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 06, 2014 Newsletter Number 459 Brother Randy Johnson, Pastor Brother Ronnie Henderson, Song Director Pastor E-Mail: pastor@sgmbaptist.com Web Site: www.sgmbaptist.com

You Were Asked To 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, Helen Maggard, Johnnie Stephens, Alecia Stephens, and children, Junior Baldridge, Frankie Baldridge and daughter, Buckie Thompson, Frank & Sonya Trusty, Frank & Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston, Larry & Martha Mollette, Larry Mollette II & Family, Kerry Pennington, Kim Poole, Danny & Nita Mollette, Robert Riggs, 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, Mary Ramsey, Donna Johnson, Fay Johnson, James and Luann Reynolds, Timothy Fails, Nathan & Claire Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jerry Hughes, Teresa Bookout, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr, Janie Capps, Imajo Tracy, Linda Hughes, Roy Lemmon, Rosie Tomlin, Pat Abercrombie, Donna Jones, Dale Trahan, Ricky and Margaret McCoy, Brother David O’Neal, James & Diane Thomas, Gina Peel, James and Lynn Tomlin, Brother Kelley and Sister Hinson, Robert, Megan Whitaker, Manual Seymour, Sr., Brother Jerry and Sister Jean Dodson, 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 A. W. Pink: "That The God-Man Might be Glorified" Christ is the Center of all the counsels of the Godhead. He is both the Alpha and Omega of their designs. All God’s thoughts concerning everything in heaven and in earth begin and end in Christ. "God created all things by Jesus Christ" (Eph. 3:9), and all things were created "for him" (Col. 1:16). As Mediator he is the only medium of union and communion between God and the creature. "That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; in him" (Eph. 1:10). Christ is the one universal head in which God has summed up all things. Therefore was the stupendous work of redemption given to him that he might reconcile all things in heaven and earth unto himself, and this, that a revenue of glory might come to him. The man Christ Jesus was taken up into union with the essential and eternal Word, God the Son, so that he might be Jehovah’s "Fellow" (Zech. 13:7). The man Christ Jesus was predestinated unto the ineffable honour of union with the second person in the Trinity. As such he is the head of he whole election of grace, called by the Father, "Mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth" (Isa. 42:1). As the God-man, the Father covenanted with him, appointed him as Surety, and assigned him his work. As God-man, he had a covenant subsistence before he became incarnate. This is clear from John 6:62: "What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?" It was as the God-man the Father "sent" forth Christ on his errand of mercy, and that for his personal glory. As Judas went out to betray him, Christ said, "Now is the Son of man glorified" (John 13:31). Within a few hours his stupendous undertaking would be accomplished. The Mediator was honored, supremely honored, by God’s having committed to his care the mightiest work of all, a work which none other was capable of performing. To him was entrusted the task of glorifying God here on earth; of vanquishing his arch-enemy, the Devil; of redeeming his elect. To this he makes reference in John 17:4, "I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gayest me to do." He had completed God’s vast design, executed his decrees, fulfilled all his will. Having so gloriously glorified the Father, the Father has proportionately glorified the Mediator. He has been exalted high above "all principality and power, and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come" (Eph. 1:21). He has been elevated to "the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Heb. 1:3). He has been given all authority in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18). He has been given "power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as the Father hast given him" (John 17:2). He has been given a name which is above every name, before which name every knee shall yet bow (Phil. 2:11). Speaking of Christ’s finished work and the Father’s rewarding thereof, the Psalmist said, "His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed forever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance" (Ps. 21:5, 6). This was the grand design of the Trinity: that the God-man should thus be glorified.

A Thought For The Week: Everyone Shall Give An Account To God"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!" Matthew 10:29-31 Humans have always been obstinate brutish self-willed beasts. It is in the nature of their fleshly hearts and minds to despise the sovereign authority of Almighty God, their Creator. Mankind tramples through this world for the most part void of any serious considerations of his mortality and the eternal destiny of his soul. The vast majority are content living in rebellion to the laws of God. It is quite difficult for reprobated minds to grasp the reality of what sin really is and the inevitable condemnation for the love of sin. Lawlessness is the offspring of arrogant unbelief in brutish beasts. After all, if we do not believe there is a God then He really does not exist, right? If we believe God will not cast anyone into hell then He won’t, right? This God thing is just all a myth anyway, right? Apostle Paul asked: “For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?” (Rom. 3:3) If one believes the earth is not round does that mean that the earth is not round? Believing has no influence on reality, whether one validates or disavows the existence of a reality does not alter reality. The reality is that there is a sovereign eternal God that the heavens and the heavens cannot contain; He rules the heavens, the earth, and all that He has created. Not one person can opt-out of His sovereignty or being held accountable to His laws and commands. In the day of the final eternal judgment the record books written in heaven will be opened, and all men will be judged according to their deeds inscribed within the records. “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight, but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” (Heb. 4:13) Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess and give an account of his life to God. In that day all will know the reality of it. By Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr.

Church News: The churches next business meeting will be April 13.

A Thought From Our Pastor: Never knowing The Truth. 2 Timothy 3:7 "Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." There is only one way to know the truth of the scriptures and that is through the Holy Spirit. God teaches those who need to learn, and those that learn are taught of God. There have been and are countless of Billions of souls who attend church every Sunday and are never taught of God's Spirit. Work all their adult lives and never see heaven. Don't be a one who never learns the truth; search the scriptures and ask God.