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The Country Baptist Church Newsletter 1 Mile south of Interstate 30 on HWY 19 April 01, 2007 Pastor: Harace Hammond Pastor E-Mail: cbcpastor@netscape.org Web Site: countrybaptist.org "The Voice Of The Country Church" |
| You Were Asked To
Pray For: Larry Platt, Joyce Fryer, Bro. Archie & Barbara Griffin, Waylon & Pat Abercrombie with their daughter and son, David Wake man, Randy & Donna Johnson, Rhonda Douglas, Iona McCool, Mr. & Mrs. Lee French, Loyce Smith, Junior Potts, Shannon Bruce, David Bruce, Roberta Bruce, Faye Ralston, Edmond Hammond, Forrest Keener, Bill Hinson, Shannon Armstrong, Barbara Fails, Gary & Cindy Hogan, MSgt. Bobby S Briggs, Jim & Linda Meier, Dina and The Boys, Steve & Kimberley McCool, Troy Wiler, Helen Rowe, Dalton Froneberger, Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia, Bettye Huckabee, Kathy Rosinbaum, Don & Wynell Hammond, Brenda Galusha, Bro. Keith & Susie Kennison, Bro.& Mrs. Robert Ellis, Baby Tucker Walker, Ruth Carlton, Rosa Tomlin, Cynthia Hammond, Helen Stone, Bro. & Mrs. Pinson, Daniel Haygood, Sister McEvoy, Bob Jones, Wanda Malone, Bro. Bert and Heather Craft, Leta Ellis, James Douglas Rolin, Roger Littrell, Chet Reagan, Sidney Strawn, Bro. Bob Lemmon, Amanda Tomlin, Martha Holman, Doris Frank, and Billie Ford, Paul Horne, and ALL of our Troops and their Families. |
| A Thought From C. H.
Spurgeon:
THE KING'S HIGHWAY The way of holiness is so straight and plain that the simplest minds
cannot go astray if they constantly follow it. The worldly wise have
many twists and turns, and yet they make terrible blunders, and
generally miss their end. Worldly policy is a poor short-sighted thing,
and when men choose it as their road, it leads them over dark mountains.
Gracious minds know no better than to do as the Lord bids them; but this
keeps them in the king's highway, and under royal protection. |
| Thought Of The Week:
"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man." Hebrews 2:9 How wondrous that he who, as the Son of God, made the angels, should
be made inferior to them, and even need and receive their ministering
aid and support. O the depths of humiliation to which the blessed
Redeemer stooped, carrying down into their lowest point that pure,
spotless, holy humanity which he had assumed into union with his divine
Person as the Son of God! And let us ever bear carefully in mind that
humiliation is not degradation. Our blessed Lord "humbled himself" by a
voluntary act of surpassing grace; and it was no more in the power of
men or circumstances to debase him of his glory than of lying witnesses
to strip him of his innocency. The spotless purity of his sacred
humanity, as in union with his divine nature, and as filled with and
upheld by the Holy Spirit, preserved it from degradation in its lowest
humiliation. The crown of thorns and the purple robe, the mocking knee
of the Roman soldier and the taunting scoff of the Jewish priest, though
they called forth the grace, did not tarnish the glory of our suffering
Lord. His holy obedience to his Father's will in drinking the bitter
cup, his meek dignity amid the worst of insults, and his calm
resignation to all the weight of suffering which God or man laid upon
him, all shone forth the more conspicuously under every attempt to
dishonor him. It is most sweet and blessed to look down, as it were, into some of
those depths of humiliation into which the Redeemer sank, and to see
that in the lowest depths of his soul travail, when he was poured out
like water, and his heart, broken with grief and sorrow, was melted
within him like wax, he was, in the midst of all, the glorious Son of
God, though then the suffering Son of man; and that he was the same
Jesus yesterday when hanging on the cross, as he is today at the right
hand of his Father, and will be forever in the realms of heavenly bliss. |
| Happy April Fool’s
Day: Today is what in known by some to be the National Holiday for the atheist. The Lord said, "The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good." Psm 14:1. The word "fool" means stupid; wicked, and is not limited to only an atheist but rather has a broader meaning. The Lord also said, "A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself." Pro. 18:2. A fool is also one who seeks out the world’s religion and believes a lie. One who seeks out a lie to satisfy their own heart, rather than one who seeks out the truth of God’s Holy Script. I come in contact with many people everyday who will believe anything that is not truth. For example, they now claim to have discovered the body of our Lord and Saviour in a tomb and said to have DNA with some of Jesus half brothers family to prove it. Well I have a question, how can they trace the roots of Jesus half brother back 2000 years when most people have trouble tracing their families roots back 100 years? Here is another problem I have with this great discovery, how do they know it is the Lord’s body when it may be a brother of that half brother? I say to all who believe this great discovery, today is your National Holiday. Let’s not forget the Lord also said, "Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here [is] Christ, or there; believe [it] not." Matt. 24:23. So only a "fool" would believe it. Speaking of fools, one of the great thinker’s of our time Larry King said, "if this is the body of Christ it would destroy the "Easter Bunny". I would say to Larry King and the other fool who believe this lie, no it is not the "Easter Bunny" they are out to destroy it is Christianity they seek to destroy. They seek to keep us from voting by pointing out the sin’s of the Conservative candidates as they did in the last election, and then seek to keep God out of everything. Do not be fooled by them, they are sinners too. I will say this, do not be fooled by them we are not voting for a Pastor we are voting for political candidates and if we only vote for perfection then we get liberals in office, the very one’s who seek to destroy Christians. Speaking of fools, for those who watched the "Da Vinci Code" and for those, who believed its contents, let me say, this is also your holiday. First of all, Jesus had no earthly wife and the reason I know this to be a fact is the Lord said, "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready." Rev. 19:7 The Lord Jesus Christ will have the church as His bride in heaven. Here is another fact, Mary Magdalene could never have been the head of the church because Christ is, "For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body." Eph. 5:23. Please do not become a fool. Remember there are a lot of people out there who seek to destroy your faith. Satan has many devices at his disposal and will use them all. By: Bro. Randy Johnson, Pastor Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church, Texarkana, Texas |