None Left Behind

Much can be learned about the relationship between the Father and the Son with Jesus' final words on the cross. God turned away as His Son willingly suffered for us. He was separated from Jesus. But He did not leave His Son behind; God reclaimed Jesus' body as a resurrected and living Lord!

Matthew 27:27-46,27:55-56
Psalm 22:1-21,27:8-9
Luke 23:45
Exodus 10:21
Amos 8:9-10
John 1:1-2
Numbers 6:24-26
2 Corinthians 5:21
1 Peter 2:24
Galatians 3:13
Habakkuk 1:13

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• Read Matthew 27:27-46 which describes the greatest abandonment ever to occur.
• Who was being abandoned - and by whom?
• Why was this the only abandonment with any honor and redemption?
• How do we know that judgment occurred at Calvary?
• Who was being judged?
• What different individuals and groups contributed to Jesus' social abandonment while He was on the cross?
• Read Psalm 22:1-21. From this passage, describe the emotional desertion the Son experienced on the cross.
• What was the deepest part of Jesus' suffering on the cross?
• Why was it the source of His greatest suffering?
• How do we know that Jesus ultimately was not abandoned?

Scott Graubard
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Colossians: Joy Inexpressible

A deep, substantial, ocean current of joy and thankfulness should predominate in every believers life... How to get there is not hard! Paul tells us how in Colossians.

1 Peter 1:3-9
Colossians 1:9-14
Romans 1:20-21
Philippians 3:1,4:4,4:6,4:10
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Ephesians 2:1-3
Nehemiah 8:10

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• How is Joy as the Bible describes it more substantial than how the world speaks of it?
• Where does a Christian's joy come from?
• What is the dominion of darkness?
• How were we qualified and transferred out of it?
• Why was the rescue mission deadly?
• How does knowing these realities impact people?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Mark: Utter Abandonment

As we focus on the crucifixion as described by Mark, Jesus was utterly abandoned by everyone on the cross, including His Father... so we will never be!

Psalm 22
Isaiah 53,59:2
Mark 15:16-41
Philippians 2:6-8
Matthew 16:53
Deuteronomy 21:23
Galatians 3:13
Revelation 22:14-15,22:17
Amos 8:9-10

Death by crucifixion was one of the cruelest and most degrading forms of punishment ever conceived by human perversity, even in the eyes of the pagan world.⁴⁶ Josephus described it as "the most wretched of all ways of dying", and the shudder caused by the cross as an instrument of execution is still reflected in the English word "excruciating". Yet in the Roman provinces crucifixion was one of the customary means of preserving public order, and the history of turbulent Judea is punctuated by accounts of men being crucified.


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J.Blinzler cites Cicero... "Even the mere word, cross, must remain far not only from the lips of the citizens of Rome, but also from their thoughts, their eyes, their ears." Elsewhere Cicero calls crucifixion the grossest, cruelest, or most hideous manner of execution.

William Lane The Gospel According to Mark

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• What was it like for Jesus before He came to earth?
• Who were all the groups or individuals who abandoned or rejected Jesus?
• Why was He utterly abandoned?
• What are the implications of this for us?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Mark: Get Off the Fence

In this passage from Mark, Jesus is forcing the disciples off the fence and at the same time revealing some amazing things about His amazing love and willingness to sacrifice for us.

Matthew 4:8-10
Mark 8:27-38,6:14
Philippians 2:8
2 Corinthians 5:21

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why did Jesus ask the questions He asked in this text?
• Why were His words so shocking to the disciples?
• What was on Peters mind when he rebuked Jesus?
• What was on Jesus' mind when He rebuked Peter?
• Why was what Jesus did for us so great?
• Are we off the fence?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

2 Peter: Keeping Safe

Peter is so concerned about the influence of false teachers upon the people of God. They are still about today as in every generation. How can we discern them and guard against their slick and deceptive ways?

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2 Peter 2

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why are false teachers so dangerous?
• What are some of the things that seem to mark them out in every generation?
• How can we good at discerning them so that we are not deceived?
• What do they appeal to in us?
• What does this passage teach us about God and His activity and attitude in all of this?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Luke: Forsaken

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Psalm 22:1-18
Matthew 27:45-54,10:28
Acts 5:11
2 Corinthians 5:21
Galatians 3:13
Isaiah 53:6
Romans 8:31-32

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Out of Darkness into His Marvelous Light

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1 Peter 2:1-10
Acts 26:9-18
Genesis 6:5
Romans 8:5-8
2 Corinthians 4:3-6
John 3:18-21,1:1-16
Philippians 2:1-12

Bill Haller
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

This Is Your Calling

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Hebrews 12:18-29
Jude 1-4
2 Timothy 1:7-14,2:1-5
Romans 5:8

Bill Haller
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA