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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, Derrick & Alecia and sons Coty
& Carson Clements, Frank Trusty, 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, Martha
Gray, Joshua Kidd, Matthew Kidd, Kevin Henderson, Ronnie Henderson Jr. &
Daughter Ashley, Lilly Stansord, Vickie Sims,
Debbie Farmer, Terry Farmer, Morgan Murchison, Jim Stagner,
Bro. & Mrs. Hammond, Don & Neil Hammond, Charles Hammond, Eric
Hammond, Archie & Barbara Griffin & son Daniel, Bro. & Sister Bob
Keller, 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, Letha Langford, Brother & Sister Kelley
Hinson and Kelley Lee, Billy and Jo Hobbs, Jerry Hughes, Sister Nita Bookout,
Roger Bookout, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr, Janie Capps, Gina Sullivan,
Katie Norton, Imajo Tracy, Sister Jean Dodson and
Family, Linda Hughes, Roy Lemmon, Marshall
Risinger, Jeremiah Kelleher, Jack Johnson, and Bro.
Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia. |
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The Pastors Corner: How does God save sinners? God has one form of saving the lost sinner, and it is through the
preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul told us in 1 Corinthians
1:18 “For the preaching of the cross is
to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power
of God.” The preaching of the gospel for salvation is foolishness to them
that believe it takes more than the simple preaching to save the lost because
they know not the way of salvation. The word “power” in 1 Corinthians 1:18 means – force or miraculous power –
which is what it takes to save the lost, it takes the power of God. Now this
does not mean that we as pastors or ministers have the power to save the lost
but that God CHOSE to use this preaching to save the lost sinner. It is the
message of the gospel that pricks the heart and causes one to accept the
gospel; however this is only possible because the Holy Spirit of God causes
the heart to be pricked. In our text scripture we see the rich man speaking to Abraham, the rich
man being in hell and Abraham being in his bosom. The rich man was so
tormented that he wanted Abraham to send Lazarus from the dead to cause his
father and brothers to believe. However Abraham said “…If they hear not Moses
and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the
dead.” In other words nothing outside of the gospel has the power to
cause a sinner to repent and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ. God has a
system, and that system is the only one that will work because it is the way
that God has chosen to save the lost sinner. Man can invent millions of
different ways to cause a sinner to repent, but the only sure way that works
is by hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Therefore all these invented ways
of causing one to be saved are in vain. All the hell movies, scare houses,
hell fire sermons and etc. are useless and in vain, and yes this includes the
decision and choice myth also. You will never find any preacher that can out
do one rising from the dead and if that will not work than nothing else man
can invent will work. Salvation only comes from the simple message of the gospel of Jesus
Christ, therefore some preachers need to stop attempting to show how powerful
they are and simply preach the Gospel. Every time in the scriptures you find
someone witnessing to a lost sinner they are simply telling them about Jesus
Christ and nothing else. This is because this is the path that God has chosen
to save the lost sinner. How simple, and how wonderful, God saves sinners and
uses His word to do it. Abraham said “…They
have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.” Because nothing, even
the dead rising from the grave will cause them to repent. So if you are going
to be saved you will hear the message of the pastor or minister because they
are Gods sent men with the message from God. So in conclusion, to them that
invent other ways to prick the heart of the lost sinner, God has a message
for you, “To the law and to the
testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there
is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:20 AMEN! |
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A Thought For The Week: Man Or Worm I recently heard a Baptist preacher say: "When I was lost, I
wanted to be saved, I thought, If I could just get
saved!" I ask: Do you think somewhere in the world there is worm who wants to be a man, and is sincerely trying to be a
man? The lettered and unlettered man bluntly replies; "Of course not,
the question is utterly absurd." I fully concur with the reply, such a
thought is rank foolishness, but I can as easy believe there is somewhere in
the world a worm who wants to be a man, as there is somewhere in the world an
unsaved person who in truth wants to be saved from his or her sins. For the sake of honesty, I present an impossible hypothesis, and ask:
Which account would you believe if it were left to your discretion, the lost
man who said he wanted to be saved, or the supposition that there is a worm
somewhere that wants to be a man? To allow there is in this world a worm who
wants to be a man is no more ridiculous that to say, there is a lost person
who in truth wants to be saved. To opt for the man or the worm would be
equally foolish, but if there was any weight in the matter it would be on the
part of the worm, for I have never read nor heard of a worm that hated God.
Conversely, there is not ONE person whose heart is not filled with enmity
against God. It is the epitome of ignorance to say a person wants to become
that which he hates with a perfect hatred. (John 15:18, 25, Romans 1:30, 8:7;
etc.). By Brother
Oscar Mink, former Pastor of our church, now with our Lord. |
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Is Jesus like anybody we know? By J. R. Miller 1902 A little child, after reading in the New Testament
one day, asked her mother, "Is Jesus like anybody we know?" The
child was eager to discover just what were the elements of
the character of Christ, His disposition, His spirit, the mind that was in
Him. |