The Gift of Marriage | Genesis 2:18-25
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Release Date: 03/23/2025
The Life of Faith | Genesis 11:27-12:9
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Scripture: Genesis 11:27—12:9 Key Takeaways: Genesis 3:14–15 Matthew 1:1 Galatians 3:6–9 + Obeying the Call Mark 1:16–20 + Believing the Promise + Promise - Faith - Obedience - Leave the Results to God Zechariah 2:7–9 + Extending the Hope + Establishing Praise
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How to Be Blessed | Psalm 1
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Scripture: Psalm 1 Key Takeaways: Matthew 7:13-14 Psalm 1 + 2 Paths, 2 Products, 2 Prospects + Blessings FROM God are secondary to the blessing OF God himself John 5:39-40 Ecclesiastes 8:14 Psalm 92:5-9
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Receive with Meekness | James 1:19-21
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Scripture: James 1:19-21 Key Takeaways: James 3:5-8 + Speaking must give way to hearing John 11:4 Luke 18:22-23 Mark 2:8-11 + The anger of man must give way to the righteousness of God James 3:13-16 Philippians 2:3-8 + Wickedness must give way to the implanted Word James 1:21 James 3:16-18
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Sheep and Goats | Matthew 25:31-46
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Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Key Takeaways: + The Identity Jesus Claims Daniel 7:13-14 Acts 17:30-31 "I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept his claim to be God? That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic-on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg-or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice....
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The Talents | Matthew 25:14-30
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Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30 Key Takeaways: + Live the life you are going to one day wish you had lived + We have God-given resources corresponding to our God-given capacities and are responsible to God for how we steward them Psalm 24:1 + Urgency + Energy + Intentionality + Everyone will give an account to God for how they lived their lives and managed their God-given resources Matthew 16:27 1 Corinthians 4:5 2 Corinthians 5:9-10 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 + We will be evaluated NOT based on our capacities but based on our faithfulness with the capacities and...
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If God is For Us, Who Can Be Against Us | Romans 8:31
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Be Ready | Matthew 25:1–13
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Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13 Key Takeaways: + There is life and longing in the delay Ephesians 5:25 John 14:3 2 Peter 3:9 + When he returns, it will be too late to get ready + You cannot transfer faith + Be ready for the return of the bridegroom + How do you live ready? Matthew 7:21-23 Matthew 25:11-12 “Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.” - JC Ryle
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The Wedding Banquet | Matthew 22:1-14
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The Wedding Banquet | Matthew 22:1-14
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Saying Yes Isn't Enough | Matthew 21:23-32
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Scripture: Matthew 21:28-33 Key Takeaways: + Only those who demonstrate repentance and faith through wholehearted obedience to the will of the Father will enter the kingdom of heaven. + Repentance Is Necessary and Good + Repentance Should Be the Lifestyle of the Christian + Repentance Leads to Obedience John 15:5 + You Become Like What You Behold Philippians 2:5–11
info_outlineScripture: Genesis 2:18-25
Key Takeaways:
+ Marriage is a good gift from God.
+ Marriage is designed for companionship and partnership
“…not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.” – Matthew Henry
+ Marriage is designed for permanence and exclusivity
“So, in the one-flesh union of marriage, all the boundaries between a man and a woman fall away, and the married couple comes together completely, as long as they both shall live. In real terms, two selfish me’s start learning to think like one unified us, building a new life together with one total everything: one story, one purpose, one reputation, one bed, one suffering, one budget, one family, and so forth. Marriage removes all barriers and replaces them with a comprehensive oneness. It is this all-encompassing unity that sets marriage apart as marriage, more profound than even the most intense friendship. – Ray Ortlund, Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel.
+ Marriage is designed for vulnerability and security
+ Marriage is meaningful but not ultimate
Ephesians 5:31-33