Devotion for September 14th  Written and calendared by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
 

PRAYER 8, Part 6: A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS.
ANECDOTE 45:  The Elder Brother.
FAITH’S CHECKBOOK:  MARK OF DIVINE APPROVAL

-Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him-  James 1:12
MORNING: "There were also with Him other little ships.—Mark 4:36
EVENING:  "I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. " 

—Psalm 32:5
A SINNER’S PRAYER

SING;  The Old Rugged Cross Johnny Cash and June Carter Duet                             
Sing-along won’t you?  Today’s music came to mind from Anecdote and Faith’s Checkbook.

PRAYER 8,  Part 6 of 7
A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS
                And oh, that as Christians [believers] we might be humble! Lord, take away that stiff-necked, that proud look; take away from us the spirit of  “stand by”, [hold-on there,] for I am holier than thou ;”   make us condescend to men of low estate; ay, [yes] and even to men of low morals, low character.

 

May we seek them out [look for them], seek their good [desire their good].  Oh! give to the Church of Christ an intense love for the souls of men. May it make our hearts break to think that they will perish in their sin. May we grieve every day because of the sin of this [and every] City. Set a mark upon our forehead and let us be known to Thyself as men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst of the City. 

 

O God, save us from a hard heart, an unkind spirit, that is insensible to the woes [heart aches] of others. Lord, preserve Thy people also from worldliness, from rioting [lawlessness], from drunkenness, from chambering [all forms of sexual immorality] and wantonness [headstrong and careless disregard for the well-being of others], from strife and envy, from everything that would dishonor the name of [Jesus] Christ that we bear [as “Christians”].  Lord, make us holy.

 

Our prayer comes back to this.  Make us holy; cleanse the inside and let the outside be clean too. Make us holy, O God: do this for Christ’s sake. Not that we hope to be saved by our own holiness, but that holiness is salvation. Then we are saved from sin. 

 

Lord, help Thy poor children to be holy. Oh! keep us so if we are so; keep us even from stumbling, and present us faultless before Thy [Your] presence at last [the end]. We pray for [healing of] friends that are ill, for many that are troubled because of the illness of others.  We bring before Thee [to You] every case of trouble and trial known to us, and ask for Thy gracious intervention.

 

We pray for Thy [Your] ministers everywhere; for Thy [Your] missionary servants.  Remember brethren that are making great sacrifice out in the hot sun or in the cold and frozen north. Everywhere preserve those who for Christ’s sake carry their lives in their hands [endure dangers].  And our brethren at home, in poverty many of them, working for Christ, Lord, accept them and help us to help them.

 

Sunday-school teachers, do Thou [You, Lord] remember them; and the tract visitors [that hand out tracts] from door to door, and the City missionaries, and the Bible women, all who in any way endeavor to bring [Jesus] Christ under [to] the notice of men. O, help them all.

[In the name of the Lord Jesus] Amen. (Prayer attached: PRAYER 8.doc)

ANECDOTE 45:  The Elder Brother
            It is saying a great thing to affirm that “there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother;” for the love of brotherhood has produced most valiant deeds. We have read stories of what brotherhood could do, which, we think, could hardly be excelled in the annals [legends] of friendship.  Timoleon, with his shield, stood over the body of his slain brother, to defend him from the insults of the foe. It was reckoned a brave deed of brotherhood that he should dare [defend against]  the spears of an army in defense of his brother’s corpse.  And many such instances have there been, in ancient and modern warfare, of the attachment of brethren.  [e.g. Band of Brothers]

            There is a story told of a Highland regiment, who, while marching through the Highlands, lost their way; they were overtaken by one of the terrible storms which will sometimes come upon travelers unawares, and blinded by the snow, they lost their way upon the mountains.  Well nigh [almost] frozen to death, it was with difficulty they could continue their march. One man after another dropped into the snow and disappeared. There were two brothers, however, of the name of  Forsythe; one of them fell prostrate on the earth, and would have lain there to die, but his brother, though barely able to drag his own limbs across the white desert, took him on his back, and carried him along, and as others fell, one by one, this brave, true-hearted brother carried his loved one on his back until at last he himself fell down over come with fatigue, and died. His brother, however, had received such warmth from his body that he was enabled to reach the end of his journey in safety, and so lived.  Here we have an instance of one brother sacrificing his life for another. I hope there are some brothers here who would be prepared to do the same if they should ever be brought into the same difficulty. It is saying a great thing, to declare that

“ there is a friend that sticketh [sticks] closer than a brother.”

SING:  Tell It to Jesus

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK SEPTEMBER 14                                   C.H. Spurgeon 1834 – 1892
MARK OF DIVINE APPROVAL

-Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him-  James 1:12
-Bienaventurado el varon que sufre la tentación; porque cuando fuere probado, recibirá la corona de vida, que Dios ha prometido a los que le aman- Santiago 1:12 

 

               Yes, he is blessed while he is enduring the trial. No eye can see this untill it has been anointed with heavenly eye-salve. But he must endure it, and neither rebel against God, nor turn aside from [compromise] his integrity. He is blessed who has gone through the fire, and has not been consumed as a counterfeit.  When the test is over, then comes the hallmark of divine approval -the crown of life.-  As if the Lord said, -Let him live; he has been weighed in the balances, and he is not found wanting.-  Life is the reward: not mere being; but holy, happy, true existence, the realization of the divine purpose concerning us. Already a higher form of spiritual life and enjoyment crowns those who have safely passed through fiercest trials of faith and love. The Lord hath promised the crown of life to those who love Him. Only lovers of the Lord will hold out in the hour of trial; the rest will either sink or sulk, or slink back to the world.  Come, my heart, dost thou love thy Lord? Truly? Deeply?  Wholly? Then that love will be tried; but many waters will not quench it, neither will the floods drown it. Lord, let thy love nourish mine [my love for thee]  to the end.
 

Prayer: Thank You Lord that You will  bless with the crown of life those who endure temptation and love You to the end. What a promise. Lord Jesus, I’m  trusting You to save me and to keep me secure in You, in Your name, I pray, Amen.

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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 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 have eternal life. John 3:16   

MORNING     September 14 
"There were also with Him other little ships.—Mark 4:36
— Habia también con él otros barquitos— Marcos 4:36 

 
              JESUS was the Lord High Admiral of the sea that night, and His presence preserved the whole convoy . It is well to sail with Jesus, even though it be in a little ship. When we sail in Christ's company, we may not make sure of fair weather, for great storms may toss the vessel that carries the Lord Himself, and we must not expect to find the sea less boisterous around our little boat. If we go with Jesus we must be content to fare as He fares [get along with what He gets along with]; and when the waves are rough to Him, they will be rough to us. It is by tempest and tossing that we shall come to land, as He did before us.

       When the storm swept over Galilee's dark lake all faces gathered blackness, and all hearts dreaded [feared] shipwreck. When all creatures' help was useless, the slumbering Savior arose, and with a word, transformed the riot of the tempest [storm] into the deep quiet of a calm; then were the little vessels at rest as well as that which carried the Lord.

 

Jesus is the star of the sea; and though there be sorrow on the sea, when Jesus is on it there is joy too. May our hearts make Jesus their anchor, their rudder, their lighthouse, their lifeboat, and their harbor. His Church is the Admiral's flagship; let us attend her movements, and cheer her officers with our presence. He Himself is the great attraction; let us follow ever in His wake, mark His signals, steer by His chart, and never fear while He is within hail [shouting]  distance away. Not one ship in the convoy [fleet]shall suffer wreck; the great Commodore will steer every barque [boat] in safety to the desired haven [harbor]. By faith we will slip [untie]  our cable for another day's cruise and sail forth with Jesus into a sea of tribulation. Winds and waves will not spare us, but they all obey Him; and, therefore, whatever squalls may occur without [rough seas], faith shall feel a blessed calm within.  He is ever in the center of the weather-beaten company: let us rejoice in Him.

 

 His vessel has reached the haven, and so shall ours.

EVENING  September 14

"I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess  

my  transgressions unto the Lord; and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. " —Psalm 32:5
—Mi pecado te declaré, y no encubrí mi iniquidad. Confesaré, dije, contra mí mis rebeliones á Jehová; Y tú perdonaste la maldad de mi pecado. (Selah.) —Salmos 32:5 

 

              DAVID'S grief [Godly sorrow] for sin was bitter. Its effects were visible on his outward frame [body] : "his bones waxed old" and "his moisture was turned into the drought [dryness] of summer." He could find no remedy until he made a full confession before the throne of heavenly grace. He tells us that for a time he kept silence and his heart became more and more filled with grief: like a mountain tarn [small lake] whose outlet is blocked up, his soul was swollen with torrents of sorrow. He fashioned [made] excuses, he endeavored to divert his thoughts, but it was all to no purpose; like a festering sore his anguish gathered, and as he would not use the lancet [scalpel]  of confession, his spirit was full of torment and knew no rest.

             At last it came to this, that he must return to his God in humble penitence, or die outright [then and there] . So he hastened to the mercy seat and there unrolled the volume of his iniquities [sins] before the all-seeing One, acknowledging all the evil of his ways in language such as you read in the fifty-first and other penitential [confessional] Psalms. Having done this, a work so simple and yet so difficult to [because of] pride, he received at once the token of divine forgiveness; the bones that had been broken were made to rejoice, and he came forth from his closet to sing the blessedness of the man whose transgression is forgiven. 

 

See the  value of a grace-wrought confession of sin! It is to be prized above all price, for in every case where there is a genuine, gracious confession, mercy is freely given, not because the repentance and confession deserve mercy, but for Christ's sake. Blessed be God, there is always healing for the broken heart; the fountain is ever flowing to cleanse us from our sins. 

 

Truly, 0 Lord, You are a God

"ready to pardon!" 

 

Therefore will we acknowledge our iniquities [sins].

 

 

 

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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, like this. Won’t you? 

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

Thank you Lord Jesus that You love me and died for me before I was born and that You have always loved 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 but by You.  

Thank you, Father that You have caused for me to see myself as I am; a lost sinner.  But,  because of Your love and goodness, You have made a way and given me the desire to come to You, to turn away from my sin and to trust in You, Lord Jesus.  You took my place on the cross and provided the way for  me to be forgiven. Thank You.
Thank You that You prompted a desire in me to believe in You, the only begotten  Son of God who died on the cross to be the sacrifice that would  atone for my sins.

Thank You, Father for Your love that allowed Jesus to suffer and die in my place. Thank You that You raised Jesus from the dead. He is RISEN and is ALIVE and in Him we are victorious over sin, death and the grave and in Christ Jesus I am free.

You raised Jesus from the dead, gave Him a Glorified body and after he was seen by many witnesses on earth You took Him up to reign with You  in heaven.  

Thank you, Father,  for saving me in the name, of Your only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Romans 6:11  

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

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

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

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

Amen... Amen… Amen!

 

Hear Harry Belafonte’s AMEN

 

My Daddy’s  prayer before every meal, always offered in the gravity and reverence in his unique  deep Bass voice of prayer:

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

 

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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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 and will rightly divide God’s Holy Word preserved by God, Himself.

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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. He is not the author of confusion.

1 Corinthians 14:33 

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 You too can cast your cares on the Lord…

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

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

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

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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Dr Peter Masters

Pastor, Metropolitan Tabernacle

In two lectures Dr Masters demonstrated the urgent necessity of regular, persuasive Gospel preaching, together with the clear New Testament precedents and examples, the difficulties

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God appeals to our intelligent minds - but will we listen? Our inclination is to turn away, but if God in His mercy places in us a thirst for certain things, we listen and come to Him. Here are the needs that draw us to God.

 

 

Bible Study  Wednesday 24 July 2024 | 7:30pm

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'Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all.'

 

Teaching Sermon  Sunday 21 July 2024 | 11:00am

The Believer’s Vow

Genesis 28.20

New believers when truly enlightened and saved are moved to make a pledge or vow to God, which will be renewed and deepened throughout this pilgrimage. Here are the important features of such vows, their scope, and their benefits and blessings.

 

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DEFENDING  THE  KING JAMES BIBLE    by the Millennium Bible Institute 

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This video presents the truth  for those who seek to learn about and use the providentially protected, preserved and immutable Holy Bible that is both inerrant [without error] and infallible and gives God alone, the utmost praise, and the greatest glory due to HIMSELF. Praise and worship are rightfully insisted upon and commanded in God’s  inspired [God-Breathed (Spoken) Word from God himself. 
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HOW HAS  THE MAJORITY TEXT AND  THE TEXTUS RECEPTUS BEEN PROVIDENTIALLY PROTECTED AND PRESERVED? 

 

The inspired, god breathed, immortal words, were  uttered, word-by-word, to the  holy prophets and apostles who were chosen of God and moved by the holy ghost. These words are protected and preserved in holy scripture and are written word-by-word and are immutable, [unchangeable] without error, and infallible [incapable of making a mistake or being wrong]. and for ever [sic] settled in heaven by God himself in the self authenticating word of god, itself. 

 

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

 Psalm 119:89

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

 

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

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

 

URL:https://youtu.be/vIC5rUbs_-E?si=hLdDxc580z-dvPdi 

 

 

The complete Inside  Story of Westcott and Hort: 

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

URL:   https://www.febc.edu.sg/article/def_the_inside_story_of_westcott_and_hort

 

 

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

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

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

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

In conclusion, let it be said that no matter how good any modern version of the New Testament is in other ways, it is clearly blemished if the work of Westcott and Hort is present in it. The presence of their work means that it is based on a defective text. Those who want to honor the Word of God must not promote the use of any of these versions by the church, not because the content of the version is entirely  evil in itself, but because being contented to use a weakened version rather than the existing, preserved, without error unblemished one, dishonors God. If God has preserved for His people a good Greek text of the New Testament for 18 centuries, how dishonoring it would be to Him if His people now chose instead to use versions that are  based on  defective Greek manuscript  created by Westcott & Hort or Nestle & Aland.

 

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

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

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

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