Church at the Cross - Sunday Messages

Mark 10:35-37

Mark 10:38-40

 + True Greatness is Revealed in the Service of Jesus

Mark 10:42-44

Mark 10:45

+ True Greatness is Received Humbling Yourself Before Jesus

Mark 10:46

Mark 10:47-48

Mark 10:49

Mark 10:49-50

Mark 10:51-52

+ Christians must not be ashamed of the Gospel

Romans 1:17 NLT

• From Himself

• For Himself

• By Himself

Romans 3:27–28 NLT

• At Cost to Himself

Romans 8:31–32 NIV

Mark 8:38 NIV

+ Christians have an obligation to share this Gospel

+ The Debt of Evangelism to our Neighbors

Romans 9:1–3 NIV

Romans 10:1 NIV

+ The Debt of Missions to the Nations

Romans 10:12–15 NIV

Romans 15:17–21 NIV

+ The Church is God’s means for Reaching our Neighbors and the Nations

Revelation 7:9–13 NIV

2 Kings 7:9 NIV

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11

2 Peter 3:9 NIV

+ The Holy Spirit gives Everyone who knows Jesus a gift for ministry

1 Corinthians 12:4–7 NIV

+ We are to use these gifts as good stewards

+ We are to use these gifts humbly with God’s help for God’s glory

1 Corinthians 3:3–7 NIV

+ Seek to discover your gift(s)

+ Serve outside your gifting when need requires

+ Deploy your gifts in relationships

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10, 1 Timothy 6:17-19

+ Money is a good gift but a bad god

+ Money is an Unreliable god

Proverbs 23:4–5 NIV

Proverbs 15:17 NIV

Proverbs 17:1 NIV

Proverbs 11:4 NIV

Hebrews 13:5 NIV

+ Money is a ruthless god

Mark 10:22–27 NIV

+ Money is a gift to be used for the purposes of God 

Live Contentedly

Philippians 4:11–13 NIV

Give Generously 

Proverbs 3:9–10 NIV

+ Give Sacrificially, Proportionally, and Cheerfully

2 Corinthians 9:6–11 NIV

“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot because our charities expenditure excludes them.” — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity.

+ The Generosity of Jesus is the greatest motivation toward Generosity

2 Corinthians 8:9 NIV

Scripture: Romans 5:1–11

+ We are called to Rejoice in our sufferings

+ We must see our suffering through the lens of the Gospel 

 “You stand before God as if you were Christ, because Christ stood before God as if he were you—he in your stead, you in his stead. Substitution! that is the word! Christ the Substitute for sinners.” - Charles Spurgeon.

Peace with God

Standing in Grace

+ We must reject false narratives and adjust our expectations 

1 Peter 4:12–13 NIV

+ We must trust that God is working something in us through our sufferings 

Endurance 

Character 

James 1:2–4 NIV

Hope 

Mark 4:16–17 NIV

+ We must seek the felt experience of the love of God

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-16

+ Time is a sacred resource entrusted to us by God for which we must give an account.  

Romans 14:10–12 NIV

Matthew 12:36 NIV

Ecclesiastes 12:13–14 NIV

+ Time is short and running out.  

James 4:13–16 NIV

Psalm 90:12 NIV

+ We are called to make the most of every moment.  

Ephesians 5:15–16 NIV

chronos vs kairos 

+ We must vigilantly eliminate the time wasters in our life 

"One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time." - John Piper 

+ We must give time to restorative rest.  

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:6-10

Proverbs 4:23 NIV

+ Godliness is the Goal for the Christian

Galatians 4:19 NIV

+ Vision

+ Intention

+ Means

+ Nutrition

“Does he suppose that another human being who is his enemy can do him more harm than does the very hatred with which he regards that other person or that anyone can do more serious damage to another by hostile behavior than he does to his own soul by harboring hostile intent?” — Augustine's Confessions

Matthew 4:4 NIV

1 Peter 2:1–2 NIV
+ Exercise

+ Personal Devotion

+ Corporate Worship

+ Community and Accountability

+ Self-Denial and Service

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

+ Our bodies are good gifts from God

• Creation 

Genesis 2:7

• Incarnation  

• Resurrection

+ Acceptance

• Gender  

• Genetics   

+ Accountability  

+ Holiness

Romans 6:12–13

+ Health 

• Eat Real Food  

• Walk like your life depended on it  

• Workout even when you don’t want to

Everything we have comes from God and belongs to Him. In this message from Romans 11:33–36, we are reminded that we are not owners, but managers—called to live with gratitude, purpose, generosity, and accountability.

Scripture: Romans 11:33–36

+ All we have is from God

Psalm 24:1–2 NIV

James 1:17 NIV

Psalm 50:12 NIV

Ephesians 2:8–10 NIV

Philippians 2:13 NIV

+ From Pride to Praise

1 Corinthians 4:7 NIV

Deuteronomy 8:17–18 NIV

1 Chronicles 29:10–14 NIV

+ From Possessiveness to Purposefulness

+ From Consumerism to Community

Ephesians 4:28 NIV

+ From Autonomy to Accountability

+ God is our Wise and Good Creator

 “A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature.” — Astronomer Fred Hoyle

Psalm 104:24 NIV

Psalm 111:2 NIV

"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." — Augustine, Confessions

The Pulley

When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by,
“Let us,” said he, “pour on him all we can.
Let the world’s riches, which dispersèd lie,
Contract into a span.”

So strength first made a way;
Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure.
When almost all was out, God made a stay,
Perceiving that, alone of all his treasure,
Rest in the bottom lay.

“For if I should,” said he,
“Bestow this jewel also on my creature,
He would adore my gifts instead of me,
And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature;
So both should losers be.

“Yet let him keep the rest,
But keep them with repining restlessness;
Let him be rich and weary, that at least,
If goodness lead him not, yet weariness
May toss him to my breast.”

— George Herbert

+ God is our Righteous Judge

Genesis 18:25 NIV

+ God is our Gracious Savior

Genesis 3:15 

+ God is our Sovereign Ruler

Genesis 50:20