Wednesday May 21, 2014
Romans 12:9 - Cameron Jungels - Wed PM May 21, 2014
Eastside Baptist Church, Winfield, Alabama
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Sunday May 18, 2014
Sunday May 18, 2014
“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.
Wednesday May 14, 2014
Wednesday May 14, 2014
“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?
Sunday May 11, 2014
Sunday May 11, 2014
“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).
Wednesday May 07, 2014
Wednesday May 07, 2014
“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)
Sunday May 04, 2014
Sunday May 04, 2014
“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.
Sunday May 04, 2014
Sunday May 04, 2014
“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.
Wednesday Apr 30, 2014
Wednesday Apr 30, 2014
“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)
Sunday Apr 27, 2014
Sunday Apr 27, 2014
“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.
Sunday Apr 27, 2014
Sunday Apr 27, 2014
“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.
Wednesday Apr 23, 2014
Sunday Apr 20, 2014
Sunday Apr 20, 2014
“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)
Sunday Apr 13, 2014
Sunday Apr 13, 2014
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.
Sunday Apr 13, 2014
Sunday Apr 13, 2014
“The
King and Savior of All Nations” - John 12:12-33 – (Eastside Baptist/Palm Sunday AM/April 13, 2014)
12 The next day the great crowd that had
come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and
went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! " "Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the king of
Israel!" 14 Jesus found
a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 "Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is
coming, seated on a donkey's colt."
16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only
after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written
about him and that these things had been done to him. 17 Now the crowd that was with him
when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to
spread the word. 18 Many
people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to
meet him. 19 So the Pharisees
said to one another, "See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole
world has gone after him!" 20
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the
festival. 21 They came to
Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. "Sir," they
said, "we would like to see Jesus."
22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told
Jesus. 23 Jesus replied,
"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a
kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed.
But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in
this world will keep it for eternal life.
26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my
servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. 27 "Now my soul is troubled,
and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this
very reason I came to this hour. 28
Father, glorify your name!" Then a voice came from heaven,
"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." 29 The crowd that was there and
heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him. 30 Jesus said, "This voice
was for your benefit, not mine. 31
Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will
be driven out. 32 And I, when
I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." 33 He said this to show the kind
of death he was going to die. (John
12:12–33, NIV)
1.
Jesus is the King.
2.
Jesus is the Savior.
3.
Jesus is the King and Savior of his Jewish people.
4.
Jesus is the King and Savior of all the Nations.
Main
Idea
Ø
Jesus
is the King and Savior of all the nations. Those who repent and believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ will receive forgiveness of sins and partake of his glorious
eternal reign as King.
Sunday Apr 06, 2014
Sunday Apr 06, 2014
“An Obedient Faith” - Genesis 6:13-22 – (Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/April 6, 2014)13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to
all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely
going to destroy both them and the earth.
14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it
and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15
This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long,
fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one
cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle
and upper decks. 17 I am
going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens,
every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will
perish. 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. 21 You are to take
every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and
for them." 22 Noah did
everything just as God commanded him.
(Genesis 6:13-22, NIV)
1. The limits of divine patience and holy
justiceSo God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to
all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely
going to destroy both them and the earth. (Genesis 6:13, NIV)
The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race
had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the
human heart was only evil all the time. (Genesis 6:5, NIV)
to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited
patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few
people, eight in all, were saved through water, (1 Pet. 3:20, NIV)
4 They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised?
Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning
of creation." 5 But they
deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens came into being and
the earth was formed out of water and by water.
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and
destroyed. (2 Pet. 3:4-6, NIV)
2. A gracious covenant and a remnant saved by mercyI am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy
all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it.
Everything on earth will perish. (Genesis 6:17, NIV)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.
(Genesis 6:18, NIV)
You are to bring into the ark two of all living
creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. (Genesis 6:19, NIV)
Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take
root below and bear fruit above. For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and
out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. "The zeal of the LORD Almighty will
accomplish this. (2 Ki. 19:30–31, NIV)
"What has happened to us is a result of our evil
deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our
sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this. (Ezr. 9:13, NIV)
3. A simple, obedient faith
Noah did everything just as God commanded him. (Genesis
6:22, NIV)Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance
about what we do not see. (Heb. 11:1, NIV)
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in
holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world
and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith. (Heb. 11:7,
NIV)
For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do
good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Eph. 2:10, NIV)
Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all
the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name's sake.
(Romans 1:5, NIV)
but now revealed and made known through the prophetic
writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come
to the obedience that comes from faith-- (Romans 16:26, NIV)Main Idea
Ø Faith
responds to divine grace, accepts God at his Word, and then acts in obedience
to that Word.
Sunday Apr 06, 2014
Sunday Apr 06, 2014
“Division over Jesus’ Identity” (John
7:37–52), John Message 34(Eastside
Baptist/Sun AM/April 6, 2014)37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus
stood and said in a loud voice, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and
drink. 38 Whoever believes in
me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within
them." 39 By this he
meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to
that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been
glorified. 40 On hearing his
words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the
Prophet." 41 Others
said, "He is the Messiah." Still others asked, "How can the
Messiah come from Galilee? 42
Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David's descendants and
from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?" 43 Thus the people were divided
because of Jesus. 44 Some
wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him. 45 Finally the temple guards went
back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't
you bring him in?" 46
"No one ever spoke the way this man does," the guards replied. 47 "You mean he has deceived
you also?" the Pharisees retorted. 48
"Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 No! But this mob that knows
nothing of the law-- there is a curse on them." 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to
Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 "Does our law condemn a
man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?" 52 They replied, "Are you
from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come
out of Galilee." (John 7:37–52, NIV)
1.
Jesus’ words bring eternal life and
the gift of the Spirit to all who believe in him (vv. 37–39).
2.
Jesus’ words elicit different
responses to his identity and message (vv. 40–52).
a. Confused or Insufficient Understanding
– the Prophet.
b. Misaligned Expectations or Perceptions
– the Messiah.
c. Undeveloped Amazement – the soldiers –
“no one ever spoke the way this man does.”
d. Vehement Rejection and Hostility – the
religious leadership.
e. Budding Faith – Nicodemus.
f.
Abiding
Faith and Discipleship – the Twelve (minus Judas).
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus
said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. (John
8:31, NIV).
3.
Jesus’ words cause a fundamental
division between people – those who believe and follow and those who do not.
34 "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to
the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
"'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-- 36 a man's enemies will be the
members of his own household.' 37
"Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me;
anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their
cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses
their life for my sake will find it.
(Matt. 10:34-39, NIV)
Main Idea:
Because the message of Jesus is a heavenly message that brings eternal life and
the gift of the Spirit, its seriousness and exclusivity will cause a division
between people – between those who believe and those who reject.
Wednesday Apr 02, 2014
Wednesday Apr 02, 2014
Romans 12:1 – A Foundation for
Gospel-Grounded Living
(Eastside
Baptist/Wed PM/April 2, 2014)
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)
1.
A Gospel Foundation
2.
A Loving Plea
Therefore,
although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to
do, 9 yet I prefer to appeal
to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul-- an old man and now
also a prisoner of Christ Jesus-- 10
that I appeal to you (Phlm. 1:8-10, NIV)
3.
A Living Sacrifice?
4.
True Worship
Therefore, since
we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so
worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,
29 for our "God is a consuming fire." (Heb. 12:28-29, NIV)
Main Idea: The foundation for gospel living
in the church and in the world is a whole life transformed by God’s mercy that
is totally devoted to God for his service and worship.
Sunday Mar 30, 2014
Sunday Mar 30, 2014
Sunday Mar 30, 2014
“Springs
of Living Water” (John 7:37–39), John message 33(Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/March 30, 2014)
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus
stood and said in a loud voice, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and
drink. 38 Whoever believes in
me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within
them." 39 By this he
meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to
that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been
glorified. (John 7:37-39, NIV)
1. Our Spiritual Dryness.
On the last and greatest day of the festival,
Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to
me and drink. (John 7:37, NIV)
2. A Gracious Thirst.
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood
and said in a loud voice, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
(John 7:37, NIV)
3. A Freely Offered Drink.
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood
and said in a loud voice, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
(John 7:37, NIV)
4. An Eternal Spring.
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of
living water will flow from within them." (John 7:38, NIV)
By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in
him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since
Jesus had not yet been glorified. (John 7:39, NIV)
Main Idea
Ø The
entire human race is spiritually parched and dry. By God’s grace, Christ leads
us to thirst and in faith to come and drink of his life-giving,
soul-satisfying, eternal Spirit.
Sunday Mar 23, 2014
Sunday Mar 16, 2014
Sunday Mar 16, 2014
“Grace
and Righteousness” - Genesis 6:8-12 – (Eastside Baptist Sun PM, March 16, 2014)
5 The LORD saw how
great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every
inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD regretted that he had
made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the LORD said, "I will
wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created-- and with them
the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground-- for I
regret that I have made them." 8
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a
righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully
with God. 10 Noah had three
sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. 11
Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth
had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. (Genesis
6:5-12, NIV)
And
if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no
longer be grace. (Romans 11:6, NIV)
1.
The saving grace of God comes before righteousness.
But
Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. (Genesis 6:8, NIV)
For
you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you
out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured
possession. The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because
you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all
peoples. But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to
your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from
the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:6–8,
NIV)
2.
The saving grace of God always produces righteousness in his people.
For
it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-- and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ
Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians
2:8–10, NIV)
What
good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no
deeds? Can such faith save them? (James 2:14, NIV) In the same way, faith by
itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say,
"You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and
I will show you my faith by my deeds. (James 2:17–18, NIV)
This
is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless
among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. (Genesis 6:9,
NIV)
Indeed,
there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and
never sins. (Ecclesiastes 7:20, NIV)
for
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (Romans 3:23, NIV)
3.
The saving grace of God produces a righteousness in his people that can
withstand the wickedness that surrounds them.
Now
the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. God saw how
corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their
ways. (Genesis 6:11–12, NIV)
Main Idea: The
saving grace of God produces a righteousness in his people that can withstand
the wickedness that surrounds them.