“Christian Love in Action” (Romans 12:9–13)

“Christian Love in Action” (Romans 12:9–13)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, November 4, 2018
Romans 12:9–13 (NIV) 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
1. Genuine Love (9a).
2. Love for Righteousness (9b).
3. Faithful Love (10a)
4. Deferential Love (10b).
5. Energetic, Serving Love (11).
6. Persevering Love (12).
7. Generous Love (13).

“Serving Together in Grace” (Romans 12:3–8)

“Serving Together in Grace” (Romans 12:3–8)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 28, 2018
Romans 12:3–8 (NIV) 3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
1. In order to serve together as a church, we must have a proper view of ourselves (v. 3).
a. A proper view of ourselves arises out of a transformed mind renewed by the Holy Spirit.b. A proper view of ourselves is built on the truth that we are who we are by the grace of God.c. A proper view of ourselves must reject inflated estimations of our own importance.d. A proper view of ourselves must accept a serious, sober-minded estimation of who we are by the grace of God.e. A proper view of ourselves must be in accordance with the faith that God has distributed to each of us.
2. In order to serve together as a church, we must have a clear understanding of what the church is and our place in it (vv. 4–5).
a. The Analogy (v. 4)b. The Principle (v. 5)
3. In order to serve together as a church, we must each serve in accordance with our God-given gifts (vv. 6–8).

“Transformed Thinking” (Romans 12:2)

“Transformed Thinking” (Romans 12:2)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 21, 2018
Romans 12:2, NIVDo not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good, pleasing and perfect will.
1. Do not allow yourselves to be forced into the mold of the world’s way of thinking and living (v. 2a).
2. Instead, by the grace of God, continually strive to be transformed into new godly ways of thinking and living (v. 2b).
a. This transformation can only come through internal renewal by the Holy Spirit.
b. This transformation results in discovering and doing the will of God.
*The will of God is good, pleasing to God, and perfect.

"Christian Praxis" (Romans 12:1)

"Christian Praxis" (Romans 12:1)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 14, 2018
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your true and proper worship. (Rom. 12:1 NIV)
1. A Gospel Foundation2. A Loving Exhortation3. A Living Sacrifice4. A True Worship
Main Idea: God deserves and demands all of us.

“The Infinite Wisdom of God” (Romans 11:33–36)

“The Infinite Wisdom of God” (Romans 11:33–36)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, October 7, 2018
Romans 11:33–36 (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.
1. 3 Exclamations: God’s Salvation Plan for History Is Infinitely Wise (v. 33).
a. O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
b. O, how unsearchable are his judgments!
c. O, how his paths are beyond tracing out!
2. 3 Questions: God’s Infinitely Wise Plan Is Not Fully Capable of Being Understood by Finite People unless He Chooses to Reveal It (vv. 34–35).
a. Who has known the mind of the Lord?
b. Who has been God’s counselor?
c. Who has ever given to God [in advance] that God would be indebted to them and need to repay them?
3. 1 Declaration: Everything That Is and That Happens Has Its Source, Support, and End in God (v. 36a).
a. All things are…
i. From him - sourceii. Through him - supportiii. For him – end/goal/purpose
4. 1 Doxology: Our Infinitely Wise God Is Worthy of Eternal Glory (v. 36b).
a. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Main Idea: The revelation of God’s salvation-historical plan for Jews and Gentiles should cause us to marvel at his infinite wisdom and fall down in worship before the all-knowing, all-sovereign God.

“All Israel Will Be Saved” (Romans 11:25–32)

“All Israel Will Be Saved” (Romans 11:25–32)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, September 30, 2018
Romans 11:25–32 (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.      27 And this is my covenant with them           when I take away their sins.”       28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
1. Israel’s current hardening is partial and temporary (v. 25).
a. It is partial because there is a remnant that is being saved in the present time. b. It is temporary because God is currently demonstrating his mercy to the Gentiles. But this temporary hardening will give way to a great salvation among the Jewish people.
2. Israel’s future salvation is promised and guaranteed by God’s mysterious grace (v. 26a).
a. Future—“will be”—after the full number of Gentiles (elect) have come in.b. Full—“all”—all Israel will be saved.
i. As in the present time, not all Gentiles are believing in Jesus, but there is a fullness of Gentiles that is being drawn to Christ in salvation.ii. So also, in the future, this promise is not necessarily a guarantee that every single ethnic descendant of Abraham (or of Jacob) will be saved.iii. This is a promise that a great number, a vast majority, of Israelites will at some point in the future receive a softening and drawing that will result in their salvation.
c. Faith—the Gospel demands that this future salvation of Israel cannot happen apart from faith in Christ.
3. This future salvation of Israel is confirmed by OT Scripture.
a. As it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. (Rom. 11:26 NIV)
i. Isa 59:20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins," declares the LORD. ii. Isa 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting.
b. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins." (Rom. 11:27 NIV)
i. Isa 59:21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants from this time on and forever," says the LORD.ii. Isa 27:9 By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing. iii. Jer. 31:31–34 31"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them, " declares the LORD. 33 "This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
4. This future salvation of Israel is rooted in God’s unswerving faithfulness to his promise and his election (vv. 28–29).
5. The future salvation of Israel manifests God’s impartiality to all people, as the capstone of the drama of salvation history (vv. 30–32).
6. The revelation of this profound theological mystery has a specific purpose: to promote humility among the Gentile believers and remind them that they stand only by grace.

“Root, Shoot, and Branches” (Romans 11:16–24)

“Root, Shoot, and Branches” (Romans 11:16–24)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, September 23,2018
Romans 11:16–24 (NIV)
16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” 20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. 23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
1. Be humbled that you, a Gentile, have been graciously united to Christ (16–18).
2. Be steadfast in the faith by which you remain united to Christ by the power of God (19–22).
3. Be joyful over the prospect of the Jews turning and believing and being united to Christ (23–24).

"Salvation for the Nations" (Romans 11:11-16)

“Salvation for the Nations” (Romans 11:11–16)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, September 16, 2018
Romans 11:11–16 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. 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!       13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
1. Israel has been hardened and has fallen, but their fall is not ultimate (v. 11a).2. In God’s all-wise, gracious plan, Israel’s failure has brought salvation to the Gentiles (vv. 11b–12).3. In God’s all-wise, gracious plan, the salvation of the Gentiles will stir up jealousy among Israel (vv. 11c–14).4. So, the ultimate goal of God’s all-wise, gracious plan is to bring Israel back into the fold of his salvation in the end (vv. 14–16).

“The Remnant Chosen by Grace” (Romans 11:1–10)

“The Remnant Chosen by Grace” (Romans 11:1–10)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, September 9, 2018
Romans 11:1–10 (NIV)
11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”? 4 And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”  5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? 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.” 
9 And David says:
“May their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.” 
 
1. The Question: Has God Rejected His People Israel? (1a)
a. Why would Paul Ask this Question?
1. Israel pursued a righteousness (justification) of works through the law and did not pursue it by faith.2. Israel rejected the gospel and did not believe in Jesus, their Savior and Messiah.3. Israel has persisted in stubborn unbelief, even though the gospel of Jesus Christ has been preached to them.
b. So, because of their persistent unbelief and stubborn pursuit of justification through the works of the law, has God finally and ultimately rejected his people, the nation of Israel? Is he through with them?
2. The Response: God has absolutely NOT rejected Israel as his people. He is not through with them (1b-4).
a. What is the proof that God has not rejected his people?
i. Paul, a Jew, is a living example that God has not rejected his people. God’s gracious salvation found Paul (1b).ii. It is unthinkable that God would reject the people that he himself foreknew (2a).
1 Sam 12:22 For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.
iii. In Elijah’s Day, it appeared that the whole nation was steeped in apostacy and that God was through with them. But God, in addition to faithful Elijah, had reserved 7,000 other men who had not bowed the knee to Baal and fallen into apostacy (2b–4).
3. It is God’s typical pattern to bestow his gracious salvation on a remnant chosen by grace. (5-6)
a. The examples of Paul and the 7,000 in Elijah’s day demonstrate a pattern by which God chooses by grace a remnant out of Israel on whom he bestows salvation.b. Other examples from Scripture could be pointed out.
i. Noah and his family.ii. The ones Paul has already referenced in Rom 9:
1. Isaac not Ishmael2. Jacob not Esau
iii. The exiles who returned from captivity.
c. So, the present situation is no different from the way God had worked in the past.
i. God’s choice of Israel as a nation was never intended to be a guarantee that every ethnic Israelite would be eternally saved.ii. Rather, God has always operated on the basis of gracious, unconditional election by which he saves a remnant.iii. The unbelief of many Jews and their rejection of Jesus as their Messiah is not surprising from a biblical-historical point of view. It fully fits with the pattern of Israelite unbelief throughout their history.iv. So too does the gracious salvation of God of an elect remnant. This pattern is visible throughout Israel’s history as well.v. Although there appear to be almost no unbelieving Jews, God has preserved a relatively small but definite, number.
d. Grace in order to be grace has to exclude every other human consideration.
 e. So, God’s election of a remnant of Israelites by grace is sufficient demonstration that God has not completely abandoned Israel and his eternal purposes for her.
4. The rest of Israel has been judicially hardened by God so as not to see and believe the gospel.
a. Why judgment?
i. They pursued righteousness/justification by works of the law not by faith.ii. They rejected Jesus as their Messiah. They stumbled over the stumbling stone instead of being built on the cornerstone.
b. Israel has been judicially hardened in the past because of their rebellion:
i. Verse 8: From Isaiah 29:4, 10 and echoes of Isaiah 6:9.
Brought low, you will speak from the ground; your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will come ghostlike from the earth; out of the dust your speech will whisper. (Isa. 29:4 NIV)
The LORD has brought over you a deep sleep: He has sealed your eyes (the prophets); he has covered your heads (the seers). (Isa. 29:10 NIV)
He said, "Go and tell this people: "'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' (Isa. 6:9 NIV)
ii. Verses 9–10: From Psalm 69.
Psa 69:22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap. Psa 69:23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
c. Why was Israel judicially hardened?
i. They deserved it because of their rebellion and stubborn unbelief.ii. Their hardening opened up the door of grace to the Gentiles (11:11ff.)

“God’s Word to the World” (Romans 10:14–21)

“God’s Word to the World” (Romans 10:14–21)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, September 2, 2018
 
Romans 10:14–21 (NIV)
14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. 18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:
“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”
19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,
“I will make you envious by those who are not a nation;
I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”
20 And Isaiah boldly says,
“I was found by those who did not seek me;
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”
21 But concerning Israel he says,
“All day long I have held out my hands
to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
 
The Proclamation and Reception of the Gospel (14–15, 17).
 
The Hearing and Rejection of the Gospel (vv. 16, 18–21).
 
Main Idea: Believers have a responsibility to proclaim the Gospel, and hearers have a responsibility to accept the Gospel.

“Salvation for Everyone Who Believes” (Romans 10:5–13)

“Salvation for Everyone Who Believes” (Romans 10:5–13)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, August 26, 2018
Romans 10:5–13 (NIV) 5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”  6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”  (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”  (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”  12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 
1. Striving for a right standing before God by obeying the Law of Moses is a never-ending, never-succeeding struggle (5).
Lev 18:5 Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.
2. The Gospel that offers a right standing before God by faith is readily available and accessible (6–8).
Deut 30:12–14 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
3. The proper response to the Gospel message which results in salvation is a full trust in and acknowledgment of the Lordship of the Risen Christ (9–10).
4. This Gospel message that brings salvation to all who believe in Christ is available to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, social class, or moral worthiness.
Isa 28:16 So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.
Joe 2:32 (3:5 in Heb.) And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
Main Idea: You can never hope to achieve a right standing with God on the basis of your own good works, so stop striving and start trusting in the Risen, Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, regardless of who you are or where you are from.

“Whose Righteousness?” (Romans 10:1–4)

“Whose Righteousness?” (Romans 10:1–4)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, August 19, 2018
Romans 10:1–4 (NIV) 1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
1. Our Passion for the Gospel Must Include a Compassion for Lost Souls (1).
2. Our Pursuit of God Cannot Be Based on Sincerity (Zeal) Alone; It Must Be Accompanied by Truth (2).
3. Our Position as Justified Before God Cannot Be Attained by Our Own Good Works; It Can Only Be Granted on the Basis of the Righteousness of God (3).
4. Our Perception of the Law of God Must Include an Understanding of Its Proper Goal: Christ (4).

“A Stone of Stumbling” (Romans 9:30–33)

“A Stone of Stumbling” (Romans 9:30–33)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, August 12, 2018
Romans 9:30–33, NIV       30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal.        32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.        33 As it is written:
"See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."
1. The Gentiles (in great numbers) have received the righteousness of God, even though they did not pursue it, because they received it through faith (30).
2. The Jews (in great numbers) have not received the righteousness of God, even though they did pursue it, because they pursued it through the works of the Law (31–32a).
3. The failure of many Jews to receive salvation in Jesus their Messiah is a failure to see their own sacred Scriptures as culminating and being fulfilled in him (32b–33).
4. Yet, there is still eternal salvation for everyone (Jew and Gentile alike) who puts their trust in Jesus, the chief Cornerstone, as Savior and Lord (33b).
Main Idea: Whether Jew or Gentile, the only way to be declared righteous before God is through faith in Jesus Christ; it cannot be earned through moral achievement.

“God’s Chosen Family” (Romans 9:24–29)

“God’s Chosen Family” (Romans 9:24–29)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, August 5, 2018
Romans 9:24–29 (NIV)
24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? 25 As he says in Hosea:
“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,” 
26 and,
“In the very place where it was said to them,
‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ” 
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,
only the remnant will be saved.
28 For the Lord will carry out
his sentence on earth with speed and finality.” 
29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
“Unless the Lord Almighty
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.” 
1. In his loving sovereignty, God is calling and creating a spiritual family out of all of the families of the earth.
2. In his loving sovereignty, God is showing mercy to those who don’t deserve mercy and weren’t expected to receive mercy (the Gentiles).
3. In his loving sovereignty, God is showing mercy to only a remnant of those who were thought to deserve mercy (Israel).

"The Glory of God in Judgment and Mercy" (Romans 9:22-23)

"The Glory of God in Judgment and Mercy" (Romans 9:22-23)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, July 22, 2018
Romans 9:22-2322 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath-- prepared for destruction? 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory--
1. God is glorified in the judgment of sinners, because it reveals the glory of his attributes of righteousness, justice, and holiness.
2. God is even more glorified in his mercy shown to sinners, because it reveals the glory of his attributes of mercy, love, and grace.
Main Idea: It is God's right as the Sovereign Creator to magnify his own glory in the way that he deems best, both in the judgment of sinners and in his choosing to show mercy to some.

"The Potter's Prerogative" (Romans 9:19-24)

“The Potter’s Prerogative” (Romans 9:19–24)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, July 15, 2018
Romans 9:19–24 (NIV)        19 One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?” 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”  21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?        22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
Intro: Have we misunderstood Paul?
Situation and Problem: Israel’s Unbelief: is the problem with God’s Word/Promise?
Proposition: No! God’s Word has not failed (v. 6a).
Major Premise: Not all those descended from Israel are Israel (v. 6b).
Support #1 for major premise: Inclusion in the true Israel is not based on Abrahamic paternity, but on God’s call (vv. 7–9).
Evidence: Isaac and Ishmael were both children of Abraham, but Isaac was the chosen seed of Abraham not Ishmael.
Support #2 for major premise: Inclusion in the true Israel is not based on Abrahamic paternity or meritorious deeds, but on God’s call (vv. 10–13).
Evidence: Jacob and Esau were both the children of Isaac, the seed of Abraham, but before they were born and before they had done good or evil, God chose Jacob to continue the seed of Abraham.
Objection: Is God unrighteous? (v. 14a)
Response: Absolutely not! (v. 14b)
Scriptural warrant #1 for response: To Moses: “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion” (v. 15).
Inference #1: God’s bestowal of mercy is not based on human considerations, but only on God’s nature, an essential aspect of which is to show mercy to whom he pleases, apart from human considerations (v. 16).
Scriptural warrant #2 for response: To Pharaoh: “For this very purpose I raised you up in order that I might display my power in you and in order that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth” (v. 17).
Inference #2: God has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills (v. 18).
Objection: How can we then be held responsible if no one can resist God's sovereign will? (v. 19)
Response:
1. Remember who you are. You are the creature; God is the Creator.
2. The creature has no right to object or “talk back to” or question (in a judgmental way) the Creator.
3. The Creator has the right to make what he wills to make and do what he wills to do.
4. God is glorified in his right as Creator to do what he wills with his creation.

"God's Sovereign Hardening" (Romans 9:17-18)

"God's Sovereign Hardening" (Romans 9:17-18) Pastor Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Church Sunday AM, July 8, 2018
14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." 16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy. 17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. (Rom. 9:14-18 NIV)
Examples of God's Hardening in Scripture
God's Hardening of Pharaoh (Exodus 4-14)
God's Hardening of Sihon, King of Heshbon (Deuteronomy 2:30)
God's Hardening of Israel in Isaiah's Time (Isaiah 6:8-13)
God's Hardening of Israel in Jesus' Time (John 12:37-41)
God's Hardening of Israel in Paul's Time (Romans 9-11)
Principles of God's Hardening from Scripture
God Hardens Sovereignly
When God hardens, it is completely compatible with the stubbornness and hard-heartedness of the individual.
God hardens as a means of judgment, leading to greater judgment.
When God hardens some, others receive mercy.
Everyone whom God hardens deserves it.
God hardens to advance his own glory and fame.

“God’s Sovereign Mercy” (Romans 9:14–18)

“God’s Sovereign Mercy” (Romans 9:14–18)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, July 1, 2018
       14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." 16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy. 17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. (Rom. 9:14-18 NIV)
1. Who Is Being Elected and What Are They Being Elected To?
a. Is the election discussed in this passage corporate (peoples/nations) or individuals?b. Is the election discussed in this passage temporal (within time for historical purposes) or eternal (unto salvation)?
2. If this passage is talking about the election of individuals unto eternal salvation, on what basis does he elect them?
a. Not ancestry (Abraham)b. Not parentage (Isaac/Rebecca)c. Not worthiness of position (older over younger) or normal human considerationsd. Not works or character (before Jacob and Esau were born and “not on the basis of works”)e. Not on the basis of foreseen faith (“not of works” vs. “him who calls” not “by faith”)f. It is based on the wise, loving, sovereign, eternal, electing purpose of God (“in order that God’s electing purpose might stand”).
3. If God elects individuals to eternal salvation unconditionally, purely on the basis of his wise and loving sovereign will, then how can God be righteous and just? Isn’t this unfair?
a. How do we determine the justice of God?b. Isn’t God the author and exemplar of all justice?c. Wouldn’t an appropriate definition of the justice of God have to begin with God himself and what he has said about his justice in his own Word? This is why Paul uses Scripture and the words of God in his answer to the potential objection about God’s justice.d. Why would we think that we could determine what is just and fair?
4. God is just in his unconditional election of individuals to salvation, because it is consistent with the character and revelation of God himself.

“God’s Electing Purpose” (Romans 9:10–13)

“God’s Electing Purpose” (Romans 9:10–13)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, June 24, 2018
Romans 9:6–13 (NIV)        6 It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”  8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. 9 For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”         10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac. 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”  13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 
1. Israel Not Israel
2. Promise Not Parents
3. God’s Power Not Human Plans
4. Grace Not Worthiness
a. Not the worthiness of ancestryb. Not the worthiness of positionc. Not the worthiness of good worksd. Not the worthiness of future faith
5. God’s Electing Purpose Not Anything Else!
God’s Purpose:
a. Originates with Godb. Eternal and Unchangeablec. Predestined and Settledd. All-encompassing and Universale. Operates by Grace not Meritf. Works in Concert with Electiong. Issues in a Gracious, Effectual Calling

“Who Is the True Israel?” (Romans 9:6–9)

“Who Is the True Israel?” (Romans 9:6–9)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, June 3, 2018
Romans 9:6–9 (NIV) 6 It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”  8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. 9 For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” 
1. An unexpected turn of events: Gentiles are being saved, but most Jews are rejecting their Messiah.
2. The problem of God's faithfulness: has God reneged on his Word?
3. The solution to the perceived problem of God’s faithfulness is a proper understanding of God's ways of grace: not all who are Israel are Israel.
4. The historical illustration of God's ways of grace: the promised seed is through Isaac not Ishmael. There are physical descendants who are not spiritual children.