Eastside Baptist Church, Winfield, Alabama

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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)

“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.

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.

9 The fifth angel sounded his
trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star
was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened
the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun
and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3 And out of
the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of
scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass
of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the
seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not allowed to kill
them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was
like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. 6 During
those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die,
but death will elude them.
7 The locusts looked
like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns
of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair
was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9 They
had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was
like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They
had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to
torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them
the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is
Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
12 The first woe is
past; two other woes are yet to come.
13 The sixth angel
sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the
golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel
who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river
Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for
this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of
mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten
thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
17 The horses and
riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red,
dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of
lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. 18 A
third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that
came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in
their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads
with which they inflict injury.
20 The rest of
mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work
of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver,
bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor
did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or
their thefts.

31 When he was gone,
Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If
God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify
him at once.
33 “My children, I
will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told
the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
34 “A new command I
give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By
this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
36 Simon Peter asked
him, “Lord, where are you going?”
Jesus
replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.”
37 Peter asked,
“Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
38 Then Jesus
answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you,
before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!

1　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.

1　When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2　And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
3　Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. 4　The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand. 5　Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
The Trumpets
6　Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
7　The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
8　The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9　a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10　The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water—11　the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
12　The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
13　As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: "Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!

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Communion Message - Cameron Jungels - 12-21-2014

The
Birth of Jesus
2 In those days Caesar Augustus
issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This
was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And
everyone went to their own town to register.
4 So Joseph also
went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of
David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He
went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was
expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for
the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a
son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no
guest room available for them.
8 And there were
shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at
night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory
of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But
the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will
cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of
David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This
will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a
manger.”  
13 Suddenly a great
company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in
the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his
favor rests.”
15 When the angels
had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s
go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told
us about.”
16 So they hurried
off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When
they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them
about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what
the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these
things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and
seen, which were just as they had been told.

 Isaiah 9:6-7 - Cameron Jungels - 12-17-2014 PM (NIV)6 For to us a child
is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his
shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness
of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. 

Isaiah 11 - Cameron Jungels - 12-14-2014 PM (NIV)The
Branch From Jesse11 A shoot will
come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of
the Lord—  3 and he will
delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his
eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 4 but with
righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for
the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of
his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay
the wicked. 5 Righteousness will
be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his
waist.6 The wolf will live
with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling
together; and a little child will lead them. 7 The cow will feed
with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The infant will
play near the cobra’s den, the young child will put its hand into the
viper’s nest. 9 They will neither
harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the
knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. 10 In that day the
Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to
him, and his resting place will be glorious. 11 In that day the
Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of
his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, k
from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the
Mediterranean. 12 He will raise a
banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of
Judah from the four quarters of the earth. 13 Ephraim’s jealousy
will vanish, and Judah’s enemies will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim. 14 They will swoop
down on the slopes of Philistia to the west; together they will plunder the people to
the east. They will subdue Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
15 The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he will sweep his
hand over the Euphrates River. He will break it up into seven streams so that anyone can cross over in sandals. 16 There will be a
highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.

Isaiah 11 - Cameron Jungels - 12-14-2014 PM (NIV)The
Branch From Jesse11 A shoot will
come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of
the Lord—  3 and he will
delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his
eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 4 but with
righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for
the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of
his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay
the wicked. 5 Righteousness will
be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his
waist.6 The wolf will live
with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling
together; and a little child will lead them. 7 The cow will feed
with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The infant will
play near the cobra’s den, the young child will put its hand into the
viper’s nest. 9 They will neither
harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the
knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. 10 In that day the
Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to
him, and his resting place will be glorious. 11 In that day the
Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of
his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, k
from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the
Mediterranean. 12 He will raise a
banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of
Judah from the four quarters of the earth. 13 Ephraim’s jealousy
will vanish, and Judah’s enemies will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim. 14 They will swoop
down on the slopes of Philistia to the west; together they will plunder the people to
the east. They will subdue Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
15 The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he will sweep his
hand over the Euphrates River. He will break it up into seven streams so that anyone can cross over in sandals. 16 There will be a
highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.

 Galatians 4:4-5 - Cameron Jungels - Sunday 12-14-14 AM