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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, Grandchildren, and his daughters Liz Janis and
Debbie Gray, Alecia Clements, Bryndon
Thomas, Frank & Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston,
Helen Maggard, Renee Jackson, Larry Mollette, 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, Brother
& Sister Frank James, Billy and Jo Hobbs, Jerry Hughes, Sister Nita Bookout and her Niece, Pastor G. L. Burr, Alicia Lightsey, Melody Carr, Betty, Gina, Janie Capps, Kathy
Johnson, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches
in Russia. |
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A Though From Pastor Johnson: Did God Die On The Cross? I was at a bible conference last weekend and had made mention in the
sermon that “It was not God who died on the cross but rather the Son of man”
and two men at the conference approached me with questions about my statement
and had insisted that God indeed did die on the cross. So the question is did
God die on the cross? I say no, God cannot die. This is a question that can
be only answered by a proper understanding of the “Incarnation of Christ” The
word “incarnation” is like the word “rapture” neither one are biblical terms
but they are both well defined in the scriptures. When I say that God did not
die on the cross I certainly do not want to belittle the death of Christ at
all and I do not. God is an eternal being and because of that
very fact He cannot die nor can any part of Him die or else He would
not be an eternal God. The word incarnation put simple is two completely
separate natures in one body i.e. the Son of God and the Son of man. With
this understanding we have the eternal Son of God in a human body known as
the Son of man with two separate natures; however the two natures are not
mixed or confounded. The Son of God was not born but rather the Son of man
because the Son of God is eternal, The Son of God did not grow and learn
because the Son of God is omniscient, just as the Son of God did not die He
is eternal. One of these two men asked me what I was going to do with the
scripture that read “God died” but after an extensive bible search I cannot
find such a scripture. Ever search showed me that Christ died, or the Son of
man died, but never God died or the Son of God died. My question is this why
did Christ cry on the cross “…My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Matthew 27:46. The word forsaken comes from the Greek word egkataleipō and means to leave behind in some place or to desert and we certainly know that God would never
desert the Son of Man while on the cross so we must take the idea that there
was a separation which means the word here means to leave behind in some place. With that being said I believe
just before death deity had separated from humanity leaving the Son of man to
die on the cross. Some will say that this belittles the sacrifice and makes it
insignificant but I must ask why? In the temptation was Satan tempting the
Son of God or the Son of man? Satan is a fallen angel and knows God and knows
God cannot be tempted so therefore he must have been tempting the Son of man.
It does seem that Satan did not fully understand this man was the Son of God
“And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this
stone that it be made bread.” Luke 4:3. While it is true that in one you have
the other however the fact remains there were two separate natures in this
one body. The Son of man was no less a redeeming sacrifice for our sins than
the Son of God. The Son of man was the perfect sacrifice because He had lived
a perfect life and by that I mean a sin free life and that alone makes Him a
sufficient sacrifice. These two men also quoted past theologians such as Calvin, Wesley, and
etc. and I must say to a point all of these men all had some wonderful
theology; however we must put in mind all of these were men of reformation
meaning they were reformers of Catholicism and still carried a lot of
Catholicism doctrine in their hearts and minds. As a Baptist I do not adhere
to Catholicism in fact I do not find much that I do agree with them on, if
anything. I also read and study a lot of these men but with a grain of salt.
Let us remember they are just men, very smart men but not infallible. God was
not born and God did not die, please do not allow ourselves to belittle God
and make Him like ourselves. |
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Hate Crimes: The new hate crimes bill just passed by the
Congress and signed into law by President Obama will make it illegal for
American Preachers and Christians to speak against Homosexual acts and
Abortion but this is not just an American injustice, I received the following
email from a brother in Christ we support in Russia. Please remember this is
the actual email and the translation is not great. We all need to be in much
prayer. Dear Randy, your family and church of the God at
you, Bro. Sergey |