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Sovereign Grace
Missionary Baptist Church 1217 Dillon Dr. (Wake Village) Texarkana, Texas 75501 February 20, 2005 Elder Randy Johnson, Pastor Bro. Ronnie Henderson, Song Director Pastor E-Mail: sgmbcpastor@countrybaptist.org Web Site: www.countrybaptist.org/sgmbc |
| Please Pray For: Virgil and Alice Hoskins & His Daughter Debbie Wenske & Great Grandson Coty, Ronnie & Sarah Henderson, Wendell & Hazel Henderson, Joe Henderson, Randy Henderson, Larry & Linda Mollette, Donna Johnson, Vinson Hoskins, Rosa Graves, Bobby & Vickie Thompson and Family, Mrs. Thompson, Raymond Hammond, Fay Johnson, Brad Hensley, Sovereign Grace Baptist Church Mansfield, Ohio, Bro. Curtis & Sister Janet Pugh, Zee Mink and Family, Her son Bryan Armstrong and Sister – in - law Sondra Thornsberry, Larry Mollette II, Danny & Nita Mollette (about moving here and getting a job), Charles & Debra Burton and Family, Tammie Hairston, Howard Flescher, Randi, Larry Platt, And All of Our Military, Their Family’s & All the Civilian Workers in The Middle East. |
| A Thought For The
Week:
"THE CAUSE OF ELECTION" (1) That nothing in time can be the cause of what was done in eternity. To believe, to do good works, and persevere in them are acts in time, and so cannot be causes of election, which was done in eternity. And (2) That nothing out of God can be the cause of any decree or will in
him. He is no passive Being, to be wrought upon by motives and
inducements outside of himself. If his will is moved by anything outside
of him, that must be superior to him, and his will must become dependent
on that; which to say of God is to speak very unworthily of him. God
wills things because it so pleases him. Predestination is according to
the good pleasure of his will. Election is according to his
foreknowledge, which is no other than his free favor and good will to
men (Eph. 1:5; I Pet. 1:2). No other reason can be given of God's will
or decree to bestow grace and glory on men, for his own glory, and of
his actual donation of them, but what our Lord gives: "Even so, Father,
for so it seemed good in thy sight" (Matt. 11:25-26). |
| News for the week: ...The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act is moving steadily through the
federal legislative process; however, the key sponsor of the bill is
calling for more help. Kansas Republican Senator Sam Brownback says a
key element in the passage of the bill is educating the public about the
legislation, which mandates that all women who seek abortions 20 weeks
or more after fertilization be informed that an unborn child suffers
greatly during the procedure. Brownback points out that abortion
involves "extraordinary pain for the child," and the anesthesia that may
be given to the mother is not sufficient to anesthetize the child. "This
bill" the senator explains, "would simply require that the mother be
informed of the pain the child will experience and offered anesthesia
for the child in going through this abortion. It does not eliminate or
limit any abortion procedures. It really is about being humane."
Brownback's bill currently has 33 co-sponsors in the Senate, and he
believes there could be more if people would call their senators and
voice support for the legislation. [Bill Fancher] |
| Ignorant Faith: by C. H. Spurgeon "She was healed immediately." --Luke 8:47 One of the most touching and teaching of the Saviour's miracles is before us to-night. The woman was very ignorant. She imagined that virtue came out of Christ by a law of necessity, without His knowledge or direct will. Moreover, she was a stranger to the generosity of Jesus' character, or she would not have gone behind to steal the cure which He was so ready to bestow. Misery should always place itself right in the face of mercy. Had she known the love of Jesus' heart, she would have said, "I have but to put myself where He can see me--His omniscience will teach Him my case, and His love at once will work my cure." We admire her faith, but we marvel at her ignorance. After she had obtained the cure, she rejoiced with trembling: glad was she that the divine virtue had wrought a marvel in her; but she feared lest Christ should retract the blessing, and put a negative upon the grant of His grace: little did she comprehend the fulness of His love! We have not so clear a view of Him as we could wish; we know not the heights and depths of His love; but we know of a surety that He is too good to withdraw from a trembling soul the gift which it has been able to obtain. But here is the marvel of it: little as was her knowledge, her faith, because it was real faith, saved her, and saved her at once. There was no tedious delay--faith's miracle was instantaneous. If we have faith as a grain of mustard seed, salvation is our present and eternal possession. If in the list of the Lord's children we are written as the feeblest of the family, yet, being heirs through faith, no power, human or devilish, can eject us from salvation. If we dare not lean our heads upon His bosom with John, yet if we can venture in the press behind Him, and touch the hem of his garment, we are made whole. Courage, timid one! thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God." |
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God's Truth Versus Satan's Lies: So many churches and cults today Are teaching the devil's lies, Leading millions of folk astray, For Satan has blinded their eyes. The world is full of Satan's lies, Truth, it seems, is cast in the street, God's word is true, He says what He means, Now if you believe God's word and obey, |