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DEVOTION written on and calendared for the exact date of March 28th  by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892.

*A.D. Does NOT mean after death as is commonly believed. It is a Latin abbreviation
for anno Domani (It means “Year of our Lord”.

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

Yes. Stand for the Truth, Won’t you? 

 

Jesus Christ [Messiah] (Anointed King)] the LORD GOD was born of a virgin 2025 years ago,    was crucified, then rose from the dead, victorious over sin, death and the grave and is here in the flesh from GOD as His Church, The Body of Christ and will live forever, time without end and   He, Himself, is coming again.

 

Who was (is) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

 

TODAY’S   CONTENTS:
SERMON: Communion With Christ   Ephesians 3:19  with Dr. Peter Masters

Communion is described by Paul, not in terms of a mystical sensation, but as the realization of Christ's love in our 'inner lives'. Here we see how His love passes knowledge; how it is a lifelong and eternally-progressive appreciation; how it transforms us; and how it makes us feel.

 

PRAISE: The Love of God   by Gaither, Penrod, Phelps, Gardner .…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

PRAYER 13, Part 9 of 11: THE WINGS OF PRAYER.

ANECDOTE 240: Tainted Food.

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK:  LEAD THE WAY

-The Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail-   Deuteronomy 28:13

MORNING: "The love of Christ which passeth [goes beyond] knowledge." Ephesians 3:19

EVENING: "I will accept you with your sweet savor [fragrance]. "— Ezekiel 20:41
A  SINNER’S PRAYER:

CONTENTS:

SERMON: Communion With Christ   Ephesians 3:19  from Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle  (London)
with Dr. Peter Masters

 

Communion is described by Paul, not in terms of a mystical sensation, but as the realisation of Christ's love in our 'inner lives'. Here we see how His love passes knowledge; how it is a lifelong and eternally-progressive appreciation; how it transforms us; and how it makes us feel.

PRAISE: The Love of God  Gaither, Penrod, Phelps, Gardner et. al.…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

PRAYER 13,    Part 9 of 11
THE WINGS OF PRAYER.

         Lord, hear the confessions of any that have back-slidden, who are rather marring [defacing] Thine image than perfecting it. Hear the prayers of any that are conscious of great defects during the past. Give them peace of mind by pardon, but give them strength of mind also to keep clear of such mischief [sin] in the future.

 

        O Lord, we are sighing and crying more and more after Thyself. The more we have of Thee the more we want Thee; the more we grow like Thee; the more we perceive our defects, and the more we pine after [are heart-sick until we find] a higher standard, to reach even unto perfection’s self.

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

(Attachment: PRAYER 13.doc)

ANECDOTE 240: Tainted Food.

When I am asked to read a heretical [doctrinally unsound] book I think of good John Newton. Dr. Taylor, of Norwich, said to him : “Have you read my Key to the Romans?” “I have turned it over,” [I have glanced at it] said the doctor [Newton]. “And is this the treatment a book must meet with which has cost me so many years hard study; you ought to have read it carefully, and weighed deliberately what comes forward on so serious a subject.” [said Dr. Taylor] “Hold,” [Hold on] said Newton, “you have cut me out [saddled me with] full employment for a life as long as Methuselah’s.

My life is too short to be spent in reading contradictions of my religion. If the first page tells me the man is undermining truths, it is enough for me. 

 If I had the first mouthful of a joint tainted [spoiled meat], I do not want to eat it through to be convinced; I ought to send it away.”

Having the truth confirmed in us, we can laugh all arguments to scorn; we are plated [protected] in a sheet of mail [armor] when we have a witness within us to God’s truth.

All the men in this world can not make us alter one single iota [dot or letter] of what God has written within us. 

FAITH’S CHECKBOOK  MARCH 28    LEAD THE WAY     C.H. Spurgeon  1834—1892

-The Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail-   Deuteronomy 28:13
-Y te pondrá Jehova por cabeza, y no por cola:  Deuteronomio 28:13  

 

If we obey the Lord, He will compel our adversaries to see that His blessing rests upon us. Though this be a promise of the law, yet it stands good to the people of God; for Jesus [not only] has removed the curse, but He has established the blessing.

It is for saints to lead the way among men by holy influence: they are not to be the tail, to be dragged hither and thither by others.

 

We must not yield to the spirit of the age [such as modern textual criticism], but compel the age to do homage [love, respect and be loyal] to Christ. If the Lord be with us, we shall not crave toleration for religion, but we shall seek to seat it on the throne of society.

 

        Has not the Lord Jesus made His people priests? Surely they are to teach, and must not be learners from the philosophies of unbelievers. Are we not in Christ made kings to reign upon the earth? How, then, can we be the servants of custom [cultural traditions or political correctness], the slaves of human opinion? 

 

Have you, dear friend, taken up your true position for Jesus? 

 

        Too many are silent because [they are] diffident [apathetic], if not cowardly. Should we allow the name of the Lord Jesus to be kept in the background? Should our religion drag along as a tail? Should it not rather lead the way and be the ruling force with ourselves and others? 

Prayer: Thank you, Lord, that You have made us [believers] the head, and not the tail. You have not only removed the curse of the law but You have established the blessing in Christ Jesus. Thank You in Jesus name, Amen.

MORNING March 28                              
"The love of Christ which passeth [passes] knowledge." —Ephesians 3:19
¾El amor de Cristo, que excede á todo conocimiento —Efesios 3:19

       THE love of Christ in its sweetness, its fullness, its greatness, its faithfulness, passes all human com­prehension [understanding]. Where can language be found that de­scribes His matchless, His unparalleled love towards the children of men [mankind]? It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow skims the water, and dives not into its depths, so all descriptive words but touch the surface, while depths immeasurable lie beneath. Well might the poet say,
 

O love, thou fathomless abyss!

[O love, you bottomless, immeasurable chasm]
 

for this love of Christ is indeed measureless and fathomless; none can attain unto it. Before we can have any right idea of the love of Jesus, we must understand His previous glory in its height of majesty, and His in­carnation on the earth in all its depths of shame.

 

        But who can tell us the majesty of Christ? When He was enthroned in the highest  heavens He was very God of very God; by Him were the heavens made, and all the hosts thereof.

 

        His own almighty arm upheld the spheres [suns, stars and planets], the praises of cherubim and seraphim [angels] per­petually surrounded Him; the full chorus of the hal­lelujah's of the universe unceasingly flowed to the foot of his throne: He reigned supreme above all His creatures, God over all, blessed for ever. Who can tell His height of glory then? And who, on the other hand, can tell how low He descended?

 

        To be a man was something, to be a man of sorrows was far more. To bleed, and die, and suffer, these were much for him who was the Son of God; but to suffer such unparalleled agony—to endure a death of shame and desertion by His Father, this is a depth of condescending love which the most inspired mind utterly fails to fathom [grasp the depth of it’s essence]. Herein is love! Truly it is love that "passes knowledge." O let this love fill our hearts with adoring gratitude, and lead us to practical manifestations [instrumentalities] of its power.

EVENING   March 28 

"I will accept you with your sweet savor [fragrance]. "— Ezekiel 20:41
¾En olor de suavidad os aceptaré, Ezequiel 20:41
     
       THE merits of our great Redeemer [The Lord Jesus] are as sweet savor [fragrance] to the Most High. Whether we speak of the active or passive righteousness of Christ, there is an equal fragrance. There was a sweet savor [fragrance]  in His active life by which He honored the law of God, and made every precept to glitter like a precious jewel in the pure setting of His own person. Such, too, was His passive obedi­ence, when He endured with unmurmuring submission hunger and thirst, cold and nakedness, and at length sweat great drops of blood in [the garden of] Gethsemane.

 

        He gave His back to the smiters  [those who gave the lashes],  and His cheeks to them that plucked out the hair [beard], and was fastened [nailed] to the cruel wood [cross], that He might suffer the wrath of God in our behalf.

 

        These two things are sweet before the Most High; and for the sake of His doing and His dying, His sub­stitutionary sufferings and His vicarious obedience, the Lord our God accepts us. What a preciousness must there be in Him to overcome our lack of preciousness! What a sweet savor [fragrance] to put away our ill savor [stinking]! What a cleansing power in His blood to take away sin such as ours; and what glory in His righteousness to make such unacceptable creatures to be

 

accepted in the Beloved!

 

        Mark, believer, how sure and unchanging must be our acceptance since it is in Him! Take care that you never doubt your acceptance in Jesus. You cannot be accepted without Christ; but, when you have received His merit, you cannot be unaccepted. Notwithstanding all your doubts, and fears, and sins, Jehovah's gracious eye never looks upon you in anger. Though He sees sin in you alone, when He looks at you through Christ, He sees no sin.

 

        You are always accepted in Christ—always blessed and dear to the Father's heart. Therefore, lift up a song, and as you see the smoking incense of the merit of the Savior coming up, this evening, let the incense [fragrance] of your praise go up before the sapphire throne also.

 

Praise Him, Praise  and  Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord  Two of the thousands of Hymns  written by Fanny Crosby  

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

 

SINNER’S PRAYER  (FOR WHOSOEVER):
   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 and be saved    … 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,  Lord Jesus, right now 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. I trust You to forgive me and save me and be my Lord and Savior.
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 still love me.
 

    Thank you, Heavenly Father, that You have made the way  to save me  and have drawn me away from sin and death into Life  in Your only begotten son, the Lord Jesus.  He took  my place, suffered and died for punishment that I deserved.

 

     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 the Holy Spirit you will send 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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will Include:

• A Prayer

• A Spurgeon Anecdote

• A promise from scripture  in  Faith’s Checkbook

• Selections from  Morning & Evening

 

 

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

[Christ Jesus]

 

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

 

Note: This Sermon was referenced in the Men’s Bible Study on Wednesday, August 14th 2024 at South Shores Church and is featured here as an unabridged Audio recording of Sermon # 1245 that was preached originally by Charles Spurgeon in 1875 from his home church, The Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, U.K.
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1 John  Chapter 4

Beloved ones, don’t be believing every spirit [everything you hear] but [continually] be testing the spirit whether it is of God: because many false prophets have come out in the world. Here’s how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit [voice] that confesseth [confesses, says] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh, having come out of God, is of God: and every spirit [voice] that confesseth not [doesn't confess] that Jesus Christ is come [is here] in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

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

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He has always existed from eternity past [FOREVER] as the WORD of God.    John 1:1-2

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

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

[*All redeemed believers].

"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,

believed on in the world, received up into glory."

1 Timothy 3:16