Colossians: Paid in Full

When a debt is paid off the bill may be stamped Paid in Full, or even a mortgage may be burned. In Colossians Paul writes of a handwritten debt being nailed to the cross. A dramatic word image of what Jesus did for us.

Colossians 2,1:15-19
Proverbs 11:15,17:18
Acts 12:23
Hebrews 10:31,8:12,7:22
Psalm 103:12

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• How in debt are we before God?
• How serious is that debt?
• Why is it so difficult to take on someone else's debt?
• Why is our salvation like burning a mortgage?
• What specific encouragements were we given so as to not desecrate the cross and what God has done through Christ?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Appreciating God's Gift

God gave His Son... some do not grasp the magnitude of this gift.

Luke 12:13-31
John 3:16
Mark 8:36
Hebrews 9:27
Romans 3:19,3:23,8:31-32

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why was Marigold not happy with her incredible gift?
• What lessons do we draw from this in terms of God's gift?
• What are some of the reasons why we so need God's gift?
• What is God's gift?
• How does He meet our most important needs?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Mark: Servanthood is Greatness

Greatness is defined one way by the world and another way by Jesus in Mark. Are you great? Greatness is being a servant? Are you great?

John 13:1-15
Philippians 2:5-11
Mark 9:30-37

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What is greatness to our culture?
• To Jesus?
• How does Jesus' teaching here change the way we look at ourselves, at others, the world's view of us?
• Who do you serve?
• Who do you not serve but should serve?
• What does this teaching about servanthood tell us about God Himself?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

The Holiness of God: Part 4

God is Holy. Then He says... "Be holy for I am Holy". What does that mean for us? What is holiness?

1 Peter 1:13-19
Leviticus 11:44-45,19:2-3
2 Corinthians 7:1
Hebrews 12:14-17
Colossians 3:1-13
Romans 13:8
Micah 6:8
Titus 2:14

A Quick Comparison of Religion and the Gospel Tim Keller

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why does God want us to be holy?
• What does it mean to be holy?
• How do we become holy?
• Why is this NOT earning our salvation?
• Do we find holiness desireable?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Appreciating Salvation: The Effects of Grace

We have been saved by Grace!!! As we appreciate our salvation, what effect should our experience of God's grace have on our relationship with God, with others, with ourselves, and as we look to the future? Answer: the effect should be deep and profound!!

Matthew 18:21-35
Ephesians 2:1-9
Nehemiah 9:17
1 John 4:10-11,4:7-8,3:10,4:20

... 'the marvelous grace of our loving Lord', who drew us from destruction's pit and raised us to heights of heavenly bliss, and did it all this at such a cost to Himself that He spared not His own Son, and in such a manner that not a single one of His attributes, not even His justice, was eclipsed. William Hendriksen New Testament Commentary: Exposition of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why does God expect Grace to affect us?
• What are the effects it should have on our:
1. Relationship with God...
2. With others...
3. With ourselves...
4. As we look to the future?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

The Healing, Transforming, Delivering Power of Knowing God

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Matthew 18:21-35
Galatians 2:20
Romans 12:2
Ephesians 4:23
Philippians 3:8,10
Jeremiah 9:23-24

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Luke: How Do I Compare?

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Luke 7:35-50
Philippians 2:20-21

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA