Eastside Baptist Church, Winfield, Alabama

“All In for God”Pastor Cameron/Wed PM/June 11, 2014 
9 Love
must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be
devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in
zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be
joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share
with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.  (Romans 12:9–12, niv)
 1.      
Don’t be lazy in your passion for God
(v. 11).2.      
Be set on fire by the Holy Spirit of
God (v. 11).3.      
Serve your Lord God with all of your
heart (v. 11).4.     
Set your hope on the future grace that
has been promised and rejoice (v. 12).5.      
Persevere with endurance through
affliction (v. 12).6.     
Be persistent and constant in prayer
(v. 12).

“The Consequences of Sin” (Genesis 9:18-29)Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/June 8, 2014 
Prologue The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were
Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) These were the three
sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole
earth. (Genesis 9:18–19, NIV) 
The
Committing of Sin 
Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a
vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered
inside his tent. (Genesis 9:20-21, NIV) 
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father
naked and told his two brothers outside. (Genesis 9:22, NIV) 
The
Covering of Sin 
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid
it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their
father's naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would
not see their father naked. (Genesis 9:23, NIV) 
The
Consequences of Sin 
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out
what his youngest son had done to him, he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The
lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers." (Genesis 9:24-25, NIV) 
The
Grace of God 
He also said, "Praise be to the LORD,
the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend Japheth's
territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave
of Japheth." (Genesis 9:26–27, NIV) 
Epilogue 
After the flood Noah lived 350 years. Noah
lived a total of 950 years, and then he died. (Genesis 9:28-29, NIV) 
Main IdeaØ  Our
only hope to be delivered from the consequences of sin is through the grace of
God.

“Who
Is Your Father?” (John 8:37-47)Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/June 8, 2014 
30 Even as he spoke, many believed in him.
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold
to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will
know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have
never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is
a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the
family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets
you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are
Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you
have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen
in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your
father.”
39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.
“If you were Abraham’s children,” said
Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did. 40 As it is, you
are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard
from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the
works of your own father.”
“We are not illegitimate children,”
they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love
me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. 43 Why
is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You
belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s
desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for
there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he
is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the
truth, you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty
of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever
belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do
not belong to God.” (John 8:30–47, niv)
 
Whether or not
you are a child of God cannot be determined by your physical parents or
ancestry.
 
They
answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of
anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?" (John 8:33, NIV)
 
I
know that you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill
me, because you have no room for my word. (John 8:37, NIV)
 
I
am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you are doing
what you have heard from your father. “(John 8:38, NIV)
 
"Abraham
is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children,"
said Jesus, "then you would do what Abraham did. (John 8:39, NIV)
As
it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth
that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. (John 8:40, NIV)
 
It
is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from
Israel are Israel. (Romans 9:6, NIV)
 
Nor
because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the
contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned."
(Romans 9:7, NIV)
 
In
other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God's children,
but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.
(Romans 9:8, NIV)
 
What
then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, "I
will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have
compassion." (Romans 9:14-15, NIV)
 
It
does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
(Romans 9:16, NIV)
 
A child of God
is supernaturally, spiritually fathered by God by means of the new birth.
 
Whoever
belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do
not belong to God." (John 8:47, NIV)
 
Yet
to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the
right to become children of God– (John 1:12, NIV)
 
children
born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but
born of God. (John 1:13, NIV)
 
Jesus
answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God
unless they are born of water and the Spirit. (John 3:5, NIV)
 
Flesh
gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be
surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' (John 3:6-7, NIV)
 
The
wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where
it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the
Spirit." (John 3:8, NIV)
 

A child of God
hears and believes the Word of God.

 
I
know that you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill
me, because you have no room for my word. (John 8:37, NIV)
 
Why
is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.
(John 8:43, NIV)
 
Whoever
belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do
not belong to God." (John 8:47, NIV)
 
If
anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in
God. (1 John 4:15, NIV)
 
Everyone
who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God (1 John 5:1, NIV)
 
We
accept human testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the
testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. (1 John 5:9, NIV)
 
Whoever
believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God
has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God
has given about his Son. (1 John 5:10, NIV)
 
And
this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his
Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does
not have life.  (1 John 5:11-12, NIV)
 

A child of God
recognizes and loves the members of his own family.

 
Jesus
said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come
here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. (John 8:42, NIV)
 
Everyone
who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves
the father loves his child as well. (1 John 5:1, NIV)
 
Dear
friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves
has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God,
because God is love. (1 John 4:7-8, NIV)
 
Dear
friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has
ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made
complete in us. (1 John 4:11-12, NIV)
 

A child of God
bears the family resemblance with a life that is increasingly conforming
to the will of the Heavenly Father.

 
 
To
the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching,
you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will
set you free."(John 8:31-32, NIV)
 
"Abraham
is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children,"
said Jesus, "then you would do what Abraham did. (John 8:39, NIV)
 
As
it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth
that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. (John 8:40, NIV)
 
You
are doing the works of your own father." "We are not illegitimate
children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God
himself." (John 8:41, NIV)
 
But
you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no
sin. (1 John 3:5, NIV)
 
No
one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either
seen him or known him. (1 John 3:6, NIV)
 
Dear
children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is
righteous, just as he is righteous. (1 John 3:7, NIV)
 
The
one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning
from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the
devil's work. (1 John 3:8, NIV)
 
No
one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in
them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. (1 John
3:9, NIV)
 
This
is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil
are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God's child, nor is anyone who
does not love their brother and sister. (1 John 3:10, NIV)
 
Main Idea: A child of God is known not by any claim to physical
ancestry; a child of God is known by their hearing the Word of God, believing
in Jesus Christ, loving the family of God, and growing in Christlike behavior.

“The Covenant-Making God” (Genesis 9:8-17)Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/June 1, 2014 “Then
God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with
you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was
with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came
out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. I establish my covenant
with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood;
never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is
the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living
creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my
rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and
the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in
the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living
creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy
all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and
remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every
kind on the earth.” So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I
have established between me and all life on the earth.”” (Genesis 9:8–17,
NIV) 
God graciously
initiated a covenant with Noah.
God’s covenant
with Noah results in blessings for every creature.
God’s covenant
with Noah is faithfully kept and maintained by God himself.
God’s covenant
with Noah is an everlasting covenant.
God’s covenant
with Noah was sealed with a sign.
God’s covenant
with Noah serves as a model for all of his gracious covenants.Main
Idea
Ø 
God
graciously makes covenants that result in blessing and salvation for his
people.

“Truth and Freedom” (John 8:31–38)Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/June 1, 2014John 8:21–3821 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will
look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.” 22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why
he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?” 23 But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You
are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that
you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed
die in your sins.” 25 “Who are you?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from
the beginning,” Jesus replied. 26 “I have much to say in
judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from
him I tell the world.” 27 They did not understand that he was telling them about his
Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of
Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak
just what the Father has taught me. 29 The one who sent me is
with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.” 30 Even
as he spoke, many believed in him. 31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold
to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will
know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have
never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?” 34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is
a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the
family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets
you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are
Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you
have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen
in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your
father.” 
A true disciple
of Jesus remains with him and abides in his teachings.To
the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching,
you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will
set you free." (John 8:31-32, NIV) Now
while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs
he was performing and believed in his name. But Jesus would not entrust himself
to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind,
for he knew what was in each person. (John 2:23–25, NIV) The
Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to
you-- they are full of the Spirit and life. Yet there are some of you who do
not believe." For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not
believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, "This is why I told
you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them." From
this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. (John
6:63–66, NIV) To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,
"If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will
know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32, NIV) Jesus
replied, "Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now
a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:34-36, NIV) 
A true disciple
of Jesus has been set free from the bondage of sin and demonstrates the
enjoyment of that freedom in holiness.Romans 6:1–236 What
shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By
no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or
don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through
baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we
will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For
we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin
might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—7 because
anyone who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also
live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from
the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The
death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to
God. 11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to
God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your
mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer
any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer
yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer
every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For
sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but
under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but
under grace? By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer
yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you
obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience,
which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that,
though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the
pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You
have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. 19 I am using an example from everyday life because of your
human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity
and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to
righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to
sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21 What
benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those
things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free
from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness,
and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
Our response to
Jesus and his Word reveals our true spiritual ancestry.They
answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of
anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?" (John 8:33, NIV) I
know that you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill
me, because you have no room for my word. I am telling you what I have seen in
the Father's presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father."
(John 8:37–38, NIV) The
one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning
from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the
devil's work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's
seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of
God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of
the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God's child, nor is
anyone who does not love their brother and sister. (1 John 3:8–10, NIV) Dear
friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves
has been born of God and knows God. 
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.  (1 John 4:7-8, NIV) In
fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not
burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory
that has overcome the world, even our faith. (1 John 5:3-4, NIV) We
know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of
God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. (1 John 5:18, NIV) Main
IdeaØ 
A true child of God and disciple of Jesus remains with
their new Master, abides in his truth, and uses their freedom from the bondage
of sin to progress in holiness.

“Family Love &
Deferential Honor”Pastor Cameron/Wed PM/May 28, 2014 
9 Love
must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another
above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep
your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope,
patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the
Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.  (Romans 12:9–12, niv)
 1.      
Love each other like the members of
your family (v. 10a). 2.      
Consider other people higher than
yourselves by treating them with honor (v. 10b).

“A Matter of Life and
Death” (John 8:21–30)Pastor
Cameron/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/May 25, 201412 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the
light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will
have the light of life.”
13 The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as
your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”
14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my
testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you
have no idea where I come from or where I am going. 15 You
judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. 16 But if
I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the
Father, who sent me. 17 In your own Law it is written that the
testimony of two witnesses is true. 18 I am one who testifies
for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”
19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”
“You do not know me or my Father,”
Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20 He
spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the
offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
21 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will
look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”
22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why
he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”
23 But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You
are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that
you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed
die in your sins.”
25 “Who are you?” they asked.
“Just what I have been telling you from
the beginning,” Jesus replied. 26 “I have much to say in
judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from
him I tell the world.”
27 They did not understand that he was telling them about his
Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of
Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak
just what the Father has taught me. 29 The one who sent me is
with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.” 30 Even
as he spoke, many believed in him.(John 8:12–30, niv)
 
1.      
If you do not believe
in Jesus, you cannot go to be with God (v. 21).
 
2.     
If you do not believe
in Jesus, you will die unforgiven and be punished forever for your sins (vv.
23–24).
 
3.     
If you do not believe
in Jesus, you are unaware of your blindness and oblivious to your own eternal
condemnation (vv. 22, 23, 25, 27).
 
4.     
The crucifixion,
resurrection, and exaltation of Jesus will declare his true identity as the
Messiah and divine Son of God, confirming the condemnation of those who do not
believe him (vv. 28–29).
 
5.     
If you believe in Jesus,
you accept the truth of his words and find life and true freedom (v. 30 [with
vv. 31–32]).
 
Main Idea: Recognizing the
true identity of Jesus of Nazareth is a matter of life and death. If you
believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God you find eternal life, but if
you reject him, you will receive eternal death.

“Hating Evil, Loving
Good”Pastor Cameron/Wed PM/May 21, 2014 
9 Love
must be sincere. Hate what is evil;
cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in
love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking
in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be
joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share
with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.  (Romans 12:9–12, niv)
 1.      
God Calls Believers to Hate Evil.
a.       Evil is defined by God, not us.
b.      Hating evil is consistent with the
character of God; when we hate evil, we reflect God’s holy character.
c.       A growing hatred of evil will
characterize a child of God, but we must strive toward it in the power of God’s
grace.
d.      How do we hate what is evil? 
2.      
God Calls Believers to Love Good.
a.       Good is defined by God, not us.
b.      Hating evil is not enough; we are also
called to develop a positive affection for what is good.
c.       God is the source of all good; Loving
God and loving good are in perfect harmony.
d.      A growing love for good will
characterize a child of God, but by grace we must nurture it.
e.       How do we love what is good?

“A Prayer for God’s
Glory” (Philippians 1:9–11) 
3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In
all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because
of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being
confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to
completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since
I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming
the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. 8 God can
testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and
more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be
able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of
Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes
through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.[1]
 
The Setting of Paul’s
Prayer
 
·        
A
thankful prayer (v. 3)
·        
A
frequent prayer (v. 3)
·        
A
joyful prayer (vv. 4–6)
o  
Joyful
for their gospel partnership
o  
Joyful
for the faithful work of God in their lives
·        
An
affectionate prayer (vv. 7–8)
 
Paul’s Prayer for
God’s Glory
 
1.      
Paul’s Request: Love
 
a.    
A Godward Love
b.    
Abounding and Increasing
Love
c.     
Knowledgeable and
Wise Love
 
2.     
Paul’s Intention:
Holiness
 
3.     
Paul’s Purpose: God’s
Glory
 
Main Idea: My prayer
for you today is that you would abound in increasing love for God, so that you
might be pure and holy in preparation for Christ’s return, filled with his
righteous character, for God’s praise.
[1] The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011),
Phil 1:3–11.

“True Love” Pastor Cameron/Wed PM/May 14, 2014
9 Love must be sincere.
Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one
another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never
be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be
joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share
with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.  (Romans 12:9–12, niv)
 1.      
What is sincere love? 
2.      
What are some examples of hypocritical
love?
3.      
What are some examples of sincere
love? 
4.     
How do we practically show sincere
love to others?

“Faith
Saturated, Scripture Teaching Mothers” (2 Timothy 3:14–15)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/May 11,
2014 
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced
of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you
have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation
through faith in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:14–15, niv)
 
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother
Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. (2 Timothy 1:5, niv)
 
Main Idea: Every Christian mother ought to be a faith saturated, Scripture
teaching mother, so that the faith might be handed down to the next generation.
What does it mean to be a faith saturated, Scripture teaching mother?
 
A faith saturated, Scripture teaching mother
models her faith in front of her children.
Why
is modeling your faith in front of your children so important?
                                                             
i.     
Biblical truth is more effectively communicated by
a consistent, biblically guided life.
                                                          
ii.     
Faith cannot be passed on by heredity; therefore,
it must be modeled if the next generation is going to continue in the faith.
How
do you model your faith in front of your children?
                                                             
i.     
Show your children, by example, how important God
is in your life.
                                                          
ii.     
Show your children, by example, how important
God’s Word is in your life.
                                                        
iii.     
Show your children, by example, how important
Christ’s church is in your life.
                                                         
iv.     
Show your children, by example, how important your
marriage is.
 A faith saturated, Scripture teaching mother
communicates biblical truth to her children.
In
order to communicate biblical truth, it must be known.
Communicating
biblical truth must be gospel-centered (v. 15).
Communicating
biblical truth must show how the Scriptures touch on and are essential
for every area of life (vv. 16–17).

“Humble Service in the
Body of Christ”
Pastor Cameron/Wed PM/May 7, 2014
3 For
by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more
highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in
accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For
just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all
have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form
one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have
different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is
prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if
it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if
it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give
generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it
cheerfully. (Rom. 12:3–8, niv)
 
1.      
God Made the Body: Service should be rooted in a humble
and sober estimation of oneself, remembering that all that we are is a gift of
God’s grace (v. 3).
 
2.      
God Designed the Body to be
Inter-connected:
Service should be rendered in harmony with the whole body of Christ,
remembering that God graciously gives different gifts to each person in the
body in accordance with his will (vv. 4–5).
 
3.      
God Put You in Your Place in the Body: Service should reflect the uniqueness
of our gifts for the overall health of the body, remembering that we depend on
God’s Spirit (vv. 6–8).
a.       Prophesying in accordance with faith
bestowed (vv. 3, 6)
b.      Serving (v. 7)
c.       Teaching (v. 7)
d.      Encouraging (v. 8)
e.       Giving generously (v. 8)
f.       
Leading
diligently (v. 8)
g.      Showing mercy cheerfully (v. 8)
h.     
Others?
(cf. Ephesians 4:11; 1 Corinthians 12–14; 1 Peter 4:7–11)

“Renewal of the Creation Mandate” (Genesis 9:1–7)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/May 4,
2014) 9 Then
God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in
number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will
fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every
creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are
given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves about
will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you
everything.
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in
it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an
accounting. I will demand an accounting from every
animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the
life of another human being.
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall
their blood be shed;
for in the image
of God
has God made
mankind.
7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the
earth and increase upon it.”
(Genesis
9:1–7, niv)
 
 
1.       God renews his blessings on the human race through Noah (v.
1).
 
2.       God renews our responsibility to exercise dominion over the
other creatures of his world (v. 2).
 
3.       God renews his provision of food for his people (with
modifications) (vv. 3-4).
 
4.      God renews and strengthens his commitment to the value of
human life (vv. 5-6).
 
5.       God renews our responsibilities as his image bearers to
populate and care for the earth (vv. 1, 7).
 
Main
Idea
Ø 
Even though human beings are still sinful, we
continue to remain God’s image bearers who have been called to fill the earth,
provide for the protection of innocent life, and exercise dominion over the
creation for God. 

“The True Light and the True Witness” (John 8:12–20)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/May 4,
2014 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the
light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will
have the light of life.”
13 The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as
your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”
14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my
testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you
have no idea where I come from or where I am going. 15 You
judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. 16 But if
I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the
Father, who sent me. 17 In your own Law it is written that the
testimony of two witnesses is true. 18 I am one who testifies
for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”
19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”
“You do not know
me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father
also.” 20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple
courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him,
because his hour had not yet come. (John 8:12–20, niv)
 
1.      
The True
Light
a.       The Enduring
Light
b.      The Exclusive
Light
c.       The Life-Giving
Light
d.      The Universal
Light
 
2.      
The True
Witness
a.       The Self-Sufficient
Witness
b.      The
Corroborated Witness
c.       The Exclusive
Witness
 
3.      
The Blind
and the Deaf
a.       Blind to the
True Light
b.      Deaf to the
True Witness
 
Main Idea: Jesus is
the true light and the true witness. The only way to come to truth and life and
escape from the darkness of sin and death is through Him.

“Transformed Thinking
in the Life of the Church” (Romans 12:3)Cameron
Jungels  Eastside Baptist Wed PM, April 30, 2014 
NIV  Romans 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do
not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself
with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each
of you.  
1.      
Grace-driven Thinking
(“By the grace given me”) 
2.      
Humble Thinking (“Do
not think of yourself more highly than you ought”)
a.       42 Jesus called them together and said, "You know that
those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their
high officials exercise authority over them. 
43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great
among you must be your servant,  44
and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.  45 For even the Son of Man did not
come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for
many." (Mk. 10:42-45, NIV) 
3.      
Reasonable Thinking
(“but rather think of yourself with sober judgment”)
a.       Reasonable thinking
remembers who God is – Holy, righteous, just, good.
b.      Reasonable thinking
remembers who we are – sinful, rebellious, depraved, in need of grace.
c.       Reasonable thinking
remembers who others are - that we are no better than any other human being who
is sinful and stands in need of grace.  
4.     
Grateful Thinking
(“as God has distributed” and “by the grace given me”) 
5.      
Believing Thinking (“in
accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you”)
a.       6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to
each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in
accordance with your faith; (Romans 12:6, NIV)
b.      But to each one of us grace has been
given as Christ apportioned it. (Eph. 4:7, NIV) 11 So Christ himself
gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and
teachers,  12 to equip his
people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up  13 until we all reach unity in the
faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to
the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Eph. 4:11-13, NIV) 

“God
Remembers His Covenant” (Gen. 8:1–22)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/April 27,
2014 
7 days of waiting for flood (7:4)
            7 days of waiting for
flood (7:10)
                        40 days of
flood (7:17a)
                                    150
days of water triumphing (7:24)
                                    150
days of water waning (8:3)
                        40 days of
waiting (8:6)
            7 days of waiting
(8:10)
7 days of waiting (8:12) 
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that
were with him in the ark (Genesis 8:1, NIV) 
18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will
enter the ark-- you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with
you.  19 You are to bring into
the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with
you.  20 Two of every kind of
bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along
the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 
(Genesis 6:18-20, NIV) 
God
faithfully keeps the covenants that he makes with his people. (8:1–19)
 
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that
were with him in the ark, and he sent  a wind over the earth, and the waters
receded. (Genesis 8:1, NIV) 
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the
deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (Genesis 1:2, NIV) 
Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been
closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. (Genesis 8:2, NIV) 
The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and
fifty days the water had gone down, (Genesis 8:3, NIV) 
4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark
came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 
5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and
on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became
visible.  (Genesis 8:4-5, NIV) 
6 After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the
ark  7 and sent out a raven,
and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the
earth.  (Genesis 8:6-7, NIV) 
8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded
from the surface of the ground.  9
But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the
surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his
hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.  (Genesis 8:8-9, NIV) 
10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove
from the ark.  11 When the
dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked
olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.  12 He waited seven more days and
sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.  (Genesis 8:10-12, NIV) 
13 By the first day of the first month of Noah's six
hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then
removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was
dry.  14 By the twenty-seventh
day of the second month the earth was completely dry.  (Genesis 8:13-14, NIV) 
15 Then God said to Noah, 
16 "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons
and their wives.  17 Bring out
every kind of living creature that is with you-- the birds, the animals, and
all the creatures that move along the ground-- so they can multiply on the
earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it."  18 So Noah came out, together with
his sons and his wife and his sons' wives. 
19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the
ground and all the birds-- everything that moves on land-- came out of the ark,
one kind after another.  (Genesis
8:15-19, NIV) 
Verses
1–19 are intended to convey the faithfulness of God to his covenant. God faithfully keeps the covenants that he
makes with his people. So, how should we respond to God and his grace and
mercy toward us? We know that God is a covenant keeping God. God keeps his
promises, but what is our responsibility what is our response to God and his
character and his acts of mercy? 
We must respond to God’s covenant
faithfulness with the sacrifice of worship and service. (8:20–24)
 
20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of
all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
(Genesis 8:20, NIV) 
21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his
heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though
every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again
will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.  22 "As long as the earth
endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night
will never cease." (Genesis 8:21-22, NIV) 
9 "To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore
that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn
not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. (Isa. 54:9, NIV) 
Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of
God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to
God-- this is your true and proper worship. (Romans 12:1, NIV) 
 Main Idea:
We must respond to God’s covenant faithfulness with the sacrifice of worship
and service.

“No Condemnation”
(John 7:53–8:11)
Eastside
Baptist/Sun AM/April 27, 2014
 
53 Then they all went home,  1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.  2At dawn he appeared
again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he
sat down to teach them.  3The
teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery.
They made her stand before the group  4and
said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.  5In the Law Moses
commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?"  6They were using this
question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent
down and started to write on the ground with his finger.  7When they kept on
questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let any one of you
who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."  8Again he stooped
down and wrote on the ground.  9At
this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first,
until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.  10Jesus straightened
up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"  11"No one,
sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared.
"Go now and leave your life of sin."  (John 7:53–8:11,
NIV)
 
1.     
Where did this story
come from?
 
2.     
What is the meaning
of this story?
a.    
Hypocritical Accusers
                                                             
i.     
Scheming
                                                          
ii.     
Hateful
and Judgmental
                                                        
iii.     
Showing
Favoritism
                                                         
iv.     
Hypocritical
b.    
A Humble Woman
                                                             
i.     
Humiliated
Publicly
                                                          
ii.     
Standing
Silent before Her Accusers
                                                        
iii.     
Dependent
on a Merciful Savior
c.     
A Holy Savior
                                                             
i.     
Just
                                                          
ii.     
Merciful
1.       
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus, (Romans 8:1, NIV)
2.      31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If
God is for us, who can be against us?  32 He
who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-- how will he not
also, along with him, graciously give us all things?  33 Who will bring any
charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.  34 Who then is the one
who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died-- more than that, who was raised to
life-- is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. (Romans 8:31-34, NIV)
                                                        
iii.     
Holy
1.       
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus,  2
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you
free from the law of sin and death.  (Romans 8:1-2, NIV) Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an
obligation-- but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.  13 For if you live
according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the
misdeeds of the body, you will live.  14 For
those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. (Romans 8:12-14, NIV)
 
3.     
How does this story
apply to me?
a.      Perfect justice and
perfect mercy come together in the person of Jesus Christ. His life of perfect
righteousness makes up for my lack of righteousness. Jesus’ atoning death wipes
away the guilt of my sins.
b.      Through humble faith
in Christ, every sin is forgiven, and there is now no condemnation for those
who are in Christ Jesus.
c.       Standing in the
forgiveness of Christ, we leave our life of sin and seek to walk in the
holiness of life in the Spirit, not life in the flesh.
d.      Standing in the forgiveness
of Christ, we seek to be merciful as our Savior is merciful and trust that his
grace can save the worst of sinners (including us).
 
Main Idea: Forgiveness
for sin is found in the mercy of Jesus Christ; those who have been forgiven
leave their life of sin and demonstrate mercy as they have been shown mercy.

Romans 12:1-2 - Cameron Jungels - Wednesday, April 23, 2014 PM

“The
Resurrection Changes Everything” (1 Corinthians 15)
(Eastside; 4/20/14; Easter AM) The
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead changes everything. Everything, and
I mean everything, hangs or falls on whether or not Jesus of Nazareth died on a
Roman cross, was buried, and then came to life again physically and bodily on
the third day after his crucifixion.  For
a few minutes this morning, I want us to reflect on the eternal significance of
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from 1 Corinthians 15.  
1.      
Without the
resurrection we have no good news (gospel). 
2.      
If there is
no resurrection, then the apostolic witness and our Bible is all a fraud.a.       More than that, we are then found to be
false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised
Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not
raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.
(1 Co. 15:15-16, NIV 
3.      
If there is
no resurrection, then Jesus himself was a fraud and his death had no lasting
significance. 
4.     
Without the
resurrection we have no atonement for our sins.
a.       And if Christ has not been raised, your
faith is futile; you are still in your sins. (1 Co. 15:17, NIV)b.      He was delivered over to death for our
sins and was raised to life for our justification. (Romans 4:25, NIV) 
5.      
Without the
resurrection we have no faith and my preaching is pointless.
a.       And if Christ has not been raised, our
preaching is useless and so is your faith. (1 Co. 15:14, NIV) 
6.     
If there is
no resurrection, then Jesus of Nazareth is dead. There is no kingdom of God now
or in the future. There is no hope of return to Eden or of peace, justice, and
righteousness in the world.
a.       Then the end will come, when he hands
over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion,
authority and power.  For he must reign
until he has put all his enemies under his feet.  (1 Co. 15:24-25, NIV) 
7.      
Without the
resurrection there is no escape from the power of death and we have no hope
beyond this life for ourselves or for those who have gone before us.
a.       Then those also who have fallen asleep
in Christ are lost.  If only for this
life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. (1 Co.
15:18-19, NIV)
8.     
If there is
no resurrection, then there is no good reason to place any moral restraints
upon ourselves because there will be no judgment before God (Acts 17).
a.       If the dead are not raised, "Let
us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." (1 Co. 15:32, NIV)
b.      "Therefore since we are God's
offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or
stone-- an image made by human design and skill.  In the past God overlooked such ignorance,
but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.  For he has set a day when he will judge the
world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to
everyone by raising him from the dead." (Acts 17:29-31, NIV) 
9.     
If there is
no resurrection, then there is no ultimate answer for the power of sin and its
penalty of death. Death is the victor, and the grave is the final end of all
people.
a.       For he must reign until he has put all
his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. (1 Co.
15:25-26, NIV)
b.      "Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power
of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Co. 15:55-57, NIV) 
10.  
If there is
no resurrection, then all of our labors and hardships, for the Lord or even for
ourselves, have no lasting value or significance.
a.       And as for us, why do we endanger
ourselves every hour? I face death every day-- yes, just as surely as I boast
about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no
more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,
"Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."  (1 Co. 15:30-32, NIV) 
Listen, I tell you
a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed--in
a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will
sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (1 Co.
15:51-52, NIV) 
Main
Idea: The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the most important
event in the history of the world. It therefore orients everything around it.
In faith our lives must be oriented around the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead changes everything. 
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile;
you are still in your sins. (1 Co. 15:17, NIV) If only for this life we have
hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.  But Christ has indeed been raised from the
dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.  (1 Co. 15:19-20, NIV) Therefore, my dear
brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves
fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is
not in vain. (1 Co. 15:58, NIV)

Our Sin, God’s Justice and Mercy - Genesis
7:1-24 – (Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/April 13, 2014) 
 Acts 17:14–34, NIV14 The believers immediately sent Paul to
the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.  15 Those who escorted Paul brought
him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him
as soon as possible. 
16 While Paul was waiting for them in
Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.  17 So he reasoned in the synagogue
with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day
with those who happened to be there.  18
A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of
them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked,
"He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul
was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.  19 Then they took him and brought
him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, "May we know
what this new teaching is that you are presenting?  20 You are bringing some strange
ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean."  21 (All the Athenians and the
foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and
listening to the latest ideas.) 
22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of
the Areopagus and said: "People of Athens! I see that in every way you are
very religious.  23 For as I
walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an
altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So you are ignorant of the very
thing you worship-- and this is what I am going to proclaim to you. 
24 "The God who made the world and
everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples
built by human hands.  25 And
he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself
gives everyone life and breath and everything else.  26 From one man he made all the
nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their
appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.  27 God did this so that they would
seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from
any one of us.  28 'For in him
we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We
are his offspring.' 
29 "Therefore since we are God's
offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or
stone-- an image made by human design and skill.  30 In the past God overlooked such
ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.  31 For he has set a day when he
will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given
proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead." 
32 When they heard about the resurrection
of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you
again on this subject."  33
At that, Paul left the Council.  34
Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was
Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number
of others.  
 2 Peter 3:7, 10,
NIV
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are
reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the
ungodly. (2 Pet. 3:7, NIV) 10 But the day of the Lord will come like
a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed
by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. (2 Pet.
3:10, NIV) 
 Genesis 7:1–24, NIV
1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go
into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in
this generation.  2 Take with
you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one
pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,  3 and also seven pairs of every
kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the
earth.  4 Seven days from now
I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe
from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."  5 And Noah did all that the LORD
commanded him. 
6 Noah was six hundred years old when
the floodwaters came on the earth.  7
And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives entered the ark to
escape the waters of the flood.  8
Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move
along the ground,  9 male and
female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.  10 And after the seven days the
floodwaters came on the earth. 
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's
life, on the seventeenth day of the second month-- on that day all the springs
of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were
opened.  12 And rain fell on
the earth forty days and forty nights. 
13 On that very day Noah and his sons,
Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons,
entered the ark.  14 They had
with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to
their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind
and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.  15 Pairs of all creatures that
have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.  16 The animals going in were male
and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut
him in. 
17 For forty days the flood kept coming
on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the
earth.  18 The waters rose and
increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the
water.  19 They rose greatly
on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were
covered.  20 The waters rose
and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.  21 Every living thing that moved
on land perished-- birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm
over the earth, and all mankind.  22
Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.  23 Every living thing on the face
of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move
along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left,
and those with him in the ark. 
24 The waters flooded the earth for a
hundred and fifty days. 
1.      
In righteousness, God judges a sinful
world. 
2.     
In mercy, God delivers his covenant
people. 
3.     
Through God’s merciful deliverance,
the future of the planet and God’s plan is secured. 
Main Idea
Ø  Though
God is righteous and must judge wickedness, he mercifully extends deliverance
to the objects of his love, ensuring the fulfillment of his gracious purposes. 
Luke 17:26–27, 30, NIV
26 "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will
it be in the days of the Son of Man.  27
People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the
day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.  30 "It will be just like this
on the day the Son of Man is revealed.