Summit Ridge Sermon Podcast

Identity in Christ: ”I Am Blessed to Serve Others”

Lead Pastor Dan Acker
October 16, 2022
THE GOSPEL IS A BLESSING
Ephesians 3:6
 
JESUS HAS BLESSED ME
Ephesians 3:7-9
 
"The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: “What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.” -Peter Kreft 
 
JESUS HAS BLESSED OTHERS
Ephesians 3:10-13
Isaiah 52:7
John 10:16
 
(NASB 2020)
 

Identity in Christ: ”I Am a Citizen of God’s Kingdom”

October 9, 2022
Lead Pastor Dan Acker
 
JESUS TORE
 
Ephesians 2:14
 
JESUS BORE
 
Ephesians 2:15-18
 
"The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself or less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less." -Tim Keller
 
JESUS FORMS
 
Ephesians 2:19-22
Galatians 3:28
1 Peter 2:5
Revelation 21:3
 
(NASB 2020)
 

Identity in Christ: ”I Am a Member of God’s Household”

Associate Pastor Louise Waller
 
Ephesians 2:14-22
Matthew 7:13-14
Matthew 7:21-23
Matthew 23:23
John 5:39
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Matthew 7:15
John 10:16
Romans 2:14-15
John 17:20-23
1 John 4:7-8
 
(NIV)

”Reclaiming the Rest of Rest”

Pastor Miles Larson
Director of Pastoral and Congregational Vitality
Brethren Church National Office
 
Colossians 3:12-15
"If I were a physician, and if I were allowed toprescribe just one remedy for all the ills ofthe modern world, I would prescribe silence.For even if the Word of God were proclaimedin the modern world, how could one hear itwith so much noise? Therefore, createsilence." -Soren Kierkegaard
Matthew 11:28-30
Exodus 20:8-11
Genesis 1:31
Genesis 2:1-3
Matthew 22:36-40
Leviticus 25:2-7
 
 

Identity in Christ: ”I Have Been Made Alive with Christ”

Ephesians 2:1-6
We were Dead in Our Wrongdoings
Ephesians 2:5
Genesis 2:15-17
Ephesians 2:1-3
John 3:1-6
Galatians 3:10
But God made Us Spiritually Alive
Ephesians 2:4-5
Romans 8:5-8
2 Peter 3:18
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
And We are alive with Christ
Ephesians 2:5
2 Kings 13:21
2 Corinthians 13:4
First, we are alive in Christ Representatively
Hebrews 4:14-16
Second, we are alive in Christ by being in Union with Christ
John 11:25-26
Finally, we are to live together with Christ in Likeness
Romans 6:8-11
(NASB 2020)

Identity in Christ: ”I Have Been Adopted by God”

Ephesians 1:3
Ephesians 1:4
Ephesians 1:5
Ephesians 1:11
Romans 8:29-30
Ephesians 1:5 
Adoption is an act of God whereby we, who were the children under the wrath of God from the lost family of Adam, and for no reason in ourselves, but entirely of the pure grace of God, were brought actually and eternally into the family of God.-Charles Spurgeon
Adoption was an Act of Grace
Isaiah 64:6-8
With Adoption comes Privilege
“All those that are justified, God granted, in and for the sake of His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption, by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of children of God, have His name put upon them, receive the spirit of adoption, have access to the throne of grace with boldness, are enabled to cry Abba, Father, are pitied, protected, provided for, and chastened by Him as a Father, yet never cast off, but sealed to the day of redemption, and inherit the promises as heirs of everlasting salvation.” -12th article of the 1629 Baptist Confession of Faith
We are no longer Children of Wrath
God has given us a new name.
Revelation 2:17
We have a New Nature
Galatians 4:3-6
We have access to His throne
Luke 11:9-13
God has Compassion for Us
Psalm 103:13
God Protects Us
God Provides for Us
Luke 12:29-32
God will Teach You all You need to Know
2 Timothy 3:16-17
God will Discipline Us
Hebrews 12:4-7
There are Requirements Associated with Adoption
Obey Your Father
Matthew 5:8
Matthew 22:37-40
Exodus 20:8
Trust Your Father
Proverbs 3:5-6
Numbers 23:5-6
Love Your Father
Matthew 22:37-38

Identity in Christ: ”I am Sealed”

Ephesians 1:1
Matthew 27:66
Revelation 12:9-11
Genesis 1:1
Acts 2:1-4
Romans 8:26 
 
(NKJV)
 

Identity in Christ: ”I am God’s Masterpiece”

Psalms 139:13-16 NIV
Ephesians 2:10 NLT
Philippians 2:15 NIV
Matthew 5:13-15 NIV
Philippians 2:12b-13 NIV
Philippians 1:6  NLT
 
 

Identity in Christ: ”I am Holy and Blameless”

Ephesians 1:3
Ephesians 1:4
“who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world” 
How did Our Blessings come to Us
Ezekiel 36:22 
How did Our Blessings come to Us – Only by the Love and Grace of God
What does it mean to be Holy and Blameless before God
That we would be holy and blameless before Him in Love (Ephesians 1:4b NASB)
Psalm 99:9
Psalm 5:7 
1 Peter 1:14-16
What does it mean to be Holy - God is the perfect model of Holiness, we are declared Holy, and we should strive for holiness.
1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV
Romans 8:1 
Psalm 103:10-12 
What does it mean to be Blameless – Blameless defines our condition as seen by God; He does not see our sins but only a cleansed us so we should strive towards blamelessness.
What is God’s Purpose of Design
Matthew 23:23 
Philippians 1: 5-6 
What is God’s purpose of design – Everything He has done for us was done so that we would desire to become holy and blameless in our lives.
What is the Evidence of Our Transformation
Ephesians 1:4 
1 John 4:7-9 
Luke 19:9-10 
Luke 15:10 
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 
What is the Evidence of Our Transformation – That we would love one another as God loves us.
(NASB 2020)

Answering Jesus’ Prayer

John 17: 20-23
(NIV)