DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION  for October 3rd *A.D. 2026 written and calendared by Charles Spurgeon

The Providential Preservation and Protection of God’s inspired WORD is manifested in The 1769 Edition of The [OLD] King James Version of The Bible: It’s Immutable!

King James the First of England Authorized, Commissioned and provided resources for a new version of the Bishop’s Bible  (The O.T. was translated from  the original Hebrew to bring the Old Testament then copied by hand [manuscript] by the Masorete  Scribes.  The Traditional [original, Received Greek Text] Text was followed in the translation of the New Testament. This Bible is presently the world’s most  quoted, read and authoritative Bible version with over 6 Billion extant copies. This is more than all the other versions and editions Combined and has become the Most Influential, faithful and best English translation of The Bible ever.

Posted on 10/3/2026:

THE OLD, PROVIDENTIALLY PRESERVED KING JAMES BIBLE (Click here) Is  GOD’s  Authoritative WORD.

It’s His
Inspired [God-Breathed/Spoken word-by-word to Prophets and Apostles]
Inerrant [error free]
Immutable [Providentially Preserved and Protected, Unchanged, and forever Unchangeable]

WORD of GOD (Translated from the Traditional [Byzantine] Greek Text also known as the Textus Receptus [TR], The Received Text)
    
THE TESTIMONY OF CHARLES SPURGEON (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."

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. Jeff Riddle makes a comprehensive Case for the IMMUTABILITY and the Providential Preservation of GOD’S WORD 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]
By Dr. Jeff Riddle

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Dr. Doug Levesque  presents a Historical account that reveals why we should not rely on dumbed- down versions of:

Textual Criticism's Imperfect Bibles   (Click to view)
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The Providentially Inspired  Life of King James  (Text)

1. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I

Bridge to Babylon The 1881 Textual Criticism Controversy   (169 minutes. Video)[jM1]     

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

“Bridge to Babylon” is a  very thorough video Treatise  of the explosion of over 1,000 English translations  of the Bible. An expose of the continuous  attempts to replace the Traditional [Old, NOT New] 1769 King James Version of God’s Holy, Inerrant, Infallible  and Immutable Bible. All Attempts have failed because GOD Himself has providentially preserved and protected His Inspired  [God Breathed/Spoken] Holy Words from all heresy, blasphemy, confusion, and error.

Over six Billion extant  (OLD 1769) King James Bibles make it the most widely printed, read and distributed book in human history. This is more than all other translations put together and is still the most read  Bible ever.

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Scroll Down to top of p. 26  for  “ 19 EPISODES” of  John Bunyan’s 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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Requiem for John Michael’s Daddy:  The  last word(s) , spoken by John Michael’s  beloved Daddy just before he (his Dad) was called home to be forever with the LORD.

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Please select and view at least one video from among these five videos.  *(Dr. Philip Stringer’s Documentary is highly recommended to be  your first selection.)

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)
https://youtu.be/EbY3fs9yM-o?is=o1Grz0-cN8QcI9if

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Dr. David Sorenson: (3 videos)

(1)  -THE MAKING OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE

URL: (Click here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC089eaT0zA

 

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

URL: (Click here)

https://youtu.be/87mZTVZ7i_Y?si=IKhSkPu5xriAnxcu

 

(3) -THE TRADITIONAL TEXT (ALSO KNOWN AS THE RECEIVED TEXT [TEXTUS RECEPTUS]  VERSUS THE CRITICAL TEXT [Man’s critical thoughts and interpretations instead 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)

https://youtu.be/02A7lNf0Rrs?si=TfLITseFIioQCgzX

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*Dr. Philip Stringer  (Video)
 

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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

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URL: (Click here)               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UbXGjoCnYY
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How to Discern between God’s Holy Ghost, Divine Spirit and the spirit of false teachers and the Antichrist:

Is this Website of God?   Is it 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 and obeyed  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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DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for  October 3rd A.D. *2026  (or PRESENT YEAR)
 

A.D. does NOT mean “After Death”.  It actually abbreviates Anno Domini;
Latin words adopted into English that literally translate: 
“Year of our Lord”.

The Lord Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, was born of a virgin 2026 years ago.                        
Is alive  today, has always existed as God’s eternal and everlasting Word, 
and is returning soon for his bride, the Church
[The body of all redeemed believers in Jesus Christ].
 

1 Timothy  3:16    (King James [Authorized] Version)

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, [unbelievers] 
believed on in the world, received up into glory.

 

Please join us today in prayer,  scripture reading, meditation, gospel preaching, worshiping God  in spirit and truth; obedient to His Word by the power of the Holy Ghost.    Daily Spurgeon is an on-line  Website of writings by Charles H. Spurgeon available 365 days a year at  dailyspurgeon.com . May our time given bear much fruit as we study to shew ourselves approved unto God, workers that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth, The Bible.    2 Timothy 2:15

 

DAILY SPURGEON and DEVOTION for October 3rd                       

Written and Calendared by  Charles Haddon Spurgeon

 

PRAYER 11, Part 4 of 10 October 3rd  UNDER THE BLOOD
ANECDOTE 63: October 3rd THE SEEKING SHEPHERD.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK: October 3rd    REFLECTORS OF THE LORD S BEAUTY
-As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness-  Psalm 17:15
MORNING: October 3rd "ARE THEY[The Angels] NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS, SENT FORTH TO MINISTER FOR THEM
WHO SHALL BE HEIRS OF SALVATION?"— Hebrews 1:14
EVENING: October 3rd  "HE HIMSELF HATH SUFFERED BEING TEMPTED.”  
— Hebrews 2:18
A SINNER’S PRAYER October 3rd      

 

PRAYER 11, Part 4 of 10 October 3rd  UNDER THE BLOOD

Just now may we be consciously passed over by the Spirit of condemnation; may we know in our hearts that “there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.”

May we feel the peace giving power of the Divine absolution [God’s forgiveness].  May we come into Thy holy presence with our feet washed in the brazen laver [bronze wash-bowl], hearing our great High Priest say to us, “Ye are clean every whit [bit].” 

 

Thus [like this] made clean may we draw near to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Further, our heavenly Father, we come before Thee now washed in the blood, wearing the snow-white robe of Christ’s righteousness, and we ask Thee to remember Thy people.  Some are sore [very] burdened; lighten the burden or strengthen the shoulder. Some are bowed down with fear; peradventure [perhaps] they mistrust; forgive the mistrust and give a great increase of faith that they may trust Thee where they cannot trace [detect] Thee. 

 

The Lord remember any who bear the burden of others. Some cry to Thee day and night about the sins of the times, about the wanderings of  Thy Church. Lord, hear our prayers! We would bear this yoke for Thee, but help us to bear it without fearing so as to distrust Thee. May we know that Thou wilt [will] take care of Thine own case and preserve Thine own truth, and may we therefore be restful about it all. 

 

Some are crying to Thee for the conversion of relatives and friends; this burden they have taken up to follow after Jesus in the cross bearing. Grant them to see the desire of their heart fulfilled. God, save our children and children’s children, and if we have unconverted relatives of any kind, the Lord have mercy upon them for Christ’s sake. Give us joy in them — as much joy in them as Christians as we have had sorrow about them as unbelievers.

[I ask this In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and for His sake, Amen.]

(Attachment: PRAYER 11.doc) 

 

ANECDOTE 63: October 3rd THE SEEKING SHEPHERD.
-A son is taken ill far away from home. He is laid sick with a fever, and a telegram is sent home. His mother says she must go and nurse him; she is wretched [stressed out] till she can set out upon the journey. It is a dreary place where her boy lies, but for the moment it is the dearest spot on earth to her.  She joys to leave the comforts of her home to tarry among strangers for the love of her boy. She feels an intense joy in sacrificing herself; she refuses to retire from the bedside, she will not leave her charge; she watches day and night, and only from utter exhaustion does she fall asleep.

 

You could not have kept her in England [at home], she would have been too wretched [ stressed out]. It was a great, deep, solemn pleasure for her to be where she could minister to her own beloved. Soul, remember you have given Jesus great joy in his saving you. He was forever with the Father, eternally happy, infinitely glorious, as God over all; but yet he must needs [had to] come hither [here] out of boundless love, take upon himself our nature, [flesh and blood] and suffer in our stead [place] to bring us back to holiness and God. “

 

He layeth [lays] it on his shoulders rejoicing. ”That day the shepherd knew but one joy. He had found his sheep, and the very pressure of it upon his shoulders made his heart light, for he knew by that sign that the object of his care was safe beyond all question.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK  October 3rd REFLECTORS OF THE LORD’S BEAUTY
by C.H. Spurgeon 1834 –1892
 

-As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness- Psalm 17:15
 

-Yo en justicia veré tu rostro: Seré saciado cuando despertaré a tu semejanza -Salmos 17:15 
 

The portion [possessions] of other men fills their bodies, and enriches their children, but the portion of the believer is of another sort.  Men of the world have their treasure in this world, but men of the world to come [heaven] look higher and further.  Our possession is twofold. We have God’s presence here and His likeness hereafter. 

 

Here we behold the face of the Lord in righteousness, for we are justified in Christ Jesus.  Oh, the joy of beholding the face of a reconciled God! [Our God with whom we are reconciled] The glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ yields us Heaven below, and it will be to us the Heaven of Heaven above.

 

But seeing does not end it: we are to be changed into that which we gaze upon. We shall sleep a while and then wake up to find ourselves as mirrors which reflect the beauties of our Lord. Faith sees God with a transforming look. The heart receives the image of Jesus into its own depths, till the character of Jesus is imprinted on the soul. This is satisfaction. 

 

To see God and to be like Him — what more can I desire?  David’s assured confidence is here by the Holy Ghost made to be the Lord’s promise. I believe and expect it.

 

Prayer: Dear Lord, vouchsafe [guarantee] it.  Amen.
Thank You Heavenly Father for Your divine promise that I will one day behold Your righteousness and be satisfied to awake in Your likeness  and to look into Your face. Give me the desire to be like You today. Thank You for dying  in my place so I can be eternally saved . In your name, Lord Jesus, I pray,  Amen.

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       … and pray that many souls will be saved and for the strengthening  of 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 s tha all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

 

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [supernaturally fathered] Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have  everlasting life. John 3:16

 

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

  

For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in Heaven. Psalm 119:89

MORNING October 3rd

"ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS, SENT FORTH TO MINISTER FOR THEM WHO SHALL BE HEIRS OF SALVATION?"— Hebrews 1:14 -
 

¿No son todos espíritus administradores , enviados para servicio á favor de los que serán herederos de salud [salvación]?— Hebreos 1:14

 

ANGELS are the unseen attendants of the saints of God; they bear us up in their hands, lest we dash  our foot against a stone.  Loyalty to their Lord leads them to take a deep interest in the children of His love; they rejoice over the return of the prodigal [wayward] son to his father's house below, and they welcome the advent [special occasion] of the believer to the King's palace above. 

 

In olden times the sons of God were favored with their visible appearance, and at this day, although unseen by us, heaven is still opened, and the angels of God ascend and descend upon the Son of man, that they may visit the heirs of salvation [the redeemed]. 
 
Seraphim  [angels] still fly with live coals from off the altar to touch the lips of men greatly beloved. If our eyes could be opened, we should see horses of fire and chariots of fire about [around] the servants of the Lord; for we have come to an innumerable company of angels, who are all watchers and protectors of the seed royal. Spenser's line is no poetic fiction, where he sings:

 

How oft [often] do they with golden pinions [wings] cleave [cut through]   
     The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant  [angel foot-soldiers]

Against foul fiends to aid us militant!

 

To what dignity are the chosen [predestined]  elevated when the brilliant courtiers of heaven become their willing servants! Into what communion are we raised since we have intercourse [fellowship] with spotless celestials [heavenly beings]! How well are we defended since all the twenty-thousand chariots of God are armed for our deliverance! 

 

To whom do we owe all this?  Let the Lord Jesus Christ be forever endeared to us, for through Him we are made to sit in heavenly places far above principalities and powers. He it is whose camp is round about them that fear Him; He is the true [Archangel] Michael whose foot is upon the dragon. All hail, Jesus! Angel of Jehovah's presence, to You this family offers its morning vows [devotions].

 
EVENING    October 3rd   "HE HIMSELF HATH SUFFERED BEING TEMPTED. "
— Hebrews 2:18
 

—Porque en cuanto él mismo padeció siendo tentado — Hebreos 2:18
 

IT is a commonplace thought, and yet it tastes like nectar [sweet fruit juice]  to the weary heart—Jesus was tempted as I am. You have heard that truth many times: have you grasped it?

 

He was tempted to the very same sins into which we fall. Do not dissociate Jesus from our common manhood. It is a dark room [time] which you are going through, but Jesus went through it before. It is a sharp [fierce] fight which you are waging, but Jesus has stood foot to foot with the same enemy. 

 

Let us be of good cheer, Christ has borne the load before us, and the blood stained footsteps of the King of glory may be seen along the road which we traverse [travel] at this hour. There is some thing sweeter yet—Jesus was tempted, but Jesus never sinned.

 

Then, my soul, it is not needful for you to sin, for Jesus was a man, and if one man endured these temptations and sinned not, then in His power His members may also cease from sin.

 

Some beginners in the divine life think that they cannot be tempted without sinning,  but they [make a]  mistake; there is no sin in being tempted, but there is sin in yielding to temptation. 

 

Herein is comfort for the sorely tempted ones. There is still more to encourage them if they reflect that the Lord Jesus, though tempted, gloriously triumphed, and as He overcame, so surely shall His followers also, for Jesus is the representative man for His people; the Head has triumphed, and the members share in the victory.

 

Fears are needless, for Christ is with us, armed for our defense. Our place of safety is the bosom of the Savior [in His arms]. Perhaps we are tempted just now, in order to drive us nearer to Him. Blessed be any wind that blows us into the port of our Savior's love! Happy are the wounds that make us seek the beloved Physician. 

 

Tempted ones, come to your tempted Savior, for He can be touched with a feeling of your infirmities, and will succor  [deliver] every tried and tempted one.

 

A SINNER’S  PRAYER  October 3nd    

    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.

 

“Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. I’m lost and it’s hopeless for me to save myself. Without you and your death on the cross I would spend eternity in Hell.

I know that me doing my best or being good (in my own opinion)  and justifying my own behavior as "good"  or "OK"  can never be enough to save me.
I look to You, alone  Lord Jesus to save me. 
I come to You   right now.  Lord Jesus. Will You  please save me.  I believe You died on the cross in my place to pay for my sin debt and put to death my sin nature. I know  You always keep your word.  Please save me. You have said and  it’s written in the Bible that you won’t reject anyone who comes to you. Thank You.

I  give myself completely to You, Lord Jesus. I’m sorry for every sin I’ve done and I now turn away from each one and look to You to forgive me, save me and deliver me from future evil.  Thank you for forgiving  all of  my sins by dying on the cross paying the punishment that I deserve.  I’m a sinner by nature and by my actions. But now I'm washed clean by Your blood that was shed for me at the cross.

Thank you Lord Jesus that You loved me and died for me before I was bor n and that You love me now and will always love me and will never reject or turn your back on me. I know You are the Way, the Truth and the Life and that no one can come to the Father other than by You.

Thank you Father that You have made a way for me to see myself as ungodly.  But,  because You are good You have made a way and given me the desire to come to You, to turn away from my sin and to trust in the Lord Jesus.  You have forgiven me because He took my place and You have provided for  me to be born again [born from above, born of the Holy Spirit]. 
You prompted this desire and faith to believe in Your only begotten Son who,gave up  His life and died on the cross to pay my sin debt, not mine alone, but the sins of the whole world.

Thank You, righteous Father of love that you allowed Jesus to suffer and die raised Jesus from the dead. He is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave and 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. 

 

Thank you for saving me.  I pray this 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 the Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, for my guidance and solemn instruction into all truth.,  Amen.”

Thank You Holy Spirit of Truth, Comforter, Paraclete [one who comes along side]  for the new life in Jesus and victory that comes when I recon myself dead indeed unto sin and alive unto God through Christ Jesus our Lord trusting You, Holy Spirit for the execution of this vow.

 Romans 6:11

Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you always bear witness of and exalt the Lord Jesus.  John 16:8-11

 

With all my heart, thank you Lord for saving me.
Abide in me Lord Jesus in Your name I pray, Amen.

 

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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 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 its 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 favors and says often.

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(2) 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

PRAISE: (Two Beloved Sacred Hymns)

I Will Sing The Wondrous Story

Blessed Assurance

(…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 )     

 

SACRED PRAISES:

The Love of God    Bill Gaither with Choir  
(sing-along won’t you?)                  
…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 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.

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

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

Psalm 119:89-90

ל Lamed

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

90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:

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

God, Himself, providentially protects and preserves His Word. His Word is the God-breathed, self-authenticating, immutable [unchanging and unchangeable], eternal, inerrant, infallible, infinite and all-powerful Word, settled in heaven. 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 both the  Codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus,
(The Primary Greek sources used in all 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 Bound] Bride, for whom HE will come again to consummate their Marriage in the Marriag                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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.)

 

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:  (Click for Video) 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  in: “The 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  (Text)

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I

 

ORIGINAL SACRED LITERATURE:
The Pilgrim’s Progress,   1678 by John Bunyan

Since its 1678 original publication 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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