Eastside Baptist Church, Winfield, Alabama

Revelation 15:1–8 - Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Sunday PM March 1, 2015

“The Holy Justice of the Lord God Almighty” (Revelation
15:1–8)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday PM/March 1,
2015 
Revelation 15:1–815 I saw in
heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last
plagues—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed. 2 And
I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside
the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over
the number of its name. They held harps given them by God 3 and
sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb:
“Great and
marvelous are your deeds,
Lord God
Almighty.
Just and true
are your ways,
King of the
nations.
4 Who
will not fear you, Lord,
and bring glory
to your name?
For you alone
are holy.
All nations
will come
and
worship before you,  
for your
righteous acts have been revealed.”
5 After
this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple—that is, the tabernacle of the
covenant law—and it was opened. 6 Out of the temple came the
seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen
and wore golden sashes around their chests. 7 Then one of the
four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with
the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. 8 And the temple
was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one
could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were
completed.  
Prayer: Father, glorify yourself through the teaching
of these sacred writings. Reveal your holy justice and your boundless mercy to
us through these words. And, may we find courage for the present and hope for
the future in them. Amen. 
Main Idea: “God is honored through the praise of his
rescued people, and God is glorified through the just judgment of his
unrepentant enemies.”  
1.      
God is honored through the praise of his rescued
people (vv. 1–4).  
They held harps given them by God
3 and sang the song of God’s servant Moses
and of the Lamb: “Great and
marvelous are your deeds, (Ps 111:12)
Lord God
Almighty.  (Amos 3:13; 4:13; Rev 1:8) 
Just and true
are your ways, (Ps 145:17; Deut 32:4) 
King of the
nations.
4 Who
will not fear you, Lord, (Jer 10:7) 
and bring glory
to your name? (Ps 86:9) 
For you alone
are holy. (Ps 99:9; Lev 11:45) 
All nations
will come
and worship
before you, (Is 2:2, 4; Is 66:23; Jer 16:19) 
for your
righteous acts have been revealed.” (Ps 98:2) 
2.     
God is glorified through the just judgment of his
unrepentant enemies (vv. 5–8).

John 17:1–5 - Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Sunday AM March 1, 2015

“The Glory of God in the Glorification of the Son” (John
17:1–5)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/March 1,
2015 
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
"Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify
you.  2 For you granted him
authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have
given him.  3 Now this is
eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you
have sent.  4 I have brought
you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.  5 And now, Father, glorify me in
your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. (John
17:1-5, NIV) 
1.      
The Glory of God revealed in Jesus
Christ. 
2.     
The Grace of God mediated through Jesus
Christ.

John 16:16–33 - Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Sunday AM February 22, 2015

“Sorrow
Turned into Joy” (John 16:16–33)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/February 22, 2015 
John
16:16–33 (NIV)
16 Jesus
went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a
little while you will see me.”
17 At
this, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying,
‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you
will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” 18 They
kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what
he is saying.”
19 Jesus
saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking
one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no
more, and then after a little while you will see me’? 20 Very
truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will
grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 A woman giving
birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born
she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you
again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. 23 In
that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father
will give you whatever you ask in my name. 24 Until now you
have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy
will be complete.
25 “Though
I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use
this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26 In
that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on
your behalf. 27 No, the Father himself loves you because you
have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28 I came
from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going
back to the Father.”
29 Then
Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of
speech. 30 Now we can see that you know all things and that you
do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that
you came from God.”
31 “Do
you now believe?” Jesus replied. 32 “A time is coming and in
fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave
me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
33 “I
have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you
will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  
Main
Idea: The death and resurrection of Jesus places us in a loving relationship
with God the Father, resulting in abiding joy. 
1.       
For the original disciples, the death and
resurrection of Jesus was a time of sorrow and confusion (16–20a). 
2.     
Once accomplished, the death and resurrection
of Jesus brought about gospel understanding, the indwelling Spirit, direct
access to our Father in prayer, and abiding joy (20b–27). 
3.      
After Jesus ascends to the Father, we will face
trouble and hardship in this world in faithful loyalty to the name of Jesus,
but this trouble cannot rob our ultimate joy because Christ has conquered the
world (28–33). 
Main
Idea: The death and resurrection of Jesus places us in a loving relationship
with God the Father, resulting in abiding joy.

Revelation 14:1–20 - Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Sunday PM February 22, 2015

“Whose Name Do You Bear?” (Revelation 14:1–20)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday PM/February 22,
2015 
Revelation 14:1–20 (NIV)
14 Then I
looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him
144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And
I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud
peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their
harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before
the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except
the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are
those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They
follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and
offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found
in their mouths; they are blameless. 6 Then I saw
another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to
those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7 He
said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment
has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs
of water.” 8 A second angel
followed and said, “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’  which
made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”
9 A third angel
followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its
image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10 they,
too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength
into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the
presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke
of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or
night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives
the mark of its name.” 12 This calls for patient endurance on
the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to
Jesus. 13 Then I heard a
voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
from now on.”  
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will
rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”  
14 I looked, and
there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son
of man  with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then
another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was
sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has
come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was
seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was
harvested. 17 Another angel
came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Still
another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a
loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather
the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19 The
angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into
the great winepress of God’s wrath. 20 They were trampled in
the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high
as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.  
Jesus is coming again. When he comes, whose name will
you be identified with? The name of Jesus or the name of the beast, which
represents loyalty to this world and its ruler the devil? There are only two
possible names you can bear, and everyone is branded with one of these two
names.  
1.      
Those who
bear the name of God and Jesus will escape final judgment when Jesus returns and
will enjoy the worship of God for all eternity. 
2.      
Those who
bear the mark of the name of the beast will suffer final judgment when Jesus
returns and will be tormented for all eternity. 
Main Idea: When Jesus returns in glory, he will
bring just and true judgment to this world. Those who belong to him will be
redeemed and spared the wrath of God. Those who do not belong to Jesus will
face the unrelenting wrath of God and will be tormented for all eternity.

1 Timothy 2:8–10 - Cameron Jungels, Eastside Baptist Wed PM,February 18, 2015

“Holy Men
and Godly Women” (1 Timothy 2:8–10)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Wed PM/February
18, 2015 
1 Timothy
2:1–10 (NIV)
2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers,
intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—2 for
kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in
all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our
Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a
knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator
between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave
himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the
proper time. 7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald
and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful
teacher of the Gentiles. 8 Therefore
I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or
disputing. 9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with
decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or
gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10 but with good deeds,
appropriate for women who profess to worship God.  if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in
God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and
foundation of the truth. (1 Tim. 3:15, NIV)Main Idea: God desires that his church be composed of holy men and godly
women.  
God
desires that his church be composed of holy men.
 
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without
anger or disputing. (1 Tim. 2:8, NIV) 
There
ought to be holy men in every local church in every place.
Every
church needs holy men that are committed to prayer.
 
Every
church needs holy, praying men who can strive for the gospel and work
toward unity without anger and without being argumentative.
 
God desires that his church be composed of
godly women.
9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety,
adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or
expensive clothes,  10 but
with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. (1 Tim.
2:9-10, NIV) 
Women are to conduct themselves appropriately
in the worship of the church.
 
Women are to dress appropriately for the
worship of the church.
 
c.      
Women should adorn
themselves with the inner beauty of good works and godliness.  
Main Idea: God desires that his church be composed of holy men and
godly women.·        
Holy men display their holiness in prayer and
gentleness of spirit, not in anger or argumentation.
·        
Godly women display their godliness with good
works, not with immodesty or extravagance.

John 16:4b–15 Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist - Sunday AM,February 15, 2015

“The Ministry of the Holy Spirit” (John 16:4b–15)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/February 15,
2015 
John 16:1–15 (NIV)
“All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They
will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who
kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They
will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I
have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I
warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was
with you, 5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you
asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Rather, you are filled with
grief because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell
you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate
will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When
he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and
righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not
believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to
the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and about
judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
12 “I have much
more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he,
the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not
speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what
is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me
that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All
that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive
from me what he will make known to you.”  
1.      
We should be grateful for the ongoing,
indwelling ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives. 
2.     
We should take seriously our role as the
instruments of the Holy Spirit in the work of his ministry in the world.

Revelation 13:1–18 - Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Sunday PM February 15, 2015

“The
Dragon and His Beasts” (Revelation 13:1–18)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday PM/February 15, 2015
 
Revelation 13:1–18 (NIV)
The
Beast out of the Sea
13 The dragon
stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had
ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a
blasphemous name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but
had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave
the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One
of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound
had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.
4 People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to
the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast?
Who can wage war against it?”
5 The beast was
given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its
authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to
blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who
live in heaven. 7 It was given power to wage war against God’s
holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe,
people, language and nation. 8 All inhabitants of the earth
will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book
of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. 
9 Whoever has
ears, let them hear.
10 “If
anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity
they will go.
If anyone is to
be killed with the sword,
with the sword
they will be killed.” 
This calls for patient endurance
and faithfulness on the part of God’s people.
The
Beast out of the Earth
11 Then I saw a
second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it
spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercised all the authority of the
first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the
first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And it
performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth
in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs it was
given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the
inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the
beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 The second
beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that
the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be
killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and
poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their
foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they
had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
18 This calls for
wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for
it is the number of a man.  That number is 666.
 
The
message for us today is this:
 
1.       
Jesus is Lord; Caesar is not.
 
2.     
Christians are called to exercise wisdom and
true spiritual discernment in deceiving and confusing times.
 
3.      
Christians are called to exercise patient
endurance in the midst of a hostile world.
 
7
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the
one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,
which is in the paradise of God. (Rev. 2:7, NIV)
 
11
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one
who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death. (Rev. 2:11, NIV)
 
17
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the
one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give
that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one
who receives it. (Rev. 2:17, NIV)
 
26
To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority
over the nations--  27 that
one 'will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like
pottery'-- just as I have received authority from my Father.  28 I will also give that one the
morning star.  29 Whoever has
ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.  (Rev. 2:26-29, NIV)
 
5
The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never
blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge
that name before my Father and his angels. 
6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the
churches. (Rev. 3:5-6, NIV)
 
12
The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never
again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name
of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven
from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.  13 Whoever has ears, let them hear
what the Spirit says to the churches. (Rev. 3:12-13, NIV)
 
21
To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my
throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his
throne.  22 Whoever has ears,
let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches." (Rev. 3:21-22, NIV)

1 Timothy 2:1–7 - Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Wednesday PM February 11, 2015

“Our Worldwide Mission” (1 Timothy 2:1–7)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Wednesday PM/February
11, 2015
 
1 Timothy 2:1–7 (NIV)
2 I urge, then,
first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made
for all people—2 for kings and all those in authority, that we
may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This
is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to
be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there
is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who
gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the
proper time. 7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald
and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful
teacher of the Gentiles.
 
1.      
We must enlarge the focus of our prayer
life (vv. 1–2).
 
2.     
We must expand the scope of our mission
(v. 7).
 
3.     
Because it is God’s purpose to redeem a
people to himself from every people group on this earth (vv. 3–6).
 
Main Idea: We must enlarge the focus of our prayer
life and we must expand the scope of our mission, because it is God’s purpose
to redeem a people to himself from every people group on this earth.

Revelation 12:1–17 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist,Sunday PM,February 8, 2015

“The Offspring of the Woman vs. the Dragon” (Revelation
12:1–17)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday PM/February 8,
2015 
Revelation 12:1–17 (NIV)
12 A great sign
appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet
and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and
cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 Then
another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and
ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a
third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood
in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her
child the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male
child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”  And her
child was snatched up to God and to his throne. 6 The woman
fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be
taken care of for 1,260 days.
7 Then war broke
out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon
and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and
they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled
down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world
astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
10 Then I heard a
loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the
salvation and the power
and the kingdom
of our God,
and the
authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser
of our brothers and sisters,
who accuses them
before our God day and night,
has been hurled
down.
11 They
triumphed over him
by the blood of
the Lamb
and by the word
of their testimony;
they did not
love their lives so much
as to shrink
from death.
12 Therefore
rejoice, you heavens
and you who
dwell in them!
But woe to the
earth and the sea,
because the
devil has gone down to you!
He is filled
with fury,
because he knows
that his time is short.”
13 When
the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who
had given birth to the male child. 14 The woman was given the
two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her
in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half
a time, out of the serpent’s reach. 15 Then from his mouth the
serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away
with the torrent. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening
its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to
wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and
hold fast their testimony about Jesus.  
1.      
Christ and the Messianic community are
rescued from Satan’s murderous schemes (1–6). 
2.     
Christ has fully defeated Satan and the
forces of evil through his atoning death, resurrection, and ascension (7–12). 
3.     
By virtue of his victorious death and
resurrection, Christ protects his people from a defeated but vengeful and angry
foe (13–17). 
Main Idea: Christ has escaped Satan’s murderous
schemes, has finally conquered the devil and his forces through his cross and resurrection,
and now protects his people from a defeated but angry foe.

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

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

1 Timothy 1:18–20 - Cameron Jungels - Wed PM February 4, 2015

“A Hard Lesson” (1 Timothy 1:18–20)
1
Timothy: Honoring Christ in the Church, Message 5
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Wed PM/February 4, 2015
18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the
prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the
battle well,  19 holding on to
faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered
shipwreck with regard to the faith.  20
Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be
taught not to blaspheme.  (1 Tim.
1:18-20, NIV)
3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that
you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer  4 or to devote themselves to myths
and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather
than advancing God's work-- which is by faith. 
5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure
heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.  6 Some have departed from these
and have turned to meaningless talk.  7
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking
about or what they so confidently affirm. (1 Tim. 1:3-7, NIV) 
14 Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the
body of elders laid their hands on you. (1 Tim. 4:14, NIV) 
5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good
conscience and a sincere faith. (1 Tim. 1:5, NIV) 
1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of
a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father's
wife.  2 And you are proud!
Shouldn't you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your
fellowship the man who has been doing this? 
3 For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am
with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already
passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing
this.  4 So when you are
assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is
present,  5 hand this man over
to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on
the day of the Lord.  (1 Co. 5:1-5, NIV) 
Main Idea: Sin, even great sin, in the life
of the believer may result in restoration, but there must be full repentance.

Revelation 11:15–19 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, February 1, 2015

“The World as the Kingdom of Christ” (Revelation
11:15–19)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/February 1,
2015 
Revelation 11:15–19 (NIV)
15 The seventh
angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
“The kingdom of the
world has become
the kingdom of
our Lord and of his Messiah,
and he will
reign for ever and ever.”
16 And the
twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their
faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:
“We give thanks to
you, Lord God Almighty,
the One who is
and who was,
because you
have taken your great power
and have begun
to reign.
18 The
nations were angry,
and your wrath
has come.
The time has
come for judging the dead,
and for
rewarding your servants the prophets
and your people
who revere your name,
both great and
small—
and for
destroying those who destroy the earth.”
19 Then
God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of
his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,
an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.  1.       
The Universal Reign of God. 
2.     
The Inaugurated Reign of Christ. 
3.      
The Consummated Reign of Christ (Rev. 11:15–19). 
Main Idea: The whole world has become the dominion of
Christ, and one day Christ will return and unite heaven and earth as his
consummated kingdom.

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

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

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

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

1 Timothy 1:12–17 - Cameron Jungels Eastside Baptist Wed PM, January 28, 2015

“All of Grace” (1 Timothy 1:12–17)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Wed PM/January 28, 2015
 
1 Timothy
1:12–17 (NIV)
12 I
thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me
trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was
once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because
I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was
poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ
Jesus.
15 Here
is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for
that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ
Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would
believe in him and receive eternal life. 17 Now to the King
eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
 
Main Idea: Our salvation is owed completely to the grace of Jesus Christ.
 
When we
truly understand the grace of Christ our lives will be characterized by
gratitude (12).
 
When we truly understand the grace of Christ
Jesus, we will gain a clearer sense of the reality of our depravity.
 
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." (Lk. 19:10,
NIV)
 
When we truly understand the grace of Christ
Jesus, we will desire to see our lives as instruments of the Christ’s
grace to those who are still in need of salvation.
 
When we truly understand the grace of Christ
Jesus, we will want to burst forth into praise and worship of our glorious
God.

Revelation 11:1–14 - Cameron Jungels Sunday PM, January 25, 2015

“The Lord’s Witnesses”
(Revelation 11:1–14)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside
Baptist/Sunday PM/January 25, 2015
 
Revelation 11:1–14 (NIV)
11 I was given
a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and
the altar, with its worshipers. 2 But exclude the outer court;
do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample
on the holy city for 42 months. 3 And I will appoint my two
witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 They
are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the
Lord of the earth.”  5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire
comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants
to harm them must die. 6 They have power to shut up the heavens
so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have
power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of
plague as often as they want.
7 Now when they
have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will
attack them, and overpower and kill them. 8 Their bodies will
lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom
and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and
a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on
their bodies and refuse them burial. 10 The inhabitants of the
earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,
because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
11 But after the
three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood
on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then
they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they
went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.
13 At that very
hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven
thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified
and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe
has passed; the third woe is coming soon.
 
1.       
The
Spiritual Protection of the Lord’s Worshipers (1–2).
 
The major point of vv. 1–2
is that Christ will protect his church spiritually (not necessarily from all
physical harm) as they live faithfully and witness in the midst of a world
hostile to Christ and his people.
 
2.      
The
Labor, Suffering, and Vindication of the Lord’s Witnesses (3–14).
 
6 So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD
to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD
Almighty. (Zech. 4:6, NIV)
 
The church, whose lot it
is to suffer the persecution of this world, will nevertheless continue to give
faithful witness to the truth. The violent death of the two witnesses, their
resurrection after three and a half days, and their ascension into heaven are
symbolic of the resurrection of the church, which though often seeming to be
defeated, yet will live.
 
Main Idea: Christ’s
church is called to serve as faithful witnesses in the midst of a hostile,
unbelieving world. Faithful testimony for Christ may result in persecution,
earthly shame, and death (martyrdom). But Christ will vindicate his faithful
servants; he will protect them eternally by raising them from the dead and
giving them eternal life.

1 Timothy 1:8–11 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist, Wednesday PM, January 21, 2015

“The Lawful Use of the Law” (1 Timothy 1:8–11, Message 3)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Wednesday PM/January 21, 2015
 
1 Timothy
1:1–11 (NIV) Paul,
an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus
our hope,
2 To Timothy my true son in the faith:
Grace, mercy and peace from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Timothy Charged to Oppose False Teachers
3 As
I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may
command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer 4 or
to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote
controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. 5 The
goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good
conscience and a sincere faith. 6 Some have departed from these
and have turned to meaningless talk. 7 They want to be teachers
of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so
confidently affirm. 8 We
know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9 We also
know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels,
the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their
fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral,
for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and
perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that
conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he
entrusted to me.  
Ephesians
2:11–20 (NIV) Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ
11 Therefore,
remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised”
by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by
human hands)—12 remember that at that time you were separate
from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the
covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But
now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the
blood of Christ. 14 For
he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the
barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in
his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create
in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and
in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put
to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you
who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For
through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.  
19 Consequently,
you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s
people and also members of his household, 20 built on the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief
cornerstone.  
8 We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. (1 Tim. 1:8, NIV) 
The Law of Moses is good and has a proper use
in the New Covenant Age.
In order for the Law of Moses to fulfill its
proper use in the New Covenant age, it must be used properly.
 
Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor's
crown except by competing according to the rules. (2 Tim. 2:5, NIV) 
The Law is used lawfully when it takes into
account its intended purpose.
 
9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for
lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for
those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,  10 for the sexually immoral, for
those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers-- (1
Tim. 1:9-10, NIV) 
The Law is used lawfully when it takes into
account its relationship to the glorious gospel of Christ.
 
and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine  11 that conforms to the gospel
concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.  (1 Tim. 1:10-11, NIV) 
The Law is used lawfully when it takes into
account its proper place in the plan of redemption.
 
24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified
by faith.  25 Now that this
faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.  (Gal. 3:24-25, NIV) 
Main Idea: The Law of Moses has a
proper place in the life of the New Covenant believer when it is used in
harmony with its intended purpose and in harmony with the gospel of Christ.

Revelation 10:1–11 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist,Sunday PM, January 18, 2015

“The
Accomplishment of the Mystery of God” (Revelation 10:1–11)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday PM/January 18, 2015 
Revelation
10:1–11 (NIV) 10 Then I
saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with
a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like
fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open
in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the
land, 3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When
he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when
the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven
say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.” 5 Then
the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand
to heaven. 6 And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever,
who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in
it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, “There will be no more delay! 7 But
in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery
of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the
prophets.” 8 Then
the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: “Go, take the
scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and
on the land.” 9 So I
went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me,
“Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will
be as sweet as honey.’” 10 I took the little scroll from the
angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I
had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, “You
must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”
1.       
The Supreme Power of God (as
demonstrated by an inferior but super powerful mighty angel). 
2.     
The Secret Providence of God (as
demonstrated by the limits God places on his own revelation). 
3.      
The Sovereign Purpose of God (as
demonstrated by the announcement of the fulfillment of God’s ancient
mystery/purposes). 
“The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were
loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the
kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.”
And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell
on their faces and worshiped God, saying: “We give thanks to you, Lord God
Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power
and have begun to reign. The nations were angry, and your wrath has come. The
time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the
prophets and your people who revere your name, both great and small— and for
destroying those who destroy the earth.”” (Revelation 11:15–18, NIV)
4.     
The Solemn Commission of God’s Prophet (as
demonstrated by the instruction for John to eat the little scroll as Ezekiel
did). 
·         
The language here is a direct echo of
Ezekiel (and probably Jeremiah 15:16–17):
“But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do
not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give
you.” Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll,
which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament
and mourning and woe. And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you,
eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.” So I opened my
mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat
this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it
tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. He then said to me: “Son of man, go now
to the people of Israel and speak my words to them. You are not being sent to a
people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the people of Israel—”
(Ezekiel 2:8–3:5, NIV)
Main
Idea: God is the mighty Creator of heaven and earth,
who will reveal his plans when he wishes to reveal them and who will bring his
purposes to pass when chooses to fulfill them. Our responsibility is to listen
to and obey the message of God’s true and faithful prophets. 
3
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are
those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is
near. (Rev. 1:3, NIV) 
7
"Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the
prophecy written in this scroll." (Rev. 22:7, NIV)

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

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

1 Timothy 1:3–7 - Cameron Jungels - Eastside Baptist, Wednesday PM, January 14, 2014

Lesson from 1 Timothy 1:3–7
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Wednesday PM/January
14, 2014 
1 Timothy 1:1–8 (NIV) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by
the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
2 To
Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and
peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Timothy Charged to Oppose False Teachers
3 As I urged you
when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command
certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer 4 or to
devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote
controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. 5 The
goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good
conscience and a sincere faith. 6 Some have departed from these
and have turned to meaningless talk. 7 They want to be teachers
of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so
confidently affirm.
8 We know that the
law is good if one uses it properly.