Crosspoint Jasper

Big Idea: God is calling us to Himself, will you love Jesus more than everything and everyone else? The Good - The Bad - The Remedy - The Warning 1. The Good works; it toils; it's patient; it cannot bear those who are evil; it tested false apostles rightly. 2. The Bad - You have abandoned your first love. 3. The Remedy - Remember your starting point. Repent of your current position. Return to your first works.

Big Idea: All who look to Jesus in faith will be saved from their sins.

Big Idea: Here am I Lord, send me! 1. Saving Faith Requires the Message of Jesus Christ.2. The Message of Jesus Christ is Spread Through You and Me.3. You and I Are Sent As Christ's Ambassadors.4. Christ's Ambassadors Plead Until the Gospel Takes Root.

Big Idea: Share the Gospel with Boldness.1. Who I was Before Christ2. How I received the Gospel3. How God changed my life through the Gospel

Big Idea: God has freewill to do whatever He chooses to do. Statement 1: God is Sovereign and thereby free to act in accordance with His Purpose, Plans, and Desires. Statement 2: God is Sovereign and He shows mercy independent of man's will or labor. Statement 3: God is Sovereign and He is working all things to His glory.

Big Idea: God has freewill to do whatever He chooses to do. Statement 1: God is Sovereign and thereby free to act in accordance with His Purpose, Plans, and Desires. Statement 2: God is Sovereign and He shows mercy independent of man's will or labor. Statement 3: God is Sovereign and He is working all things to His glory.

Big Idea: In Christ we have hope in our darkest hours! 1. Suffering REVEALS our truest affections giving hope to the believer. 2. Suffering AFFIRMS the curse of sin directing our hope to Christ's return. 3. Suffering INTENSIFIES our hope reminding us of our weakness and desperate need.

Big Idea: In Christ we are children of God. 1. In Christ we owe nothing to the flesh. 2. In Christ we are adopted by God and affirmed by the Holy Spirit. 3. In Christ we are joint heirs with Jesus and glorified with Him.

Big Idea: In Christ we are NEVER condemned. 1. In Christ our condemnation was replaced by a new desire to walk in OBEDIENCE to the Spirit of God. 2. In Christ our condemnation was PAID by the perfect blood of Christ Jesus. 3. In Christ our condemnation was removed by the Holy Spirit who INDWELLS and imparts life.

Big Idea: The struggle with sin is real; but in Christ there is no condemnation. 1. For every believer there is an internal battle of wills, and this battle is fierce and ongoing. 2. The internal battle between your old and new nature is evidence of salvation and spiritual life. 3. The internal battle remind you of your desperate need for a Savior who forgives, redeems and transforms.

Big Idea: In Jesus we are no longer bound to an external, handwritten law. 1. In Christ's DEATH we are released from the Law. 2. In Christ's RESURRECTION we are joined to Christ. 3. In Christ we are free from SIN's stranglehold

Big idea: In Jesus we are free to surrender our lives to God as King. 1. Two choices: Serve God or Serve Self 2. Two masters: Holy God or Sin/Satan/Self 3. Two destinies: Eternal Life or Eternal Death

Big idea: In Jesus we are set free from sin's daily power over us. 1. Believers are called to no longer live in sin. 2. Believers are able to walk in newness of life. 3. Believers are no longer slaves to sin. 4. Believers alive in God through Christ. 5. Believers are instrument of righteousness.

Big idea: the free gift of grace secures our justification, life, and righteousness in Christ Jesus.

"Emmanuel" is good news for God's people. "Emmanuel" is terrible news for God's enemies.

Big Idea: The pursuit of peace ends in the arms of Jesus. 1: Peace because our sins are paid in full forever. 2-5: Peace because suffering is no longer pointless. 6-10: Peace because at our worst Jesus pursued us. 10-11: Peace because we have been reconciled to God.

Big Idea: You are justified in Christ alone. 1. God's promises to Abraham and his offspring predate the giving of the law. 2. God's promises to Abraham are broader than Abraham's physical offspring. 3. God's promises of blessing extends to the offspring of Abraham's faith. 4. God delivers and justifies all who believe in Jesus with faith like Abraham.

Big Idea: You are justified by faith alone. 1. Faith dependent on your works does not work. 2. Faith dependent on Christ's finished work works. 3. Faith void of works is not genuine faith. 4. Faith producing works is genuine faith.

Big Idea: You are justified by faith alone. 1. Faith dependent on your works does not work. 2. Faith dependent on Christ's finished work works. 3. Faith void of works is not genuine faith. 4. Faith producing works is genuine faith.

Big Idea:God has called you to bring the good news across the street and across the ocean. Our mission is to go into the world and preach the Gospel, make disciples, and baptize them. We are to: EQUIP, WITNESS, and GO.