Summit Ridge Sermon Podcast

Luke 2:8-20
1 Peter 5:1-4
Colossians 1: 19-20
(NASB 2020)
JOHN ORTBERG: God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
JONATHAN EDWARDS: The foundation of the Christian’s peace is everlasting; it is what no time, no change can destroy. It will remain when the body dies; it will remain when the mountains depart and the hills shall be removed, and when the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. The fountain of His comfort shall never be diminished, and the stream shall never be dried. His comfort and joy is a living spring in the soul, a well of water springing up to everlasting life.  
 

Galatians 5:22-23 
Romans 15:13 
James 1:2-4 
John 16:21 
Luke 1:8-14 
Luke 1:57-58 
Luke 1:26-33
2 Samuel 7:16 
Luke 1:34-48
Isaiah 7:13-14 
Luke 2:1-7 
Matthew 2:3-6 
Matthew 2:9-10 
Luke 2:10-11 
(NASB 1995)

Matthew 1:16
Matthew 1:18-25
Matthew 2:13
Matthew 2:19-23
(NASB 1995)
“St. Joseph stands as an exemplary model of the kindness and humility that the Christian faith raises to a great destiny and demonstrates the ordinary and simple virtues necessary for men to be good and genuine followers of Christ. Through these virtues, this just man, caring most lovingly for the mother of God and happily dedicating himself to the upbringing of Jesus Christ, was placed as guardian over God the Father's most precious treasures." -St. Francis
 

Matthew 2:7-21
1 Peter 1:3
Romans 15:4
(NASB 2020)
“The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity–hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory–because at the Father’s will Jesus became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross.” -J.I. Packer

Lead Pastor Dan Acker
November 21, 2021
John 6:52-6
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life Brennan Manning: What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness. Buffeted by the fickle winds of failure, battered by their own unruly emotions, and bruised by rejection and ridicule, authentic disciples may have stumbled and frequently fallen, endured lapses and relapses, gotten handcuffed to the fleshpots and wandered into a far country. Yet, they kept coming back to Jesus
1 Corinthians 15:5
Philippians 3:13-14
(NASB 2020)
 

Ecclesiastes 3:11
The UNENDING life in Christ
Revelation 22: 1-2, John 4:14
The UNRELENTING love of Christ
Revelation 22: 3-4, 2 Corinthians 3:18
The CONSTANT presence with Christ
Revelation 22: 5, Psalm 27:4, Psalm 16:11
"Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God." - A.W. Tozer 
Revelation 2:6-7  
"When the author walks on the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right - something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will be God without disguise. It will be too late then to choose your side." -C.S. Lewis
(NASB 2020)
 
 

Revelation 6:1-17
Psalm 23
(NASB 2020)
The journey to the future is HARD for everyone with the result of LIFE in Christ for some and DEATH for others.
Martin Luther: I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years. C.S. Lewis: Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
John Burke, Imagine Heaven -”How you think about Heaven affects everything in life - how you prioritize love, how willing you are to sacrifice for the long term, how you view suffering, what you fear or don’t fear.” Jonathan Edwards: The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh. Jesus is the one and only judge between who’s in and who’s out. He defines who his church is, not us 
 

Revelation 4:1-11
Ezekiel 1:28
Exodus 19:16-18
(NASB 1995)

Revelation 3:14-2
Colossians 1:15
Luke 12:16-2
John 9:39-4
Proverbs 3:11-1
Matthew 6:25-33
(NASB 1995)
 
 

Lead Pastor Dan Acker
Revelation 3:7-13 
2 Corinthians 5:10
(NASB 2020)
Jesus, in the end, gets the final SAY, not those who believe they get their own WAY.