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 August 13, 2017            Newsletter Number 632 Brother Randy Johnson, Pastor                   Brother James Thomas, 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.”

Please Join Us As We 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,  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, Lee & 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 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, Donna Jones, Gina, Brother Kelley and Sister Hinson, The Harris Family, Teresa Bookout, Little Titan Thomas (Trent and Tiffane Thomas child), James – Diane and Brooke Thomas, Jace Fails, Steve Sparks, Sister Ann McSwain, Elaine Sparks, James daughter’s mother-in-law, David Leman, Danny Hammond,  Brother Curtis Pugh, Brother Dan Sullivan the work in Thailand, Brother Raul and the work in Romania, Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia.

A Thought From our Pastor: The False Theory About This Verse. “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 It always makes me angry when people abuse and misuse the scriptures to prove a lie. Please understand there is not one single scripture in the entire word of God that tells us to choose Jesus Christ as our Saviour, not one. This scripture has been falsely used repeatedly as a salvation scripture and it simply is not. All scriptures must be used in the context in which the Holy Spirit inspired the writes or not at all. To misuse a scripture out of context is making the scriptures speak a lie, and the word of God, like its author, does not lie. The context here is about choosing between serving false gods and the God of all gods. It is not even in reference to salvation and has nothing to say about salvation. The context is in verse 14 “Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.” Therefore, the proper context is, are you going to serve me or the false gods your fathers served? God was not talking to lost sinners, they cannot serve God.  The Lord goes on to say but if you are going to serve me “…fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth…” You cannot properly serve God any other way then in truth. But if one is going to lie about the context of this scripture then that does nothing to serve the Lord in truth. Jesus said in John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” But the reality is most of those Arminian Preacher cannot even tell you what truth is. If they do not know God’s plan of salvation then how can they lead others to true and pure salvation. How can they speak the truth and lead their churches in a spiritual service if they have not even learned the context and truth of the scriptures? The truth is that God saved sinners, we have nothing to do with salvation, no decision, no choice, no prayer, no baptism, no works, no anything else. All of these are Arminian lies taking the scriptures out of context in order to make-up false doctrine. Look what Jesus Christ Himself said about salvation, “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him... John 6:44 now go look up in the Strong’s Concordance the word “draw” and you will see it means to “drag”. Now, I did not say it means “against our will”, no not at all, Paul said He makes us willing. “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13 it is not in us to do good to God, He puts that will there. Folks, it matters not what men say about the scriptures, it matters not how smart they are, it matters not how holy they may appear, the truth is it is either truth or a lie. There is not in between, there is not half-truth and half-lie, because with God only the absolute truth will do. The only choice that was made about salvation was God’s choice before the world began. As Paul said in 2 Timothy 1:7-11 “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (8) Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; (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, (10) But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: (11) Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.” The truth is folks, there is no choosing salvation, unless God has chosen you and called you with a Holy Calling to come to Jesus Christ and be washed in the sin cleansing blood.

The highest grace that can adorn the Christian character!By J.C. Ryle "And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for He has looked on the humble estate of his servant." Luke 1:46-56 Let us mark Mary's deep humility in this hymn of praise. She who was chosen of God to the high honor of being Messiah's mother — speaks of her own "humble estate," and acknowledges her need of a "Savior." She uses the language of one who has been taught by the grace of God to feel her own sins, and need a Savior for her own soul. Let us copy this holy humility of our Lord's mother. Like her, let us be lowly in our own eyes, and think little of ourselves. Humility is the highest grace that can adorn the Christian character. It is a true saying of an old divine, "A man has just so much Christianity — as he has humility." This is the grace which is most suitable to sinful human nature. Above all, humility is the grace which is within the reach of every converted person! All are not rich. All are not learned. All are not highly gifted. All are not preachers. But all children of God may be clothed with humility

Church Notices We are sad to announce that Pastor Jimmy Nelson will not attend or speak at our Bible Conference, maybe next year. Brother Raul Enydei from Romania will be speaking at our church on September 10 at 4:00pm please invite all you can to come and hear about the work in Romania. Do not forget our Bible Conference is September 15 – 16

A Quote For Thought: By Asahel Nettleton - 1783-1844 The conversion and salvation of sinners is owing entirely to the sovereign mercy of God! It is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs — because sinners always will wrong, and always run wrong.