Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 March 03, 2013             Newsletter Number 406 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, Junior Baldridge, Frankie Baldridge and daughter, Buckie Thompson, Frank & Sonya Trusty, Frank & DawanaReigel, 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, Velma 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, Teresa Bookout, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr, Janie Capps, Imajo Tracy, Linda Hughes, Roy Lemmon, Rosie Tomlin, Lee Mollette’s Daughter & Granddaughter Kristal, Pat Abercrombie, Barbara Brewer, Donna Jones, Dale and Linda Trahan, Ricky and Margaret McCoy, Brother David O’Neal, Gina, Ryan, and Mallary Peel, Tommy Walker and family, Brother Steve McCool and the work in Canada, 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.

Happy Birthday: Brother Ronnie Henderson Jr. Tuesday March 05 Brother James Thomas Thursday March 07 Sister Alice Hoskins Friday March 08

A Thought For The Week: Wonder Not! 1 John 3:13 "Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you." We that are believers in Jesus Christ should not wonder or be surprised if the world hates us; because they hated our Saviour and Father first and more than they hate us. Sometime believers in Christ concern themselves with the hate of the world, when we should be rejoicing. God said to “Marvel not” that is to wonder not or don’t worry or wonder about it. God had just spoken about Cain slaying his brother Abel because Cain was unjust and Abel was a just man in Gods sight. This was the only reason for Cain’s evil act, and folk this is the reason they hate you as a believer in Christ. "These things I command you, that ye love one another. (18.) If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you." John 15:17 – 18 The Lord required believers and church members to love one another because as a Christian we are all we have in this world. We sometimes find many ways to fall out of friendship with one another; when what we should be doing is searching for many ways to love one another more and more. I and an old Pastor friend made up this week and my heart jumps with great joy in rejoicing because my love for him is great. We had a biblical issue or two we did not exactly see eye to eye on, so what? I have never found another person on earth I agree 100% with neither biblically nor worldly. We just laid to rest my mentor and teacher former Pastor Harace Hammond a man I held in the greatest respect for his being my Pastor, teacher, father-in-law, and dear friend, and we had a couple of biblical disagreements and we never allowed them to separate our friendship. We suffered more over worldly things than scriptural things, and at the same time valued our biblical doctrine more. The reason is we knew we were alone in this world, we knew that the world truly hated us and each other is all we had. We were brothers in Christ and that was more important than every thing else. God never told believers to wonder; in fact He commanded that we do not wonder. He commanded that we love one another and never to hate one another. "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death."1 John 3:14 one cannot be saved and hate his brother! Folks we live in a world that hates us; they hate who we are and Whom we worship. Let’s not wonder why but rather simply put it aside and move on. We need to concern ourselves with the love of one another and not the world because if you are loved more by this world than you are at church, then you have a major problem. I love my brethren even those that may differ with me because I know no man is 100% right especially not myself. If we have major issues then there may reach a point where fellowship in worship together may suffer but my love for other believers will always be real. I know that I am hated in this world and while they may seem to like or even love me they deep in their hearts hate me for being a believer in Christ and for that I do not have to sit around and wonder why nor does it upset me. Jesus said "The world cannot hate you; but me ithateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil." John 7:7 Folks they hate us because God has condemned them. "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18 We as Christians remind them what they are; without Christ. They will spend eternity in hell, hating God because they are in hell fire instead of being with Him. Don’t ever wonder why they hate you but rejoice that you are a child of the Living God. The lost often remind me that we are the same and there is no difference in us; that I am a hypocrite, except my sins are forgiven through the blood of Jesus Christ and they will pay for theirs in eternal damnation, I am loved of God and there is no proof that God will ever love them. Psalms 5:5 "The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity." So see, we are not the same, I am a sinner saved by grace!

For Our Weekly  Meditation: Christ And His Children"When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed" Isa. 53:10 Our Lord Jesus has not died in vain. His death was sacrificial: He died as our substitute, because death was the penalty of our sins; and because His substitution was accepted of God, He has saved those for whom He made His soul a sacrifice. By death He became like the corn of wheat which bringeth forth much fruit. There must be a succession of children unto Jesus; He is "the Father of the everlasting age." He shall say, "Behold, I and the children whom thou hast given me." A man is honored in his sons, and Jesus hath His quiver full of these arrows of the mighty. A man is represented in his children, and so is the Christ in Christians. In his seed a man's life seems to be prolonged and extended; and so is the life of Jesus continued in believers. Jesus lives, for He sees His seed. He fixes His eye on us, He delights in us, He recognizes us as the fruit of His soul travail. Let us be glad that our Lord does not fail to enjoy the result of His dread sacrifice, and that He will never cease to feast His eyes upon the harvest of His death. Those eyes which once wept for us, are now viewing us with pleasure. Yes, He looks upon those who are looking unto Him. Our eyes meet! What a joy is this! By Charles H. Spergeon from his “Faith's Checkbook” series.

Notice: Please have special prayer for the Pastor Jeff Lawrence family and the membership of The Grace Landmark Baptist Church in Buckhannon, W.V. Jeff passed last week at the age of 43 and was laid to rest on Thursday. The church will hold its monthly Business meeting today at 4:00pm. We request all members to attend because we have a lot of business to tend too. Brother Steve McCool will be substituting for Pastor Johnson on Sunday March 17 for both services. Pastor Johnson will be attending services and speaking at the Northside Baptist Church in Oakdale, La at their bible conference.