Summit Christian Fellowship Sermons

1 Corinthians 15:35-58 35 "But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all fle...

Q: What does Christ's resurrection mean for us? A: Christ triumphed over sin and death by being physically resurrected, so that all who trust in him are raised to new life in this world and to everlasting life in the world to come. Just as we will one day be resurrected, so this world will one day be restored. But those who do not trust in Christ will be raised to everlasting death.

1 Corinthians 15:12-34 The Resurrection of the Dead 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting G...

Question 49 Q: Where is Christ now? A: Christ rose bodily from the grave on the third day after His death and is seated at the right hand of the Father, ruling His kingdom and interceding for us, until He returns to judge and renew the whole world.

Listen as Pastor Ryan teaches on 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. In this sermon Ryan exhorts us to both treasure the gospel in ever deepening ways and to believe its power to affect all of life; even reaching into the lives of people we consider the least likely to believe. Additionally, during the service a few of our leaders had the chance to share about their experience so far and their vision moving fo...

Q: What is the Church? A: God chooses and preserves for himself a community elected for eternal life and united by faith, who love, follow, learn from, and worship God together. God sends out this community to proclaim the gospel and prefigure Christ’s kingdom by the quality of their life together and their love for one another.

As we eagerly desire spiritual gifts and the manifestations of the Spirit, there are six attributes Pastor Ryan poses as healthy and helpful pertaining to how we use these gifts in community. Thoughtfulness, gentleness, self control, patience, humility, and deference ought to coincide with our use of the gifts so that God is made much of and the good of others is prioritized.

The Apostle Paul gives this exhortation to believers in 1 Corinthians 14:1: "Pursue love and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy." Listen as Pastor Ben teaches on how we ought to both desire and understand the gifts of prophecy and tongues when they are conducted with love.

Q: How is the Word of God to be read and heard? A: With diligence, preparation, and prayer; so that we may accept it with faith, store it in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.

Why is the church called into unity rather than uniformity? These are two different realities with very different intended outcomes. Listen as Pastor Ben unpacks the Apostle Paul's intent for the church to express itself as a unified body of followers of Jesus, valuing and needing the diversity of gifts in order to be a rich expression of the Gospel.

Prayer is the dynamic conversation where our lives and our God meet. There are all kinds of things that could be said about prayer, but talking about a life of prayer must begin with understanding what it means to pray to "Our Father in Heaven." In this 845 Equip teaching, Pastor Ben address the topic of prayer as we cover four questions in the New City Catechism together.

What are spiritual gifts? How do we live both full of expectation of God manifesting himself among us by the power of his Spirit, and keep gifts in the right place - as just gifts, given by God, for the common good? Listen as Pastor Ryan tackles this tough text in mini-series in 1 Corinthians 12-14.

Question 35 Q: Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from? A: All the gifts we receive from Christ we receive through the Holy Spirit, including faith itself. Question 36 Q: What do we believe about the Holy Spirit? A: That he is God, coeternal with the Father and the Son, and that God grants him irrevocably to all who believe. Question 37 Q: How doe...

With dead orthodoxy on one side and a charismatic free for all on the other lies the in between of deep love and commitment to the Bible and a powerful life and love towards Jesus. Listen as Pastor Ben walks through the beginning of 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

The Lord's Supper 17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 18 For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, 19 for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. 20 When yo...

Q: Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? A: Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God. By his substitutionary atoning death, he alone redeems us from hell and gains for us forgiveness of sin, righteousness, and everlasting life.

Q: What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith? A: At the day of judgment they will receive the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them. They will be cast out from the favorable presence of God, into hell, to be justly and grievously punished, forever.

Q: What else does Christ's death redeem? A: Christ’s death is the beginning of the redemption and renewal of every part of fallen creation, as he powerfully directs all things for his own glory and creation’s good.

Q: Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven? A: Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God graciously imputes Christ’s righteousness to us as if it were our own and will remember our sins no more.