You Are What Christ Has Done For You
Sermon Notes
Outcomes
Processes
Identity
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
- Romans 8:37
Who you think you are?
I am what I’ve done.
I am what’s been done to me.
You are what Christ has done for you.
Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. I’m about to call each conqueror to dinner. I’m spreading a banquet of Tree-of-Life fruit, a supper plucked from God’s orchard.
- Revelation 2:7
I am full.
“Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. Christ-conquerors are safe from Devil-death.”
- Revelation 2:11
I have a future.
Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. I’ll give the sacred manna to every conqueror; I’ll also give a clear, smooth stone inscribed with your new name, your secret new name.”
- Revelation 2:17
I have a reward.
Here’s the reward I have for every conqueror, everyone who keeps at it, refusing to give up: You’ll rule the nations, your Shepherd-King rule as firm as an iron staff, their resistance fragile as clay pots. This was the gift my Father gave me; I pass it along to you — and with it, the Morning Star.
- Revelation 2:26-28
I am useful.
Conquerors will march in the victory parade, their names indelible in the Book of Life. I’ll lead them up and present them by name to my Father and his Angels.
- Revelation 3:5
I am seen.
I’ll make each conqueror a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, a permanent position of honor.
- Revelation 3:12
I am strong.
Look at me. I stand at the door. I knock. If you hear me call and open the door, I’ll come right in and sit down to supper with you. Conquerors will sit alongside me at the head table, just as I, having conquered, took the place of honor at the side of my Father. That’s my gift to the conquerors!
- Revelation 3:20-21
I am passionate.
Table Group Resources
Mixer
What invention do you wish you had created?
‘Neighborly’ - Daily Devotional
To get the Daily Devotionals delivered to you every morning, text ‘dailydevotional’ to 97000.
In Pastor Ken’s 2/22/21 entry, What Do You Long For?, he points us to Psalm 119:20, 81 & 131. Why does the Psalmist use the words consumed, faint, and pant with this concept of longing for something? What could this kind of longing look like in you?
In Middle School Director, Christina Schmitter’s, 2/25/21 entry, For Such A Time As This, she proposes: Perhaps God placed you in your job, or your family, or your hurting city, so He could do something incredible through you. H ow are you like Queen Esther? What was her response to God’s “Help Me” ? What is yours?
Sermon Questions
Scripture: Romans 8:37, (The Message) Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26-28; 3:5, 12, 20-21
Who do you think you are? Pastor Jared said this is a powerful question because you will live as an overflow of this answer. In a world that hands you your identity, how have you and your potential been limited or put in a box?
How does the knowledge that you are “more than a conqueror” allow you to now live under what Christ has done for you? Share what you have learned in this series and how you are growing into this new identity. How does this new identity change your old habits?
Now that you know who you are, how do these statements help you to cooperate with God’s plan to bring a little heaven to earth now?
● I am full.
● I have a future.
● I have a reward.
● I am useful.
● I am seen.
● I am strong.
● I am passionate.
Go Deeper - with Goodbook
Dr. Mark Strauss and Pastor Ken Ingold
Week 7: The Pre-Exilic Prophets of Israel and Judah
What are the central themes of the Pre-Exilic Prophets? What did you learn from this teaching about God, the Prophets and the Children of Israel?
Why does the Biblical Order differ from the Chronological Order of these books? How does looking at the Chronological Order help us better understand God’s Word?
Do you have a favorite Prophet in the Bible? Who is it and why?
What is the difference between Indictment and Judgment? Are we still indicted today? Why or why not? Are we still judged today? Why or why not?
What in this teaching challenged or encouraged you as a Christ-follower?
*Are you joining the Goodbook Q & A Zoom on Tuesday evenings? Email ken@thechurchrb.org
Serve
Get your Table Group together and connect with each other on a service project at our next Good Neighbor Day, Saturday, March 20! Register online or in your Church Center app.
Pray
Pray over our Worship Night at The Church at RB on Wednesday, March 3. Our God has been so good this past year! May this gathering give Him all glory and honor and renew our souls.
