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DEVOTION for October 27th  2025

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Note: The New King James Version NKJV and all versions  NOT  translated from  Scrivener’s Textus Receptus [The Received Text] contain variant  inferior  readings.  Changes that reduce the full  glory and Holy reverence written in the  1769 Edition of the 1611 King James Version  KJV also known as the Authorized King James  Version  AKJV or the  Authorized Version AV. The Geneva Bible is also faithfully translated from  Scrivener’s  Greek Textus Receptus.

 

 Only the Textus Receptus [Received Text] is produced  from more than 5,321 original Majority Greek Manuscripts MT and agree 99% with one another. All other variant readings are translated from  either Westcott and Hort’s or Nestle and Aland’s, Greek Texts  fabricated from only a handful [45] of Majority Text Manuscripts MT and  lack the  trustworthiness of  the inspired 1769 [1611] King James Version, KJV and the Geneva Bibles. are the only two translations from the traditional, reliable, inspired, [GOD BREATHED] immutable  and providentially and divinely protected Textus Receptus.

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Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy

(1) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC5rUbs_-E&t=9s
             (169 mins.)  

 

The Bridge to Babylon video presents historical evidence that accounts for the explosion of over 100 different  English version translations  of the Bible. The continuing attempts to replace, add or take away from the 1769 King James Version of the Holy Bible can not  prevail because GOD Himself preserves and protects His inspired Holy Words

 from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion , error additions, subtractions and changes.

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* BCE/CE  vs.  BC/AD     What’s the difference?
Learn the difference;  defend the Truth.   Won’t you?

A.D. does NOT mean “After Death” as many mistakenly believe. It is Latin for Anno Domini,  a  phrase adopted into English usage that means  “Year of [the/our] Lord”.  The complete  original phrase "anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi" means "in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ”. A.D. is used with B.C. Before Christ  to divide all history before and after the birth of Jesus Christ.   ...More

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1 John 4:1-3

Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everyone or everything] you hear but be testing the spirit [voice] whether it is of God: because many false prophets have gone [come] out into the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesses [avows] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come[who came] out of God, is of God: and every spirit that confesses not [doesn’t audibly avow] 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.

 I hereby confess, out-loud,  that Jesus Christ is come   [is here] in the flesh.

 

[All translations of the Bible that use a Greek text other than the traditional and reliable Textus Receptus ignore the word “ictin” (the Greek word that means “is” in English).  This omission causes the meaning of “is here” to  change from “is come” [is here] to “has come”.

 

This error is self-evident as non-believers, false prophets and even heretics can, and frequently  do, declare that He “has come” [in the flesh].

 

While this is a true statement, when taken at face value, the  meaning  “has come” is clearly not the same as “is here”; which is the valid, scriptural  test of  discernment between the Spirit of God and the spirit of antichrist.  

The most well documented fact in all human history is that Jesus Christ [The Messiah]  “has come” in the flesh. However, the question of greatest importance,  is not whether the spirit [words or person] being considered and tested confesses that Jesus Christ “has come” in the flesh but, whether the confession being made affirms that Jesus Christ, “is come” [is here],  (NOW) from God, in the flesh.

 

Ephesians 5:30-32

30 for we are members of his 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.  [The body of CHRIST]

 

Compare scripture with scripture:

 

“I speak concerning Christ and the church.” [the fleshly embodiment, here and now ,  of the body of Christ]. Because  we are members of the Body of Christ [The Church]

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DAILY SPURGEON  and DEVOTION for  October 27th  * A.D.  2025 written and calendared by Charles H. Spurgeon.

 

The Lord Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, 1 John 4:2-4
was born of a virgin  A.D. 2025 years ago.                       
He’s  alive  today, has existed from eternity past to eternity future as God’s eternal, everlasting Word that has always existed as The Body of Christ [The Messiah] 
and He’s returning soon for his bride, the Church. 
 

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    

 

 Worship God in Spirit and in Truth:
 

  • Praying with our heavenly Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; 1 Thessalonians 5:17

  • Hearing and obeying the eternal, inspired, immutable, inerrant, infallible, revealed and protected Word of God, revealed through Jesus Christ, the living Word; 1 Peter 1:23

  • 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

  • Gather 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.
    Matthew 18:20     - Jesus Christ 

 

        Please join us in prayer, devotional study, gospel preaching, and singing sacred hymns and praises as we worship God in spirit and in truth.

 

DailySpurgeon is a collection of inspired,  encouraging, and  challenging devotional messages by Charles Haddon Spurgeon for such worship.  I pray this instrumentality be used, Heavenly Father, to the save the lost.  Encourage and embolden us as we “Study to shew [show] ourselves approved unto God, workers that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing [sharing] the word of truth.”


 2 Timothy 2:15   …in Jesus Christ’s name, Amen. 

 

        Loving and worshiping God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength in Spirit and in truth is our labor of love and the joyful duty of every believer. This heart’s desire will grow stronger as we give ourselves to fully devoted prayer, reading and meditating on God’s Word, gathering ourselves together to hear Gospel preaching,  and singing Psalms, sacred hymns and spiritual songs.
 

        To these ends, we pray DailySpurgeon.com  will be inspired from The Heavenly Father. We ask that it be acceptable in Your sight and empowered by The Holy Ghost, so that many souls will be brought to faith in The Lord Jesus Christ  [The Messiah] .

We ask also that it may inspire and manifest ever greater devotion, consecration and personal discipleship in every born-again believer.

 

 This web site is not intended, were it possible, to take the place of in-person, Christian fellowship, inspired and live gospel preaching or congregational assemblies for instruction in the WORD and praise and worship.

 

Rather, it is intended to encourage and strengthen fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ [The Messiah] in:

Personal fervent and righteous Prayer,

Bible study and obedience to the Rightly divided  Inspired [God Breathed] Inerrant [Incapable of error], Infallible [Incapable of mistake or being wrong], or Immutable [Unchanged and Unchangeable], Holy WORD of GOD.

 

“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

Our aim is to follow the Lord Jesus Christ who says, “I am the way, the truth and the life…”  John 14:6

 

Jesus was lifted up from the earth, hung on the cross and gave up his life to save sinners, John 12:32  Therefore,  we pray that many should not perish, but come believing in Jesus Christ and have everlasting  life.  This invitation is extended to all non-believers for them to turn away from sin, look to the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved.  We pray also that all believers will be built up being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Romans 8:28-30

 
We pray DailySpurgeon.com  will be  empowered by God, to save the lost and minister personal worship to the body of Christ in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ [The Messiah]. The Website  contains selections from the writings of Charles H. Spurgeon, Sermons from The Metropolitan Tabernacle  and sacred music. It includes Bible  scriptures, prayers, anecdotes, devotional thoughts, as well as the singing of Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. …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

 

Lord, please strengthen, encourage and challenge all believers in the faith and draw unbelievers to yourself. 

We pray for abundant and frequent harvests of souls and that all non-believers will repent and turn away from sin, look to the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved.  We pray that all believers remain faithful as we are being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ;  by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Romans 8:28-30

 

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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for  October 27th  written and calendared by Charles H.  Spurgeon
 

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DEVOTION for October 27th  

Written and calendared by  Charles Haddon Spurgeon

DEVOTION for October 27th *A.D. 2025 Written and calendared for this date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

 

PRAYER 13, October 27th Part 8 of 11: THE WINGS OF PRAYER.
ANECDOTE 87:  October 27th Prosperity [is] Dangerous.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: October 27th HIS SERVICE, FACE, NAME
His servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads- Revelation 22:3-4
MORNING: October 27th “It is a faithful saying.” 2 Timothy 2:11 
EVENING: October 27th  “We are all as an unclean thing.” Isaiah 64:6
A SINNER’S PRAYER:

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PRAYER 13, October 27th Part 8  of 11
THE WINGS OF PRAYER.
Dear Savior, we are Thy disciples, and Thou art [are] teaching us the art of living; but we are very dull and very slow, and beside [that], there is such a bias in our corrupt nature, and there are such examples in the world, and the influence of an ungodly generation tells [shows] even upon those that know Thee. 

 O, dear Savior, be not impatient with us, but still school [teach] us at Thy feet, till at last we shall have learned some of the sublime lessons of self-sacrifice, of meekness, humility, fervor, [rigor] boldness, and love which Thy life is fit to teach us.

 

O Lord, we beseech [implore] Thee, mold us into Thine own image. Let us live in Thee and live like Thee.


Let us gaze upon Thy glory till we are transformed by the sight, and become Christ-like among the sons of men.

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

(Attachment: PRAYER 13.doc)

 

ANECDOTE 87:  October 27th Prosperity [is] Dangerous.
Ships never strike on [run into] rocks out in the great deeps.  Children, perhaps, may fancy [imagine] that a shallow sea is the safest, but an old  sailor knows better.

While he is off the Irish coast the captain has to keep a good look out, but while he is crossing the Atlantic he is in far less danger. There he has plenty of sea-room, and there is no fear of quicksands or of shoals [underwater sand]. 

When the sailor enters the [River]  Thames he encounters first one sand bank and then another, and he is in danger, but out in the deep water, where he finds no bottom, he is but [only a] little afraid.

So, mark you, in the judgments of God.  When he is dealing out affliction to us it is the safest possible sailing that a Christian can have. “What,” says one, “ [a] trial, safe?” Yes, very safe. The safest part of a Christian’s life is the time of his trial. 

“What, when a man is down do you say he is safe ?” Yes, for then he need fear no fall; when he is low he need fear no pride;  when he is humbled under God’s hand then he is less likely to be carried away with every wind of temptation [doctrine].

Smooth water on the way to heaven is always a sign that the soul should keep wide awake, for danger is near.       

One comes at last to feel a solemn dread creeping over one in times of prosperity.  “Thou shalt fear and tremble because of all the good that God shall make to pass before thee,” fearing not so much lest [for fear that] the good should depart as lest [for fear that] we should make an ill [poor] use of it, and should have a canker of sloth, or self-confidence,  or worldliness growing up in our spirits.

We have seen many professed Christians make shipwreck, in some few instances it has been attributable to overwhelming sorrow, but in ten cases to the one it has been attributable to prosperity.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK October 27th   HIS SERVICE, FACE, NAME C.H. Spurgeon
His servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads- Revelation 22:3,4
-Sus siervos le servirán. Y verán su cara;  y su nombre estará en sus frentes-
 Apocalipsis 22:3,4
 

Three choice blessings will be ours in the glory land.
(1) -His servants shall serve him.-  No other lords shall oppress us, no other service shall distress us. We shall serve Jesus always, perfectly, without weariness, and without error. This is Heaven to a saint: in all things to serve the Lord Christ, and to be owned by Him as His servant is our soul’s  high ambition for eternity.
(2) -And they shall see his face.-  We Shall Behold Him (Face to Face) by Sandi Patti (click for audio)   This makes the service delightful: indeed, it is the present reward of service. We shall know our Lord, for we shall see Him as He is. To see the face of Jesus is the utmost favor that the most faithful servant of the Lord can ask. What more could Moses ask than  -Let me see thy face.-
(3) -And his name shall be in their foreheads.- They gaze upon their Lord till His name is photographed [visible] upon their brows.  They are acknowledged by Him, and they acknowledge Him.  The secret mark of inward grace develops into the public sign-manual of confessed relationship.      

O Lord, give us these three things in their beginnings here, that we may possess them in their fullness in thine own abode of bliss! [Heaven]


Prayer: Thank You Lord that We shall serve You and We shall know our Lord, for we shall see You as You are. To see Your face Lord Jesus is the utmost favor that the most faithful servant of the Lord can ask; both now and for eternity.  And Your name shall be in our foreheads.-      

We gaze upon You Lord till Your name is photographed [visible] upon our brows [foreheads].  We are acknowledged by You, and we acknowledge You.  The secret mark of inward grace develops into the public sign-manual of confessed relationship.  O Lord, give us these three things in their beginnings here, that we may possess them in their fullness in thine own abode of bliss! [Heaven] Please make these three blessings to be seen in me today and forever in Jesus name, Amen.


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       … and pray for many souls to be saved and for all believers to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ [The Messiah].

 

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 and proclaim God’s eternal Word preserved by God, Himself.

    

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but may be having eternal life.
 John 3:16

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A16+&version=AKJV

  
vis. The Textus Receptus TR [Received Text] was faithfully rendered from the overwhelming majority of extant Greek texts of the New Testament and The Masoretic Hebrew text MT. Text that was meticulously copied by hand [manuscript] of the Old Testament Hebrew. The inferior and erroneous Sinaiticus and Vaticanus codices notwithstanding; are often in disagreement with one another.

 

Never-the-less, these compromised codices are set forth as modern textual criticism to fuel the explosion of the plethora of new translations and  new editions.  Modern textual criticism is based on the false assumption that older manuscripts are, de facto, better. Actually, the unsettled debates, reflect doctrinal ambiguities or are used to bolster  unsupported secular or denominational biases that allow blasphemous  translations to spring up from faulty  Greek texts.  From these texts they would, were it possible, diminish God’s Sovereignty, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Immutability, Inerrancy and Infallibility and rob Glory from the  infinite and everlasting “I AM” that is deserving of ALL GLORY.

 

 MORNING     October 27th

“It is a faithful saying.” 2 Timothy 2:11 
─Es palabra fiel─  2 Timoteo 2:11 

        Paul has four of these “faithful sayings.” The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” 

       The next is in 1 Timothy 4:6, “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation.”

       The third is in 2 Timothy 2:12, “It is a faithful saying—If we suffer with him we shall also reign with him”; and

       the fourth is in Titus 3:3, “This is a faithful saying, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.” 

 

       We may trace a connection between these faithful sayings. The first one lays the foundation of our eternal salvation in the free grace of God, as shown to us in the mission of the great Redeemer. The next affirms the double blessedness which we obtain through this salvation—the blessings of the upper and nether [lower] springs—of time and of eternity. The third shows one of the duties to which the chosen people are called; we are ordained to suffer for Christ with the promise that “if we suffer, we shall also reign with him.” The last sets forth the active form of Christian service, bidding us diligently to maintain good works. Thus, we have the root of salvation in free grace; next, the privileges of that salvation in the life which now is, and in that which is to come; and we have also the two great branches of suffering with Christ and serving with Christ, loaded with the fruits of the Spirit.

       Treasure up these faithful sayings. Let them be the guides of our life, our comfort, and our instruction.

       The apostle of the Gentiles proved them to be faithful, they are faithful still, not one word shall fall to the ground; they are worthy of all acceptation, let us accept them now, and prove their faithfulness. Let these four faithful sayings be written on the four corners of my house.



Evening   October 27th

“We are all as an unclean thing.” Isaiah 64:6
─Si bien todos nosotros somos como suciedad  â”€ Isaías 64:6

       The believer is a new creature, he belongs to a holy generation and a peculiar people—the Spirit of God is in him, and in all respects he is far removed from the natural man; but for all that the Christian is a sinner still. [He is still a sinner] He is so from the imperfection of his nature, and will continue so to the end of his earthly life. The black fingers of sin leave smuts [filth] upon our fairest [most beautiful] robes. Sin mars [defaces] our repentance, ere [before] the great Potter has finished it, upon the wheel. Selfishness defiles our tears, and unbelief tampers with our faith. The best thing we ever did, apart from the merit of Jesus, only swelled [increased] the number of our sins; for when we have been most pure in our own sight, yet, like the heavens, we are not pure in God’s sight; and as he charged his angels with folly, much more must he charge us with it, even in our most angelic frames of mind. 

       The song which thrills to heaven, and seeks to emulate seraphic strains, hath human discords in it.

       The prayer which moves the arm of God is still a bruised and battered prayer, and only moves that arm because the sinless One, the great Mediator, has stepped in to take away the sin of our supplication. 

       The most golden faith or the purest degree of sanctification to which a Christian ever attained on earth, has still so much alloy in it as to be only worthy of the flames, in itself considered.

       Every night we look in the glass [mirror] we see a sinner, and had need confess, “We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness  is  as filthy rags.” Oh, how precious the blood of Christ to such hearts as ours! How priceless a gift is his perfect righteousness! And how bright the hope of perfect holiness hereafter! Even now, though sin dwells in us, its power is broken. 

       It has no dominion; it is a broken-backed snake; we are in bitter conflict with it, but it is with a vanquished [defeated] foe that we have to deal. 

       Yet a little while and we shall enter victoriously into the city where nothing defileth   [nothing can ever defile any more].

 

SACRED LITERATURE:

ORIGINAL: 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]... 

 

in Pilgrim’s Progress. (Tthe 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.

 

ADULT AUDIO Episodes and CHILDREN’S VIDEO Story Parts:

You may choose to read or listen to Pilgrim’s Progress as a bed time story.

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.

Link to Complete Index of Bible Scripture References (open link).

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ADULT AUDIO:

The Pilgrim’s Progress   by John Bunyan (Complete audio-book narrated by Christopher Glyn -6 ½ hours)

Preface: Bunyan’s letter​     

Episode 01: The City of Destruction      

Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable      

Episode 03: The Swamp of Despond

Episode 04: Mr. Worldly Wiseman

Episode 05: The Narrow Gate

Episode 06: The House of the Interpreter          

Episode 07: The Cross

Episode 08: Simple, Sloth & Presumption

Episode 09: Formalist & Hypocrisy

Episode 10: The Hill Difficulty

Episode 11: Timorous & Mistrust

Episode 12: The Palace Beautiful

Episode 13: Battle with Apollyon

Episode 14: The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Episode 15: Christian Meets Faithful & Talkative

Episode 16:  Mr. By-ends      Town of Fair Speech

Episode 17: The Hill Lucre [Gain and Greed]

Episode 19: Doubting Castle

Episode 20: The Delectable Mountains

Episode 21:   Ignorance    Conceit

Episode 22:  The Flatterer​

Episode 23: Atheist

Episode 24: The Enchanted Ground

Episode 25: Ignorance Rejoins the Pilgrims

Episode 26:  Beulah Land

Episode 27: The River of Death

Episode 28:  The Celestial City

The Pilgrim's Progress is probably the most published books in the English language of all time, other than the Bible; 1,300 editions have been printed before 1938, 250 years after the author's death; It’s the most famous Allegory ever written.

 

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CHILDREN’S VIDEO (Illustrated Adaptation) 

Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.

            DANGEROUS JOURNEY    

Part 1 The Slough of Despond [The Swamp]

Part 2 The Interpreter’s House

Part 3 The Hill Difficulty

Part 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.
               

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

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 19 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio

16 Part II 20 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio

17 Part II 21 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio

18 Part II 22 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio

19 Part II 23 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio

20 Part II 24 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio
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  A SINNER’S   PRAYER  

    Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21

    Pray and call on the name of the Lord Jesus.

 Pray like this, won’t you? :  

“Lord Jesus, I’m a lost sinner hopeless without You.  I would never be able to save myself. Without your death on the cross to pay my sin debt I would be condemned to spend eternity condemned in Hell. By nature  and  practice I am a natural-born sinner. I’m  totally depraved and  I sin because I am a sinner. Please forgive me.

I realize that doing my best or being as good as possible, or being better than other people or having good excuses can never save me.
 

     I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me.
I call on You,  by name  right now Lord Jesus to save me.  You died on the cross in my place to pay  for my sin. Your Word says,  “It shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21. Thank You, Lord.

     Right now, I surrender my sinful self  to You,  just as I am, Lord Jesus and I trust You to forgive and save me and be my Lord and Master.
Please forgive me for all my sins. I’m sorry for every sin (bad thoughts, words and things I have done) and look to You to forgive me of them all.  I need your strength to overcome sin’s temptations. Thank you for forgiving me.
You paid the price for all of my sins by dying on the cross. 

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

    Thank you Heavenly Father that You have made the way  of  redemption, forgiveness and  atonement for me  and have drawn me away from sin and death into Life  in Your only begotten son.  He took  my place and suffered my punishment.

     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 therefore now no condemnation.

     Thank You for saving me heavenly Father and for sending the Holy Spirit for my guidance, comfort  and solemn instruction into all truth,  Amen.”

    With all my heart, I thank you Lord Jesus for saving me. In your name, Lord Jesus I pray, Amen.

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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 sacred, scriptural  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  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:

Praise Him, Praise Him All Ye Little Children   Hillsong Kids

What a Wonderful World  by Luis Armstrong

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

Jesus Loves Me   All three verses

Children’s Medley  with Rosemary Siemens with children singing

This Little Light Of Mine  Cedarmont Kids

 

A Mighty Fortress written by Martin Luther with Steve Green

Amazing Grace by Wintley Phipps at Carnegie Hall

Amazing Grace by Guy Penrod, Gaither Voice Band

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

Blessed Assurance by the Isaacs

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

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 Receiveth Sinful Men Traditional with Lyrics 

Grace, Grace God’s Grace by Gaither Choir

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
I Will Sing of My Redeemer by Gaither Music TV 

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

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
I Shall Not Be Moved  Elvis and The Million Dollar Quartet

More About Jesus    by The Blackwood Brothers

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

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

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 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 

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
Worthy is the Lamb. Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir                         

 

SACRED  PRAISE:

Away in a Manger by Phil Wickham… 
Away In a Manger, Traditional Version   by Casting Crowns

Because He Lives Gaither Choir

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

Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary by Gaithers 

Camp Meeting Tonight (…On The Old Camp Ground)  by Mississippi John Hunt (Library of Congress)

Everything Is Beautiful  (Jesus Loves the Little Children) by Ray Stevens   

Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin   by Sovereign Grace Music

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)

He Touched Me by Elvis Presley

Holy Spirit Breathe on Me with Anne Jernigan 

How Great Thou Art    by the Statler Brothers

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
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

I Shall Not Be Moved The Statler Brothers

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

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

I’ll Fly Away    by Gaither Congregation 

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

If That Isn’t Love Love   Gaither Premiere

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 
 

Jesus Messiah by The Gaither Vocal Band

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 The Blood of Jesus by Glory Kim

Oh Happy Day The Edwin Hawkins Singers

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 Fellowship A hymn from 1869  by Fanny J. Crosby 

Praise Him, Praise Him   by Loma Linda University Church

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.

Standing on the Promises of God by Praise Praise

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

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

Sweet Hour of Prayer by Guy Penrod

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band 

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 

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

Vaya Con Dios Bilingual English & Spanish by Julio Iglesias  James 4:8

We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

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

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

We’re Marching To Zion Gaither Congregational Singing

We”re Marching to Zion   by Issac Watts  Sing with The Hymn Club  Sing-along won’t you? 

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

When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir 

Where We'll Never Grow Old   by Jim Reeves

Worthy Is The Lamb  with Gaither vocal Band

Ye Must Be Born Again Lyrics and Melody from Baptist Hymnal 

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 Guy Penrod

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SACRED LITERATURE:

ORIGINAL: 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]... 

 

in Pilgrim’s Progress. (Tthe 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.

 

ADULT AUDIO Episodes and CHILDREN’S VIDEO Story Parts:

You may choose to read or listen to Pilgrim’s Progress as a bed time story.

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.

Link to Complete Index of Bible Scripture References (open link).

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ADULT AUDIO:

The Pilgrim’s Progress   by John Bunyan (Complete audio-book narrated by Christopher Glyn -6 ½ hours)

Preface: Bunyan’s letter​     

Episode 01: The City of Destruction      

Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable      

Episode 03: The Swamp of Despond

Episode 04: Mr. Worldly Wiseman

Episode 05: The Narrow Gate

Episode 06: The House of the Interpreter      

Episode 07: The Cross

Episode 08: Simple, Sloth & Presumption

Episode 09: Formalist & Hypocrisy

Episode 10: The Hill Difficulty

Episode 11: Timorous & Mistrust

Episode 12: The Palace Beautiful

Episode 13: Battle with Apollyon

Episode 14: The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Episode 15: Christian Meets Faithful & Talkative

Episode 16:  Mr. By-ends      Town of Fair Speech

Episode 18: By-path Meadow   Vain Confidence

Episode 19: Doubting Castle

Episode 20: The Delectable Mountains

Episode 21:   Ignorance    Conceit

Episode 22:  The Flatterer​

Episode 23: Atheist

Episode 24: The Enchanted Ground

Episode 25: Ignorance Rejoins the Pilgrims

Episode 26:  Beulah Land

Episode 27: The River of Death

Episode 28:  The Celestial City

The Pilgrim's Progress is probably the most published books in the English language of all time, other than the Bible; 1,300 editions have been printed before 1938, 250 years after the author's death; It’s the most famous Allegory ever written.

 

Christian Sermons and Audio Books  

Sep 17, 2017

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CHILDREN’S VIDEO (Illustrated Adaptation) 

Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.

DANGEROUS JOURNEY    

Part 1 The Slough of Despond [The Swamp]

Part 2 The Interpreter’s House

Part 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.
               

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

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 19 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio

16 Part II 20 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio

17 Part II 21 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio

18 Part II 22 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio

19 Part II 23 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio

20 Part II 24 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio

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 sacred, scriptural  lyrics.
Why Have Traditional Gospel Hymns Endured for so many years?   

URL: https://www.randyspecktacular.com/2008/09/old-gospel-hymn.html
_____________________________________________

… 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  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:

Praise Him, Praise Him All Ye Little Children   Hillsong Kids

What a Wonderful World  by Luis Armstrong

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

Jesus Loves Me   All three verses

Children’s Medley  with Rosemary Siemens with children singing

This Little Light Of Mine  Cedarmont Kids

 

A Mighty Fortress written by Martin Luther with Steve Green

Amazing Grace by Wintley Phipps at Carnegie Hall

Amazing Grace by Guy Penrod, Gaither Voice Band

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

Blessed Assurance by the Isaacs

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

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 Receiveth Sinful Men Traditional with Lyrics 

Grace, Grace God’s Grace by Gaither Choir

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
I Will Sing of My Redeemer by Gaither Music TV 

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

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
I Shall Not Be Moved  Elvis and The Million Dollar Quartet

More About Jesus    by The Blackwood Brothers

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

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

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 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 

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
Worthy is the Lamb. Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir                         

 

SACRED  PRAISE:

Away in a Manger by Phil Wickham… 
Away In a Manger, Traditional Version   by Casting Crowns

Because He Lives Gaither Choir

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

Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary by Gaithers 

Camp Meeting Tonight (…On The Old Camp Ground)  by Mississippi John Hunt (Library of Congress)

Everything Is Beautiful  (Jesus Loves the Little Children) by Ray Stevens   

Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin   by Sovereign Grace Music

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)

He Touched Me by Elvis Presley

Holy Spirit Breathe on Me with Anne Jernigan 

How Great Thou Art    by the Statler Brothers

I Love You Lord by the Gaither choir
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

I Shall Not Be Moved The Statler Brothers

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

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

I’ll Fly Away    by Gaither Congregation 

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

If That Isn’t Love Love   Gaither Premiere

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 
 

Jesus Messiah by The Gaither Vocal Band

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 The Blood of Jesus by Glory Kim

Oh Happy Day The Edwin Hawkins Singers

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 Fellowship A hymn from 1869  by Fanny J. Crosby 

Praise Him, Praise Him   by Loma Linda University Church

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.

Standing on the Promises of God by Praise Praise

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

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

Sweet Hour of Prayer by Guy Penrod

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band

The Love of God by Gaither Vocal Band 

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 

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

Vaya Con Dios Bilingual English & Spanish by Julio Iglesias  James 4:8

We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

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

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

We’re Marching To Zion Gaither Congregational Singing

We”re Marching to Zion   by Issac Watts  Sing with The Hymn Club  Sing-along won’t you? 

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

When They Ring Those Golden Bells by Gaither Homecoming Choir 

Where We'll Never Grow Old   by Jim Reeves

Worthy Is The Lamb  with Gaither vocal Band

Ye Must Be Born Again Lyrics and Melody from Baptist Hymnal 

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 Guy Penrod

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SACRED LITERATURE:

ORIGINAL: 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]... 

 

in Pilgrim’s Progress. (Tthe 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.

 

ADULT AUDIO Episodes and CHILDREN’S VIDEO Story Parts:

You may choose to read or listen to Pilgrim’s Progress as a bed time story.

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.

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ADULT AUDIO:

The Pilgrim’s Progress   by John Bunyan (Complete audio-book narrated by Christopher Glyn -6 ½ hours)

Preface: Bunyan’s letter​     

Episode 01: The City of Destruction      

Episode 02: Obstinate & Pliable      

Episode 03: The Swamp of Despond

Episode 04: Mr. Worldly Wiseman

Episode 05: The Narrow Gate

Episode 06: The House of the Interpreter      

Episode 07: The Cross

Episode 08: Simple, Sloth & Presumption

Episode 09: Formalist & Hypocrisy

Episode 10: The Hill Difficulty

Episode 11: Timorous & Mistrust

Episode 12: The Palace Beautiful

Episode 13: Battle with Apollyon

Episode 14: The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Episode 15: Christian Meets Faithful & Talkative

Episode 16:  Mr. By-ends      Town of Fair Speech

Episode 18: By-path Meadow   Vain Confidence

Episode 19: Doubting Castle

Episode 20: The Delectable Mountains

Episode 21:   Ignorance    Conceit

Episode 22:  The Flatterer​

Episode 23: Atheist

Episode 24: The Enchanted Ground

Episode 25: Ignorance Rejoins the Pilgrims

Episode 26:  Beulah Land

Episode 27: The River of Death

Episode 28:  The Celestial City

The Pilgrim's Progress is probably the most published books in the English language of all time, other than the Bible; 1,300 editions have been printed before 1938, 250 years after the author's death; It’s the most famous Allegory ever written.

 

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CHILDREN’S VIDEO (Illustrated Adaptation) 

Pilgrim’s Progress Drama presented in 9 parts.

DANGEROUS JOURNEY    

Part 1 The Slough of Despond [The Swamp]

Part 2 The Interpreter’s House

Part 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.
               

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

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 19 Mr. Despondency’s Farewell 2:10 Audio

16 Part II 20 Old-Honest Called 1:41 Audio

17 Part II 21 Valiant Bequeaths His Sword 2:27 Audio

18 Part II 22 Stand-Fast’s Will 3:56 Audio

19 Part II 23 Christiana Nears The City 1:01 Audio

20 Part II 24 Christiana’s Triumphal Entry 4:45 Audio

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DEVOTION for October 27th *A.D. 2024 Written and calendared for this date by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

 

 

PRAYER 13, Part 8 of 11: THE WINGS OF PRAYER.
ANECDOTE 87:  Prosperity [is] Dangerous.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: October 27  HIS SERVICE, FACE, NAME
His servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads- Revelation 22:3-4
MORNING: “It is a faithful saying.” 2 Timothy 2:11 
EVENING:  “We are all as an unclean thing.” Isaiah 64:6
A SINNER’S PRAYER:

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PRAYER 13, Part 8  of 11
THE WINGS OF PRAYER.
Dear Savior, we are Thy disciples, and Thou art [are] teaching us the art of living; but we are very dull and very slow, and beside [that], there is such a bias in our corrupt nature, and there are such examples in the world, and the influence of an ungodly generation tells [shows] even upon those that know Thee. 

 O, dear Savior, be not impatient with us, but still school [teach] us at Thy feet, till at last we shall have learned some of the sublime lessons of self-sacrifice, of meekness, humility, fervor, [rigor] boldness, and love which Thy life is fit to teach us.

 

O Lord, we beseech [implore] Thee, mold us into Thine own image. Let us live in Thee and live like Thee.


Let us gaze upon Thy glory till we are transformed by the sight, and become Christ-like among the sons of men.

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

(Attachment: PRAYER 13.doc)

 

ANECDOTE 87:  Prosperity [is] Dangerous.
Ships never strike on [run into] rocks out in the great deeps.  Children, perhaps, may fancy [imagine] that a shallow sea is the safest, but an old  sailor knows better.

While he is off the Irish coast the captain has to keep a good look out, but while he is crossing the Atlantic he is in far less danger. There he has plenty of sea-room, and there is no fear of quicksands or of shoals [underwater sand]. 

When the sailor enters the [River]  Thames he encounters first one sand bank and then another, and he is in danger, but out in the deep water, where he finds no bottom, he is but [only a] little afraid.

So, mark you, in the judgments of God.  When he is dealing out affliction to us it is the safest possible sailing that a Christian can have. “What,” says one, “ [a] trial, safe?” Yes, very safe. The safest part of a Christian’s life is the time of his trial. 

“What, when a man is down do you say he is safe ?” Yes, for then he need fear no fall; when he is low he need fear no pride;  when he is humbled under God’s hand then he is less likely to be carried away with every wind of temptation [doctrine].

Smooth water on the way to heaven is always a sign that the soul should keep wide awake, for danger is near.       

One comes at last to feel a solemn dread creeping over one in times of prosperity.  “Thou shalt fear and tremble because of all the good that God shall make to pass before thee,” fearing not so much lest [for fear that] the good should depart as lest [for fear that] we should make an ill [poor] use of it, and should have a canker of sloth, or self-confidence,  or worldliness growing up in our spirits.

We have seen many professed Christians make shipwreck, in some few instances it has been attributable to overwhelming sorrow, but in ten cases to the one it has been attributable to prosperity.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK October 27  HIS SERVICE, FACE, NAME C.H. Spurgeon
His servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads- Revelation 22:3,4
-Sus siervos le servirán. Y verán su cara;  y su nombre estará en sus frentes-
 Apocalipsis 22:3,4
 

Three choice blessings will be ours in the glory land.
(1) -His servants shall serve him.-  No other lords shall oppress us, no other service shall distress us. We shall serve Jesus always, perfectly, without weariness, and without error. This is Heaven to a saint: in all things to serve the Lord Christ, and to be owned by Him as His servant is our soul’s  high ambition for eternity.
(2) -And they shall see his face.-  We Shall Behold Him (Face to Face) by Sandi Patti (click for audio)   This makes the service delightful: indeed, it is the present reward of service. We shall know our Lord, for we shall see Him as He is. To see the face of Jesus is the utmost favor that the most faithful servant of the Lord can ask. What more could Moses ask than  -Let me see thy face.-
(3) -And his name shall be in their foreheads.- They gaze upon their Lord till His name is photographed [visible] upon their brows.  They are acknowledged by Him, and they acknowledge Him.  The secret mark of inward grace develops into the public sign-manual of confessed relationship.      

O Lord, give us these three things in their beginnings here, that we may possess them in their fullness in thine own abode of bliss! [Heaven]


Prayer: Thank You Lord that We shall serve You and We shall know our Lord, for we shall see You as You are. To see Your face Lord Jesus is the utmost favor that the most faithful servant of the Lord can ask; both now and for eternity.  And Your name shall be in our foreheads.-      

We gaze upon You Lord till Your name is photographed [visible] upon our brows [foreheads].  We are acknowledged by You, and we acknowledge You.  The secret mark of inward grace develops into the public sign-manual of confessed relationship.  O Lord, give us these three things in their beginnings here, that we may possess them in their fullness in thine own abode of bliss! [Heaven] Please make these three blessings to manifest in me today and forever in Jesus name, Amen.


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       … and pray for the saving of many souls the disciple-ing  and strengthening  of all believers.

 

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 and proclaim God’s eternal Word preserved by God, Himself.

    

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but may be having eternal life.
 John 3:16

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A16+&version=AKJV

  
vis. The Textus Receptus TR [Received Text] was faithfully rendered from the overwhelming majority of extant Greek texts of the New Testament and The Masoretic Hebrew text MT. Text that was meticulously copied by hand [manuscript] of the Old Testament Hebrew. The inferior and erroneous Sinaiticus and Vaticanus codices notwithstanding; are often in disagreement with one another.

 

Never-the-less, these compromised codices are set forth as modern textual criticism to fuel the explosion of the plethora of new translations and  new editions.  Modern textual criticism is based on the false assumption that older manuscripts are, de facto, better. Actually, the unsettled debates, reflect doctrinal ambiguities or are used to bolster  unsupported secular or denominational biases that allow blasphemous  translations to spring up from faulty  Greek texts.  From these texts they would, were it possible, diminish God’s Sovereignty, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Immutability, Inerrancy and Infallibility and rob Glory from the  infinite and everlasting “I AM” that is deserving of ALL GLORY.

 

 MORNING     October 27

“It is a faithful saying.” 2 Timothy 2:11 
─Es palabra fiel─  2 Timoteo 2:11 

        Paul has four of these “faithful sayings.” The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” 

       The next is in 1 Timothy 4:6, “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation.”

       The third is in 2 Timothy 2:12, “It is a faithful saying—If we suffer with him we shall also reign with him”; and

       the fourth is in Titus 3:3, “This is a faithful saying, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.” 

 

       We may trace a connection between these faithful sayings. The first one lays the foundation of our eternal salvation in the free grace of God, as shown to us in the mission of the great Redeemer. The next affirms the double blessedness which we obtain through this salvation—the blessings of the upper and nether [lower] springs—of time and of eternity. The third shows one of the duties to which the chosen people are called; we are ordained to suffer for Christ with the promise that “if we suffer, we shall also reign with him.” The last sets forth the active form of Christian service, bidding us diligently to maintain good works. Thus, we have the root of salvation in free grace; next, the privileges of that salvation in the life which now is, and in that which is to come; and we have also the two great branches of suffering with Christ and serving with Christ, loaded with the fruits of the Spirit.

       Treasure up these faithful sayings. Let them be the guides of our life, our comfort, and our instruction.

       The apostle of the Gentiles proved them to be faithful, they are faithful still, not one word shall fall to the ground; they are worthy of all acceptation, let us accept them now, and prove their faithfulness. Let these four faithful sayings be written on the four corners of my house.



Evening   October 27

“We are all as an unclean thing.” Isaiah 64:6
─Si bien todos nosotros somos como suciedad  â”€ Isaías 64:6

       The believer is a new creature, he belongs to a holy generation and a peculiar people—the Spirit of God is in him, and in all respects he is far removed from the natural man; but for all that the Christian is a sinner still. [He is still a sinner] He is so from the imperfection of his nature, and will continue so to the end of his earthly life. The black fingers of sin leave smuts [filth] upon our fairest [most beautiful] robes. Sin mars [defaces] our repentance, ere [before] the great Potter has finished it, upon the wheel. Selfishness defiles our tears, and unbelief tampers with our faith. The best thing we ever did, apart from the merit of Jesus, only swelled [increased] the number of our sins; for when we have been most pure in our own sight, yet, like the heavens, we are not pure in God’s sight; and as he charged his angels with folly, much more must he charge us with it, even in our most angelic frames of mind. 

       The song which thrills to heaven, and seeks to emulate seraphic strains, hath human discords in it.

       The prayer which moves the arm of God is still a bruised and battered prayer, and only moves that arm because the sinless One, the great Mediator, has stepped in to take away the sin of our supplication. 

       The most golden faith or the purest degree of sanctification to which a Christian ever attained on earth, has still so much alloy in it as to be only worthy of the flames, in itself considered.

       Every night we look in the glass [mirror] we see a sinner, and had need confess, “We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness  is  as filthy rags.” Oh, how precious the blood of Christ to such hearts as ours! How priceless a gift is his perfect righteousness! And how bright the hope of perfect holiness hereafter! Even now, though sin dwells in us, its power is broken. 

       It has no dominion; it is a broken-backed snake; we are in bitter conflict with it, but it is with a vanquished [defeated] foe that we have to deal. 

       Yet a little while and we shall enter victoriously into the city where nothing defileth   [nothing can ever defile any more].

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