2019-04
2019-04
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
“The Right Way and the Wrong Way” (Psalm 1)
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
“The Right Way and the Wrong Way” (Psalm 1)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, April 28, 2019
Psalm 1:1–6 (NIV) 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
1. Two Different Directions
a. Clearly Distinct Directionsb. Directions of Choicec. A Direction of Graced. Progressive Directionse. Solitary vs. Crowded Paths
2. Two Different Dividends
a. Blessedness vs. Futility/Frustrationb. Flourishing vs. Withering
3. Two Different Destinies
a. In this lifeb. In the life to come
Main Idea: Those blessed by the Lord walk the path of delight in his Word. Their life is a flourishing one that leads to eternal life. The foolish and the mockers walk the path of self-determination, refusing to delight in or follow God’s Word. Their life is characterized by futility and ultimately ends in death and judgment.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 43: "Jerusalem’s Rebirth" (Isaiah 54:1–17)
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 43: "Jerusalem’s Rebirth" (Isaiah 54:1–17)*
1. The Command to Celebrate the Rebirth (Isaiah 54:1–3)
a. The Barren Become Fertile (Isaiah 54:1)
1 “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the Lord. (Isaiah 54:1, NIV)
b. The People Multiply (Isaiah 54:2–3)
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. 3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. (Isaiah 54:2–3, NIV)
2. The Lord’s Plan concerning the Rebirth (Isaiah 54:4–10)
a. The Lord Has Redeemed His People (Isaiah 54:4–6)
4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. 5 For your Maker is your husband— the Lord Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. 6 The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit— a wife who married young, only to be rejected,” says your God. (Isaiah 54:4–6, NIV)
b. The Lord’s Discipline Is Now Complete (Isaiah 54:7–8)
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. 8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer. (Isaiah 54:7–8, NIV)
c. The Lord Will Keep His People Forever (Isaiah 54:9–10)
9 “To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. 10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. (Isaiah 54:9–10, NIV)
3. The Establishment of the Rebirth (Isaiah 54:11–17)
a. The City (Isaiah 54:11–12)
11 “Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with lapis lazuli. 12 I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones. (Isaiah 54:11–12, NIV)
b. The People (Isaiah 54:13–17)
13 All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace. 14 In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you. 15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you. 16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc; 17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord. (Isaiah 54:13–17, NIV)
* The 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 Apr 21, 2019
“The Sign of Lazarus” (John 11:1–45)
Sunday Apr 21, 2019
Sunday Apr 21, 2019
“The Sign of Lazarus” (John 11:1–45)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchEaster Sunday, April 21, 2019
John 11:1–45 (NIV)
11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. 10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
28 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
1. Lazarus did not deserve the suffering he endured.
1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. (John 9:1–3 NIV)
2. Lazarus endured an intensified suffering in accomplishing the purposes of God.
3. Lazarus died and was prepared for burial and was put in a cave tomb with a stone in front.
4. Lazarus was buried for several days in demonstration that he had assuredly succumbed to death.
5. Lazarus’ death and burial were temporary.
6. Lazarus came to life again and came out of his burial clothes.
7. Lazarus’s resurrection glorified God.
8. Lazarus’s resurrection was a sign that resulted in many people putting their faith in Jesus.
9. Lazarus’s death and resurrection happened toward the end of Jesus’ public ministry, providing a foretaste of the greater resurrection of Christ to come.
10. Lazarus’s death was the most climactic sign in demonstration of the identity and authority of Jesus Christ before his own resurrection from the grave.
11. A miraculous sign is not enough to melt the hardened heart of unbelief. A miracle of regeneration of the heart by the Spirit of God is required to bring about faith.
12. Unlike Lazarus’s resurrection, Jesus was raised never to die again. Jesus was the firstfruits of a new kind of resurrection from death.
Main Idea: The raising of Lazarus is a sign pointing to the greater resurrection of Christ. The resurrection of Christ is the greatest attestation of the authenticity and authority of the person of Jesus Christ as the Son of God. The only proper response is to believe in Him.
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
“The Sign of the Temple” (John 2:12–23)
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
“The Sign of the Temple” (John 2:12–23)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, April 14, 2019
John 2:12–23 (NIV) 12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days. 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” 20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
1. The Authority of Jesus is Displayed.2. The Authority of Jesus is Questioned.3. The Authenticity of Jesus’ Authority is Predicted.
* By means of a Typological Sign, comparing Jesus to the Temple:
i. The Temple was the central focus of the worship and life of the Israelite people.ii. The Temple was the means by which God’s presence dwelt with his people.iii. The Temple was the place where sacrificial blood was offered by the High Priest for atonement so that God might dwell with his people.
4. The Authority of Jesus is Confirmed.
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matt. 28:18-20 NIV)
32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand 35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' 36 "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah." (Acts 2:32-36 NIV)
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 42: “The Suffering Servant” (Isaiah 52:13–53:12) [Part 2]
1. The Servant’s Identity*
a. Isaiah?b. Israel?c. The Remnant of Israel?d. Jesus the Messiah?
2. The Servant’s Introduction (52:13–15)
a. The Servant’s Wisdom (52:13)b. The Servant’s Exalted Status (52:13)c. The Servant’s Appearance (52:14)d. The Servant and the Nations (52:15)
3. The Servant’s Rejection (53:1–3)
a. The Struggle to Believe in the Servant (53:1)b. The Servant’s Ordinary Beginnings (53:2a)c. The Servant Has No Special Appearance (53:2b)d. The Servant Faces Derision and Rejection (53:3)
4. The Servant’s Suffering (53:4–6)
a. The Servant’s Suffering Is Substitutionary
4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. (Isaiah 53:4, NIV)
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” (Matthew 8:17, NIV)
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5, NIV)
24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” (1 Peter 2:24, NIV)
28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. (Hebrews 9:28, NIV)
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6, NIV)
25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25, NIV)
b. The Servant’s Suffering Is from God
6 ...the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6, NIV)
5. The Servant’s Death (53:7–9)
a. The Servant Goes Quietly to Slaughter (53:7)
7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. (Isaiah 53:7, NIV)
62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” 63 But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” (Matthew 26:62–63, NIV)
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. (1 Peter 2:23, NIV)
b. The Servant Dies for God’s People (53:8)
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. (Isaiah 53:8, NIV)
21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21, NIV)
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. (John 10:14–15, NIV)
c. The Servant Dies Innocent (53:9)
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. (Isaiah 53:9, NIV)
22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” (1 Peter 2:22, NIV)
4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.” (Luke 23:4, NIV)
57 As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. (Matthew 27:57–60, NIV)
6. The Servant’s Triumph (53:10–12)
a. God Made the Servant a Guilt Offering (53:10)
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin... (Isaiah 53:10, NIV)
23 This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. 24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. (Acts 2:23–24, NIV)
32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? (Romans 8:32, NIV)
21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21, NIV)
b. The Servant Will See His Descendants (53:10–11)
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied... (Isaiah 53:10–11, NIV)
21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. (Matthew 16:21, NIV)
c. The Servant Will Justify Many (53:11)
11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. (Isaiah 53:11, NIV)
25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. (Romans 4:25, NIV)
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. (Romans 5:18–19, NIV)
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. (1 Peter 3:18, NIV)
d. The Servant Receives God’s Reward (53:12)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 53:12, NIV)
37 It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.” (Luke 22:37, NIV)
9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. (Romans 14:9, NIV)
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9–11, NIV)
*The 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 Apr 07, 2019
“The Gracious and Compassionate God” (Exodus 34:1–9)
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
“The Gracious and Compassionate God” (Exodus 34:1–9)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, April 7, 2019
Exodus 34:1–9 (NIV) 34 The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 3 No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.” 4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. 5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.” 8 Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 9 “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”
1. The Holy One of Israel Displays His Compassion and Grace (vv. 1–4).
a. By not destroying Israel for their adulterous violation of the covenant (32:11–14).b. By his willingness to go with the Israelites on their way to Canaan (33:12–17).c. By his willingness to reveal a diminished view of his infinite glory to his servant Moses (33:17–23).d. By his willingness to renew the covenant with a faithless and stubborn people (34:1–4 [v. 10]).e. By his willingness to forgive the wickedness of the Israelites and be their God and they his people (34:7, 8–9).
2. The Holy One of Israel Proclaims His Compassion and Grace (vv. 5–7).
a. He proclaims his Name, the LORD (YHWH).b. He proclaims his Essential Character.
i. Compassionateii. Graciousiii. Slow to angeriv. Abounding in love (Hesed)v. Abounding in faithfulnessvi. Maintaining love (Hesed) to thousands (for a thousand generations)
9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. (Deut. 7:9 NIV)
vii. Forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sinviii. Just – not leaving the guilty unpunishedix. He punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.
c. This proclamation of the LORD’s Name and Character becomes the core description of the God of Israel throughout the Scriptures (Num 14:18; Neh 9:17; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2; Psalm 86:15; 103:8; 108:4; 111:4; 116:5; 145:8).
3. The Holy One of Israel Is to Be Worshiped for His Compassion and Grace (vv. 8–9).
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
“The Sign of Jonah” (Matthew 12:38–42)
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
“The Sign of Jonah” (Matthew 12:38–42)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, April 7, 2019
Matthew 12:38–42 (NIV)
38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.
1. Like Jonah, Jesus was a prophet of God, proclaiming the message of God.
2. Like Jonah, Jesus was called as a prophet during a time of great Israelite unbelief.
a. The Israelite leadership in Jonah’s day was characterized by wickedness, idolatry, and unbelief.
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. 24 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. (2 Kings 14:23-24 NIV)
b. The Israelite leadership in Jesus’ day was caught up in its own self-righteousness and was deluded into thinking it had no need of repentance. But Jesus called them wicked and spiritual adulterers. Spiritual adultery was typically associated with idolatry, the same spiritual adultery that Israel was guilty of in Jonah’s day.
c. The unbelief of the religious leadership in Jesus’ day is demonstrated by their selfish demand for a miraculous sign from Jesus.
3. Like Jonah, Jesus saw minimal response to his message among the Israelites, but an overwhelmingly positive response to his message among the Gentiles.
4. Like Jonah, Jesus was zealous for the salvation of the Israelites.
a. But Jonah had a misguided, short-sighted view of the best way to ensure the salvation of the Israelites. He thought the best way to secure the safety and salvation of the Israelites was the destruction of Israel’s Gentile enemies. Jonah was even willing to sacrifice himself, be thrown into the ocean and drown, rather than see the repentance of the Gentiles. So, he was willing to sacrifice himself for the well-being of his own people, but it was misguided, short-sighted, and contrary to the will of God.
b. Jesus, on the other hand, had a proper, far-sighted view of the best way to ensure the salvation of the Israelites. He would lay down his life for his people, but not in any effort to circumvent the will of God, but rather in harmony with the will of God. Jonah’s death desired the destruction of the Gentiles, but Jesus’ death desired the salvation of the Gentiles. In his far-sighted view of the plan of God, Jesus knew that salvation for the Jews did not come by hostility to the Gentiles; rather, salvation for the Jews would ironically come through the conversion of the Gentiles (Romans 11).
5. Like Jonah, Jesus was miraculously rescued from death after 3 days.
a. J. Jeremias: “both the old and the new sign of Jonah consist in the authorisation of the divine messenger by deliverance from death.”
b. The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the greatest authentication of his message and the greatest vindication of his mission and work. It also became the center of the Christian proclamation of the gospel.
6. Both Jonah and Jesus preached a message of repentance, which is also the proper obedient response to their God-sent proclamation.
7. In many ways, Jonah was a type of Jesus, and Jesus was like Jonah. But Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God, and so was so much more than Jonah was or could ever be.
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 42: “The Suffering Servant” (Isaiah 52:13–53:12) [Part 1]
1. The Servant’s Identity*
a. Isaiah?
3 Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush, (Isaiah 20:3, NIV)
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” (Acts 8:34, NIV)
b. Israel?
8 “But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend, 9 I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. (Isaiah 41:8–9, NIV)
21 “Remember these things, Jacob, for you, Israel, are my servant. I have made you, you are my servant; Israel, I will not forget you. (Isaiah 44:21, NIV)
c. The Remnant of Israel?
1 But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. 3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead. 4 Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life. 5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. 6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth— 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”... 10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. (Isaiah 43:1–7, 10, NIV)
d. Jesus the Messiah
1 “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. 2 He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. 3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; 4 he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope.” (Isaiah 42:1–4, NIV)
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. (Isaiah 50:10, NIV)
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. (Acts 8:34–35, NIV)
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” (Matthew 8:17, NIV)
21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:21–25, NIV)
2. The Servant’s Introduction (52:13–15)
a. The Servant’s Wisdom (52:13)
13 See, my servant will act wisely; ... (Isaiah 52:13, NIV)
b. The Servant’s Exalted Status (52:13)
13 See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. (Isaiah 52:13, NIV)
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9–11, NIV)
c. The Servant’s Appearance (52:14)
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness— (Isaiah 52:14, NIV)
67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him 68 and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?” (Matthew 26:67–68, NIV)
d. The Servant and the Nations (52:15)
15 so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand. (Isaiah 52:15, NIV)
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” (Romans 15:20–21, NIV)
3. The Servant’s Rejection (53:1–3)
a. The Struggle to Believe in the Servant (53:1)
1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? (Isaiah 53:1, NIV)
37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.” 41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him. (John 12:37–41, NIV)
16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” (Romans 10:16, NIV)
b. The Servant’s Ordinary Beginnings (53:2a)
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. ... (Isaiah 53:2, NIV)
c. The Servant Has No Special Appearance (53:2b)
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. (Isaiah 53:2, NIV)
d. The Servant Faces Derision and Rejection (53:3)
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. (Isaiah 53:3, NIV)
10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. (John 1:10–11, NIV)
*The 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 31, 2019
“To God Be the Glory” (Romans 16:21–27)
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
“To God Be the Glory” (Romans 16:21–27)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 31, 2019
Romans 16:21–27 (NIV) 21 Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews. 22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord. 23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. 25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith—27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
1. Glory be to God, who has made us a part of a worldwide spiritual family (21–23).
2. Glory be to God, who will complete the work he has started in us (25a).
3. Glory be to God, who has brought to fulfillment his long-planned and long-promised salvation through Jesus Christ (25b–26a).
4. Glory be to God, who is calling people from every language, tribe, and nation to himself through the gospel (26b).
5. Glory be to God forever and ever because of what he has done for us through Christ (27).