“The Great Love of God” (1 John 3:1–3)

“The Great Love of God” (1 John 3:1–3)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, June 16, 2019 (Father’s Day)
1 John 3:1–3 (NIV) 1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
1. Our Heavenly Father’s Love for Us Is an Extravagant Love.2. Our Heavenly Father’s Love for Us Is an Empathetic Love.3. Our Heavenly Father’s Love for Us Is an Enduring Love.4. Our Heavenly Father’s Love for Us Is an Encouraging Love.5. Our Heavenly Father’s Love for Us Is an Empowering Love.

"Fathering Like the Father"

“Fathering like the Father”
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
June 18, 2017 Sunday AM Father’s Day
 
As Fathers, we must learn to be Merciful as our Heavenly Father is Merciful.
 
Luke 6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
 
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
 
Psalm 103:8-14   The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.  9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;  10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.  11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;  12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.  13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;  14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
 
As Fathers, we must be Faithful as our Heavenly Father is Faithful.
Deuteronomy 7:8-9  8 But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.  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 commands.
 
As Fathers, we must learn to Love as our Heavenly Father Loves.
 
1 John 3:1  How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
 
1 John 4:7-8  7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:16  16 And 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 him.
 
John 3:16   16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
 
As Fathers, we must be Holy as our Heavenly Father is Holy.
 
1 Peter 1:14-17  14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.  15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;  16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."  17 Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.
 
Main Idea: To be a godly father means to father like God.

“A Father’s Job Description”

“A Father’s Job Description” (Ephesians 6:4)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, June 19, 2016
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. (Eph. 6:4, NIV)
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord. (Eph. 6:4, NLT)
1. Don’t stir up anger in your children by the way you treat them.
2. Instead, nurture them and raise them.
a. With training, discipline, and correction
b. With Godly instruction

“The Father Who Gives Good Gifts” (James 1:17­–18)

“The Father Who Gives Good Gifts” (James 1:17­–18)Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist Church/Sunday AM, June 21, 2015James 1:17–18 (NIV) 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. 1.    Our Heavenly Father Gives Good Gifts (v. 17).a.    God’s gifts may not always seem good from our limited perspective.9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!  10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.  11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.  (Heb. 12:9-11, NIV)b.    God’s gifts may not always be exactly what we ask for.9 "Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?  11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!  (Matt. 7:9-11, NIV)c.    But all of God’s gifts, including trials and difficulties that enter our lives, are good and perfect gifts that flow from his wisdom.28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.  29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. (Romans 8:28-29, NIV)2.    Our Heavenly Father is Faithful (v. 17)a.    God is not like the false deities worshiped by polythestic ancient cultures.i.    These gods were thought of as capricious and demanding, tumultuous and unpredictable.ii.    Our Father in Heaven is not tumultuous and unpredictable. He is steady and sure. iii.    He is fundamentally unchanging and faithful to his nature.He is faithful to his promises and faithful to his word.3.    Our Heavenly Father is Gracious (v. 18)a.    Our status as God’s children does not flow from us.b.    Our status as God’s children flows from God’s gracious choice.c.    Though we were unworthy, God chose to give us new birth through the gospel (and his regenerating Holy Spirit).d.    New birth always comes through the Word (and the Spirit).The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." (John 3:8, NIV)For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. (1 Pet. 1:23, NIV)e.    We are now a part of the family of God.See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!  (1 John 3:1, NIV)4.    Our Heavenly Father Loves Us and Desires our Ultimate Good (v. 18).25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her  26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,  27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. (Eph. 5:25-27, NIV)28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.  29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. (Romans 8:28-29, NIV)Main Idea: We have a faithful, gracious, loving Heavenly Father who desires our ultimate good and gifts good gifts to his children.