CrossPoint Fellowship Messages

In the face of intense persecution, the Church devoted itself to prayer. Not only does God hear our prayers but He acts on them. God’s actions in freeing Peter show His power over man, that despite Herod’s best efforts to keep Peter from working for the Gospel, those chains were powerless before God. When in the face of persecution, whether by man, Satan, or ourselves, bringing the Church together...

Most of us have heard the story of Paul. The Apostle to the Gentiles, arguably the greatest missionary in history, and author of 13 books in our New Testament. He didn’t start this way though, he was one of the primary instruments of persecution against the early Church before Jesus decided enough was enough. This process took the faithful actions of multiple believers to accomplish, starting with...

The Spirit leads and equips us to impact in ways we could not imagine. Philip is led to a seemingly random individual to explain the Scripture to him. Through Philip’s faithful actions, the man believes, and carries that belief back to Ethiopia. That single act by Philip led to a great spread of Christianity in Ethiopia, leading them to officially adopt Christianity in 330 AD, making them one of t...

The Spirit equipped the early Church to do both great miracles and also to speak beyond their natural ability. Through the Spirit we have the ability to completely change people’s lives for the better. It doesn’t take a formally educated or trained individual to share the Gospel in powerful ways. It takes someone willing to step out in the boldness of the Spirit and rely on Him as their Helper. Th...

The Apostles, having lived with Jesus for 3 years, only to see him be killed and rise again, are left having to say goodbye again as Jesus ascends to Heaven. Knowing how we are, Jesus didn’t leave His followers to fend for themselves, and promised to send them a helper, the Holy Spirit. The gifting of the Holy Spirit is the fulfillment of the promise that God will not leave us nor forsake us. Keep...

Jesus died on the cross to take our place, to take on the sin that we committed. Let’s face it - our sin put him there, we are the reason he was condemned to die. But that’s not where the story ended - he miraculously rose from the grave and he lives for us today. The introduction of Sin necessitated the coming of Christ. Everyone has sinned, and everyone falls short. Sin separates from God. To be...

How can we be real with evangelism and discipleship? What’s our motivation, power source, audience? God’s motivation for evangelism begins and ends with His love for people.  Loving others like God does causes us to have compassion for them.  Our perspective on evangelism would change if we truly viewed others as lost sheep and not lost causes.  A Christ-like perspective comes from a Christ-center...

How are we empowered to stand against a world that is ready to reject us? The world is sick. The Gospel is the cure. We are called to be ambassadors of the Kingdom of God. We are all called to go and take the cure for sin to the world. God cares. We aren’t the authors of the message, we’re simply delivering it. We have a responsibility to the world around us.

We can walk the walk but do we talk the talk? Those who don’t know Jesus will only learn about him if we tell them. Are we verbalizing our faith? If your faith isn’t important enough for you to discuss, do you truly value your faith?  We have a Gospel message and it is worth delivering that message to others. People can't believe in a message that hasn't been delivered to them. We must wal...

What about our lives gives those around us a curiosity for the Hope living in us? Our lives will either will either support or undermine our claims for Christ. We must always be prepared to share the hope we have in Christ.  Theologian Alexander McClaren states, “Only he who can say 'the Lord is the strength of my life' can go on to say, 'of whom shall I be afraid?'". Holding C...

The Church is the human representation of the Kingdom of God. The Church is a vital piece of any believer’s walk. This week we look at what the Church should be. The Church is the human representation of the kingdom of God. We talk about two different “churches” in Christianity, the global Church and the local church. The global Church is the body of Christ and encompassing all believers around th...

The Lord’s Supper is the representation of Jesus’ final meal with his closest followers. We take the Lord’s Supper to remember the sacrifice that was made on our behalf. The Lord’s Supper is the representation of Jesus’ final meal with His closest followers. As believers, we partake in the Lord’s Supper of bread and fruit of the vine, as Jesus did, which symbolize His broken body and blood spilt a...

We submit to baptism because Christ submitted to baptism. It is a chance to publicly proclaim that we are a new creation in him. Jesus submitted to baptism, signifying the beginning of His ministry. Likewise, He asks us to be baptized as a public profession of faith, as the next right step following Salvation. Believers are baptized by water in order to reflect the death, burial and resurrection o...

The Scripture is God’s revelation to man. It’s the Christian guidebook. We need it, we need to know it, we need to follow it. The Bible is the Word of God. The 66 books encompassed by the Old and New Testaments were all inspired by God to instruct and lead people to Him and to righteous living. Though multiple translations are available in multiple languages, God’s truth is made apparent to all pe...

Who needs salvation? Everyone. What is Salvation? Forgiveness. Why do we need salvation? Sin. When should we accept salvation? Immediately.  All people have sinned and will sin. The due punishment for this rebellion against God is eternal death, which is separation from God. The only way to restore our relationship with God is by accepting the gift of grace, through faith, that Christ provided thr...

 The Holy Spirit was a gift from Jesus to his disciples and all future believers. A promise of his presence is what comes with the Spirit. The Spirit emboldens us and encourages us to follow Christ. The Holy Spirit is the final person of the Trinity, God with us. The Spirit calls all people to repent of their sin and is gifted to everyone who has repented and surrendered their life to Jesus. Throu...

Jesus is God the Son. He received his authority from YHWH his father. He is the perfecter of our faith and our salvation. He lovingly went to the cross to die for our sins and the perfect life he lived meant that his gift of sacrifice was sufficient to bring about the forgiveness of our sins. Jesus Christ, the Son, is God born as a man. He is the second person of the Trinity and the only way to sa...

God gave Moses his name as YHWH translated the “I Am.” God simply is whatever he needs to be - all powerful, all knowing, all everything - to his people. On this day, we discuss the Father.  God the Father is the head of the Trinity and the creator of the universe. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving and all wise. God is the foundation of love and truth. As His creation we are subject to H...

In the end, it’s all about love. It’s why his Father sent him to Earth and it’s why he died for us. The original Greek for the words translated into "gave" and "loved", are both written in the Aorist Active Indicative. Which indicates actions undefined by time that are present and future occurring.  The love of Christ focuses on sacrifice and servitude. You are loved by God. One of...

Joy is what we experience when hope is realized. For many, Jesus brought about joy that they didn’t know existed.  Jesus is an eternal giver of joy. Jesus promises those who experience sorrow that it won't be a permanent condition. We experience joy because Jesus went to the cross to solidify our faith, and did so for our joy. Joy is a sign that salvation has taken place. The cure for discoura...

Peace is the gift brought by Jesus for all mankind. We can find peace in Jesus regardless of our circumstances! The first way that Jesus' peace is made present in our lives is through the restoration of relationships.  Our propensity to sin leads us to hurting each other.  When we realize that what’s most important is the connection we have to one another through our commonality of being loved...

Hope - that’s what people were looking for with the coming Messiah. It may not have gone down exactly as they had wanted it to. But, hope is what he came to bring and that’s what we have with him today. The first great thing about receiving gifts is the anticipation. Jesus is our reason to hope in what otherwise feels like a hopeless situation. The second great thing about gifts is realizing what...

God is so good to us. But do we want him to be good to others? Jonah was glad that God had been merciful to him but was angry that he had been merciful to the Ninevites. God sends an object lesson to Jonah to show him there’s a real irony in that.  We have no right to be angry with God for being God. Too many of us get upset because others experience the goodness of God which we so willingly accep...

When we run and we repent the next right step is obedience. Jonah does what he should have done in the first place, which was to step outside of his comfort zone in faith. There is no running from God's command on your life. We have no control over how people respond to the message God calls us to deliver, but that doesn’t lessen our responsibility to deliver it. We see that repentance is mark...

Jonah sank to the bottom of the sea until God sent a giant fish to swallow him up and therefore save his life. God sometimes gives second chances and Jonah was certainly a recipient of that. What should be our response to God in those moments? Is it possible we are drawn closer to God during valleys rather than mountaintops? The natural reaction to finding ourselves in the belly of the whale would...