Guest Speaker: Bill Spencer

Guest speaker Bill Spencer teaches on the importance of understanding our Identity in Christ. In this sermon we explore the discrepancies in Ruth and Boaz’s views of who Ruth was, and how these differences mirror how we see ourselves in contrast to how God sees us. Life Group Questions: Recap the conversation between Ruth and Boaz in Ruth 2:8-13, and review Galatians 2:20, 2 Corinthians 5:17, and Ephesians 1:3 1) How did Ruth see herself? 2) How did Boaz see her? 3) Before hearing this sermon, how would you have described yourself? a) Who are some of the voices you listened to for that identity? 4) How does God see you? How do we discover that? a) Do you believe that you live in the fullness of that identity? b) What behavior would change if you truly believed that about yourself? 5) In Ephesians, how and why does God bless us? 6) How does God’s view of us compare to a parent’s view of their child? 7) What can we do to help us see ourselves through God’s eyes instead of our own?