Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church "Where The Truths Of God’s Word Have Been Taught For More Than Fifty-Three Years” 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 April 26, 2015 Newsletter Number 513 Brother Randy Johnson, Pastor Brother Ronnie Henderson, Song Director Pastor E-Mail: pastor@sgmbaptist.com Web Site: www.sgmbaptist.com

Our Prayer Request: 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, Johnnie Stephens, Alecia Stephens, and children, Frankie Baldridge and daughter, Buckie Thompson, Frank & Sonya Trusty, Frank & Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston, Larry & Martha Mollette and Her Family, Larry Mollette II & Family, Kerry Pennington, Kim Poole, Doris Hammock, Danny & Nita Mollette, The Muncy Family, Wendell Henderson, Judy Dunn, Martha Gray, Joshua Kidd, Matthew Kidd, Ronnie and Sarah Henderson, Ronnie Henderson Jr. & Children, Ricky Henderson and Family, Jacie Henderson, Velma Hammond, Charles, Don Hammond and Families, Archie & Barbara Griffin, Bro. & Sister Bob Keller, Donna Johnson, James and Luann Reynolds, Timothy Fails, Nathan Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jerry Hughes, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr, Janie Capps, Imajo Tracy, Linda Hughes, Roy Lemmon, Rosie Tomlin, James and Lynn Tomlin, Pat Abercrombie, Donna Jones, Dale Trahan, Margaret McCoy and family, Gene Rosinbaum, James, Diane & Brooke Thomas, Gina Peel, Brother Kelley and Sister Hinson, Megan Whitaker, Tammy Hairston and family, Manual Seymour, Sr., Brother Jerry and Sister Jean Dodson, Mr. Hedges, Danny Hammond, 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:: What Is Honor?“Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.” John 8:49 I had a conversation with someone this past week about honor, I said we are to have honor in everything, and he said honor had nothing to do with it. This is one of our largest problems in the world today, people rarely honor anything. God is not honored for the most part, marriage is not honored, parents are not honored, Pastors – churches- and Christians are also not honored, and etc, etc, etc. The list of things that should be honored can just continue and continue, however, honor is a rare thing these days. Jesus was accused of being a devil and Jesus response was “I have not a devil” and in this they dishonored our Saviour. To compare Jesus to the devil or even to say He possessed the devil was dishonoring to Him and His Father just as it would be to say a Christian is a devil or possess one. Jesus went on to say “but I honour my Father” even though He Himself was dishonored. As Christians we need to understand what the word honor means - to prize, that is, fix a valuation upon; by implication to revere” To prize something as valuable and to revere it, sounds like money doesn’t it, but it is not, while we are to honor much in our life outside of money. First we are to honor God; God should have the upmost prize, value, and is to be revered more than anything else in all creation. We live in a sad time because God is rarely truly honored in this world and even less honored in some forms of worship called churches. One cannot honor God if they do not serve and worship Him as Sovereign. Jesus said while they did not honor Him as the Son He honored His Father. We are to all worship them both as God because both are God. The Lord also told us multiple times that we are to honor our father and mothers. Exodus 20:12 "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee." This is the second most un-honored commandment in the scriptures outside of failing to honor God enough. I see children everywhere failing to honor their parents, this is a disgrace. We are to honor the Son Jesus Christ just as much as we would honor the Father. John 5:23 "That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him." I must ask this question “how can one honor either if the use either of their names in vain, which is something I hear even from a lot of preachers in pulpits. It would do us all well to study the definition of the word “vain” because there are a lot of folks who have no idea what it is. God said to honor the elders (that is ministers) but to them that teach TRUTH they are to be honored with double honor. 1 Timothy 5:17 “Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.” Elders that teach truth will be the most dishonored in this world, this is why God told us to honor them double. I, like Christ Jesus have also been called a devil many times for preaching the truth. Last we are to honor all men; to honor everyone is a very rare thing today. People are too rude to honor others. This world is about “ME” and I am the only one who matters. This is sad and ungodly. 1 Peter 2:17 "Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king." That honor of all men includes loving the brotherhood which are the Christians among us but especially those of the household of faith with is the local church. We, as Christian’s need to take another look at honor and what God says about it. We need to make sure we measure up to what God expects of us. The world is worldly and they will never honor God or Christians for anything, but we who are of faith ought to know better.

A Though For Your Bible Study: As though it had never been!"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us!" Romans 8:18 Beloved, soon, O how soon! all that now loads the heart with care, and wrings it with sorrow — all that dims the eye with tears, and renders the day anxious and the night sleepless — will be as though it had never been! Emerging from the entanglement, the dreariness, the solitude, the loneliness, and the temptations of the wilderness — you shall enter upon your everlasting rest, your unfading inheritance, where there is . . . no sorrow, no sin, no suffering, no crying, no evening shadows, no midnight darkness! But all is one perfect, cloudless, eternal day — for Jesus is the joy, the light, and the glory thereof! "And so we will be with the Lord forever!" 1 Thessalonians 4:17 "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away!" Revelation 21:4 By Octavius Winslow

Church News: Brother Dan and Sister Sunny Sullivan Missionary to Thailand will be here on Wednesday April 29 at 6:00pm. Please plan to be here and meet the Sullivan’s. Brother Dan will be speaking for the service. Don’t forget we are planning a work day for the church building on Saturday May 02. Please get with Sister Dawana Reigel for details and suggestions. Please be here at 10am. Our Twelfth Annul Bible Conference will be held on Friday September 18 and Saturday September 19. The church will start planning it very soon please have it on your mind.