John 15:18–16:4a - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist, Sunday AM.February 8, 2015

“Hated by the World” (John 15:18–16:4a) -
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/February 8,
2015
 
John 15:18–16:4a (NIV)
18 “If the world
hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you
belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not
belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the
world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not
greater than his master.’  If they persecuted me, they will persecute you
also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They
will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who
sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would
not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever
hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among
them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they
have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But
this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without
reason.’ 
26 “When the
Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who
goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also
must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
16 “All this I
have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put
you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you
will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do
such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I
have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I
warned you about them.
 
Unless we truly think that the vast majority of the world
around us are followers of Jesus, we should be surprised if we never face
persecution for the sake of the name of Jesus.
 
Main Idea: A faithful disciple of Jesus will face
hardship in this world for the sake of his name, so we should be prepared and
we should take hope in the ultimate joy that awaits us.
 
1.      
When Jesus’ disciples are hated by the
world, it is a reflection of unbelievers’ hatred for Jesus himself (15:18–22).
 
13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and
sisters, if the world hates you. (1 John 3:13, NIV)
 
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not
only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, (Phil 1:29, NIV)
 
2.     
When Jesus is hated by the world, it is a
reflection of unbelievers’ hatred for God himself (15:23–25).
 
3.     
Jesus calls his disciples to be
Spirit-filled witnesses for him in the midst of a hostile world (15:26–16:4a).
 
27 Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a
manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only
hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one
Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel  28 without being frightened in any
way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be
destroyed, but that you will be saved-- and that by God.  29 For it has been granted to you
on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for
him,  30 since you are going
through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
(Philippians 1:27-30, NIV)
 
Main Idea: A faithful disciple of Jesus will face
hardship in this world for the sake of his name, so we should be prepared and
we should take hope in the ultimate joy that awaits us.

John 15:1–17 - Cameron Jungels - Sun AM, February 1, 2015

“Abiding in Jesus, the True Vine” (John 15:1–17)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/February 1,
2015
 
John 15:1–17 (NIV)
15 “I am the
true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every
branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he
prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already
clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me,
as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in
the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 “I am the vine;
you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much
fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain
in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are
picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in
me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for
you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be my disciples.
9 “As the Father
has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If
you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my
Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you
this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My
command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater
love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You
are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call
you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I
have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you
and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and
so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This
is my command: Love each other.
 
Main Idea: Every true believer must have an abiding,
life-giving connection to Jesus Christ, the true Vine.
 
1.      
Jesus is the true source of life.
 
2.     
Those who do not abide in Jesus produce
no spiritual fruit and are cast away for eternity.
 
3.     
Those who abide in Jesus produce true
spiritual fruit and enjoy an eternal relationship of joy with God, Jesus, and
the Spirit.
a.     
True branches are pruned, so as to produce more
abiding fruit.
b.     
True branches produce fruit as evidence of their
life-giving connection to Jesus.
c.      
True branches abide in Jesus by abiding in:
                                                             
i.     
Faith/Trust
                                                          
ii.     
The Word
                                                        
iii.     
Prayer
                                                         
iv.     
Love
                                                           
v.     
Obedience
                                                         
vi.     
Joy
d.     
True branches enjoy spiritual friendship with
Jesus as they follow him in love and joy.
e.     
True branches are chosen and nourished by
Christ, the vine.
 
Main Idea: Every true believer must have an abiding,
life-giving connection to Jesus Christ, the true Vine.

John 15:1–17 - Cameron Jungels - Sun AM, February 1, 2015

“Abiding in Jesus, the True Vine” (John 15:1–17)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/February 1,
2015
 
John 15:1–17 (NIV)
15 “I am the
true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every
branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he
prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already
clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me,
as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in
the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 “I am the vine;
you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much
fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain
in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are
picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in
me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for
you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be my disciples.
9 “As the Father
has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If
you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my
Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you
this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My
command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater
love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You
are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call
you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I
have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you
and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and
so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This
is my command: Love each other.
 
Main Idea: Every true believer must have an abiding,
life-giving connection to Jesus Christ, the true Vine.
 
1.      
Jesus is the true source of life.
 
2.     
Those who do not abide in Jesus produce
no spiritual fruit and are cast away for eternity.
 
3.     
Those who abide in Jesus produce true
spiritual fruit and enjoy an eternal relationship of joy with God, Jesus, and
the Spirit.
a.     
True branches are pruned, so as to produce more
abiding fruit.
b.     
True branches produce fruit as evidence of their
life-giving connection to Jesus.
c.      
True branches abide in Jesus by abiding in:
                                                             
i.     
Faith/Trust
                                                          
ii.     
The Word
                                                        
iii.     
Prayer
                                                         
iv.     
Love
                                                           
v.     
Obedience
                                                         
vi.     
Joy
d.     
True branches enjoy spiritual friendship with
Jesus as they follow him in love and joy.
e.     
True branches are chosen and nourished by
Christ, the vine.
 
Main Idea: Every true believer must have an abiding,
life-giving connection to Jesus Christ, the true Vine.

John 14:1–14 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist Church,Sunday AM, January 18, 2015

“Jesus:
the Only Way to God” (John 14:1–14)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist Church/Sunday AM/January 18, 2015 
John 14:1–14 (NIV) 14 “Do
not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My
Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that
I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you
also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I
am going.”
Jesus
the Way to the Father 5 Thomas
said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the
way?”
6 Jesus
answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my
Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip
said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus
answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a
long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show
us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father,
and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own
authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe
me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least
believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly
I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and
they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And
I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in
the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will
do it.
1.       
Take hope,
because Jesus will bring you home to God (1–4). 
2.     
Keep on believing,
because Jesus is the only way to God (5–7). 
3.      
Stand in Awe,
because Jesus is the full revelation of God in human form (8–11). 
No one
has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in
closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. (John 1:18, NIV) 
In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John
1:1, NIV) 
The
Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being,
sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification
for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Heb. 1:3, NIV) 
The
Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.  16 For in him all things were
created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones
or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him
and for him.  17 He is before
all things, and in him all things hold together.  (Col. 1:15-17, NIV) 
4.     
Be encouraged,
because Jesus does amazing works through his people (12–14). 
This
is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according
to his will, he hears us.  15
And if we know that he hears us-- whatever we ask-- we know that we have what
we asked of him.  (1 John 5:14-15, NIV) 
Main
Idea: We must believe in Jesus Christ, because he
is the only way to God. Those who believe in him receive hope for a future and
empowerment for present good works for the glory of God.

John 13:31-38 - Cameron Jungels - 01-11-2015 AM

31 When he was gone,
Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If
God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify
him at once.
33 “My children, I
will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told
the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
34 “A new command I
give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By
this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
36 Simon Peter asked
him, “Lord, where are you going?”
Jesus
replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.”
37 Peter asked,
“Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
38 Then Jesus
answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you,
before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!

John 13:1-30 - Cameron Jungels - 01-04-2015 AM

John 13:1-30 - Cameron Jungels - 01-04-2015 AM

John 13:1–17 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist - Sunday AM, November 30, 2014

“Served by the Master” (John 13:1–17)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/November 30,
2014 
1.      
Jesus loves his people and demonstrates
it through sacrificial service.
a.     
In giving himself to death for his people at the
hour of his glorification.
b.     
In humbling himself to serve others, even though
he is the Master and Teacher.
c.      
In serving even those who would ultimately
betray him—his enemies. 
2.     
In order to be included in Jesus’ people,
we cannot cleanse ourselves, but must humbly be cleansed by Jesus.
a.     
Our self-righteous pride wants to have a part in
our own cleansing.
b.     
By grace, in humble dependence, we realize that
we cannot cleanse ourselves but must be cleansed by Jesus.
c.      
Once having been cleansed by the atoning
cross-work of Jesus (justification/regeneration, v. 8), we stand in need of
perpetual cleansing through confession (sanctification, v. 10; 1 John 1:9). 
3.     
As Jesus’ disciples, cleansed by him, we
should follow his example and love one another through sacrificial service.
a.     
Jesus set the pattern by humbling himself, even
though he is the high King of Heaven (Phil 2:5–11)
b.     
We are not greater than Jesus, so we also should
do what he did in humbly serving others in love. 
Main Idea: Love is demonstrated through
sacrificial service, and it is the path to ultimate glory.
·        
Jesus’ path to glory was through loving
sacrificial service (Phil 2:5–11).
·        
It is our path as well.

John 12:35–50 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist - Sunday AM, November 16, 2014

“Why Don’t People Believe?” (John 12:35–50)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/November 16, 2014 
John 12:35–50 (NIV)
35 Then Jesus told
them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while
you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark
does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light
while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he
had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
37 Even after
Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not
believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the
prophet: “Lord, who has
believed our message and to whom has
the arm of the Lord been revealed?”  39 For
this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: 40 “He
has blinded their eyes and hardened
their hearts, so they can
neither see with their eyes, nor understand
with their hearts, nor turn—and I
would heal them.” 
41 Isaiah said this
because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.
42 Yet at the same
time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees
they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of
the synagogue; 43 for they loved human praise more than praise
from God.
44 Then Jesus
cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one
who sent me. 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who
sent me. 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no
one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
47 “If anyone
hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did
not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 There is
a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words
I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. 49 For I did
not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I
have spoken. 50 I know that his command leads to eternal life.
So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”  
1.      
The response of unbelief to the words and
works of Jesus is complex and defies simple explanation. 
a.    
Unbelief is the natural response of those
in darkness. 
                                                             
i.     
Sin has affected us all, and so we all stand in
need of new birth and the drawing power of God (John 3:3–5; John 6:37, 44). 
3 Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no
one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”  4 "How can someone be born
when they are old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely they cannot enter a
second time into their mother's womb to be born!"  5 Jesus answered, "Very truly
I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water
and the Spirit.  (John 3:3-5, NIV) 
37 All those the Father gives me will come to me,
and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. (John 6:37, NIV) 44
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I
will raise them up at the last day. (John 6:44, NIV)  
                                                          
ii.     
Because Satan has blinded unbelievers’ eyes (2
Cor 4:4). 
4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of
unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the
glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2 Co. 4:4, NIV) 
                                                        
iii.     
Because of their love for their own pleasure. 
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the
world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were
evil.  20 Everyone who does
evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their
deeds will be exposed.  21
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen
plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God. (John 3:19-21,
NIV) 
                                                         
iv.     
Because of their love for the praise of men –
the praise of man kept many from believing, kept some who believed in silence,
and bound others up in false/superficial belief. 
42 Yet at the same time many even among the
leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly
acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;  43 for they loved human praise
more than praise from God.  (John
12:42-43, NIV) 
b.    
Unbelief does not contradict the purpose
of God; rather, it fulfills it. 
                                                             
i.     
The unbelieving response of the Jews to Jesus
was in keeping with their long history of rejecting God and his prophets. The
rejection of the Jews in Jesus’ day was another historical manifestation of
their abiding stubbornness as a people. 
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was
coming into the world.  10 He
was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not
recognize him.  11 He came to
that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.  (John 1:9-11, NIV) 
                                                          
ii.     
The unbelieving response of the Jews to Jesus, though
predicted by the prophets and purposed by God, was fully in keeping with the
willing rejection of the people, for which they will be held accountable. (In
other words, God’s hardening of them did not occur apart from their own desires
to love themselves and reject God). 
                                                        
iii.     
The unbelieving response of the Jews to Jesus
was a temporal judgment of God on them for their past sins and unbelief. They
had perpetually rejected God’s prophets, and so now God hardens them in that
response in order to bring judgment on them.  
                                                         
iv.     
God’s judicial hardening is often partial and
temporary – in other words, God’s sovereignty in the human heart holds out hope
that the God who hardens is also the God who can soften. This is why we pray
and why the prophet Isaiah pleaded with God to show compassion on a hardened
people (Is 63:15–19). 
                                                           
v.     
The unbelieving response of the Jews to Jesus
was a part of God’s impeccable and inscrutable wisdom to bring salvation to the
Gentiles. God purposed the rejection of Israel, so that the gospel might go to
all the nations. 
24 Some were convinced by what he said, but
others would not believe.  25
They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this
final statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when
he said through Isaiah the prophet:  26
"'Go to this people and say, "You will be ever hearing but never
understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving."  27 For this people's heart has
become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their
eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'  28 "Therefore I want you to
know that God's salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will
listen!" (Acts 28:24-28, NIV) 
7 What the people of Israel sought so earnestly
they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, 8
as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not
see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." (Romans 11:7-8, NIV) 11
Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!
Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to
make Israel envious. (Romans 11:11, NIV) 
                                                         
vi.     
In a dramatic reversal, God will then use
believing Gentiles to bring the Jewish people to repentance and they too will
be saved through faith in the Messiah. 
12 But if their transgression means riches for
the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater
riches will their full inclusion bring! (Romans 11:12, NIV) 
25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this
mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has
experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come
in,  26 and in this way all
Israel will be saved. As it is written: "The deliverer will come from
Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. 
(Romans 11:25-26, NIV) 
33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing
out!  34 "Who has known
the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"  35 "Who has ever given to
God, that God should repay them?"  36
For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory
forever! Amen.   (Romans 11:33-36, NIV) 
2.     
Jesus is the perfect and ultimate
revelation of God; He is the only way, to reject him is to bring condemnation
on yourself. 
a.    
Jesus is the exact manifestation of the
glory of God (v. 41) 
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and
exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.  2 Above him were seraphim, each
with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered
their feet, and with two they were flying. 
3 And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy,
holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."  4 At the sound of their voices the
doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.  5 "Woe to me!" I cried.
"I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of
unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." (Isa.
6:1-5, NIV) 
3 The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the
exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.
After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of
the Majesty in heaven. (Heb. 1:3, NIV) 
b.    
Jesus’ testimony and works are in perfect
harmony with the Father’s words and works. 
c.     
Jesus is the only way – to believe in
Jesus is to believe in God. 
d.    
Jesus’ words bring eternal life – to
reject them is to bring your own judgment upon yourself. 
Unbelief is deceptive and destructive. Do not harden
your own heart. Repent and believe the gospel of Jesus, or else these words
that I have spoken to you today from God’s Word will condemn you on the last
day.  
7 So, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if
you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as you did in the
rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness, (Heb. 3:7-8, NIV) 
This message will either quicken you or it will deaden
you. The gospel of Jesus Christ is never neutral.  
Main Idea: Unbelief
fulfills the purposes of God in salvation history; but everyone who rejects
Jesus and his words will be condemned on the last day.

John 12:35–36 - Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist, Sunday AM, November 9, 2014

“Walk in the Light while It Is Still Shining” (John
12:35–36)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/November 9,
2014 
35 Then Jesus told them, "You are going
to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light,
before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where
they are going.  36 Believe in
the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of
light." When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from
them.  (John 12:35-36, NIV) 
1.      
Opportunity: You will only have
the light for a limited time. 
4 In him was life, and that life was the light
of all mankind.  5 The light
shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.  6 There was a man sent from God
whose name was John.  7 He
came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all
might believe.  8 He himself
was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.  9 The true light that gives light
to everyone was coming into the world. 
(John 1:4-9, NIV) 
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he
said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in
darkness, but will have the light of life." (John 8:12, NIV) 
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of
the world." (John 9:5, NIV) 
9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve
hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they
see by this world's light.  10
It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no
light." (John 11:9-10, NIV) 
46 I have come into the world as a light, so
that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. (John 12:46, NIV) 
a.    
Judgment is coming. 
31 Now is the time for judgment on this world;
now the prince of this world will be driven out.  32 And I, when I am lifted up from
the earth, will draw all people to myself."  (John 12:31-32, NIV) 
47 "If anyone hears my words but does not
keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world,
but to save the world.  48
There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the
very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.  (John 12:47-48, NIV) 
b.     
Our hearts are hard.  
37 Even after Jesus had performed so many
signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him.  38 This was to fulfill the word of
Isaiah the prophet: "Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has
the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 
39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah
says elsewhere:  40 "He
has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with
their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn-- and I would heal
them."  (John 12:37-40, NIV) 
2.     
Exhortation: Walk In/Believe in
the light while it is still available. 
3.      
Warning: If you reject the light while
it is available, darkness will overpower/overtake you, and you will not know
where you are going.  
4.     
Promise: If you walk in/believe in the
light you will become sons of light.  
Main Idea: The light of the gospel of
Christ is shining for a limited time, walk in the light now, so that you might
live in the light for all eternity and not the unending darkness of Hell.

John 12:20–36 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/November 2, 2014

“Glory through
Shame; Victory through Death” (John 12:20–36)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/November 2, 2014 
John 12:20–36 (NIV)
20 Now there were
some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They
came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they
said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell
Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 23 Jesus replied,
“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very
truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it
remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone
who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this
world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must
follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the
one who serves me. 27 “Now my soul is
troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was
for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify
your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I
have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd
that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had
spoken to him. 30 Jesus said,
“This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time
for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 And
I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He
said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. 34 The crowd spoke
up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how
can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?” 35 Then Jesus told
them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while
you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark
does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light
while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he
had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them. "After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the
Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, (Dan.
9:26, NLT) 
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man
of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their
faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. (Isa. 53:3, NIV) 
7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the
very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.  8 And being found in appearance as
a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-- even death on a
cross!  (Philippians 2:7-8, NIV) 
15 And I will put enmity between you and the
woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you
will strike his heel." (Genesis 3:15, NIV) 
The path of Jesus’ glory was through shame, and the path
of Jesus’ victory was through death.9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name, 
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven
and on earth and under the earth,  11
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.  (Philippians 2:9-11, NIV) 
11 For all those who
exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be
exalted." (Lk. 14:11, NIV) 
44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure
hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy
went and sold all he had and bought that field. (Matt. 13:44, NIV) 
For Jesus and his followers, the path to glory is through
shame, and the road to victory is through death.

John 12:20–36 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/October 26, 2014

“Life through Death” (John 12:20–36)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside
Baptist/Sunday AM/October 26, 2014 
John 12:20–36 (NIV)
20 Now there were
some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They
came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they
said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell
Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 23 Jesus replied,
“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very
truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it
remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone
who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this
world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must
follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the
one who serves me. 27 “Now my soul is
troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was
for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify
your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I
have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd
that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had
spoken to him. 30 Jesus said,
“This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time
for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 And
I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He
said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. 34 The crowd spoke
up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how
can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?” 35 Then Jesus told
them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while
you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark
does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light
while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he
had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.  
1.      
Jesus gave his life to save the lives of
many others.
a.     
Jesus’ death was the fulfillment of God’s
redemptive purpose.
b.     
Jesus’ death brought glory to God and to
himself.
c.      
Jesus’ death was an essential step on the path
to glorification.
d.     
Jesus’ death was sacrificial and
substitutionary: it was given on behalf of many others to secure their lives.
e.     
Though Jesus’ death is unique, it also serves a
model of self-sacrifice for all of his disciples: the path to life is through
death. 
2.     
A disciple gives his life in the saving
of his own.
a.     
Jesus set the example of self-sacrifice: he gave
his life only to take it up again, and he did it on behalf of others to secure
their salvation.
b.     
The model is established then for Jesus’
followers: the path to resurrection and eternal life is through believing,
serving, self-sacrificing discipleship.
c.      
We do not earn our salvation. Jesus merits our
salvation through his substitutionary sacrifice in death.
d.     
Our dying to ourselves now in this life is an
expression of our God-given faith and our allegiance to the Lord who gave
himself for us and bought us and made us his own.
e.     
While we do not earn our salvation through our
merits or even through our self-sacrifice; be assured that there is no eternal
life for the one who does not give himself in discipleship to Jesus.
f.       
A disciple of Jesus follows him wherever that
path may lead, through comfort and sacrifice.
g.     
The one who in faith serves Christ, receives
life and honor. 
Main Idea: The path to Life is through Death. Jesus
meritoriously gave his life in death to earn eternal life for his people.
Jesus’ disciples give their lives in loving, thankful service to him in
demonstration of their faith on the way to eternal life.

John 12:20–36 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist, Sunday AM, October 19, 2014

“Jesus,
the Savior of All Peoples” (John 12:20–36)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/October 19, 2014 
John 12:20–36 (NIV)20 Now
there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They
came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they
said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell
Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. 23 Jesus
replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very
truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it
remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone
who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this
world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must
follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the
one who serves me. 27 “Now
my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’?
No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father,
glorify your name!” Then
a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The
crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel
had spoken to him. 30 Jesus
said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the
time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven
out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw
all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show the kind of
death he was going to die. 34 The
crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain
forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this
‘Son of Man’?” 35 Then
Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer.
Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in
the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the
light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When
he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
1.      
For the purposes of redemption and to
display his glory, God elected a man (Abraham) and his descendants to represent
God’s kingdom on earth.
a.     
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." 
(Genesis 12:1-3, NIV) 
2.     
Through Abraham’s nation, God determined
to send a redeemer to save his people from their sins.
a.     
I speak the truth in Christ-- I am not lying, my
conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit--  2 I have great sorrow and
unceasing anguish in my heart.  3
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake
of my people, those of my own race,  4
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine
glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the
promises.  5 Theirs are the
patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God
over all, forever praised! Amen.  (Romans
9:1-5, NIV) 
3.     
By God’s grace, this redeemed people of
God includes not only the ethnic descendants of Abraham, but Jews and Gentiles
who through faith are made heirs of God’s promises.
a.     
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to
worship at the festival.  21
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request.
"Sir," they said, "we would like to see Jesus."  22 Philip went to tell Andrew;
Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.  23
Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.  24 Very truly I tell you, unless a
kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed.
But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 
(John 12:20-24, NIV)
b.     
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all
people to myself."  33 He
said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. (John 12:32-33, NIV) 
4.     
Now, in this age, God is saving Jews and
Gentiles (all peoples) by his grace and is making them into one new spiritual
nation, to represent his kingdom on earth.
a.     
16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I
must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one
flock and one shepherd. (John 10:16, NIV)
b.     
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have
been brought near by the blood of Christ. 
14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups
one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,  15 by setting aside in his flesh
the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself
one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,  16 and in one body to reconcile
both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their
hostility.  17 He came and
preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.  18 For through him we both have
access to the Father by one Spirit.  19
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens
with God's people and also members of his household,  20 built on the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.  21 In him the whole building is
joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.  22 And in him you too are being
built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.  (Eph. 2:13-22, NIV)
c.      
9 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.  10 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 Pet. 2:9-10,
NIV)
d.     
29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed,
and heirs according to the promise. (Gal. 3:29, NIV)'' 
Main
Idea: Jesus, in fulfillment of Scripture and the
purpose of God, came to save not only those of the chosen nation of Israel but
peoples from all nations for the glory of God. 
Implications
and Applications:
Ø  As
Gentiles who have been grafted in to the Abrahamic promise by faith, we should
be moved to greater depths of gratitude for God’s grace.
Ø  In the
gospel of Jesus Christ, all racial, ethnic, cultural, and language barriers are
removed so as to create one new unity of diverse peoples.
Ø  The
universal church is composed of peoples from every race, nation, and language
on earth throughout time. We share a common unity in Christ.
Ø  The
church in its local expression should to some degree manifest this diverse
unity by including peoples from various races, ethnicities, social statuses,
and genders.
o  
28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor
free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.  29 If you belong to Christ, then
you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Gal. 3:28-29, NIV)
Ø  Every human being,
regardless of class, race, ethnicity, language, culture, or gender is deserving
of respect and dignity and love because they are made in the image of God and
because the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ has been extended to them.
Ø  We should make
every effort to fulfill Christ’s commission to take the Gospel to the ends of
the earth, so that God’s name might be glorified among all the peoples of the
earth in fulfillment of Psalm 67.
o  
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face
shine on us--  2 so that your
ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.  3 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.  4
May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity
and guide the nations of the earth.  5
May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.  6 The land yields its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us.  7
May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him. (Psalm
67:1-7, NIV)

John 12:12–19 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist Sun AM, October 12, 2014

“The Entrance of the King” (John
12:12–19)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/October 12, 2014 
John
12:12–19 (NIV)12 The
next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on
his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out
to meet him, shouting,“Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord!” 
“Blessed is the king of Israel!”
14 Jesus
found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 “Do
not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
see,
your king is coming,
seated
on a donkey’s colt.” 
16 At
first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified
did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these
things had been done to him.
17 Now
the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him
from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people,
because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. 19 So
the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how
the whole world has gone after him!”
1.      
Jubilant Praise  
25
LORD, save us! LORD, grant us success!  26
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we
bless you. (Psalm
118:25-26, NIV) 
2.     
A Misunderstood Messiah 
3.     
A Procession of Peace 
9
Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes
to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the
foal of a donkey. (Zech. 9:9,
NIV) 
4.     
Fulfillment of the Father’s Purpose  
Main Idea: Jesus is the long-awaited Messiah King
who came in peace to reconcile sinners to God through his death on Passover in
fulfillment of the Father’s Divine Purpose.

John 12:1–11 - Cameron Jungels - Sun AM, October 5, 2014

“A Prophetic Act of Supreme Devotion”
(John 12:1–11)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/October 5, 2014 
John
12:1–11 (NIV)12 Six days before the Passover,
Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the
dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served,
while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then
Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on
Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the
fragrance of the perfume.
4 But
one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5 “Why
wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s
wages.” 6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor
but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself
to what was put into it.
7 “Leave
her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume
for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have the poor among
you, but you will not always have me.”
9 Meanwhile
a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because
of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So
the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, 11 for on
account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.  
Ø  The
majesty of Jesus Christ and his kingdom are worthy of our supreme devotion and
sacrifice. 
Ø  Our
devotion to Christ should overpower any thought of shame or hesitation to
publicly identify with him. 
Ø  External
displays of religion can often mask inner deceit and depravity. 
Ø  External
displays of religion can never substitute for true internal piety and worship. 
Main Idea: Often, what we truly treasure is measured not by what we keep but by
what we give away and to whom we give it.

John 11:45–57 - Cameron Jungels -Sun AM, September 28, 2014

“Human Plots and the Divine Purpose”
(John 11:45–57)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/September 28, 2014 
John 11:45–57 (NIV) The
Plot to Kill Jesus45 Therefore
many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did,
believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and
told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and
the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.
“What
are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. 48 If
we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans
will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49 Then
one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know
nothing at all! 50 You do not realize that it is better for you
that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
51 He
did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that
Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not only for that
nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and
make them one. 53 So from that day on they plotted to take his
life.
54 Therefore
Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he
withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he
stayed with his disciples.
55 When
it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem
for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover. 56 They
kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one
another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?” 57 But
the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out
where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.  
1.       The stone-cold hardness of unbelief. 
2.      The wicked plots of unfaithful men. 
3.      The immovable gracious purpose of God. 
Main Idea:
God’s sovereign purpose used the most
wicked scheme in the history of mankind to accomplish the greatest good – the
redemption of sinners (through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ).

John 11:17–44 - Cameron Jungels - Sun AM, Sept. 21, 2014

“The Resurrection and the Life” (John
11:17–44)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/Sept. 21, 214 Jesus
Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus
17 On
his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four
days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and
many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their
brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went
out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. 21 “Lord,”
Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But
I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus
said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha
answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus
said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me
will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by
believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes,
Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is
to come into the world.”
28 After
she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher
is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard
this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not
yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 When
the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how
quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to
the tomb to mourn there.
32 When
Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and
said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When
Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping,
he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you
laid him?” he asked.
“Come
and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus
wept.
36 Then
the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But
some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept
this man from dying?”Jesus
Raises Lazarus From the Dead
38 Jesus,
once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid
across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But,
Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad
odor, for he has been there four days.”
40 Then
Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of
God?”
41 So
they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you
that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but
I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe
that you sent me.”
43 When
he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The
dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth
around his face.
Jesus
said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” 
1.       Christ’s Purpose 
2.      Christ’s comPassion 
3.      Christ’s Promise 
4.      Christ’s Person 
5.      Christ’s Power 
Main Idea: The raising of Lazarus from the dead is
but a foretaste of what awaits every disciple of Jesus on the last day, because
Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life.

John 10:22–42 - Cameron Jungels -Sunday AM, September 7, 2014

“Blindness and Belief” (John 10:22–42)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/September 7, 2014 John
10:22–42 (NIV)Further
Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims
22 Then
came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and
Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The
Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in
suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus
answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my
Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe
because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I
know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and
they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My
Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them
out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Again
his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but
Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For
which of these do you stone me?”
33 “We
are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy,
because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
34 Jesus
answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are
“gods” ’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of
God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—36 what about the
one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then
do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 Do
not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. 38 But if I
do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may
know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” 39 Again
they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
40 Then
Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in
the early days. There he stayed, 41 and many people came to
him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about
this man was true.” 42 And in that place many believed in
Jesus. 
There is plenty of evidence to show that
Jesus is the Son of God, but those who are blind to the truth will never see
enough evidence to believe. 
No matter how useful evidence and proof
is, it’s not ultimately about proof. It is ultimately about the state of the
heart—the hardness of unbelief or the tenderness of belief. 
Unbelief is not ultimately mental and
intellectual—due to a lack of knowledge. 
Unbelief is spiritual and moral—rooted
in rebellion against God. 
The difference between belief and
unbelief is not the abundance of evidence, intelligence, goodness of character,
family history, or the ability of the person sharing the gospel. 
The difference between belief and
unbelief is grace-given regeneration by the Holy Spirit. 
“Unless you are born again, you cannot
see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) 
“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed
in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of
natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”
(John 1:12–13, NIV)

John 11:1­–16 - Cameron Jungels - Sun AM, September 14, 2014

“The Sleep of Death” (John 11:1­–16)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun
AM/September 14, 2014
John
11:1–16 (NIV)The
Death of Lazarus
11 Now
a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her
sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay
sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with
her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one
you love is sick.”
4 When
he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for
God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he
heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and
then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 “But
Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and
yet you are going back?”
9 Jesus
answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the
daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. 10 It
is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
11 After
he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen
asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 His
disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus
had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural
sleep.
14 So
then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your
sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Then
Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also
go, that we may die with him.”  
1.       A time to wait and a time to go: We
may not understand all that God does and why and when he does it, but we must
understand that all that God does for his children he does in love. 
2.      A time to work and a time to rest: Jesus
is safe as long as he in the Father’s will. They cannot touch him before his
hour has come. Jesus is in the last hours of the daylight of his ministry, but
he must continue to work until his hour comes. The disciples also are safe as
long as they are in the light of Jesus, because he is the light that has come
into the world.  
3.      
A
time to sleep (die) and a time to wake up: Death is but
temporary sleep for those whom Jesus determines to bring back to life. Because
of the power of Jesus, death does not need to be permanent. For those who
follow Jesus, death is but temporary sleep from which they will awake. (John
6:37–40; John 10:27–30; 1 Cor 15:51–58; 1 Thess 4:13–17)

(John 10:1–30 - part 3- Cameron Jungels -Sun AM. August 24, 2014

“Jesus, the Good Shepherd” (John 10:1–30),
part 3Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/August 24, 2014 
Main
Idea: Jesus is the good shepherd who
cares for his sheep in this life and the life to come.
1.       Jesus is the only shepherd of the sheep
(all others are frauds) and there is no way but through him  
2.      Jesus is a truthful shepherd who never
misleads or deceives his sheep.  
3.      Jesus is a loving shepherd who knows his
sheep, and they know him.  
4.      Jesus is a rescuing shepherd who saves
his sheep and gives them abundant life. 
5.      Jesus is a sacrificial shepherd who
gives his life for his sheep. 
6.     Jesus is a faithful shepherd who never
abandons his sheep.12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the
sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.
Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.  13 The man runs away because he is
a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 
14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep
know me--  15 just as the
Father knows me and I know the Father-- and I lay down my life for the
sheep.  (John 10:12-15, NIV)
7.      Jesus is a gathering shepherd who draws
sheep from other pens into one fold.
16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I
must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one
flock and one shepherd. (John 10:16, NIV)
8.     Jesus is an unfailing shepherd who never
loses his sheep (27-30).
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they
follow me.  28 I give them
eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my
hand.  29 My Father, who has
given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my
Father's hand.  30 I and the
Father are one."  (John 10:27-30,
NIV)
36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not
believe.  37 All those the
Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive
away.  38 For I have come down
from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.  39 And this is the will of him who
sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up
at the last day.  40 For my
Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall
have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."  (John 6:36-40, NIV)
30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he
called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.  31 What, then, shall we say in
response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans
8:30-31, NIV)
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither
angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,  39 neither height nor depth, nor
anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
(Romans 8:38-39, NIV)
Main
Idea: Jesus is the good shepherd who
cares for his sheep in this life and the life to come.

John 9:1­–41 - Cameron Jungels Sun AM, July 27, 2014

“Jesus, the Healer of Blind Eyes” John
9:1­–41
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/July 27, 2014
 
“But these are written that you may believe that Jesus
is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his
name.” (John 20:31, NIV)
 
1.      As the Creator of all flesh, Jesus is
able to give sight to a man completely blind from birth.
“Through him all things were made; without him nothing
was made that has been made.” (John 1:3, NIV)
2.     As the Eternal Word, Jesus is able to
provide perspective on the proper use of the Law (Sabbath).
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” (John 1:1–2,
NIV)
3.     As the one who is Light and Life, he is
able to open the spiritual eyes of a man steeped in the darkness of sin.
“In him was life, and that life was the light of all
mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome
it.” (John 1:4–5, NIV)
Main
Idea: Jesus, the Son of God is the one who can truly open our eyes to see.