New Testament
New Testament
Sunday May 19, 2019
“Keeping and Being Kept” (Jude 17–25)
Sunday May 19, 2019
Sunday May 19, 2019
“Keeping and Being Kept” (Jude 17–25)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, May 19, 2019
Jude 17–25 (NIV) 17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. 22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh. 24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
1. The Christian’s Calling and Responsibility (vv. 17–23).
a. Remember (17–19)
i. The Apostolic Word
b. Remain (20–21)
i. Build yourselves up in the faith.ii. Pray in the Holy Spirit.iii. Keep yourselves in the love of God.iv. Wait and persevere.
c. Rescue (22–23)
i. The Confusedii. The Convincediii. The Committed
2. The Christian’s Hope and Assurance (vv. 24–25).
a. The Lord Preserves His People (24a).b. The Lord Presents His People (24b–25).c. The Lord Is Praised by His People (25).
Sunday Apr 21, 2019
“The Sign of Lazarus” (John 11:1–45)
Sunday Apr 21, 2019
Sunday Apr 21, 2019
“The Sign of Lazarus” (John 11:1–45)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchEaster Sunday, April 21, 2019
John 11:1–45 (NIV)
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.”
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?”
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.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
1. Lazarus did not deserve the suffering he endured.
1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. (John 9:1–3 NIV)
2. Lazarus endured an intensified suffering in accomplishing the purposes of God.
3. Lazarus died and was prepared for burial and was put in a cave tomb with a stone in front.
4. Lazarus was buried for several days in demonstration that he had assuredly succumbed to death.
5. Lazarus’ death and burial were temporary.
6. Lazarus came to life again and came out of his burial clothes.
7. Lazarus’s resurrection glorified God.
8. Lazarus’s resurrection was a sign that resulted in many people putting their faith in Jesus.
9. Lazarus’s death and resurrection happened toward the end of Jesus’ public ministry, providing a foretaste of the greater resurrection of Christ to come.
10. Lazarus’s death was the most climactic sign in demonstration of the identity and authority of Jesus Christ before his own resurrection from the grave.
11. A miraculous sign is not enough to melt the hardened heart of unbelief. A miracle of regeneration of the heart by the Spirit of God is required to bring about faith.
12. Unlike Lazarus’s resurrection, Jesus was raised never to die again. Jesus was the firstfruits of a new kind of resurrection from death.
Main Idea: The raising of Lazarus is a sign pointing to the greater resurrection of Christ. The resurrection of Christ is the greatest attestation of the authenticity and authority of the person of Jesus Christ as the Son of God. The only proper response is to believe in Him.
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
“The Sign of the Temple” (John 2:12–23)
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
“The Sign of the Temple” (John 2:12–23)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, April 14, 2019
John 2:12–23 (NIV) 12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days. 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” 20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
1. The Authority of Jesus is Displayed.2. The Authority of Jesus is Questioned.3. The Authenticity of Jesus’ Authority is Predicted.
* By means of a Typological Sign, comparing Jesus to the Temple:
i. The Temple was the central focus of the worship and life of the Israelite people.ii. The Temple was the means by which God’s presence dwelt with his people.iii. The Temple was the place where sacrificial blood was offered by the High Priest for atonement so that God might dwell with his people.
4. The Authority of Jesus is Confirmed.
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matt. 28:18-20 NIV)
32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand 35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' 36 "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah." (Acts 2:32-36 NIV)
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
“The Sign of Jonah” (Matthew 12:38–42)
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
“The Sign of Jonah” (Matthew 12:38–42)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, April 7, 2019
Matthew 12:38–42 (NIV)
38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.
1. Like Jonah, Jesus was a prophet of God, proclaiming the message of God.
2. Like Jonah, Jesus was called as a prophet during a time of great Israelite unbelief.
a. The Israelite leadership in Jonah’s day was characterized by wickedness, idolatry, and unbelief.
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. 24 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. (2 Kings 14:23-24 NIV)
b. The Israelite leadership in Jesus’ day was caught up in its own self-righteousness and was deluded into thinking it had no need of repentance. But Jesus called them wicked and spiritual adulterers. Spiritual adultery was typically associated with idolatry, the same spiritual adultery that Israel was guilty of in Jonah’s day.
c. The unbelief of the religious leadership in Jesus’ day is demonstrated by their selfish demand for a miraculous sign from Jesus.
3. Like Jonah, Jesus saw minimal response to his message among the Israelites, but an overwhelmingly positive response to his message among the Gentiles.
4. Like Jonah, Jesus was zealous for the salvation of the Israelites.
a. But Jonah had a misguided, short-sighted view of the best way to ensure the salvation of the Israelites. He thought the best way to secure the safety and salvation of the Israelites was the destruction of Israel’s Gentile enemies. Jonah was even willing to sacrifice himself, be thrown into the ocean and drown, rather than see the repentance of the Gentiles. So, he was willing to sacrifice himself for the well-being of his own people, but it was misguided, short-sighted, and contrary to the will of God.
b. Jesus, on the other hand, had a proper, far-sighted view of the best way to ensure the salvation of the Israelites. He would lay down his life for his people, but not in any effort to circumvent the will of God, but rather in harmony with the will of God. Jonah’s death desired the destruction of the Gentiles, but Jesus’ death desired the salvation of the Gentiles. In his far-sighted view of the plan of God, Jesus knew that salvation for the Jews did not come by hostility to the Gentiles; rather, salvation for the Jews would ironically come through the conversion of the Gentiles (Romans 11).
5. Like Jonah, Jesus was miraculously rescued from death after 3 days.
a. J. Jeremias: “both the old and the new sign of Jonah consist in the authorisation of the divine messenger by deliverance from death.”
b. The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the greatest authentication of his message and the greatest vindication of his mission and work. It also became the center of the Christian proclamation of the gospel.
6. Both Jonah and Jesus preached a message of repentance, which is also the proper obedient response to their God-sent proclamation.
7. In many ways, Jonah was a type of Jesus, and Jesus was like Jonah. But Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God, and so was so much more than Jonah was or could ever be.
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
“To God Be the Glory” (Romans 16:21–27)
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
“To God Be the Glory” (Romans 16:21–27)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 31, 2019
Romans 16:21–27 (NIV) 21 Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews. 22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord. 23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. 25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 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—27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
1. Glory be to God, who has made us a part of a worldwide spiritual family (21–23).
2. Glory be to God, who will complete the work he has started in us (25a).
3. Glory be to God, who has brought to fulfillment his long-planned and long-promised salvation through Jesus Christ (25b–26a).
4. Glory be to God, who is calling people from every language, tribe, and nation to himself through the gospel (26b).
5. Glory be to God forever and ever because of what he has done for us through Christ (27).
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
“Watch Out and Stay Away!” (Romans 16:17–20)
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
“Watch Out and Stay Away!” (Romans 16:17–20)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 24, 2019
17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. 20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Romans 16:17–20, NIV)
Paul’s exhortation to the Christians in Rome is threefold:
1. Don’t let false teachers destroy the work of the gospel in your church.
a. There are 3 ingredients to accomplish this defense of the gospel:
i. Vigilanceii. Separationiii. Discernment
2. In your vigilance for the gospel, take hope in the promise that God will ultimately crush Satan.
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)
3. Remember that we can ask for and receive the grace of Jesus Christ.
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
“Greeting the Saints” (Romans 16:3–16)
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
“Greeting the Saints” (Romans 16:3–16)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 17, 2019
Romans 16:3–16 (NIV)
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
5 Greet also the church that meets at their house.
Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
6 Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.
7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
8 Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.
9 Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.
10 Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test.
Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.
11 Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew.
Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
12 Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.
Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.
13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.
14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.
15 Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them.
16 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
All the churches of Christ send greetings.
1. Gospel ministry is done by people for the sake of people.
2. The Church of Jesus Christ is composed of a diverse group of people.
3. The Church is characterized as a family and as a fellowship.
4. Two commendable attributes of the saints in Rome were faithfulness and hard work.
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
"Worthy of Commendation" (Romans 16:1-2)
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
"Worthy of Commendation" (Romans 16:1-2)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 10, 2019
Romans 16:1–2 (NIV)
16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon, of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.
1. Worthy of Commendation as a Sister in the Family of God.
2. Worthy of Commendation as a Servant of the Church of God.
3. Worthy of Commendation as a Supporter of the Mission of God.
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
“Gospel Plans” (Romans 15:22–33)
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
“Gospel Plans” (Romans 15:22–33)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 3, 2019
Romans 15:22–33 (NIV)
22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
23 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there. 26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem. 27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings. 28 So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. 29 I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.
30 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. 31 Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there, 32 so that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed. 33 The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
1. Plans for the Gospel’s Expansion (vv. 22–24, also 28–29)
2. Provision for the Gospel’s Forefathers (vv. 25–28)
3. Prayer for the Gospel’s Success (vv. 30–33)
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
“Paul’s Mission to the Gentiles” (Romans 15:14–22)
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
“Paul’s Mission to the Gentiles” (Romans 15:14–22)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, February 24, 2019
Romans 15:14–22 (NIV) 14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
1. Paul Had a Priestly Ministry to the Gentiles (vv. 14–16).
2. Paul Had a Powerful Ministry to the Gentiles (vv. 17–19a).
3. Paul Had a Pioneering Ministry to the Gentiles (vv. 19b–21).
Sunday Feb 17, 2019
“United Praise” (Romans 15:7–13)
Sunday Feb 17, 2019
Sunday Feb 17, 2019
“United Praise” (Romans 15:7–13)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, February 17, 2019
Romans 15:7–13 (NIV)
7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed 9 and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:
“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”
10 Again, it says,
“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”
11 And again,
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him.”
12 And again, Isaiah says,
“The Root of Jesse will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
1. The Exhortation:
Accept One Another in Unity...
i. Without disputing/arguingii. Without condescension (from the strong to the weak)iii. Without judgment (from the weak to the strong)
2. Our Reason:
a. The Grace of Christb. The Example of Christc. The Promises of God
i. Verse 9: 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49ii. Verses 10: Deuteronomy 32:43iii. Verse 11: Psalm 117:1iv. Verse 12: Isaiah 11:10
d. The Glory of God
3. Our Prayer:
a. Filled with Joyb. Filled with Peacec. Abounding in Hope
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
“Following Christ’s Example of Service” (Romans 15:1–6)
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
“Following Christ’s Example of Service” (Romans 15:1–6)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, February 10, 2019
Romans 15:1–6 (NIV) 1 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” 4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. 5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1. Maturity and Freedom Bring Accompanying Responsibility (1–2).
a. To bear/carry the weaknesses/failings of the weak.
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. (Gal. 6:2 NIV)
b. To please others, not ourselves.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. (Phil. 2:3-4 NIV)
2. The Most Mature and Free Man in the Universe (Jesus Christ) Willingly Gave Himself for the Sake of Others (3).
3. The Scriptures are Our Greatest Encouragement to Live in Service to Others (4).
4. We are Called to Follow the Example of Christ’s Service to Others, so that God May Be Glorified by His Redeemed People (5–6).
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
“Acting in Love by Faith” (Romans 14:13–23)
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
“Acting in Love by Faith” (Romans 14:13–23)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, February 3, 2019
Romans 14:13–23 (NIV) 13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. 15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval. 19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall. 22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
Main Idea: We ought to love one another even when it constrains our own freedom.
1. The Principle of Conscience
a. We must never sin against our own conscience.b. We must never cause someone else to stumble so that they sin against their conscience.
2. The Principle of Love
3. The Principle of the Kingdom
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
“Accepting One Another” (Romans 14:1–12)
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
“Accepting One Another” (Romans 14:1–12)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, January 27, 2019
Romans 14:1–12 (NIV)
14 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
5 One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11 It is written:
“ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’ ”
12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
1. Accept one another, because God has accepted us (vv. 1–4).
2. May everything that we do be for the glory of Christ, because He is our Lord (vv. 5–9).
3. Don’t judge one another, because Christ is our judge (vv. 10–12).
Sunday Jan 20, 2019
"Serving the Same Lord” (Romans 14:1–12)
Sunday Jan 20, 2019
Sunday Jan 20, 2019
"Serving the Same Lord” (Romans 14:1–12)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, January 20, 2019
Romans 14:1–12 (NIV) 14 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand. 5 One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11 It is written: “ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’ ” 12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
1. Who are the Weak and the Strong?
a. Weak
i. “Faith is weak” (14:1)ii. “eats only vegetables” (14:2)iii. “considers one day more sacred/holy than another” (14:5)iv. “regards something [food] as unclean” (14:14)v. Implied: [abstain from] drinking wine (14:21)vi. “failings of the weak” (15:1)vii. “must not judge the strong” (14:3)viii. “stop passing judgment one another” (14:13)ix. “make every effort to do what leads to peace and mutual edification” (14:19)x. “accept one another” (15:7)xi. “don’t eat if you are not fully convinced in faith or it is sin” (14:23)
b. Strong
i. “faith allows them to eat anything” (14:2)ii. “considers everyday alike” (14:5)iii. “accept the weak” (14:1)iv. “don’t quarrel over disputable matters” (14:1)v. “don’t treat with contempt the weak in faith” (14:3)vi. “don’t put a stumbling block in front of a brother or sister” (14:13)vii. “act in love” rather than causing a weak brother/sister to be distressed (14:15)viii. “don’t let your good be evil spoken of” (14:16)ix. “make every effort to do what leads to peace and mutual edification” (14:19)x. “don’t destroy the work of God for food” “don’t cause a weaker brother/sister to stumble” (14:20)xi. Refrain from eating meat and drinking wine so as to not cause a brother or sister to fall (14:21)xii. Keep your liberty between yourself and God (14:22).xiii. “bear with the failings of the weak” (15:1)xiv. “please our neighbors for their good and build them up” (15:2)xv. “accept one another as Christ accepted you” (15:7)
2. What are the disputable matters? What is the disagreement? Who are the two parties?
Explanations of the root issue in Rom. 14:1–15:13 fall into seven major categories:1
(1) The weak were non-Christian Jews.(2) The weak were mainly Gentile Christians who abstained from meat (and perhaps wine), particularly on certain “fast” days, under the influence of certain pagan religions.(3) The weak were Christians, perhaps both Jewish and Gentile, who practiced an ascetic lifestyle for reasons that we cannot determine.(4) The weak were mainly Jewish Christians who observed certain practices derived from the Mosaic law out of a concern to establish righteousness before God.(5) The weak were mainly Jewish Christians who followed a sectarian ascetic program as a means of expressing their piety. This program may have been the product of syncretistic tendencies.(6) The weak were mainly Jewish Christians who, like some of the Corinthians, believed that it was wrong to eat meat that was sold in the marketplace and was probably tainted by idolatry.(7) The weak were mainly Jewish Christians who refrained from certain kinds of food and observed certain days out of continuing loyalty to the Mosaic law.
Five considerations make the seventh alternative the most likely:2
(1) Verses 5–9 reveal that both weak and strong belong to the Lord Christ; the weak cannot be non-Christian Jews.(2) There is abundant evidence that the dispute between the weak and the strong was rooted in differences between Jews and Gentiles. The relationship between these two groups has been a leitmotif of Romans since chap. 1; and the conclusion of this section, in which Paul emphasizes the inclusion of both Jews and Gentiles in the one new people of God (15:8–13), brings this motif into Paul’s plea for reconciliation between the strong and the weak. Confirmation of a basically Jewish origin for the position of the weak comes from Paul’s use of the term koinos, “common,” “unclean,” to describe (implicitly) the weak Christians’ attitude toward food (14:14). For this term had become a semi-technical way of describing food prohibited under the Mosaic law (see Mark 7:2, 5; Acts 10:14). Moreover, the NT provides abundant evidence that the OT food laws constituted a prime issue in the early Christian communities. This consideration rules out alternatives two and three. It also creates difficulties for alternative five since those sectarian Jews who abstained from meat and wine usually did so not primarily because of concern about violating the Mosaic law but under the influence of ascetic religious principles derived from non-Jewish sources (and often, indeed, antithetical to the OT/Jewish worldview).(3) Paul’s plea for understanding and acceptance of the weak within the community makes clear that they were not propagating a view antithetical to the gospel. This makes it impossible to view them as Jews who believed that observance of the law was necessary for salvation. (4) Paul’s failure to mention “food sacrificed to idols” (eidōlothyta; see 1 Cor. 8:1) and his reference to the observance of special days and abstention from wine make it unlikely that the dispute in Romans can be confined to the issue of food offered to idols (option six).(5) The practices Paul attributed to the weak can be explained as a result of concerns to observe certain requirements of the Mosaic law. Abstention from meat and wine is, of course, not required by the Mosaic law. But scrupulous Jews would sometimes avoid all meat in environments where they could not be sure that the meat had been prepared in a “kosher” manner. Similarly, Jews would sometimes abstain from wine out of concern that it had been tainted by the pagan practice of offering the wine as a libation to the gods. Finally, of course, the Mosaic law stipulates the observance of many special religious days: the weekly Sabbath and the major religious festivals. And many first-century Jews also observed weekly fasting and prayer days. These considerations suggest that the weak were Jewish Christians (and probably also some Gentile God-fearers) who believed that they were still bound by certain ritual requirements of the Mosaic law.
1 Douglas J. Moo, The Letter to the Romans, ed. Ned B. Stonehouse et al., Second Edition., The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018), 844–849.
2 Also from Douglas Moo.
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
"Our Salvation Is Near" (Romans 13:11-14)
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
“Our Salvation Is Near” (Romans 13:11–14)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, January 13, 2019
Romans 13:11–1411 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
1. Live Out the Christian Life in Sacrifice, Holiness, and Love (13:11a; 12:1–13:10).
a. Live as a living sacrifice to God (12:1).b. Be continually transforming your mind into conformity to the will of God through the Word and the Spirit (12:2).c. Live in humility before one another in the body of Christ (12:3–8).d. Live in love with one another and with all of society (12:9–21).e. Live as citizens of the heavenly kingdom as you live as citizens on earth (13:1–7).f. Live out your perpetual obligation to love your neighbor as yourself (13:8–10).
2. Why? Because the End Is Drawing Near, and Our Ultimate Salvation is Imminent (13:11b–12a).
3. Therefore, because the end is drawing near, lay aside the works of darkness and live as children of light (13:12b–14).
Sunday Jan 06, 2019
“The Law of Love” (Romans 13:8–10)
Sunday Jan 06, 2019
Sunday Jan 06, 2019
“The Law of Love” (Romans 13:8–10)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, January 6, 2019
8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (Rom. 13:8-10 NIV)
1. Love Is a Never-Ending Obligation (8).
2. Love Is the Law’s Summation (9).
3. Love Is the Most Supreme Motivation (10).
Sunday Dec 30, 2018
“A New Wardrobe for a New Year” (Colossians 3:12–17)
Sunday Dec 30, 2018
Sunday Dec 30, 2018
“A New Wardrobe for a New Year” (Colossians 3:12–17)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, December 30, 2018
Colossians 3:12–17 (NIV) 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1. In this new year, may your lives be adorned with love (12–14).
a. Manifested in:
i. Compassionii. Kindnessiii. Humilityiv. Gentlenessv. Patiencevi. Forbearancevii. Forgiveness
2. In this new year, may your lives be adorned with peace (15).
a. Inner peace of calmness and tranquility, of settled assurance.b. Relational peace of unity and harmony.
3. In this new year, may your lives be adorned with wisdom (16).
4. In this new year, may your lives be adorned with thankfulness (15, 16, 17).
Sunday Dec 23, 2018
“The Gift of Christ: Eternal Life with God” (John 3:16; John 5:19–29)
Sunday Dec 23, 2018
Sunday Dec 23, 2018
“The Gift of Christ: Eternal Life with God” (John 3:16; John 5:19–29)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, December 23, 2018
John 3:16 (NIV) 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 5:19–29 (NIV) 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. 24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. 28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.
1. Jesus, the Son of God, is the Genesis of All Life.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. (John 1:1–4, NIV)
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. (Hebrews 1:1–3, NIV)
15 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. (Colossians 1:15–17, NIV)
2. Jesus, the Son of God, is the Giver of New, Spiritual Life.
21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. (John 5:21, NIV)
25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. (John 5:25–27, NIV)
1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:1–5, NIV)
3. Jesus, the Son of God, is the Grantor of Eternal Life that Begins in the Present Age.
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. (John 5:24, NIV)
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. (John 3:18, NIV)
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, (Romans 8:1, NIV)
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. (1 John 3:14, NIV)
11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. (1 John 5:11–12, NIV)
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10, NIV)
4. Jesus, the Son of God, is the Guarantor of Eternal Life in the Age to Come.
28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. (John 5:28–29, NIV)
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 6:40, NIV)
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)
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
“Christian Citizens” (Romans 13:1–7)
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
“Christian Citizens” (Romans 13:1–7)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, November 25, 2018
Romans 13:1–7 (NIV) 13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. 6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Main Idea: As redeemed children of God being transformed by the Holy Spirit, we have an obligation to submit ourselves to earthly, governing authorities (v. 1a).
1. Why?
a. Because all earthly governing authorities are ordained by God (vv. 1b–2).
i. Generally, in that human government is an earthly institution ordained by God to restrain human depravity.ii. Specifically, in that individual human rulers only hold their positions by the sovereign, providence of God.
b. Because governing authorities are an agent of good, not evil, and we have an obligation in Christ to pursue good (vv. 3–4).c. Summary: Submit to authorities (v. 5, see v. 1a).
i. Because they are agents of good who punish evil (see vv. 3–4).ii. Because they are agents of God to whom our consciences are bound (see vv. 1b–2).
2. When? (Or, under what circumstances?)
a. The default answer is “always in all things.”b. However, Paul is certainly aware of the teachings and examples in Scripture that provide a just and righteous basis for disobeying specific, immoral laws and rulings.
i. The Hebrew midwives who refused to comply with Pharaoh’s order to kill Hebrew baby boys at birth (Exod. 1:16–17).ii. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah in defiance of King Nebuchadnezzar’s command to bow before an idol (Daniel 3).iii. Daniel’s refusal to comply with an immoral law prohibiting him from praying to God (Daniel 6).iv. Peter and John’s refusal to keep silent and no longer preach in the name of Jesus (Acts 4:18–20).v. Revelation: the commendation of those who refuse to take the mark of the beast and bow in worship to him (Revelation 13).
c. How do we reconcile Paul’s absolute exhortation to submit to all governmental authorities with the examples in Scripture of those who did not obey governmental authorities?
i. Perhaps, the best way is to see a distinction between “submit” and “obey”: We can see ourselves as generally submissive to and subject to governing authorities, while recognizing that there may be individual laws or commands that we cannot obey because of our ultimate allegiance to God.
3. What?
a. In what things should we obey governing authorities?
i. Taxes – direct payments to governmentii. Revenue – indirect governmental assessments, e.g. customs duties.iii. “All things” that do not specifically cause us to disobey our ultimate allegiance to God.
4. How?
a. In what way should we submit ourselves to governing authorities?
i. With “respect” and “honor”ii. Not begrudginglyiii. Not with mere external conformity