Sermons from The Crossing Church (TCCJAX) Jacksonville, FL

Jesus’ death on the cross was no mere event in history, it was the culmination of God’s plan from before the beginning. That plan was that humanity would be created and reconciled to God in a relationship of Peace.

Jesus’ endures sorrow and anguish as the God-ordained path lies before Him. Yet, He knows that it is this path that brings reconciliation between us and the Father – a peace that could be obtained no other way.

Jesus promises the Disciples and us that it is only through him and in him that we will experience true, lasting joy and peace. Jesus has reconciled us to the Father and the Holy Spirit will align our affections with Him!

Jesus loves Judas despite his betrayal and he loves Peter despite his denial. The love Jesus demonstrates is uniquely characteristic of God and His Holy Spirit produces this love in us so that the world will glorify Jesus!

Jesus ends his public ministry and begins his glorification as he triumphantly enters Jerusalem for holy week. He declares that he will now be glorified, but the crowds struggle to understand and grasp what this means and many are unwilling to give up their own pursuit of glory.

Jesus shows us what a real shepherd looks like. A Shepherd that knows his sheep by name, that loves his sheep, and that lays down his life to protect and keep his sheep eternally.

Jesus promises eternal life to those who keep His word. He can promise us eternal life because he has life in himself. He is the self-existent God, the ‘I Am.’

Jesus explains that we are all in darkness, hopeless, and lost looking for a way out. He alone is the light that leads to life

Jesus tells us that he alone can quench our thirst, but we must come to him and drink.

We are so easily distracted by the materialism of this world, we work and labor and strive for things that perish. Jesus tells us that we ought to be pursuing eternal food – we ought to be pursuing Him!

Jesus reveals the dark places of our souls and shows us why we struggle believing in Him.

Jesus presents us with three responses to His healings, trust, indifference, or rejection

Jesus shows us who we really are and how our belief and unbelief have more to do with our affections than it has to do with a decision.

Jesus sees the distraction and dilution of worship in the temple and is zealous for something better.

As Jesus calls the disciples, we see them make a declaration about Jesus and tell others about Him.

John begins his gospel by laying out exactly who Jesus is, who he knew him to be personally

God’s Word is not confined to a location, a people, or a generation. It is living and active and speaks into our daily lives as a sufficient resource for all things that pertain to life and godliness!

The Bible is not meant to be just another instrument in our toolbox of life. God gifted us his inspired, authentic, authoritative, inerrant, and sufficient Word so that we may know Him, be made Holy, and to be equipped for the work of His Kingdom.

God intends to provide us with His inerrant truth, He reveals this to us through our imperfect language.

We have more archeological evidence that the inspired words of God that we read are the same words that the original authors wrote down.

If we believe that God desires for us to know Himself and His purpose, then we must believe that He will communicate this to us somehow. If He is all powerful, then we can expect that He will succeed in doing this.

Paul compels us to live intentionally, to be about God’s work in our lives, to use all that we have – our resources, our love, our relationships to point to Christ and proclaim his Gospel!

Jesus’ resurrection demonstrates the manifold wisdom of God and His plan for humanity. The entirety of the Christian faith rests on this singular event.