sin, and the best preparation for heaven. A renewed heart stands on its watchtower [on guard] looking for the coming of the Lord Jesus.

Have you [Do you have] this heart of flesh?

[Pray and Ask for it now,  won’t you?]

 

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You can cast your cares on the Lord…

1. Call on Him. As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.. ...Psalm 55:16

2. Trust Him. Commit thy way unto the Lord;  and he shall bring it to pass ... Psalm 37:5

3. Come to Him, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I [He] will give you rest.. Matthew 11:28

4. Give Him the burden. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22]

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… and pray for souls to be saved and believers to be strengthened.

The Lord … is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

Pray also that believers will be taught by the Holy Spirit to rightly divide God’s Holy Word preserved by God, Himself.

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John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

THE INFERIOR CRITICAL TEXT:

The Incomplete and unsealed codices of Sinaiticus and Vaticanus do not pretend to be majority texts, [Original Masoretic Hebrew and the Greek Textus Receptus]. Sinaiticus and Vaticanus present variant, ambiguous and erroneous readings rather than that of the well-established and settled texts. They disagree often with one another as well as with the settled majority texts. Thus, an attempt to create a pretext that will continue to justify a never-ending demand for additional editions and interpretations. These unsettled differences and bias in certain sectarian doctrine [dogma] have led to the production of multiple “modern” editions with ambiguities, many variant readings and confusion from the explosion of unending, new editions.

Profit-driven publishers have embraced such an economic windfall to sell a continual flow of “new and better” English edition of The Bible. They give too little attention to the fidelity and accuracy already settled [in heaven] in majority manuscripts of the Masoretic Hebrew and the  Greek Textus Receptus.

Psalm 119:89-90

ל Lamed

89 Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:

thou hast established the earth, and it abideth [abides].

God, Himself, providentially protects and preserves His Word. His Word is the God-breathed, self-authenticating, immutable [unchanging and unchangeable], eternal, inerrant, infallible, infinite and all-powerful Word, settled in heaven. GOD is not the author of confusion.

1 Corinthians 14:33 

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WHO IS THE GOD OF THE BIBLE? 
by David Hocking

WHAT ARE HIS NAMES?

 

(1 One)   His Name is INCOMPREHENSIBLE!

Exodus 3:13-15 “13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”

Isaiah 9:6  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Psalm 139:6

Authorized (King James) Version

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high, I cannot attain unto it.”

 

 

(2 Two)  His Name is INFINITE!

Psalm 145:1-3
1 I will extol thee, my God, O king;
and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee;
and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
and his greatness is unsearchable.

Romans 11:33
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
 

(3 Three)   His Name is INCORRUPTABLE!

              (two issues:  holy  and eternal)

Psalm 72:17
“His name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed.”

Psalm 99:3
“Let them praise Thy great and terrible name; for it is Holy.”

Psalm 111:9
“Holy and reverend is His name.”
Psalm 135:13
Thy Name, O LORD  endureth for ever; and Thy memorial,  O LORD, throughout all generations.”
Psalm 145:21
“Let all flesh bless His holy Name for ever and ever.”

 

(4 Four)  His name is IMMUTABLE! [Unchanged and unchangeable]

Malachi 3:6
“For I am the LORD, I change not.”

Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have (1) a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon (2) the hope set before us.”

 

(5 Five)  His name is INCOMPARABLE! [Without Equal]

Deuteronomy 4:35
“Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightiest know that the LORD He is God;  there is none else beside Him.”

Deuteronomy 4:39
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

 

 (6 Six)   His Name is INDESCRIBABLE! [No description adequately describes HIM] 
 
El, Eloah, Elyon, Elohim, Adon, Adonai, - Yah, Yahveh
(The Names for GOD used 10,952 times in the Bible!)
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To Abraham – His Name is El Shaddai [God Almighty, Abundant Provider,  Provider of More than Enough]
 

Genesis17:1   ,
And when Abram was ninety and nine (99) years old,  the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I Am, the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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Why Cults, False Teachers and Heretics have tried to delete 1 John 5:7
from the Bible.    

 By Dr. Phil Stringer

 

In Defense of I John 5:7

By Dr. Phil Stringer

1 John 5:7 Is The Great Trinitarian Proof Text of The Bible. (For The immutable Doctrine of the Trinity.)
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Why The Traditional  Greek Text Also Known As The Received Text [Latin: Textus Receptus] TR is Inspired, Inerrant and Immutable.

By Dr. David Sorenson

In addition to overwhelming evidence of authenticity from the 5,321 Majority Text Greek manuscripts, this link gives Translational Evidence that proves the age of the Textus Receptus to be older than the  Codices Sinaiticus, Vaticanus and Alexandrus.
(Inferior Greek sources used in Critical Text translations.)

This includes Westcott and Hort, Nestle and Aland and the Codices Sinaiticus and *Vaticanus.

*The final Greek Text so deemed, authorized and sanctioned by the Catholic Church and The Vatican.
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The Lord Jesus *Christ  [The*Anointed Messiah]

was supernaturally Fathered by the Holy Ghost,  and born of a teen-aged virgin girl named  Mary 2026 years ago in Bethlehem of Judea.

He was crucified, and His lifeless body was placed in a tomb. After three days, GOD  brought Him back to life again, and raised HIM from the dead victorious over sin, death and the grave.

He is GOD’S Incarnate WORD and Everlasting SACRIFICE, The LAMB of GOD, [THE WORD of GOD made flesh.]  The CHURCH is the BODY of *Christ,
*[The MESSIAH.]

[The CHURCH] is His espoused [Legally Obligated] Bride, for whom HE will come again to consummate the Marriage in the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in the Preserved and Protected Words of GOD.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               These WORDS are God-Breathed, [Spoken] Eternal WORDS spoken by Almighty GOD. The same GOD who calls Himself “I AM”, is Omni-Lingual, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Immutable, All-Wise, Omnipresent, Eternally and Supremely Holy. He is the One-and-Only Triune, Three-in-One GOD.

“I and my Father are one”.  John 10:30

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1 John 5:7  Is the fundamental scriptural  basis for the doctrine and essential tenet of the Trinity. [The Triune, [Three-in-One] GOD in-Three Persons   (This verse has been omitted or Changed to diminish the authority and the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ or has been Removed entirely from all Critical Text translations by apostates that hold to the untenable goal of False Doctrine that gives rise to all manner of Cults, False Teaching, Heresies, false Prophets, Agnostics, Gnostics, Atheists and  Pagans.

Therefore, The incarnate WORD of GOD, [Jesus *Christ
(*The Anointed MESSIAH) and His Father are ONE.]  John 10:30

7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, [Jesus Christ] and the Holy Ghost: and
THESE THREE ARE ONE. John 10:30

8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, [Holy Ghost] and the Water [Life of the Father], and the Blood; [The Sacrificial Blood of Jesus Christ]: and these three AGREE IN ONE. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son,  [The LORD Jesus *Christ
*(The Anointed Messiah)].

 

GOD calls Himself “I AM” and Jesus Christ is The WORD made Flesh, GOD’s WORD is infinite and will endure FOREVER, from Eternity Past through the never-ending Eternal Future.
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Why Cults, False Teachers, Heretics and Critical Text adherents  have tried to take   1 John 5:7   out of the Holy Bible.     

 

By Dr. Phil Stringer

1 John 5:7 Is The Great Trinitarian Proof Text of The Bible. (That establishes the  immutable Doctrine of the Trinity.)

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Daniel Webster [Writer of the Webster’s Dictionary] was once asked. “Does it not bother you to believe in the Trinity since you cannot explain it?

 

His answer was,  “What would bother me would be to have a God so small that I could fully explain Him.”
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The Traditional Text: It's History & Manifestation

By Dr. David Sorenson

In addition to evidence of authenticity from the 5,321 Majority Text manuscripts, this link presents Translational Evidence that the Traditional Text is Inerrant, Infallible and is the Inspired [Word-by-Word, GOD-Breathed Greek Text that moved the Prophets and Apostles to write precisely the Greek and Hebrew words they were told to write by the Holy Ghost]

The Traditional Text.  Length: (33:56 minutes)

The Traditional Greek Text was printed, not written by Desiderius Erasmus and was used  in the FIRST Christian Church at Antioch. It was later called The Received Text [vis. Latin: The Textus Receptus TR]. 

Over Five Billion King James (1769 Edition) Bibles, [NOT the NEW King James Version which is based on the inferior Critical Greek Text] account for more sales world-wide than all other version or edition of the Holy Bible combined.

This is more than all other Bible Versions and Editions put-together.
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 The Critical Text vs. The Traditional Text
(Also Known As The Received Text , The Textus Receptus  TR , and The Authorised Version AV and AKJV)

 

By Dr. David Sorenson

 

…So, Dr. Sorenson, “I hear You are King James Only.”
 
No, I’m Traditional Text only. But if you come to the view and the conviction of being Traditional Text only, you will be Only King James.

The issue is not translational.

Marketing ploys by publishing companies with little basis in reality would have us to believe that the new versions  are:
 

• Easier to read.

• More modern.

• More accurate (Not  true)
   

The truth is that the KJV remains The most popular. (is still the most popularly read Bible in America). Over five billion copies of the King James (1769) is greater than all the other versions and editions combined.

The issue comes down to the textual issue. By That, I refer to the underlying Greek text. I guess we could say texts, plural but particularly that of the New Testament. On the one hand is the Traditional Text from which the only major English translation is the King James Version of the Bible. The Traditional Text.

On the other hand, is the Critical Text sometimes called the eclectic text from whence all the other translations come. And some will say well there really is no difference between them. The difference you could amount to is just the footnotes in the bottom of a page. (This is Not true) He was not dishonest but just repeating what someone had told him.

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The Remarkable life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon’s Testimony, as told by Him. (The Prince of Preachers)

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Link to Complete Index in The Pilgrim’s Progress of  Bible Scripture References (click here to open link).

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Thank you, Lord, for DailySpurgeon.com  a website given by You to encourage and support personal devotions to the Lord Jesus. This ministry started with sending e-mails of Faith’s Checkbook by Charles H. Spurgeon to Jon Edward Riley and others he would add.. 

Jon was called home by his loving Father in Heaven on January 16, 2021.

His  memory is honored here, giving honor to whom honor is due. We pray that through this and all other instrumentalities that God may effect, many will be born again, challenged, encouraged, and supported to grow in personal devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ while being conformed to His image; that they might be the firstborn among many brethren.. Romans 13:7   Romans 8:28-29

 

A PRAYER OF GRATITUDE:  (Tribute to the BRAVE) by Jon Edward Riley, 

(February 12, 1971- January16, 2021)

From an Indigenous, Irish, well beloved All-American son giving a prayer of gratitude to the Lord for  a  “ Heart of Freedom”

INDIAN SCOUT POST NO 1 Burial grounds at White Shield, North Dakota.

… a compassionate prayer of gratitude, thanking the Lord for the Military Service of Native-American Scouts serving the United States of America. …the land of the free and the home of the Brave.

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Jon loved to say, “I’m a blood bought, born-again child of God!” to anyone he happened to meet.

… Jon’s testimony is from one who, by grace through faith was forever accepted in the Beloved; who’s loving ways brought the good news of Jesus to many. and one who is present with the LORD in glory forever. One with whom we’ll one day meet again.

Amen.

Jon would sometimes just sing-out some of the following songs on the way to church, or sometimes just singing along with the Elvis Gospel CD that was always in our F-150’s CD player while riding with his Dad or,

Best of all, when an inspired, spontaneous praise from the Lord would just pop out from his joyful and loving heart.
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The Life of King James  (Click Here forText)

 ORIGINAL SACRED LITERATURE:
The Pilgrim’s Progress,    by John Bunyan

Beginning at its  original publication in 1678 it has NEVER been out of print.

 

"All the flowers in God's garden are double." There is no single mercy. You may think you have but one mercy, but you shall find it to be a whole cluster of mercies. It is abounding mercy. Millions have received it, yet far from its being exhausted, it is as fresh, as full, and as free as ever. 

It is unfailing mercy. It will never leave you. If mercy is your friend, mercy will be with you in temptation to keep you from yielding; with you in trouble to prevent you from sinking; with you [in] living to be the light and life of your countenance; and with you [in]  dying  to be the joy of your soul when earthly comfort is ebbing fast [slipping away].

You may want to read the daily selections as a bed time story for you and your little ones. .

It’s the world’s most famous allegory and is  the all-time, world-wide best seller second only to the Bible. Some believe it to be the world’s first novel written in English.

 

It will bless, encourage  and instruct pilgrims (readers and seekers) of all ages for a life-time.

My Lord “Will-be-will” [Mr. Self-will] is a great blusterer, [one who roars loudly with empty threats, menaces or protests] and it is hard to subject him to God's will; but when the heart of flesh is given, the will quivers like an aspen leaf in every breath of heaven, and bows like a willow in every breeze of God's Spirit.

 

Mr.  Self-will  is a personification  in The Pilgrim’s Progress

(The world’s  most widely read and most famous Allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678 and has NEVER been out of print.)

 

Link to Complete Index of   Bible Scripture References   included in The Pilgrim’s Progress are found by this Link.

 

ADULT VIDEO:
PILGRIM’S PROGRESS EPISODES 1-19

 

 

CHILDREN’S VIDEOS 

Illustrated Adaptation from  Pilgrim’s Progress    (Complete video -2 hours)   Presented in 10 parts.

Part 1  The Slough of Despond [The Swamp]

Part 2 Obstinate and Pliable

Part 3  The Interpreter’s House

 

Part 4  The Hill Difficulty

Part 5  The Fight with Apollyon

Part 6  The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Part 7  Vanity Fair

Part 8  Doubting Castle

• Part 9  The Dark River

Part 10  The Celestial City  

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

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

1 Part II 04   A Visit from Secret   4:50 Audio

2 Part II 05 Good News 2:25 Audio

3 Part II 28 Mount Charity 1:01 Audio

4 Part II 29 Fool & Want-Wit 1:16 Audio

5 Part II 31 Meeting Valiant-For-Truth 1:41 Audio

6 Part II 01 Valiant Does Battle 5:51 Audio

7 Part II 02 Valiant’s Story 3:35 Audio

8 Part II 04 Which Way To Go 1:30 Audio

9 Part II 09 Stand-Fast’s 'Wife' 6:02 Audio

10 Part II 11 Stand-Fast’s Story 1:37 Audio

11 Part II 12 Beulah Land 3:20 Audio      

12 Part II 14 The Postman’s Visit 1:57 Audio

13 Part II 15 Christiana’s Blessing 5:55 Audio

14 Part II 16 Christiana Goes Over The River 1:20 Audio

15 Part II 17 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio

16 Part II 18 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio

• 17 Part II 19 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio

18 Part II 20 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio

19 Part II 21 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio

20 Part II 22 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio

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