Willing to Be Greatly Inconvenienced

Jesus was sent on a mission which would involve an amazingly deep level of sacrifice, loss of status, and pre‑incarnate glory. All for you?

John 10:1-30,1:1-4
Philippians 2:5-11
Colossians 1:16-17
Galatians 2:20

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• Why do we not like to be inconvenienced or lose status?
• What was Jesus' situation like before He came to earth?
• What was the proposed mission?
• What did He answer and why?
• Can you personalize this?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

The Gospel in the Old Testament: The Suffering Servant

In this conclusion to discovering The Gospel in the Old Testament we see that Jesus is the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53. Why would such a glorious person to come for me? What wonder is this gospel!"

1 Peter 2:18-25
Acts 8:26-35
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
John 5:39,12:37-38,12:41
Romans 4:25
2 Corinthians 4:16

You have as much of God as you desire. If you have no more, it is because you do not desire any more. The Christian people of today, many of whom are so empty of God, are in a very tragic sense, 'full,' because they have as much as they can take in. If you bring a tiny cup, and do not much care whether anything pours into it or not, you will get it filled, but you might have had a gallon vessel filled if you had chosen to bring it. Of course there are other conditions too. We have to use the life that is given us. We have to see that we do not quench it by sin, which drives the dove of God from a man’s heart. But the great truth is that if I open the door of my heart by faith, Christ will come in, in His Spirit. If I take away the blinds the light will shine into the chamber. If I lift the sluice the water will pour in to drive my mill. If I deepen the channels, more of the water of life can flow into them, and the deeper I make them the fuller they will be.

And let us remember that, if we are full of faith, we shall be full of the Holy Spirit, and therefore full of wisdom, full of grace and power, full of goodness, full of joy, whatever our circumstances. And when death comes, though it may be in some cruel form, we shall be able to look up and see the opened heavens and the welcoming Christ. Alexander MacLaren Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• Who is the Suffering Servant?
• What stands out for you from the poetic Isaiah 53, about Jesus, His sufferings, and what He has done for us?
• Why is it a wonder that:
  1. Such a glorious person was needed to fix the problem?
  2. We would need such a substitute?
  3. Our sin would fall on such a glorious person?
  4. That He would do this for you?

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

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: Parties in Heaven and On Earth

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Luke 15

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA