Acts: Reactions

This passage in Acts is a wonderful account of a lame man who, when healed, goes leaping and shouting through the temple. When a crowd gathers, Peter gives us a clear understanding of how the Gospel is to be presented to others. We also see the opposite reactions among those who heard. We will learn a lot about what we believe and what we should share with others about the faith.

Acts 3

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Mark: Blind, But Seeing a Lot

Mark tells us of a blind man who saw very clearly before he was actually healed... more than most see today... and we are called to be like him.

Isaiah 11:1-10
Jeremiah 23:1-6
Ezekiel 34:20-24
Mark 10:46-52
Matthew 1:1
Luke 1:32
Romans 1:3-4
Ephesians 2:8-9

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why was Bartimaeus named?
• Why was he so tough and unwilling to keep quiet?
• What does it say about Jesus that He heard him over the crowd?
• Why did Jesus ask him that obvious question?
• Why is the statement that "everyone will be in Bartimaeus' position someday" true?
• Why does everyone have to come to Christ like him?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Luke: A Blind Beggar as a Role Model

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Luke 18:35-43
Hebrews 11:6

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Luke: Seeing Clearly...Way Too Late

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Luke 16:19-31
2 Corinthians 5:10
Revelation 20:12
Ephesians 2:8-9
2 Timothy 3:16-17

We learn, fourthly, from this parable, the reality and eternity of hell. The Lord Jesus tells us plainly, that after death the rich man was "in hell--tormented with fire." He gives us a fearful picture of his longing for a drop of "water to cool his tongue," and of "the gulf" between him and Abraham, which could not be passed. There are few more dreadful passages perhaps in the whole Bible than this. And He from whose lips it came, be it remembered, was one who delighted in mercy! The certainty and endlessness of the future punishment of the wicked, are truths which we must hold fast and never let go. From the day when Satan said to Eve, "You shall not surely die," there never have been lacking men who have denied them. Let us not be deceived. There is a hell for the impenitent, as well as a heaven for believers. There is a wrath to come for all who "obey not the Gospel of Christ." (2 Thessalonians 1:8) From that wrath let us flee betimes to the great hiding-place, Jesus Christ the Lord. If men find themselves "in torment" at last, it will not be because there was no way to escape. J.C. Ryle

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Luke: Two Masters Doesn't Work

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Luke 16:1-13,12:33-34,16:19-25
1 Timothy 6:6-11,6:17-19
Ephesians 4:28

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA