Eastside Baptist Church, Winfield, Alabama

“Dignity for the Destitute” (Exodus 21:1–11)

“Dignity for the Destitute” (Exodus 21:1–11)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 12, 2018
Exodus 21:1–11 (NIV) “These are the laws you are to set before them:        2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.        5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges.  He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.        7 “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. 8 If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. 9 If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. 11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.
1. The Dignity of Financial Responsibility (Repayment of a Debt).
2. The Dignity of Freedom
3. The Dignity of Family
4. The Dignity of Fealty
5. The Dignity of Faithful Support (or, Fulfilled Promises).
Main Idea: Even those in the most desperate and destitute of situations are to be afforded dignity. Christian love demands that we treat with respect and dignity all people, even those in the most lowly of ranks and situations.

“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.

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 11: “Destruction and Deliverance” (Isaiah 10:5–34)

The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 11: “Destruction and Deliverance” (Isaiah 10:5–34)
Introduction
Outline⦁ Destruction for the Enemies of God (Assyria) (10:5–19)⦁ Deliverance for the Elect of God (the Remnant of Israel) (10:20–34)
1. Destruction for the Enemies of God (Assyria) (10:5–19)
Isaiah 10:5–19 (NIV)
5 “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger,
in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
6 I send him against a godless nation,
I dispatch him against a people who anger me,
to seize loot and snatch plunder,
and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,
this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
to put an end to many nations.
8 ‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says.
9 ‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad,
and Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,
kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’ ”
12 When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes. 13 For he says:
“ ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this,
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
I plundered their treasures;
like a mighty one I subdued their kings.
14 As one reaches into a nest,
so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.’ ”
15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
or the saw boast against the one who uses it?
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
or a club brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors;
under his pomp a fire will be kindled
like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,
their Holy One a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
his thorns and his briers.
18 The splendor of his forests and fertile fields
it will completely destroy,
as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few
that a child could write them down.
2. Deliverance for the People of God (the Remnant of Israel) (10:20–34)
Isaiah 10:20–34 (NIV)
20 In that day the remnant of Israel,
the survivors of Jacob,
will no longer rely on him
who struck them down
but will truly rely on the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.
21 A remnant will return,  a remnant of Jacob
will return to the Mighty God.
22 Though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel,
only a remnant will return.
Destruction has been decreed,
overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
“My people who live in Zion,
do not be afraid of the Assyrians,
who beat you with a rod
and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25 Very soon my anger against you will end
and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.”
26 The Lord Almighty will lash them with a whip,
as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff over the waters,
as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders,
their yoke from your neck;
the yoke will be broken
because you have grown so fat.
28 They enter Aiath;
they pass through Migron;
they store supplies at Mikmash.
29 They go over the pass, and say,
“We will camp overnight at Geba.”
Ramah trembles;
Gibeah of Saul flees.
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;
they will shake their fist
at the mount of Daughter Zion,
at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will lop off the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,
the tall ones will be brought low.
34 He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax;
Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

“Fear God and Honor His Name” (Exodus 20:18–26)

“Fear God and Honor His Name” (Exodus 20:18–26)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, August 5, 2018
Exodus 20:18–26 (NIV) 18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19 and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.” 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.” 21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. 22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: 23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold. 24 “‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. 26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’
1. Don’t be afraid but fear (18–21).
a. In recognition of the Lord’s awesome power and holiness, the people respond with a natural fear and trepidation (18–19).
b. Instead of a natural fear and trepidation at the sights and sounds of God’s presence, the people were to have a genuine and lasting fear of God that fueled reverence and obedience.
2. Don't worship gods but worship the LORD as God (22–28).
a. Worship of the true God is governed by his Word.
b. Worship of the true God is exclusive.
c. Worship of the true God requires single-minded devotion and simplicity.
d. Worship of the true God requires atoning sacrifice.
e. Worship of the true God requires the honor and reverence of his name.
Main Idea: In worship, the Holy Lord is to be reverenced and honored in obedience to his Word in such a way that He and He alone is the focus, not any other gods or any other human achievements.

“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 Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 10: "The Lord's Anger against Israel" (Isaiah 9:8-10:4)

The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 10: “The Lord’s Anger against Israel” (Isaiah 9:8–10:4)
Introduction
Israel and Judah should have been paying attention to their relation to God and what he expected of them as his covenant partners.
Instead, they were more concerned about the threat from Assyria (which was God’s judgment on their disobedience).
Isaiah 9:8–10:4 is composed of four parallel sections.
Each section ends with the refrain: “Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.” (9:12, 17, 21; 10:4)
This repeated refrain communicates the fact that God’s anger against sin cannot be easily assuaged.His wrath will fall in multiple stages on Israel, because of their disobedience.
Outline
The Lord’s Anger at Human Pride (9:8–12)
The Lord’s Anger at Wicked Leaders (9:13–17)
The Lord’s Anger at Internal Strife (9:18–21)
The Lord’s Anger at Social Injustice (10:1–4)
The Lord’s Anger at Human Pride (9:8–12)
The Lord’s warning to Israel has been clear (8–9a).
The Lord has sent a message against Jacob; it will fall on Israel. All the people will know it–– Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria–– who say with pride and arrogance of heart, (Isa. 9:8–9 NIV)
The Lord is angry with Israel because of their self-dependent pride (9b–10).
All the people will know it–– Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria–– who say with pride and arrogance of heart, "The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars." (Isa. 9:9–10 NIV)
The Lord’s wrath is coming and will not be quickly extinguished (11–12).
But the LORD has strengthened Rezin's foes against them and has spurred their enemies on. Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. (Isa. 9:11–12 NIV)
The Lord’s Anger at Wicked Leaders (9:13–17)
Stubbornly unrepentant, even after the Lord’s judgments (13).
But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty. (Isa. 9:13 NIV)
The Lord’s anger directed at the leaders and prophets who have failed to guide the people to repentance (14–16).
So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day; the elders and dignitaries are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail. Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray. (Isa. 9:14–16 NIV)
The Lord’s anger will be all-inclusive and unrelenting (17).
Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. (Isa. 9:17 NIV)
The Lord’s Anger at Internal Strife (9:18–21)
Wickedness has devastating and far-reaching consequences (18).
Surely wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns, it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke. (Isa. 9:18 NIV)
The tribes of Israel were full of internal strife and division. They selfishly looked out for the good of their own tribe above the good of the nation. Now, that internal strife was magnified by the devastation of war (19–21).
By the wrath of the LORD Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another. On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring: Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh; together they will turn against Judah. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. (Isa. 9:19–21 NIV)
The Lord’s Anger at Social Injustice (10:1–4)
The Lord’s holy wrath was particularly directed against those who distorted justice and took advantage of the weak (1–2).
Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, 2 to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. (Isa. 10:1–2 NIV)
There will be no hiding from the Lord’s wrath against wickedness (3–4).
What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. (Isa. 10:3–4 NIV)

"Our Great High Priest" (Hebrews 4:14-16)

“Our Great High Priest” (Hebrews 4:14–16)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, July 29, 2018 Lord’s Supper Service
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-- yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.(Heb. 4:14-16 NIV)
1. The Reminder about Having a Great High Priest.
a. Our High Priest is Great.b. Our High Priest Has Ascended into Heaven.
i. In Victory over Deathii. In Preeminence over Powers and Authoritiesiii. In Priestly Mediation for our Sins
c. Our High Priest is Jesus, our Savior.d. Our High Priest is the Son of God.e. Our High Priest is Empathetic to our Weaknesses.f. Our High Priest is Victorious over Sin.
2. Our Response to Having a Great High Priest.
a. Hold on to Our Faith.b. Draw Near to God.
i. Approach in Worshipii. Approach in Prayeriii. Approach in Confidenceiv. Approach with Expectation
1. Of finding mercy2. Of finding grace3. Of finding help

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 9: "Darkness to Light" (Isaiah 8:19-9:7)

The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 9: “Darkness to Light” (Isaiah 8:19–9:7)
1. A Land of Darkness and Gloom (8:19–22)
a. Living in Spiritual Darkness and Confusion (8:19–20)
When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God's instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. (Isa. 8:19-20 NIV)
b. Living under the Chastening Hand of the Lord in Despair (8:21–22)
Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness. (Isa. 8:21-22 NIV)
2. Darkness Turned to Light (9:1–5)
a. Humility Turned to Honor (9:1)
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan-- (Isa. 9:1 NIV)
b. Darkness Turned to Light (9:2)
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. (Isa. 9:2 NIV)
c. Sorrow Turned to Joy (9:3)
You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder. (Isa. 9:3 NIV)
d. Slavery Turned to Freedom (9:4)
For as in the day of Midian's defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor. (Isa. 9:4 NIV)
e. War Turned to Peace (9:5)
Every warrior's boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire. (Isa. 9:5 NIV)
3. The Light of the Messiah (9:6–7)
a. The Birth of the Messiah (9:6a)
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. (Isa. 9:6a NIV)
b. The Names of the Messiah (9:6b)
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isa. 9:6b NIV)
c. The Reign of the Messiah (9:7)
Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this. (Isa. 9:7 NIV)

"Coveting and Idolatry" (Exodus 20:17)

"Coveting and Idolatry" (Exodus 20:17)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, July 22, 2018
Exodus 20:17, NIV"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
1. The Background and Uniqueness of the Command
2. The Meaning of the Command
3. The Command on Display throughout Scripture
4. The Application of the Command
Main Idea: God's people should be marked by contentment and thanksgiving to God, not greed and coveting, which reveal the idolatry of the heart.

"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 Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 8: "The Coming Assyrian Invasion" (Isaiah 7:17-8:22)

The Prophecy of Isaiah
“The Coming Assyrian Invasion” (Isaiah 7:17-8:22)1
Outline
The Destruction of the Land (7:17-25)
The Birth of Maher-Shalal-Hash- Baz (8:1-4)
The Judgment of the People (8:5-22)
Destruction of the Land
Isaiah 7:17-25
Punishment for trusting in Assyria for protection rather than the Lord.
Assyria will remove the threat of the Syria-Israel alliance, but Assyria will also subjugate Judah.
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah-- he will bring the king of Assyria." (Isa. 7:17 NIV)
Flies & Bees: No place to hide (7:18-19)
In that day the LORD will whistle for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria. They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices in the rocks, on all the thornbushes and at all the water holes. (Isa. 7:18-19 NIV)
Shaved & Shamed: No more dignity (7:20)
In that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River-- the king of Assyria-- to shave your head and private parts, and to cut off your beard also. (Isa. 7:20 NIV)
1 Cow & 2 Sheep: No one to inhabit the land (7:21-22)
In that day, a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats. And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds and honey. (Isa. 7:21-22 NIV)
Briers & Thorns: No harvest to bring in (7:23-25)
In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns. Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns. As for all the hills once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run. (Isa. 7:23-25 NIV)
The Birth of Maher-Shalal-Hash- Baz (8:1-4)
The LORD said to me, "Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz." (Isa. 8:1 NIV)
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz“Swift is the plunder; speedy is the prey.” – Bryan Beyer
“Speeding is booty; hastening is plunder.” – John Mackay
“The spoil of the two kings will quickly be taken.” – Willem VanGemeren
So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me. Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the LORD said to me, "Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. For before the boy knows how to say 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria." (Isa. 8:2-4 NIV)
The Judgment of the People (8:5-22)
Assyrian Invasion (8:5-10)
The LORD spoke to me again: 6 "Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah, therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates-- the king of Assyria with all his pomp. It will overflow all its channels, run over all its banks and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!" (Isa. 8:5-8 NIV)
Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us. (Isa. 8:9-10 NIV)
Waiting for Yahweh (8:11-22) 
Assessing the Options (8:11-15)
This is what the LORD says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people: "Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread. He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured." (Isa. 8:11-15 NIV)
Divinely Given Hope (8:16-18)
Bind up this testimony of warning and seal up God's instruction among my disciples. I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him. Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion. (Isa. 8:16-18 NIV)
The False Alternative (8:19-22)
When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? Consult God's instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness. (Isa. 8:19-22 NIV)
1 The outline for this lesson was based on Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah and John L. Mackay, A Study Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 1: Chapters 1-39 (Ep Study Commentary).

“Truth and Justice” (Exodus 20:16)

“Truth and Justice” (Exodus 20:16)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, July 15, 2018
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” (Exo 20:16 NIV)
1. Ancient Background of the Command2. Meaning of the Command3. The Command in its OT Context4. The Command in its NT Context5. Applications of the Command

"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.

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 7: "The Sign of Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:1–17)

The Prophecy of IsaiahLesson 7: "The Sign of Immanuel" (7:1–17)
The Historical Setting (7:1–9)1
Time of National Crisis for Judah
Threat of Israel and Syria Alliance
Syro-Ephraimite War, 735-734 BC
Key Figures:Tiglath-Pileser III (Assyria)
Rezin (Syria)
Pekah (Israel)
Ahaz (Judah)
       1When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.        2Now the house of David was told, “Aram has allied itself with Ephraim”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.        3Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field. 4Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood—because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. 5Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying, 6“Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” 7Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘It will not take place,      it will not happen, 8for the head of Aram is Damascus,      and the head of Damascus is only Rezin. Within sixty-five years      Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people. 9The head of Ephraim is Samaria,      and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith,      you will not stand at all.’” (Isaiah 7:1–9, NIV)
The Sign Offered, Refused, and Given (7:10–17)
The Sign Offered and Refused (7:10–13)
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.”     12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.”     13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also? (Isaiah 7:10–13, NIV)
The Lord’s Sign: The Birth of Immanuel (7:14–16)
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin  will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.  15 He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. (Isaiah 7:14–16, NIV)
The Repurcussions for Judah (7:17)
17 The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.” (Isaiah 7:17, NIV)
Interpretations of Isaiah 7:14
The Meaning of ‘AlmahView 1: Isaiah’s Words Find Their Fulfillment Only in Jesus
View 2: The Prophecies of Isaiah 7 and 8 Are Linked
View 3: The Woman Is Already Pregnant
Conclusion: Isaiah 7:14 and the New Testament
1 This outline is drawn from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah.

"Honoring One Another's Property" (Exodus 20:15)

“Honoring One Another’s Property” (Exodus 20:15)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, July 8, 2018
“You shall not steal.” (Exo 20:15, NIV)
The Ancient Background of the Command
The Meaning of the Command
The Application of the Command in the Old Testament
The Application of the Command in the New Testament
The Modern Application of the Command

"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.

“The Sanctity of Marriage” (Exodus 20:14)

“The Sanctity of Marriage” (Exodus 20:14)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, July 1, 2018
“Do Not Commit Adultery” (Exod. 20:14)
1. What is the historical and cultural background for this command?
2. What is adultery?
a. Adultery is fundamentally a breach or violation of covenantal obligations. It is a breach of the marriage covenant, particularly by engaging in sexual relations with someone other than your spouse.b. Other forms of inappropriate sexual actions (homosexuality, fornication, bestiality, pornography, self-gratification) would all be considered sexual sins in the OT, but they are not technically adultery. c. Adultery is treated with special significance in the Scriptures, because it involves the severing of a covenantal marriage agreement between two individuals. It is considered a crime against people, the family, society, and against God.d. In the Hebrew Bible, the prohibition against adultery is fundamentally designed to protect the sanctity of the family, which serves as the foundation for all of society.
3. How is this command applied in the Old Testament?
a. Adultery was a capital offense in OT Israel. Lev 20:10; Deut 22:22b. Consensual sex between a betrothed woman and a man that she was not betrothed to was considered adultery and carried the death penalty (Deut 22:23–24).c. Examples of adultery: David/Bathsheba in 2 Sam 11.d. Adultery in wisdom literature: Proverbs carries repeated warnings about engaging in adultery and the lure of the adulterous woman.e. Adultery is used metaphorically to refer to Israel’s unfaithful violation of their covenant with Yahweh. Their worship of false gods is typically referred to as an act of whoredom/adultery. It is a covenant breach where the covenant involved an exclusive, permanent relationship between two parties.
4. How is the command applied in the New Testament?
a. Little change in terms of ethics from OT to NT.b. Adultery include sins of the heart (Matt 5:27–28; cf. Matthew 15:17–20). c. Illegitimate divorce is considered adultery. Also, marrying someone who was illegitimately divorced is also considered adultery (Matt 5:31–32; Matt 19:1–9).d. Adultery is also used metaphorically to represent idolatry/false worship in the NT. (James 4:4)
5. Conclusion
a. Adultery is a violation of life’s most important relationship. b. Adultery is the destruction of a marriage, which results in the destruction of a family, which inevitably will erode the foundation of a society.c. Adultery is a demonstration of a lack of faithfulness to one’s commitments and to the well-being of his or her closest human relationship. Unfaithfulness in the closest of relationships destroys faithfulness and integrity in all relationships.d. It is a sin against God himself and a violation of his holy purity. It should never be named among God’s holy people.

“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.

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 6: "Isaiah's Vision and Call" (Isaiah 6:1-13)

The Prophecy of Isaiah
“Isaiah’s Vision and Call” – Isaiah 6:1-13
Isaiah 6:1–13 (NIV)
6 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.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
9 He said, “Go and tell this people:
“ ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes. 
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”
And he answered:
“Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted
and the fields ruined and ravaged,
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away
and the land is utterly forsaken.
13 And though a tenth remains in the land,
it will again be laid waste.
But as the terebinth and oak
leave stumps when they are cut down,
so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.”
 
Outline of Isaiah 6
“I Saw the Lord” – Isaiah’s Vision (verses 1-7)
“I Heard the Lord” – Isaiah’s Call and Commission” (verses 8-13)
“I Saw the Lord”
“I Saw the Lord” – Isaiah’s Vision (verses 1-7)Isaiah’s Vision of God (1-4)The Sovereignty of God (1-2)
The Holiness of God (3)
The Worship of God (4)
Isaiah’s Response to the Presence of God (5-7)Conviction of Sin (5)
Cleansing from Sin (6-7)
“I Heard the Lord”
“I Heard the Lord” – Isaiah’s Call and Commission (verses 8–13)The Lord’s Call (8)
Isaiah’s Obedient Response (8)
The People’s Callousness Hardened by the Word (9–10)
The People’s Judgment Confirmed (11-12)
Mercy in Judgment: A Remnant Will Remain (13)

“Valuing Human Life” (Exodus 20:13)

“Valuing Human Life” (Exodus 20:13)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, June 24, 2018
"You shall not murder. (Exod. 20:13 NIV)
1) The Giver of the Commandment
2) The Reason for the Commandment
3) The Meaning of the Commandment
4) The Exceptions to the Commandment (or Its Wrong Applications)
5) The Extension of the Commandment (or Its Appropriate Applications)
Main Idea: The Sixth commandment is a prohibition against the unlawful taking of a human life, but merely refraining from killing another human being is not our full obedience to this command. This command requires love for our fellow man that abstains not only from physical violence but also anger and malice toward one another.