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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, Kirby Mollette, Kerry Pennington, Kim Butler, Danny
& Nita Mollette, Verna Mae Allen, Wendell Henderson, Judy Dunn, Joshua
Kidd, Matthew Kidd, Kevin Henderson, Ronnie Henderson Jr., Vickie Sims,
Debbie and Morgan Farmer, Jim Stagner, Bro. &
Mrs. Hammond, Don & Neil Hammond, Charles Hammond, Eric 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, Brother
& Sister Kelley Hinson and Kelley Lee, Billy and Jo Hobbs, Jerry Hughes, Sister
Nita Bookout and her Niece, Roger Bookout, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr,
Betty, Janie Capps, Scott and Gina Sillivan, Katie
Norton, An unnamed child, Imajo Tracy, Mike Hux, and Bro.
Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia. |
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A Thought From Pastor Johnson: Every Knee shall one day bow to The Lord Jesus
Christ As I drive down the road I see many vehicles with many different types
of bumper stickers and I must admit most religious bumper stickers are truly
hard to look at. One that comes to mind is the one with a child kneeling at a
cross and the words read “every knee shall bow”. Well the statement is so
very true, but the image is wrong, every knee will one day bow to the man
Christ Jesus but not on the cross but rather at the Great White Throne
Judgment. Folk’s the cross is worthless, it is true our Saviour died on a
cross but the cross is not to be an image of worship; it is cursed because of
its involvement in the crucifixion. The cross is what God calls a false
graven image and don’t the Ten Commandments tell us not to worship any graven
images? In fact I believe it is the second of ten, the first commandment
tells that God will not honor any other gods and the second says “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:” Exodus 20:4. We are not to
have “…any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath…” which would include images of angels, Jesus, heaven, hell,
demons, Satan, and yes even the cross. The cross is not our Saviour, it is
not Divine, it will not save your soul from eternal damnation, and no, man
will not bow to the cross, they will bow to Jesus Christ the Saviour of
mankind, the Eternal God and He is not on the cross. A cross of any kind is a
false graven image; yes even the one on your church building if they have
one. This is true also of pictures of Jesus; they also are false graven
images because there are no true pictures of Jesus. There are no pictures of
the Lord’s last supper, or etc. Some may ask “what are we to use to make our
point about Jesus Christ”? Well I will tell you the same as I would tell
these church that have the readable signs in front of their church buildings
and put up all of these ignorant saying, how about scripture? What is wrong
with simply using scripture on the bumper stickers, or on the signs in front
of the church buildings? Why must there be picture’s involved? So you may ask
“what makes them false graven images”? Well, they cause you to further break
God’s commandment “Thou shalt not bow down thyself
to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me;” Exodus 20:5. Here we see that one day every knee shall bow before the man Christ
Jesus in whose hand is put all judgment, of the saved and of the lost. Two
separate judgments, with this one happening at the great white throne.
Christians have already bowed to the Saviour and will for all eternity, but
the lost have yet to do this but will someday. This includes every soul that
has ever lived on this earth that was not saved. When they stand before the
Lord Jesus Christ recognizing Him for the power, authority, and dignity He is
due they will recognize His Majesty and as God, they will recognize His power
over them, and they will recognize His authority over them when He cast them
into eternal destruction for ever. This will not (like the tribulation
period) be a time for grace and mercy but a time for condemnation. They
failed to worship the Lord Jesus Christ here on this earth, but at this time
they will worship Him as God, only to His pleasure. All of those that mock
His blessed name, refuse His majesty, and refuse Him as Saviour will one day
admit that He is. EVERY ONE! |
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But Now The Tune Is Changed: Conversion turns the bent of the affections. These
all run in a new channel. Christ is now his hope. This is his prize. Here his
eye is—here his heart. He is content to cast all overboard, as the merchant in
the storm about to perish—so that he may but keep this jewel. The first of his desires is not after gold—but grace. He hungers for
it, he seeks it as silver, he digs for it as for
hidden treasure. He had rather be gracious than great. He had rather be the
holiest man on earth than the most learned, the most famous, the most
prosperous. While carnal, he said, 'O if I were but in great esteem, rolling
in wealth, and swimming in pleasure—then I would be a happy man!' But now the
tune is changed. 'Oh!' says the convert, 'if I had but my corruptions
subdued, if I had such a measure of grace, and fellowship with God—though I
were poor and despised, I would not care, I would account myself a blessed
man!' Reader, is this the language of your soul? |
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Condition Of Blessing: "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be
meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith
the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you
out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it," Mal.
3:10 Many read and plead this promise without
noticing the condition upon which the blessing is promised. We cannot expect
Heaven to be opened or blessing poured out unless we pay our dues unto the
Lord our God and to His cause. There would be no lack of funds for holy
purposes if all professing Christians paid their fair share. Many are poor because they rob God. Many
churches, also, miss the visitations of the Spirit because they starve their
ministers. If there is no temporal meat for God's servants, we need not
wonder if their ministry has but little food in it for our souls. When
missions pine for means, and the work of the Lord is
hindered by an empty treasury, how can we look for a large amount of
soul-prosperity? Come, come! What have I given of late? Have
I been mean to my God? Have I stinted my Saviour? This will never do. Let me
give my Lord Jesus His tithe by helping the poor, and aiding His work, and
then I shall prove His power to bless me on a large scale. By Charles
Spurgeon from his “Faith’s Checkbook” |