Sovereign Grace Missionary BaptistChurch 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 December 09, 2012 Newsletter Number 395 Brother Randy Johnson, Pastor Brother Ronnie Henderson, Song Director Pastor E-Mail: pastor@sgmbaptist.com Web Site: www.sgmbaptist.com "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, Frank & Sonya Trusty, 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, Ronnie Henderson Jr. & Children, Ricky Henderson and Family, Jacie Henderson, Bro. & Mrs. Hammond, Charles, Don Hammond and Families, Archie & Barbara Griffin, Bro. & Sister Bob Keller, Mary Ramsey, Donna Johnson, Fay Johnson, James and Luann Reynolds, Timothy and Nathan Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jerry Hughes, Sister Nita Bookout, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr, Janie Capps, Imajo Tracy, Linda Hughes, Roy Lemmon, Rosie Tomlin, Lee Mollette’s Daughter & Granddaughter Kristal, Dale Barnes – Kathy Johnson and their mother, Pat and Waymon Abercrombie, Barbara Brewer, Donna Jones, Frank Roberts, Dale and Linda Trahan, Linda Mollette – Shawn and girls, Ricky and Margaret McCoy, Brother David O’Neal, Brother Curtis Pugh, Brother Dan Sullivan and the work in Thailand, Brother Raul and the work in Romania, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia.

A Thought From Our Pastor: Grace and Mercy Are Leaving!“That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” 2 Thessalonians 2:12 There is coming a time that grace and mercy will not be here on this earth. I am a firm believer that when Jesus Christ returns in His cloud and calls His saints and His churches out of this world; grace and mercy stops. I believe there will be very few that will be saved in the tribulation period and they will be mostly if not all Jews that fill the 144,000 and others. God has to this point been overly gracious to mankind and has provided a way of salvation; but so many reject salvation and its truth. God is going to have enough one day and at that point grace on the people of this world will be no more. "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:" 2 Thessalonians 2:11 this world is quickly reaching the point of being almost universally anti-Jehovah God. It is now seeing such a hatred of God that even religious and pagan holiday such as Christmas is turning their stomachs. We live in a time when crosses, nativity set-up’s, and soon churches will turn their minds to hatred. Most already have no respect for church houses. Folks if we open our eye to the truth of our time we can clearly see the world setting up for the tribulation period. I believe when America falls the world will fall behind her. Israel cannot defend herself and without America she cannot go on. The world wants a ruler, a leader to allow Islam to become the world’s religion, it is ready for a one single leader, and it is ready for the Anti-Christ, False Prophet, and the Great Dragon – Satan himself. God has just said “God shall send them strong delusion… That they all might be damned” Who will send these strong delusion, God will. They will believe “a lie” or better translated “the lie” that is the liar himself Satan. "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." John 8:44 The Lie has already began and the giving over of God has also already started and I say to Christians everywhere; make sure you lamps are trimmed with oil because the time is near that the bridegroom cometh for His beloved Bride the Lords churches. God promised in Romans 1:28 to "...gave them over to a reprobate mind..." that is defined as "a vain empty mind, worthless, good for nothing devoid of all true knowledge and judgment; incapable of approving what is truly good, or of disapproving that which is evil; a mind that has lost all conscience of things, and is disapproved of by God, and all good men:" – John Gill. What is good in a mind that cannot retain God of His truth? Folks, just look around, look at the way the world is leaning toward lies and wickedness, look at the destruction in the storms we are getting, look at the diseases in the world, these are all signs of things that will be in the last 3 ½ year of the tribulation period; when the seals are broken, the trumpets are blown, and the vials are poured out. Folks the day of mercy and grace are short, today is the day of salvation because it will not be offered in the days to come. "(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)" 2 Corinthians 6:2

For Our Weekly Meditation: God First, Then Extras"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" Matt. 6:33 See how the Bible opens: "In the beginning God." Let your life open in the same way. Seek with your whole soul, first and foremost, the kingdom of God, as the place of your citizenship, and His righteousness as the character of your life. As for the rest, it will come from the Lord Himself without your being anxious concerning it. All that is needful for this life and godliness "shall be added unto you. What a promise this is! Food, raiment, home, and so forth, God undertakes to add to you while you seek Him. You mind His business, and He will mind yours. If you want paper and string, you get them given in when you buy more important goods; and just so all that we need of earthly things we shall have thrown in with the kingdom. He who is an heir of salvation shall not die of starvation; and he who clothes his soul with the righteousness of God cannot be left of the Lord with a naked body. Away with carking care. Set all your mind upon seeking the Lord. Covetousness is poverty, and anxiety is misery: trust in God is an estate, and likeness to God is a heavenly inheritance. Lord, I seek thee, be found of me. By Charles Haddon Spurgeon from his “Faith's Checkbook” series

Notice. There will be a business meeting today at 4:00 please plan to attend. The main order of business will be to discuss the new building project.

No sin startles less—or damns surer! "He who believes on the Son has everlasting life; but he who does not believe in the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on him." John 3:36 Unbelief is man's great sin, and condemnation is his great misery. How dreadful a sin is the sin of unbelief, which brings men under the condemnation of the great God. No sin startles less—or damns surer! Unbelief is a sin which does not affright the conscience as some other sins do; but it kills the soul more certainly than any of those sins. Other sins could not damn us were it not for unbelief, which fixes the guilt of them all upon us. Unbelief is the sin of sins; and when the Spirit comes to convince men of sin, He begins with this as the capital sin. ever. By John Flavel from his "The Method of Grace"

Wedding Bells: Nathaniel Fails and Clair Schuschke Will be joined in wedlock on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm following the 6:00pm service. The reception will be at Smoky Joes BBQ in Nash, all are invited to attend.