Colossians: On Old Stumps and Stubborn Mules

Paul is telling the Colossians that Christians are to be grounded and steadfast to the end... no matter what... never quit! How do we get so deeply rooted?

Colossians 1:9-23,2:6-7
John 10:25-30
Romans 8:30,8:38-39
Philippians 1:6
Ephesians 1:13-14
Philippians 2:12-13
Matthew 10:22
Luke 8:13
1 John 2:19
1 Timothy 4:16
Luke 6:48
1 Corinthians 15:58

For faith is not like mere opinion, which is shaken by various movements, but has a firm steadfastness, able to withstand all the machinations of the hell. John Calvin The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• What are the questions raised when the warning passages are read?
• What are some of the answers?
• What is Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility, and how do these realities fit into this discussion?
• What do old stumps and stubborn mules have to do with Colossians 1:23?
• How do we get this deep, persevering faith?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

The Glory of Christ: The Covenant of Redemption

The Glory of Christ is seen so powerfully in the commitments He made to the Father and to His sheep before time began. In this message we will seek to enter into the eternal counsel of the Trinity to plan the salvation of God's people. There we will see the glory of Christ and the immense blessing we all have because of God's will to save his people.

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Acts 16:14
1 Corinthians 1:9
Romans 8:30
Mark 13:20-27
1 Peter 1:1-2
Ephesians 3:8-11,1:3-7
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
2 Timothy 1:8-9
John 5:30,5:43,4:34,6:37-44,10:11-30,17:1-24

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Luke: Judas and Peter (Part I)

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Luke 22:1-6,28-30,47-48
John 12:1-8,6:70,13:2,21-30,18,17:12
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Matthew 27:3-4
Acts 1:25
1 Peter 5:8

No doubt to human reason these two principles appear inconsistent with each other; that God should arrange human affairs by His Providence so that nothing happens other than by His Will and bidding, and that He should destroy the reprobate (unbeliever) by whom He achieves His ends. We see how Christ reconciles these two, placing Judas under a curse although it was divinely appointed that he should plot against God as he did, not that the treachery of Judas should properly be called a work of God, but because God bent the treachery of Judas to the fulfillment of His purpose. John Calvin, Commentary on Luke

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA