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Knowing God - Lesson 9: “God and the Universe” - Part 2 Cameron Jungels - Wed, PM March 12, 2014

“Knowing
God”
Lesson
9: “God and the Universe” - Part 2 (Eastside
Baptist/Wed PM/March 12, 2014) 
God
and the Universe
v  God’s Decree – God planned the universe.
v  Creation – God made
the universe.
v  Preservation – God upholds
the universe.
v  Providence – God guides
the universe. 
1.
The Decree of God – God planned the universe. 
The
Decree of God
v  God’s decree involves
his eternal plan or purpose in creating, sustaining, and guiding the universe.
v  Hodge: “The decrees
of God are his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his own will,
whereby for his own glory He hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.”
The
Decree of God
v  Singular
v  Freely Made
v  Eternal
v  Changeless
v  Universal
v  Unconditional
v  Certain
v  Preserves Human
Accountability
v  Centered in Jesus
Christ
v  Directed toward God’s
Glory 
2.
Creation – God made the universe.
v  Hoeksema – “… that
act of the almighty will of God whereby He gave to the things that were
eternally in His counsel existence in distinction from Himself.”  
Out
of Nothing
v  There was a time when
there was nothing but God.
v  God created the
universe without the aid of pre-existing materials.
v  God created by divine
fiat – by his powerful command. 
Before
the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting
to everlasting you are God. (Psalm 90:2, NIV) 
By
faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what
is seen was not made out of what was visible. (Heb. 11:3, NIV) 
Created
at a Definite Point
v  Universe had a clear
beginning or starting point.
v  Erickson – “God did
not fashion and adapt something that already existed independently of him.” 
In the
beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1, NIV) 
Created
by the Triune God
v  All three persons of
the Triune God had an essential role in the origin of the universe.
v  Originated by the
Father
v  Mediated through the
Son
v  Executed by the
Spirit 
yet for
us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we
live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and
through whom we live. (1 Co. 8:6, NIV) 
Through
him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
(John 1:3, 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) 
Freely
Made for God’s Glory
v  By God’s wisdom, in
accordance with his will, for his ultimate glory and praise.
v  “You are worthy, our
Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things,
and by your will they were created and have their being.” (Rev. 4:11) 
 Other
Aspects of God’s Creation
v  Supernaturally and
instantaneously, not by evolutionary processes
v  In six days, not ages
and ages
v  According to “kind”v  As a “mature”
universe, with appearance of age.
v  Perfect and whole –
“very good” 
3.
Preservation – God upholds the universe. 
v  McCune (and J.
Edwards) – “…the work of the triune God, accomplished particularly through the
Son, whereby he upholds the universe ‘with all its laws, properties, powers,
and processes.’” 
Preservation
v  Not continual
creation but continual preservation.
v  Universe is not
independently self-sustaining.
v  Involves protection
from harm and provision for all needs.
v  General stability of
the universe.
v  Concurrent with the
laws and processes of nature.
v  Preservation of human
and animal life. 
For in
him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have
been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all
things hold together. (Col. 1:16–17, NIV) 
The Son
is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being,
sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification
for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Heb. 1:3,
NIV) 
"The
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. And he is not served by human hands,
as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and
everything else. (Acts 17:24–25, NIV) 
4.
Providence – God guides the universe. 
Providence
v  Strong – “…the
continuous agency of God by which He makes all the events of the physical and
moral universe fulfill the original design with which he created it.”
v  “…God’s attention
concentrated everywhere.” 
Providence
and Human Freedom
v  Free actions of human
beings are subservient to God’s providence (James 4:13-17).v  13 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will
go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make
money."  14 Why, you do
not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that
appears for a little while and then vanishes. 
15 Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will,
we will live and do this or that."  16
As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.  17 If anyone, then, knows the good
they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them. (Jas. 4:13-17, NIV)
v  Providence can
prevent human actions (Gen. 20:6).
v  Then God said to him in the dream,
"Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you
from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her. (Genesis
20:6, NIV) [Abimelech and Sarah, Abraham’s wife]
v  Providence can permit
human actions (Psalm 81:12; Rom 1:26).
v  So I gave them over to their stubborn
hearts to follow their own devices. (Psalm 81:12, NIV)
v  Because of this, God gave them over to
shameful lusts. (Romans 1:26, NIV)
v  Providence can direct
human actions toward God’s appointed goal (Gen. 50:20).
v  You intended to harm me, but God
intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many
lives. (Genesis 50:20, NIV)
v  Providence can
determine the boundaries of actions, including evil actions (Job 1:12; 2:6).
v  The LORD said to Satan, "Very
well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not
lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. (Job
1:12, NIV)
v  The LORD said to Satan, "Very
well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life." (Job 2:6,
NIV)
v  If the LORD had not been on our side--
let Israel say--  2 if the
LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us,  3 they would have swallowed us
alive when their anger flared against us; 
(Psalm 124:1-3, NIV) Praise be to the LORD, who has not let us be torn
by their teeth. (Psalm 124:6, NIV)
v  No temptation has overtaken you except
what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted
beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way
out so that you can endure it. (1 Co. 10:13, NIV)
v  A good model for the
relationship is ‘compatibilism’ or the ‘liberty of spontaneity.’
v  Humans exercise
freedom in accord with their nature and desires, but human freedom is not
parallel with God’s freedom. 
Providence
and Secondary Causesv  God can and does
intervene in the universe with miraculous power.
v  Most often, however,
God chooses to work providentially through secondary means, such as the normal
laws of nature. 
Final
Words
v  We want to know God,
so that we might love and fear God.
v  “Love the Lord your
God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength” (Deut 6:4; Mk 12:30).
v  “Love your neighbor
as yourself” (Mk 12:31).
v  “Be merciful, just as
your Father is merciful” (Lk 6:36).

Genesis 6:1-8 Cameron Jungels Sun PM, March 9, 2014

“Descent
into Decadence”- Genesis 6:1-8 – (Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/March 9, 2014) 
When human beings
began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,  2 the sons of God saw that the
daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they
chose.  3 Then the LORD said,
"My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal;
their days will be a hundred and twenty years."  4 The Nephilim were on the earth
in those days-- and also afterward-- when the sons of God went to the daughters
of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of
renown.  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. (Genesis 6:1-8, NIV)
 
1.
After the Fall, the human race continued to decline into moral decadence.
 
When
human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born
to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and
they married any of them they chose.  (Genesis
6:1-2, NIV)
 
Sethites
and Cainites
v  ‘Sons
of God’ = Sethites
v  ‘daughters
of men’ = Cainites
v  Sin
= improper inter-marriage of godly line of Seth with ungodly line of Cainites
v  Result
= corruption of the godly seed and wickedness
 
Human
Nobles and Harems
v  ‘Sons
of God’ = Royal Rulers
v  ‘daughters
of men’ = peasant class of women
v  Dynastic
rulers marry ‘any they choose,’ forming harems in which they magnify their
status and fulfill their lusts.
 
Angels
and Humans
v  ‘Sons
of God’ = Angelic beings
v  ‘daughters
of men’ = human women
v  Some
form of cohabitation or intermarriage between ‘kinds’
v  Resulting
in ‘giants’ or ‘heroes’ mentioned in verse 4.
 
And
behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones to execute judgment upon
all, And to destroy all the ungodly: and to convict all flesh of all the works
of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, and of all the hard
things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him. (1 Enoch 1:9)
 
Enoch,
the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: "See, the Lord is coming
with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to
convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their
ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against
him." (Jude 14–15, NIV)
 
And
it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were
born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of
the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us
choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.‘ (1 Enoch
6:1–2)
 
And
all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose
for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves
with them, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of
roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they became pregnant, and they
bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: who consumed all the
acquisitions of men. (1 En. 7:1–3)
 
And
there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led
astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. (1 En. 8:3)
 
Then
said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of
Lamech, and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name "Hide
thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole
earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come upon the whole earth,
and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape and
his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.’ And again the
Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azâzêl hand and foot, and cast him into the
darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dûdâêl, and cast him
therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with
darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not
see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the
fire. (1 En. 10:1–6)
 
And
the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their
proper dwelling-- these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains
for judgment on the great Day. In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the
surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They
serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. (Jude 6–7,
NIV)
 
For
if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting
them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if he did not spare the
ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected
Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; if he condemned the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of
what is going to happen to the ungodly; (2 Pet. 2:4–6, NIV)
 
After
being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits--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. 3:19–20, NIV)
 
The
Nephilim were on the earth in those days-- and also afterward-- when the sons
of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the
heroes of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4, NIV)
 
We
saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We
seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."
(Num. 13:33, 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)
 
2.
God’s longsuffering patience will not endure human sinfulness forever; he must
judge sin.
 
Then
the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they
are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years." (Genesis 6:3,
NIV)
 
The
LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was
deeply troubled. 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." (Genesis 6:6–7, NIV)
 
3.
The only hope that the human race has to be saved from God’s wrath is his
unmerited grace.
 
But
Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. (Genesis 6:8, NIV)
 
Main
Idea: God must judge our
sinful depravity, but he has extended grace by which some are saved from his
wrath.

Genesis 6:1-8 – Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, March 9, 2014

“Descent
into Decadence”- Genesis 6:1-8 – (Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/March 9, 2014)
 
When human beings
began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,  2 the sons of God saw that the
daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they
chose.  3 Then the LORD said,
"My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal;
their days will be a hundred and twenty years."  4 The Nephilim were on the earth
in those days-- and also afterward-- when the sons of God went to the daughters
of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of
renown.  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. (Genesis 6:1-8, NIV)
 
1.
After the Fall, the human race continued to decline into moral decadence.
 
When
human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born
to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and
they married any of them they chose.  (Genesis
6:1-2, NIV)
 
Sethites
and Cainites
v  ‘Sons
of God’ = Sethites
v  ‘daughters
of men’ = Cainites
v  Sin
= improper inter-marriage of godly line of Seth with ungodly line of Cainites
v  Result
= corruption of the godly seed and wickedness
 
Human
Nobles and Harems
v  ‘Sons
of God’ = Royal Rulers
v  ‘daughters
of men’ = peasant class of women
v  Dynastic
rulers marry ‘any they choose,’ forming harems in which they magnify their
status and fulfill their lusts.
 
Angels
and Humans
v  ‘Sons
of God’ = Angelic beings
v  ‘daughters
of men’ = human women
v  Some
form of cohabitation or intermarriage between ‘kinds’
v  Resulting
in ‘giants’ or ‘heroes’ mentioned in verse 4.
 
And
behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones to execute judgment upon
all, And to destroy all the ungodly: and to convict all flesh of all the works
of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, and of all the hard
things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him. (1 Enoch 1:9)
 
Enoch,
the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: "See, the Lord is coming
with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to
convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their
ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against
him." (Jude 14–15, NIV)
 
And
it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were
born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of
the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us
choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.‘ (1 Enoch
6:1–2)
 
And
all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose
for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves
with them, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of
roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they became pregnant, and they
bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: who consumed all the
acquisitions of men. (1 En. 7:1–3)
 
And
there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led
astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. (1 En. 8:3)
 
Then
said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of
Lamech, and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name "Hide
thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole
earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come upon the whole earth,
and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape and
his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.’ And again the
Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azâzêl hand and foot, and cast him into the
darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dûdâêl, and cast him
therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with
darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not
see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the
fire. (1 En. 10:1–6)
 
And
the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their
proper dwelling-- these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains
for judgment on the great Day. In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the
surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They
serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. (Jude 6–7,
NIV)
 
For
if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting
them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if he did not spare the
ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected
Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; if he condemned the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of
what is going to happen to the ungodly; (2 Pet. 2:4–6, NIV)
 
After
being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits--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. 3:19–20, NIV)
 
The
Nephilim were on the earth in those days-- and also afterward-- when the sons
of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the
heroes of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4, NIV)
 
We
saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We
seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."
(Num. 13:33, 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)
 
2.
God’s longsuffering patience will not endure human sinfulness forever; he must
judge sin.
 
Then
the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they
are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years." (Genesis 6:3,
NIV)
 
The
LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was
deeply troubled. 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." (Genesis 6:6–7, NIV)
 
3.
The only hope that the human race has to be saved from God’s wrath is his
unmerited grace.
 
But
Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. (Genesis 6:8, NIV)
 
Main
Idea: God must judge our
sinful depravity, but he has extended grace by which some are saved from his
wrath.

John 7:1-13 Cameron Jungels Sun AM, March 9, 2014

“Who is this man, Jesus?” - John 7:1-13 –
(Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/March 9, 2014
After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in
Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.  2 But when the Jewish Festival of
Tabernacles was near,  3
Jesus' brothers said to him, "Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your
disciples there may see the works you do. 
4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret.
Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."  5 For even his own brothers did
not believe in him.  6
Therefore Jesus told them, "My time is not yet here; for you any time will
do.  7 The world cannot hate
you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.  8 You go to the festival. I am not
going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come."  9 After he had said this, he
stayed in Galilee.  10
However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not
publicly, but in secret.  11
Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking,
"Where is he?"  12
Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, "He
is a good man." Others replied, "No, he deceives the
people."  13 But no one
would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders. (John 7:1-13,
NIV)
“Who is this man, Jesus?”
1. Maliciously plotted against by those who were supposed
to be righteous teachers of the Scriptures.
After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in
Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.
(John 7:1, NIV)
Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking,
"Where is he?" (John 7:11, NIV)
2. Rejected and ridiculed by his own family.
2 But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was
near,  3 Jesus' brothers said
to him, "Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may
see the works you do.  4 No
one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing
these things, show yourself to the world." 
5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.  6 Therefore Jesus told them,
"My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.  7 The world cannot hate you, but
it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.  8 You go to the festival. I am not
going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come."  9 After he had said this, he
stayed in Galilee.  10
However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not
publicly, but in secret. (John 7:2-10, NIV)
3. Hated by an evil-loving world.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works
are evil. (John 7:7, NIV)
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming
into the world.  10 He was in
the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not
recognize him.  11 He came to
that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.  12 Yet to all who did receive him,
to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of
God-- 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision
or a husband's will, but born of God. 
(John 1:9-13, NIV)
4. Misunderstood and distrusted by the crowds.
Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said,
"He is a good man." Others replied, "No, he deceives the
people." But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the
leaders. (John 7:12–13, NIV)
5. The one despised and rejected, who gave his life to
save sinners.
Therefore Jesus told them, "My time is not yet here; for you any time
will do. (John 7:6, NIV)
You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time
has not yet fully come." (John 7:8, NIV)
Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be
glorified.  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. (John 12:23-24, NIV)
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of
suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 
4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we
considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.  5 But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought
us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. (Isa. 53:3-5, NIV)
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the LORD has
done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. (Psalm 118:22-23, NIV)
17 Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what
is the meaning of that which is written: "'The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone'?  18
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it
falls will be crushed."  19
The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him
immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But
they were afraid of the people. (Lk. 20:17-19, NIV)
Jesus is "'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the
cornerstone.' Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name
under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:11-12,
NIV)
Main Idea: The most misunderstood and rejected person in the history
of the world is the Son of God and only Savior that this world will ever have.

Knowing God - Lesson 8: “God and the Universe” - Cameron Jungels - Wed PM, March 5, 2014

“Knowing
God” Lesson 8: “God
and the Universe” (Eastside Baptist/Wed PM/March 5, 2014) 
God and
the Universev  Universe = whatever is created or all
that is not God.
v  Includes everything that God has made,
whether material or immaterial, living or inanimate, including intelligent and
moral beings. The
Decree of God
v  God’s decree involves his eternal plan
or purpose in creating, sustaining, and guiding the universe.
v  Strong: “that eternal plan by which
God has rendered certain all the events of the universe, past, present, and
future.”
v  Hodge: “The decrees of God are his
eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his own will, whereby for his own
glory He hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.” 
1. God’s
plan is singular. 
v  One all-inclusive and comprehensive
purpose, plan, and will.
v  All individual plans/decrees are
united under one eternal purpose.
v  Only the actual not potential. 
In him we
were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who
works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, (Eph. 1:11,
NIV)  according to
his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Eph. 3:11,
NIV)  
And we know
that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been
called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28, NIV) 
2. God’s
plan is freely made. 
v  God’s plan arises from his own will
and good pleasure.
v  He is under no coercion
to act by any outside influences.
v  He freely plans and does what is
pleasing to him and brings him glory. 
Who can
fathom the Spirit of the LORD, or instruct the LORD as his counselor?  Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him,
and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge, or
showed him the path of understanding? 
(Isa. 40:13-14, NIV) 
3. God’s
plan is eternal. 
v  God’s plan has been purposed from all
eternity.
v  There was never a time when there
wasn’t a plan.
v  God’s plan is eternally
contemporaneous and simultaneous 
He was chosen
before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your
sake. (1 Pet. 1:20, NIV) 
He has saved
us and called us to a holy life-- not because of anything we have done but
because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus
before the beginning of time, (2 Tim. 1:9, NIV) 
"Have you
not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have
brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.
(Isa. 37:26, NIV) 
4. God’s
plan is changeless. 
v  Just as God’s plan is freely made
without outside influences, God’s plan is not altered or hindered by outside
influences or events.
v  God has no plan B, only one perfect,
changeless plan. 
This man was
handed over to you by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with
the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. (Acts
2:23, NIV) 
Every good
and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly
lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (Jas. 1:17, NIV) 
Remember the
former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God,
and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from
ancient times, what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will
do all that I please.' (Isa. 46:9–10, NIV) 
5. God’s
plan is universal. 
v  God’s plan comprehends all things
(entities, actions, events, etc.) that come to pass, whether good or bad,
righteous or sinful, necessary or contingent, humanly purposed or fortuitous. 
The LORD
works out everything to its proper end-- even the wicked for a day of disaster.
(Prov. 16:4, NIV) 
And we know
that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been
called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28, NIV) 
In him we
were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who
works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, (Eph. 1:11,
NIV) 
Stability
of the Universe
Your
faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and
it endures. (Psalm 119:90, NIV) 
Rise
and Fall of Rulers
Let everyone
be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that
which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by
God. (Romans 13:1, NIV) 
All the
peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the
powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or
say to him: "What have you done?" (Dan. 4:35, NIV) 
Length
of Life
Your eyes saw
my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before
one of them came to be. (Psalm 139:16, NIV) 
A person's
days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set
limits he cannot exceed. (Job 14:5, NIV) 
Just as
people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, (Heb. 9:27,
NIV) 
Circumstances
of Life
In their
hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. (Prov.
16:9, NIV) 
Now listen,
you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a
year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know
what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a
little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the
Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." (Jas. 4:13–15, NIV) 
Free
Acts of People
You intended
to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done,
the saving of many lives. (Genesis 50:20, NIV) 
The Son of
Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays him!"
(Lk. 22:22, NIV) 
From the east
I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What
I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do.
(Isa. 46:11, 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) 
Salvation
of Believers
he
predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with
his pleasure and will-- (Eph. 1:5, NIV) 
Peter, an
apostle of Jesus Christ, To God's elect, exiles …, who have been chosen
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work
of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood...
(1 Pet. 1:1-2, NIV) 
And those he
predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he
justified, he also glorified. (Romans 8:30, NIV) 
Perdition
of the Ungodly
"A stone
that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble
because they disobey the message-- which is also what they were destined for.
(1 Pet. 2:8, NIV) 
What if God,
although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great
patience the objects of his wrath-- prepared for destruction? What if he did
this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he
prepared in advance for glory--even us, whom he also called, not only from the
Jews but also from the Gentiles? (Romans 9:22-24, NIV) 
Seemingly
Insignificant Details
The lot is
cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. (Prov. 16:33, NIV) 
Are not two
sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside
your Father's care.  And even the very
hairs of your head are all numbered. 
(Matt. 10:29-30, NIV) 
6. God’s
plan is unconditional. 
v  God’s plan is not contingent on
anything else.
v  Hodge: “its execution does not depend
upon anything that has not itself been decreed.”
v  God’s plan encompasses the ends and
the means. 
In him we
were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who
works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, (Eph. 1:11,
NIV) 
For from him
and through him and for him are all things. (Romans 11:36, NIV) 
7. God’s
plan is certain. 
v  God’s plan is not contingent or merely
possible.
v  God’s decree renders events certain.
All that God plans will come to pass. 
For the LORD
Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and
who can turn it back? (Isa. 14:27, NIV) 
8. God’s
plan preserves human accountability. 
v  God’s eternal, unchangeable, certain
plan is compatible with the free choices of human beings and their
accountability for their actions.
v  Certainty does not mean compulsion. 
The Son of
Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays him!"
(Lk. 22:22, NIV) 
9. God’s
plan is centered in Jesus Christ.
v  Christ’s Redemption, Resurrection, and
Reign are at the center of God’s plan for the universe. 
In the past
God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various
ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed
heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the
radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining
all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,
he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Heb. 1:1–3, NIV) 
10. God’s
plan is directed toward God’s glory. 
v  The ultimate purpose of all that God
does is to bring him honor and glory.
v  Everything in the universe flows from
him and returns to him for his glory. 
For he chose
us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his
sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ,
in accordance with his pleasure and will--to the praise of his glorious grace,
which he has freely given us in the One he loves. (Eph. 1:4-6, NIV) 
Oh, the depth
of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his
judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! "Who has known the mind of
the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" "Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?" For from him and through him and for him are
all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. (Romans 11:33–36, NIV) 
Two
Aspects of God’s Will
v  Decreed Will (Secret)
Ø  What God has purposed/planned to do
and will happen. 
v  Prescriptive Will (Revealed)
Ø  What God has commanded and expects to
be obeyed. 
Implications
v  Not fatalism
v  The means as well as the ends
Ø  The causes and the effects
v  Unknown until after the fact
v  Consistent with human responsibility
v  Encourages human participation

Genesis 5:1–32 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, March 2, 2014

“The
Godly Line of Seth” – Genesis 5:1–32 – (Eastside Baptist/Sun
PM/March 2, 2014)1 This is the written account of Adam's family line. When
God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.  2 He created them male and female
and blessed them. And he named them "Mankind" when they were
created.  3 When Adam had
lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he
named him Seth.  4 After Seth
was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.  5 Altogether, Adam lived a total
of 930 years, and then he died.  6
When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.  7 After he became the father of
Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.  8 Altogether, Seth lived a total
of 912 years, and then he died.  9
When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.  10 After he became the father of
Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.  11 Altogether, Enosh lived a total
of 905 years, and then he died.  12
When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.  13 After he became the father of
Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.  14 Altogether, Kenan lived a total
of 910 years, and then he died.  15
When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.  16 After he became the father of
Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.  17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived a
total of 895 years, and then he died.  18
When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.  19 After he became the father of
Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.  20 Altogether, Jared lived a total
of 962 years, and then he died.  21
When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.  22 After he became the father of
Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and
daughters.  23 Altogether,
Enoch lived a total of 365 years.  24
Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him
away.  25 When Methuselah had
lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.  26 After he became the father of
Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.  27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a
total of 969 years, and then he died.  28
When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 
29 He named him Noah and said, "He will comfort us in
the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has
cursed."  30 After Noah
was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.  31 Altogether, Lamech lived a
total of 777 years, and then he died.  32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and
Japheth.  (Genesis 5:1-32, NIV)
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and
sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of
the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who
are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the
cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we
were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God,
who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it
is by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:1-5, NIV)
Main Idea:
Humanity’s only hope for deliverance from the curse
of sin and death is through the promised seed of the woman, Jesus Christ.
1. Every human being bears the image of
God.
This is the written account of Adam's family line.
When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. He created them
male and female and blessed them. And he named them "Mankind" when
they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own
likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. (Genesis 5:1–3, NIV)
Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our
image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the
birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the
creatures that move along the ground." So God created mankind in his own
image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill
the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky
and over every living creature that moves on the ground." (Genesis 1:26–28,
NIV)
2. Every human being bears the marred
image of God and suffers under the curse of sin and death.
When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father
of Enosh. After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had
other sons and daughters. Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then
he died. (Genesis 5:6–8, NIV)
Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time
my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:5, NIV)
Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb
they are wayward, spreading lies. (Psalm 58:3, NIV)
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one
man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because
all sinned– (Romans 5:12, NIV)
For just as through the disobedience of the one man
the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the
many will be made righteous. (Romans 5:19, NIV)
3. Every human being has a
responsibility to walk in humble obedience before their Creator.
When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father
of Methuselah. After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked
faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether,
Enoch lived a total of 365 years.  Enoch
walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him
away.  (Genesis 5:21–24, NIV)
By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he
did not experience death: "He could not be found, because God had taken
him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased
God. (Hebrews 11:5, NIV)
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them:
"See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to
judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have
committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners
have spoken against him." (Jude 14–15, NIV)
Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that
time people began to call on the name of the LORD. (Genesis 4:26, NIV)
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and
the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you
believe this?" (John 11:25–26, NIV)
4. The only hope for deliverance from
the curse of sin and death is through the promised seed of the woman, and
descendant of Noah, Jesus Christ.
When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.  He named him Noah and said, "He will
comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the
LORD has cursed."  (Genesis 5:28–29,
NIV)
Main Idea:
Your only hope for deliverance from the curse of sin
and death is through the promised seed of the woman, Jesus Christ.

John 6:60­–71 - Cameron Jungels - Sun AM March 2, 2014

“Abiding in the Word of Life” (John 6:60­–71)
(Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/March 2, 2014)47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal
life.  48 I am the bread of
life.  49 Your ancestors ate
the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 
50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which
anyone may eat and not die.  51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will
live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the
world."  52 Then the Jews
began to argue sharply among themselves, "How can this man give us his
flesh to eat?"  53 Jesus
said to them, "Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son
of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.  54 Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last
day.  55 For my flesh is real
food and my blood is real drink.  56
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.  57 Just as the living Father sent
me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live
because of me.  58 This is the
bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but
whoever feeds on this bread will live forever."  59 He said this while teaching in
the synagogue in Capernaum.  60
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, "This is a hard teaching. Who
can accept it?"  61 Aware
that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, "Does
this offend you?  62 Then what
if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!  63 The Spirit gives life; the
flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you-- they are full of the
Spirit and life.  64 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.  65 He went on to say, "This
is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled
them."  66 From this time
many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.  67 "You do not want to leave
too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve. 
68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have the words of eternal life.  69
We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of
God."  70 Then Jesus
replied, "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a
devil!"  71 (He meant
Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to
betray him.) (John 6:47–71, NIV)
1. Sometimes those who initially profess
faith in Jesus Christ walk away and abandon Christ.
Then the Jews began to argue sharply among
themselves, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" (John 6:52,
NIV)
60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, "This is
a hard teaching. Who can accept it?" 
61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus
said to them, "Does this offend you? 
62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was
before!  63 The Spirit gives
life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you-- they are
full of the Spirit and life.  64
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.  (John 6:60–64, NIV)
From this time many of his disciples turned back and
no longer followed him. (John 6:66, NIV)
2. Those who abandon Christ demonstrate
that they were never truly his followers.
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. (John 6:64, NIV)
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,
many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.  24 But Jesus would not entrust
himself to them, for he knew all people. 
25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew
what was in each person. (John 2:23–25, NIV)
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,
"If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. (John 8:31, NIV)
Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you
have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come.
This is how we know it is the last hour. (1 John 2:18, NIV)
22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the
Christ. Such a person is the antichrist-- denying the Father and the Son.  23 No one who denies the Son has
the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.  24 As for you, see that what you
have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain
in the Son and in the Father.  25
And this is what he promised us-- eternal life. 
26 I am writing these things to you about those who are
trying to lead you astray. (1 John 2:22–26, NIV)
They went out from us, but they did not really
belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us;
but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. (1 John 2:19, NIV)
Then Jesus replied, "Have I not chosen you, the
Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!" (He meant Judas, the son of Simon
Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.) (John 6:70–71,
NIV)
While I was with them, I protected them and kept
them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to
destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. (John 17:12, NIV)
3. True faith is abiding faith, because
it is accomplished by a supernatural work of God’s grace that does not fail.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in
me, and I in them. (John 6:56, NIV)
He went on to say, "This is why I told you that
no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them." (John 6:65,
NIV)
All those the Father gives me will come to me, and
whoever comes to me I will never drive away. (John 6:37, NIV)
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I
shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last
day. (John 6:39, NIV)
For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to
the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up
at the last day." (John 6:40, NIV)
"No one can come to me unless the Father who
sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. (John 6:44, NIV)
4. True, abiding faith remains in Christ
because he is the Word of life.
From this time many of his disciples turned back and
no longer followed him. "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus
asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that
you are the Holy One of God." (John 6:66–69, NIV)
Main Idea:
Not all that appears to be faith is really faith;
true, grace-wrought faith abides in Jesus the Word of life.

Knowing God - Lesson 7: “The Goodness of God” - Cameron Jungels - Wed PM, Feb. 26, 2014

“Knowing God”
Lesson 7: “The Goodness of God” (Eastside Baptist/Wed PM/Feb. 26, 2014)
The Attributes of God
v  God’s
attributes are his essential characteristics or the necessary parts of his
nature.
v  God’s
attributes can be classified according to those of his greatness and
those of his goodness.
v  The
key difference between the two kinds of God’s attributes is the word “share.”
v  God’s
greatness cannot be shared or imitated; God’s goodness can be shared or
imitated by human beings.
The Attributes of God’s Goodness
v  God’s
attributes of goodness are those qualities that express God’s character in
relationship to his creatures.
v  By
grace, in dependence on the Spirit, and in a finite way, we can emulate these
qualities.
1. God is holy.
Separate from Creation
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and
exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above
him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their
faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And
they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory." (Isa. 6:1–3 NIV)
Separate from Sin and Evil
But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you
do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." (1 Pet. 1:15–16
NIV)
2. God is truthful.
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true
God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (Jn. 17:3 NIV)
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie,
promised before the beginning of time, (Tit. 1:2 NIV)
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (Jn. 14:6 NIV)
3. God is loving.
God’s Will to Love
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. (Deut. 7:7–8
NIV)
God’s Love & Other Attributes
The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full
of his unfailing love. (Ps. 33:5 NIV)
God’s Love Is Sacrificial
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only
Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (Jn.
3:16 NIV)
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one
and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not
that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning
sacrifice for our sins. (1 Jn. 4:9–10 NIV)
God’s Love Is Unconditional
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we
were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom. 5:8 NIV)
God’s Love Is Eternal
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have
loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
(Jer. 31:3 NIV)
4. God is righteous.
I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the
greatness of our God!  He is the Rock,
his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no
wrong, upright and just is he.  (Deut.
32:3–4 NIV)
5. God is faithful.
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you
established the earth, and it endures. (Ps. 119:90 NIV)
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to
mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you
can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you
can endure it. (1 Co. 10:13 NIV)
6. God is merciful.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for
his compassions never fail.  They are new
every morning; great is your faithfulness. 
(Lam. 3:22–23 NIV)
because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising
sun will come to us from heaven  79
to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our
feet into the path of peace."  (Lk.
1:78–79 NIV)
7. God is gracious.
God’s Common Grace
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you,  that you may be children
of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good,
and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.  (Matt. 5:44–45 NIV)
God’s Saving Grace
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.  (Eph. 2:8–9 NIV)
And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were,
grace would no longer be grace. (Rom. 11:6 NIV)
Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift
but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who
justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. (Rom. 4:4–5
NIV)
and all are justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that came by Christ Jesus. (Rom. 3:24 NIV)
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by
grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring-- not only to those who
are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the
father of us all. (Rom. 4:16 NIV)
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to
be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to
sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will--to the
praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he
loves.  In him we have redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's
grace that he lavished on us. (Eph. 1:4–8 NIV)

Genesis 4:17-26 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, Feb. 23, 2014

“What Is Your Family Tree?” - Genesis
4:17-26 - (Eastside Baptist/Sun
PM/Feb. 23, 2014)And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and
between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike
his heel." (Gen. 3:15 NIV)16 So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in
the land of Nod, east of Eden.  17
Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.
Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.  18 To Enoch was born Irad, and
Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and
Methushael was the father of Lamech.  19
Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.  20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he
was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.  21 His brother's name was Jubal;
he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.  22 Zillah also had a son,
Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain's
sister was Naamah.  23 Lamech
said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear
my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring
me.  24 If Cain is avenged
seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times."  25 Adam made love to his wife
again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has
granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."  (Gen. 4:16–25 NIV)And Adam knew his wife again,
and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has
appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
(Gen. 4:25 ESV)26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that
time people began to call on the name of the LORD. (Gen. 4:26 NIV)Main Idea:
All the technological and cultural advancements that
human beings can produce will never remedy our sinful condition; only the grace
of God in Christ can remedy our spiritual death and depravity.

John 6:47-59 – Cameron Jungels – Sun AM, Feb. 23, 2014

“Feasting on the Bread of Life” - John
6:47-59 – (Eastside Baptist/Sun
AM/Feb. 23, 2014)
47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal
life.  48 I am the bread of
life.  49 Your ancestors ate
the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 
50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which
anyone may eat and not die.  51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will
live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the
world."  52 Then the Jews
began to argue sharply among themselves, "How can this man give us his
flesh to eat?"  53 Jesus
said to them, "Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son
of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.  54 Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last
day.  55 For my flesh is real
food and my blood is real drink.  56
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.  57 Just as the living Father sent
me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live
because of me.  58 This is the
bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but
whoever feeds on this bread will live forever."  59 He said this while teaching in
the synagogue in Capernaum. (Jn. 6:47–59 NIV)
1. The bread that Jesus offers is
heavenly and eternal, and can only be seen with spiritual eyes.
I am the bread of life. (John 6:48, NIV)
But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,
which anyone may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from
heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh,
which I will give for the life of the world." (John 6:50–51, NIV)
For the bread of God is the bread that comes down
from heaven and gives life to the world." (John 6:33, NIV)
At this the Jews there began to grumble about him
because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." They
said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we
know? How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?" "Stop grumbling
among yourselves," Jesus answered. "No one can come to me unless the
Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. (John
6:41–44, 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." (John 6:63–65, NIV)
2. The bread that Jesus offers is
himself, which must be broken in vicarious sacrifice.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will
give for the life of the world." (John 6:51, NIV)
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and
said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John
1:29, NIV)
Jesus said to them, "Very truly I tell you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no
life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I
will raise them up at the last day. (John 6:53–54, NIV)
3. Everyone who receives the bread of
Jesus’ sacrifice in faith is granted eternal life.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will
give for the life of the world." (John 6:51, NIV)
Jesus said to them, "Very truly I tell you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no
life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I
will raise them up at the last day. (John 6:53–54, NIV)
For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to
the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up
at the last day." (John 6:40, NIV)
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your
ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live
forever." (John 6:58, NIV)
For my flesh is real food and my blood is real
drink. (John 6:55, NIV)
4. True faith in Jesus is an abiding
faith that looks to him for the only bread that can truly satisfy.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in
me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the
Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread
that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever
feeds on this bread will live forever." (John 6:56–58, NIV)
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,
"If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. (John 8:31, NIV)
Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can
bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit
unless you remain in me. (John 15:4, NIV)
If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch
that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the
fire and burned. (John 15:6, NIV
 Then Jesus
declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go
hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. (John 6:35, NIV)
Main Idea
Ø  Jesus,
the bread of heaven, has been broken in sacrifice, and all who feast on him in
abiding faith have eternal life and joy.
 

Knowing God - Lesson 6: “The Greatness of God” - Cameron Jungels - Wed PM, Feb. 19, 2014

“Knowing God” (Eastside
Baptist/Wed PM/Feb. 19, 2014)
Lesson 6: “The Greatness of God”
The Attributes of God
v  God’s
attributes are his essential characteristics or the necessary parts of his
nature.
v  God’s
attributes can be classified according to those of his greatness and
those of his goodness.
The Attributes of God’s Greatness
v  God’s
attributes of greatness have to do with those qualities that are God’s and
God’s alone.
v  Human
Beings can in no way emulate or copy these.
v  God’s
attributes of greatness are his qualities of infinity.
1. God is self-existent.
God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are
to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'" (Exod. 3:14 NIV)
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the
Son also to have life in himself. (Jn. 5:26 NIV)
2. God is perfect.
He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are
just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. (Deut. 32:4
NIV)
3. God is all-powerful.
Power in Creation
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry
host by the breath of his mouth.  He
gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses. Let
all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him. For he
spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. (Ps. 33:6–9 NIV)
Power in Control of History
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. (Acts 17:26 NIV)
For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his
purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until
God's words are fulfilled. (Rev. 17:17 NIV)
Sovereignty in Lives of People
"I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours
can be thwarted. You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my plans without
knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful
for me to know. (Job 42:2-3 NIV)
4. God is all-knowing.
Complete Knowledge of Creation
He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by
name. (Ps. 147:4 NIV)
Knowledge of Potential Events
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if
the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. (Matt. 11:21 NIV)
Knowledge of Smallest Details
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
(Matt. 10:30 NIV)
Knowledge and God’s Will
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them
will fall to the ground outside your Father's care.  And even the very hairs of your head are all
numbered. (Matt. 10:29-30 NIV)
Knowledge of Past, Present, Future
Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and
there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end
from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, 'My
purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.' From the east I summon a
bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have
said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do. (Isa. 46:9–11
NIV)
5. God is all-present.
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your
presence? (Ps. 139:7 NIV)
"But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even
the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
(1 Ki. 8:27 NIV)
6. God is all-wise.
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of
God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"
"Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?" For from him
and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
(Rom. 11:33–36 NIV)
7. God is eternal.
Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all
generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole
world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.  (Ps. 90:1-2 NIV)
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God,
"who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev. 1:8
NIV)
8. God is unchanging.
But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes
of his heart through all generations. (Ps. 33:11 NIV)
"I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of
Jacob, are not destroyed. (Mal. 3:6 NIV)

Genesis 4:1-16 – Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, Feb. 9, 2014

“Great Sinners but a Greater Savior” - Genesis 4:1-16 – Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, Feb. 9, 2014
(Eastside Baptist,
Sun PM, Feb. 9, 2014)
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and
she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of
the LORD I have brought forth a man." 
2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept
flocks, and Cain worked the soil.  3
In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an
offering to the LORD.  4 And
Abel also brought an offering-- fat portions from some of the firstborn of his
flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,  5 but on Cain and his offering he
did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was
downcast.  (Gen. 4:1–5 NIV)
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do
not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. (Ps. 51:16–17 NIV)
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten
thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, O mortal, what
is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God. (Mic. 6:7–8 NIV)
 By faith Abel brought
God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous,
when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even
though he is dead. (Heb. 11:4 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. For this is
the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be
like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did
he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were
righteous. (1 Jn. 3:10–12 NIV)
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between
your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his
heel." (Gen. 3:15 NIV)
Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world
hates you. (1 Jn. 3:13 NIV)
6 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why
is your face downcast?  7 If
you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is
right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule
over it."  8 Now Cain
said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." While they
were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.  9 Then the LORD said to Cain,
"Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied.
"Am I my brother's keeper?"  10
The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out
to me from the ground.  11 Now
you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to
receive your brother's blood from your hand. 
12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its
crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."  13 Cain said to the LORD, "My
punishment is more than I can bear.  14
Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your
presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will
kill me."  15 But the
LORD said to him, "Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance
seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who
found him would kill him.  16
So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of
Eden. (Gen. 4:6–16 NIV)
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because
we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.  15 Anyone who hates a brother or
sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing
in him.  16 This is how we
know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay
down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 
17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or
sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that
person?  18 Dear children, let
us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. (1 Jn. 3:14-18
NIV)
Main Idea: It is only the grace of God in
Jesus Christ that can release us from the bondage of our own depravity.
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the
sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. (Heb. 12:24
NIV)
Main Idea: It is only the grace of God in Jesus Christ that can release
us from the bondage of our own depravity.

John 6:41-48 - Cameron Jungels - AM Sun Feb 9, 14

“Taught by God” - John 6:41-48 -
32 Jesus said to them, "Very truly I tell you, it is
not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who
gives you the true bread from heaven.  33
For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to
the world."  34
"Sir," they said, "always give us this bread."  35 Then Jesus declared, "I am
the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever
believes in me will never be thirsty.  36
But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe.  37 All those the Father gives me
will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.  38 For I have come down from
heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.  39 And this is the will of him who
sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up
at the last day.  40 For my
Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall
have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."  41 At this the Jews there began to
grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from
heaven."  42 They said,
"Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?
How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?"  43 "Stop grumbling among
yourselves," Jesus answered.  44
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I
will raise them up at the last day.  45
It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God.' Everyone who
has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.  46 No one has seen the Father
except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.  47 Very truly I tell you, the one
who believes has eternal life.  48
I am the bread of life.  (Jn. 6:32–48
NIV)
1. Spiritual truths cannot be seen with physical eyes.
At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he
said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." They said,
"Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?
How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?" (John 6:41–42, NIV)
2. Spiritual truths must be revealed and taught by God.
"Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered.
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I
will raise them up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets: 'They will
all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him
comes to me. (John 6:43–45, NIV)
All your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will
be their peace. (Isa. 54:13, NIV)
Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see
the kingdom of God unless they are born again." (John 3:3, 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)
"This is the covenant I will make with the people of
Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in
their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be
my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another,
'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the
greatest," declares the LORD.  (Jer.
31:33–34, NIV)
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I
will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.  And I will put my Spirit in you and move you
to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.  (Ezek. 36:26-27, NIV)
3. Everyone taught by God comes to see who Jesus truly is
and believes.
It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by
God.' Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. (John
6:45, NIV)
All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever
comes to me I will never drive away. (John 6:37, NIV)
No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;
only he has seen the Father. (John 6:46, NIV)
I am the bread of life. (John 6:48, NIV)
4. Everyone who believes in Jesus receives eternal life
and the satisfaction of their soul.
Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal
life.  I am the bread of life. (John
6:47-48, NIV)
For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son
and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the
last day." (John 6:40, NIV)
Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever
comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be
thirsty. (John 6:35, NIV)
Main Idea: Spiritual
truths must be spiritually revealed. Those who are graciously taught by God see
Jesus for who he really is, believe, and receive eternal life.

Knowing God - Lesson 5 - Cameron Jungels - Wed PM, Feb. 5, 2014

“Knowing God” (Eastside
Baptist/Wed PM/Feb. 5, 2014)
Review
v  The
Existence and Self-Revelation of God
v  God
as a Personal Being
v  God
as a Triune Being
Lesson 5: “The Immanence and Transcendence of God”
Immanence and Transcendence are aspects of
God’s nature that have to do with his relationship to the world.
1. The Immanence of God
What is God’s Immanence?
v  God’s
nearness to the world and its creatures.
v  “God’s
presence and activity within nature, human nature, and history.” – M. Erickson
God’s Presence and Nearness
Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the LORD. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the LORD. (Jer.
23:24, NIV)
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.’ (Acts 17:27–28, NIV)
God’s Spirit and Creation
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. (Gen.
1:2, NIV)
Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living
being. (Gen. 2:7, NIV)
God’s Spirit Sustaining all things
as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my
nostrils, (Job 27:3, NIV)
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty
gives me life. (Job 33:4, NIV)
14 If it were his intention and he withdrew his
spirit and breath, 15 all humanity would perish together and mankind
would return to the dust. (Job 34:14-15, NIV)
29 When you hide your face, they are terrified;
when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. 30
When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the
ground. (Ps. 104:29-30, NIV)
God’s Providence in all Creation
45 that you may be children of your Father in
heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on
the righteous and the unrighteous. (Matt. 5:45, NIV)
25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about
your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look
at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and
yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 28
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field
grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even
Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If
that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and
tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you-- you of
little faith? (Matt. 6:25-30, NIV)
Immanence out of Balance
v  God
becomes inseparably linked to creation.
v  His
nature as a personal, relational being, distinct from creation becomes lost.
v  Pantheism
v  Liberalism
v  Panentheism
v  Process
Theology
Applications of God’s Immanence
v  Mindful
of God’s works in ordinary providence
v  God’s
use of unbelieving people and entities
v  Care
and concern for creation
v  General
revelation
v  Gospel
opportunities
2. The Transcendence of God
What is God’s Transcendence?
v  God’s
“distance,” distinctiveness and “otherness” from creation
v  “God
is separate from and independent of nature and humanity.” – M. Erickson
God’s Transcendence above creation
Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on
high, 6 who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? (Ps.
113:5-6, NIV)
But he continued, "You are from below; I am from above.
You are of this world; I am not of this world. (Jn. 8:23, NIV)
God’s exalted knowledge
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways," declares the LORD. 9 "As the heavens
are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts
than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:8-9, NIV)
God’s Holiness (Set-apartness)
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and
exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2
Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their
faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3
And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD
Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."4 At the sound
of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled
with smoke. 5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For
I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my
eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." (Isa. 6:1-5, NIV)
Transcendence and Immanence
For this is what the high and exalted One says-- he who
lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but
also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of
the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. (Isa. 57:15, NIV)
Transcendence out of Balance
v  When
transcendence is emphasized, to the exclusion of immanence, we lose the dynamic
activity of God, personally and intimately in the world he created and guides.
Applications of God’s Transcendence
v  God
who is greater than humanity, source and foundation of truth, beauty, and
goodness.
v  Incapable
of full description or comprehension
v  Salvation
is not a human work
v  Creator-creature
distinction: we will always be created beings, even after glorification.
v  Reverence
is an essential component of worship.
v  We
pray to a transcendent God who can do the supernatural.
Keeping it in Balance
v  God
is both immanent and transcendent. Both are a part of his nature as God.
v  Over-emphasizing
immanence tends toward pantheism.
v  Over-emphasizing
transcendence tends toward deism or agnosticism.
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.' (Acts 17:24-28,
NIV)

Genesis 3:20-24 – Cameron Jungels - Sun PM. Feb. 2, 2014

“Dressed In His Righteousness” - Genesis 3:20-24 –
(Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/Feb. 2, 2014)
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother
of all the living. The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and
clothed them. And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of
us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and
take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." So the LORD
God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had
been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the
Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard
the way to the tree of life. (Gen. 3:20–24, NIV)
1. Adam responds with faith to the doom of the curse.
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother
of all the living. (Gen. 3:20, NIV)
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you
return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to
dust you will return." (Gen. 3:19, NIV)
2. God’s grace covers what human effort cannot.
The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and
clothed them. (Gen. 3:21, NIV)
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. (Eph. 2:8-9, NIV)



And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one
of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and
take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." So the LORD
God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the
ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on
the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back
and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen. 3:22–24, NIV)
3. God graciously prevents the extension of sin-cursed
life.
Main Idea: God
is the only one who can provide a covering for the guilt of our sin.

John 6:35-40 – Cameron Jungels - Sun AM, Feb. 2, 2014

“Hallelujah, What a Savior!” - John 6:35-40 –(Eastside Baptist, Sun AM, Feb. 2, 2014) 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?" 26 Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval." 28 Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?" 29 Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." 30 So they asked him, "What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' " 32 Jesus said to them, "Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." 34 "Sir," they said, "always give us this bread." 35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day." (John 6:25–40, NIV)  1. Jesus is a soul-fulfilling Savior.Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. (John 6:35, NIV)2. Jesus is often a rejected Savior. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. (John 6:36, NIV) 3. Jesus is an obedient Savior. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. (John 6:38–39, NIV) 4. Jesus is an unfailing Savior. All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. (John 6:37, NIV) And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. (John 6:39, NIV) For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day." (John 6:40, NIV)Verses 37, 39 -Those given to me by the Father-Will lose none/will not drive away -Will raise them at the last day Verse 40 -Everyone who looks and believes -Will have eternal life -Will raise them at the last dayThose the Father has given me = Everyone who comes/ looks/believes on me All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. (John 6:37, NIV)“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. (John 6:44, NIV)Those the Father has given me = Those drawn by the Father = Everyone who comes/ looks/believes on meWill never drive away = Will lose none = Will have eternal lifeØ  Chosen by the FatherØ  Entrusted to the Son to SaveØ  Drawn by the FatherØ  Awakened to Faith = come, look/believe on JesusØ  Unfailingly kept/preservedØ  Raised to eternal life at the last dayAnd those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. (Rom 8:30 NIV) What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Rom 8:31 NIV) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? (Rom 8:35 NIV) No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Rom 8:37 NIV) For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, (Rom 8:38 NIV) neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 8:39 NIV)Main Idea: Jesus is a gracious Savior, who will mightily save every person entrusted to him by the Father. He will satisfy their soul, give them eternal life, unfailingly keep them, and raise them at the last day.

Knowing God - Lesson 4 - The Trinity (Part 2) - Cameron Jungles - Wed PM, Jan. 29, 2014

“Knowing God”: Lesson 4: “1 + 1 + 1 = 1?” (Part 2)
(Eastside Baptist/Wed PM/Jan. 29, 2014)
 
1. In terms of their essence or being, the three
persons of the Trinity have full equality.
v  Each
person of the Trinity is fully and completely God.
v  Each
person of the Trinity has all the attributes of God.
ü  Eternality
ü  Power
ü  Omniscience
ü  Omnipresence
ü  Holiness
ü  Truth
ü  Love
v  The
persons of the Trinity are not just three different ways of looking at the one
being of God.
v  There
are three distinct persons, and the being of each person is equal to the whole
being of God.
v  There
is no difference between the persons of the Trinity in terms of essence or
attributes; the only difference is in the way they relate to each other
and to creation.
 
2. In terms of their functions and roles,
there is subordination in the economic arrangement of the Trinity.
v  The
persons of the Trinity eternally exist as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
v  The
persons of the Trinity have different primary functions in relating to
the world.
v  The
Father is the originating cause, or the personal source, of:
ü  Creation
ü  Revelation
ü  Redemption
v  The
Son is the instrumental cause, or the personal agent, through
whom the Father works to bring about:
ü  Creation
ü  Revelation
ü  Redemption
v  The
Holy Spirit is the dynamic cause, or the personal force, by whom
the Father brings about these divine activities through the Son:
ü  Creation
ü  Revelation
ü  Redemption
 
When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made
subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
(1 Co. 15:28, NIV)
 
Main Idea: The three
persons of the Trinity are equal in essence and being, but they fulfill
particular roles and functions in their relationship with each other and with
the world.

Genesis 3:14-19 - Cameron Jungles - Sun PM, Jan. 26, 2014

“Far As the Curse Is Found” - Genesis 3:14-19 -
(Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/Jan. 26, 2014)
 
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the
LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid
from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God
called to the man, "Where are you?" 10 He answered,
"I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I
hid." 11 And he said, "Who told you that you were naked?
Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?" 12
The man said, "The woman you put here with me--she gave me some fruit from
the tree, and I ate it." 13 Then the LORD God said to the
woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The
serpent deceived me, and I ate." 14 So the LORD God said to the
serpent, "Because you have done this, "Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all
the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the
woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you
will strike his heel." 16 To the woman he said, "I will
make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give
birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over
you." 17 To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your
wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat
from it,'"Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you
will eat food from it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce
thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the
ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will
return." (Gen. 3:8-19, NIV)
 
1. The Fall brought a perpetual struggle between good and
evil.
 
So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have
done this, "Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You
will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I
will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." (Gen. 3:14–15,
NIV)
 
2. The Fall brought pain and frustration for the woman.
To the woman he said, "I will make your pains in
childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." (Gen.
3:16, NIV)
 
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is
your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if
you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have
you, but you must rule over it." (Gen. 4:6–7, NIV)
 
3. The Fall brought hard labor and toil for the man until
death.
 
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and
ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from
it,'"Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will
eat food from it all the days of your life. (Gen. 3:17, NIV)
 
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the
pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we
ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait
eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. (Rom. 8:22–23,
NIV)
 
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will
eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food
until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are
and to dust you will return." (Gen. 3:18–19, NIV)
 
Main Idea: This world is an everyday
reminder of the consequences of rebellion against God, and it is only in Jesus
Christ that the devastating effects of sin can be reversed.

John 6:22-35 – (Part 2) - Cameron Jugles - Sun AM, Jan. 26, 2014

“Jesus, the True Manna from Heaven” - John 6:22-35 –
(Part 2)
(Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/Jan. 26, 2014)
 
22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake
realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it
with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. 23 Then some
boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread
after the Lord had given thanks. 24 Once the crowd realized that
neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to
Capernaum in search of Jesus. (Jn. 6:22-24, NIV)
 
1.      Don’t
follow Jesus as a means to gain earthly treasures. Seek Christ for his own sake
as your greatest and eternal treasure.
 
25 When they found him on the other side of the
lake, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?" 26
Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not
because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had
your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that
endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the
Father has placed his seal of approval." (Jn.
6:25–27, NIV)
 
2.     
Don’t trust that you can be made right with God
by the good works that you can perform.
 
Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works
God requires?" Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe
in the one he has sent."
(Jn. 6:28-29, NIV)
 
3.     
Don’t put God to the test by expecting him to
meet your demands for verification.
 
So they asked him, "What sign then will you give that
we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the manna in
the wilderness; as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to
eat.'"
(Jn. 6:30-31, NIV)
 
Jesus said to them, "Very truly I tell you, it is not
Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives
you the true bread from heaven. (Jn. 6:32, NIV)
For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from
heaven and gives life to the world."
(Jn. 6:33, NIV)
 
4.     
Find true, eternal joy and a restored
relationship with God by believing in Jesus, the True Manna from Heaven.
 
"Sir," they said, "always give us this
bread." Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes
to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
(Jn. 6:34-35, NIV)

Knowing God - Lesson 3 - The Biblical Explanation of the Triunity of God - Cameron Jungles - Wed 1/22/14

“Knowing God”
Lesson 3: “1 + 1 + 1 = 1?”
 
1. The Biblical Explanation of the Triunity of God.
 
* There is only One God.
 
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength. (Deut. 6:4-5, NIV)
 
* The One God is Three Persons.
 
- The three persons are distinct.
 
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. (Jn. 1:1-2, NIV)
 
- The three persons have unity.
 
I and the Father are one. (Jn. 10:30, NIV)
 
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age." (Matt. 28:19–20, NIV)
 
* There is only One God.
 
* The One God is Three Persons.
 
* Each person is fully God.
-         
The Father is God.
-         
Jesus is God.
-         
The Holy Spirit is God.
 
* Putting the 3 truths together.
-         
God is one in essence.
-         
God is three in person.
 
2. Unbiblical explanations of the Triunity of God.
 
* If the truth that there is only one God is denied, the
result is Tri-theism.
 
* If the truth that there are three distinct persons is
denied, the result is Modalism.
 
* If the truth that all three persons are fully God is
denied, the result is Arianism.
 
3. Why is the Doctrine of the Trinity important?
 
* It is essential to our understanding of God.
 
* It is essential to our salvation.