Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church "Where The Truths Of God’s Word Have Been Taught For More Than Fifty-Two Years” 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 April 13, 2014 Newsletter Number 460 Brother Randy Johnson, Pastor Brother Ronnie Henderson, Song Director Pastor E-Mail: pastor@sgmbaptist.com Web Site: www.sgmbaptist.com

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, Helen Maggard, Johnnie Stephens, Alecia Stephens, and children, 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 and Sarah Henderson, James and Summer, 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 Fails, Nathan & Claire Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jerry Hughes, Teresa Bookout, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr, Janie Capps, Imajo Tracy, Linda Hughes, Roy Lemmon, Rosie Tomlin, Pat Abercrombie, Donna Jones, Dale Trahan, Ricky and Margaret McCoy, Brother David O’Neal, James & Diane Thomas, Gina Peel, James and Lynn Tomlin, Brother Kelley and Sister Hinson, Robert, Megan Whitaker, Manual Seymour, Sr., Brother Jerry and Sister Jean Dodson, 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: "Who is to obey whom?""Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right." Ephesians 6:1 In this wicked world we live in, we see much confusion in the family. I do not know if people just don't understand what God has ordered or if they simply do not care. It was back in the sixties when the woman of America burned her metaphorical bra and liberated themselves, but their husbands dominion, and the American family and family values have suffered loss ever since. Feminism was born and the home has suffered loss ever since. Folks, when things are done outside of God's commandments they never work for the better, and when a family or Nation forgets to include God then the family or Nation falls. Parents today seek to be best friends with their children instead of being parents. Mothers want to be one of the girls instead of one who watches and corrects wrong. Fathers are failing in their leadership of the home because their wives will not allow them their authority in the home, or they are too weak to lead. Due to this lack of biblical obeying, the American family has fallen apart and has failed to serve God. God told the children to obey their parents and that authority starts with the father and continues through the mother. However, in today's world, it seems the children are running the family; and that works about as good as the prisoners running the prisons. The Lord said "...for this is right." when the family is run in a correct order. However if a father and a mother correctly runs their home as God has ordered then they are oddballs, or child abusers. I will tell you what child abuse is, it is when a father and a mother fails to control their children in a biblical order. It is when mother are out chasing the teenage boys with their teenage daughters. It is when a father leaves their family for another when they can't seem to love the right people. We have created a perverse Nation and we wonder why nothing is working out. We wonder why God keeps sending disaster after disaster. God will never bless this Nation if the Nation will not bless God. Maybe it is time for a revival in America; but a revival can only come it God's Spirit brings one and I do not see that coming. Not only do children no longer fear and obey their parents; but their parents also no longer fear and obey God. Pastors no longer teach these things and they are therefore lost thoughts. Pastor are to busy entertaining therefore they no longer teach the laws of the bible. However, the pastors also know if they did teach these things then their churches would shrink, and quickly. Let us remember this, God is still in control and He is going the judge both the saved and the lost, and be sure your sins will find you out. He is not happy and judgment is coming to America and the world. One day this world will answer to Jesus Christ for their sins because their sins are not cleansed in the blood of Jesus Christ. This judgment will be hard and very harsh, just read the book of Revelations. There is always time to repent and come to the right view, but the light on the repentance clock is growing weaker each day. Mark 1:15 "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."

A Thought For The Week: The Secrets Of Temporal Felicity"Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus!" 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 It is not sufficiently realized, that the Bible has far, very far, more to say about this present life—than it has about the future one; that it makes known the secrets of temporal felicity—as well as everlasting bliss. In their zeal to tell men how to escape from hell and make sure of heaven—many evangelical preachers have had all too little to say upon our conduct on earth; and consequently, many who entertain no doubts whatever that they will inhabit a mansion in the Father's house—are not nearly so much concerned about their present walk and warfare as they should be; and even though they reach their desired haven, such slackness results in great loss to them now! The teaching of Holy Writ is the very reverse of the plan followed by many an "orthodox pulpit"! It not only gives much prominence to—but in Old and New Testament alike—its main emphasis is on our life in this world—giving instruction how we are to conduct ourselves here and now! The central thing which we wish to make clear in this article, and to impress upon the reader—is that God has established an inseparable connection between holiness—and happiness; between our pleasing of Him—and our enjoyment of His richest blessing; that since we are always the losers by sinning—so we are always the gainers by walking in the paths of righteousness; and that there will be an exact ratio between the measure in which we walk therein—and our enjoyment of "the peaceable fruit of righteousness" (Hebrews 12:11). "I will be careful to lead a blameless life; I will walk in my house with blameless heart!" Psalm 101:2 "Thus you will walk in the ways of good men—and keep to the paths of the righteous." Proverbs 2:20 However distasteful to the flesh, whatever sneers it may produce from carnal professors, the Christian must rigidly and perpetually act by the rule that God has given him to walk by. In so doing, he will be immeasurably the gainer; for the path of obedience—is the path of prosperity! "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful!" (Joshua 1:8) By Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr.

Church News: The churches business meeting will be today at 4:00. Our 11th Annual Bible Conference will be held on September 19 & 20 this year. Happy Birthday to Sister Martha Mollette Saturday April 19th