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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, Charles Hammond, Archie & Barbara Griffin & son Daniel, Bro.
& Sister Bob Keller, Wanda Fowler, Kathy Rosinbaum,
Brenda Galusha and Jewel, Mary Ramsey, Donna
Johnson, Fay Johnson, 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 Kelley Lee,
Billy and Jo Hobbs, Jerry Hughes, Sister Nita Bookout and her Niece, Pastor
G. L. Burr, Alicia Lightsey, Melody Carr, Betty, Janie
Capps, Kathy Johnson, Doyle Thomas, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov
and the Churches in Russia. |
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A Thought From Pastor Johnson: The counsel of God is always accomplished! As we draw closer and closer to the second coming we see more and more
doubt and even among some who (at the least) call themselves Christians. I
can understand in some ways how there is some doubt because in most
“churches” (or some that call themselves a church) doubt is taught from the
pulpit every single service. We heard a local Pastor of a “Baptist Church”
(or so they call themselves) speaking about John 1:14 and he said “God took a
chance in coming to this world in the form of a man in that He could have
failed, but we are thankful He did not”. Beloved this an
ignorant statement does not deserve a good insult so I will just say
“hogwash”. God never “takes a chance” God is sovereign in every possible way
and the counsel of His will is always accomplished Ephesians 1:11. It has to
make one wonder what kind of ignorant professors are teaching at Baptist
seminaries. What has happened to simple Bible Baptist Theology? The simplest
minded Baptist Preacher understands this; it was the first thing my professor
at the Country Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs, Texas taught me. Brother
Hammond (my professor) would have made me direct traffic in the middle of
Interstate 30 if even in my youngest ministry I had said something as asinine
as that about God. I can still recall the look (almost like it was seconds
ago) he gave me in my first sermon when I said we had a choice in salvation; it
is still a nightmare to me and this kind of statement I am afraid he would
have beat with a water hose (just a joke Ha! Ha!). Beloved God never took a
chance at anything; He is absolutely sovereign in every possible way. It is
man that has failed to keep the sovereignty of God alive. How could we ever
have trust in a God that “took a chance” or was not in absolute control over
everything, or has not predestinated all things to come to pass at His own will. The scripture could not be more clear “For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
Here we have a woman past her child barren years in Elisabeth the mother of
John the Baptist be with child because God made it
possible. However this is not the first time we have seen this because
thousands of years before we saw Sarah the wife of Abraham have a son after
her child barren years. The scriptures cannot be mistaken, God always
accomplishes His own will and that is without man’s assistance in any way.
Some Preachers will say that God cannot change mans will but that also is
“hogwash”, beloved God changed Paul’s will and if you are saved He has
changed your will also. When Jesus was speaking to the young rich man and
told him to sell all that he had and give it to the poor notice what Jesus
said “When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who
then can be saved? (26.)But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this
is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Matthew 19:25-26 what
Jesus had just said is if God had wanted this young man truly saved then He
(God) would have saved him but unfortunately for this young rich man that was
not God’s will; but rather God showing him (mankind) that we do not have the
ability within ourselves to change. Beloved this is fact; God can do and does as He please, when He please,
and in the matter He pleases and He depends on no one or anything for help,
and this is what is meant by we serve a sovereign God. He did not take a
chance on the young rich man selling what he had and giving it to the poor
because He already knew that he would not. This was not a condition for
salvation it was simply and example of mans greed. This is why we trust in
God, because we know His will is always accomplished and this is why we can
say “And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also
to perform. Romans 4:21. Chance, I don’t think so! |
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Burning Lips and a Wicked Heart, By Cha Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr. It is written: “Where no wood
is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no
talebearer, the strife ceaseth. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to
fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. The words of a talebearer are as wounds,
and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a
potsherd covered with silver dross.” (Prov. 26:20-23) A church of the Lord Jesus Christ ought to be a precious blessing in
the lives of all its members. The
fellowship should be the sweetest place on earth, a refuge from the turmoil
of the world, a sanctuary of kindness.
Sadly, in these days this is the exception and not the rule. Burning lips in the midst have too often
turned the sweetness into bitterness, and wicked hearts have poisoned the
kindness of the sanctuary. Far too many loving fellowships have suffered and
been damaged by these burning lips and wicked hearts. God will not hold them guiltless. These vile emissaries of Satan always give
the illusion of doing the service of God, but “by their fruits ye shall know
them.” The Apostle Paul describes them as “wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things
which they ought not.” (I Tim. 5:13)
The Apostle Peter says they are “a busybody in other men’s matters.”
(I Peter 4:15) King Solomon refers to
them as fools when he writes: “...but every fool will be meddling.” (Prov.
20:3) He also says, “When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven
abominations in his heart. Whose
hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed
before the whole congregation.” (Prov. 26:25-26) These are stern words indeed, yet
appropriate in their context.
“Tattlers,” “busybodies,” and “fools” are what they are and need to be
recognized as God has labeled them.
They have burning lips and wicked hearts that strive for destruction. The Apostle Paul exhorts the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ to
“study to be quiet, and to do your own business.” (I Thess. 4:11) If more time were spent on this truth, the
churches of the Lord would be much sweeter and kinder places for
sanctuary. Church members would find
it to be a precious sweetness to enter into its doors and fellowship. Burning lips and wicked hearts are a plague
upon the Lord’s churches that constantly require diligent purging. |
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Upcoming Speaking Event: Pastor Johnson will be speaking at the Northside Baptist Church in Oakdale, La during their
Annual Bible Conference March 19 - 21 Please contact their Pastor Brother
Larry Wilson at http://www.northside-baptist.com for more information or
visit http://www.baptistsonline.org/upcoming_events.htm Please plan to attend
if you can. |