"WHY WE NEED GOD"
INTRODUCTION
When we first come into this world, we are extremely dependent on others...
We need parents or other providers to feed and clean up after ourselves
Even as small children, we sense our need for parental care and protection
As we get older, it is common to believe that we no longer need anyone or anything...
Starting in adolescence, where many think they no longer need their parents
Often continuing throughout adulthood, where many think they can take care of themselves
Mankind is not as self-sufficient as many would like to believe...
We are extremely dependent on many things despite our denials
Which I intend to illustrate in this series of lessons ("Why We Need...")
[Assuming that one believes in God (see "Why I Believe in God"), let's begin with three simple yet significant reasons why we need God in our lives. Starting with the fact that...]
HE IS OUR CREATOR
GOD IS THE CREATOR...
Of the heavens and the earth - Gen 1:1; Exo 20:11; He 11:3
Of mankind, both male and female - Gen 1:27; 5:2
Even in the womb, God has a role in giving us life - Ps 139:13-16; Jer 1:5
He made us, not we ourselves - cf. Ps 100:3
GOD AS OUR CREATOR...
Knows us better than we ourselves
Even as the manufacturer knows his product better than anyone else
Knows our weaknesses and our strengths
Is the best source to find the answers to such questions as:
Where did I come from?
Why am I here?
Where am I going?
How should I live?
[We need God because as our Creator He is the only reliable "tech support" to help us make sense and use of our lives! Another reason we need God is because...]
HE IS OUR REDEEMER
GOD IS THE REDEEMER...
Unfortunately, all have made a mess of their lives - Ro 3:23
Some more than others, but all are in need of major correction - Ro 3:9
But God offers Himself as our Redeemer - Ps 34:22
GOD AS OUR REDEEMER...
Makes it possible for us to start anew - cf. Ps 103:1-5
This He did by sending His Son, Jesus - Ga 4:4-5; Tit 2:11-14
He offered His Son's blood to redeem from our sins - 1Pe 1:17-19
[We need God because as our Redeemer we have the opportunity to be forgiven of sins and to start our lives anew! A third reason we need God is because...]
HE IS OUR PROVIDER
GOD IS THE PROVIDER...
Of physical life itself - Ac 17:28; cf. Ps 66:8-9
Of that which sustains our physical life - Ac 14:17; Mt 5:45
Of spiritual strength that we need - Ep 3:16,20; 6:10
GOD AS OUR PROVIDER...
Has promised to meet our physical needs - Mt 6:25-32
If we will put Him and His righteousness first in our lives - Mt 6:33-34
Has promised to meet our spiritual needs - Php 2:12-13
If we will put on His armor - Ep 6:11-18
CONCLUSION
More things could be said to illustrate our need for God, but for now let these suffice...
God is our Creator
God is our Redeemer
God is our Provider
Those who reject any need for God...
Go through life with no true knowledge of self or purpose in life
Have no way to atone for or to truly correct the many mistakes they make
Have lives devoid of the fullness of God's providential care
How much better to confess our need for God, and look to Him...
For wisdom and guidance in making the best of our time here on earth
For forgiveness and renewal when we mess up our lives through sin
For providential care and spiritual strength to live the truly "abundant life"
Yes, dear friends and brethren, that is why we need God...!
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- Abortion laws repealed thank GOD
- Abortion is murder?
- Abortion (forced termination)
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- Abounding hope
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- Allelua Amen
- Are you a Christian
- All have sinned
- All scripture
- All authority
- (ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN) STAYING SAVED DB
- Accuser of GOD`S people
- Avoid being mislead by the devil
- Accuser
- Are you the enemy of God
- Abomination
- All power is of God
- Acts conversion chart
- Apologetics press
- Amazing grace
- Adversary
- Afraid in fear of Baptizm
- All things work together for good
- AUDIO RIVERSIDE CHURCHOFCHRIST
- Authority
- Baptizm (antitype)
- BAPTIZM POINT OF SALVATION
- Baptizm search for truth
- Baptizm NT
- Baptizm Greek Baptizo fully covered
- Rebaptizm
- Baptizm forgiveness of sin, washed in the blood of JESUS
- Baptizm immersion not sprinkle, pouring
- Baptized into Christ
- Baptizm point
- Born of water & spirit
- Belief more than knowing there is a GOD
- Blessed is the man
- Bible super human
- Born again
- Bible verse of the day
- Bible God breathed
- Brand new creation
- Brain washed (believing lies)
- Being mistreated for doing good.
- Bought with a price
- Bible is totally reliable
- Bible charts Donnie Barnes
- Blessing or curse
- Bless your enemies curse not
- Be not many masters.
- Rebaptizm scriptually
- Beyond the logos
- Bethel
- Bible read & listen
- Bible inspiration
- Blasphemy the name of Jesus
- Christ
- Christian and spiritual growth Donnie Barnes
- Church built by GOD
- Coming home
- CONTACT
- CONTACT US
- Cast the first stone
- Church built on Christ
- Christianity 101
- Choice 2
- Committed to GOD
- Children giving glory to GOD
- Children learn what they live
- Childrens video
- Christianity full time privilledge
- Counsel of GOD superior than man
- Creation
- Choice I
- Church of CHRIST Romans 16:16
- Condemn your brother with your tongue
- Can GOD`S house be established today?
- Childrens : Digger Doug
- Christs
- Church of Jesus Christ
- CHURCH IN NEEDS
- Dishonoring GOD
- Did Jesus build more than 1 church?
- Dictionary
- Does doctrine matter
- Drinking alcohol
- Deception of false teachers
- Day of the Lord
- Duty of care
- Denominationlism
- Divorce and remarriage
- Essentials of salvation Sunday april 16 2023
- Evil heart of unbelief
- Fabricated truth
- Filthy rags
- False Teaching
- Forgiveness
- False prophets
- Faith
- First gospel sermon
- Falling away
- False preaching can keep u from heaven
- False teacher, False preacher DS
- False brethren
- False Preachers
- False brethren brought in
- Forget God?
- Faith the substance of all things
- Fake preachers
- Grief
- GOD`S PLAN IS NOT MAN`S DESIGN
- GOD
- Gossip David Schmidt
- GOD created all things in 6 days
- Give account for yourself
- Gospel broadcasting network
- Give no offence
- GOD is righteous
- God`s preventative word James Watkins
- GOD`S calling, the good new`s
- GOD first
- GOD built true church not man
- Gospel Enacted
- God`s will for you
- Gospel hid from the lost
- Gospel (good news)
- Hypocrites
- How to get to heaven?
- Hear believe repent confess baptizm
- How do you obey the gospel?
- How is the church organized?
- Hymns
- Hear-believe-repent-confess-be immersed
- Hypocrites1
- Homosexuality
- How beautiful are the feet that preach
- Heart
- Heaven/Hell
- Hope
- Have you obeyed the gospel?
- Is Any Church the LORDS NO! NO!
- Interview with satan(father of lies)
- In Jesus Christ
- Identity of the church
- Inspired word of GOD
- Influence
- In Christ the fullness of the Godhead
- Influence of evil
- In Christ (what is it being in Christ)
- In Christ
- Is there more than 1 church? no
- Inspiration what is it?
- Is your heart right with GOD
- Jesus (way)
- JESUS STICKERS
- Jesus is our faith to our beloved
- Jesus in new testament
- Jesus never changes / Changing world James Watkins
- Jesus Jesus Jesus
- Jesus is Lord (Kurios)
- JESUS
- Jesus & children
- Jesus has come in the flesh
- JESUS CHRIST IS LORD
- Kingdom come ?
- Kenya gallery1
- Jesus the way
- Lying Christians is their any without
- Lose your soul?
- LOCATION OF ONE TRUE CHURCH
- LORDS church part 1
- Leaders of this world should be ashamed
- Lost
- Lord`s church
- Light at Riverside Church of CHRIST
- Lamentations 3
- Love God, the creator of Love.
- Love of GOD overcomes
- Lord`s supper
- Lying wonder
- LINKS
- Ladies videos
- Leading to Christ
- Lying preachers
- Looking for things to get better
- Lesson`s books of the bible gbn
- Light of the world
- Law of Liberty inCHRIST
- Man`s device (not GOD`S)
- MURMURINGS, MURMURERS, MURMUR
- Lying 1
- Mat 19:6
- More about JESUS
- Making the change
- Man`s tradition or God`s word
- Moral issues
- Meddling & Gossip is sin
- New Creation
- None righteous no not one
- No change
- NT reveals one church
- One Body
- Offenses
- Overcoming the world
- Our GOD is a awesome GOD
- Obey the gospel
- Overcome evil with good
- OneGodOneChurch
- Only 1 church (church of CHRIST)
- Pleasing God
- Preachers leading w/ no authority from GOD
- Persecution and Oppression
- Preaching Jesus
- practicing SIN
- Pray without ceasing
- Prayer
- Perverting the gospel
- Persecution
- Pride of men hinder the advancement of the gospel
- References on request
- Power of the tongue
- Right hand of falsehood lesson by Steven Schiller
- Reject God
- Root of all evil
- REPENT!
- Riverside gallery
- Preach the word
- ROCK SOLID FAITH JAMES WATKINS
- Religious error
- RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF GOD
- Repent
- Repent Repent Repent
- Sinners prayer 4min video
- SIN
- Such were some of you
- Safe in the arms of GOD
- SINS
- Sheet music
- Sober
- Submit and we will pray for you
- Scriptually organized w/o deacons?
- Serving GOD or Self serving
- SERMONS
- Sound teaching
- Spirit of GOD
- Rule your own house?
- Salvation
- Stairway to heaven
- SHEPHERD
- Searching for truth
- Service to GOD
- Slave of the creator
- Same sex marriage
- Standard of authority
- Sincere,True Ministry
- STOP
- Spirit to the churches
- Speak evil of a Christian is sin against Christ
- Scriptual and unscriptually organized churches
- Searching for truth(book)
- SUNDAY APRIL 17 2022
- Speak evil of no man
- SPIRIT & TRUTH
- Speaking evil of Christian brother
- Slander
- Short lessons
- Thanks to GOD
- Truth about
- The dog has returned to his vomit
- The children
- 2 Reasons to believe ap
- Take the name of Jesus with you
- Slave of GOD
- Time for truth
- The holy spirit
- Salvation of the LORD
- The Lord`s Supper
- The Church
- Those who persecute you
- This is God`s church
- The way we were
- The Body is the Church
- Truth for the world
- The devil
- The Lord is my shepherd
- Truth
- U WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR IDLE WORDS
- Unscriptual organization of the church
- Turn from sin to GOD
- Unless the Lord build the house
- Unified church James Watkins
- Vengeance
- WOE WOE WOE
- What names on your sign
- World Video Bible School (WVBS)
- U HAVE AN ENEMY!
- Wearing the crown
- Withdrawal fellowship
- James Watkins
- What GOD has cleansed
- Where in the bible is your church mentioned
- What is the Gospel?
- What must i do to be saves (transcript)
- When you die
- Worship
- Whose family are u ruling
- Wonderful Grace
- What must i do to be saved?
- Worshipping idols not God
- Walking with GOD
- Worship to God
- WORSHIP NOV 6 2022
- Why so many churches (Transcript)
- What is the church?
- Worship of idols instead of GOD
- Wicked
- Wonderfully made
- WE NEED JESUS
- You are not your own
- You must be born again
- Your unbelief
- You give good gifts
- You can join any denomination except the LORDS CHURCH
- Who`s church is it? Deity
- Home James Watkins
- Gossip is sin
- Home
- Abortion AP
- Abortion laws repealed thank GOD
- Abortion is murder?
- Abortion (forced termination)
- Animations GBN
- Abounding hope
- A place for God`s name(this is it)
- Allelua Amen
- Are you a Christian
- All have sinned
- All scripture
- All authority
- (ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN) STAYING SAVED DB
- Accuser of GOD`S people
- Avoid being mislead by the devil
- Accuser
- Are you the enemy of God
- Abomination
- All power is of God
- Acts conversion chart
- Apologetics press
- Amazing grace
- Adversary
- Afraid in fear of Baptizm
- All things work together for good
- AUDIO RIVERSIDE CHURCHOFCHRIST
- Authority
- Baptizm (antitype)
- BAPTIZM POINT OF SALVATION
- Baptizm search for truth
- Baptizm NT
- Baptizm Greek Baptizo fully covered
- Rebaptizm
- Baptizm forgiveness of sin, washed in the blood of JESUS
- Baptizm immersion not sprinkle, pouring
- Baptized into Christ
- Baptizm point
- Born of water & spirit
- Belief more than knowing there is a GOD
- Blessed is the man
- Bible super human
- Born again
- Bible verse of the day
- Bible God breathed
- Brand new creation
- Brain washed (believing lies)
- Being mistreated for doing good.
- Bought with a price
- Bible is totally reliable
- Bible charts Donnie Barnes
- Blessing or curse
- Bless your enemies curse not
- Be not many masters.
- Rebaptizm scriptually
- Beyond the logos
- Bethel
- Bible read & listen
- Bible inspiration
- Blasphemy the name of Jesus
- Christ
- Christian and spiritual growth Donnie Barnes
- Church built by GOD
- Coming home
- CONTACT
- CONTACT US
- Cast the first stone
- Church built on Christ
- Christianity 101
- Choice 2
- Committed to GOD
- Children giving glory to GOD
- Children learn what they live
- Childrens video
- Christianity full time privilledge
- Counsel of GOD superior than man
- Creation
- Choice I
- Church of CHRIST Romans 16:16
- Condemn your brother with your tongue
- Can GOD`S house be established today?
- Childrens : Digger Doug
- Christs
- Church of Jesus Christ
- CHURCH IN NEEDS
- Dishonoring GOD
- Did Jesus build more than 1 church?
- Dictionary
- Does doctrine matter
- Drinking alcohol
- Deception of false teachers
- Day of the Lord
- Duty of care
- Denominationlism
- Divorce and remarriage
- Essentials of salvation Sunday april 16 2023
- Evil heart of unbelief
- Fabricated truth
- Filthy rags
- False Teaching
- Forgiveness
- False prophets
- Faith
- First gospel sermon
- Falling away
- False preaching can keep u from heaven
- False teacher, False preacher DS
- False brethren
- False Preachers
- False brethren brought in
- Forget God?
- Faith the substance of all things
- Fake preachers
- Grief
- GOD`S PLAN IS NOT MAN`S DESIGN
- GOD
- Gossip David Schmidt
- GOD created all things in 6 days
- Give account for yourself
- Gospel broadcasting network
- Give no offence
- GOD is righteous
- God`s preventative word James Watkins
- GOD`S calling, the good new`s
- GOD first
- GOD built true church not man
- Gospel Enacted
- God`s will for you
- Gospel hid from the lost
- Gospel (good news)
- Hypocrites
- How to get to heaven?
- Hear believe repent confess baptizm
- How do you obey the gospel?
- How is the church organized?
- Hymns
- Hear-believe-repent-confess-be immersed
- Hypocrites1
- Homosexuality
- How beautiful are the feet that preach
- Heart
- Heaven/Hell
- Hope
- Have you obeyed the gospel?
- Is Any Church the LORDS NO! NO!
- Interview with satan(father of lies)
- In Jesus Christ
- Identity of the church
- Inspired word of GOD
- Influence
- In Christ the fullness of the Godhead
- Influence of evil
- In Christ (what is it being in Christ)
- In Christ
- Is there more than 1 church? no
- Inspiration what is it?
- Is your heart right with GOD
- Jesus (way)
- JESUS STICKERS
- Jesus is our faith to our beloved
- Jesus in new testament
- Jesus never changes / Changing world James Watkins
- Jesus Jesus Jesus
- Jesus is Lord (Kurios)
- JESUS
- Jesus & children
- Jesus has come in the flesh
- JESUS CHRIST IS LORD
- Kingdom come ?
- Kenya gallery1
- Jesus the way
- Lying Christians is their any without
- Lose your soul?
- LOCATION OF ONE TRUE CHURCH
- LORDS church part 1
- Leaders of this world should be ashamed
- Lost
- Lord`s church
- Light at Riverside Church of CHRIST
- Lamentations 3
- Love God, the creator of Love.
- Love of GOD overcomes
- Lord`s supper
- Lying wonder
- LINKS
- Ladies videos
- Leading to Christ
- Lying preachers
- Looking for things to get better
- Lesson`s books of the bible gbn
- Light of the world
- Law of Liberty inCHRIST
- Man`s device (not GOD`S)
- MURMURINGS, MURMURERS, MURMUR
- Lying 1
- Mat 19:6
- More about JESUS
- Making the change
- Man`s tradition or God`s word
- Moral issues
- Meddling & Gossip is sin
- New Creation
- None righteous no not one
- No change
- NT reveals one church
- One Body
- Offenses
- Overcoming the world
- Our GOD is a awesome GOD
- Obey the gospel
- Overcome evil with good
- OneGodOneChurch
- Only 1 church (church of CHRIST)
- Pleasing God
- Preachers leading w/ no authority from GOD
- Persecution and Oppression
- Preaching Jesus
- practicing SIN
- Pray without ceasing
- Prayer
- Perverting the gospel
- Persecution
- Pride of men hinder the advancement of the gospel
- References on request
- Power of the tongue
- Right hand of falsehood lesson by Steven Schiller
- Reject God
- Root of all evil
- REPENT!
- Riverside gallery
- Preach the word
- ROCK SOLID FAITH JAMES WATKINS
- Religious error
- RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF GOD
- Repent
- Repent Repent Repent
- Sinners prayer 4min video
- SIN
- Such were some of you
- Safe in the arms of GOD
- SINS
- Sheet music
- Sober
- Submit and we will pray for you
- Scriptually organized w/o deacons?
- Serving GOD or Self serving
- SERMONS
- Sound teaching
- Spirit of GOD
- Rule your own house?
- Salvation
- Stairway to heaven
- SHEPHERD
- Searching for truth
- Service to GOD
- Slave of the creator
- Same sex marriage
- Standard of authority
- Sincere,True Ministry
- STOP
- Spirit to the churches
- Speak evil of a Christian is sin against Christ
- Scriptual and unscriptually organized churches
- Searching for truth(book)
- SUNDAY APRIL 17 2022
- Speak evil of no man
- SPIRIT & TRUTH
- Speaking evil of Christian brother
- Slander
- Short lessons
- Thanks to GOD
- Truth about
- The dog has returned to his vomit
- The children
- 2 Reasons to believe ap
- Take the name of Jesus with you
- Slave of GOD
- Time for truth
- The holy spirit
- Salvation of the LORD
- The Lord`s Supper
- The Church
- Those who persecute you
- This is God`s church
- The way we were
- The Body is the Church
- Truth for the world
- The devil
- The Lord is my shepherd
- Truth
- U WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR IDLE WORDS
- Unscriptual organization of the church
- Turn from sin to GOD
- Unless the Lord build the house
- Unified church James Watkins
- Vengeance
- WOE WOE WOE
- What names on your sign
- World Video Bible School (WVBS)
- U HAVE AN ENEMY!
- Wearing the crown
- Withdrawal fellowship
- James Watkins
- What GOD has cleansed
- Where in the bible is your church mentioned
- What is the Gospel?
- What must i do to be saves (transcript)
- When you die
- Worship
- Whose family are u ruling
- Wonderful Grace
- What must i do to be saved?
- Worshipping idols not God
- Walking with GOD
- Worship to God
- WORSHIP NOV 6 2022
- Why so many churches (Transcript)
- What is the church?
- Worship of idols instead of GOD
- Wicked
- Wonderfully made
- WE NEED JESUS
- You are not your own
- You must be born again
- Your unbelief
- You give good gifts
- You can join any denomination except the LORDS CHURCH
- Who`s church is it? Deity
- Home James Watkins
- Gossip is sin
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