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We do not have the originals.
We have copies of them.
God preserved them.
The present thinking of many modern scholars is that yes, God preserved His ideas, but not the words.
There are no verses that state this, but plenty that say, for example, "Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away." (Matthew 24:35).
The "copious amounts" of copies for the modern versions come from manuscripts and fragments that are other than the Textus Receptus (TR), which are about 10% of the TR's 5,000 manuscripts and fragments.
 
https://www.preservedword.com/content/antioch-or-alexandria/
 
Antioch or AlexandriaHow did God preserve His Bible?
Luke Mounsey June 1, 2004 Manuscript Evidence Print   I have previously established that God has preserved His Word, listing many Scriptures affirming this.   But exactly which Bible is the perfect Word of God?   If God preserved His Word, then it must be around here somewhere.   In order to find the perfect Bible, it is necessary to determine which manuscript text-type is the preserved line.   (A text-type is a group of manuscripts that generally agree with each other.)   There are two major text-types, the Byzantine/Antiochian/Majority/Universal text-type and the Alexandrian text-type.   The Byzantine text-type had it’s origin in Antioch, Syria, where the disciples of Christ were first called Christians (Acts 11:26).   The Alexandrian text originated in Alexandria, Egypt, which was probably the first place that the pure doctrine of Christ was perverted with false teaching.   95% of ALL known New Testament manuscripts fall into the Byzantine text-type.   (Even those who prefer the Alexandrian text are forced to admit this.)   Only a very few manuscripts fall into the Alexandrian text-type, and these manuscripts are known to have many serious problems.   Of the two most popular Alexandrian manuscripts, one (Vaticanus) is owned by the http://www.mag-net.com/%7Emaranath/OLDBEST.HTM for more information.
There are those who prefer the Antiochan/Byzantine text and those who prefer the Alexandrian.   Each group has different beliefs about how God preserved His word.   Here is a brief overview.
Antiochan Alexandrian God inspired the original manuscripts using holy men as His pens.   They wrote what He inspired them to.These manuscripts were faithfully copied and translated by other holy men.   But some evil men started producing their own modified version of the scriptures.  
The Roman Catholic Church arose, making the perverted Scripture the official Bible of Catholicism.   All copies of Scripture were banned, pure or perverted, and only church leaders were allowed to possess a copy.   True Christians prevailed dispute horrible persecutions, refusing to join the idolatrous Catholic Church, and being used by God to preserve the pure Bible for all generations.
The Protestant Reformation ended the Dark Ages as multitudes fled from Rome to the pure gospel of Jesus Christ.   The Bible was translated into many languages from the preserved text, making God’s pure Word available to the masses.   Revivals continued for centuries as people used God’s Word.
In the 19th century, a push was made by the Vatican and some apostate Protestant scholars to declare that the perverted Roman Catholic manuscripts were superior to the God-honored preserved text.   New versions of the Bible were produced, which were not accepted at first, but slowly grew into acceptance.   Most Protestants did not realize that these new “Bibles” came from the corrupt line of manuscripts, not the preserved line.   But some did realize it, and when they attempted to warn others, were ostracized and declared divisive.
God inspired His word using men, who were not necessary holy (see below).   About 300 A.D, the Christian church revised God’s Word to make it better and “more orthodox.”   Thus the true Word of God was lost at this point.  
The Catholic Church united Europe in Christian unity, but then the Protestants destroyed that unity by braking with Rome.   The Protestants ignorantly made their Bible translations from the revised manuscripts.
In the mid 1800’s, a glorious discovery was made.   Two ancient manuscripts were found that predated the revised text the Protestants were using.   These differed significantly with the traditional text, and therefore were considered to be pre-revision.   After being lost for 1600 years, God’s word had finally been found!!   So they began cranking out Bibles translated from the new manuscripts.   
As for the pure, preserved, inerrant Word of God, it of course was nowhere to be found, since it was perfect only in the “original manuscripts” which are long vanished.
The “Byzantines” believe God used holy men to inspire His word and holy men to preserve His word.   For the prophecy 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 Pet 1:21).   On the other hand, Alexandrians believe that you don’t necessarily have to be holy to be used by God to preserve His word.   You don’t have to be holy to help with a Bible translation.  Maybe this is why there are so many liberals, heathens, and homosexuals on these Bible translation committees!   You’ve got to be kidding, you say.   They certainly wouldn’t allow anyone on their translation if they were living in sin!   Surely they would demand that they must be holy.   Well, their own new Bible versions have stripped being holy as a requirement for helping to inspire AND preserve the Word of God.   The word “holy” is clean gone from 2 Peter 1:21 in these new Bibles!   
So the Alexandrians believe that you don’t have to be holy in order to work on a Bible translation!   Is it then no wonder that many of the modern translators are either apostate liberals or flat out heathens!!!   Is it no surprise that the fruit of their “Bibles” is not great revival but great apathy and apostasy!!!   But this will be covered in more detail in a future article.   
So we see that the Byzantine/ Majority Text proponents believe that God inspired His word using holy men, and preserved it using holy men to make it available for all generations.   The Alexandrian proponents, however, believe that God inspired His word, then lost it!!   After not having the word of God for centuries, they finally found it again in the “oldest and best” Alexandrian manuscripts.   What kind of preservation is this?   This is NOT preservation!   If you believe that the oldest manuscripts are the best, then you do not believe that God has preserved His word.   IF you believe that the scriptures were inerrant only in the “original manuscripts” then you do not believe that God has preserved His Word.   If you don’t believe that God preserved His word, you disbelieve the Bible and are calling God a liar!!   Therefore, you must make a choice.   You must chose between the Antiochan or the Alexandrian text.   For the Bible-believer, this choice should be an obvious one.
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Within The Holy Bible, neither the word “Scripture[s]” nor “inspiration” are EVER - not even once are they - applied in reference to any object that is so called ‘The Original’. There is no such as ‘The Original’, though they may be fun to tout around as an imaginary debunker/fact checker against the words of God. Before proceeding, let me repeat once again: Biblically, neither ‘inspiration’ , nor ‘Scripture[s], is ever a reference to any such thing as this supposed imaginary object known as “The Original”. If the Scriptures are not accessible today (in view of the fact that there are none of “The Originals”), then, that makes the Holy One of Israel a liar and a fraud - which He absolutely is NOT. If the Lord God did fraudulently lie, I would spit on my Holy, God inspired, Authorized Bible and duff it into the trashcan, at this instant… See ? Some of us aren’t spineless, fence-hopping compromisers who strive vigorously to toe the line, seeking the love/approval of those we deem smart & civilized, because we presumptuously assume that it helps ‘share the love of Christ’ to those who will pity you for your lack of conviction & character anyways. See? Besides, when you do this misdeed, you’re thereby causing the Lord to ask “Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.” - (Jeremiah 2:33) and thats exactly what has been done, they’ve turned a unfathomable heresy into mainstream Christian doctrine. Proceeding on, here’s a few prompt, yet unequivocally veracious, examples cited below 👇 come and see
 
1. When groups of saints (aka the early church) were in Berea searching the Scriptures, did they have a pile of “The Originals” in their hands? You mean to tell me that (likely) thousands of saints, who were not even dwelling in Israel, somehow were simultaneously carrying 1 piece of papyrus called “The Original”, all at the same time, thousands of years after “The Originals” were written? Let’s get real here; this modern apostate ‘cliche’, which is used to slander God the Holy Spirit by claiming His Words are no longer inspired, is absolute heresy. Im only surprised that so many professing Christians, whom the Lord was supposed to give a sound mind (2 Tim 1:7), are deluded enough to believe this antiBiblical nonsense; not only so, but they claim those of us who don’t, are the heretics 🤯
 
 
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.   
2. When The Lord Jesus commanded people to “search the Scriptures” (John 5:39), assuredly, He was not referring to anything of the kind, called “The Originals” ; either He was lying, sinning, and bearing false witness OR we all have access to the Scriptures today, just as they did then, without one “original” in sight. 
 
3. When the Ethiopian eunuch was reading the Scriptures (Acts 8:32), we can conclude with veracity that he did not have “The Originals” in his hands - therefore, what he was reading isn’t uninspired? Meaning, God Himself just lied again (Titus 1:2) ? Doubtful 
 
4. when Moses and Pharaoh were discussing the release of Israel into into the wilderness, what language were hey speaking? Egyptian. What language was this convo written in within the so called ‘originals’? Hebrew. The so called ‘originals’ are a translation themselves. So how can’t translations be inspired? Saying so voids the entire Old Testament and half of the New Testament. The Lord Jesus spoke Arabic or Syriac, but the New Testament is written in Greek lol, so they’re also a translation too. Every time someone quoted the Old Testament within the New Testament, in Greek, they were translating. Yet, y’all claim translations can’t be inspired 🤨 you’ve thrown out ‘between 50%-75% of the entire Holy Bible. If you always lose something in translations, then consequently, that means the Holy Spirit lost something in ‘The Originals’ themselves.
 
 
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5. When Paul commended Timothy for knowing and cherishing the Scriptures since his youth, also giving props to Timothy’s mom & grandmother for doing the same  (2 Peter 3:15), either Paul was being a lying, deceptive humbug   OR both Timothy, his mom, and grandmother all simultaneously had access to the Scriptures - which were absolutely and unequivocally NOT anything called “The Originals”. 
🛑🛑 Yet, in the very next verse, the Lord God tells us that, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” - 2 Timothy 3:16. - Wow. Consequently, we have Gods Seal upon the translation, which is called the “Scripture”, supreme to that of ‘the originals’ because God never once called any original text inspired. Meaning, the Authorized Bible can be (and is) inspired. All scripture, right? Scripture is never any original, right? Alright then. If anybody disagrees with this, then, I guess the Lord God lied again, according to the recognized, Christian-infidel scholars & their benighted pupils?
 
(side note: Why does Satan and his subjects hate The Authorized Bible so much, while they couldn’t care less about these new modern [per]versions.)
 
Are we supposed to believe professing Christians who study Greek before learning how to read 3rd grade English (as is contained in the Authorized Bible) above & beyond our belief in God, or otherwise, were divisive heretics? Well, label me a divisive heretic then; at the Judgment Seat of Christ I won’t be the one being rebuked for believing what my God said, but, on the hand….. To say the least, I salute any & all Bible Perverts & Bible Rejectors, known as godly scholars, along with their Bible Rejecting subjects 🫡 To stand in such zealous devotion for the great cause of spouting blasphemies with boldness is courageous  
 
My next post will be an essay on the Scientifically Inspired Authorized Bible, which also happens to be Morally, Psychologically, Ethically, Historically, Factually, Geographically, Theoretically, and Mathematically inspired; it will include numerous revelations that are only contained in The Authorized Bible, for the new corruptions & [per]versions do not contain them. I may even include a few of the errors (out of the well over 5,000) contained in the new scrap books, commentaries, Private Interpretations, cup coasters, toilet paper rolls, and comic books being released under the guise of actual ‘bibles’, even though they are not. Surprisingly, it turns out that these books, which don’t even have longevity of a carton of milk, unintentionally obscure the very passages they’re so willingly assisting to make “so much clearer” than they were 2 weeks ago when the promoters/salesmen/conmen released their previous version. We’ve got over 380 translations on deck, produced within the last 50-80 years, and not one of them can even touch the garment of the Authorized Bible, as they become disregarded menstrual cloths within 2-3 months, in despite of the fact that the Words of God are supposed to be eternal  - instead these expire within 2-3 months… tops  
 

 

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A list of Old Testament quotes in the New Testament
Books quoted by Jesus and other New Testament writers.
A conservative, bible believing perspective!
God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today!

A list of Old Testament quotes in the New Testament
Books quoted by Jesus and other New Testament writers.
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A list of Old Testament quotes in the New Testament.
Books quoted by Jesus and other New Testament writers.
 
Introduction:
The New Testament quotes from all Old Testament Books except Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon. This does not mean they are not inspired. And Jesus quoted from 24 different Old Testament books.  
List of Old Testament texts quoted in the New Testament:
Gen 1:27
Matt 19:4
Gen 5:2
Mark 10:6
Gen 2:2
Heb 4:4
Gen 2:7
1 Cor 15:45
Gen 2:24
Matt 19:5, Mark 10:7-8,1 Cor 6:17, Eph 5:31
Gen 5:24
Heb 11:5
Gen 12:1
Acts 7:3
Gen 12:3
Gal 3:8
Gen 12:7
Acts 7:5
Gen 13:15
Gal 3:16
Gen 14:17-20
Heb 7:1-2
Gen 15:5
Rom 4:18
Gen 15:6
Rom 4:3,9,22, Gal 3:6, Jas 2:23
Gen 15:13-14
Acts 7:6-7
Gen 17:5
Rom 4:17
Gen 17:7
Gal 3:16
Gen 17:8
Acts 7:5
Gen 18:10
Rom 9:9
Gen 18:14
Rom 9:9
Gen 21:10
Gal 4:30
Gen 21:22
Rom 9:7, Heb 11:18
Gen 22:16-17
Heb 6:13-14
Gen 22:18
Acts 3:15
Gen 25:23
Rom 9:12
Gen 25:23
Rom 9:12
Gen 38:8
Luke 20:28
Gen 47:31
Heb 11:21
Ex 1:8
Acts 7:18
Ex 2:14
Acts 7:27-28,38
Ex 5:2
Acts 7:30
Ex 3:5-10
Acts 7:33-34
Ex 3:6
Matt 22:32
Ex 3:15
Mark 12:26, Acts 3:13
Ex 4:16
Rom 9:17
Ex 5:18
Jam 2:11
Ex 12:46
John 19:36
Ex 13:2
Luke 2:23
Ex 16:18
2 Cor 8:15
Ex 19:6
1 Pet 2:9
Ex 19:12-13
Heb 12:20
Ex 20:12-16
Matt 19:18-19
Ex 20:13
Matt 5:21
Ex 20:13-17
Rom 13:2 9
Ex 20:12
Matt 15:4
Ex 20:14
Matt 5:27
Ex 20:17
Rom 7:7
Ex 21:17
Matt 15:4, Mark 7:10
Ex 21:24
Matt 5:38
Ex 22:27
Acts 23:5
Ex 24:8
Heb 9:20
Ex 25:40
Heb 8:5
Ex 32:1
Acts 7:40
Ex 32:6
1 Co 10:17
Ex 33:19
Rom 9:15
Lev 10:9
Luke 1:15
Lev 12:8
Luke 2:24
Lev 18:5
Rom 10:5, Gal 3:12
Lev 19:2
1 Pet 1:16
Lev 19:12, Num 30:2
Matt 5:33
Lev 19:18
Mark 12:33
Lev 19:18
Matt 5:43,19:19,22:39
Lev 19:18
Mark 12:31, Gal 5:14,Jam 2:
Lev 23:29
Acts 3:23
Lev 24:20
Matt 5:38
Lev 26:12
2 Co 6:16
Num 16:
2 Tim 2:19
Num 27:17
Matt 9:36
Deut 5:16-20
Mark 10:1, Luke 18:20
Deut 24:14
Mark 10:19
Deut 5:16
Mark 7:10, Eph 6:2-3
Deut 5:17
Jas 2:11
Deut 4:24
Heb 12:29
Deut 4:3
Mark 12:32
Deut 6:5
Luke 10:27
Deut 6:4-5
Mark 12:29-30
Deut 6:5
Matt 22:37
Deut 6:13
Matt 4:10, Luke 4:8
Deut 6:16
Matt 4:7, Luke 4:12
Deut 8:3
Matt 4:4, Luke 4:4
Deut 9:4
Rom 10:6
Deut 30:12-14
Rom 10:6-8
Deut 9:19
Heb 12:21
Deut 17:7
1 Co 5:13
Deut 18:15-16
Acts 7:37, 3:12
Deut 19:15
Matt 18:16,2 Co 13:1
Deut 21:23
Gal 3:13
Deut 24:1,3
Matt 5:31, Matt 19:7, Mark 10:4
Deut 25:4
1 Co 9:9,1 Tim 5:18
Deut 25:5,7
Matt 22:24, Mark 12:19
Deut 27:26,
Gal 3:10
Deut 29:3
Rom 11:8
Deut 30:12-14
Heb 13:5
Deut 32:21
Rom 10:19
Deut 32:35-36
Rom 12:19
Deut 32:43
Rom 15:10
1 Sam 12:22
Rom 11:2
1 Sam 13:14
Acts 13:22
2 Sam 7:8
2 Co 6:18
2 Sam 7:14
Heb 1:5
2 Sam 22:50
Rom 15:9
1 Ki 19:10,12
Rom 11:3
1 Ki 19:`8
Rom 11:4
2 Ki 1:10,11
Luke 9:54, Rev 20:9
1 Chr 17:13
Rev 21:7
2 Ch 18:16, 30:2
Mark 6:34
Job 5:13
1 Co 3:19
Job 16:19
Mark 11:10
Job 41:3
Rom 11:35
Ps 2:7
Acts 13:33, Heb 1:5,5:5
Ps 2:9
Rev 2:26-27
Ps 4:5
Eph 4:26
Ps 5:10
Rom 3:13
Ps 6:9
Matt 7:23
Ps 8:2
Matt 21:16
Ps 8:5-7
Heb 2:6-8, 1 Co 15:27
Ps 10:7
Rom 3:14
Ps 14:1-3
Rom 3:10-12
Ps 16:8-11
Acts 2:25-28, 2:31,13:35
Ps 19:5
Rom 10:18
Ps 22:1
Matt 27:46, Mark 15:34
Ps 22:18
John 19:24, Matt 27:35, Mark 15:24, Luke 23:24
Ps 22:23
Heb 2:12
Ps 24:1
1 Co 10:26
Ps 31:6
Luke 23:46
Ps 32:1-2
Rom 4:7-8
Ps 34:9
1 Pet 2:3
Ps 34:13-17
1 Pet 3:10-12
Ps 34:21
Joh 15:25
Ps 36:2
Rom 3:18
Ps 40:10
Heb 10:5-7
Ps 41:10
Joh 13:18
Psa 42:5,11
Matt 26:38
Ps 43:5
Mark 14:34
Ps 44:23
Rom 8:36
Ps 45:7-8
Heb 1:8-9
Ps 51:6
Rom 3:4
Ps 62:12
Matt 16:27
Pro, 24:12
Rom 2:6
Ps 68:19
Eph 4:8
Ps 69:10
Joh 2:17
Ps 69:23-24
Rom 11:9-10
Ps 69:26
Acts 1:20
Ps 78:2
Matt 13:35
Ps 78:24
Joh 6:31
Ps 82:6
Joh 10:34
Ps 86:9
Rev 15:4
Ps 91:11-12
Matt 4:6, Luke 4:10-11
Ps 94:11
1 Co 3:20
Ps 95:7-11
Heb 3:7-11, 3:15,4:3,5,7
Ps 102:26-28
Heb 1:10-12
Ps 104:4
Heb 1:7
Ps 104:12
Matt 13:32, Mark 4:32, Luke 13:19
Ps 110:1
Matt 22:44, Mark 12:36, Luke 20:42-43, Acts 2:34-35, Heb 1:13
Ps 110:4
Heb 5:6,-10, Heb 7:17,21
Ps 111:2
Rev 15:3-4
Ps 112:9
2 Co 9:9
Ps 116:10
2 Co 4:13
Ps 117:2
Rom 15:11
Ps 118:6
Heb 13:6
Ps 118:22-23
Matt 21:42, Mark 12:10-11, Luke 20:17
Ps 118:22
Acts 4:11, 1 Pet 2:7
Ps 118:25-26
Matt 21:9,Mark 11:9-10, Joh 12:13, Matt 23:39
Ps 118:26
Luke 13:35, Luke 19:38
Ps 132:11
Acts 2:30
Pro 3:11-12
Heb 12:5-6
Pro 3:34
Jam 4:6, 1 Pet 5:5
Pro 11:31
1 Pet 4:18
Pro 25:21-22
Rom 12:20
Pro 26:11
2 Pet 2:22
Isa 1:9
Rom 9:29
Isa 6:9-10
Matt 13:14-15, Mark 4:12, Acts 28:26-27
Isa 6:9
Luke 8:10
Isa 6:10
Joh 12:40
Isa 7:14
Matt, 1:23
Isa 8:12-13
1 Pet 3:14-15
Isa 8:17-18
Heb 2:13
Isa 9:1-2
Matt 4:15-16
Isa 11:10
Rom 15:12
Isa 13:10
Matt 24:29, Mark 13:24-25
Isa 34:4
Luke 21:26
Isa 22:13
1 Co 15:32
Isa 25:8
1 Co 15:54, Rev 7:17
Isa 26:19
Matt 11:5
Isa 35:5-6
Luke 7:22
Isa 26:20
Heb 10:37-38
Isa 28:11-12
1 Co 14:21
Isa 29:13
Matt 15:8-9, Mark 1:3, Joh 1:23
Isa 40:6-8
1 Pet 1:24-25
Isa 40:13
Rom 11:34, 1 Co 2:16
Isa 42:1-4
Matt 12:18-21
Isa 45:23
Rom 14:11
Isa 49:6
Acts 13:47
Isa 49:8
2 Co 6:2
Isa 52:5
Rom 2:24
Isa 52:7
Rom 10:15
Isa 52:11
2 Co 6:17
Isa 52:15
Rom 15:21
Isa 53:1
Joh 12:38, Rom 8:17
Isa 53:7-8
Acts 8:32-33
Isa 53:9
1 Pet 2:23
Isa 53:12
Luke 22:37
Isa 54:1
Gal 4:27
Isa 54:13
Joh 6:45
Isa 55:3
Acts 13:34
Isa 55:10
2 Co 9:10
Isa 56:7
Matt 21:13
Jer 7:11
Mark 11:17, Luke 19:46
Isa 59:7-8
Rom 3:15-17
Isa 59:20-21
Rom 11:26-27
Isa 61:1-2
Luke 4:18-19
Isa 62:11
Matt 21:5
Isa 64:3
1 Co 2:9
Isa 65:1-2
Rom10:10-21
Isa 65:17
2 Pet 3:13
Isa 66:1-2
Acts 7:49-50
Jer 5:21
Mark 8:18
Jer 9:23
1 Co 1:31, 2 Co 10:17
Jer31:15
Matt 2:18
Jer 31:31-34
Heb 8:8-12
Ezk 11:20
Rev 21:7
Ezk 37:5, 10
Rev 11:11
Dan 3:6
Matt13:42, 50
Dan 7:13
Matt 24:30, 26:64, Mark 13:26,14:62, Luke 21:27,22:69
Dan 9:27
Matt 24:15
Dan 11:31
Mark 13:14
Hos 2:1, 3
Rom 9:25-28
Hos 6:6
Matt 9:13, Matt 12:7
Hos 10:8
Luke 23:30, Rev 6:16
Hos 11:1
Matt 2:15
Hos 13:14
1 Co 15:55
Joel 3:1-5
Acts 2:17-21, Rom 10:13
Amos 5:25-27
Acts 7:42-43
Amos 9:11-12
Acts 15:16-17
Jonah 2:17
Matt 12:40
Mic 5:2
Matt 2:6
Mic 7:6
Matt 10:35-36
Hab 2:3-4
Rom 1:17, Gal 3:11
Hab 1:5
Acts 13:41
Hag 2:6, 21
Heb 12:26
Zac 8:16
Eph 4:25
Zech 9:9
Joh 12:15
Zac 11:12-13
Matt 27:9-10
Zac 12:10
Joh 19:37
Zac 13:7
Matt 26:31, Mark 14:27
Mal 1:2-3
Rom 9:13
Mal 3:1
Matt 11:10, Mark 1:2,Luke 7:27
Mal 4:5-6
Matt 17:10-11
 
 

A sandwich tried to get a reservation at a restaurant, but the waiter said they don’t serve food there.
 
 
There are three types of people: those who can count and those who can’t.
 
 
He was addicted to the hokey pokey, but thankfully, he turned himself around.
 
 
I finished the puzzle in six months, even though the box said it would take 4 to 5 years.
 
 
I’ve had amnesia for as long as I can…
 
 
It was an emotional wedding — even the cake was in tiers.
 
 
 

Why did the elderly man fall into the well?
 
He couldn't see that well.
 
 
An airplane crashed and every single person died.
Who survived?
 
 
Married couples.
 
 
Researchers at Stanford University, working under a government funded grant,
have discovered the leading cause of dry skin.
 
 
Towels.

What is the difference between a well dressed man on a bicycle
and a poorly dressed man on a unicycle?
 
 
Attire.

What is the difference between a well dressed man on a bicycle
and a poorly dressed man on a unicycle?
 
 
Attire.

Hey! Let's make murder a state's issue and keep the Feds out of it!
Sorry about Trump change but only God knows what will happen if an alternate candidate wins.
 
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body,
the flesh of thy sons and thy daughters,
which the LORD thy God hath given thee,
in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate,
his eye shall be evil toward his brother,
and toward the wife of his bosom,
and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat:
because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
Deuteronomy 28:53-55
 
 
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Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin
 
John Rogers acapella Hymns
 
  And Can It Be that I Should Gain?
 
A Capella Hymns
 
 

I Sing The Mighty Power Of God
 
Isaac Watts

Music: 'Ellacombe' from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle, Wurttemberg
 
 
1 I sing the mighty pow'r of God, That made the mountains rise; That spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies. I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day: The moon shines full at His command, And all the stars obey.
 
2 I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food: He formed the creatures with His word, And then pronounced them good. Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed, Where'er I turn my eye; If I survey the ground I tread, Or gaze upon the sky.
 
3 There's not a plant or flow'r below, But makes Thy glories known; And clouds arise and tempests blow, By order from Thy throne. Creatures that borrow life from Thee Are subject to Thy care: There's not a place where we can flee, But God is present there.
 

Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
 
George Frideric Handel
 
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 
The kingdom of this world
Is become the kingdom of our Lord,
And of His Christ, and of His Christ;
And He shall reign for ever and ever,
For ever and ever, forever and ever,
King of kings, and Lord of lords,
King of kings, and Lord of lords, :
And Lord of lords,
And He shall reign,
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings, forever and ever,
And Lord of lords,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings! and Lord of lords! :
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Blessed Assurance
 
Fanny Crosby and Phoebe Palmer Knapp
 
1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. 
 
CHORUS
 
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
 
  2 Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
 
 
CHORUS
 
  3 Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Savior am happy and blest;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
 
 
CHORUS
 

Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
 
Elisha Albright Hoffman and Anthony Johnson Showalter
 
1 What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
 
Chorus 


Leaning, leaning,
Safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.


2 O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
O how bright the path grows from day to day,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
 
CHORUS


3 What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!
 
CHORUS



 

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
 
Isaac Watts
 
1 When I survey the wond'rous Cross
On which the Prince of Glory dy'd,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.


2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God:
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.


3 See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did ever such love and sorrow meet?
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?


4  His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o'er his body on the tree;
Then am I dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.


5 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Standing On The Promises
 
Russell K. Carter
 
1 Standing on the promises of Christ my king,
through eternal ages let his praises ring;
glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
standing on the promises of God.
 
CHORUS

Standing, standing, 
standing on the promises of God my Savior;
standing, standing,
I’m standing on the promises of God.
 
2 Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
by the living Word of God I shall prevail,
standing on the promises of God. 
 
CHORUS
 
3 Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
bound to him eternally by love’s strong cord,
overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
standing on the promises of God. 
 
CHORUS
 
4 Standing on the promises I cannot fall,
listening every moment to the Spirit’s call,
resting in my Savior as my all in all,
standing on the promises of God.
 
CHORUS
 

The Old Rugged Cross
 
George Bennard
 
1 On a hill far away, stood an old rugged Cross
The emblem of suffering and shame
And I love that old Cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
 
CHORUS
 
So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross
Till my trophies, at last, I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged Cross
And exchange it some day for a crown.
 
CHORUS
 
2 Oh, that old rugged Cross so despised by the world
Has a wondrous attraction for me
For the dear Lamb of God, left His Glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.
 
CHORUS
 
3 In the old rugged Cross, stained with blood so divine
A wondrous beauty I see
For the dear Lamb of God, left His Glory above
To pardon and sanctify me.
 
CHORUS
 
4 To the old rugged Cross, I will ever be true
Its shame and reproach gladly bear
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away
Where His glory forever I'll share.
 
CHORUS
 
   

Hallelujah! What a Savior!
 
Phillip P. Bliss
 
1 “Man of Sorrows!” what a name
For the Son of God, who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
 
2 Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
 
3 Guilty, vile, and helpless we;
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
“Full atonement!” can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
 
4 Lifted up was He to die;
“It is finished!” was His cry;
Now in Heav’n exalted high.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
 
5 When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring,
Then anew His song we’ll sing:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
 
 

Up from The Grave He Arose
 
Robert Lowry
 
1 Low in the grave He lay,
Jesus my Savior,
Waiting the coming day,
Jesus my Lord!
 
 
CHORUS
 
 
Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,
He arose a victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever,
With His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!
 
 
2 Vainly they watch His bed,
Jesus my Savior;
Vainly they seal the dead,
Jesus my Lord!
 
 
CHORUS
 
 
3 Death cannot keep its prey,
Jesus my Savior;
He tore the bars away,
Jesus my Lord!
 
 
CHORUS
 
 
 
 

 

Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
 
Dorothy A. Thrupp and William B. Bradbury
 
1 Saviour, like a shepherd lead us,
Much we need Thy tender care;
In Thy pleasant pastures feed us,
For our use Thy folds prepare:
Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus,
Thou hast bought us, Thine we are;
Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus,
Thou hast bought us, Thine we are.


2 We are Thine; do Thou befriend us,
Be the Guardian of our way;
Keep Thy flock, from sin defend us,
Seek us when we go astray:
Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus,
Hear, O hear us when we pray;
Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus,
Hear, O hear us when we pray.


3 Thou hast promised to receive us,
Poor and sinful tho' we be;
Thou hast mercy to relieve us,
Grace to cleanse, and pow'r to free:
Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus,
Early let us turn to Thee;
Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus,
Early let us turn to Thee.

4 Early let us seek Thy favor;
Early let us do Thy will;
Blessed Lord and only Saviour,
With Thy love our bosoms fill:
Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus,
Thou hast loved us, love us still;
Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus,
Thou hast loved us, love us still.
 

Come, Thou Almighty King
 
Unknown, Felice de Giardini
 
1 Come, Thou Almighty King, Help us Thy name to sing,
Help us to praise:
Father, all-glorious, O'er all victorious,
Come, and reign over us, Ancient of Days.

2 Come, Thou Incarnate Word, Gird on Thy mighty sword,
Our prayer attend:
Come, and Thy people bless, And give Thy word success:
Spirit of holiness, On us descend.

3 Come, Holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour:
Thou who almighty art, Now rule in ev'ry heart,
And ne'er from us depart, Spirit of pow'r.

4 To the great One in Three Eternal praises be
Hence, evermore!
His sov'reign majesty May we in glory see,
And to eternity Love and adore!

Be Still, My Soul
 
Katharina von Schlegel and Jean Sibelius
 
1 Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In ev'ry change He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heav'nly Friend
Thro' thorny ways leads to a joyful end.


2 Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.


3 Be still, my soul: the hour is hast'ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

O God, Our Help in Ages Past
 
Isaac Watts and William Croft
 
1 Our God, our Help in ages past,
our Hope for years to come,
our Shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal Home.
 
2 Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is Thine arm alone,
and our defense is sure.
 
3 Before the hills in order stood
or earth received its frame,
from everlasting Thou art God,
to endless years the same.
 
4 A thousand ages in Thy sight
are like an ev'ning gone,
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.
 
5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all its sons away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the op'ning day.
 
6 Our God, our Help in ages past,
our Hope for years to come,
be Thou our Guide while life shall last,
and our eternal Home!
     
 

How Great Thou Art
 
Carl Bobert
 
1 O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
 
CHORUS


Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
 


2 When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.
 
 
CHORUS
 


3Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
 
 
CHORUS

 

4 And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.
 
 
CHORUS

 


5 When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"
 
 
CHORUS