"Abraham the Intercessor" (Genesis 18:16-33)

"Abraham the Intercessor" (Genesis 18:16-33)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, January 17, 2016
Genesis 18:16–33 (NIV)


16 When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. 17 Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

20 Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.  23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

26 The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?”

“If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”

29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?”

He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”

30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?”

He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”

32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”

He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”

33 When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
1. The Lord reveals his righteous and merciful character to his covenant people (16-21).2. The Lord's covenant people should intercede before the Lord on behalf of those who stand in danger of judgment (22-33).Main Idea: As his redeemed covenant people, we have been given the privilege of knowing the righteousness and justice of God; let us then be faithful in interceding before our God on behalf of those who are in danger of his judgment.

"The Sign of the Covenant" (Genesis 17:1-27)

“The Sign of the Covenant” (Genesis 17:1–27)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, January 3, 2016Genesis 17:1–27 (NIV)

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”

3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, 4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham,  for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.”

9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. 13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” 18 And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!”

19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac.  I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. 21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.” 22 When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, 25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen; 26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day. 27 And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.
1.    God obligates himself in covenant to his people (1–8).2.    God’s people are called to obligate themselves in covenant to God through covenant signs (9–14).3.    God honors his covenant obligations by keeping his promises (15–22).4.    God’s people honor their covenant obligations through obedience and participation in the covenant signs (23–27).Main Idea: God graciously enters into covenants with his people and obligates himself to fulfill his promises. God’s people must respond in faith and obedience by obligating themselves to God’s covenant and its accompanying signs.

"Impatient Faith" (Genesis 16:1-16)

"Impatient Faith" (Genesis 16:1-16)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, December 6, 2015
Genesis 16 (NIV)


16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”

Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.

When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”

6 “Your slave is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.

7 The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”

“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”

11 The angel of the Lord also said to her:

“You are now pregnant

and you will give birth to a son.

You shall name him Ishmael, 

for the Lord has heard of your misery.

12 He will be a wild donkey of a man;

his hand will be against everyone

and everyone’s hand against him,

and he will live in hostility

toward all his brothers.”

13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” 14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael. Main Idea:
When
we ignore God’s Word and impatiently take matters into our own hands, the
consequences are devastating.

"The Abrahamic Covenant" (Genesis 15:7-21)

"The Abrahamic Covenant" (Genesis 15:7-21)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, November 29, 2015
Genesis 15 (NIV)

15 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:

“Do not be afraid, Abram.

I am your shield, 

your very great reward. ”

2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.”

8 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”

9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”

10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 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. 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.” Main Idea: The God who makes and keeps his covenant with Abram is the same God who makes and keeps his covenant with those whom Christ has redeemed.

"Justified by Faith" (Genesis 15:1-6)

Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday AM, November 15, 2015
Genesis 15:1–6 (NIV)


15 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:

“Do not be afraid, Abram.

I am your shield, 

your very great reward. ”

2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. Main Idea: When we put our trust in what God has
done for us, his righteousness becomes our righteousness.

"To the Rescue" (Genesis 14:1-24)

Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, November 8, 2015
Genesis 14:1-24
14 At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar,  Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, 2 these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3 All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley). 4 For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5 In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim 6 and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran near the desert. 7 Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.

8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim 9 against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. 11 The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. 12 They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

13 A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15 During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. 16 He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.

17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19 and he blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

Creator of heaven and earth.

20 And praise be to God Most High,

who delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.”

22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, 23 that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ 24 I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. Let them have their share."Main Idea: Faith trusts God to deliver. Faith trusts God to provide. Faith trusts God to keep his Word.

"Generous Faith" (Genesis 13:1-18)

Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday PM, November 1, 2015
Genesis 13:1–18 (NIV)

13 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him. 2 Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.

3 From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier 4 and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.

5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together. 7 And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”

10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. 13 Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.

14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”

18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.
1. God gives great wealth to Abram as a part of his promise to bless Abram and his heirs (1-2).A proper response to God's blessings: Abram's worship (3-4).An improper response to God's blessings: the strife of Abram's and Lot's herdsmen (5-7).A proper response to God's blessings: Abram's generosity (8-9).An improper response to God's blessings: Lot's selfish choice (10-13).2. God promises to give the land of Canaan to Abram alone as a part of his promise to bless Abram and his heirs (14-18).Main Idea: Faith can be generous, because faith believes in the sovereign God who works out all things for the good of his people and for his own glory.

"Out of Egypt" (Genesis 12:10-20)

Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday PM, October 25, 2015
Genesis 12:10–20 (NIV)
10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. 11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15 And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

17 But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” 20 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had. Main Idea: God will always be faithful to himself and his own Word, in spite of our failings.

"Father Abraham" (Genesis 12:1-9)

Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday PM, October 18, 2015
Genesis 12:1–9 (NIV)

The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

2 “I will make you into a great nation,

and I will bless you;

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing. 

3 I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse;

and all peoples on earth

will be blessed through you.”

4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.

6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.
1. Faith responds to the call of God.2. Faith responds with obedience.3. Faith responds with worship.4. Faith responds with hope in what cannot be seen.Main Idea: Faith is the response of obedience, worship, and hope to the Word of God.

"Beginnings" (Genesis 1-11)

Eastside Baptist ChurchPastor Cameron JungelsSunday PM, October 11, 20151.    The Beginning of the Universe: God created everything that exists.2.    The Beginning of Humanity: God specially created human beings as the pinnacle of his creation.3.    The Beginning of Evil and its Consequences: All humanity has turned from God, chosen its own way, and has decided to determine their own versions of good/evil.4.    The Beginning of Culture and Civilization: Humanity begins to gather into communities and develop talents, skills, and occupational craftsmanship.5.    The Beginning of Nations: All nations on earth are descended from Noah and his sons. They spread out and formed their own unique civilizations and built cities.6.    The Beginning of the Covenant: God graciously enters into covenants with fallen human begins to rescue them and to initiate a plan to rescue the human race. Main Idea: Though the people God made in his image rebelled against Him and are worthy of judgment, God’s plan cannot be thwarted. He created a blessed, sanctified nation of people through whom he would bring a deliverer to rescue his fallen image-bearers.

“God’s Gospel Call before the Flood” (Genesis 6:5–8)

“God’s Gospel Call before the Flood” (Genesis 6:5–8)Jordan Atkinson/Eastside Baptist Church/Sunday AM, May 17, 2015“The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.” (Genesis 6:5–8, ESV)  1.    We should repent because God sees human wickedness (v. 5).2.    We should repent because God grieves over human wickedness (v. 6).3.    We should repent because God judges human wickedness (v. 7).4.    We should repent because God shows grace to sinners in spite of our wickedness (v. 8).

Genesis 11:1–32 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM June 29, 2014

“Pride and
Providence” (Genesis 11:1–32) Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM June 29, 2014 
1.      
What is the Problem
with the People at Babel? 
·        
The Problem
with the People at Babel was Pride. 
                                                             
i.     
The Pride of Rebellion
                                                          
ii.     
The Pride of Autonomous
Human Effort
                                                  
iii.     
The Pride of Arrogance
and Glory-Seeking 
·        
God’s Response
to the Problem of human Pride is judgment and humiliation. – God
humbles the proud but exalts the lowly and humble. 
Transition:
We are still in need of redemption because our pride, arrogance, and rebellion
brings the just wrath of God. 
2.     
What is the Purpose
of the List of People? 
·        
The Purpose of
the List of People at the end of Genesis 11 is to show us the Providence
of God in the outworking of his covenant Plan of redemption. 
Main Idea: In our humanity, we are prone to pride, selfish
glory-seeking, and a desire for autonomy from God. Our holy God must judge this
pride and rebellion. But in his holy love, he has also providentially provided
for our redemption through his plan to bring a Deliverer-Messiah-Savior into
the world through the line of Shem and Abraham.

Genesis 10:1–32 - Cameron Jungels - Sunday PM June 22, 2014

“Lord of All the Nations” (Genesis
10:1–32)Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday PM/June 22, 2014 
10 This
is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons
after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth:
Gomer,
Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz,
Riphath and Togarmah.
4 The sons of Javan:
Elishah,
Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. 5 (From these the
maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their
nations, each with its own language.)
6 The sons of Ham:
Cush,
Egypt, Put and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush:
Seba,
Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah:
Sheba
and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who
became a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter
before the Lord; that is why it is
said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad
and Kalneh, in Shinar.  11 From that land he went to
Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah 12 and
Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.13 Egypt was the father of
the
Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14 Pathrusites,
Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites. 15 Canaan was the father of
Sidon
his firstborn,  and of the Hittites, 16 Jebusites,
Amorites, Girgashites, 17 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 18 Arvadites,
Zemarites and Hamathites.
Later the Canaanite clans scattered 19 and
the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then
toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
20 These
are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and
nations.  
21 Sons
were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor
of all the sons of Eber.22 The sons of Shem:
Elam,
Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram:
Uz,
Hul, Gether and Meshek.
24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,
and
Shelah the father of Eber.
25 Two sons were born to Eber:
One
was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was
named Joktan.
26 Joktan was the father of Almodad,
Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal,
Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were
sons of Joktan. 30 The region where they lived stretched
from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
31 These
are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and
nations. 32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons,
according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the
nations spread out over the earth after the flood.  
“From one
man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he
marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.”
(Acts 17:26, NIV)  God is sovereign over the nations.
 “When the
Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he
set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of
Israel.” (Deuteronomy 32:8, NIV)  
God scattered the nations throughout the
earth.
God singled out a nation on which to bestow
his grace.God has purposed to save people from every nation
through his grace to his chosen nation. 
“The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your
country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your
name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and
whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed
through you.”” (Genesis 12:1–3, NIV)  
“But you
are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special
possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of
darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are
the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received
mercy.” (1 Peter 2:9–10, NIV) 
“And they
sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its
seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them
to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the
earth.”” (Revelation 5:9–10, NIV) 
Main Idea: It is through God’s
grace to one nation that all of the nations of the world have been blessed.

Genesis 9:18-29 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM June 8, 2014

“The Consequences of Sin” (Genesis 9:18-29)Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/June 8, 2014 
Prologue The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were
Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) These were the three
sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole
earth. (Genesis 9:18–19, NIV) 
The
Committing of Sin 
Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a
vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered
inside his tent. (Genesis 9:20-21, NIV) 
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father
naked and told his two brothers outside. (Genesis 9:22, NIV) 
The
Covering of Sin 
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid
it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their
father's naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would
not see their father naked. (Genesis 9:23, NIV) 
The
Consequences of Sin 
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out
what his youngest son had done to him, he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The
lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers." (Genesis 9:24-25, NIV) 
The
Grace of God 
He also said, "Praise be to the LORD,
the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend Japheth's
territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave
of Japheth." (Genesis 9:26–27, NIV) 
Epilogue 
After the flood Noah lived 350 years. Noah
lived a total of 950 years, and then he died. (Genesis 9:28-29, NIV) 
Main IdeaØ  Our
only hope to be delivered from the consequences of sin is through the grace of
God.

Genesis 9:8-17 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM June 1, 2014

“The Covenant-Making God” (Genesis 9:8-17)Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/June 1, 2014 “Then
God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with
you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was
with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came
out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. I establish my covenant
with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood;
never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is
the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living
creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my
rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and
the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in
the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living
creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy
all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and
remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every
kind on the earth.” So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I
have established between me and all life on the earth.”” (Genesis 9:8–17,
NIV) 
God graciously
initiated a covenant with Noah.
God’s covenant
with Noah results in blessings for every creature.
God’s covenant
with Noah is faithfully kept and maintained by God himself.
God’s covenant
with Noah is an everlasting covenant.
God’s covenant
with Noah was sealed with a sign.
God’s covenant
with Noah serves as a model for all of his gracious covenants.Main
Idea
Ø 
God
graciously makes covenants that result in blessing and salvation for his
people.

Genesis 9:1–7 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM May 4, 2014

“Renewal of the Creation Mandate” (Genesis 9:1–7)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/May 4,
2014) 9 Then
God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in
number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will
fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every
creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are
given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves about
will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you
everything.
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in
it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an
accounting. I will demand an accounting from every
animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the
life of another human being.
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall
their blood be shed;
for in the image
of God
has God made
mankind.
7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the
earth and increase upon it.”
(Genesis
9:1–7, niv)
 
 
1.       God renews his blessings on the human race through Noah (v.
1).
 
2.       God renews our responsibility to exercise dominion over the
other creatures of his world (v. 2).
 
3.       God renews his provision of food for his people (with
modifications) (vv. 3-4).
 
4.      God renews and strengthens his commitment to the value of
human life (vv. 5-6).
 
5.       God renews our responsibilities as his image bearers to
populate and care for the earth (vv. 1, 7).
 
Main
Idea
Ø 
Even though human beings are still sinful, we
continue to remain God’s image bearers who have been called to fill the earth,
provide for the protection of innocent life, and exercise dominion over the
creation for God. 

Gen. 8:1–22 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, April 27, 2014

“God
Remembers His Covenant” (Gen. 8:1–22)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/April 27,
2014 
7 days of waiting for flood (7:4)
            7 days of waiting for
flood (7:10)
                        40 days of
flood (7:17a)
                                    150
days of water triumphing (7:24)
                                    150
days of water waning (8:3)
                        40 days of
waiting (8:6)
            7 days of waiting
(8:10)
7 days of waiting (8:12) 
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that
were with him in the ark (Genesis 8:1, NIV) 
18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will
enter the ark-- you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with
you.  19 You are to bring into
the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with
you.  20 Two of every kind of
bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along
the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 
(Genesis 6:18-20, NIV) 
God
faithfully keeps the covenants that he makes with his people. (8:1–19)
 
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that
were with him in the ark, and he sent  a wind over the earth, and the waters
receded. (Genesis 8:1, NIV) 
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the
deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (Genesis 1:2, NIV) 
Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been
closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. (Genesis 8:2, NIV) 
The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and
fifty days the water had gone down, (Genesis 8:3, NIV) 
4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark
came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 
5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and
on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became
visible.  (Genesis 8:4-5, NIV) 
6 After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the
ark  7 and sent out a raven,
and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the
earth.  (Genesis 8:6-7, NIV) 
8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded
from the surface of the ground.  9
But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the
surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his
hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.  (Genesis 8:8-9, NIV) 
10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove
from the ark.  11 When the
dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked
olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.  12 He waited seven more days and
sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.  (Genesis 8:10-12, NIV) 
13 By the first day of the first month of Noah's six
hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then
removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was
dry.  14 By the twenty-seventh
day of the second month the earth was completely dry.  (Genesis 8:13-14, NIV) 
15 Then God said to Noah, 
16 "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons
and their wives.  17 Bring out
every kind of living creature that is with you-- the birds, the animals, and
all the creatures that move along the ground-- so they can multiply on the
earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it."  18 So Noah came out, together with
his sons and his wife and his sons' wives. 
19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the
ground and all the birds-- everything that moves on land-- came out of the ark,
one kind after another.  (Genesis
8:15-19, NIV) 
Verses
1–19 are intended to convey the faithfulness of God to his covenant. God faithfully keeps the covenants that he
makes with his people. So, how should we respond to God and his grace and
mercy toward us? We know that God is a covenant keeping God. God keeps his
promises, but what is our responsibility what is our response to God and his
character and his acts of mercy? 
We must respond to God’s covenant
faithfulness with the sacrifice of worship and service. (8:20–24)
 
20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of
all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
(Genesis 8:20, NIV) 
21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his
heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though
every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again
will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.  22 "As long as the earth
endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night
will never cease." (Genesis 8:21-22, NIV) 
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. (Isa. 54:9, NIV) 
Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of
God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to
God-- this is your true and proper worship. (Romans 12:1, NIV) 
 Main Idea:
We must respond to God’s covenant faithfulness with the sacrifice of worship
and service.

Genesis 7:1-24 – Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, April 13, 2014

Our Sin, God’s Justice and Mercy - Genesis
7:1-24 – (Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/April 13, 2014) 
 Acts 17:14–34, NIV14 The believers immediately sent Paul to
the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.  15 Those who escorted Paul brought
him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him
as soon as possible. 
16 While Paul was waiting for them in
Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.  17 So he reasoned in the synagogue
with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day
with those who happened to be there.  18
A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of
them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked,
"He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul
was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.  19 Then they took him and brought
him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, "May we know
what this new teaching is that you are presenting?  20 You are bringing some strange
ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean."  21 (All the Athenians and the
foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and
listening to the latest ideas.) 
22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of
the Areopagus and said: "People of Athens! I see that in every way you are
very religious.  23 For as I
walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an
altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So you are ignorant of the very
thing you worship-- and this is what I am going to proclaim to you. 
24 "The God who made the world and
everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples
built by human hands.  25 And
he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself
gives everyone life and breath and everything else.  26 From one man he made all the
nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their
appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.  27 God did this so that they would
seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from
any one of us.  28 'For in him
we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We
are his offspring.' 
29 "Therefore since we are God's
offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or
stone-- an image made by human design and skill.  30 In the past God overlooked such
ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.  31 For he has set a day when he
will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given
proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead." 
32 When they heard about the resurrection
of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you
again on this subject."  33
At that, Paul left the Council.  34
Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was
Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number
of others.  
 2 Peter 3:7, 10,
NIV
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are
reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the
ungodly. (2 Pet. 3:7, NIV) 10 But the day of the Lord will come like
a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed
by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. (2 Pet.
3:10, NIV) 
 Genesis 7:1–24, NIV
1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go
into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in
this generation.  2 Take with
you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one
pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,  3 and also seven pairs of every
kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the
earth.  4 Seven days from now
I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe
from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."  5 And Noah did all that the LORD
commanded him. 
6 Noah was six hundred years old when
the floodwaters came on the earth.  7
And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives entered the ark to
escape the waters of the flood.  8
Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move
along the ground,  9 male and
female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.  10 And after the seven days the
floodwaters came on the earth. 
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's
life, on the seventeenth day of the second month-- on that day all the springs
of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were
opened.  12 And rain fell on
the earth forty days and forty nights. 
13 On that very day Noah and his sons,
Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons,
entered the ark.  14 They had
with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to
their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind
and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.  15 Pairs of all creatures that
have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.  16 The animals going in were male
and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut
him in. 
17 For forty days the flood kept coming
on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the
earth.  18 The waters rose and
increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the
water.  19 They rose greatly
on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were
covered.  20 The waters rose
and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.  21 Every living thing that moved
on land perished-- birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm
over the earth, and all mankind.  22
Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.  23 Every living thing on the face
of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move
along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left,
and those with him in the ark. 
24 The waters flooded the earth for a
hundred and fifty days. 
1.      
In righteousness, God judges a sinful
world. 
2.     
In mercy, God delivers his covenant
people. 
3.     
Through God’s merciful deliverance,
the future of the planet and God’s plan is secured. 
Main Idea
Ø  Though
God is righteous and must judge wickedness, he mercifully extends deliverance
to the objects of his love, ensuring the fulfillment of his gracious purposes. 
Luke 17:26–27, 30, NIV
26 "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will
it be in the days of the Son of Man.  27
People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the
day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.  30 "It will be just like this
on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

Genesis 6:13-22 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, April 6, 2014

“An Obedient Faith” - Genesis 6:13-22 – (Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/April 6, 2014)13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to
all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely
going to destroy both them and the earth. 
14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it
and coat it with pitch inside and out.  15
This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long,
fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. 
16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one
cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle
and upper decks.  17 I am
going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens,
every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will
perish.  18 But I will
establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark-- you and your sons
and your wife and your sons' wives with you. 
19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures,
male and female, to keep them alive with you. 
20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of
every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept
alive.  21 You are to take
every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and
for them."  22 Noah did
everything just as God commanded him. 
(Genesis 6:13-22, NIV)
1. The limits of divine patience and holy
justiceSo God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to
all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely
going to destroy both them and the earth. (Genesis 6:13, NIV)
The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race
had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the
human heart was only evil all the time. (Genesis 6:5, NIV)
to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited
patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few
people, eight in all, were saved through water, (1 Pet. 3:20, NIV)
4 They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised?
Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning
of creation."  5 But they
deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens came into being and
the earth was formed out of water and by water. 
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and
destroyed.  (2 Pet. 3:4-6, NIV)
2. A gracious covenant and a remnant saved by mercyI am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy
all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it.
Everything on earth will perish. (Genesis 6:17, NIV)But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will
enter the ark-- you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.
(Genesis 6:18, NIV)
You are to bring into the ark two of all living
creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. (Genesis 6:19, NIV)
Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take
root below and bear fruit above. For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and
out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. "The zeal of the LORD Almighty will
accomplish this. (2 Ki. 19:30–31, NIV)
"What has happened to us is a result of our evil
deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our
sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this. (Ezr. 9:13, NIV)
3. A simple, obedient faith
Noah did everything just as God commanded him. (Genesis
6:22, NIV)Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance
about what we do not see. (Heb. 11:1, NIV)
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in
holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world
and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith. (Heb. 11:7,
NIV)
For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do
good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Eph. 2:10, NIV)
Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all
the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name's sake.
(Romans 1:5, NIV)
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-- (Romans 16:26, NIV)Main Idea
Ø  Faith
responds to divine grace, accepts God at his Word, and then acts in obedience
to that Word.

Genesis 6:1-8 Cameron Jungels Sun PM, March 9, 2014

“Descent
into Decadence”- Genesis 6:1-8 – (Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/March 9, 2014) 
When human beings
began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,  2 the sons of God saw that the
daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they
chose.  3 Then the LORD said,
"My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal;
their days will be a hundred and twenty years."  4 The Nephilim were on the earth
in those days-- and also afterward-- when the sons of God went to the daughters
of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of
renown.  5 The LORD saw how
great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every
inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.  6 The LORD regretted that he had
made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.  7 So the LORD said, "I will
wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created-- and with them
the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground-- for I
regret that I have made them."  8
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. (Genesis 6:1-8, NIV)
 
1.
After the Fall, the human race continued to decline into moral decadence.
 
When
human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born
to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and
they married any of them they chose.  (Genesis
6:1-2, NIV)
 
Sethites
and Cainites
v  ‘Sons
of God’ = Sethites
v  ‘daughters
of men’ = Cainites
v  Sin
= improper inter-marriage of godly line of Seth with ungodly line of Cainites
v  Result
= corruption of the godly seed and wickedness
 
Human
Nobles and Harems
v  ‘Sons
of God’ = Royal Rulers
v  ‘daughters
of men’ = peasant class of women
v  Dynastic
rulers marry ‘any they choose,’ forming harems in which they magnify their
status and fulfill their lusts.
 
Angels
and Humans
v  ‘Sons
of God’ = Angelic beings
v  ‘daughters
of men’ = human women
v  Some
form of cohabitation or intermarriage between ‘kinds’
v  Resulting
in ‘giants’ or ‘heroes’ mentioned in verse 4.
 
And
behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones to execute judgment upon
all, And to destroy all the ungodly: and to convict all flesh of all the works
of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, and of all the hard
things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him. (1 Enoch 1:9)
 
Enoch,
the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: "See, the Lord is coming
with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to
convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their
ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against
him." (Jude 14–15, NIV)
 
And
it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were
born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of
the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us
choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.‘ (1 Enoch
6:1–2)
 
And
all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose
for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves
with them, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of
roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they became pregnant, and they
bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: who consumed all the
acquisitions of men. (1 En. 7:1–3)
 
And
there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led
astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. (1 En. 8:3)
 
Then
said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of
Lamech, and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name "Hide
thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole
earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come upon the whole earth,
and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape and
his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.’ And again the
Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azâzêl hand and foot, and cast him into the
darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dûdâêl, and cast him
therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with
darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not
see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the
fire. (1 En. 10:1–6)
 
And
the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their
proper dwelling-- these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains
for judgment on the great Day. In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the
surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They
serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. (Jude 6–7,
NIV)
 
For
if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting
them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if he did not spare the
ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected
Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; if he condemned the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of
what is going to happen to the ungodly; (2 Pet. 2:4–6, NIV)
 
After
being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits--to
those who were disobedient long ago when God waited
patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few
people, eight in all, were saved through water, (1 Pet. 3:19–20, NIV)
 
The
Nephilim were on the earth in those days-- and also afterward-- when the sons
of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the
heroes of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4, NIV)
 
We
saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We
seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."
(Num. 13:33, NIV)
 
The
LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,
and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all
the time. (Genesis 6:5, NIV)
 
2.
God’s longsuffering patience will not endure human sinfulness forever; he must
judge sin.
 
Then
the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they
are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years." (Genesis 6:3,
NIV)
 
The
LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was
deeply troubled. So the LORD said, "I will wipe from the face of the earth
the human race I have created-- and with them the animals, the birds and the
creatures that move along the ground-- for I regret that I have made
them." (Genesis 6:6–7, NIV)
 
3.
The only hope that the human race has to be saved from God’s wrath is his
unmerited grace.
 
But
Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. (Genesis 6:8, NIV)
 
Main
Idea: God must judge our
sinful depravity, but he has extended grace by which some are saved from his
wrath.