Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 April 15, 2012 Newsletter Number 362 Brother Randy Johnson, Pastor Brother Ronnie Henderson, Song Director Pastor E-Mail: sgmbcpastor@baptistsonline.org Web Site: www.baptistsonline.org/sgmbc "Where The Truths Of God’s Word Have Been Taught For More Than Fifty Years”

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, Sister Alice Hoskins, Joyce Gomez , Frank & Sonya Trusty, Bryndon Thomas, Frank & Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston, Larry Mollette, Larry Mollette II & Family, Kerry Pennington, Kim Poole, Danny & Nita Mollette, Wendell Henderson, Judy Dunn, Martha Gray, Joshua Kidd, Matthew Kidd, Dina McCray, Ronnie Henderson Jr. & Son Kevin Henderson, Ricky Henderson and Family, Jim Stagner, Bro. & Mrs. Hammond, Don & Neil Hammond, Charles Hammond, Archie & Barbara Griffin & son Daniel, Bro. & Sister Bob Keller, Kathy Rosinbaum, Mary Ramsey, Donna Johnson, Fay Johnson, Luann Reynolds, Brother Curtis Pugh, Timothy and Nathan Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jim & Linda Meier, Brother Manuel Seymour, Letha Langford, Brother & Sister Kelley Hinson and Kelley Lee, Jerry Hughes, Sister Nita Bookout, Justin Bookout, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr, Janie Capps, Imajo Tracy, Linda Hughes, Roy Lemmon, Lee Mollette’s Daughter & Granddaughter Kristal, Dale Barnes, Tammy Hairston, Tommy Lee Walker, Linda Mollette, Ricky McCoy, Pat and Waymon Abercrombie, Barbara Brewer, Michelle Knowlton, Donna Jones, James Sparks, James Hedgens, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia.

The Pastors Corner: Is The Bible A Revelation From God” Part 2 As we reach the conclusion that the Bible is absolutely the word of God, we must understand that unless it is; it is worthless and all of it should be rejected as everything described in 2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:" I do not study and follow “the bible according to man” and never will. However with that being said I believe there is more than sufficient evidence in the bible to prove that it is Gods Holy Word. As we understand God or as we continue to understand God we will understand that He moves man as He pleases and can make of man as He chooses. With this being said we know that God moved mans heart to write as He chose and exactly as He chose; therefore the conclusion is while some 40 writers may have penned the bible God was its author, men simply writing as the Holy Spirit moved their hearts. Now we want to give some unchallengeable evidences that the bible could never be anything less than Gods infallible word. As we look at the bible as a total unit and not as sixty-six separate books then we find that it is without error and is in no part contradictive even though it was penned in a time span of some 1500 years by some 40 writers. The bible is a unit in “its Design” – which means it condemns mankind by showing how man is estranged from God but also shows how God graciously redeems a remnant of mankind. It is a Unit in its “Teaching Concerning God” – which means its theme from cover to cover, is of the ineffable, infinite God. It is a Unit in its “Teaching Concerning Salvation” – salvation is plain and clear in the bible in both the Old and New Testaments. Abraham was saved by his faith in God that He was going to send a Redeemer and we believe that Redeemer came, died, and spilt His glorious blood for our sins. Mans confusion about salvation should not be blamed on the scriptures because it is clear on the subject. Acts 15:10 - 11 "Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? (11.) But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they." While the bible is not a science book; as far as scientific matters in the bible are "most accurate". Let’s look first at the roundness of the earth. Centuries before men knew that the earth is round the Bible spoke of "the circle of the earth" Isaiah 40:22. Another discussion of man and discovered not to long ago was the gravitational support of the earth. Our brilliant scientists finally discovered that the earth is held in place by the gravitation of the sun; but if they had simply read the bible they would have learned “He...hangeth the earth upon nothing.” Job 26: 7. Then there’s “the northern empty expanse” It has been only within the last century that the Washington Observatory discovered that within the northern heavens there is a great empty expanse in which there is not a single visible star. But more than three thousand years ago the Bible informed men that God "stretcheth out the north over the empty place" Job 26:7. In conclusion we want to look at the fulfilled prophecy which witnesses to the fact that the bible came from God. There are countless prophecies in the Old Testament that were fulfilled by Jesus Christ and those that crucified Him in the New Testament. Folks, these two sections of the bible were hundreds and even thousands of years apart, however they say and conclude exactly the same things. There is not another document on earth that can make this claim and for one to conclude that the bible is not Gods word but simply mans, shows them to ignore the simply facts of proof. There is no other conclusion; the bible is Gods blessed word and not mans.

For Your Weekly Meditation: Modern Church Machinery Friends! the Churches of Christ have no need of the Modern Machinery which has supplanted the Simplicity of Faith. I verily believe, if the Lord swept the church committees and missionary societies out of the universe, we would be better without them. I hope the Church will soon say, like David in Saul's clanking armor, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them," and with only her sling and her stone, confident in her God, I trust she will confront her foe. We Can Do All Things, If We Can but Trust Christ. "All things are possible to him that believes." But nothing is possible to your schemes, and to your systems. God will sweep them away yet, and happy shall be that man who shall lead the van in their utter destruction! Go up against her, take away her bulwarks, for they are not the Lord's; he did not ordain them, nor will he stand by them. Act in faith, O you people of God, and prove the power of prayer, for "all things are possible to him that believes." The fact is, God does not need our power, but our weakness; not our greatness, but our nothingness. By Charles H. Spurgeon from his sermon "Faith Omnipotent"

Church News: The church will hold her next monthly business meeting on May 13th please plan to attend because we have some important discussions upcoming.

Song of Solomon 2:1 - 3 "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. (2.) As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. (3.) As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."