Summit Ridge Sermon Podcast

John 3:16
We have Life after death
John 11:25-26
Luke 23:43
John 5:24
John 17:3
John 10:27-28
Eternal Life  is now
John 4:14
Psalm 103:15-16
Luke 18:18-22
Growing up Into Eternal Life
1 Corinthians 13:8
Isaiah 63:10
Romans 8:5
Romans 6:22
2 Peter 1:3-7
Galatians 6:8-10
Ephesians 4:25-32
1 Timothy 6:11-12
The glory of God is humanity fully alive. Life comes from participation in God. Participation in God is to see God and enjoy His goodness. -Saint Iraneus
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. -John Wesley
God’s intention is that I grow to the point where He can safely empower me to do what I want. That means my life is about growing my ‘wanter’ to want what God wants.
We are beings that are meant to live our lives toward something we cannot possibly accomplish on our own. Obviously we need God’s assistance to do these things. -Dallas Willard
(NIV)

I AM ADOPTED AS GOD’S CHILD...
Romans 8:14-15
 
I AM AFFIRMED AS GOD’S CHILD...
Romans 8:16
2 Corinthians 1:21-22
 
I FACE ADVERSITY AS GOD’S CHILD...
1 John 3:1-2
Romans 8:17
 
“Jesus came to announce to us that an identity based on success, popularity and power is a false identity- an illusion! Loudly and clearly he says: 'You are not what the world makes you; but you are children of God.”-Henri Nouwen
 
(NASB2020)
 

Galatians 2:20 
The Christian Faith is a Personal One
Matthew 7:13-14
Isaiah 6:5 
Isaiah 6:8 
John 15:1-2 
Our Own Personality is Interwoven with that of Christ
Galatians 2:20 
2 Kings 4:32-34 
Romans 7:15-20 
What is the life we live with this blended Personality.
1 Corinthians 1:18-21 
Romans 8:37-39 
(NASB 2020)

2 Corinthians 12:6-1
Isaiah 40:29-3
It starts with being weak
Revelation 3:17-18
Waiting on God
Psalm 56:3-4
Psalm 46:1-3
Active Waiting
Hosea 12:6
Romans 5:3-4
Humble Waiting
Waiting in Hope
Philippians 4:4-7
 

Romans 7:24-25
 
FREEDOM FROM CONDEMNATION...
 
Romans 8:1-2
 
Romans 8:1-2 (Message Paraphrase) With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.
 
“Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.” Martin Luther
 
FREEDOM FROM THE LAW..
 
Romans 8:3-4
 
“Man's maker was made man that He, Ruler of the stars, might nurse at His mother's breast; that the Bread might hunger, the Fountain thirst, the Light sleep, the Way be tired on its journey; that Truth might be accused of false witnesses, the Teacher be beaten with whips, the Foundation be suspended on wood; that Strength might grow weak; that the Healer might be wounded; that Life might die.”― Saint Augustine of Hippo
 
A what was the result?: “For the Lord touched all parts of creation, and freed and undeceived them all from every deceit.”― St. Athanasius
 
FREEDOM FROM MYSELF...
 
Romans 8:5-8
 
(NASB 2020)

Isaiah 49:14-16
God NEVER stops loving You 
 
“Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely. ... He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken.”― Dieter F. Uchtdorf
 
God NEVER stops thinking about You.
 
Psalm 139:17-18
 
God NEVER stops planning a future with You.
 
Jeremiah 29:11
 
(NASB 2020)
 

2 Corinthians 5:17 
What does it mean to be in Christ?
Ephesians 2:11-12
1 Corinthians 15:20-22 
Romans 9:30-32
John 15:1-5 
Ephesians 2:19-22 
Romans 5:1-2 NASB
What does it mean to be a new creation?
First, it is a radical change.
Acts 9:3-6 
Acts 9:17
Acts 9:19b-22
Second, there is divine work involved.
John 1:12-13 NASB
1 John 3:1-3 NASB
Finally, in the new creation there is a remarkable freshness
Romans 6:4 NASB
 

Matthew 28:16-20
Matthew 5:14-16 
“We are the light of the World.”
Why does God make men and women to be the light to other men and women in the world?
By making His people light-givers to the world He is protecting us from many evils.
First, He is protecting us from selfishness while guiding us in godliness
Romans 3:23 
2 Samuel 12:5-7 
2 Samuel 12:13-14
Second, He is protecting us from turning the church into an island of isolation.
Matthew 5:14-15 
“Salvation is both an event and a process: it is an accomplished fact, a continuing walk, and a future hope.”
Third, He is protecting us from separating ourselves completely from the world.
Romans 12:1-2 
Fourth, He is protecting us from developing a mindset of fatalism.
Romans 10:11-13 
Romans 10:14-15 
Finally, He is protecting us from developing an extreme longing for heaven.
Philippians 1:21-26
(NASB 2020)

2 Corinthians 3:12-18
Exodus 34:29-35
Galatians 5:18-21
 
(NASB 2020)
 

John 3:3-6
John 1:11-13
Romans 8: 14-16
Jeremiah  1:5
Psalms 139:15-16
Hebrews  12:5-6
James 1:2-4
Philippians 1:6
Matthew 18:1-3
(NIV)