2018-08
2018-08
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
“Respecting Personal Property” (Exodus 22:1–15)
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
“Respecting Personal Property” (Exodus 22:1–15)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 26, 2018
Exodus 22:1–15 (NIV)
22 “Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
2 “If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; 3 but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.
“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft. 4 If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.
5 “If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else’s field, the offender must make restitution from the best of their own field or vineyard.
6 “If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.
7 “If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double. 8 But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person’s property. 9 In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other.
10 “If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking, 11 the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the Lord that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required. 12 But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner. 13 If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall bring in the remains as evidence and shall not be required to pay for the torn animal.
14 “If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution. 15 But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.
1. Punishment for the Theft of Personal Property
5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity." (2 Sam. 12:5-6 NIV)
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount." 9 Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. (Lk. 19:8-9 NIV)
2. Liability for the Destruction of Personal Property
3. Resolving Disputes over Personal Property
Several principles emerge from these laws that may be applied to our walk as Christians:
1. Theft is wrong and is incompatible with walking the Christian life.
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need. (Eph. 4:28 NIV)
2. The Bible advocates the principle of the ownership of personal property.
3. Personal property is to be respected as an expression of love of neighbor.
4. Stolen property was to be fully restored by the thief (plus double or even 4 or 5-fold). Nothing short of full restitution was accepted.
5. Proper care and diligence should be given when entrusted with the property of another. Carelessness or negligence that results in the loss or damage of another’s property means that the borrower is responsible for full restitution.
6. Property is never on par with human life. One may kill a thief if one reasonably feels endangered by the thief, but one may not kill a person for the sake of a stolen sheep. The defense of human life is the highest moral law, and it trumps lower laws.
7. When people live in society together there will be disputes and conflicts. As such, an equitable method for resolving property disputes is essential for society to function.
And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. (Matt. 5:40 NIV)
“If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers! The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.” (1 Corinthians 6:1–8, NIV)
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
“Salvation for Everyone Who Believes” (Romans 10:5–13)
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
“Salvation for Everyone Who Believes” (Romans 10:5–13)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, August 26, 2018
Romans 10:5–13 (NIV) 5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.” 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
1. Striving for a right standing before God by obeying the Law of Moses is a never-ending, never-succeeding struggle (5).
Lev 18:5 Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.
2. The Gospel that offers a right standing before God by faith is readily available and accessible (6–8).
Deut 30:12–14 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
3. The proper response to the Gospel message which results in salvation is a full trust in and acknowledgment of the Lordship of the Risen Christ (9–10).
4. This Gospel message that brings salvation to all who believe in Christ is available to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, social class, or moral worthiness.
Isa 28:16 So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.
Joe 2:32 (3:5 in Heb.) And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
Main Idea: You can never hope to achieve a right standing with God on the basis of your own good works, so stop striving and start trusting in the Risen, Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, regardless of who you are or where you are from.
Wednesday Aug 22, 2018
The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 13: “God and the Nations: Babylon” (Isaiah 13:1-14:23)
Wednesday Aug 22, 2018
Wednesday Aug 22, 2018
The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 13: “God and the Nations: Babylon” (Isaiah 13:1-14:23)
Structure of Isaiah 1-271
Outline2⦁ Why the Oracles against Other Nations?⦁ God’s Judgment of Babylon (13:1-14:23)
Why Oracles against other Nations?⦁ Challenges to the Messianic Kingdom
⦁ The challenge of earthly kingdoms⦁ The challenge of other gods
⦁ Challenges to God’s Sovereignty
God’s Judgment of Babylon⦁ Why Begin with Babylon?⦁ Babylon’s Destruction (13:1-22)⦁ The Taunt Song against Babylon’s King (14:1-23)
Why Begin with Babylon?⦁ Assyria would seem to have been the most natural choice of where to begin. They posed the greatest threat at the moment.⦁ Isaiah knew Babylon’s eventual role in history and its threat to Judah. Assyria would invade Judah, but Babylon would succeed.
Babylon’s Destruction (13:1-22)⦁ The Work of Many Nations
⦁ Nations would form a coalition to bring Babylon down.⦁ Those who had suffered under Babylonian rule would have the joy of participating in ending it.
⦁ The Day of the Lord
⦁ Not a twenty-four-hour day but rather a period of time in which God works his purposes in a particularly distinctive way in the heavens and on earth.⦁ The Day of the Lord usually has one or more of these three key elements:
⦁ God’s judgment against unbelievers⦁ The cleansing and purging of God’s people⦁ The salvation of God’s people
Isaiah 13:1–22 (NIV)
13 A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
2 Raise a banner on a bare hilltop,
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates of the nobles.
3 I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath—
those who rejoice in my triumph.
4 Listen, a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty is mustering
an army for war.
5 They come from faraway lands,
from the ends of the heavens—
the Lord and the weapons of his wrath—
to destroy the whole country.
6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,
every heart will melt with fear.
8 Terror will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.
9 See, the day of the Lord is coming
—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light.
11 I will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
12 I will make people scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.
14 Like a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee to their native land.
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall by the sword.
16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
17 See, I will stir up against them the Medes,
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.
18 Their bows will strike down the young men;
they will have no mercy on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.
19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms,
the pride and glory of the Babylonians,
will be overthrown by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 She will never be inhabited
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures will lie there,
jackals will fill her houses;
there the owls will dwell,
and there the wild goats will leap about.
22 Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds,
jackals her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,
and her days will not be prolonged.
The Taunt Song against Babylon’s King (14:1-23)⦁ Good News for Judah (14:1-2)
Isaiah 14:1–2 (NIV)
The Lord will have compassion on Jacob;
once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Foreigners will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2 Nations will take them
and bring them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations
and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.
⦁ The Taunt Song (14:3-23)
Isaiah 14:3–23 (NIV)
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has come to an end!
How his fury has ended!
5 The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked,
the scepter of the rulers,
6 which in anger struck down peoples
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations
with relentless aggression.
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace;
they break into singing.
8 Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon
gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
no one comes to cut us down.”
9 The realm of the dead below is all astir
to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you—
all those who were leaders in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
all those who were kings over the nations.
10 They will all respond,
they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us.”
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,
along with the noise of your harps;
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms cover you.
12 How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13 You said in your heart,
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”
15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead,
to the depths of the pit.
16 Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:
“Is this the man who shook the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.
19 But you are cast out of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,
with those pierced by the sword,
those who descend to the stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20 you will not join them in burial,
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Let the offspring of the wicked
never be mentioned again.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children
for the sins of their ancestors;
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.
22 “I will rise up against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,”
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
⦁ Who is the object of this taunt? Who is the “Morning Star, Son of the Dawn” (vv. 12-14)?
Lessons from these Oracles to the Nations3⦁ God is opposed to the proud.⦁ God judges wickedness.⦁ God is sovereign over the nations.⦁ The LORD is the only true God.⦁ The LORD’s people should trust in him, because only he can deliver them.
1 Taken from John Goldingay, Theology of Isaiah.2 Outline is from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering Isaiah.3 Adapted from Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr., Isaiah: God Saves Sinners.
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
“An Eye for an Eye” (Exodus 21:12–36)
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
“An Eye for an Eye” (Exodus 21:12–36)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 19, 2018
Exodus 21:12–36 (NIV)
12 “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. 13 However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. 14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
15 “Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.
16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.
17 “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
18 “If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, 19 the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
20 “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, 21 but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.
22 “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
26 “An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. 27 And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
28 “If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. 29 If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. 30 However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded. 31 This law also applies if the bull gores a son or daughter. 32 If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.
33 “If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34 the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.
35 “If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally. 36 However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange.
1. It is Morally Evil to Directly Harm or Injur Another Person, without Just Cause (21:12–27).
a. Certain Violent Acts Deserve the Death Penalty
i. Murder or Intentional Manslaughter (6th command) (12–14)
ii. Violent Acts or Curses against Parents (5th command/6th command) (15, 17)
iii. Kidnapping/Slave Trading (6th command/8th command) (16)
iv. Excessive Beating of a Slave that Results in Death (6th command) (20–21)
v. Manslaughter of an Unborn Child (6th command) (22–25)
b. Other Violent Acts that Result in Personal Injury May Receive Lesser Penalties.
i. Unintentional or Accidental Manslaughter (13)
ii. Fighting or Brawling that Results in Personal Injury (18–19)
iii. Punishment of a Slave that Results in Personal Injury (26–27)
2. It is Morally Evil to Indirectly Harm or Injur Another Person, Due to Negligence (21:28–36).
a. Willful Negligence that Results in the Death of Another Person is Equivalent to Manslaughter and Is Punishable by Death (28–29).
b. The Life of the One Guilty of Willful Negligent Manslaughter May be Redeemed by a Payment of Money and Damages (30–32).
c. In Cases of Willful Negligence that Result in Injury or Damage to Another Person’s Property, the One Who Suffered Loss Must Be Fully Compensated by the Negligent Party (33–36).
Main Idea: Love for One’s Neighbor Requires Valuing the Life, Personal Health and Welfare, and the Property of our Neighbor.
Principles:a. All human life is precious, from the youngest unborn child and the lowest class slave to the wealthy nobleman and privileged royalty.b. All punishment must be in accordance with the crime. The level of punishment should match the level of the crime. Too low a penalty, and the seriousness of the crime is devalued and victims become downtrodden. Society becomes violent and crime is running rampant, because evil is not punished with sufficient severity. Too harsh a penalty, and the justice system is filled with violent abuse, misused power, and the oppression of the vulnerable.c. We should respect the personal property of our neighbors and provide restitution when our actions (whether negligent or not) cause damage or injury.d. Gross disrespect for the dignity of a parent is so perverse that it warps the soul. Someone who does this will have no respect for any other person’s rights and will be a menace to society.e. God’s people should embrace an ethic of valuing human life and valuing one another’s property that is higher than the ethic of the surrounding culture.f. We must take appropriate care with our animals and property so that they do not endanger the life or wellbeing of another person.
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
“Whose Righteousness?” (Romans 10:1–4)
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
“Whose Righteousness?” (Romans 10:1–4)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, August 19, 2018
Romans 10:1–4 (NIV) 1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
1. Our Passion for the Gospel Must Include a Compassion for Lost Souls (1).
2. Our Pursuit of God Cannot Be Based on Sincerity (Zeal) Alone; It Must Be Accompanied by Truth (2).
3. Our Position as Justified Before God Cannot Be Attained by Our Own Good Works; It Can Only Be Granted on the Basis of the Righteousness of God (3).
4. Our Perception of the Law of God Must Include an Understanding of Its Proper Goal: Christ (4).
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 12: “A Glorious Future” (Isaiah 11:1–12:6)
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 12: “A Glorious Future” (Isaiah 11:1–12:6)
Outline
A Future to Long for (11:1–16)
A Future to Sing about (12:1–6)
A Future to Long for (11:1–16)
A Future Messiah (11:1–5)
11 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 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— 3 and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
A Future Peace (11:6–10)
6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. 7 The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den, the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest. 9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. 10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.
A Future Homecoming (11:11–16)
11 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean. 12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth. 13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, and Judah’s enemies will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim. 14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west; together they will plunder the people to the east. They will subdue Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them. 15 The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River. He will break it up into seven streams so that anyone can cross over in sandals. 16 There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.
A Future to Sing about (12:1–6)
A Song of Salvation (12:1–3)
12 In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. 2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.” 3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
A Song of Mission (12:4–6)
4 In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. 5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. 6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”
**All Scripture quotations are from the NIV.
Sunday Aug 12, 2018
“Dignity for the Destitute” (Exodus 21:1–11)
Sunday Aug 12, 2018
Sunday Aug 12, 2018
“Dignity for the Destitute” (Exodus 21:1–11)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 12, 2018
Exodus 21:1–11 (NIV) “These are the laws you are to set before them: 2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free. 5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life. 7 “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. 8 If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. 9 If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. 11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.
1. The Dignity of Financial Responsibility (Repayment of a Debt).
2. The Dignity of Freedom
3. The Dignity of Family
4. The Dignity of Fealty
5. The Dignity of Faithful Support (or, Fulfilled Promises).
Main Idea: Even those in the most desperate and destitute of situations are to be afforded dignity. Christian love demands that we treat with respect and dignity all people, even those in the most lowly of ranks and situations.
Sunday Aug 12, 2018
“A Stone of Stumbling” (Romans 9:30–33)
Sunday Aug 12, 2018
Sunday Aug 12, 2018
“A Stone of Stumbling” (Romans 9:30–33)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, August 12, 2018
Romans 9:30–33, NIV 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone. 33 As it is written:
"See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."
1. The Gentiles (in great numbers) have received the righteousness of God, even though they did not pursue it, because they received it through faith (30).
2. The Jews (in great numbers) have not received the righteousness of God, even though they did pursue it, because they pursued it through the works of the Law (31–32a).
3. The failure of many Jews to receive salvation in Jesus their Messiah is a failure to see their own sacred Scriptures as culminating and being fulfilled in him (32b–33).
4. Yet, there is still eternal salvation for everyone (Jew and Gentile alike) who puts their trust in Jesus, the chief Cornerstone, as Savior and Lord (33b).
Main Idea: Whether Jew or Gentile, the only way to be declared righteous before God is through faith in Jesus Christ; it cannot be earned through moral achievement.
Wednesday Aug 08, 2018
The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 11: “Destruction and Deliverance” (Isaiah 10:5–34)
Wednesday Aug 08, 2018
Wednesday Aug 08, 2018
The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 11: “Destruction and Deliverance” (Isaiah 10:5–34)
Introduction
Outline⦁ Destruction for the Enemies of God (Assyria) (10:5–19)⦁ Deliverance for the Elect of God (the Remnant of Israel) (10:20–34)
1. Destruction for the Enemies of God (Assyria) (10:5–19)
Isaiah 10:5–19 (NIV)
5 “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger,
in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
6 I send him against a godless nation,
I dispatch him against a people who anger me,
to seize loot and snatch plunder,
and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,
this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
to put an end to many nations.
8 ‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says.
9 ‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad,
and Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,
kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’ ”
12 When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes. 13 For he says:
“ ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this,
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
I plundered their treasures;
like a mighty one I subdued their kings.
14 As one reaches into a nest,
so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.’ ”
15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
or the saw boast against the one who uses it?
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
or a club brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors;
under his pomp a fire will be kindled
like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,
their Holy One a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
his thorns and his briers.
18 The splendor of his forests and fertile fields
it will completely destroy,
as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few
that a child could write them down.
2. Deliverance for the People of God (the Remnant of Israel) (10:20–34)
Isaiah 10:20–34 (NIV)
20 In that day the remnant of Israel,
the survivors of Jacob,
will no longer rely on him
who struck them down
but will truly rely on the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.
21 A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob
will return to the Mighty God.
22 Though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel,
only a remnant will return.
Destruction has been decreed,
overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
“My people who live in Zion,
do not be afraid of the Assyrians,
who beat you with a rod
and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25 Very soon my anger against you will end
and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.”
26 The Lord Almighty will lash them with a whip,
as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff over the waters,
as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders,
their yoke from your neck;
the yoke will be broken
because you have grown so fat.
28 They enter Aiath;
they pass through Migron;
they store supplies at Mikmash.
29 They go over the pass, and say,
“We will camp overnight at Geba.”
Ramah trembles;
Gibeah of Saul flees.
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;
they will shake their fist
at the mount of Daughter Zion,
at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will lop off the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,
the tall ones will be brought low.
34 He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax;
Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
“Fear God and Honor His Name” (Exodus 20:18–26)
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
“Fear God and Honor His Name” (Exodus 20:18–26)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 5, 2018
Exodus 20:18–26 (NIV) 18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19 and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.” 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.” 21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. 22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: 23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold. 24 “‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. 26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’
1. Don’t be afraid but fear (18–21).
a. In recognition of the Lord’s awesome power and holiness, the people respond with a natural fear and trepidation (18–19).
b. Instead of a natural fear and trepidation at the sights and sounds of God’s presence, the people were to have a genuine and lasting fear of God that fueled reverence and obedience.
2. Don't worship gods but worship the LORD as God (22–28).
a. Worship of the true God is governed by his Word.
b. Worship of the true God is exclusive.
c. Worship of the true God requires single-minded devotion and simplicity.
d. Worship of the true God requires atoning sacrifice.
e. Worship of the true God requires the honor and reverence of his name.
Main Idea: In worship, the Holy Lord is to be reverenced and honored in obedience to his Word in such a way that He and He alone is the focus, not any other gods or any other human achievements.
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
“God’s Chosen Family” (Romans 9:24–29)
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
Sunday Aug 05, 2018
“God’s Chosen Family” (Romans 9:24–29)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, August 5, 2018
Romans 9:24–29 (NIV)
24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? 25 As he says in Hosea:
“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”
26 and,
“In the very place where it was said to them,
‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ”
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,
only the remnant will be saved.
28 For the Lord will carry out
his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”
29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
“Unless the Lord Almighty
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.”
1. In his loving sovereignty, God is calling and creating a spiritual family out of all of the families of the earth.
2. In his loving sovereignty, God is showing mercy to those who don’t deserve mercy and weren’t expected to receive mercy (the Gentiles).
3. In his loving sovereignty, God is showing mercy to only a remnant of those who were thought to deserve mercy (Israel).
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 10: "The Lord's Anger against Israel" (Isaiah 9:8-10:4)
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 10: “The Lord’s Anger against Israel” (Isaiah 9:8–10:4)
Introduction
Israel and Judah should have been paying attention to their relation to God and what he expected of them as his covenant partners.
Instead, they were more concerned about the threat from Assyria (which was God’s judgment on their disobedience).
Isaiah 9:8–10:4 is composed of four parallel sections.
Each section ends with the refrain: “Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.” (9:12, 17, 21; 10:4)
This repeated refrain communicates the fact that God’s anger against sin cannot be easily assuaged.His wrath will fall in multiple stages on Israel, because of their disobedience.
Outline
The Lord’s Anger at Human Pride (9:8–12)
The Lord’s Anger at Wicked Leaders (9:13–17)
The Lord’s Anger at Internal Strife (9:18–21)
The Lord’s Anger at Social Injustice (10:1–4)
The Lord’s Anger at Human Pride (9:8–12)
The Lord’s warning to Israel has been clear (8–9a).
The Lord has sent a message against Jacob; it will fall on Israel. All the people will know it–– Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria–– who say with pride and arrogance of heart, (Isa. 9:8–9 NIV)
The Lord is angry with Israel because of their self-dependent pride (9b–10).
All the people will know it–– Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria–– who say with pride and arrogance of heart, "The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars." (Isa. 9:9–10 NIV)
The Lord’s wrath is coming and will not be quickly extinguished (11–12).
But the LORD has strengthened Rezin's foes against them and has spurred their enemies on. Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. (Isa. 9:11–12 NIV)
The Lord’s Anger at Wicked Leaders (9:13–17)
Stubbornly unrepentant, even after the Lord’s judgments (13).
But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty. (Isa. 9:13 NIV)
The Lord’s anger directed at the leaders and prophets who have failed to guide the people to repentance (14–16).
So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day; the elders and dignitaries are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail. Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray. (Isa. 9:14–16 NIV)
The Lord’s anger will be all-inclusive and unrelenting (17).
Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. (Isa. 9:17 NIV)
The Lord’s Anger at Internal Strife (9:18–21)
Wickedness has devastating and far-reaching consequences (18).
Surely wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns, it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke. (Isa. 9:18 NIV)
The tribes of Israel were full of internal strife and division. They selfishly looked out for the good of their own tribe above the good of the nation. Now, that internal strife was magnified by the devastation of war (19–21).
By the wrath of the LORD Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another. On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring: Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh; together they will turn against Judah. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. (Isa. 9:19–21 NIV)
The Lord’s Anger at Social Injustice (10:1–4)
The Lord’s holy wrath was particularly directed against those who distorted justice and took advantage of the weak (1–2).
Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, 2 to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. (Isa. 10:1–2 NIV)
There will be no hiding from the Lord’s wrath against wickedness (3–4).
What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. (Isa. 10:3–4 NIV)