The Crossroad of Creation

Crossroads: New Beginnings at Calvary

Series in a Sentence

The idea is that every new beginning we long for flows through the Cross. At the crossroads of life, God calls us to choose His way, His will, and His victory.

Crossroads: New Beginnings at Calvary

Life is a journey filled with crossroads. Every crossroad is a moment of choice — where one road leads back into the familiar, and another opens towards the unknown. Some crossroads feel small, but others change everything. They determine direction, destiny, and discipleship. The Bible is full of these moments. Adam and Eve stood at a crossroad in the garden. Israel stood at a crossroad at the Red Sea. Joshua stood at a crossroad when he declared, “Choose this day whom you will serve.” Bone-Thugs and Harmony (Bizzy Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, and Lazyie Bone) not only stood at the crossroad, but they said they will see us at the crossroad. Even Jesus stood at a crossroad in Gethsemane, saying, “Not my will, but yours be done.”

But the greatest crossroad of all history was Calvary. The cross is where heaven’s road intersected with humanity’s. it is where time collided with eternity, where sin met grace, where death gave way to life. At the cross, God created a new beginning for the whole world.

This series, Crossroads: New Beginning at Calvary, is built on the truth that the cross is not just a place of death — it is the birthplace of new beginnings. Every believer who comes to the cross steps into a new creation, a reset life, a redeemed strength, and a victorious future. Over the next four weeks — and in these four chapters — we will walk through powerful Crossroads:

The Crossroad of Creation — reminding us that God always begins with purpose, and in Christ we are a new creation.

The Cross that Resets My Life — showing that Valvary cancels our past and resets our future.

The Crossroad of Sorrow and Strength — teaching us that God transforms our tears into testimonies.

The Cross that Wins Many Battles — proclaiming that the cross is not defeat, but the victory banner over every struggle.

Each message — and each chapter — is meant to do more than inspire. It is meant to call you to decision. At every crossroad, you have to choose. Will you cling to the old path of sin, shame, and self, or will you step into the new road of grace, growth, and God’s glory? My prayer is that as you walk through this journey, you will not just read about new beginnings — you will experience them. That you will not just hear about victory — you will walk in it. That September, and every season beyond it, will become for you a spiritual reset at the greatest crossroad of all: Calvary. Beloved, understand that every crossroad in life leads you somewhere — but the crossroad of Calvary leads you to life everlasting.

Standing at the Crossroads

Life is full of crossroads. Every person under the sound of my voice will face moments where two paths meet, and you must choose which way you will go. A crossroad is a place of decision, a place of direction, and a place of destiny. And whether you know it or not, every September feels like one of those crossroads moments.

September is the ninth month of the year. For many, it marks a transition season. Summer has passed, and fall is on the horizon. The school year begins, new routines start, new goals are set. September is a month of shifting—when the heat of yesterday gives way to the harvest of tomorrow. In the Orthodox Christian tradition, September is even more significant, because it marks the beginning of the church year. They call it the Indiction—a season to remind the people of God that the same Creator who spoke the world into existence is still speaking fresh beginnings into His people.

And that’s where I want to lean in today: God is the God of beginnings. He is the God who steps into nothingness and calls forth something. He is the God who turns darkness into light, chaos into order, and void into fullness. That’s not just a Genesis story—that’s a Gospel story. Because the same God who said, “Let there be light” in Genesis 1 and is the same God who says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation” in 2 Corinthians 5:17.

Here’s the truth, church: September is not just the turning of a calendar—it is a divine reminder that God can turn your life.

The Blank Page

A teacher once handed out brand new notebooks on the first day of school. One little boy hesitated. He said, “Teacher, I don’t want to mess it up. What if I write the wrong thing on the first page?” She smiled and said, “That’s the beauty of a notebook—you can always turn the page and begin again.”

That’s how God works with us. Every season, every September, every cross moment in our lives is God handing us a blank page. And He doesn’t just say, “Try harder this time.” No—through the cross, He says, “I’ve already erased what was wrong, now let Me write something brand new.”

Sermon in a Sentence

At the cross, God gives us more than a second chance—He gives us a brand new creation

God Always Begins with Purpose (Genesis 1:1)

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Moses wrote to a people just delivered from Egypt, surrounded by pagan myths. Egyptians said creation was an accident of warring gods. Babylonians said the world was born out of chaos. But Moses opens differently: “In the beginning, God...” Creation isn’t an accident — it’s assignment.

“Genesis 1:1 wasn’t written to explain the world; it was written to explain your worth.”

This wasn’t just poetry—it was theology with a fight in it. God was making it clear: there is only one God, and everything begins with Him. Creation wasn’t random—it was intentional. The world wasn’t an accident—it was an assignment.

“You are not an accident in a meaningless world—you are an assignment in a purposeful creation.

And if creation was woven with purpose, so is your life. Somebody listening has been questioning their worth, but Genesis 1 answers you: you are not here by chance—you are here by choice, God’s choice. Every sunrise is proof that God still has a plan. Every breath in your lung is evidence He is not finished with you. The God who set the stars in their sockets knows how to set your life in order. Before a builder ever lays a brick, the architect draws the blueprint. No wall is placed, no window is framed, no door is hung without purpose. In the same way, God did not throw creation together — He built it according to His divine design, and if He had purpose for the stars, bees, and trees, then He has purpose for your life.

“The God who sets the stars in the sky knows how to set order in your steps.”

The Old Can Become New in Him (2 Corinthians 5:17)

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.”

Context: Corinth was wealthy, corrupt, and immoral. The church struggled with identity. Paul says: “Ei tis en Christō, kainē ktisis” — if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation. Kainē means new in kind, radically different. The old (archaios – expired, obsolete) is gone. The new (kainos – fresh, unprecedented) has arrived.

“The cross doesn’t modify your old life; it multiplies into a new life.”

The Corinthian church needed this word. Corinth was wealthy, immoral, and divided. Believers struggled to separate from their old life. They were in Christ, but they were also in Corinth — a city of idols, sexual sin, and worldly pride. So Paul speaks identity into confusion: “If anyone is in Christ (en Christō – ἐν Χριστῷ), he is a kainē ktisis (καινὴ κτίσις) — a new creation.” The word kainē doesn’t mean new as in recent — it means new in kind, quality, and nature. It is radical newness. The old (archaios – ἀρχαῖος, obsolete, expired) has passed away. The new (kainos – καινός) has arrived. Paul was saying: you are not a better version of your old self — you are a brand-new person in Christ.

“Jesus doesn’t just make bad people good—He makes dead people alive.

And that’s the word we need today. People will try to label you by your mistakes, but in Christ, you’ve got a new name. Sin will try to tie you to your past, but at the cross, God cut the cord. You don’t live at that address anymore. It’s just like if you moved to a new state, you would turn in your old driver’s license. You don’t carry both. You receive a new one with a new residence and a new identity. That’ salvation. God cancels your old license — your old address of sin — and issues you a new one stamped with grace.

“If you’re in Christ, stop answering to names that belonged to your past.”

The Cross is the New Genesis for the Believer

Genesis opens with, “In the beginning God created…” But John’s Gospel reopens with, “In the beginning was the Word…” (John 1:1). John wants us to see: what God did in Genesis, He has done again in Christ.

When Jesus cried out from the Cross, “Tetelestai” (τετέλεσται — “It is finished,” John 19:30), He was not announcing an ending but declaring a new beginning. The word means “completed, fulfilled, brought to its intended goal.” The debt was paid, the plan was complete, and a new creation was launched.

“When Jesus said, it is finished; heaven was saying, “It is just the beginning.”

And notice John’s detail: Jesus rose on the first day of the week (John 20:1). That was not random. It was God’s way of signaling: resurrection is day one of the new creation. The garden tomb echoes Eden — the first Adam fell in a garden, but the last Adam rose in one.

Paul confirms this: “The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam (eschatos Adam – ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ) became a life-giving Spirit.” (1 Cor. 15:45) Adam gave breath — Christ gives eternal life. The first Genesis brought creation — the Cross brought re-creation.

After World War II, a clock in a European cathedral stopped when the bombs fell. Years later, when the church was rebuilt, the workers didn’t just fix the clock — they reset it. Humanity’s clock stopped in sin, but at Calvary, God didn’t just repair the damage — He restarted the world.