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 May 08, 2016            Newsletter Number 565 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:   “Be Not Conformed To This World”“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:2   I would like to speak to you today about changes this world and especially America are going through. In America in the past several years we have seen so many changes and none of them for the Christian good. Liberalism has really drug America down into the sewage. America has gotten so bad that we are demonizing people who disagree with people using whatever bathroom they choose; this is the sickness in America. It matters not if you are Republican or Democrat both side support this lunacy. I know the perverts in American must be really enjoying this new allowance for them. However, it is not enough that so many people and politicians have agreed with them but when Christians are afraid of refusing to fight it, then there is not much fight left. Beloved as Christian we are commanded not to be conformed to this world and its ungodliness. The word “conformed” means -  to be fashion alike with it- in other words as Christians it is not ok to change with the world. God does not speak good of the world; in fact, He speaks of its judgment so to come. Beloved, as Christians we are the last fight, we are the fighters of truth and godliness. If we surrender and give us as the last line of sanity, then everyone loses to Satan. I know there are much pressure from the world, I know the NFL got involved, and so many other secular organizations, but these are not Christians, these are not God’s fighters for truth. Churches that simply want growth, that want money, that desire notoriety in the world will and have conformed to this world without a fight for God. The Lord also said by not conformed to this world… ye may prove what is that good. We still love good; we still love the truth of God. We still want a world to live in where Christians can worship and serve God in truth and in spirit. The world can do what they please they serve Satan anyway, but as Christians we must continue the fight. While the Lord told us to occupy till he returns Luke 19:13, He never told us to surrender. The Lord also told us “but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind” this is a renewing of the mind you might say it is a revival of God’s power in our hearts. The Psalmist prayed in Psalms 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” We need the Holy Spirt to continually work within us. We need to pray often that God will keep us upright and not allow us to fall to the temptations of the world dictating what is right and what is wrong, because they only know wrong, however they call the wrong right and will hate you for disagreeing. Beloved, time will continue and the world will continue to worsen, as Christians we will be hated more and more for doing what is right. Therefore, let us all pray together that God will keep us whole and renewed in the Spirit every day, and let us not be afraid to fight for what is godly and right. If we do not fight the good fight, then who will. We may lose the battle in this world but we will win the victory in the world to come. So while big church surrender to the image of the world, let us small church fight to the end. There were millions of Christians who have died fighting this same fight.1 Timothy 6:12 “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.” Remember let us all pray together.

"Come Unto Me"By Don Fortner Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”   Most preachers separate, carefully define, explain, and apologize for different aspects of gospel truth, as if one truth of the gospel were opposed to another. They seem to think a man cannot consistently proclaim God's total sovereignty in salvation and, at the same time, press upon sinners their responsibility to believe the gospel. In Matthew 11, our Lord Jesus plainly declares four things which every gospel preacher must constantly press upon the hearts of men.   1. It is the responsibility of all who hear the gospel to repent and obey the gospel (vv. 20-24).   2. God, from eternity, has chosen to reveal the gospel to some and hide it from others, according to his own purpose of grace in election (vv. 25-26).   3. The Lord Jesus Christ is totally sovereign in the salvation of sinners, giving life to whom he will (v. 27).   4. All who come to Christ will be saved by his almighty, free, irresistible grace (vv. 28-30).   These are not speculative theories. These are facts, plainly revealed in Holy Scripture. Let others fuss and debate as they will. Let the theologians speculate and divide as they please. While they are trying to figure out how Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility fit together or exclude one another, I am determined to preach the gospel of God's free and sovereign grace to perishing sinners who are responsible to obey it, and urge them to do so. While the intellectuals disect the word of truth and try to shape it into a "better" form or system, we will go on preaching it, in the language of farm hands and carpenters, asking God to effectually apply it to the hearts of dead sinners as he will, according to his own sovereign pleasure, for the glory of Christ. This is the Word of Christ to weary sinners: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." If you come, grace makes you willing to come. But, if you come to Christ, you will find rest.

Noteworthy: Ladies we pray you all have a Happy Mother’s Day!!   Happy Anniversary Pastor and Sister Donna Johnson Saturday May 14

Psalms 139:13 - 14   "For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb...I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."