2015-11
2015-11
Sunday Nov 29, 2015
"Follow the Right Examples" (Philippians 3:15-21)
Sunday Nov 29, 2015
Sunday Nov 29, 2015
“Follow the Right Examples” (Philippians 3:15–21)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, November 29, 2015
Philippians 3:15–21 (NIV)
15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
17 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Before you start following someone, you ought to know where that person is heading. 1. Follow the right examples, namely, those who are pressing on toward the goal of Jesus Christ (15–17 and previous context).2. Be careful to avoid the wrong examples, namely, those who are living for their own pleasure and doomed to destruction (18–19).3. It is important that we follow the right examples, because we belong to the kingdom of heaven not the kingdom of earth (20–21).Main Idea: As believers, we should be following the right examples in the faith; and in order to do that we need to know where our examples are headed.
Sunday Nov 22, 2015
"A Psalm of Thanksgiving" (Psalm 30)
Sunday Nov 22, 2015
Sunday Nov 22, 2015
“A Psalm of Thanksgiving” (Psalm 30)Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday AM, November 22, 2015Psalm 30 (NIV)
A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. Of David.
1 I will exalt you, Lord,
for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2 Lord my God, I called to you for help,
and you healed me.
3 You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;
you spared me from going down to the pit.
4 Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;
praise his holy name.
5 For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
6 When I felt secure, I said,
“I will never be shaken.”
7 Lord, when you favored me,
you made my royal mountain stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
I was dismayed.
8 To you, Lord, I called;
to the Lord I cried for mercy:
9 “What is gained if I am silenced,
if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
10 Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me;
Lord, be my help.”
11 You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12 that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will praise you forever.
1. “Help, Lord, I’m in trouble!” (1, 2, 3, 5, 11)2. “Before the trouble came, I was proud and overconfident.” (6–8)3. “When trouble came, I prayed to you in my distress.” (2, 8, 9, 10)4. “God, you heard my prayer and had mercy on me.” (1, 2, 3, 11)5. “Now, God, I praise you and thank you for your mercy.” (1, 4, 5, 12)Main Idea: God is worthy of our eternal praise and thanks, because He lifted us out of the pit of death.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
"Transformed by the Gospel" (1 Thessalonians 1:4-10)
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsWednesday PM, November 18, 20151 Thessalonians 1:1-10 (NIV) 1 Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you. 2 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. 6 You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. 7 And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia-- your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, 9 for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead-- Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
"Justified by Faith" (Genesis 15:1-6)
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday AM, November 15, 2015
Genesis 15:1–6 (NIV)
15 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:
“Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward. ”
2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. Main Idea: When we put our trust in what God has
done for us, his righteousness becomes our righteousness.
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
"The Ultimate Treasure" (Philippians 3:1-14)
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday AM, November 15, 2015
Philippians 3:1–14 (NIV)
3 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence.
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Main Idea: The ultimate treasure in the universe is knowing and serving the Lord Jesus Christ.1. We must not be distracted by counterfeit treasure. 2. We must remember that the ultimate treasure is a gift of grace.3. We must still pursue the ultimate treasure with all of our being.
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
"To the Rescue" (Genesis 14:1-24)
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, November 8, 2015
Genesis 14:1-24
14 At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, 2 these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3 All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley). 4 For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim 6 and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran near the desert. 7 Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.
8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim 9 against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. 11 The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. 12 They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
13 A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15 During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. 16 He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.
17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19 and he blessed Abram, saying,
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.
20 And praise be to God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand.”
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.”
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, 23 that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ 24 I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. Let them have their share."Main Idea: Faith trusts God to deliver. Faith trusts God to provide. Faith trusts God to keep his Word.
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
"Selfless, Sacrificial Servants" (Philippians 2:19-30)
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, November 8, 2015
Philippians 2:19–30 (NIV)
19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. 20 I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare. 21 For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel. 23 I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. 24 And I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
25 But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. 26 For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. 27 Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. 28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. 29 So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him, 30 because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me.
1. Timothy: a selfless son (vv. 19–24).a. A truthful messenger (v. 19).b. A loving shepherd (v. 20).c. A selfless disciple of Christ (v. 21).d. A faithful son in the faith (v. 22).e. A treasured companion (vv. 23–24).2. Epaphroditus: a sacrificial servant (vv. 25–30).a. A messenger of charity (vv. 25, 30).b. A loving member of the body of Christ (vv. 26, 28).c. A valuable asset to the work of Christ (v. 27).d. An honored servant (v. 29).e. A living sacrifice of love (v. 30).Main Idea: Timothy and Epaphroditus provide models of faithful, Christian discipleship that each of us should seek to emulate. We should all strive by grace to be selfless, sacrificial servants of the Lord Jesus Christ and of each other.
Wednesday Nov 04, 2015
"Living the Christian Life Together" (1 Thessalonians 1:1-3)
Wednesday Nov 04, 2015
Wednesday Nov 04, 2015
Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsWednesday PM, November 4, 2015
Acts 17:1–15 (NIV)
17 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. 4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
5 But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd. 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, 7 and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.” 8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. 9 Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.
10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
1 Thessalonians 1:1–3 (NIV)
Paul, Silas and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace to you.
2 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
"Generous Faith" (Genesis 13:1-18)
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday PM, November 1, 2015
Genesis 13:1–18 (NIV)
13 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him. 2 Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
3 From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier 4 and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together. 7 And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”
10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. 13 Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.
14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”
18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.
1. God gives great wealth to Abram as a part of his promise to bless Abram and his heirs (1-2).A proper response to God's blessings: Abram's worship (3-4).An improper response to God's blessings: the strife of Abram's and Lot's herdsmen (5-7).A proper response to God's blessings: Abram's generosity (8-9).An improper response to God's blessings: Lot's selfish choice (10-13).2. God promises to give the land of Canaan to Abram alone as a part of his promise to bless Abram and his heirs (14-18).Main Idea: Faith can be generous, because faith believes in the sovereign God who works out all things for the good of his people and for his own glory.
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
"Working Out Our Salvation" (Philippians 2:12-18)
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday AM, November 1, 2015
Philippians 2:12–18 (NIV)
12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. 17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.
Main Idea: The salvation that God has accomplished for us by grace is to be worked out practically in good works every day of our Christian lives.1. "Working out" our salvation is not earning our salvation; God has "worked it in" by grace.2. "Working out" our salvation has to do with the Christian obedience that flows out of a gospel-changed heart.3. "Working out" our salvation should not be constrained only by the presence of some spiritual authority, but in the fear of God.4. Our "working out" of our salvation is owed to the gracious work of God that fulfills his eternal purpose for us as his holy people.5. "Working out" our salvation includes living in humility and unity without complaining and arguing. 6. "Working out" our salvation should result in a life that is characterized by holiness and purity.7. "Working out" our salvation should demonstrate a marked difference between us and and an unbelieving world.8. "Working out" our salvation brings joy now and on the day of Christ.