Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church "Where The Truths Of God’s Word Have Been Taught For More Than Fifty-Four Years” 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 April 17, 2016            Newsletter Number 562 Brother Randy Johnson, Pastor                          Brother Ronnie Henderson Sr., Song Leader Pastor E-Mail: pastor@sgmbaptist.com                                web Site: www.sgmbaptist.com “A Church Believing And Standing On The Truth, As The Holy Spirit Has Taught It.”

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, Ted O'Bonion, Larry Mollette II & Family, Kerry Pennington, Kim Poole, Danny & Nita Mollette, The Muncy Family,  Wendell Henderson, Joshua Kidd, Matthew Kidd, Ronnie and Sarah Henderson, Cindy Lane, Ronnie Henderson Jr. & Children, Ricky Henderson and Family, Jacie Henderson, Velma Hammond, Charles, Don Hammond and Families, Vickie Adkins, Archie & Barbara Griffin, 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, Brandy Sullivan, Gina, Tammy Hairston and family, Brother Kelley and Sister Hinson, Manual Seymour, Sr, Dewayne Sewell, The Harris Family, Teresa Bookout, Little Titan Thomas (Trent and Tiffane Thomas child), James – Diane and Brooke Thomas, Jace Fails, Steve Sparks, Brother Harold & Ann McSwain, 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:   “God Is Truth.” “Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.” Psalms 31:5   When the scriptures speak of God it says that He is Truth, just as you are a man or you are a woman, God is Truth. God is not a telling the truth, God is Truth by nature. Jesus said of himself in John 14:6 that He is the Truth. “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” And then we see in John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth..." Here in these three passages we see the Triune God is Truth. Now, by proving that God is Truth then we must understand that He cannot lie. We see in Titus 1:2 “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;” that God cannot lie. People say it is not good to say that God cannot do something, but God cannot do anything against His own nature. Since Gods nature is truth then He cannot be anything else, therefore it would be impossible for God to lie. Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Now why did God drag man into it? Is God calling man a liar? Well we see in Romans 3:4 “God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar…” God also said it in the Psalms in Psalms 116:11 “I said in my haste, All men are liars.” I have gone to this extent of showing the difference between God and man for a reason, however there is one more point I want to bring to light before proceeding to my main point. Since God is Truth, and He cannot lie then God never, ever has a reason to change. God said back up in Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent…” now the word “repent” simply means - to think differently or afterwards, that is, reconsider – now why would one “think differently or reconsider” something, it would be because something changed to turn you. Maybe you are wrong, or there was a better way, or maybe you were confused, or etc. Now while all of these fit mankind, none of them fit God, therefore God has no reason to repent. If God was wrong, or repented then it would signal that He changed in some way, and God can never change. God promised Jacob and his people in Malachi 3:6 “For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” Not that He would not change and consume Jacob but that he CANNOT CHANGE at all or in anything. Now let us put this together for our main point. Since it is proven that God is Truth, and that God cannot lie, and that God will not change, we want to link all this thought into Gods scriptures. The bible is not words from God, the scriptures are The Word Of God, and without question. In fact, the writer to the Hebrews penned these words, "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 because it is the Word Of God. This book is not simply words penned by men and women but rather it was penned by inspiration which make every word, God’s word. Now, let us look at this, if the bible is Gods own word then it is as much God as His very nature. It is truth, it is eternal, it is without repentance, and therefore it will not change, EVER! To change it means there must have been a reason to repent, and God, nor His word gives room to repentance. People change it, and when they do God calls the change a lie. "Who changed the truth of God into a lie..." Romans 1:25 See, if you already have the truth and change the truth then what does that make that truth? It makes that truth a lie. God does not repent nor does God ever change, not even with time. God went on to say when they change His truth, their reason for changing it is to praise and glorify man rather than God. "...and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." Romans 1:25 How is it possible for God to be “…blessed for ever.” If man changes salvation and other doctrines as something man does on his own, isn’t that to glorify the creature more than the creator? God says salvation is His work through the Holy Spirit, God says that salvation is in Jesus Christ and that glorifies His Son. In fact, God went on to say if someone says different they call God a liar.  1 John 5:10 - 11 "He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. (11.) And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." Folks, the bible is truth, it is Gods Truth and therefore it does not change with time, because it cannot. Believe it or not it makes no difference, God’s word is still Truth. It is up to the creature to change according to Gods Holy Truth and not the other way around. If you deny the truth of the bible, then you need to repent and change. The Bible cannot change, nor does the bibles doctrines change to suit peoples wishes or wants. That kind of change destroys Gods word as written.

Running Here And There Like Ants On An Anthill!: By J. C. Ryle Oh, that men and women would learn to live with the awareness that one day they are going to die! Truly, it is waste of time to set our hearts on a dying world and its short-lived comforts and pleasures; and for the sake of momentary pleasures — to lose a glorious eternity in Heaven! Here we are striving, laboring, exhausting ourselves about little things, and running here and there like ants on an anthill! And yet after a few years, we will all be gone — and another generation will take our place. Let us live for eternity! Let us seek His Kingdom and His Righteousness that can never be taken from us! "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things! When Christ, who is your life, appears — then you also will appear with Him in glory!" Colossians 3:1-4

In Search Of An Imaginary Good: By Charles Spurgeon   "Many are asking—Who can show us any good?" Psalm 4:6 And all these—all this vast gathering of human souls, are joining in one cry—all moving in one direction! Oh, dreadful thought—at which the faithful well may weep! Their cry is SELF; their course is sin. Here and there are the chosen few struggling against the mighty tide; but the masses, the multitude are hurrying on in their mad career—in search of an imaginary good; and reaping the fruit of the futile search—in disappointment, damnation and hell.

Noteworthy:    Happy Birthday to Sister Martha Mollette Tuesday April 19