2020-05
2020-05
Wednesday May 27, 2020
"Losing and Leaving" (Ruth 1:6-14)
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
"Losing and Leaving" (Ruth 1:6-14)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Wednesday PM, May 27, 2020
Ruth 1:6–14 (NIV)
6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. 9 May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”
Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—13 would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!”
14 At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
The “House of Bread” Has Bread Again (Ruth 1:6-7).
Ruth 1:6–7 (NIV)
6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
The Long Road Home after Loss (Ruth 1:8-10)
Ruth 1:8–10 (NIV)
8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. 9 May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”
Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
Drinking the Bitter Cup of Loneliness (Ruth 1:11-14)
Ruth 1:11–14 (NIV)
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—13 would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!”
14 At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
Main Idea: Even in our greatest seasons of loss and loneliness, God continues to provide for and providentially guide his people.
Sunday May 24, 2020
"Charity and Hospitaltiy" (Romans 12:13)
Sunday May 24, 2020
Sunday May 24, 2020
"Charity and Hospitality" (Romans 12:13)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, May 24, 2020
Romans 12:13 NIV
13Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
1. Christians are bound by love to a local fellowship of believers and are called to meet one another’s needs.
2. Christians are bound by love to the global church of God and are called to support traveling brothers and sisters in Christ.
Main Idea: Because we have been loved by God, Christians are called to love one another, both at home and around the world.
Wednesday May 20, 2020
"Where Is God in Times of Distress?" (Ruth 1:1-5)
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
"Where Is God in Times of Distress?" (Ruth 1:1-5)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Wednesday PM, May 20, 2020
Ruth 1:1–5 (NIV)
1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.
3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
Disorder
Deprivation
Disruption
Death
Where is God in Times of Distress?
Main Idea: Disorder, Deprivation, Disruption, and Death are our common lot in this fallen world, but none of these distressing circumstances falls outside the guiding providence of God.
Wednesday May 13, 2020
"In the Presence of the King" (Psalm 24)
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
"In the Presence of the King" (Psalm 24)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchWednesday, May 13, 2020
Psalm 24 (NIV)
Of David. A psalm.
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.
3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not trust in an idol
or swear by a false god.
5 They will receive blessing from the Lord
and vindication from God their Savior.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, God of Jacob.,
7 Lift up your heads, you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, you gates;
lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.
1. The King: The Creator of the Universe (1-2)
2. Coming to Meet the King (3-6)
3. The Entrance of the King (7-10)
Sunday May 10, 2020
"A Mother in Crisis" (2 Kings 4:1-7)
Sunday May 10, 2020
Sunday May 10, 2020
"A Mother in Crisis" (2 Kings 4:1-7)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, May 10, 2020
2 Kings 4:1–7 NIV
1The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.” 2Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.” 3Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. 4Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.” 5She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. 6When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
A Mother’s Distressing Circumstances
A Mother’s Desperate Cry
A Mother’s Dependent Confidence
A Mother’s Divine Caregiver
Exodus 22:22–23 NIV
22“Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. 23If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.
Deuteronomy 10:18 NIV
18He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.
Main Idea: We can trust in God and respond with simple dependent obedience in times of need, because our almighty Father is our generous and gracious Caregiver.
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Knowing God by J. I. Packer - "The Adequacy of God" (Chapter 22, Part 2)
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Knowing God by J. I. Packer
“The Adequacy of God” (Chapter 22, Part 2)
Romans: Book of Riches
What those who are wise seek for in the Bible and you can find in Romans:
Doctrine - Truth about God
A Book of Life
The Book of the Church
God’s Personal Letter
What does Romans 8 contain?
The adequacy of the grace of God (1-30)
The adequacy of the God of grace (31-39)
The Doctrines Applied
“What then shall we say in response to these things?” (v. 31)
What defines true Christians in every age?
Commitment to all-round righteousness
Exposure to all-round pressures
“What then shall we say in response to these things?” Paul provides us with four thoughts...
If God Is For Us
“If God is for us, who is against us?”
No opposition can finally crush us.
The adequacy of God as our sovereign protector
The decisiveness of his covenant commitment to us
What was Paul’s purpose in asking this question: “If God is for us, who is against us?”
He is countering fear - the timid Christian’s fear of the forces which he feels are massed against him.
Paul knows that sooner or later this becomes a problem for every Christian.
“Think! says Paul in effect. God is for you; you see what that means; now reckon up who is against you, and ask yourself how the two sides compare.” - J. I. Packer
“You will find in thus knowing God as your sovereign protector, irrevocably committed to you in the covenant of grace, both freedom from fear and new strength for the fight.” - J. I. Packer
No Good Thing Withheld
“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?”
No good thing will finally be withheld from us.
The adequacy of God as our sovereign benefactor
The decisiveness of his redeeming work for us
The costliness of our redemption - “He did not spare his own Son.”
The effectiveness of our redemption - “God gave him up for us all.”
The consequences of our redemption - “God will give us all things.”
Who Will Accuse Us?
“Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns?”
No accusation can ever disinherit us.
The adequacy of God as our sovereign champion
The decisiveness of his justifying verdict upon us
Paul wrote the two previous verses to counter the Christian’s fear of opposition and deprivation among men.
Paul writes this verse to counter fear of rejection by God.
“There are two sorts of sick consciences, those that are not aware enough of sin and those that are not aware enough of pardon...” - J. I. Packer
“Paul speaks directly to the fear (to which no Christian is a total stranger) that present justification may be no more than provisional—that it may one day be lost by reason of the imperfections of one’s Christian life.” - J. I. Packer
Paul does not deny the fact that Christians fail and fall.
Paul does not question the sadness or pain over sins committed as a Christian.
Paul does emphatically deny that any lapses now can danger our justified status.
“The reason, he says in effect, is simple: Nobody is in a position to get God’s verdict reviewed!” - J. I. Packer
“Who will be the accuser of God’s chosen ones?”
Paul reminds us of God’s grace in election: “God’s elect.”
Paul reminds us of God’s sovereignty in judgment: “It is God who justifies.”
“...nobody can ever challenge the verdict, not even “the accuser of the brethren” himself. Nobody can alter God’s decision over his head—there is only one Judge!—and nobody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with (so to speak) his eyes open. He knew the worst about you at the time when he accepted you for Jesus’ sake; and the verdict which he passed then was, and is, final.” - J. I. Packer
Judgment is a royal prerogative - the sole decision of the King of kings and Lord of lords. “The sovereign Lord who justified you will take active steps to see that the status he has given you is maintained and enjoyed to the full. So loss of justification is inconceivable...” - J. I. Packer
Paul reminds us of Christ’s effectiveness in mediation: “Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”
He died—to save us from condemnation, by bearing the penalty of our sins as our substitute.
He rose and was exalted—“as Prince and Savior that he might give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel” (Acts 5:31).
He intercedes with authority for us—that is, he intervenes in our interest to ensure that we receive all that he died to procure for us.
“The loss of justification is inconceivable.”
Who Shall Separate Us?
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?”
No separation from Christ’s love can ever befall us.
The adequacy of God as our sovereign keeper
The decisiveness of divine love in settling our destiny
“...whereas human love, for all its power in other ways, cannot ensure that what is desired for the beloved will actually happen, divine love is a function of omnipotence, and has at its heart an almighty purpose to bless which cannot be thwarted.” - J. I. Packer
“For it is the privilege of all Christians to know for certain that God loves us immutably, and that nothing can at any time part us from that love or come between us and the final enjoyment of its fruits.” - J. I. Packer
Romans 8:38–39 NIV38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Paul displays God’s “all-sufficiency” in 2 ways:
God is adequate as our keeper.
1 Peter 1:5 NIV5who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
“...the power of God keeps them believing as well as keeping them safe through believing. Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you.” - J. I. Packer
God is adequate as our end.
God is not a means to an end; He is the end and goal of our life’s quest.
“Christ is the path, and Christ is the prize.”
“The purpose of our relationship with God in Christ is the perfecting of the relationship itself. How could it be otherwise, when it is a love relationship? So God is adequate in this further sense, that in knowing him fully we shall find ourselves fully satisfied, needing and desiring nothing more.” - J. I. Packer
“Once more, Paul is countering fear—fear, this time, of the unknown, whether in terms of unprecedented suffering or of a horrific future or of cosmic forces which one cannot measure or master. The focus of fear is the effect these things might have on one’s fellowship with God, by overwhelming both reason and faith and so destroying sanity and salvation together.” - J. I. Packer
“But, says Paul, we must fight this fear, for the bogey is unreal. Nothing, literally nothing, can separate us from the love of God: 'In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us' (v. 37).” - J. I. Packer
Learning to Know God in Christ
Who is this God who is “there” for us to know?
The God of the Bible
The God of Romans
The God revealed in Jesus
The Three-in-One of historic Christian teaching.
How do we “know” this God?
We begin by knowing about him.
We come to know his revealed character and ways.
We come to know his attributes of goodness and severity.
Through this, we learn more about ourselves as fallen creatures bound for hell unless grace intervenes.
Knowing God involves a personal relationship with him.
Giving ourselves to God on the basis of his promise to give himself to us.
Asking for his mercy and resting on his undertaking to forgive sinners for Jesus’ sake.
Becoming a disciple of Jesus
Knowing God involves faith—assent, consent, commitment—and faith expresses itself in prayer and obedience.
Knowing God climaxes in full trust in the adequacy of God that dispels fear, knowing with assurance that we will be more than conquerors in Christ.
1 John 4:16–19 NIV16And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19We love because he first loved us.
“...this is as high in the knowledge of God as we can go this side of glory.” - J. I. Packer
“...we have been brought to the point where we can grasp the truth in descriptions of the Christian life in terms of 'victory' and 'Jesus satisfies.' ...these phrases are precious, for they point to the link between knowledge of God on the one hand and human fulfillment on the other. When we speak of the adequacy of God, it is this link that we highlight, and this link is of the essence of Christianity. Those who know God in Christ have found the secret of true freedom and true humanity.” - J. I. Packer
“...we have been brought to the point where we both can and must get our life’s priorities straight… so many in our day seem to have been distracted from what was, is, and always will be the true priority for every human being—that is, learning to know God in Christ.”
Psalm 27:8 NIV8My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.
Sunday May 03, 2020
"Serving One Another, Serving the Lord" (Romans 12:10-11)
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
"Serving One Another, Serving the Lord" (Romans 12:10-11)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, May 3, 2020
Romans 12:10-11, NIV10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Serving One Another (Romans 12:10)
Serving one another needs to be motivated by love.
Serving one another needs to be done with the love of a covenant family.
Serving one another needs to be humble and sacrificial.
Serving the Lord (Romans 12:11)Serving the Lord needs to be motivated by love.
Serving the Lord needs to be with full effort and zeal.
Serving the Lord needs to be with enthusiasm and whole-hearted commitment.
Acts 18:24–26, NIV24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue...
Romans 6:17–18, NIV17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
Main Idea: Christians that have been transformed by the love and grace of God serve the Lord with love and zeal and serve one another with love and humility.