1 Peter: Casting Cares on Him

We live in what is called the Age of Anxiety? Why are we so anxious when we have unprecedented wealth, safety, health care, and social nets? God has some very specific and wonderful things to say about how to overcome worry and have not anxiety but the peace that passes understanding.

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Luke 12:22-34,10:40-42,8:14,21:34-36
1 Timothy 5:3-5
1 Peter 5:6-7
James 2:5
Philippians 4:6-7,4:19
Psalm 50:7-12
Romans 8:31-32

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What is the dangers of worrying to our soul?
• What are the possible consequences to those who become distracted by worry?
• Why should we cast our cares on God?
• What do we know about Him that should make this such a source of peace?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Hebrews: An Anchor in the Storm

Everyone will face many storms in life. Storms toss us, scare us, and shake up our faith. Hebrews talks of an anchor. An amazing solid anchor that has kept the saints in the past solid and immovable in their storms. The writers of Hebrews encourages us immensely in the passage that we will study tonight by showing us how this amazing anchor for the soul is ours as well.

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Hebrews 6

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: Elder, Shepherd, Overseer

Who is supposed to lead the local church? In our generation Christians are revisiting this question and returning to a Biblical Eldership. Peter has much to say to elders as a fellow-elder... and much to say to all of us about how Christ's church is to be governed.

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Acts 20:17-38,14:21-23
1 Peter 5:1-5
1 Timothy 3:1-7,5:17
Titus 1:5-9
Hebrews 13:17
Matthew 20:24-28

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why did God appoint elders for the church?
• What did Peter tell the elders they were and were not supposed to do?
• How are we supposed to relate to the elders?
• Why are they important on our pilgrimage to heaven?
• How are we supposed to treat each other according to this text?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Hebrews: Perserverance of the Saints

We will continue our study of the book of Hebrews and the Doctrine of Perseverance of the Saints. Some of the topics we will study tonight: What about believers who backslide? What should we think if this goes on and on for years? What should I look for in myself to make sure I do not find myself like this?

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Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: Living as a Christian in a Hostile World

We all dread persecution and suffering... it hurts, discourages and frustrates. Yet the Bible tells us to rejoice and to feel blessed?! How can we do this? Peter gives us solid reasons to help us do this very counter-intuitive thing.

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Ezekiel 9
Malachi 3:1-5
1 Peter 4:12-19,3:9,4:7,1:6-7,4:3-4
2 Timothy 3:12
James 1:2-4
John 15:18-19
Colossians 1:24
Luke 12:8-9
Romans 8:17-18
Acts 5:41
Matthew 5:11-12

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• How can someone rejoice during suffering?
• What are the reasons given in this passage to do this?
• How should we, as Christian, view the increasing hostility to believers in this country?
• What should our attitude be?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Hebrews: Can True Christians Lose Their Salvation?

Hebrews 6:4-6 It is impossible for those who were once enlightened... if they fall away... to be renewed to repentance. Some very sobering and powerful and quite frankly scary words. Will we get to heaven? Will we endure to the end? Can true Christians lose their salvation? What about people who once seemed to believe but later reject the faith? These are some of the important concepts we will be discussed in our continued study of Hebrews.

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Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: An Active Kingdom Community

God's plan is to redeem the world through Jesus, and His way of doing it is through these amazing communities called churches. Peter outlines what we are supposed to be like and why we should be like this. A powerful passage which helps us examine how we are doing.

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1 Peter 4:7-11,4:3
Ephesians 3:21
Romans 12:13
Titus 1:8
Hebrews 13:2
1 Corinthians 12:7
James 3:1
2 Timothy 2:15

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why does God want churches to be like He describes in this passage?
• How can we be clearheaded?
• What is the Number One Thing?
• How good are we at covering over sins?
• Do we practice hospitality like God says?
• What are your gifts?
• How are you using them?
• Why should we do all of this?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

The Blessed Man

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James 1:1-12,1:18,5:10-11,5:17-18
Philippians 2:12-13,1:6
Romans 5:6-8

Bill Haller
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: Persecution and Sanctification

All Christians suffer some kind of persecution. Peter has been describing how we are to handle that experience. In this text he has an interesting application: how does suffering persecution help us overcome sin??

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1 Peter 4:1-6,5:1,3:14-17,2:20-21,3:9,2:23
2 Timothy 3:12
Acts 5:41

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What is the mindset we are to arm ourselves with?
• What affect does such an arming have on the person in terms of their relationship with sin?
• Did people party in Peter's day like today?
• What is the draw?
• What is the danger?
• How did suffering persecution help them resist that draw?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Hebrews: Are You Strong Enough?

What if your daughter was kidnapped and converted to Islam as happened to some in Africa recently? What if you were jailed for your faith for decades? What if you were chased out of your country and had to live as a refugee in a foreign land for the rest of your life? Would you still keep your faith? Are we that strong? Well, no, we are not in ourselves. But the Bible explains how we can get all we need to face trials and be more than conquerors!! That is what we are going to discover in this study of Hebrews.

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Hebrews 4:11-5:11

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: Christ, Noah, and Living in a Hostile World

Peter has a pastor's heart and he is concerned that as the believers are suffering for their faith that they do not grow discouraged or bitter. He appeals to Jesus and Noah as examples of how we should live.

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1 Peter 3:8-22,2:20-23,4:1,4:4,4:12-14
2 Peter 3:16,2:4-9
Luke 23:43,23:46
Hebrews 9:27-28
2 Timothy 3:12
Romans 12:17,1:4,8:11
John 10:16
Ephesians 2:17
Hebrews 11:7
1 Corinthians 1:13-17
Matthew 23:37

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• In what ways do Christians suffer in the world?
• Why did Peter point to Jesus as our role model in how to handle this?
• And also Noah?
• How does God not want us to respond to unjust suffering?
• How does He want us to respond?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Why do Good People Need Christ?

We will seek to answer a question many ask that goes like this: I have this neighbor and he is the nicest guy: honest, hard working, good husband and dad, baseball coach... and he will give you anything... but he doesn't want anything to do with God. Why does he need Christ... or would God really send someone like that to Hell?"

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Acts 15:8-18,17:16-33,14:17
Romans 1:18-23,2:4,1:21,1:23,1:25,1:28,1:30,1:32,3:10-11,3:18,5:10,8:7

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• So what did we learn today about Good people and their need for Christ?
• What is their sin?
• Why is that sin so bad?
• What did we learn from the beginning illustration concerning the big manor and lands you own and the person who uses it but doesn't like you?
• Who do we know that this describes?
• What should we be doing for that person?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: A Surprising People and Their Unexpected Response

Why is it so hard to follow God's commands to turn the other cheek, to not speak evil about those who do it to us or to not seek revenge? We will look at this as we continue through Peter. What is really amazing is how our response to such circumstances tells us and the world a lot about the Kingdom of God.

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Matthew 5:38-48,5:10-12
Romans 12:17-21
1 Peter 3:8-17,4:4,2:20-23,1:6-7
Proverbs 15:1
Acts 5:41
Isaiah 8:11-15

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What is your first reaction when people are mean to you or say bad things about you?
• What does the Bible tell us about how we are supposed to respond?
• What encouragements does Peter give to help us do the right thing?
• Why is our response both shocking to the world and important for them to see?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Hebrews: God's Rest

Ever get tired? Really tired? Ever get weary of life's battles, struggles, trials, even difficult people? Ever just long for rest? Hebrews 4 is a chapter that is about God's rest. What is God's rest? How do I enter into God's rest? What are the blessings of this rest? When do I enter into this rest? This is a wonderful topic. Let us hear the exhortations in the scriptures to let nothing get in the way of us entering this rest.

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Hebrews 4

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: God Transforms All of Life

It is amazing how the God impacts all of life! In this message from Peter we will explore how He impacts the marriage and the relationships of husbands and wives.

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Ephesians 5:22-6:4
Colossians 3:18-21
1 Peter 3:1-7,3:15
1 Timothy 2:9-10,2:2
Proverbs 11:22,31:30,31:10
Matthew 11:29
Genesis 18:12

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Hebrews: Discouragement Antidote

Followers of God can become discouraged, down, and go through very hard trials... and that can be a dangerous time for their faith. In fact they can become bitter and turn on God. But the Bible teaches some very important and surprising antidotes so that this will not happen to us. This is what we will be looking at in Hebrews. Heads up: you may be part of the solution for your brothers and sisters in Christ... now see how!!!

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Hebrews 3

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: Godly Suffering in the Midst of Injustice

How do you feel when you are treated unjustly? How do you then respond? How does God want us to respond? The answer is surprising and hard... but the reasons that Peter give are a glorious look at Jesus.

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1 Peter 2:18-25
2 Corinthians 5:21
Isaiah 53:7
1 Corinthians 4:12-13
Matthew 5:44
Romans 12:20-21

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• How do we feel when we are treated unjustly?
• How does God want us to respond?
• Why is this so hard?
• What reasons does Peter give to help us to respond correctly?
• Why is Jesus our great helper in this area?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: Good Works, Submission, and The Biblical Doctrine of Vocation

Peter and Paul both tell slaves to be submissive to their masters... what implication does that have for how we view our daily work, our boss, our employees? The implications are huge. Christ came to redeem work... and the redemption He purchased has transformed the world and will transform your view of what you do all day long!!

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1 Peter 2:11-3:1
Galatians 3:28
1 Corinthians 7:22
Genesis 1:1,1:31-2:2,1:27-28,2:15,3:17-19
Ephesians 6:5-9
Colossians 3:22-4:1
1 Timothy 6:1-2
James 5:1-6

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What does the Bible teach us about work?
• Does God work?
• What are the implications that we are His image bearers?
• How has sin affected work?
• How does Christ's redemption redeem work?
• What practical implications should all this have on my daily life?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Hebrews: In Awe of Christ

The Christian is right to be in awe of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is not only God, eternal, and glorious... He also is human and that aspect of Him is so important to understand as we trust in Him and relate to Him. Actually this Hebrews text tells us in a powerful way how He relates to us, understands us, and is able to be sympathetic to us when we are in trials and temptations... Halleluah, what a Savior!!!

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Hebrews 2:5-18

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: Good Works That Glorify God

The Christian is to be passionate about glorifying God. Why? Because God has done so much for us! How are we to glorify God? Peter says through our good works. What good works did Peter have in mind? Interestingly enough he begins with submission!

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1 Peter 2:9-18,1:3-5,1:18-19,3:1
Ephesians 5:21
Romans 13:1-7,12:21,12:19
Acts 23:1-5,4:19,5:29
1 Timothy 6:4
2 Timothy 2:23
Titus 3:9

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why should we be concerned to glorify God by our good works?
• What does Peter say God has done for us that we should have a passion to glorify Him?
• What is submission?
• What are the 9 things that were listed that Christians are to be submissive to?
• Why does the Bible call government God's deacons and ministers?
• Why is being unsubmissive to government being unsubmissive to God?
• What principle was taught by the illustration of setting the cruise control on the speed limit?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA