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Sovereign Grace
Missionary Baptist Church 1217 Dillon Dr. (Wake Village) Texarkana, Texas 75501 November 13, 2005 Elder Randy Johnson, Pastor Bro. Ronnie Henderson, Song Director Pastor E-Mail: sgmbcpastor@countrybaptist.org Web Site: www.countrybaptist.org/sgmbc |
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You Were Asked To Pray For: Virgil and Alice Hoskins, Frank & Dawana Reigel, Ronnie & Sarah Henderson, Wendell Henderson, Joe Henderson, Larry & Linda Mollette, Larry Mollette II, Danny & Nita Mollette, Donna Johnson, Rosa Graves, Bobby & Vickie Thompson and Family, Mrs. Thompson, Brad Hensley, Sovereign Grace Baptist Church Mansfield, Ohio, Zee Mink and Family, Her son Bryan Armstrong and Sister – in - law Sondra Thornsberry, Larry Platt, Leroy Sherwood, Bro. & Sister Frank James, Bro. & Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Nita Bookout, Earl Quinn, Timothy Fails, Gina & Bryan Thompson, Barbara Griffin, Jonathan Bartlett, Kerry Pennington, Kim Butler. Wanda Fowler, Edna Garvin, The Lopez Family, Kirby Mollette, Jenny Keller, Fay Johnson, Pastor and wife, And All of Our Military, Their Family’s & All the Civilian Workers in The Middle East. |
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A Thought From J. C. Philpot: "In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins." Colossians 1:14 Of all spiritual blessings made known to the soul by the power of God "a knowledge of salvation by the remission of sins" is the hardest to be obtained, and most prized when acquired. How many poor tried, exercised, distressed souls are at this very moment sighing and crying for the manifestation of this one blessing. These well know, and some of them by the painful experience of many years' hard bondage and travail, how hard it is to get forgiveness sealed on their heart. Not that it is really hard on the part of God now to forgive, that is, in experimental manifestation; for it is already done to and for all the elect of God--"And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses" (Colossians 2:13); and again, "In whom we have" (not "shall have," but " have," that is, now have) "redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins." Though he may not be able to lay hold of it for himself, appropriate it as a personal blessing, and feel sweetly and blessedly assured, in his own heart and conscience, of the forgiveness of all his sins; yet every quickened soul is really forgiven all his trespasses, past, present, and to come. It is one of the spiritual blessings with which he has been blessed, already blessed, in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. |
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A Thought For The Week: "ALONE" Proverbs 11:21 "Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered." The masses search for truth, but reject it because it is not popular. Truth has been out of fashion since man changed his robe of fadeless light for a garment of faded leaves. Just because we are alone in our stand for God doesn't mean we are right; we could be hard-headed. Every person must determine for themselves whether they will stand for or against God's Holy truth. Noah built and voyaged alone. His neighbors laughed at his strangeness and perished in style. I Peter 3:20 states that only eight souls were saved by water. That doesn't sound like a very high success rate, but how many people today win eight souls in a lifetime? Abraham wandered and worshipped alone (Gen. 12:1). The Sodomites smiled at the simple shepherd, followed the fashion, and fed the flames. Daniel dined (Daniel 1) and prayed (Daniel 6:10) alone. He was cast into the lion's den, but God sent his angel to close the mouth of the lions. He was not really alone. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were cast into the burning fiery furnace. But they were not alone. Nebuchadnezzar said "the form of the fourth is like the Son of God". It only looked like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were alone, for God was with them during their hardest trial. Elijah sacrificed and witnessed alone. I Kings 19:18, God said there were 7,000 that hadn't bowed the knee unto Baal. Are we like the 7,000 that stayed together, not seeking Elijah; or will be we be like Elijah, who got on the firing line for God? Jeremiah prophesied and wept alone, Lamentations 3:1-21, 48-53. Jeremiah 38:5, when Jeremiah was put in a pit and left to die, God wouldn't let him be alone, but sent Ebedmelech the Ethiopian to rescue him. REMEMBER: (1) Israel in the wilderness praised Abraham and persecuted Moses. (2) Israel, during the time of the Kings, praised Moses and persecuted the prophets. (3) Israel, during the time of Caiaphas, praised the prophets and persecuted Jesus. (4) And multitudes now, both in the church and the world, applaud the courage and fortitude of the patriarchs and prophets, the apostles and martyrs, but condemn as stubbornness or foolishness the same faithfulness to truth today. By: Brother Wayne Reynolds Pastor, Independence Baptist Church Foristell, Missouri Why not change the pattern of your prayers now and then?
Wake up some morning and ask: "Dear Lord, is there anything I can do for
You today?" |
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A Thought From C. H. Spurgeon" "Underneath are the everlasting arms." Deuteronomy 33:27 God--the eternal God--is Himself our support at all times, and especially when we are sinking in deep trouble. There are seasons when the Christian sinks very low in humiliation. Under a deep sense of his great sinfulness, he is humbled before God till he scarcely knows how to pray, because he appears, in his own sight, so worthless. Well, child of God, remember that when thou art at thy worst and lowest, yet "underneath" thee "are everlasting arms." Sin may drag thee ever so low, but Christ's great atonement is still under all. You may have descended into the deeps, but you cannot have fallen so low as "the uttermost"; and to the uttermost He saves. Again, the Christian sometimes sinks very deeply in sore trial from without. Every earthly prop is cut away. What then? Still underneath him are "the everlasting arms." He cannot fall so deep in distress and affliction but what the covenant grace of an ever-faithful God will still encircle him. The Christian may be sinking under trouble from within through fierce conflict, but even then he cannot be brought so low as to be beyond the reach of the "everlasting arms"--they are underneath him; and, while thus sustained, all Satan's efforts to harm him avail nothing.
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