Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church
1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501
June 02, 2013          
 Newsletter Number 418

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 & Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston, Larry & Martha Mollette, Larry Mollette II & Family, Kerry Pennington, Kim Poole, Danny & Nita Mollette, Robert Riggs, 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, Tommy Walker and family, Dina Thomas, Brother Kelley and Sister Hinson, 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.

A Thought From Our Pastor:

Bowing To The World.
“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” Romans 13:1 

It is true that all powers that be are ordained of God. It is also true that all world leaders that sit in ruler ship of the world are ordained of God. We are as believers in Jesus Christ subject to the powers that be. However that is; we are not to simply agree with the world! We live in a world that Satan controls and will control until Jesus Christ takes that authority away during the millennium period. And while we are subject to the law’s that be, this does not mean we are to simply bow down to every law they make. We are not to accept laws that disobey the scriptures, we are not to obey laws that subject Christians to the lost mans desire. Peter told us in Acts 5:29 “…We ought to obey God rather than men.” We are followers of God first and just because God causes something or allows something to be, does not mean it is good for us to be a part of it. The scriptures are our law and rule in this life, and lost people are not interested in what they say. Abortion is legal in America however it is still murder and God still says we are not to murder.

God told Adam in regards to his sin; “… Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;” Genesis 3:17 God told us as Christians to give the world what belongs to them, but unto God what is due Him, and all of our allegiance belongs to Him. Sin is sin regardless of who we blame it on. 1 Samuel 15:24 says “And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.” We simply cannot obey the voice of the world and blame our stupidity on the other person. I believe Adam did that and God did not accept it. If we as Christians obey the voice of the world then we will be punished with the world.

God has a purpose for all things He does and He is not a one size fits all God. What God does with this world is not always for His saved servants. This world is heading toward the tribulation period and we as Christians are not because Christ will catch us out before it starts. And while we must suffer through all the bad because it rains of the just and unjust, we do not always have to accept the will of God for the world as His will for us Christians. Abortion is legal but not for Christians therefore we must stay away for abortions. So when religious leaders such as the SBC or any other source tell us we must accept something as Gods will and not fight against it, they could not be more wrong. Any Christian that surrenders to the laws of the world as the laws of God for us is wrong. We are to always obey Gods Holy Script and nothing else, ever.

Folks, God is the commander of all things, His blessed will is always accomplished. He controls every detail of everything, and He is never off duty or on vacation. Why God allows something or causes something does not mean we know His purpose in doing it. We are to accept what happens as Gods will, but it is not always His will for us His children. Do not ever accept anything as Gods will for us just because it is his will for a lost and dying world. Always obey Gods blessed word and nothing else.

For Our Weekly  Meditation:

The acorns with which God feeds swine!
"I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked!"  Psalm 73:3

“Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” (I Chron. 16:29)  “…God loveth a cheerful giver.” (II Cor. 9:7)
It is often that the evil enjoy all the good—and the good endure all the evil. Be contented; for remember:

Worldly goods are not the only things, nor the best things. They are mere temporal blessings. These are but the acorns with which God feeds swine! You who are believers have more choice fruit—the olive, the pomegranate, the fruit which grows on the true vine Jesus Christ! Others have the fat of the earth—you have the dew of heaven! They have muddied puddles—but you have those springs of living water which are purified with Christ's blood, and filled with His love!

To see the wicked flourish is rather a matter of pity, than of envy! This is all the heaven they will have! "Woe to you who are rich, for you have your only happiness now!" (Luke 6:24)  Hence it was, that David made it his solemn prayer, "Deliver me from the wicked, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life!" Psalm 17:15

When the wicked have eaten of their dainty dishes—there comes in a sad reckoning, which will spoil all.

We should not envy a man who will fry and blaze in hell—let him have enough of the fat of the earth. O remember—for every sand of mercy which runs out of the wicked, God puts a drop of wrath into His vial! "You are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed." Romans 2:5

Do you envy the wicked? Alas! their prosperity is like Haman's banquet—before his execution! If a man were to be hanged—would you envy to see him walk to the gallows through pleasant fields, or to see him go up the ladder in expensive clothing?

"I will curse your blessings!" (Malachi 2:2) Whatever a sinner enjoys—he has a curse with it! And shall we envy him? Would we envy a dog—if poisoned food was given to it!

By Thomas Watson, from his "The Art of Divine Contentment"

Notice:

We will hold our June business meeting next Sunday at 4:00. Please plan to attend and please be prepared to bring any business before the church at that time.