“The Lord’s Passover” (Exodus 12:43–51)

“The Lord’s Passover” (Exodus 12:43–51)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, November 5, 2017
 
Exodus 12:43–51 (NIV)
43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal:
“No foreigner may eat it. 44 Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him, 45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.
46 “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. 47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.
48 “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it. 49 The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.”
50 All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.
 
It is the Lord’s Passover.
The Lord is the covenant-maker and keeper.
The Lord is the deliverer-redeemer.
The Lord is the law-giver: It is the Lord who establishes the ordinances and traditions for the memorial of Passover.
 
The Passover was to serve as an opportunity for worship, for remembrance, and for thankfulness for the Lord’s deliverance of his people from slavery.
The Passover was reserved for members of the community of God’s people.
The Passover was to be observed in a particular way so as to set it apart as a holy and sacred rite for God’s people.
The entire community of God was to participate in the Passover meal.
 

“Free Slaves” (Romans 6:15–23)

“Free Slaves” (Romans 6:15–23)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, November 5, 2017
 
Romans 6:15–23 (NIV)
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 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.
19 I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
 
Christians are living in a new era and are citizens of a new kingdom.
 
The salvation-historical then/now.
 
The salvation-experiential then/now.
 
Then: You used to be slaves of sin and bound for death.
 
Now: You are now slaves of righteousness bound for eternal life.
 
Summary: We are now part of the era and kingdom of grace, but being under grace instead of Law doesn’t mean that we are free to sin or free to indulge in lawlessness. Being under grace means that we are now citizens of a new Kingdom with a new Lord. It is to this gracious and righteous King Jesus that we now owe our loyalty and obedience. Let us serve him as willing servants, because the benefits are joyous and eternal.
 
Main Idea: Jesus sets us free to serve God in righteousness and holiness.

"The Exodus" (Exodus 12:29-42)

"The Exodus" (Exodus 12:29-42)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, October 22, 2017
Exodus 12:29–42 (NIV)
29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.”
33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!” 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing. 35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians.
37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 Many other people went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.
40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt. 42 Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.
1. God reveals his power and demonstrates his justice (vv. 29-30).
2. God is faithful to his promises (vv. 31-36).
3. God delivers his people (vv. 37-42).

“Dead to Sin, but Alive to God” (Romans 6:1–14)

“Dead to Sin, but Alive to God” (Romans 6:6–14)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 22, 2017
 
Romans 6:1–14 (NIV)
6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
1. Can we keep sinning because God’s grace is so bounteous? No! (vv. 1–2)
2. Why can’t we keep sinning in light of God’s abundant grace? (vv. 3–11)
a. As believers, we have been united with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection (vv. 3–5).
i. God’s action: We died with Christ and will be raised like Him (vv. 4a, 5).ii. God’s intention: That we should live a new life (v. 4b).
b. In union with Christ, we have died to sin and have been made alive to God (vv. 6–11).
i. God’s action: Our old self was crucified with Christ (v. 6).ii. God’s intention: That we should not serve sin (vv. 6–7).iii. God’s action: We know that we will live with Christ (vv. 8–10).iv. God’s intention: So see yourselves in Christ Jesus as dead to sin but alive to God (v. 11)
3. God’s abundant grace does not give us permission to use our bodies however we like; rather, it teaches us to use our bodies to serve God and his righteousness (vv. 12–14).
a. Do not let sin reign (vv. 12–13a).b. Offer yourselves to God (vv. 13b–14).

“The First Passover” (Exodus 12:1–28)

“The First Passover” (Exodus 12:1–28)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, October 15, 2017
Exodus 12:1–28 (NIV)
 
12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb  for his family, one for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.
12 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
14 “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance. 15 For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.
17 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. 18 In the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. 19 For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel. 20 Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.”
21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. 23 When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
24 “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’ ” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. 28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.
"Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29, NIV)
1. God liberates his people and gives them a new beginning (1–2).
2. God redeems his people by means of sacrifice (3–11).
a. The sacrifice is chosen (3).b. The sacrifice is representative (3–4).c. The sacrifice is blameless (5).d. The sacrifice is prepared (3, 6) [10th day selected/14th day slain].
4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. (Galatians 4:4-5, NIV)
e. The sacrifice is slain (6).
11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life. (Leviticus 17:11, NIV)
f. The sacrifice is expiatory (7, 21–22). g. The sacrifice is redemptive (8–11) [leads to deliverance].h. The sacrifice is propitiatory (12–13, 23).
3. God delights in being remembered and celebrated by his people (14–20, 24–28).
6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? 7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch-- as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Corinthians 5:6-8, NIV)
Main Idea: God’s redemption of his people is to be remembered and celebrated from generation to generation.

“Dead but Alive” (Romans 6:1–14), Part 2

“Dead but Alive” (Romans 6:1–14), Part 2Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 15, 2017
Romans 6:1–14 (NIV)
6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
1. The true preaching of justification by grace through faith alone often results in misunderstanding by those who would seek to abuse it for licentiousness (1).
2. But the grace of God does not give us a license to sin (2).
3. No, the grace of God has delivered us from the reign of sin and death and has brought us into the reign of righteousness and life (2b-5).
a. Our break with the old life of sin, judgment, and death is so complete that it can be described of as a death (2b–4).
i. What does “dead to sin” in Romans 6 mean? [See Tim Keller, Romans 1–7 for You.]
1. It does not mean (either wrong or insufficient or not appropriate to the context of Romans 6):
a. That we no longer want to sin or that sin no longer has any power or influence over us.b. That we no longer ought to sin; sin is now inappropriate for the Christian.c. That we are moving slowly away from sin; sin is weakening in us.d. That we have renounced sin; at some moment we disavowed sinful behavior.e. That we are no longer guilty of sin; our sins cannot condemn us for they are pardoned in Christ.
2. What “dead to sin” does mean in Romans 6:
a. We are no longer under the “reign”—the ruling power—of sin. Sin still has power, but it can no longer force its dictates on you.
b. And, our entrance into the new life of grace, righteousness, and life is so complete that it can be described of as a resurrection (4b–5).
Main Idea: Our union with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection means that sin no longer has power over the believer and is no longer welcome in the life of the believer.

“Final Warning” (Exodus 11:1–10)

“Final Warning” (Exodus 11:1–10)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, October 8, 2017
Exodus 11:1–10 (NIV)
11 Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. 2 Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.” 3 (The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)
4 So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. 5 Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. 6 There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. 7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. 8 All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.
9 The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.” 10 Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.
1.    The LORD is just and will execute judgment on his enemies (vv. 1, 4–6).22 Then say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son, 23 and I told you, "Let my son go, so he may worship me." But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.'" (Exodus 4:22–23, NIV)2.    The LORD is faithful and will completely fulfill his covenant promises (vv. 2–3).13 Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.  14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. (Genesis 15:13–14, NIV)21 "And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed.  22 Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians." (Exodus 3:21–22, NIV)3.    The LORD is the one and only true God who puts to shame all false gods (vv. 4–5).4.    The LORD is gracious and treats his people differently from the world (vv. 6–7).5.    The LORD is righteous and will vindicate his people before the world (v. 8).6.    The LORD is sovereign and directs the events of history for the furtherance of his own glory (vv. 9–10).Main Idea: The LORD displays his justice, faithfulness, uniqueness, grace, and glory by judging his enemies and rescuing his people.
 

“Dead but Alive” (Romans 6:1–14), Part 1

“Dead but Alive” (Romans 6:1–14), Part 1Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 8, 2017
Romans 6:1–14 (NIV)
6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
 
1. The super-abounding grace of God does not open a door of freedom to go on living in sin (1–2a).
The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, (Romans 5:20, NIV)
2. On the contrary, our break with the old life of sin, judgment, and death is so radical that it can be described of as a death (2b–4a).
a. We are no longer under the condemnation of sin and its penalty of death.b. We are no longer under the power and dominion of sin.
i. Because we are united with Christ.ii. Being united with Christ, his death on the cross was our death.iii. Being united with Christ, his burial was our burial.iv. So, Christ conquered the reign of sin and death over us when he died on the cross for us.v. This new standing and transfer from the realm of sin and death to the realm of grace and life is applied to us at our conversion – represented by baptism.
3. And, our entrance into the new life of grace, righteousness, and life is so complete that it can be described of as a resurrection (4b–5).
Main Idea: Our union with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection means that sin no longer has power over the believer and is no longer welcome in the life of the believer.

“Dark, Dark Darkness” (Genesis 10:21–29)

“Dark, Dark Darkness” (Genesis 10:21–29)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, October 1, 2017
 
Exodus 10:21–29 (NIV)
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. 23 No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.
24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the Lord. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”
25 But Moses said, “You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.”
27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. 28 Pharaoh said to Moses, “Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.”
29 “Just as you say,” Moses replied. “I will never appear before you again.”
 
Darkness as Psychological Judgment.
 
Darkness as Warning of Impending Death and Destruction.
 
Darkness as Symbol of the Un-Creation of Egypt.
 
Darkness as Demonstration of YHWH’s Mighty Power and Supremacy.
 
Darkness as the Condition of Pharaoh’s Heart.
 
 

“Death through Adam, Life through Christ” (Romans 5:12–21)

“Death through Adam, Life through Christ” (Romans 5:12–21)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, October 1, 2017
 
Romans 5:12–21 (NIV)
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
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.
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
We are either in Adam or in Christ; those are the only two options (12–21).
 
In Adam we are sinners condemned to death; in Christ we are justified, declared to be righteous (18–19).
 
Under Moses our sins were magnified; in Christ grace is magnified (20).
 
In Adam we were enslaved under the tyranny of sin and death; in Christ by grace we reign with him in life (17, 21).
 
Main Idea: “The combined power of sin, law, and death is defeated by the superabounding power of grace and righteousness in the Lord Jesus Christ.”

“Lots and Lots of Locusts” (Exodus 10:1–20)

“Lots and Lots of Locusts” (Exodus 10:1–20)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, September 24, 2017
Exodus 10:1–20 (NIV)
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them 2 that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4 If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields. 6 They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’ ” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
7 Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”
8 Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the Lord your God,” he said. “But tell me who will be going.”
9 Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the Lord.”
10 Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil. 11 No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.
12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”
13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
16 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”
18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. 19 And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea. Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
1. The LORD will glorify his own name, and he will move kings and nations in order to do it (1).2. The LORD desires for his name and his mighty acts to be known by his people for all generations (2).3. It is better to humble yourself before the LORD than to be humiliated by the LORD (3–7).4. The LORD’s commands cannot be negotiated down; and his people must never compromise with the world (8–11).5. Persistent rebellion against the LORD leads to more devastating judgment (12–15).6. A repentance that is induced only by the adverse circumstances and produces no real lasting change is not a genuine repentance (16–19).7. Persistent rebellion against the LORD results in reprobation, with the LORD delivering a person over to their depraved desires and thus confirming their condemnation (20).

“Death through Adam, Life through Christ” (Romans 5:12–21), part 2

“Death through Adam, Life through Christ” (Romans 5:12–21), part 2
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, September 24, 2017
 
Romans 5:12–21 (NIV)
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
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.
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
Adam is a type of Christ. They both represent their people, but Christ’s headship over his people is so much superior to Adam’s. Note the contrasts between Adam and Christ:
Difference in kind of representation: We are in Adam physically; we are in Christ spiritually.
Difference in character: Adam’s trespass brings death as a matter of justice; Christ’s obedience brings life as a matter of grace.
Difference in the nature of their actions: Adam’s act was a selfish act of pride; Christ’s act was a selfless act of love.
Difference in the immediate effect: Adam’s act brought condemnation, with judgment following only one sin; Christ’s act brought justification, with grace following many sins.
Difference in ultimate effect: Adam’s act brings the reign of death (physical, spiritual, and eternal); Christ’s act brings our reign in life (physical, spiritual, and eternal).

“Hail from Heaven” (Exodus 9:13–35)

“Hail from Heaven” (Exodus 9:13–35)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, September 17, 2017
 
Exodus 9:13–35 (NIV)
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me, 14 or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth. 16 But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. 17 You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go. 18 Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now. 19 Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.’ ”
20 Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside. 21 But those who ignored the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the field.
22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt—on people and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt.” 23 When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt; 24 hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 25 Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields—both people and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree. 26 The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.
27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. 28 Pray to the Lord, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.”
29 Moses replied, “When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to the Lord. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the Lord’s. 30 But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the Lord God.”
31 (The flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom. 32 The wheat and spelt, however, were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)
33 Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands toward the Lord; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land. 34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. 35 So Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.
 
As unbelievers become more and more obstinate to the truth, God intensifies their judgment (13–14, 18).
God’s ultimate purpose is to make himself known and to spread his glory throughout the earth (14, 16).
God can use anything or anyone to accomplish his purposes and glorify himself (15–17).
Even in judgment, God extends mercy and the opportunity for deliverance (19–21).
The Lord judges the rebellious and hard-hearted, but he delivers his people (22–26).
Even sincere indications of remorse may not be genuine repentance; perseverance in faith and repentance is the sign of genuineness (27–35).
The typical responses to the word of the LORD are outright rejection, humble faith, or imitation, surface-level faith and repentance that do not last (19–21, 27–35).

“Death through Adam, Life through Christ” (Romans 5:12–21), Part 1

“Death through Adam, Life through Christ” (Romans 5:12–21), Part 1
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, September 17, 2017
 
Romans 5:12–21 (NIV)
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
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.
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Adam, the first human being, sinned and brought sin into the world (12).
Sin brings the consequence of death into the world (12).
Every person is under the curse of death and is guilty of sin, because Adam was the representative of the whole human race (12–14).
Every human being sinned in Adam, because he was our representative.
Before the Mosaic Law was given, sin was in the world.
But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses – even over those who did not sin by breaking a specific, explicit command as Adam did.
Therefore, we are sinners in Adam.
Therefore, we are guilty in Adam.
Therefore, we all incur the consequence of death in Adam.
Adam was the representative head of the whole human race in sin and death.
The trespass of one man brought death or condemnation to all men (5 times in 15–19).
The analogy between Adam and Christ is broken if Adam is not our representative. If Adam cannot represent us as our covenant head in death, then neither can Christ in life.

“Blight and Boils” (Exodus 9:1–12)

“Blight and Boils” (Exodus 9:1–12)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, September 10, 2017
 
Exodus 9:1–12 (NIV)
9 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship me.” 2 If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, 3 the hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats. 4 But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
5 The Lord set a time and said, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.” 6 And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. 7 Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.
8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh. 9 It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on people and animals throughout the land.”
10 So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on people and animals. 11 The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians. 12 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said to Moses.
 
Persistent Rebellion against God not only affects you but it affects everything around you.
 
Persistent Rebellion against God’s warnings will result in swift judgment that will then come without warning.
 
Persistent Rebellion against God results in the intensification of his judgments.
 
Persistent Rebellion against God will bring God’s merciful patience to an end, resulting in divine hardening and “giving one over” to their own depravity.
 
Persistent Rebellion against God is futile and will only result in complete defeat before his might and sovereignty.
 
Main Idea: God protects his people, but he crushes those who are persistent in their rebellion against Him.

“God’s Love on Display” (Romans 5:6–11)

“God’s Love on Display” (Romans 5:6–11)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, September 10, 2017
 
Romans 5:6–11, NIV
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.  7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.  8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!  10 For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!  11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
 
God’s Love Came at the Right Time: When We Were Weak and Powerless and in Desperate Need of It (6).
 
4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. (Gal. 4:4–5, NIV)
 
God’s Love Is Not Like Human Love (6–7).
 
God’s Love Is Given to the Most Unlovable (8).
 
God’s Love Not Only Gives Us Grace in the Present; It Will Also Give Us Grace in the Future (9–10).
 
God’s Love Is Worthy of Our Ultimate Praise and Becomes the Source of Our Life’s Joy (11).

"Peace and Hope" (Romans 5:1-5)

“Peace and Hope” (Romans 5:1–5)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, September 3, 2017
Romans 5:1–5 (NIV)
5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
1.    Believers in Christ have peace with God (1–2a).
       a.    Peace with God means we have entered into a relationship of love and friendship.               i.    The atoning work of Christ made this relationship of peace with God possible. 10 For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!  11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.  (Romans 5:10-11, NIV)17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!  18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:  19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. (2 Co. 5:17-19, NIV)21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.  22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation-- (Colossians 1:21-22, NIV)              ii.    We enter into this state of peace with God through faith.        b.    Peace with God means we have access (a way of approaching) before the throne of God.               i.    Christ is our mediator.               ii.    This blessing of access to God is a state of grace.
2.    Believers in Christ have hope for their future salvation (2b–5).
       a.    Our future hope causes us to rejoice/boast in God and his glory.       b.    Our future hope enables us to rejoice/boast even in the midst of suffering:               i.    Because we know that suffering is molding our character to be like that of Christ.              ii.    Because we know that suffering in this world is the path to future glory (as it was for Christ himself).       c.    Our future hope is based on God’s love for us.       d.    Our future hope is revealed and made certain to us in our experience through the gift of the regenerating Holy Spirit.
 

“Small Pests, Big Problems” (Exodus 8:16–32)

“Small Pests, Big Problems” (Exodus 8:16–32)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, August 27, 2017
 
Exodus 8:16–32 (NIV)
The Plague of Gnats
16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,’ and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats.” 17 They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. 18 But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not.
Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, 19 the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.
The Plague of Flies
20 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 21 If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.
22 “‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land. 23 I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will occur tomorrow.’”
24 And the Lord did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies.
25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land.”
26 But Moses said, “That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the Lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? 27 We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, as he commands us.”
28 Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the Lord your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
29 Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
30 Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord, 31 and the Lord did what Moses asked. The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. 32 But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.
 
The LORD demonstrates his mighty power by bringing life from the dust of the ground with only his ‘finger.’ (16–19).
 
The Lord makes a distinction between his people and the world. He graciously protects and saves his people, but he justly condemns the unbelieving and hard-hearted (20–32).
 

“One More Night with the Frogs” (Exodus 7:25–8:15)

“One More Night with the Frogs” (Exodus 7:25–8:15)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, August 20, 2017
 
Exodus 7:25–8:15 (NIV)
25 Seven days passed after the Lord struck the Nile.
8  Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 2 If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. 3 The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. 4 The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”
5 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’”
6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land. 7 But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts; they also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.”
10 “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh said.
Moses replied, “It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God. 11 The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
12 After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. 13 And the Lord did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. 14 They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked of them. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
 
Negative Lessons from Pharaoh
Stubborn and Hard-Hearted
Double-Minded and Unstable
Deceptive and Fake
Positive Lessons from Moses and Aaron
Faithful and Obedient
Humble and Patient
Praying and Interceding
Awe-Inspiring Revelations of God’s Character
The One and Only God
The God of All Power
The God Who Is Merciful even in Judgment
The God Who Is Patient

“Abraham, Our Father in the Faith” (Romans 4:17–25)

“Abraham, Our Father in the Faith” (Romans 4:17–25)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, August 20, 2017
 
Romans 4:17–25 (NIV)
17 As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed-- the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.  18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."  19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead-- since he was about a hundred years old-- and that Sarah's womb was also dead.  20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,  21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.  22 This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."  23 The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone,  24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness-- for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.  25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
 
Abraham serves as a model of faith for all who believe in Jesus Christ and receive God’s gracious gift of justification.
So, what does Abraham’s example teach us about the nature of faith?
 
Abraham’s faith was in God (17).
Abraham’s faith meant acknowledging man’s helplessness (18–19).
Abraham’s faith meant trusting that God would keep his promises (20–22).
Abraham’s faith becomes a model for all Christians (23–25).
The Christian’s faith is in God’s promise that justification is based on Jesus’ atoning death and resurrection.
The object of the Christian’s faith: The God of the impossible, who raised Jesus from the dead.
The source of the Christian’s faith: The promise of God that Jesus’ death and resurrection atone for our sins (25).
The result of the Christian’s faith: Justification apart from human works to the glory of God (23-24a, 25b).