2019-03
2019-03
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
“Watch Out and Stay Away!” (Romans 16:17–20)
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
“Watch Out and Stay Away!” (Romans 16:17–20)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 24, 2019
17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. 20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Romans 16:17–20, NIV)
Paul’s exhortation to the Christians in Rome is threefold:
1. Don’t let false teachers destroy the work of the gospel in your church.
a. There are 3 ingredients to accomplish this defense of the gospel:
i. Vigilanceii. Separationiii. Discernment
2. In your vigilance for the gospel, take hope in the promise that God will ultimately crush Satan.
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." (Genesis 3:15, NIV)
3. Remember that we can ask for and receive the grace of Jesus Christ.
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019
The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 41: “Encouragement and Good News” (Isaiah 51:1–52:12)
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019
The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 41: “Encouragement and Good News” (Isaiah 51:1–52:12)*
1. Encouragement to the Righteous (Isaiah 51:1–16)
a. Look to the Past (Isaiah 51:1–3)
1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; 2 look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one man, and I blessed him and made him many. 3 The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing. (Isaiah 51:1–3, NIV)
b. Look to the Future (Isaiah 51:4–6)
4 “Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: Instruction will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations. 5 My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm. 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail. (Isaiah 51:4–6, NIV)
c. Look to the Present (Isaiah 51:7–8)
7 “Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults. 8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment; the worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever, my salvation through all generations.” (Isaiah 51:7–8, NIV)
d. Isaiah’s Prayer (Isaiah 51:9–10)
9 Awake, awake, arm of the Lord, clothe yourself with strength! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through? 10 Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over? (Isaiah 51:9–10, NIV)
e. God’s Response (Isaiah 51:11–16)
11 Those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. 12 “I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mere mortals, human beings who are but grass, 13 that you forget the Lord your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and who lays the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor? 14 The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread. 15 For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord Almighty is his name. 16 I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand— I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ” (Isaiah 51:11–16, NIV)
2. Good News for Jerusalem (Isaiah 51:17–52:12)
a. Jerusalem the Drunkard (Isaiah 51:17–23)
17 Awake, awake! Rise up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes people stagger. 18 Among all the children she bore there was none to guide her; among all the children she reared there was none to take her by the hand. 19 These double calamities have come upon you— who can comfort you?— ruin and destruction, famine and sword— who can console you? 20 Your children have fainted; they lie at every street corner, like antelope caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, with the rebuke of your God. 21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, made drunk, but not with wine. 22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says, your God, who defends his people: “See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger; from that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will never drink again. 23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, ‘Fall prostrate that we may walk on you.’ And you made your back like the ground, like a street to be walked on.” (Isaiah 51:17–23, NIV)
b. Jerusalem the Free (Isaiah 52:1–6)
1 Awake, awake, Zion, clothe yourself with strength! Put on your garments of splendor, Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again. 2 Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, Daughter Zion, now a captive. 3 For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.” 4 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them. 5 “And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord. “For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock,” declares the Lord. “And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed. 6 Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I.” (Isaiah 52:1–6, NIV)
c. Jerusalem the Rejoicing (Isaiah 52:7–12)
7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” 8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy. When the Lord returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes. 9 Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. 10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. 11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the articles of the Lord’s house. 12 But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard. (Isaiah 52:7–12, NIV)
*Outline is taken from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey, Encountering Biblical Studies (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
“God with Us” (Exodus 33:7–17)
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
“God with Us” (Exodus 33:7–17)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, March 17, 2019
Exodus 33:7–17 (NIV)
7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.” Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. 8 And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. 9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses. 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent. 11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.
12 Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”
14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”
1. We can’t live with God (vv. 1–6).
2. We can’t live without God (vv. 7–17).
3. The only resolution to this tension is a Mediator who draws God near while also appeasing his Holy wrath against our sin.
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
“Greeting the Saints” (Romans 16:3–16)
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
“Greeting the Saints” (Romans 16:3–16)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 17, 2019
Romans 16:3–16 (NIV)
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
5 Greet also the church that meets at their house.
Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
6 Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.
7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
8 Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.
9 Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.
10 Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test.
Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.
11 Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew.
Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
12 Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.
Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.
13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.
14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.
15 Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them.
16 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
All the churches of Christ send greetings.
1. Gospel ministry is done by people for the sake of people.
2. The Church of Jesus Christ is composed of a diverse group of people.
3. The Church is characterized as a family and as a fellowship.
4. Two commendable attributes of the saints in Rome were faithfulness and hard work.
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 40: “Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience” (Isaiah 50:1-11)
1. The Redeeming Lord and His Wayward People (Isaiah 50:1-3)*
a. The Unresponsive Family (Isaiah 50:1-2b)
1 This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away. 2 When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? ... (Isaiah 50:1–2b, NIV)
b. The Competent Lord (Isaiah 50:2c-3)
2 ...Was my arm too short to deliver you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. 3 I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth its covering.” (Isaiah 50:2–3, NIV)
2. The Sovereign Lord and the Testimony of His Servant (Isaiah 50:4-11)
a. The Responsive Servant (Isaiah 50:4-6)
4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. 5 The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away. 6 I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. (Isaiah 50:4–6, NIV)
b. The Competent Lord (Isaiah 50:7-9)
7 Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame. 8 He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me? Let us face each other! Who is my accuser? Let him confront me! 9 It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me. Who will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up. (Isaiah 50:7–9, NIV)
c. The Servant and the Remnant (Isaiah 50:10-11)
10 Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God. 11 But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment. (Isaiah 50:10–11, NIV)
* The outline is adapted from J. A. Motyer, The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction & Commentary (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996).
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
"Without God's Presence" (Exodus 33:1-6)
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
"Without God's Presence" (Exodus 33:1-6)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, March 10, 2019
Exodus 33:1–6 (NIV)
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ 2 I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 3 Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.”
4 When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’ ” 6 So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.
1. The Lord's holy anger against sin is not easily appeased.
2. The vileness of our sin is an affront to a holy God, so he must mediate his presence for our own good.
3. Even though we do not deserve it, sinners still receive the benefits of the Lord's faithful promises.
4. The only proper response to our sin and guilt in the eyes of God is true and honest repentance.
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
"Worthy of Commendation" (Romans 16:1-2)
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
"Worthy of Commendation" (Romans 16:1-2)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 10, 2019
Romans 16:1–2 (NIV)
16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon, of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.
1. Worthy of Commendation as a Sister in the Family of God.
2. Worthy of Commendation as a Servant of the Church of God.
3. Worthy of Commendation as a Supporter of the Mission of God.
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 39: “The Lord’s Servant and Israel’s Return” (Isaiah 49:1-26)*
1. The Lord’s Servant (Isaiah 49:1-7)
a. The Servant’s Call (Isaiah 49:1-3)
1 Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver. 3 He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.” (Isaiah 49:1–3, NIV)
b. The Servant’s Cry (Isaiah 49:4)
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing at all. Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand, and my reward is with my God.” (Isaiah 49:4, NIV)
c. The Servant’s Confirmation (Isaiah 49:5-7)
5 And now the Lord says— he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord and my God has been my strength— 6 he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” 7 This is what the Lord says— the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel— to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.” (Isaiah 49:5–7, NIV)
The Servant’s Identity
2. Israel’s Return (Isaiah 49:8-26)
a. God’s Guidance of His Servant (Isaiah 49:8-13)
8 This is what the Lord says: “In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, 9 to say to the captives, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’ “They will feed beside the roads and find pasture on every barren hill. 10 They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water. 11 I will turn all my mountains into roads, and my highways will be raised up. 12 See, they will come from afar— some from the north, some from the west, some from the region of Aswan.” 13 Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. (Isaiah 49:8–13, NIV)
b. Zion’s Doubts (Isaiah 49:14-21)
14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.” 15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. 17 Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you. 18 Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride. 19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. 20 The children born during your bereavement will yet say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; give us more space to live in.’ 21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who bore me these? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. Who brought these up? I was left all alone, but these—where have they come from?’ ” (Isaiah 49:14–21, NIV)
c. God’s Vindication (Isaiah 49:22-26)
22 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I will beckon to the nations, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their hips. 23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.” 24 Can plunder be taken from warriors, or captives be rescued from the fierce? 25 But this is what the Lord says: “Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save. 26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” (Isaiah 49:22–26, NIV)
*Outline is adapted from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey, Encountering Biblical Studies (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
“Moses Intercedes Again” (Exodus 32:30–35)
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
“Moses Intercedes Again” (Exodus 32:30–35)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, March 3, 2019
Exodus 32:30–35 (NIV)
30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
31 So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold. 32 But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.”
33 The Lord replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book. 34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
35 And the Lord struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.
1. Sin is more serious in the eyes of God than we can imagine.
2. The grace and mercy of God should not be presumed, as if they were owed to us.3. God's condemnation is just and is given on the basis of what people have done.
4. No ordinary human being can atone for our sin, but Moses's intercession for the people pictures our need of a sufficient mediator who can stand between us and God.
5. Even in judgment, God is longsuffering and merciful. The entire nation deserved to be wiped out, but God judged a portion and showed generous mercy to the rest.
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
“Gospel Plans” (Romans 15:22–33)
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
“Gospel Plans” (Romans 15:22–33)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 3, 2019
Romans 15:22–33 (NIV)
22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
23 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there. 26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem. 27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings. 28 So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. 29 I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.
30 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. 31 Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there, 32 so that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed. 33 The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
1. Plans for the Gospel’s Expansion (vv. 22–24, also 28–29)
2. Provision for the Gospel’s Forefathers (vv. 25–28)
3. Prayer for the Gospel’s Success (vv. 30–33)