2014-10
2014-10
Sunday Oct 26, 2014
Sunday Oct 26, 2014
“Life through Death” (John 12:20–36)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside
Baptist/Sunday AM/October 26, 2014
John 12:20–36 (NIV)
20 Now there were
some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They
came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they
said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell
Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 23 Jesus replied,
“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very
truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it
remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone
who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this
world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must
follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the
one who serves me. 27 “Now my soul is
troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was
for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify
your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I
have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd
that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had
spoken to him. 30 Jesus said,
“This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time
for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 And
I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He
said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. 34 The crowd spoke
up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how
can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?” 35 Then Jesus told
them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while
you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark
does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light
while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he
had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
1.
Jesus gave his life to save the lives of
many others.
a.
Jesus’ death was the fulfillment of God’s
redemptive purpose.
b.
Jesus’ death brought glory to God and to
himself.
c.
Jesus’ death was an essential step on the path
to glorification.
d.
Jesus’ death was sacrificial and
substitutionary: it was given on behalf of many others to secure their lives.
e.
Though Jesus’ death is unique, it also serves a
model of self-sacrifice for all of his disciples: the path to life is through
death.
2.
A disciple gives his life in the saving
of his own.
a.
Jesus set the example of self-sacrifice: he gave
his life only to take it up again, and he did it on behalf of others to secure
their salvation.
b.
The model is established then for Jesus’
followers: the path to resurrection and eternal life is through believing,
serving, self-sacrificing discipleship.
c.
We do not earn our salvation. Jesus merits our
salvation through his substitutionary sacrifice in death.
d.
Our dying to ourselves now in this life is an
expression of our God-given faith and our allegiance to the Lord who gave
himself for us and bought us and made us his own.
e.
While we do not earn our salvation through our
merits or even through our self-sacrifice; be assured that there is no eternal
life for the one who does not give himself in discipleship to Jesus.
f.
A disciple of Jesus follows him wherever that
path may lead, through comfort and sacrifice.
g.
The one who in faith serves Christ, receives
life and honor.
Main Idea: The path to Life is through Death. Jesus
meritoriously gave his life in death to earn eternal life for his people.
Jesus’ disciples give their lives in loving, thankful service to him in
demonstration of their faith on the way to eternal life.
Wednesday Oct 22, 2014
Wednesday Oct 22, 2014
Spiritual
Disciplines for the Christian Life
by
Donald Whitney
Stewardship…for
the purpose of godliness: Chapter 8
The
Discipline of Stewardship
Stewardship
is the management of that which ultimately does not belong to us. It is a
disciplined, wise use of limited resources that have been entrusted to our
care. Our stewardship of time and money reflects the state of our
disciplined life for godliness.
The
Disciplined Use of Time
Ø Use
time wisely “because the days are evil.”
Ø Wise
use of time is the preparation for eternity.
Ø Time
is short.
Ø Time
is passing.
Ø The
remaining time is uncertain.
Ø Time
lost cannot be regained.
Ø You
are accountable to God for your time.
Ø Time
is so easily lost.
Ø We
value time at death.
Ø Time’s
value in eternity.
Questions:
Ø What
aspects of our sinful heart are the greatest enemies of the disciplined use of
time?
Ø What
activities or attractions in our culture are the greatest time stealers?
Ø How do
we move from wasting time to redeeming the time?
The
Disciplined Use of Money
Ø God
owns everything you own.
Ø Giving
is an act of worship.
Ø Reflects
faith in God’s provision
Ø Should
be sacrificial and generous.
Ø Reflects
spiritual trustworthiness.
Ø Love,
not Legalism
Ø Willingly,
thankfully, and cheerfully
Ø An
appropriate response to real needs
Ø Should
be planned and systematic
Ø Results
in bountiful blessings.
Questions:
Ø Why do
we put so much value in money and things?
Ø In our
culture what are the greatest enemies to the disciplined use of money?
Ø How
does our use of time and money reflect the state of our spiritual progress in
godliness?
Final
Applications:
Ø Are
you prepared for the end of time?
Ø Are
you using your time as God would have you to use it?
Ø Are you
willing to accept God’s principles for giving?
Ø Are
you giving like you mean it?
Sunday Oct 19, 2014
Sunday Oct 19, 2014
“Christ’s
Message to the Church” (Summary of Revelation 2–3)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday PM/October 19, 2014
Revelation 1:9–20 (NIV)
9 I,
John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient
endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the
word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 On the Lord’s Day I
was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which
said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to
Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.” 12 I
turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw
seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was
someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet
and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hair on his
head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing
fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and
his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right
hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged
sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. 17 When I
saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me
and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I
am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And
I hold the keys of death and Hades. 19 “Write,
therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. 20 The
mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven
golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven
churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
1.
Jesus Christ is the glorious, risen Lord
of the Churches.
a.
Infinite authority
b.
Infinite knowledge
c.
Infinite Life
d.
Infinite Justice and Righteousness
e.
Infinite Deity
f.
Infinite Holiness and Truth
2.
Jesus Christ warns his Churches that they
will face constant and dangerous threats until he returns from heaven.
a.
External threats
b.
Internal threats
3.
Jesus Christ exhorts his Churches to
repent of idolatry, worldliness, and sin and remain faithful in obedience until
he comes.
4.
Jesus Christ promises life and glory in
His eternal kingdom to those who persevere in faith to the end.Main
Idea: Jesus Christ, the glorious Lord, teaches his churches
that faithful obedience in this life is worth any and every cost because of the
glorious kingdom that awaits every persevering child of God.
Sunday Oct 19, 2014
Sunday Oct 19, 2014
“Jesus,
the Savior of All Peoples” (John 12:20–36)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/October 19, 2014
John 12:20–36 (NIV)20 Now
there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They
came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they
said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell
Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 23 Jesus
replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very
truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it
remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone
who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this
world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must
follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the
one who serves me. 27 “Now
my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’?
No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father,
glorify your name!” Then
a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The
crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel
had spoken to him. 30 Jesus
said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the
time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven
out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw
all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show the kind of
death he was going to die. 34 The
crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain
forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this
‘Son of Man’?” 35 Then
Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer.
Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in
the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the
light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When
he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
1.
For the purposes of redemption and to
display his glory, God elected a man (Abraham) and his descendants to represent
God’s kingdom on earth.
a.
The LORD had said to Abram, "Go from your country,
your people and your father's household to the land I will show you. 2 "I will make you into a
great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will
be a blessing. 3 I will bless
those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on
earth will be blessed through you."
(Genesis 12:1-3, NIV)
2.
Through Abraham’s nation, God determined
to send a redeemer to save his people from their sins.
a.
I speak the truth in Christ-- I am not lying, my
conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit-- 2 I have great sorrow and
unceasing anguish in my heart. 3
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake
of my people, those of my own race, 4
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine
glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the
promises. 5 Theirs are the
patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God
over all, forever praised! Amen. (Romans
9:1-5, NIV)
3.
By God’s grace, this redeemed people of
God includes not only the ethnic descendants of Abraham, but Jews and Gentiles
who through faith are made heirs of God’s promises.
a.
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to
worship at the festival. 21
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request.
"Sir," they said, "we would like to see Jesus." 22 Philip went to tell Andrew;
Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 23
Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a
kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed.
But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
(John 12:20-24, NIV)
b.
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all
people to myself." 33 He
said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. (John 12:32-33, NIV)
4.
Now, in this age, God is saving Jews and
Gentiles (all peoples) by his grace and is making them into one new spiritual
nation, to represent his kingdom on earth.
a.
16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I
must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one
flock and one shepherd. (John 10:16, NIV)
b.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have
been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups
one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh
the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself
one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile
both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their
hostility. 17 He came and
preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have
access to the Father by one Spirit. 19
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens
with God's people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is
joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being
built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. (Eph. 2:13-22, NIV)
c.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who
called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but
now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you
have received mercy. (1 Pet. 2:9-10,
NIV)
d.
29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed,
and heirs according to the promise. (Gal. 3:29, NIV)''
Main
Idea: Jesus, in fulfillment of Scripture and the
purpose of God, came to save not only those of the chosen nation of Israel but
peoples from all nations for the glory of God.
Implications
and Applications:
Ø As
Gentiles who have been grafted in to the Abrahamic promise by faith, we should
be moved to greater depths of gratitude for God’s grace.
Ø In the
gospel of Jesus Christ, all racial, ethnic, cultural, and language barriers are
removed so as to create one new unity of diverse peoples.
Ø The
universal church is composed of peoples from every race, nation, and language
on earth throughout time. We share a common unity in Christ.
Ø The
church in its local expression should to some degree manifest this diverse
unity by including peoples from various races, ethnicities, social statuses,
and genders.
o
28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor
free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then
you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Gal. 3:28-29, NIV)
Ø Every human being,
regardless of class, race, ethnicity, language, culture, or gender is deserving
of respect and dignity and love because they are made in the image of God and
because the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ has been extended to them.
Ø We should make
every effort to fulfill Christ’s commission to take the Gospel to the ends of
the earth, so that God’s name might be glorified among all the peoples of the
earth in fulfillment of Psalm 67.
o
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face
shine on us-- 2 so that your
ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. 3 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you. 4
May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity
and guide the nations of the earth. 5
May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you. 6 The land yields its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us. 7
May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him. (Psalm
67:1-7, NIV)
Wednesday Oct 15, 2014
Wednesday Oct 15, 2014
Spiritual
Disciplines for the Christian Life
by
Donald Whitney
Service…for
the purpose of godliness: Chapter 7
The
Discipline of Service
Ø “When
Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Ø “It’s
costly service. God asks for your life. He doesn’t want servants who offer Him
the leftovers after their other commitments.” - Whitney
Ø “We’re
drawn to the appeal of service when it holds out the promise of bold
adventure…but it seems that far more commonly Christ’s call is to a death by degrees,
washing feet in obscurity.” – Whitney
Ø “Like
our worship and evangelism, so also our service should flow from within–without
any need of discipline–as a result of the life-transforming presence and work
of the Holy Spirit.” – Whitney
Ø “But…because
of the persistent gravitational tendencies toward selfishness in our hearts, we
must also discipline ourselves to serve.” – Whitney
Service
Is Expected
Ø Motivated
by Obedience
Ø Motivated
by Gratitude
Ø Motivated
by Gladness
Ø Motivated
by Forgiveness, not Guilt
Ø Motivated
by Humility
Ø Motivated
by Love
And
he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but
for him who died for them and was raised again. (2
Cor. 5:15, NIV)
Questions:
Ø What
keeps us from serving God and others?
Ø In
what ways do we tend to serve for the wrong motives?
Ø What
are some practical ways that we can serve inside and outside the church?
Gifted
to Serve
Ø Spiritual
Gifts
ü At
Salvation by the Holy Spirit
ü To
every Christian
ü Sovereignly
bestowed
ü Various
and diverse gifts
ü For
the benefit of the body of Christ
ü For
the glory of God
Each
of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful
stewards of God's grace in its various forms. (1
Pet. 4:10, NIV)
“The
most significant gifts in the church’s life in every era are ordinary natural
abilities sanctified.” – J. I. Packer
Ø Serving
is often hard work.
ü Spiritual
giftedness does not mean it will not be work.
ü Service
that costs nothing accomplishes nothing.
ü Service
is rewarding work.
ü Service
for God is enduring and valuable work.
Therefore,
my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give
yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in
the Lord is not in vain. (1 Co. 15:58, NIV)
God
is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as
you have helped his people and continue to help them. (Heb.
6:10, NIV)
Questions:
Ø Why
do we tend to overlook some spiritual gifts in favor of others?
Ø Why
do we sometimes think that our service is not accomplishing anything?
Final
Applications:Ø Worship
empowers serving; serving expresses worship. Godliness requires a disciplined
balance between the two.
Ø You
are expected and gifted to serve, but will you serve?
Ø The
gospel of Christ creates Christlike servants.
Sunday Oct 12, 2014
Sunday Oct 12, 2014
“The Self-Deceived, Complacent Church”
(Revelation 3:14–22)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/October 12, 2014
Revelation
3:14–22 (NIV)
14 “To
the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These are the words of the Amen, the
faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I
know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one
or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor
cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am
rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize
that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18 I
counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich;
and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve
to put on your eyes, so you can see. 19 Those
whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. 20 Here
I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the
door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. 21 To
the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,
just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Whoever
has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
1.
Jesus Christ is the faithful witness and
the Almighty Creator (v. 14).
15 The Son is the
image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were
created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones
or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him
and for him. 17 He is before
all things, and in him all things hold together. (Col. 1:15-17, NIV)
2.
Jesus Christ, the Lord of the Church
finds lazy, complacent, self-reliant religion to be abominable (vv. 15–17).
9 I know your
afflictions and your poverty-- yet you are rich! (Rev. 2:9, NIV)
3.
Jesus Christ, the Savior of the Church
provides his righteousness as clothing for his redeemed people who believe and
repent (vv. 18–20).
4.
Jesus Christ, the King of Creation,
grants eternal life and royal privilege to all who endure victoriously in faith
to the end (v. 21–22).
Big Idea: A faithful and
successful church is dependent on the Triune God for all things and is not
lulled into a false sense of complacent self-sufficiency.
Sunday Oct 12, 2014
John 12:12–19 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist Sun AM, October 12, 2014
Sunday Oct 12, 2014
Sunday Oct 12, 2014
“The Entrance of the King” (John
12:12–19)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/October 12, 2014
John
12:12–19 (NIV)12 The
next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on
his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out
to meet him, shouting,“Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord!”
“Blessed is the king of Israel!”
14 Jesus
found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 “Do
not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
see,
your king is coming,
seated
on a donkey’s colt.”
16 At
first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified
did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these
things had been done to him.
17 Now
the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him
from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people,
because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. 19 So
the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how
the whole world has gone after him!”
1.
Jubilant Praise
25
LORD, save us! LORD, grant us success! 26
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we
bless you. (Psalm
118:25-26, NIV)
2.
A Misunderstood Messiah
3.
A Procession of Peace
9
Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes
to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the
foal of a donkey. (Zech. 9:9,
NIV)
4.
Fulfillment of the Father’s Purpose
Main Idea: Jesus is the long-awaited Messiah King
who came in peace to reconcile sinners to God through his death on Passover in
fulfillment of the Father’s Divine Purpose.
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
by Donald Whitney
Evangelism…for the purpose of godliness: Chapter 6
The Discipline of Evangelism
Ø
“Disciplined faith is a faith that is likely to
survive and lead to faith in others.” – Alister E. McGrathØ
“Talking to a person about Jesus can be an
intensely rewarding experience for any believer.”
Ø
“And yet nothing causes anxiety more quickly
among a group of Christians than talking about our responsibility to
evangelize.”
What Is Evangelism?
Ø “Presenting
Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit to sinful people, in order that
they may come to put their trust in God through Him, to receive Him as their
savior, and to serve Him as their King in the fellowship of His church.”
Evangelism is ExpectedØ Commanded
by Christ
Ø Not
Just for the original 12 apostles
Ø Not
just for those with a “gift” of evangelism
Ø Expected
of all believers
Ø Disciples
make other disciples.
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded
you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matt.
28:18–20, NIV)
But you are a chosen
people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you
may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light. (1 Pet. 2:9, NIV)
Questions:
Ø Will
every Christian be equally gifted at evangelizing others?
Ø What
are some different methods or strategies for personally sharing the gospel with
others?
Evangelism is Empowered
Ø The
power of Evangelism is the Holy Spirit (not our eloquence).
ü Power
for witnessing (Acts 1:8)
ü Gospel
itself is embedded with power (Rom. 1:16)
ü Illuminating/Regenerating
power (Eph 2:8-9/Titus 3:5)
ü A
holy life adorns the gospel.
Questions:
Ø Why
are we often afraid to evangelize?
Ø Will
the Holy Spirit’s empowerment always manifest itself the same way?
Evangelism is a Discipline
Ø Should
be a natural outflow of a regenerated life, but also requires discipline.
ü Discipline
of Godly Living
ü Discipline
of Study
ü Discipline
of Timeü Discipline
of Relationships
ü Discipline
of Telling
Be wise in the way you
act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation
be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer
everyone. (Col. 4:5–6, NIV)
Final Applications:Ø Because
evangelism is expected, will you obey the Lord and witness?
Ø Because
evangelism is empowered, will you believe God can use your words in the
salvation of others?
Ø Will
you plan for evangelism?
Evangelism and Godliness
“The more we pursue Christ, the more we want to proclaim
Christ.”
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Revelation 3:7–13 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, October 5, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
“Faithfulness Is
Success” (Revelation 3:7–13)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/October 5, 2014
7 "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David.
What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. (Rev. 3:7,
NIV)
22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of
David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. (Isa.
22:22, NIV)
8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open
door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have
kept my word and have not denied my name. (Rev. 3:8, NIV)
9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who
claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars-- I will make them come and
fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. (Rev. 3:9, NIV)
14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing before
you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City
of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 60:14, NIV)
10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I
will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole
world to test the inhabitants of the earth. (Rev. 3:10, NIV)
9 I know your afflictions and your poverty-- yet you are
rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but
are a synagogue of Satan. 10
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will
put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten
days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your
victor's crown. (Rev. 2:9-10, NIV)
14 I have given them your word and the world has hated
them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take
them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even
as I am not of it. 17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the
world. (John 17:14-18, NIV)
11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no
one will take your crown. (Rev. 3:11, NIV)
10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell
you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer
persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will
give you life as your victor's crown. (Rev. 2:10, NIV)
12 The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the
temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name
of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is
coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new
name. (Rev. 3:12, NIV)
13 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. (Rev. 3:13, NIV)
Main Idea: Faithfulness to the
infallible, authoritative word of Christ is success.
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Spiritual
Disciplines for the Christian Life
by
Donald Whitney
Worship…for
the purpose of godliness: Chapter 5
The
Expectation of Worship
“It
is the duty (and privilege) of all people to worship their Creator.” – Whitney,
102
“Come,
let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;” (Psalm
95:6)
WLC
# 1What
is the chief and highest end of man?
Man’s
chief and highest end is to glorify God and fully to enjoy him forever.
Worship
Is…
Ø Focusing
on & Responding to God
ü “My
Lord and my God!” (Jn 20:28)
ü “Holy,
Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty” (Rev 4:8)
ü “Worthy
are you, our Lord and God…” (while falling before him) (Rev 4:11)
Worship
Is…
“To
worship God means to ascribe the proper worth to God, to magnify his
worthiness, or better, to approach and address God as He is worthy.” – Whitney,
103-4
ü Fully
acknowledging the glory and majesty of God and responding with our total being.
Questions:
Ø In
what ways is God revealed to us, so that we might respond appropriately in
worship to him?
Ø How do
the other spiritual disciplines lead us to worship?
Ø How
is worship itself a discipline?
Worship
Is…
Ø Done
in Spirit and Truth
ü Before
we can worship in spirit & truth we must have within us the One who is the
“Spirit of Truth” (John 14:17).
ü Spirit’s
regenerating and illuminating work leads us to worship the Triune God.
ü To
worship in spirit is to worship from the inside out with sincerity in our acts
of worship.
ü Worship
in truth is worship in accordance and agreement with the truth of Scripture and
in the means Scripture prescribes.
Questions:
Ø How
do we engage our spirits in worship and not just go through the motions?Ø How
do we keep worship anchored to the truth?
Ø How
do worshiping in spirit and truth balance each other?
Worship
Is…
Ø Expected
both Publicly and Privately
ü Public
worship is to corporately and physically gather with God’s people as his
church.
ü Private
worship is individual or family worship apart from the gathered church.
Worship
Is…
Ø A
Discipline to Be Cultivated
ü Worship
is both an end and a means.
ü We
emulate what we think about. To think often about God is to become more and
more like God.
Final
Applications:
Ø Will
you commit yourself to the discipline of daily private worship and regular
corporate worship?
Ø Will
you put actual worship into your acts of worship?
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
John 12:1–11 - Cameron Jungels - Sun AM, October 5, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
“A Prophetic Act of Supreme Devotion”
(John 12:1–11)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/October 5, 2014
John
12:1–11 (NIV)12 Six days before the Passover,
Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the
dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served,
while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then
Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on
Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the
fragrance of the perfume.
4 But
one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5 “Why
wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s
wages.” 6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor
but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself
to what was put into it.
7 “Leave
her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume
for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have the poor among
you, but you will not always have me.”
9 Meanwhile
a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because
of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So
the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, 11 for on
account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.
Ø The
majesty of Jesus Christ and his kingdom are worthy of our supreme devotion and
sacrifice.
Ø Our
devotion to Christ should overpower any thought of shame or hesitation to
publicly identify with him.
Ø External
displays of religion can often mask inner deceit and depravity.
Ø External
displays of religion can never substitute for true internal piety and worship.
Main Idea: Often, what we truly treasure is measured not by what we keep but by
what we give away and to whom we give it.
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Revelation 3:1–6 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, September 28, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
“Are You
Dead or Alive?” (Revelation 3:1–6)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/September
28, 2014
"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of
him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. (Rev. 3:1a, NIV)
4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and
from the seven spirits before his throne,
5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who
loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, (Rev. 1:4-5, NIV)
5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and
peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are
the seven spirits of God. (Rev. 4:5, NIV)
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain,
standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures
and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven
spirits of God sent out into all the earth. (Rev. 5:6, NIV)
6 So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to
Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD
Almighty. (Zech. 4:6, NIV)
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him-- the Spirit of
wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of
the knowledge and fear of the LORD-- (Isa. 11:2, NIV)
I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
(Rev. 3:1b, NIV)
2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die,
for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. (Rev. 3:2, NIV)
21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will
enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven. 22 Many
will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and
in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?' 23 Then I will tell them plainly,
'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' (Matt. 7:21-23, NIV)
3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard;
hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,
and you will not know at what time I will come to you. (Rev. 3:3, NIV)
4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled
their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
(Rev. 3:4, NIV)
12 In a loud voice they were saying: "Worthy is the
Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and
honor and glory and praise!" 13
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on
the sea, and all that is in them, saying: "To him who sits on the throne
and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and
ever!" (Rev. 5:12-13, NIV)
5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in
white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but
will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. (Rev. 3:5, NIV)
6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. (Rev. 3:6, NIV)
Main Ideas:
We need to be sure that our church is as alive as we say it is. Spiritual life cannot be assumed; it must be evident in the worship,
witness, and works that accompany true spiritual life.
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
John 11:45–57 - Cameron Jungels -Sun AM, September 28, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
“Human Plots and the Divine Purpose”
(John 11:45–57)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/September 28, 2014
John 11:45–57 (NIV) The
Plot to Kill Jesus45 Therefore
many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did,
believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and
told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and
the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.
“What
are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. 48 If
we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans
will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49 Then
one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know
nothing at all! 50 You do not realize that it is better for you
that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
51 He
did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that
Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not only for that
nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and
make them one. 53 So from that day on they plotted to take his
life.
54 Therefore
Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he
withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he
stayed with his disciples.
55 When
it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem
for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover. 56 They
kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one
another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?” 57 But
the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out
where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.
1. The stone-cold hardness of unbelief.
2. The wicked plots of unfaithful men.
3. The immovable gracious purpose of God.
Main Idea:
God’s sovereign purpose used the most
wicked scheme in the history of mankind to accomplish the greatest good – the
redemption of sinners (through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ).
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Spiritual
Disciplines for the Christian Lifeby
Donald Whitney
Prayer…for
the purpose of godliness: Chapter 4 - Albert
Edward Day“We
Protestants are an undisciplined people. Therein lies the reason for much of
the dearth of spiritual insights and serious lack of moral power.”
Prayer
Is ExpectedØ Jesus
Expects Us to Pray
ü Matt
6:5 – “And when you pray…”
ü Matt
6:6 – “But when you pray…”
ü Matt
6:7 – “And when you pray…”
ü Matt
6:9 – “Pray then like this…”
ü Luke
11:9 – “Ask…Seek…Knock…”
ü Luke
18:1 – “they should always pray and not give up.”
Ø God’s
Word Makes it Clear
ü Col
4:2 – “Devote yourselves to prayer…”
ü 1
Thess 5:17 – “Pray continually...”
ü Heb
4:16 – “Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we
may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Prayer
Is Learned
Ø By
Praying
Ø By
Meditating on Scripture
Ø By
Praying with Others
Ø By
Reading about Prayer
Prayer
Is Answered
7 "Ask and it will be given to
you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives;
the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be
opened. (Matt. 7:7-8, NIV)
Questions:
Ø What
makes prayer challenging?
Ø What
makes consistent, regular prayer challenging?
Ø What
are some ways to stay focused and disciplined in prayer?
Ø What
are some biblical components of prayer?
Ø How
should we prioritize the content of our prayers?
Ø How
does prayer relate to the sovereignty of God?
Final
Applications:
Ø Because
prayer is expected, will you pray?
Ø Since
prayer is learned, will you learn to pray?
Ø Since
prayer is answered, will you persistently pray?
Luke
11:5–13
5 Then Jesus said
to them, "Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and
say, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;
6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no
food to offer him.' 7 And
suppose the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked,
and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' 8 I tell you, even though he will
not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your
shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. 9 "So I say to you: Ask and
it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be
opened to you. 10 For
everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks,
the door will be opened. 11
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake
instead? 12 Or if he asks for
an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask
him!"
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
John 11:17–44 - Cameron Jungels - Sun AM, Sept. 21, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
“The Resurrection and the Life” (John
11:17–44)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/Sept. 21, 214 Jesus
Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus
17 On
his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four
days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and
many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their
brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went
out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. 21 “Lord,”
Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But
I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus
said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha
answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus
said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me
will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by
believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes,
Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is
to come into the world.”
28 After
she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher
is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard
this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not
yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 When
the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how
quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to
the tomb to mourn there.
32 When
Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and
said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When
Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping,
he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you
laid him?” he asked.
“Come
and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus
wept.
36 Then
the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But
some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept
this man from dying?”Jesus
Raises Lazarus From the Dead
38 Jesus,
once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid
across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But,
Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad
odor, for he has been there four days.”
40 Then
Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of
God?”
41 So
they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you
that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but
I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe
that you sent me.”
43 When
he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The
dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth
around his face.
Jesus
said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
1. Christ’s Purpose
2. Christ’s comPassion
3. Christ’s Promise
4. Christ’s Person
5. Christ’s Power
Main Idea: The raising of Lazarus from the dead is
but a foretaste of what awaits every disciple of Jesus on the last day, because
Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life.
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Revelation 2:18–29 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, Sept. 21, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
“Love Does
Not Tolerate False Teaching” (Revelation 2:18–29)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/Sept. 21, 2014
18 "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and
whose feet are like burnished bronze. (Rev. 2:18, NIV)
14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as
snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.
15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his
voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
(Rev. 1:14-15, NIV)
19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and
perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. (Rev.
2:19, NIV)
20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that
woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my
servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. (Rev.
2:20, NIV)
21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but
she is unwilling. (Rev. 2:21, NIV)
22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will
make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of
her ways. 23 I will strike
her children dead. (Rev. 2:22-23, NIV)
Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,
and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. (Rev. 2:23, NIV)
24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do
not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets,
'I will not impose any other burden on you,
25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.' (Rev. 2:24-25, NIV)
26 To the one who is victorious and does my will to the
end, I will give authority over the nations--
27 that one 'will rule them with an iron scepter and will
dash them to pieces like pottery'-- just as I have received authority from my
Father. 28 I will also give
that one the morning star. 29
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (Rev.
2:26-29, NIV)
Main Ideas:
·
Love does not tolerate false teaching.
·
We need to hold fast to the truth of Christ and
not let it go.
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
by
Donald Whitney
“Bible
Intake” (Part 2): Chapter 3
Means
of Taking in the Bible
Hearing the Bible
Reading the Bible
Studying the Bible
Memorizing the Bible
Meditating on the Bible
Applying the Bible
Memorizing
God’s WordØ Benefits
ü Supplies
Spiritual Power
ü Strengthens
Your Faith
ü Prepares
Us for Witnessing and Counseling
ü Provides
a Means of God’s Guidance
ü Stimulates
Meditation
Ø Methods
ü You
Can Memorize Scripture
ü Have
a Plan
ü Write
Out the Verses
ü Draw
Picture Reminders
ü Memorize
Word-Perfectly
ü Find
Accountability
ü Review
and Meditate Daily
Meditating
on God’s Word
“Meditation
is deep thinking on the truths and spiritual realities revealed in Scripture or
upon life from a scriptural perspective, for the purposes of understanding,
application, and prayer” (46-47).
Ø Benefits
ü God’s
Blessing and Success
ü Meditation
leads to obedience and obedience results in God’s blessing.
ü Greater
Affection for God
ü Greater
Loyalty to God.
ü More
powerful prayer life w/ God
Ø Methods
ü Select
an appropriate passage
ü Select
a method of meditation
1.
Emphasize different words
2. Rewrite
in your own words
3. Formulate
a principle
4. Think
of an illustration/picture
5. Look
for applications
6. How
does this text point to Law or Gospel?
7. How
does it point to Jesus?
8. What
question is answered or what problem is solved?
9. Pray
through the passage
10. Memorize
the text
11. Create
an artistic expression of the text
12. Ask
the Philippians 4:8 questions
Fix
your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely,
and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
(Philippians 4:8, NLT)
13. Ask
questions of the text?
14. Set
and discover a minimum number of insights from the text.
15. Find
a link or common thread through paragraphs or chapters
16. Does
it relate to your situation?
17. Use
Meditation Mapping
ü Don’t
Rush – Take Time
ü Go
Deeper and Avoid Distractions
Applying
God’s Word
Ø Benefits
ü Blessing
of God (James 1:22-25)
Now
that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them. (John 13:17,
NLT)
ü Growth
in Godliness Ø Methods
ü Expect
to Discover an Application
ü Understand
the Text
ü Meditate
to Discern an Application
ü Ask
application-oriented questions
ü Respond
specifically
Final
Words
Ø Will
you begin a plan of memorizing God’s Word?
Ø Will
you cultivate the discipline of meditating on God’s Word?
Ø Will
you prove yourself an applier of God’s Word?
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive
yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do
what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after
looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But
whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues
in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in
what they do.” (James 1:22–25, NIV)
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
John 10:22–42 - Cameron Jungels -Sunday AM, September 7, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
“Blindness and Belief” (John 10:22–42)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/September 7, 2014 John
10:22–42 (NIV)Further
Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims
22 Then
came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and
Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The
Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in
suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus
answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my
Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe
because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I
know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and
they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My
Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them
out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Again
his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but
Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For
which of these do you stone me?”
33 “We
are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy,
because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
34 Jesus
answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are
“gods” ’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of
God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—36 what about the
one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then
do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 Do
not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. 38 But if I
do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may
know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” 39 Again
they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
40 Then
Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in
the early days. There he stayed, 41 and many people came to
him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about
this man was true.” 42 And in that place many believed in
Jesus.
There is plenty of evidence to show that
Jesus is the Son of God, but those who are blind to the truth will never see
enough evidence to believe.
No matter how useful evidence and proof
is, it’s not ultimately about proof. It is ultimately about the state of the
heart—the hardness of unbelief or the tenderness of belief.
Unbelief is not ultimately mental and
intellectual—due to a lack of knowledge.
Unbelief is spiritual and moral—rooted
in rebellion against God.
The difference between belief and
unbelief is not the abundance of evidence, intelligence, goodness of character,
family history, or the ability of the person sharing the gospel.
The difference between belief and
unbelief is grace-given regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
“Unless you are born again, you cannot
see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3)
“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed
in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of
natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”
(John 1:12–13, NIV)
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Revelation 2:8–11 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, Sept. 7, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
“Poor but Rich; Defeated but
Triumphant” (Revelation 2:8–11)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/Sept. 7, 2014
8 "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These
are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life
again. (Rev. 2:8, NIV)
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord
God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev.
1:8, NIV)
9 I know your afflictions and your poverty-- yet you are
rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but
are a synagogue of Satan. (Rev. 2:9, NIV)
28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is
circumcision merely outward and physical.
29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and
circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written
code. Such a person's praise is not from other people, but from God. (Romans 2:28-29, NIV)
10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell
you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer
persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will
give you life as your victor's crown. (Rev. 2:10, NIV)
11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second
death. (Rev. 2:11, NIV)
13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and
Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according
to what they had done. 14
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the
second death. 15 Anyone whose
name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of
fire. (Rev. 20:13-15, NIV)
8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the
murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters
and all liars-- they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
This is the second death." (Rev. 21:8, NIV)
Main Idea:
·
As Christians, we must be willing to make ultimate
sacrifices for the name of Christ.
·
In the
midst of suffering, our poverty is actually wealth, and our defeat is actually
victory.
11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. (Rev. 2:11, NIV)
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
Saturday Oct 11, 2014
A study based on "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" Author: Donald WhitneyChapter 2Cameron Jungels