Sunday Aug 11, 2013
John 5:19–23 Cameron Jungles 8-11-2013 AM
Eastside Baptist Church, Winfield, Alabama
Biblical Expository Preaching and Teaching
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Wednesday Aug 07, 2013
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
Isaiah 41:8-14(KJV) 8But
thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of
Abraham my friend. 9Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the
earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee,
Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 10Fear thou not; for I am
with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee;
yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my
righteousness. 11Behold, all
they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall
be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find
them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee
shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand,
saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of
Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel. Isaiah 43:1(KJV) 1But now
thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O
Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy
name; thou art mine.
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
Our Eyes Are Upon You - Venlon Bradford - 8-4-132 Chronicles 20:1-37(KJV) 1It came to pass after this also, that the
children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside
the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying,
There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side
Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. 3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set
himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4And Judah gathered themselves
together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah
they came to seek the LORD. 5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah
and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 6And said, O LORD God of our
fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all
the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and
might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 7Art not thou our God, who didst drive
out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the
seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a
sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9If, when evil cometh upon us, as the
sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in
thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our
affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and
mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the
land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 11Behold, I say, how they
reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to
inherit. 12O our God, wilt
thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh
against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 13And all Judah stood before the
LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14Then upon Jahaziel the son of
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite
of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the
congregation; 15And he said,
Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king
Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason
of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16To morrow go ye down against
them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the
end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17Ye shall not need to fight in
this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation
of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to
morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. 18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head
with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites,
and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel
with a loud voice on high. 20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth
into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and
said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD
your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye
prosper. 21And when he had
consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should
praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say,
Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. 22And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD
set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were
come against Judah; and they were smitten. 23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against
the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when
they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy
another. 24And when Judah
came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude,
and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none
escaped. 25And when
Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among
them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which
they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were
three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. 26And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in
the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of
the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. 27Then they returned, every man
of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to
Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28And they came to Jerusalem
with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. 29And the fear of God was on all
the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought
against the enemies of Israel. 30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God
gave him rest round about. 31And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was
thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five
years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of
Shilhi. 32And he walked in
the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was
right in the sight of the LORD. 33Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as
yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu
the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of
Israel. 35And after this did
Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very
wickedly: 36And he joined
himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in
Eziongaber. 37Then Eliezer
the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because
thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the
ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2013
Sunday Jul 28, 2013
Sunday Jul 21, 2013
Saturday Jul 20, 2013
Wednesday Jul 17, 2013
Wednesday Jul 17, 2013
Justice and Mercy: The Message of Micah (Eastside
Baptist/Wed PM/July 17, 2013)
The Message of Micah
Ø Setting
and Context
Ø Structure
& Message
Ø Important
Themes
Ø “Jesus
Lens” and New Testament Application
Setting and Context
Ø Micah
– prophet from Judah
§ From
Moresheth – 25 miles Southwest of Jerusalem.
Ø 740
to 686 B.C. during reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, & Hezekiah
Ø Final
decline and fall of Israel, defeated in 722 by Assyria.
Ø Judah
was characterized by:
§ Religious
corruption
§ Social
oppression
§ Economic
injustice
§ Personal
vice and deception
§ Political
intrigue and treachery
Structure & Message
Ø Heading
(1:1)
§ Micah
– “Who is like Yahweh?”
§ 7:18:
“Who is a God like you?”
Ø First
Series of Threats against Samaria and Jerusalem (1:2-16)
§ Yahweh,
the Divine Warrior
§ Samaria
destroyed for idolatry
Judah
into exile for its sins
Ø Reasons
for Judgment (2:1-11)
§ Social
injustice
§ False
theology that gives the people what it wants to hear
Ø First
Word of Hope (2:12-13)
§ Regathering,
Messianic King
Ø Second
Series of Threats and Reasons (3:1-12)
§ Judgment
on leaders/prophets who helped to promote injustice
§ Judgment
on Jerusalem/Zion
Ø Second
Word of Hope (4:1-5:15)
§ Return
after exile, Messianic King born in Bethlehem (5:2).
Ø God’s
Case against Jerusalem (6:1-16)
§ Yahweh
takes Judah to court.
§ Religious
rituals will not be a defense against guilt of injustice
Ø Micah’s
Lament (7:1-7)
§ Micah
mourns the coming fall of Jerusalem, but ends w/ hope.
Ø Third
Word of Hope (7:8-20)
§ Hope
for the future
§ Return
from exile and center of hope for the nations
§ Prayer
for God to lead his people as a righteous Shepherd-King.
Important Themes
Ø God
will judge his people because of their covenant violations.
Ø God
will defend the poor and the oppressed, and those who take advantage of them
will be judged.
Ø God
expects his people to share his heart in his concern for the poor and
oppressed.
Ø Religious
rituals will not make up for lack of righteousness, justice, and love of
neighbor.
Ø God
will justly punish, but he is also merciful and will restore a remnant by grace
through his Davidic Messiah.
Ø Yahweh
is the God of all the nations.
“Jesus Lens” and Application
Ø God
mercifully did not abandon his people; he promised to restore them, forgive
them, bring them out of exile, and bless them with a Messiah King in the line
of David.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the
transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
Micah 7:19
You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our
sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:20
You will be faithful to Jacob, and show love to Abraham, as
you pledged on oath to our ancestors in days long ago.
“Jesus Lens” and Application
Ø God
demonstrated his concern for the poor, oppressed, and weak by sending his Son
to minister among them and give his life for them.
Ø God
desires faith, true worship, love, mercy, humility, and obedience from his
people.
Micah 6:6
With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before
the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a
year old?
Micah 6:7
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?
Micah 6:8
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.
Sunday Jul 14, 2013
Wednesday Jul 10, 2013
Wednesday Jul 10, 2013
God’s Mercy to Outsiders: The Message of Jonah (Eastside
Baptist/Wed PM/July 10, 2013)
The Message of Jonah
Ø Setting
and Context
Ø Structure
& Message
Ø Important
Themes
Ø “Jesus
Lens” and New Testament Application
Setting and Context
Ø Jonah,
son of Amittai
§ From
Gath Hepher, 2 Kgs 14:25
§ Prophet
to Israel (N. Kingdom)
Ø During
reign of Jeroboam II
§ Prosperous,
spiritually dark
§ Enemy
Assyria in decline, but the threat still present.
Structure & Message
Ø Jonah
runs from God.
Ø Jonah’s
prayer and rescue
Ø Jonah
goes & Nineveh repents.
Ø Jonah’s
anger & God’s question
§ Narration
of events, not prophetic oracles
§ Lesson
in story and final ?
Jonah runs from God.
Ø Jonah’s
reluctance is rooted in righteous motives.
Ø But
he fails to understand God’s boundless mercy.
Ø Irony:
Jonah runs from God; pagan sailors sacrifice to God.
Ø God
rescues undeserving Jonah
Jonah’s Prayer & Rescue
Ø Prayer
from inside the fish
Ø Prayer
for deliverance, formed as a “Psalm of Thanksgiving”
Ø Irony:
Jonah is thankful for the salvation he does not deserve, but unwilling to warn
others who are undeserving.
Jonah goes & Nineveh repents.
Ø Jonah
responds to 2nd call.
Ø “40
days till’ doom’s day!”
Ø City-wide
demonstration of repentance and sorrow
Ø Irony:
Jonah presumed on God; pagan Ninevehites only hope (9).
Ø God
relents (Jeremiah 18:7-8)
Jeremiah 18:7-8
If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be
uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its
evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.
Jonah’s Anger & God’s Question
Ø Jonah
is angry at God, because he is compassionate!
Ø Jonah
would rather die than see Nineveh spared.
Ø Jonah
waits for the fire to fall!
Ø An
object lesson
Ø A
question with no answer
Jonah 4:10
But the LORD said, "You have been concerned about this
plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and
died overnight.
Jonah 4:11
And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh,
in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot
tell their right hand from their left--and also many animals?"
Important Themes
Ø God
is the Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer of all peoples.
Ø God’s
compassion is boundless.
Ø God
will bless all peoples through his blessing to Abraham’s descendants.
Ø God
has mercy and compassion on whom he wills; we are not in a position to question
the extent of God’s mercy.
Ø God
is the sovereign Lord, and every force of nature does his bidding.
“Jesus Lens” and Application
Ø The
ultimate display of God’s compassion for the nations was the death, burial (3
days), and resurrection of Christ.
Ø The
gospel message is for the nations, and whoever believes is spared God’s
judgment.
Ø There
is no sinner beyond the reach of God’s compassion and grace.
Ø We
may not run from our commission to share the good news with people who may seem
to be far away from grace.
Sunday Jul 07, 2013
Sunday Jun 30, 2013
Sunday Jun 30, 2013
Sunday Jun 30, 2013
“Living Water andTrue Worship”
John 4:1-26
(Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/June 30, 2013)
1. Only Jesus can
unite the diverse and divided peoples of the world.
2. Only Jesus can
truly satisfy the longings of our souls.
3. Only Jesus can
rescue us from the emptiness of religious ritual and cultural sentimentality.
Main Idea
Jesus Christ is drawing a diverse fellowship of believers to
the true worship of God, where they will find true joy and peace.
Wednesday Jun 26, 2013
Sunday Jun 23, 2013
Sunday Jun 23, 2013
Sunday Jun 23, 2013
Sunday Jun 23, 2013
Friday Jun 21, 2013
Sunday Jun 16, 2013
Sunday Jun 16, 2013
“Christ Must Become Greater”: John 3:22–30 (Eastside
Baptist/Sun AM/June 16, 2013)
John 3:30
He must become greater; I must become less.”
1. John humbly
submitted himself to the will of God.
·
John understood his dependence on Divine
grace.
John 3:27
To this John replied, "A person can receive only what
is given them from heaven.
·
John willingly embraced his role in preparing
the way for Jesus.
John 3:28
You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the
Messiah but am sent ahead of him.'
John 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends
the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the
bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
·
John humbly accepted his decreasing
popularity and influence.
John 3:26
They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, that man who
was with you on the other side of the Jordan--the one you testified
about--look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him."
John 3:27
To this John replied, "A person can receive only what
is given them from heaven.
·
John laid down his life in service to Christ.
John 3:24
(This was before John was put in prison.)
Matthew 14:3-4
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in
prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for John had been saying
to him: "It is not lawful for you to have her."
Matthew 14:5
Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people,
because they considered John a prophet.
Matthew 14:6-7
On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the
guests and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give her
whatever she asked.
Matthew 14:8
Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me here on a
platter the head of John the Baptist."
Matthew 14:9-10
The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his
dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted and had John beheaded in
the prison.
Matthew 14:11
His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl,
who carried it to her mother.
Matthew 14:12
John's disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then
they went and told Jesus.
Mark 8:34
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and
said: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up
their cross and follow me.
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but
whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
Matthew 23:8
"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one
Teacher, and you are all brothers.
Matthew 23:9
And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one
Father, and he is in heaven.
Matthew 23:10
Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one
Instructor, the Messiah.
Matthew 23:11-12
The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who
exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be
exalted.
2. So that, Jesus
Christ would be glorified.
John 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends
the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the
bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
John 3:30
He must become greater; I must become less.”
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might
have the supremacy.
Philippians 2:9
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him
the name that is above every name,
Philippians 2:10
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven
and on earth and under the earth,
Philippians 2:11
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father.
Main Idea
We must willingly offer ourselves in humble self-sacrificing
service, so that our Lord Jesus Christ may be exalted in all things.
Romans 12:1
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of
God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to
God--this is your true and proper worship.