2016-09
2016-09
Sunday Sep 25, 2016
“Judah’s Family Troubles”
Sunday Sep 25, 2016
Sunday Sep 25, 2016
“Judah’s Family Troubles” (Genesis 38:1–30)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, September 25, 2016
Genesis 38:1–30 (Tanakh)
38About that time Judah left his brothers and camped near a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.
2There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and cohabited with her. 3She conceived and bore a son, and he named him Er. 4She conceived again and bore a son, and named him Onan. 5Once again she bore a son, and named him Shelah; he was at Chezib when she bore him.
6Judah got a wife for Er his first-born; her name was Tamar. 7But Er, Judah’s first-born, was displeasing to the Lord, and the Lord took his life. 8Then Judah said to Onan, “Join with your brother’s wife and do your duty by her as a brother-in-law, and provide offspring for your brother.” 9But Onan, knowing that the seed would not count as his, let it go to waste whenever he joined with his brother’s wife, so as not to provide offspring for his brother. 10What he did was displeasing to the Lord, and He took his life also. 11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Stay as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up”—for he thought, “He too might die like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
12A long time afterward, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. When his period of mourning was over, Judah went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, together with his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13And Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is coming up to Timnah for the sheepshearing.” 14So she took off her widow’s garb, covered her face with a veil, and, wrapping herself up, sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she had not been given to him as wife. 15When Judah saw her, he took her for a harlot; for she had covered her face. 16So he turned aside to her by the road and said, “Here, let me sleep with you”—for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. “What,” she asked, “will you pay for sleeping with me?” 17He replied, “I will send a kid from my flock.” But she said, “You must leave a pledge until you have sent it.” 18And he said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, “Your seal and cord, and the staff which you carry.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she conceived by him. 19Then she went on her way. She took off her veil and again put on her widow’s garb.
20Judah sent the kid by his friend the Adullamite, to redeem the pledge from the woman; but he could not find her. 21He inquired of the people of that town, “Where is the cult prostitute, the one at Enaim, by the road?” But they said, “There has been no prostitute here.” 22So he returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her; moreover, the townspeople said: There has been no prostitute here.” 23Judah said, “Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock. I did send her this kid, but you did not find her.”
24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the harlot; in fact, she is with child by harlotry.” “Bring her out,” said Judah, “and let her be burned.” 25As she was being brought out, she sent this message to her father-in-law, “I am with child by the man to whom these belong.” And she added, “Examine these: whose seal and cord and staff are these?” 26Judah recognized them, and said, “She is more in the right than I, inasmuch as I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he was not intimate with her again.
27When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb! 28While she was in labor, one of them put out his hand, and the midwife tied a crimson thread on that hand, to signify: This one came out first. 29But just then he drew back his hand, and out came his brother; and she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” So he was named Perez. 30Afterward his brother came out, on whose hand was the crimson thread; he was named Zerah.
1. Judah’s immoral character and unwise choices laid the foundation for his family troubles.
2. Seeking pleasure without accompanying responsibility and faithfulness leads to God’s judgment.
3. We must honor our commitments, because or unfaithfulness to our word will find us out.
4. The work that God is doing in his redeemed people is often slow and hard.
5. God is able to take the messiest and most broken people and make it a part of his plan of redemption.
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." (Ruth 4:11-12, NIV)
This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, 4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife, (Matt. 1:1-6, NIV)
Main Idea: God takes immoral, self-serving, deceptive, commitment breaking sinners and includes them in his plan and transforms them by his amazing grace for his glory.
Sunday Sep 25, 2016
“When Everything Is Made Right”
Sunday Sep 25, 2016
Sunday Sep 25, 2016
“When Everything Is Made Right” (Psalm 2)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, September 25, 2016
Psalm 2 (NIV)
1 Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth rise up
and the rulers band together
against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break their chains
and throw off their shackles.”
4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord scoffs at them.
5 He rebukes them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6 “I have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”
7 I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have become your father.
8 Ask me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You will break them with a rod of iron;
you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”
10 Therefore, you kings, be wise;
be warned, you rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear
and celebrate his rule with trembling.
12 Kiss his son, or he will be angry
and your way will lead to your destruction,
for his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
I. Rebellion against God is utter futility.
A. But the wicked still plot and scheme how to avoid God’s authority.
B. The wicked do not want to be in bondage to God and his rule.
II. Because God Reigns.
III. Therefore, put your trust in God.
Main Idea: Ultimate hope comes from trusting in the one who rules all things and is bringing all of history to its intended conclusion.
A. There are consequences for rebelling against God.
B. There is blessing for those who trust in him.
Ultimate hope comes from trusting in the one who will make everything right.
Wednesday Sep 21, 2016
"Themes in Proverbs: Friends and Friendship"
Wednesday Sep 21, 2016
Wednesday Sep 21, 2016
Themes in Proverbs: Friends and Friendship
Importance of Friendships
Friendship and good relationships with others were very important to the sages.A good friend is as valuable in tough times as a close relative such as a brother (17:17). 27:9–10 suggests that friends are sometimes more valuable than relatives during hard times, especially if a friend is closer at hand (Tremper Longman III, Proverbs, 555–556).
Choose Friends Carefully
A friend’s character affects your own:
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. (Prov. 27:17, NIV)
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. (Prov. 13:20, NIV)
Good friends help you improve:
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice. (Prov. 27:9, NIV)
Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. (Prov. 27:5–6, NIV)
Harmful friends drag you down:
Pleasure-seekers
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags. (Prov. 23:20–21, NIV)
A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father. (Prov. 28:7, NIV)
Angry and Rebellious People
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. (Prov. 22:24–25, NIV)
Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials, for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring? (Prov. 24:21–22, NIV)
Thieves and Fools
The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify. (Prov. 29:24, NIV)
Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips. (Prov. 14:7, NIV)
Immoral and Sinful People
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth. (Prov. 29:3, NIV)
Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company; for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble. (Prov. 24:1–2, NIV)
My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them. …my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; (Prov. 1:10, 15, NIV)
Be True to Your Friends
Support them in their need:
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. (Prov. 17:17, NIV)
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:24, NIV)
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative's house when disaster strikes you-- better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away. (Prov. 27:10)
Keep their confidence:
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. (Prov. 17:9, NIV)
A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. (Prov. 16:28, NIV)
Show them respect and courtesy:
If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse. (Prov. 27:14, NIV)
Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death is one who deceives their neighbor and says, "I was only joking!" (Prov. 26:18–19, NIV)
Beware of Insincere Friends
Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts. The poor are shunned by all their relatives-- how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found. (Prov. 19:6–7, NIV)
Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them. (Prov. 19:4, NIV)
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends. (Prov. 14:20, NIV)
Don’t Guarantee a Friend’s Debts
One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor. (Prov. 17:18, NIV)
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger, you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth. So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Go-- to the point of exhaustion-- and give your neighbor no rest! Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids. Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. (Prov. 6:1–5)
[Outline adapted from Donald Orthner, Wellsprings of Life: Understanding Proverbs, 130–133]
Sunday Sep 18, 2016
“Joseph, Despised and Sold”
Sunday Sep 18, 2016
Sunday Sep 18, 2016
“Joseph, Despised and Sold” (Genesis 37:12–36)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, September 18, 2016
Genesis 37:12–36 (NIV)
12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem, 13 and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.”
“Very well,” he replied.
14 So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.
When Joseph arrived at Shechem, 15 a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”
16 He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?”
17 “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’”
So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. 18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other. 20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”
21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said. 22 “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.
23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.
26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
29 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes. 30 He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”
31 Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. 32 They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”
33 He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”
34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.
36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.
Jacob sends Joseph, his favored son, to spy on/check on his brothers (12-17)The Mission (12-14)The Detour (15-17)
Joseph, the despised one, is threatened with violence by his brothers (18-24)The original scheme: murder and cover-up (18-20)The motive: hatred and jealousyThe method: kill, throw into a cistern, blame on wild animalThe end-game: destroy the dreamer and his dreamsThe double agent: Reuben tries to alter their plan so he can later rescue him (21-22)The method: don’t kill; throw him into a dry cisternThe end-game: rescue and return to his father JacobThe motive: Brotherly compassion? Earn standing and favor with his father because of past misdeeds (35:22)?The revised scheme: throw into a cistern (23-24)The method: strip ornate robe, throw into a dry cisternThe end-game: Torment and release? Left to die? Wait and see?
Joseph, the despised one, is sold by his brothers as a common slave in exchange for money (25-30).The opportunistic scheme: sell as a slave for money (25-28)The opportunity: Ishmaelite traders on way to Egypt (25)The opportunistic scheme: don’t kill, sell as a slave (26-27)The motive: no profit in killing; profit in selling The method: sell for 20 shekels of silver to Ishmaelites who were going to EgyptThe end-game: get rid of Joseph and make a profit-double bonusThe reaction of the double-agent: Reuben is angry and despondent (29-30)
Jacob loses Joseph, his favored son, because of the hatred, jealousy, and deception of Joseph’s brothers (31-36).The Ruse (31-32)The method: deceive their father into thinking Joseph was killed by a wild animalThe motive: absolve themselves of responsibility for Joseph’s disappearance in the eyes of their fatherThe Response (33-35)Jacob sees the evidence and assumes the worst.Jacob responds with mourning and sorrow.Jacob’s intense sorrow and depression reveals his over-attachment to his son.The Reality (36)Joseph is not dead, but has been sold as a slave to an Egyptian official.The final verse of the scene hints at more to come.
Sunday Sep 18, 2016
“O God, You Are My God”
Sunday Sep 18, 2016
Sunday Sep 18, 2016
“O God, You Are My God” (Psalm 63)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, September 18, 2016
Psalm 63 (NIV)
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1 You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6 On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
7 Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8 I cling to you;
your right hand upholds me.
9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will glory in him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
Main Idea: When the trials of life overwhelm us, we must run to God.
1. When the trials of life overwhelm us, we must long for God with all of our hearts.
2. When the trials of life come, we must trust God for protection and deliverance.
3. When the trials of life come, we must joyfully anticipate the good that God has intended to accomplish with the trial.
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
"Themes in Proverbs: Planning for the Future"
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
Themes in Proverbs: Planning for the Future
Outline drawn from Tremper Longman III, Proverbs, Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006), 557–558.
Having a Goal in Mind
Planning requires a goal.A strategy is needed to reach the goal.Planning involves the imagination.To be a successful planner, one must understand what it takes to reach a goal.A good planner must anticipate obstacles on the way and devise alternatives to reach the goal or perhaps even alter the goal.To plan well requires wisdom, a skill of living that knows how to navigate life.
Benefits of Wise Planning
A number of proverbs make it clear that the sages knew the value of planning.Wise planning will be successful and lead to great benefits.“The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” (Prov. 21:5, NIV).Wise planning leads to great confidence in the future (ex: noble woman, 31:25).Those who plan wisely receive “covenant love” and “faithfulness.”
Wise vs. foolish planning
Wise planning seeks advice from other wise people.Yet the counsel of others is only helpful if the advice is coming from those who are wise.Examples of Bad counselors: Amnon and Jonadab (2 Samuel 13); Rehoboam and his “young” counselors (1 Kings 12).Wise planning also has a virtuous goal and will only utilize strategies that are fair and honest (12:5a).
God’s Plans and our Plans
The most important aspect of wise planning is awareness that one’s plans are ultimately at the service of God’s superseding purpose.
To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue. (Prov. 16:1, NIV)
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. (Prov. 16:3, NIV)
The LORD works out everything to its proper end-- even the wicked for a day of disaster. (Prov. 16:4, NIV)
In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. (Prov. 16:9, NIV)
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. (Prov. 16:33, NIV)
Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. (Prov. 19:21, NIV)
A person's steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand their own way? (Prov. 20:24, NIV)
People cannot be absolutely certain that they know the way the future will pan out. In spite of their planning, they must be ready to implement changes if God so wills.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. (Prov. 27:1, NIV)
Daniel the Wise Planner
A good example of wise planning is Daniel (Ch. 1).Daniel wants to eat differently than the king desires, consuming vegetables and water instead of the rich food and wine of the king. His plans lead him to request the chief official, Ashpenaz, to substitute the former for the latter, but Ashpenaz refuses out of fear of Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel does not panic but rather devises an alternate plan. He privately approaches the unnamed servant who actually brings the food to him and his three friends and asks him to make the substitution. He proposes a ten-day trial period, and if the four Israelites grow weak and tired looking—what Ashpenaz feared—they would go back on the rich-food menu. The underling agrees, and Daniel reaches his desired goal.
Foolish Planning
Proverbs does not talk only about wise planning; it also contrasts it with foolish planning. God condemns foolish plans.
There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: …a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, (Prov. 6:16, 18, NIV)
The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight. (Prov. 15:26, NIV)
They are characterized as fraudulent.
…the advice of the wicked is deceitful. (Prov. 12:5b, NIV)
Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil (Prov. 12:20a, NIV)
Those who plan in such a way will not succeed but will wander aimlessly.
Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness. (Prov. 14:22, NIV)
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
“Joseph, the Dreamer”
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
“Joseph, the Dreamer” (Genesis 37:1–11)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, September 11, 2016
Genesis 37:1–11 (NIV)
37 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.
2 This is the account of Jacob’s family line.
Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. 6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: 7 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”
8 His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.
9 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?” 11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
1. Favoritism that Fuels a Family Feud (1–4)
a. Jacob was in the right place (1).
b. But Jacob was not leading his family the right way (2–4).
i. Jacob’s unwise choices resulted in ongoing family tension (2).
ii. Jacob’s favoritism of Joseph was foolish, and it fueled an internal family feud that caused Joseph to be hated and alienated by his brothers.
2. Dreams that Disclose Destinies (5–11).a. Broken but not useless…
b. Divinely given dreams…
c. Despised dreams…
d. Deliberated upon dreams…
Main Idea: In our selfishness and shortsightedness, we act in foolish ways that create tension and hatred and cause people to be despised. But God is not hindered by our foolishness. God is not bound to use only those who come from healthy families or those who are well-liked by everyone. No, in his grace and wisdom God is often pleased to call into his service the castaways, the rejected, and the despised for his purposes.
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
“Worship the Almighty, Holy God”
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
“Worship the Almighty, Holy God” (Psalm 95)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, September 11, 2016
Psalm 95 (NIV)
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
3 For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
7 for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
Today, if only you would hear his voice,
8 “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,
as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 where your ancestors tested me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For forty years I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,
and they have not known my ways.’
11 So I declared on oath in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’”
1. Rejoicing (1–5)
2. Reverence (6–7a)
3. Response (7b–11)
Main Idea: True worship of God demands rejoicing, reverence, and a response of faith and obedience.
Worship is not only the bending of the knee; it is also the bending of the will before our sovereign God.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2016
"Opening Up Proverbs"
Wednesday Sep 07, 2016
Wednesday Sep 07, 2016
Opening Up Proverbs
A study by Jim Newheiser
“The Wise Woman” Chapter 13
Which women are worthy of honor?
What kind of woman does God honor? Wisdom in the home There is more to Proverbs 31 than meets the eye
Search for a woman of excellence (vv. 1-3, 10-12) Listen to your mother (vv. 1-2) The wrong kind of woman will ruin you (v. 3) An excellent wife will contribute to your success (v. 10) She is trustworthy (v. 11a) She is an asset (vv. 11b-12) She enhances your standing in the community (v. 23)
An excellent wife will help you in many ways (vv. 13-27) She is home-centered (v. 27) She is diligent (vv. 13-14a, 17, 19, 21-22) She brings beauty and quality into her home (vv. 14, 21-22) She is a responsible administrator (vv. 11, 14-16, 21, 25, 27a) She is wise in her speech (v. 26)
The excellent wife will be richly rewarded (vv. 28-31) Her glory is in the home (vv. 28-29) Her beauty is unfading (v. 30) The secret of her success is that she fears God (v. 30b) God will reward her
Conclusion Ladies: aspire to be a woman of excellence Husbands: encourage your excellent wife Single Men: seek a woman of excellence Christ is our virtue
Sunday Sep 04, 2016
“Hospitality and the Truth”
Sunday Sep 04, 2016
Sunday Sep 04, 2016
“Hospitality and the Truth” (3 John)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, September 4, 2016
3 John (NIV)
1 The elder,
To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you. 6 They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God. 7 It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans. 8 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.
9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.
11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.
13 I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.
Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.
1. Gaius: A spiritually healthy person lives and loves the truth. (1–8).
2. Diotrephes: A spiritually diseased person is a hindrance to the truth, because their own self-interest gets in the way (9–11).
3. Demetrius: A spiritually healthy person has a good reputation and is faithful to the truth (12).
Main Idea: A spiritually healthy Christian who loves the truth will seek to advance it by providing hospitality and help to its messengers.
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
“Wisdom for Leaders” Chapter 12
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Opening Up Proverbs
A study by Jim Newheiser
“Wisdom for Leaders” Chapter 12
A manual for leadership
A wise leader reflects God’s holy character: Righteous Not greedy Not enslaved to substance abuse Not given to sexual immorality or unfaithfulness Has personal integrity Fears God Earnestly seeks wisdom Governs (leads) justly Protects the rights of the righteous and shows compassion to the helpless Has an impact on people
Act wisely towards those in authority over you
Jesus Christ is the ideal King.