2016-02
2016-02
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
"The Best Is Yet to Come" (Ruth 4)
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
"The Best Is Yet to Come" (Ruth 4:1-22)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, February 28, 2016
Ruth 4:1–22 (NIV)
4 Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
2 Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. 3 Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek. 4 I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line.”
“I will redeem it,” he said.
5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”
6 At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”
7 (Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.)
8 So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.
9 Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”
11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”
13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 This, then, is the family line of Perez:
Perez was the father of Hezron,
19 Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram the father of Amminadab,
20 Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
21 Salmon the father of Boaz,
Boaz the father of Obed,
22 Obed the father of Jesse,
and Jesse the father of David.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28, NIV)
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:35-39, NIV)
1. The path that God has planned for our good is not always a smooth, straight path (vv. 1, 4; 3:12–13).
2. We have a responsibility to face life’s challenges with wisdom and righteousness (vv. 1–10).
3. When the good that God has planned for us comes to pass, we should respond with joy and praise (vv. 11–17).
4. We must remember that the good that God is doing in our lives may not be fully realized during our lifetimes (vv. 18–22).
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
"God Fulfills His Word" (Genesis 21:1-21)
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
"God Fulfills His Word" (Genesis 21:1-21)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, February 21, 2016
Genesis 21:1–21 (NIV)
21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. 4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” 7 And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, 10 and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”
11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. 12 But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned. 13 I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.
17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. 21 While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
1. In God’s own timing, He will fulfill his Word (vv. 1–7).The Lord fulfills his promises at the appointed time (1–2).The fulfillment of the promise provides opportunity for obedience (3–5).The fulfillment of the promise prompts great rejoicing (6–7).2. The fulfillment of God’s plan is not hindered by our failures (vv. 8–21).God’s sovereign plan to fulfill his promises is not challenged by the consequences of our failures (vv. 8–13).God’s sovereign plan often graciously turns our failures into blessing (14–21).Main Idea: God keeps his promises in his own time, and his plan is never hindered by our failures.
Wednesday Feb 17, 2016
"The God Who Does Not Wipe Out Rebels"
Wednesday Feb 17, 2016
Wednesday Feb 17, 2016
The God Who Is ThereWritten by D. A. CarsonChapter Two: “The God Who Does Not Wipe Out Rebels”Introduction"You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die." (Genesis 2:16-17, NIV)What happens in Genesis 3 is foundational for understanding the rest of the Bible.Understanding Genesis 3Genesis 3 contains symbols that must be interpreted, but the story and its main point are clearly understood.Genesis 3 records the disobedience of our first human parents, which had consequences for all humanity and the world.Deception and RebellionSatan questions God’s words.Satan exaggerates God’s restriction.Satan causes the woman to doubt God’s goodness.Satan lies about God’s judgment.Satan entices with self-determination and self-worship.ConsequencesInversion of Created OrderDeathShame and GuiltLoss of innocence w/ no returnBroken relationship w/ GodBroken relationship w/ peopleDenial of personal responsibilityAttempted self-justificationCursesSerpentCast out and rejectedUltimate defeat predictedWomanPain and difficulty in childbirthDisharmony in marriage relationshipManToil and frustration in workWhole created order suffersLong-Term EffectsSin has consequences.Guilt must be covered by atonement.Atonement comes by death and the shedding of blood.Animal sacrifice was provisional and typological, preparing way for Christ’s ultimate atoning sacrifice.ImplicationsRight and Wrong: moral consciousness or evolutionary aid?Evil: horizontal and verticalOur problem: idolatry and alienation from GodOur need: to be reconciled to God-we need a Savior.
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
"Grace Greater than Our Sin" (Genesis 20)
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
"Grace Greater than Our Sin" (Genesis 20)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, February 14, 2016
Genesis 20 (NIV)
20 Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, 2 and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
3 But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”
4 Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? 5 Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”
6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her. 7 Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.”
8 Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid. 9 Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.” 10 And Abimelek asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
11 Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’ 12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife. 13 And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”
14 Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him. 15 And Abimelek said, “My land is before you; live wherever you like.”
16 To Sarah he said, “I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.”
17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again, 18 for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah. 1. Abraham’s deception put the promised blessing in jeopardy (vv. 1–2). 2. God intervened in order to protect the promised blessing (vv. 3–7).3. Abraham’s deception is confronted by the pagan King Abimelech (vv. 8–13).4. God graciously turned Abraham’s lack of trust into an opportunity to bless him (vv. 14–18).Main Idea: God’s grace can conquer our failures. There is grace that is greater than our sin.
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
"Behind the Scenes" (Ruth 2)
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
"Behind the Scenes" (Ruth 2)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, February 14, 2016
Ruth 2 (NIV)
2 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.”
Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.
4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!”
“The Lord bless you!” they answered.
5 Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”
6 The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi. 7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.”
8 So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. 9 Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”
10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”
11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”
14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.”
When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”
17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah. 18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.
19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!”
Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
20 “The Lord bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers. ”
21 Then Ruth the Moabite said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’ ”
22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”
23 So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
1. God delights in accomplishing his purposes through the everyday circumstances of life (vv. 1-3).God works through our human relationships.God works through our use of practical wisdom and diligence.God works through events and circumstances that seem purely coincidental from our perspective.2. God delights in using men and women of noble character to accomplish his purposes (vv. 4-17).**Both Boaz and Ruth are described in the book as a man and woman of noble character.Those who treat others with dignity (v. 4)Those who show compassion for the needy (v. 5)Those who work diligently (vv. 6–7)Those who give generously to others (vv. 8–9, 14–17)Those who treat strangers/foreigners with kindness (v. 10)Those who sacrifice for the well-being of others (v. 11).Those who entrust their lives to the hand of God (v. 12).Those who display gratitude and humility (vv. 10, 13).3. God delights in working out his purposes in ways that we do not expect (vv. 18-23).God may not work out his plans in our life exactly the way that we expected or even hoped. Because God may have something in mind for you better than what you had expected or hoped for.Main Idea: God delights in working out his purposes in order that he might show us his grace.
Wednesday Feb 10, 2016
"The God Who Made Everything"
Wednesday Feb 10, 2016
Wednesday Feb 10, 2016
The God Who Is ThereWritten By D. A. CarsonChapter One: “The God Who Made Everything”IntroductionRise of biblical illiteracyBible: collection of Christianity’s foundation documentsBible is a diverse collection of documentsThe Bible reveals “the God who is there”Genesis 1-2Record of the creation of the universe by GodGod creates an orderly world and fills it with living creaturesThe climax of God’s creation is human beings, made in His imageGenesis 1-2 & ScienceMore ambiguity in the interpretation of these chapters than some Christians recognizeMore ambiguity in claims of science than some scientists realizeChallenge of “irreducible complexity” points to Designer“However complex the debates over Genesis 1-2…there is an irreducible minimum that these chapters must be saying for the Bible to have any coherence at all…”Some Things about GodGod simply is.God made everything that is non-God.There is only one of Him.God is a talking God.Everything God makes is good.God comes to an end of his creative work, and he rests.The creation proclaims his greatness and glory.The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. (Psalm 19:1, NIV)Some Things about PeopleWe are made in the image of God.In a finite way, we reflect God.CreativityCapacity to workCapacity to ruleCapacity to serve as God’s stewardsWe were made male and female.The man and his wife were innocent.Some things about How Genesis 1-2 Fits into the BibleForm necessary background to Gen. 3 and rest of BibleDoctrine of creation recurs throughout the rest of the Bible and finds fulfillment in “new creation”Shapes our worldviewGrounds human accountability
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
"A Lamentable Legacy" (Genesis 19:30-38)
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
"A Lamentable Legacy" (Genesis 19:30-38)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, February 7, 2016
Genesis 19:30–38 (NIV)
30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.” 35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.Main Ideas: When you live comfortably in this
world, the pleasures and values of the world may invade your heart and the
hearts of your family members.
God’s sovereign grace
can turn any situation into good for his glory.
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
"Bitter and Sweet Providence" (Ruth 1)
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
"Bitter and Sweet Providence" (Ruth 1)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, February 7, 2016
Ruth 1:1–22 (NIV)
1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.
3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. 9 May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”
Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—13 would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!”
14 At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”
16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
20 “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”
22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.
1. Pain and suffering are a part of this life (vv. 1–5).Sometimes we experience suffering because of our own bad choices.We also experience suffering because we live in a sin-cursed world.Ultimately, everything that happens is a part of God’s plan.2. We must respond with trust in God in the midst of our suffering (vv. 6–21).We must not respond with bitterness.Instead, we should trust in God.3. Everything that God does is for our good and for his glory (vv. 6, 18, 22).Main Idea: In the midst of the trials of life, we need to respond with trust in God because everything he does is for our good and for his glory.
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
"Everyday Christian Ethics" (1 Thessalonians 5:12-28)
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
"Everyday Christian Ethics" (1 Thessalonians 5:12-28)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchWednesday PM, February 3, 2016
1 Thessalonians 5:12–28 (NIV)
12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.
23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us. 26 Greet all God’s people with a holy kiss. 27 I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.