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The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 47: "Zion Glorified" (Isaiah 60:1–22)

The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 47: "Zion Glorified" (Isaiah 60:1–22)
1. The Nations See God’s Glory (Isaiah 60:1–3)
1 “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. 2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. 3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. (Isaiah 60:1–3, NIV)
2. Jerusalem’s Population, Wealth, and Relationship with Other Nations Grow (Isaiah 60:4–16)
a. Jerusalem’s Population (Isaiah 60:4)
4 “Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip. (Isaiah 60:4, NIV)
b. Jerusalem’s Wealth (Isaiah 60:5–9)
1) Nations would bring their wealth to Israel from land and sea (Isaiah 60:5–7).
5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come. 6 Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the Lord. 7 All Kedar’s flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious temple. (Isaiah 60:5–7, NIV)
2) The Lord had glorified his people (Isaiah 60:8–9).
8 “Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests? 9 Surely the islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor. (Isaiah 60:8–9, NIV)
c. Jerusalem’s Relationship with Other Nations (Isaiah 60:10–16)
10 “Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion. 11 Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations— their kings led in triumphal procession. 12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined. 13 “The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the juniper, the fir and the cypress together, to adorn my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place for my feet. 14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 15 “Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations. 16 You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. (Isaiah 60:10–16, NIV)
3. God’s Special Blessing Rests on His People (Isaiah 60:17–22)
a. Good Administration (Isaiah 60:17–18)
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and well-being your ruler. 18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. (Isaiah 60:17–18, NIV)
b. Everlasting Light (Isaiah 60:19–20)
19 The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. 20 Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. (Isaiah 60:19–20, NIV)
c. Blessed People (Isaiah 60:21–22)
21 Then all your people will be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor. 22 The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the Lord; in its time I will do this swiftly.” (Isaiah 60:21–22, NIV)

“Keeping and Being Kept” (Jude 17–25)

“Keeping and Being Kept” (Jude 17–25)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, May 19, 2019
Jude 17–25 (NIV)        17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.        20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.        22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.         24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
1. The Christian’s Calling and Responsibility (vv. 17–23).
a. Remember (17–19)
i. The Apostolic Word
b. Remain (20–21)
i. Build yourselves up in the faith.ii. Pray in the Holy Spirit.iii. Keep yourselves in the love of God.iv. Wait and persevere.
c. Rescue (22–23)
i. The Confusedii. The Convincediii. The Committed
2. The Christian’s Hope and Assurance (vv. 24–25).
a. The Lord Preserves His People (24a).b. The Lord Presents His People (24b–25).c. The Lord Is Praised by His People (25).

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 46: “Ritual, Rebellion, Repentance, Redemption” (Isaiah 58–59)

The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 46: “Ritual, Rebellion, Repentance, Redemption” (Isaiah 58–59)
1. Rebuke of Ritualistic, Religious Israel (Isaiah 58:1–14)
True vs. False Discipleship (Isaiah 58:1–2)
1 “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins. 2 For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. (Isaiah 58:1–2, NIV)
True vs. False Fasting (Isaiah 58:3–12)
3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’ “Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. 4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? 6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. 9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, 10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. 11 The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. 12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. (Isaiah 58:3–12, NIV)
True vs. False Sabbath Observance (Isaiah 58:13–14)
13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, 14 then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. (Isaiah 58:13–14, NIV)
2. Redemption of Rebellious but Repentant Israel (Isaiah 59:1–21)
Israel’s Sinfulness (Isaiah 59:1–2)
1 Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. (Isaiah 59:1–2, NIV)
Israel’s Specific Sins (Isaiah 59:3–8)
3 For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things. 4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil. 5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched. 6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. 7 Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways. 8 The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace. (Isaiah 59:3–8, NIV)
The Consequences of Israel’s Sin (Isaiah 59:9–15a)
9 So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. 10 Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead. 11 We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away. 12 For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities: 13 rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived. 14 So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey... (Isaiah 59:9–15a, NIV)
The Redemption of the Lord (Isaiah 59:15b–21)
15 ...The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice. 16 He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm achieved salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him. 17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. 18 According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due. 19 From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the Lord drives along. 20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord. 21 “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord. (Isaiah 59:15b–21, NIV)

“The Wisdom of Honoring Mothers” (Selections from Proverbs)

“The Wisdom of Honoring Mothers” (Selections from Proverbs)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, May 12, 2019 (Mother’s Day)
“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.” (Exod. 20:12 NIV)
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother"-- which is the first commandment with a promise-- 3 "so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." (Eph. 6:1–3 NIV)
1. Value Your Mother’s Instruction.
a. Listen to your mother.
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. (Prov. 1:8)
My son, keep your father's command and do not forsake your mother's teaching. (Prov. 6:20)
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. (Prov. 23:22 NIV)
The sayings of King Lemuel-- an inspired utterance his mother taught him. Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb! Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers! (Prov. 31:1–2 NIV)
b. Gain wisdom from your mother.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. 9 They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. (Prov. 1:7–9 NIV)
2. Benefit from Your Mother’s Instruction.
a. It will help you know God better.
My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, (Prov. 2:1 NIV)then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. (Prov. 2:5 NIV)
b. It will guide and protect you.
20 My son, keep your father's command and do not forsake your mother's teaching. 21 Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. 22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. (Prov. 6:20–22 NIV)
c. It will enhance the duration and quality of your life.
My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. (Prov. 4:20 NIV)for they are life to those who find them and health to one's whole body. (Prov. 4:22 NIV)
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. (Prov. 3:1–2 NIV)
3. Respect and Honor Your Mother.
a. Foolishness brings dishonor and grief to your mother.
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. (Prov. 10:1 NIV)
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother. (Prov. 15:20 NIV)
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him. (Prov. 17:25 NIV)
b. Disrespect is shameful.
Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace. (Prov. 19:26 NIV)
Whoever robs their father or mother and says, "It's not wrong," is partner to one who destroys. (Prov. 28:24 NIV)
c. Disrespect leads to arrogance and rebellion.
11 "There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers; 12 those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth; 13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful; 14 those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind. (Prov. 30:11–14 NIV)
d. Disrespect brings the judgment of God.
If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness. (Prov. 20:20 NIV)
The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures. (Prov. 30:17 NIV)
Main Idea: One of the clearest indications that someone is living in the fear of the Lord and seeking the wisdom of the Lord is that they honor their mother.

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 45: “The True People of God” (Isaiah 56:1–57:21)

The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 45: “The True People of God” (Isaiah 56:1–57:21)*
1. The True People of God Redefined (Isaiah 56:1–8)
A Blessed People Waiting (Isaiah 56:1–2)
1 This is what the Lord says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed. 2 Blessed is the one who does this— the person who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps their hands from doing any evil.” (Isaiah 56:1–2, NIV)
A Blessed People Included (Isaiah 56:3–7)
3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.” And let no eunuch complain, “I am only a dry tree.” 4 For this is what the Lord says: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant— 5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever. 6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant— 7 these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” (Isaiah 56:3–7, NIV)
A Blessed People Gathering (Isaiah 56:8)
8 The Sovereign Lord declares— he who gathers the exiles of Israel: “I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered.” (Isaiah 56:8, NIV)
2. The False People of God Exposed (Isaiah 56:9–57:13)
Blind and Greedy (Isaiah 56:9–12)
9 Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest! 10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep. 11 They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, they seek their own gain. 12 “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.” (Isaiah 56:9–12, NIV)
Hostile to the Righteous (Isaiah 57:1–2)
1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. 2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. (Isaiah 57:1–2, NIV)
Idolatrous (Isaiah 57:3–13)
3 “But you—come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! 4 Who are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars? 5 You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags. 6 The idols among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; indeed, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In view of all this, should I relent? 7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices. 8 Behind your doors and your doorposts you have put your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, you climbed into it and opened it wide; you made a pact with those whose beds you love, and you looked with lust on their naked bodies. 9 You went to Molek with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the very realm of the dead! 10 You wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint. 11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me? 12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you. 13 When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.” (Isaiah 57:3–13, NIV)
3. The True People of God Invited (Isaiah 57:14–21)
Promise of Presence (Isaiah 57:14–16)
14 And it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.” 15 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. 16 I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me— the very people I have created. (Isaiah 57:14–16, NIV)
Promise of Healing (Isaiah 57:17-19a)
17 I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid my face in anger, yet they kept on in their willful ways. 18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners, 19 creating praise on their lips...” (Isaiah 57:17–19a, NIV)
Promise of Peace (Isaiah 57:19b–21)
19 ...Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. “And I will heal them.” 20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. 21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.” (Isaiah 57:19b–21, NIV)
*The main points of this outline are drawn from the ESV Study Bible notes.

“Reflecting the Glory of the Lord” (Exodus 34:29–35)

“Reflecting the Glory of the Lord” (Exodus 34:29–35)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, May 5, 2019
Exodus 34:29–35 (NIV)
29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.
33 When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. 34 But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.
1. The Glory of the Lord is Revealed in His Goodness.
a. The Declaration of His Goodness
6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation." (Exod. 34:6-7 NIV)
b. The Application of His Goodness
1 The LORD said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. (Exod. 34:1-2 NIV)
Then the LORD said: "I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the LORD, will do for you. (Exod. 34:10 NIV)
27 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." 28 Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant-- the Ten Commandments. (Exod. 34:27-28 NIV)
2. The Glory of the Lord is Reflected by the One Who Communes with the Lord.
a. Moses’s radiant face reflects the Lord’s glory as manifested in his goodness (Exod 34:6–7).
b. Moses’s radiant face reflects his spending much time with the Lord.
c. Moses’s radiant face is closely associated with receiving and proclaiming the gracious Word of the Lord.
...he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD (Exod. 34:29 NIV)
When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. (Exod. 34:33 NIV)
34 But whenever he entered the LORD's presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD. (Exod. 34:34-35 NIV)
d. As radiant as Moses’s shining face was, it was a glory that represented a temporary covenant that at one point would give way to a better, new covenant.

“O Taste and See that the Lord Is Good” (Psalm 34)

“O Taste and See that the Lord Is Good” (Psalm 34)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, May 5, 2019
Psalm 34 (NIV)
Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.
1 I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
2 I will glory in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
3 Glorify the Lord with me;
let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
9 Fear the Lord, you his holy people,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
10 The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
11 Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
13 keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
14 Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
16 but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to blot out their name from the earth.
17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
19 The righteous person may have many troubles,
but the Lord delivers him from them all;
20 he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.
21 Evil will slay the wicked;
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord will rescue his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
1. Rejoice with Me! (vv. 1-3)
2. The Lord Is My Deliverer (vv. 4–7).
3. Come, Experience the Lord’s Goodness (vv. 8–10).
4. Listen to My Instruction (vv. 11–16).
5. Fear the Lord, and He Will Be Your Deliverer (vv. 17–22).

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 44: “An Invitation to Life” (Isaiah 55:1-13)

The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 44: “An Invitation to Life” (Isaiah 55:1-13)
1. Come, Eat and Drink! (Isaiah 55:1-2)
• Bread That Is Freely Given (Isaiah 55:1)
1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. (Isaiah 55:1, NIV)
• Bread That Truly Satisfies (Isaiah 55:2)
2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. (Isaiah 55:2, NIV)
2. Come and Live! (Isaiah 55:3-5)
• Listen to the Lord’s Word (Isaiah 55:3a)
3 Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live... (Isaiah 55:3, NIV)
• Trust the Lord’s Covenant (Isaiah 55:3b)
3 ... I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. (Isaiah 55:3, NIV)
• Remember David (Isaiah 55:4)
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples. (Isaiah 55:4, NIV)
• Hope in the Lord’s Promises (Isaiah 55:5)
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.” (Isaiah 55:5, NIV)
3. Come and Seek! (Isaiah 55:6-7)
• Seek the Lord Now (Isaiah 55:6)
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.” (Isaiah 55:5, NIV)
• Forsake Sin (Isaiah 55:7a)
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts... (Isaiah 55:7, NIV)
• Return to the Lord (Isaiah 55:7b)
7 ... Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. (Isaiah 55:7, NIV)
4. Come and Consider! (Isaiah 55:8-13)
• Consider the Greatness of God (Isaiah 55:8-9)
8 “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. (Isaiah 55:8–9, NIV)
• Consider the Certainty of the Lord’s Word (Isaiah 55:10-11)
10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:10–11, NIV)
• Consider the Renewal of the Lord’s Creation (Isaiah 55:12-13)
12 You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord’s renown, for an everlasting sign, that will endure forever.” (Isaiah 55:12–13, NIV)

“Renewal of the Covenant” (Exodus 34:10–28)

“Renewal of the Covenant” (Exodus 34:10–28)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, April 28, 2019
Exodus 34:10–28 (NIV)
10 Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. 11 Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 12 Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.  14 Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
15 “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. 16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.
17 “Do not make any idols.
18 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.
19 “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.
“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.
22 “Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year. 23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. 24 I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.
25 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.
26 “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
1. God’s Goodness is revealed in his willingness to renew the covenant with a faithless people.
a. The covenant needed to be renewed, because Israel had broken it. b. This is a renewed or remade covenant. It is not an entirely new covenant. c. The renewal of the covenant is a marvelous work of re-creation.d. It is God’s goodness alone that renews the covenant.e. The renewal of the covenant was for God’s glory.f. The renewal of the covenant entailed a renewed commitment to obedience.
2. God’s Goodness is to be honored by worshiping him exclusively.
3. God’s Goodness is to be honored by maintaining purity from pagan influences.
4. God’s Goodness is to be honored by faithfully engaging in worship and remembrance of his deeds in the way he prescribes.
5. God’s Goodness is to be honored by giving him the very best of all that we have.
Main Idea: God has graciously demonstrated his goodness in entering into a covenant with us. His goodness should be honored by us by giving him exclusive worship, maintaining purity from the world, worshiping him regularly in the way he prescribes, and by giving him the very best that we have.

“The Right Way and the Wrong Way” (Psalm 1)

“The Right Way and the Wrong Way” (Psalm 1)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, April 28, 2019
Psalm 1:1–6 (NIV) 1 Blessed is the one        who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take        or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,        and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,        which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—        whatever they do prospers. 4 Not so the wicked!        They are like chaff        that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,        nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,        but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
1. Two Different Directions
a. Clearly Distinct Directionsb. Directions of Choicec. A Direction of Graced. Progressive Directionse. Solitary vs. Crowded Paths
2. Two Different Dividends
a. Blessedness vs. Futility/Frustrationb. Flourishing vs. Withering
3. Two Different Destinies
a. In this lifeb. In the life to come
Main Idea: Those blessed by the Lord walk the path of delight in his Word. Their life is a flourishing one that leads to eternal life. The foolish and the mockers walk the path of self-determination, refusing to delight in or follow God’s Word. Their life is characterized by futility and ultimately ends in death and judgment.

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 43: "Jerusalem’s Rebirth" (Isaiah 54:1–17)

The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 43: "Jerusalem’s Rebirth" (Isaiah 54:1–17)*
1. The Command to Celebrate the Rebirth (Isaiah 54:1–3)
a. The Barren Become Fertile (Isaiah 54:1)
1 “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the Lord. (Isaiah 54:1, NIV)
b. The People Multiply (Isaiah 54:2–3)
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. 3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. (Isaiah 54:2–3, NIV)
2. The Lord’s Plan concerning the Rebirth (Isaiah 54:4–10)
a. The Lord Has Redeemed His People (Isaiah 54:4–6)
4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. 5 For your Maker is your husband— the Lord Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. 6 The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit— a wife who married young, only to be rejected,” says your God. (Isaiah 54:4–6, NIV)
b. The Lord’s Discipline Is Now Complete (Isaiah 54:7–8)
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. 8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer. (Isaiah 54:7–8, NIV)
c. The Lord Will Keep His People Forever (Isaiah 54:9–10)
9 “To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. 10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. (Isaiah 54:9–10, NIV)
3. The Establishment of the Rebirth (Isaiah 54:11–17)
a. The City (Isaiah 54:11–12)
11 “Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with lapis lazuli. 12 I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones. (Isaiah 54:11–12, NIV)
b. The People (Isaiah 54:13–17)
13 All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace. 14 In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you. 15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you. 16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc; 17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord. (Isaiah 54:13–17, NIV)
* The outline is adapted from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey, Encountering Biblical Studies (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).

“The Sign of Lazarus” (John 11:1–45)

“The Sign of Lazarus” (John 11:1–45)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchEaster Sunday, April 21, 2019
John 11:1–45 (NIV)
11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. 10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
28 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
 
1. Lazarus did not deserve the suffering he endured.
1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. (John 9:1–3 NIV)
2. Lazarus endured an intensified suffering in accomplishing the purposes of God.
3. Lazarus died and was prepared for burial and was put in a cave tomb with a stone in front.
4. Lazarus was buried for several days in demonstration that he had assuredly succumbed to death.
5. Lazarus’ death and burial were temporary.
6. Lazarus came to life again and came out of his burial clothes.
7. Lazarus’s resurrection glorified God.
8. Lazarus’s resurrection was a sign that resulted in many people putting their faith in Jesus.
9. Lazarus’s death and resurrection happened toward the end of Jesus’ public ministry, providing a foretaste of the greater resurrection of Christ to come.
10. Lazarus’s death was the most climactic sign in demonstration of the identity and authority of Jesus Christ before his own resurrection from the grave.
11. A miraculous sign is not enough to melt the hardened heart of unbelief. A miracle of regeneration of the heart by the Spirit of God is required to bring about faith.
12. Unlike Lazarus’s resurrection, Jesus was raised never to die again. Jesus was the firstfruits of a new kind of resurrection from death.
Main Idea: The raising of Lazarus is a sign pointing to the greater resurrection of Christ. The resurrection of Christ is the greatest attestation of the authenticity and authority of the person of Jesus Christ as the Son of God. The only proper response is to believe in Him.

“The Sign of the Temple” (John 2:12–23)

“The Sign of the Temple” (John 2:12–23)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, April 14, 2019
John 2:12–23 (NIV)        12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.        13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”         18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”        19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”        20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
1. The Authority of Jesus is Displayed.2. The Authority of Jesus is Questioned.3. The Authenticity of Jesus’ Authority is Predicted.
* By means of a Typological Sign, comparing Jesus to the Temple:
i. The Temple was the central focus of the worship and life of the Israelite people.ii. The Temple was the means by which God’s presence dwelt with his people.iii. The Temple was the place where sacrificial blood was offered by the High Priest for atonement so that God might dwell with his people.
4. The Authority of Jesus is Confirmed.
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 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, 20 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. 28:18-20 NIV)
32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand 35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' 36 "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah." (Acts 2:32-36 NIV)

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 42: “The Suffering Servant” (Isaiah 52:13–53:12) [Part 2]

The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 42: “The Suffering Servant” (Isaiah 52:13–53:12) [Part 2]
1. The Servant’s Identity*
a. Isaiah?b. Israel?c. The Remnant of Israel?d. Jesus the Messiah?
2. The Servant’s Introduction (52:13–15)
a. The Servant’s Wisdom (52:13)b. The Servant’s Exalted Status (52:13)c. The Servant’s Appearance (52:14)d. The Servant and the Nations (52:15)
3. The Servant’s Rejection (53:1–3)
a. The Struggle to Believe in the Servant (53:1)b. The Servant’s Ordinary Beginnings (53:2a)c. The Servant Has No Special Appearance (53:2b)d. The Servant Faces Derision and Rejection (53:3)
4. The Servant’s Suffering (53:4–6)
a. The Servant’s Suffering Is Substitutionary
4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. (Isaiah 53:4, NIV)
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” (Matthew 8:17, NIV)
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. (Isaiah 53:5, NIV)
24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” (1 Peter 2:24, NIV)
28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. (Hebrews 9:28, NIV)
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6, NIV)
25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25, NIV)
b. The Servant’s Suffering Is from God
6 ...the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6, NIV)
5. The Servant’s Death (53:7–9)
a. The Servant Goes Quietly to Slaughter (53:7)
7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. (Isaiah 53:7, NIV)
62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” 63 But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” (Matthew 26:62–63, NIV)
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. (1 Peter 2:23, NIV)
b. The Servant Dies for God’s People (53:8)
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. (Isaiah 53:8, NIV)
21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21, NIV)
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. (John 10:14–15, NIV)
c. The Servant Dies Innocent (53:9)
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. (Isaiah 53:9, NIV)
22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” (1 Peter 2:22, NIV)
4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.” (Luke 23:4, NIV)
57 As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. (Matthew 27:57–60, NIV)
6. The Servant’s Triumph (53:10–12)
a. God Made the Servant a Guilt Offering (53:10)
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin... (Isaiah 53:10, NIV)
23 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. 24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. (Acts 2:23–24, NIV)
32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? (Romans 8:32, NIV)
21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21, NIV)
b. The Servant Will See His Descendants (53:10–11)
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied... (Isaiah 53:10–11, NIV)
21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. (Matthew 16:21, NIV)
c. The Servant Will Justify Many (53:11)
11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. (Isaiah 53:11, NIV)
25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. (Romans 4:25, NIV)
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 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 5:18–19, NIV)
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. (1 Peter 3:18, NIV)
d. The Servant Receives God’s Reward (53:12)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 53:12, NIV)
37 It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.” (Luke 22:37, NIV)
9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. (Romans 14:9, NIV)
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9–11, NIV)
*The outline is adapted from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey, Encountering Biblical Studies (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).

“The Gracious and Compassionate God” (Exodus 34:1–9)

“The Gracious and Compassionate God” (Exodus 34:1–9)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, April 7, 2019
Exodus 34:1–9 (NIV) 34 The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 3 No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”        4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. 5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”        8 Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 9 “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”
1. The Holy One of Israel Displays His Compassion and Grace (vv. 1–4).
a. By not destroying Israel for their adulterous violation of the covenant (32:11–14).b. By his willingness to go with the Israelites on their way to Canaan (33:12–17).c. By his willingness to reveal a diminished view of his infinite glory to his servant Moses (33:17–23).d. By his willingness to renew the covenant with a faithless and stubborn people (34:1–4 [v. 10]).e. By his willingness to forgive the wickedness of the Israelites and be their God and they his people (34:7, 8–9).
2. The Holy One of Israel Proclaims His Compassion and Grace (vv. 5–7).
a. He proclaims his Name, the LORD (YHWH).b. He proclaims his Essential Character.
i. Compassionateii. Graciousiii. Slow to angeriv. Abounding in love (Hesed)v. Abounding in faithfulnessvi. Maintaining love (Hesed) to thousands (for a thousand generations)
9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. (Deut. 7:9 NIV)
vii. Forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sinviii. Just – not leaving the guilty unpunishedix. He punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.
c. This proclamation of the LORD’s Name and Character becomes the core description of the God of Israel throughout the Scriptures (Num 14:18; Neh 9:17; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2; Psalm 86:15; 103:8; 108:4; 111:4; 116:5; 145:8).
3. The Holy One of Israel Is to Be Worshiped for His Compassion and Grace (vv. 8–9).

“The Sign of Jonah” (Matthew 12:38–42)

“The Sign of Jonah” (Matthew 12:38–42)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, April 7, 2019
Matthew 12:38–42 (NIV)
        38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
       39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.
1. Like Jonah, Jesus was a prophet of God, proclaiming the message of God.
2. Like Jonah, Jesus was called as a prophet during a time of great Israelite unbelief.
a. The Israelite leadership in Jonah’s day was characterized by wickedness, idolatry, and unbelief.
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. 24 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. (2 Kings 14:23-24 NIV)
b. The Israelite leadership in Jesus’ day was caught up in its own self-righteousness and was deluded into thinking it had no need of repentance. But Jesus called them wicked and spiritual adulterers. Spiritual adultery was typically associated with idolatry, the same spiritual adultery that Israel was guilty of in Jonah’s day.
c. The unbelief of the religious leadership in Jesus’ day is demonstrated by their selfish demand for a miraculous sign from Jesus.
3. Like Jonah, Jesus saw minimal response to his message among the Israelites, but an overwhelmingly positive response to his message among the Gentiles.
4. Like Jonah, Jesus was zealous for the salvation of the Israelites.
a. But Jonah had a misguided, short-sighted view of the best way to ensure the salvation of the Israelites. He thought the best way to secure the safety and salvation of the Israelites was the destruction of Israel’s Gentile enemies. Jonah was even willing to sacrifice himself, be thrown into the ocean and drown, rather than see the repentance of the Gentiles. So, he was willing to sacrifice himself for the well-being of his own people, but it was misguided, short-sighted, and contrary to the will of God.
b. Jesus, on the other hand, had a proper, far-sighted view of the best way to ensure the salvation of the Israelites. He would lay down his life for his people, but not in any effort to circumvent the will of God, but rather in harmony with the will of God. Jonah’s death desired the destruction of the Gentiles, but Jesus’ death desired the salvation of the Gentiles. In his far-sighted view of the plan of God, Jesus knew that salvation for the Jews did not come by hostility to the Gentiles; rather, salvation for the Jews would ironically come through the conversion of the Gentiles (Romans 11).
5. Like Jonah, Jesus was miraculously rescued from death after 3 days.
a. J. Jeremias: “both the old and the new sign of Jonah consist in the authorisation of the divine messenger by deliverance from death.”
b. The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the greatest authentication of his message and the greatest vindication of his mission and work. It also became the center of the Christian proclamation of the gospel.
6. Both Jonah and Jesus preached a message of repentance, which is also the proper obedient response to their God-sent proclamation.
7. In many ways, Jonah was a type of Jesus, and Jesus was like Jonah. But Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God, and so was so much more than Jonah was or could ever be.

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 42: “The Suffering Servant” (Isaiah 52:13–53:12) [Part 1]

The Prophecy of Isaiah: A Bible StudyLesson 42: “The Suffering Servant” (Isaiah 52:13–53:12) [Part 1]
1. The Servant’s Identity*
a. Isaiah?
3 Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush, (Isaiah 20:3, NIV)
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” (Acts 8:34, NIV)
b. Israel?
8 “But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend, 9 I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. (Isaiah 41:8–9, NIV)
21 “Remember these things, Jacob, for you, Israel, are my servant. I have made you, you are my servant; Israel, I will not forget you. (Isaiah 44:21, NIV)
c. The Remnant of Israel?
1 But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. 3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead. 4 Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life. 5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. 6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth— 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”... 10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. (Isaiah 43:1–7, 10, NIV)
d. Jesus the Messiah
1 “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. 2 He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. 3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; 4 he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope.” (Isaiah 42:1–4, NIV)
10 Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God. (Isaiah 50:10, NIV)
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. (Acts 8:34–35, NIV)
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” (Matthew 8:17, NIV)
21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:21–25, NIV)
2. The Servant’s Introduction (52:13–15)
a. The Servant’s Wisdom (52:13)
13 See, my servant will act wisely; ... (Isaiah 52:13, NIV)
b. The Servant’s Exalted Status (52:13)
13 See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. (Isaiah 52:13, NIV)
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9–11, NIV)
c. The Servant’s Appearance (52:14)
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness— (Isaiah 52:14, NIV)
67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him 68 and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?” (Matthew 26:67–68, NIV)
d. The Servant and the Nations (52:15)
15 so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand. (Isaiah 52:15, NIV)
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” (Romans 15:20–21, NIV)
3. The Servant’s Rejection (53:1–3)
a. The Struggle to Believe in the Servant (53:1)
1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? (Isaiah 53:1, NIV)
37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.” 41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him. (John 12:37–41, NIV)
16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” (Romans 10:16, NIV)
b. The Servant’s Ordinary Beginnings (53:2a)
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. ... (Isaiah 53:2, NIV)
c. The Servant Has No Special Appearance (53:2b)
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. (Isaiah 53:2, NIV)
d. The Servant Faces Derision and Rejection (53:3)
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. (Isaiah 53:3, NIV)
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. (John 1:10–11, NIV)
*The outline is adapted from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey, Encountering Biblical Studies (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).

“To God Be the Glory” (Romans 16:21–27)

“To God Be the Glory” (Romans 16:21–27)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 31, 2019
Romans 16:21–27 (NIV)        21 Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.        22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.        23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings.           Erastus, who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.       25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith—27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
1. Glory be to God, who has made us a part of a worldwide spiritual family (21–23).
2. Glory be to God, who will complete the work he has started in us (25a).
3. Glory be to God, who has brought to fulfillment his long-planned and long-promised salvation through Jesus Christ (25b–26a).
4. Glory be to God, who is calling people from every language, tribe, and nation to himself through the gospel (26b).
5. Glory be to God forever and ever because of what he has done for us through Christ (27).

“Show Me Your Glory” (Exodus 33:17–23)

“Show Me Your Glory” (Exodus 33:17–23)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday PM, March 24, 2019
Exodus 33:17–23 (NIV)        17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”        18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”        19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”        21 Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”
1. The request of Moses reveals an instinctive desire that we as God's children share to know and see our Creator (v. 18).
8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." 9 Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? (John 14:8–9 NIV)
2. Our Creator God is too infinitely glorious to be seen by finite, mortal human beings (vv. 20, 23b).
3. But God does graciously reveal what can be received and known by sinful, finite, mortal human beings (vv. 19, 21–23a).
a. He reveals his goodness (v. 19).b. He reveals his Name (v. 19).c. He reveals his sovereign gracious character (v. 19).d. He reveals a limited view of his glory, which is what we are capable of and what is sufficient for us (vv. 21–23a).

“Watch Out and Stay Away!” (Romans 16:17–20)

“Watch Out and Stay Away!” (Romans 16:17–20)Pastor Cameron JungelsEastside Baptist ChurchSunday AM, March 24, 2019
17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. 20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Romans 16:17–20, NIV)
Paul’s exhortation to the Christians in Rome is threefold:
1. Don’t let false teachers destroy the work of the gospel in your church.
a. There are 3 ingredients to accomplish this defense of the gospel:
i. Vigilanceii. Separationiii. Discernment
2. In your vigilance for the gospel, take hope in the promise that God will ultimately crush Satan.
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." (Genesis 3:15, NIV)
3. Remember that we can ask for and receive the grace of Jesus Christ.