Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church "Where The Truths Of God’s Word Have Been Taught For More Than Fifty-Five Years” 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 December 11, 2016            Newsletter Number 598 Brother Randy Johnson, Pastor                   Brother Ronnie Henderson Sr., Song Leader Pastor E-Mail: pastor@sgmbaptist.com                                          Web Site: www.sgmbaptist.com “A Church Seeking To Please God In Prayer, Song, Preaching, And Worship.”

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, Tyrell Loyd, Bonnie, Ted O'Bonion, Larry Mollette II & Family, Kerry Adcock, Kim Poole, Danny & Nita Mollette, The Muncy Family, Mary Mollette, Wendell Henderson, 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, 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, Linda Hughes, 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, The Morris Family, Teresa Bookout, Little Titan Thomas (Trent and Tiffane Thomas child), James – Diane and Brooke Thomas, Jace Fails, Steve Sparks, Sister Ann McSwain, Brother Archie and Barbra Griffin, Brother Curtis Pugh, Brother Dan Sullivan – his mother and the work in Thailand, Brother Raul and the work in Romania, Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia.

A Thought From our Pastor:   Only Believers In Jesus Christ Are God’s Children. Galatians 3:26 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”   Let this be understood, “we are not all God’s Children”. This is another lie told by those who have no understanding of God’s Holy Script. If a person does not believe in their heart that Jesus Christ is their total Saviour then they are not saved, and they are going to the eternal lake of fire. There are no exceptions no matter what Dr. Pastor says. Your pastor is not the final authority on the bible no matter who he is. Just like the Pope has no authority to forgive sins and neither does Catholic Priest. This old lying trash coming from the pulpits every Sunday Morning is nothing but just that, lying trash. Paul, who was an authority in the scriptures because he actually wrote 13 or more books of the Bible by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Paul wrote that only those who believe in Jesus Christ are saved, everyone else is lost and going to hell, if God does not save them first. Paul was fighting the same false stuff then as we do today, works. God point blank without question said that SALVATION IS NOT OF WORKS but people continue to believe that salvation is of works. Ephesians 2:9 “Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Romans 3:20 “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 9:16 “So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.” 2 Timothy 1:9 “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,” Now how much more proof is needed? Jesus Christ is our salvation and only in Him can we be accepted into or ever see the kingdom of God. This is exactly what Jesus told a ruler of the Jews, named Nicodemus. This is what Paul and Silas told the jailer. This is what Peter told a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch. Acts 8:37 “And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” Not one single word about works of any sort. However, pastors just keep telling people to work their way to heaven. They just keep preaching lies after lies. Folks, it was Jesus Christ who died. Thank God it will be Him who will judge us, and who will condemn the lost. Romans 8:34 “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.” Folks, it was Jesus Christ who died to give us salvation. It is Jesus Christ who saves sinners. And, it is Jesus Christ who receives all the glory of our salvation. He is the one who died and shed His blood, and there are no more avenues of salvation. Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” So, no, we are not all the children of God, we are not all loved of God, and we are not all going to heaven. I tell you the truth, if you are not washed in the blood of the Lamb, then you are condemned in your sins. John 3:18 “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” That is right you are already condemned to the eternal hell fires. But, there is still time, still hope, but if you continue to live in sin and deny Jesus Christ as the Saviour, then there is no hope for you.

GIVE WHO YOUR WHATBy Elder Curtis Pugh   Recently I saw a sign that said: “Be an organ donor. Give Jesus your heart.” I suppose it was meant to be clever, but actually it reveals ignorance of the Scriptures because such a thing as giving Jesus your heart is not found in the Bible. Like the idea of “making a decision for Christ,” or “praying the sinner's prayer” this idea, too, is unscriptural and without biblical foundation. There is one place where the phrase, “give me thine heart” can be found in the Bible. It is in the words of King Solomon to his son. Here is the verse containing that phrase along with a bit of context: “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder,” (Proverbs 23:26-32). Obviously King Solomon is giving his son practical advice about living: stay far from prostitutes and alcohol! Nothing here about giving your heart to Jesus! The Bible says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9). Jesus said, “...out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies,” (Matthew 15:18-19). The heart of each person being “deceitful” and “desperately wicked” causes it to spew forth awful sins. What makes anyone think that Jesus wants such a filthy thing! Jesus “...is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners...” (Hebrews 7:26). And you think to please Him by giving Him your filthy heart? I suppose those who speak of such a thing as giving your filthy heart to Jesus think that doing such a thing would please God. What they do not know is that the Bible is absolutely clear on this point: no person can do anything that pleases God prior to God regenerating them – that is prior to God birthing them anew by His Spirit. The Bible says: “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his,” (Romans 8:7-9). Jesus said: “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again,” (John 3:7). The new birth or birth from above is a work of the Spirit. Cast yourself on God!

Church Notices:   The church will observe The Lord’s Supper on December 25th at the 4:00 service.

1 John 2:15-17   "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. (17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”