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Sovereign
Grace Missionary Baptist Church 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 Elder Randy Johnson, Pastor Bro.
Ronnie Henderson, Song Director "Where
The Truths Of God’s Word Are Still Taught" |
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You Were Asked To Pray For: All
of Our Military, Their Family’s & All the Civilian Workers in The Middle
East, Zee Mink Fuller and Family, Her son’s Bryan Armstrong and Hunter
Hackie, Daughter Shannon, and Brother Philip & Sondra Thornsberry,
Virgil & Alice Hoskins and his daughters Liz Janis and Debbie Gray, Frank
& Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston, Helen Maggard, Renee Jackson, LarryMollette,
Larry Mollette II & Family, Linda Mollette, Kirby Mollette, Kerry
Pennington, Kim Butler, Danny & Nita Mollette,
Verna Mae Allen, Wendell Henderson, Judy Dunn, Joshua Kidd, Matthew Kidd,
Ronnie Henderson Jr, Donnie Henderson, Kevin
Henderson, Ricky Henderson, Rosalie Graves, Terry Hanson, Jim Stagner, Bro. & Mrs. Hammond, Don Hammond, Archie
& Barbara Griffin & son Daniel, Larry Platt, Bro. & Sister Bob
Keller, Wanda Fowler, Kathy Rosinbaum, Brenda Galusha and Jewel, Mary Ramsey, Donna Johnson, Fay
Johnson, Bobby Walker, Luann Reynolds, Bro. & Sis. Curtis Pugh, Timothy
and Nathan Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jim & Linda Meier, Brother David &
Sister Anne Shortt, Brother Manuel Seymour &
Family, Doris Hammock, Letha Langford, Leacho Tittle, Brother & Sister Kelley Hinson and Wesley,
Brother & Sister Frank James, Billy and Jo Hobbs, Jerry Hughes, Nita Bookout’s Niece, Pastor G. L. Burr, Alicia Lightsey, Melody Carr, Betty, Gina, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia. |
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A Thought From C. H. Spurgeon: THE DIVINE LIGHT IN DARKNESS It may be that my soul
sits in darkness; and if this be of a spiritual kind, no human power can
bring me light. Blessed be God! He can enlighten my darkness, and at once
light my candle. Even though I may be surrounded by a "darkness which
might be felt," yet He can break the gloom, and immediately make it
bright around me. The mercy is, that if He
lights the candle none can blow it out, neither will it go out for lack of
substance, nor burn out of itself through the lapse of hours. The lights
which the Lord kindled in the beginning are shining still. The Lord's lamps
may need trimming, but He does not put them out. Let me, then, like the
nightingale, sing in the dark. Expectation shall furnish me with music, and
hope shall pitch the tune. Soon I shall rejoice in a candle of God's
lighting. I am dull and dreary just now. Perhaps it is the weather, or bodily
weakness, or the surprise of a sudden trouble; but whatever has made the
darkness, it is God alone who will bring the light. My eyes are unto Him
alone. I shall soon have the candles of the Lord shining about me; and,
further on in His own good time, I shall be where they need no candle,
neither light of the sun. Hallelujah! |
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A Though From Pastor Johnson: Be Ye Harmless As Doves! I have over the last couple of weeks had an email
exchange with a person known only as Dsa Dsa. I know nothing about this person, and sadly this
person knows nothing about Baptist. Dsa first
emailed me to let me know that Baptist do not read their bibles and due to
that they know nothing about God and are basically ignorant. I emailed Dsa a reply to attempt to find out why he/she had such a
hate for Baptist and witnessed to this person about salvation in Jesus
Christ, because I was concerned about them going to hell. Dsa
returned an email to me and said they did not believe in hell and if I would
read my bible I would know that. I returned an email to Dsa
and warned them hell is a real place and if they did not believe in Jesus
Christ that would be their eternal home. Dsa
returned my email with the following disturbing words, “why would god let
people burn and have pain forever and ever when it says in the bible that he
is the god of love? I just wonder if you realy
understand the bible. becuse
i have seen what you do to for example people that
died in aids. a group of baptists
standing beside their grave and have signs against people that have sex or
something. that is just rong.
you dont do something like
that..” This is Dsa’s exact last email unedited.
First this person knows nothing about Baptist, there are many different kinds
of religious organizations that call themselves “Baptist” for example you
have many different kinds of “Independent Baptist”, the “SBC”, the ABA, the
BMA, and etc and none of them believe exactly the same. Baptist are not like most religious organizations i.e. the
Catholics where we have one leader and the rest follow him i.e. the Pope. We
are Independent Baptist and are not associated with any other church or
organization. We make the bible our rule of law and no man on earth has
control of the Lord’s church except Him. I have no idea who Dsa is referring to in their email except maybe the
notorious radicals themselves the radical Westboro
Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas whom are NOT
Baptist. Just because a religious organization such as Westboro
Baptist Church calls themselves Baptist does not
make them Baptist. The only way to tell if a Baptist church is truly Baptist is to look at their doctrinal belief and church
history because many who call themselves Baptist do not even know what real
Baptist believe. It sickens me to drive down the street and see some of the
pathetic signs in front of some of these so-called Baptist churches. Let’s
get back to Dsa, We as real Baptist do read our
bibles and hell does exist and if you would read your bible you would also
understand that it is a real place. Next we as Baptist do not protest, we do not wish evil on the persons that are homosexual
or anything else. We as Baptist trust the Lord to control all things and if
God allows it to happen who are we to attempt to change it? Dsa, you said if God is a God of love then how can He
allow someone to go to hell, this is an age old question and mostly asked by
lost people. God is a God of love however God hates sin and God also hates
the sinner because they rebel against Him and God told Adam if he ate of the
forbidden fruit he would surly die. If you would read Revelations you could
get a better understanding of God’s wrath on mankind in the future. The love
of God is this, God loves those who trust in Jesus Christ as their Saviour,
but not everyone who lives on the earth, and if you would read Romans (as
well as other places in the bible) you would see sin put man against God and
God punishes sin. As far as Aids and other disease we as Baptist do not enjoy
a gay person contracting Aids or any other disease and a real Baptist would
never go to a grave and carry signs condemning their life’s actions. We as
Baptist are a loving people and try to be as “wise as serpents, and harmless
as doves.” We do not judge the actions of the world; we stand up for our own
rights and the rights of God but not in judgment of this world. God will
judge this world and their sinful actions. However Dsa
in closing this article, we as Baptist will pray for you that God will have
grace on you to give you a true understanding of his word. |
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Your life preaches all the week! A man is what he is on his knees before God--and nothing more! In great
measure, according to the purity of the instrument, will be success. It is
not great talents which God blesses--so much as great likeness to Jesus! A
holy minister is a powerful weapon in the hand of God! Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on
this; for your sermons last but an hour or two--but your life preaches all
the week! If Satan can only make a minister covetous; or a lover of praise,
or of pleasure, or of fine eating--he has ruined your ministry! "Lord, make me as holy as a pardoned sinner can be!" |