Eastside Baptist Church, Winfield, Alabama

"Promises and Provision" (Genesis 21:22-34)

"Promises and Provision" (Genesis 21:22-34)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, February 28, 2016
Genesis 21:22–34 (NIV)

22 At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do. 23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”

24 Abraham said, “I swear it.”

25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized. 26 But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”

27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty. 28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock, 29 and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”

30 He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”

31 So that place was called Beersheba,  because the two men swore an oath there.

32 After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God. 34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
1. Abraham is Prospering by the grace of God.
2. Abraham is Promising as a reflection of the God who makes and keeps promises.
3. Abraham is Praising God for his provision.
Main Idea: Let us be true and honest in our dealings with all
people, and let us always give thanks to the God who provides us with what we
need in this life.

"The Best Is Yet to Come" (Ruth 4)

"The Best Is Yet to Come" (Ruth 4:1-22)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, February 28, 2016
Ruth 4:1–22 (NIV)


4 Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer  he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

2 Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. 3 Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek. 4 I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line.”

“I will redeem it,” he said.

5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”

6 At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”

7 (Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.)

8 So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.

9 Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”

11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”

13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.


18 This, then, is the family line of Perez:

Perez was the father of Hezron,

19 Hezron the father of Ram,

Ram the father of Amminadab,

20 Amminadab the father of Nahshon,

Nahshon the father of Salmon,

21 Salmon the father of Boaz,

Boaz the father of Obed,

22 Obed the father of Jesse,

and Jesse the father of David.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28, NIV)
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:35-39, NIV) 
1.    The path that God has planned for our good is not always a smooth, straight path (vv. 1, 4; 3:12–13).
2.    We have a responsibility to face life’s challenges with wisdom and righteousness (vv. 1–10).
3.    When the good that God has planned for us comes to pass, we should respond with joy and praise (vv. 11–17).
4.    We must remember that the good that God is doing in our lives may not be fully realized during our lifetimes (vv. 18–22).

"God Fulfills His Word" (Genesis 21:1-21)

"God Fulfills His Word" (Genesis 21:1-21)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, February 21, 2016
Genesis 21:1–21 (NIV)

21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac  to the son Sarah bore him. 4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” 7 And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8 The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, 10 and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”

11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. 12 But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned. 13 I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”

14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.

15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.

17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. 21 While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
1. In God’s own timing, He will fulfill his Word (vv. 1–7).The Lord fulfills his promises at the appointed time (1–2).The fulfillment of the promise provides opportunity for obedience (3–5).The fulfillment of the promise prompts great rejoicing (6–7).2. The fulfillment of God’s plan is not hindered by our failures (vv. 8–21).God’s sovereign plan to fulfill his promises is not challenged by the consequences of our failures (vv. 8–13).God’s sovereign plan often graciously turns our failures into blessing (14–21).Main Idea: God keeps his promises in his own time, and his plan is never hindered by our failures.

"The God Who Does Not Wipe Out Rebels"

The God Who Is ThereWritten by D. A. CarsonChapter Two: “The God Who Does Not Wipe Out Rebels”Introduction"You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die."  (Genesis 2:16-17, NIV)What happens in Genesis 3 is foundational for understanding the rest of the Bible.Understanding Genesis 3Genesis 3 contains symbols that must be interpreted, but the story and its main point are clearly understood.Genesis 3 records the disobedience of our first human parents, which had consequences for all humanity and the world.Deception and RebellionSatan questions God’s words.Satan exaggerates God’s restriction.Satan causes the woman to doubt God’s goodness.Satan lies about God’s judgment.Satan entices with self-determination and self-worship.ConsequencesInversion of Created OrderDeathShame and GuiltLoss of innocence w/ no returnBroken relationship w/ GodBroken relationship w/ peopleDenial of personal responsibilityAttempted self-justificationCursesSerpentCast out and rejectedUltimate defeat predictedWomanPain and difficulty in childbirthDisharmony in marriage relationshipManToil and frustration in workWhole created order suffersLong-Term EffectsSin has consequences.Guilt must be covered by atonement.Atonement comes by death and the shedding of blood.Animal sacrifice was provisional and typological, preparing way for Christ’s ultimate atoning sacrifice.ImplicationsRight and Wrong: moral consciousness or evolutionary aid?Evil: horizontal and verticalOur problem: idolatry and alienation from GodOur need: to be reconciled to God-we need a Savior.

"Grace Greater than Our Sin" (Genesis 20)

"Grace Greater than Our Sin" (Genesis 20)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, February 14, 2016
Genesis 20 (NIV)
20 Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, 2 and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.

3 But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”

4 Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? 5 Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”

6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her. 7 Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.”

8 Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid. 9 Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.” 10 And Abimelek asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”

11 Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’ 12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife. 13 And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

14 Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him. 15 And Abimelek said, “My land is before you; live wherever you like.”

16 To Sarah he said, “I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.”

17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again, 18 for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah. 1. Abraham’s deception put the promised blessing in jeopardy (vv. 1–2). 2. God intervened in order to protect the promised blessing (vv. 3–7).3. Abraham’s deception is confronted by the pagan King Abimelech (vv. 8–13).4. God graciously turned Abraham’s lack of trust into an opportunity to bless him (vv. 14–18).Main Idea: God’s grace can conquer our failures. There is grace that is greater than our sin.

"Behind the Scenes" (Ruth 2)

"Behind the Scenes" (Ruth 2)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, February 14, 2016
Ruth 2 (NIV)


2 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.”

Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!”

“The Lord bless you!” they answered.

5 Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

6 The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi. 7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.”

8 So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. 9 Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”

10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”

11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.”

When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”

17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.  18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.

19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!”

Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

20 “The Lord bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers. ”

21 Then Ruth the Moabite said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’ ”

22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”

23 So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
1.    God delights in accomplishing his purposes through the everyday circumstances of life (vv. 1-3).God works through our human relationships.God works through our use of practical wisdom and diligence.God works through events and circumstances that seem purely coincidental from our perspective.2.    God delights in using men and women of noble character to accomplish his purposes (vv. 4-17).**Both Boaz and Ruth are described in the book as a man and woman of noble character.Those who treat others with dignity (v. 4)Those who show compassion for the needy (v. 5)Those who work diligently (vv. 6–7)Those who give generously to others (vv. 8–9, 14–17)Those who treat strangers/foreigners with kindness (v. 10)Those who sacrifice for the well-being of others (v. 11).Those who entrust their lives to the hand of God (v. 12).Those who display gratitude and humility (vv. 10, 13).3.    God delights in working out his purposes in ways that we do not expect (vv. 18-23).God may not work out his plans in our life exactly the way that we expected or even hoped. Because God may have something in mind for you better than what you had expected or hoped for.Main Idea: God delights in working out his purposes in order that he might show us his grace.

"The God Who Made Everything"

The God Who Is ThereWritten By D. A. CarsonChapter One: “The God Who Made Everything”IntroductionRise of biblical illiteracyBible: collection of Christianity’s foundation documentsBible is a diverse collection of documentsThe Bible reveals “the God who is there”Genesis 1-2Record of the creation of the universe by GodGod creates an orderly world and fills it with living creaturesThe climax of God’s creation is human beings, made in His imageGenesis 1-2 & ScienceMore ambiguity in the interpretation of these chapters than some Christians recognizeMore ambiguity in claims of science than some scientists realizeChallenge of “irreducible complexity” points to Designer“However complex the debates over Genesis 1-2…there is an irreducible minimum that these chapters must be saying for the Bible to have any coherence at all…”Some Things about GodGod simply is.God made everything that is non-God.There is only one of Him.God is a talking God.Everything God makes is good.God comes to an end of his creative work, and he rests.The creation proclaims his greatness and glory.The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. (Psalm 19:1, NIV)Some Things about PeopleWe are made in the image of God.In a finite way, we reflect God.CreativityCapacity to workCapacity to ruleCapacity to serve as God’s stewardsWe were made male and female.The man and his wife were innocent.Some things about How Genesis 1-2 Fits into the BibleForm necessary background to Gen. 3 and rest of BibleDoctrine of creation recurs throughout the rest of the Bible and finds fulfillment in “new creation”Shapes our worldviewGrounds human accountability

"A Lamentable Legacy" (Genesis 19:30-38)

"A Lamentable Legacy" (Genesis 19:30-38)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, February 7, 2016
Genesis 19:30–38 (NIV)

30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.” 35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites  of today.Main Ideas: When you live comfortably in this
world, the pleasures and values of the world may invade your heart and the
hearts of your family members.
God’s sovereign grace
can turn any situation into good for his glory.

"Bitter and Sweet Providence" (Ruth 1)

"Bitter and Sweet Providence" (Ruth 1)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, February 7, 2016
Ruth 1:1–22 (NIV)

1 In the days when the judges ruled,  there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.

8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. 9 May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”

Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”

11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—13 would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!”

14 At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”

16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

20 “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty  has made my life very bitter. 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”

22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.
1.    Pain and suffering are a part of this life (vv. 1–5).Sometimes we experience suffering because of our own bad choices.We also experience suffering because we live in a sin-cursed world.Ultimately, everything that happens is a part of God’s plan.2.    We must respond with trust in God in the midst of our suffering (vv. 6–21).We must not respond with bitterness.Instead, we should trust in God.3.    Everything that God does is for our good and for his glory (vv. 6, 18, 22).Main Idea: In the midst of the trials of life, we need to respond with trust in God because everything he does is for our good and for his glory.

"Everyday Christian Ethics" (1 Thessalonians 5:12-28)

"Everyday Christian Ethics" (1 Thessalonians 5:12-28)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchWednesday PM, February 3, 2016
1 Thessalonians 5:12–28 (NIV)


12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.

23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us. 26 Greet all God’s people with a holy kiss. 27 I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

"A Just and Righteous King" (Psalm 72)

“A Just and Righteous King” (Psalm 72)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, January 31, 2016
Psalm 72

Of Solomon.

1 Endow the king with your justice, O God,

the royal son with your righteousness.

2 May he judge your people in righteousness,

your afflicted ones with justice.

3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,

the hills the fruit of righteousness.

4 May he defend the afflicted among the people

and save the children of the needy;

may he crush the oppressor.

5 May he endure  as long as the sun,

as long as the moon, through all generations.

6 May he be like rain falling on a mown field,

like showers watering the earth.

7 In his days may the righteous flourish

and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

8 May he rule from sea to sea

and from the River  to the ends of the earth.

9 May the desert tribes bow before him

and his enemies lick the dust.

10 May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores

bring tribute to him.

May the kings of Sheba and Seba

present him gifts.

11 May all kings bow down to him

and all nations serve him.

12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out,

the afflicted who have no one to help.

13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy

and save the needy from death.

14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence,

for precious is their blood in his sight.

15 Long may he live!

May gold from Sheba be given him.

May people ever pray for him

and bless him all day long.

16 May grain abound throughout the land;

on the tops of the hills may it sway.

May the crops flourish like Lebanon

and thrive like the grass of the field.

17 May his name endure forever;

may it continue as long as the sun.

Then all nations will be blessed through him,

and they will call him blessed.

18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,

who alone does marvelous deeds.

19 Praise be to his glorious name forever;

may the whole earth be filled with his glory.

Amen and Amen.

20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.
1.    Prayer for God’s Anointed King (1)2.    A Just and Righteous Kingdom (2–4)3.    An Enduring Kingdom (5–7)4.    A Universal Kingdom (8–11)5.    A Compassionate Kingdom (12–14)6.    A Prosperous Kingdom (15–17)7.    Praise to God the Universal King (18–20)Main Idea: God’s ideal anointed King would rule his people with justice, righteousness, and compassion, and the kingdom would flourish forever under his rule. This kingdom will ultimately come in the reign of Jesus the Messiah, and the whole world will be blessed under his reign.

"Sons of the Light" (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)

"Sons of the Light" (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchWednesday PM, January 27, 2016
1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 (NIV)

5 Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

"Justice and Mercy" (Genesis 19:1-29)

"Justice and Mercy" (Genesis 19:1-29)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, January 24, 2016
Genesis 19:1–29 (NIV)


19 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”

“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”

6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

9 “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

10 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.

12 The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, 13 because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”

14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”

16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them. 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”

18 But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please! 19 Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die. 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”

21 He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar. )

23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.

29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
1. Lot's Insistent Hospitality (1-3)2. Sodom's Wicked Violence (4-9)3. The Angels' Insistent Hospitality (10-22)4. The LORD's Righteous Violence (23-29)Main Idea: In his holiness God judges the wicked, but in mercy he saves a remnant. Those whose hearts remain loyal to the world will perish with the world.

"Christian Gratitude and Unity" (Philippians 4:14-23)

“Christian Gratitude and Unity” (Philippians 4:14–23)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, January 24, 2016Philippians 4:14–23 (NIV) 14 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. 15 Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; 16 for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need. 17 Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account. 18 I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 21 Greet all God’s people in Christ Jesus. The brothers and sisters who are with me send greetings. 22 All God’s people here send you greetings, especially those who belong to Caesar’s household. 23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel (Philippians 1:27, NIV)1.    When we are helped by fellow believers, we should express heartfelt gratitude.2.    When we help other believers or are helped by other believers, it demonstrates our unity as one body of Christ and our partnership in the gospel mission.3.    When we help other believers, it is an opportunity to grow in the fruit of Christian character.4.    When we give to other believers, we are also giving to God in worship.5.    When we give sacrificially to help other believers we can trust God to supply our needs.6.    As fellow brothers and sisters, we should exhibit genuine love and unity.Main Idea: We bring glory to God when we live in gratitude, unity, and love with one another in the body of Christ.

"The Christian Hope" (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

"The Christian Hope" (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchWednesday PM, January 20, 2016
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 (NIV)


13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Christian Contentment" (Philippians 4:10-13)

“Christian Contentment” (Philippians 4:10–13)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, January 17, 2016Philippians 4:10–13 (NIV)           10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. 1. Contentment arises out of a thankful spirit (v. 10 and context).2. Contentment comes from a transformed way of thinking (v. 11) .Do 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. (Romans 12:2, NIV)But godliness with contentment is great gain.  For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.  But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. (1 Timothy 6:6-8, NIV)Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (Heb. 13:5, NIV)3. Contentment must be learned over time and through experience (vv. 11-12).4. Contentment is often learned through adversity and need (vv. 11-12).5. Contentment is empowered by the strength of the Lord Jesus Christ (v. 13). Main Idea: Contentment is a mark of Christian maturity. It flows from a transformed mind and a thankful spirit. It is learned over time and through adversity. And it is empowered by the strength of Christ.

"Living to Please God" (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12)

"Living to Please God" (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchWednesday PM, January 13, 2016
1 Thessalonians 4:1–12 (NIV)

4 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body  in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; 6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.  The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. 7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

9 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

"Is Anything Too Hard for the LORD?" (Genesis 18:1-15)

"Is Anything Too Hard for the LORD?" (Genesis 18:1-15)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, January 10, 2016
Genesis 18:1–15 (NIV)

18 The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

3 He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by. 4 Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree. 5 Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.”

“Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”

7 Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. 8 He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him.

“There, in the tent,” he said.

10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.”

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.”

But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”
1. God assures his people of a relationship of peace through a covenant meal (1-8). 2. God calls his people to trust in him, because nothing is impossible with God (9-15).

"Right Thinking and Right Living" (Philippians 4:4-9)

“Right Thinking and Right Living” (Philippians 4:4­–9)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, January 10, 2016Philippians 4:4–9 (NIV)           4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.           8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. 1.   A Christian Way of ThinkingJoy in all circumstancesPrayerfulness and peace, not anxietyThe landscape of Christian thinking2.   A Christian Way of LivingGentleness toward allLiving in light of the Lord’s soon returnImitating and practicing Christian virtuesMain Idea: The Christian should be characterized by a transformed mind, which will lead to transformed behavior.