
The Cross is the Answer
Jennifer Creswell
September 20, 2020
Exodus 15:22-25 NIV
22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) 24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
25 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.
1 Corinthians 1:18 NLT
The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.
I. Because of the Cross our thirst is not
John 4:13-14 NIV
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
II. Because of the Cross our disappointments are not
1 Peter 1:3-7 NIV
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
Ephesians 1:18 NIV
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you,
Hebrews 10:23
*Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. *
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
III. Because of the Cross our bitter waters are not
Romans 8:28 NIV
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose.
Ephesians 1:11 NIV
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
Philippians 1:6 NIV
*being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. *
What is the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message?