• WHY DO WE NEED GOD?
• MANY POSSIBLE ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION.
• LET US EXAMINE A FEW REASONS.

• 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...

• INTRODUCTION:
• 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...
• Assuming that one believes in God, let's begin with three simple yet significant reasons why we need God in our lives. Starting with the fact that...

• GOD IS THE CREATOR...
• Of the heavens and the earth...
• Genesis 1:1 ...In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Of mankind, both male and female...
• Genesis 1:27 ...So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
• Genesis 5:2 ...He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.

• GOD IS THE CREATOR…
• Even in the womb, God has a role in giving us life...
• Jeremiah 1:5 ...Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations."
• He made us, not we ourselves...
• Psalms 100:3 ...Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

• 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...

• GOD IS THE CREATOR…
• GOD 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...

• GOD IS OUR REDEEMER...
• Unfortunately, all have made a mess of their lives...
• Romans 3:23 ...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
• Some more than others, but all are in need of major correction...
• Romans 3:9 ...What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
• But God offers Himself as our Redeemer...
• Psalms 34:22 ...The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.

• GOD IS OUR REDEEMER...
• Makes it possible for us to start anew...
• Psalms 103:2 ...Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercies, 5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
• This He did by sending His Son, Jesus...
• Galatians 4:4 ...But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
• 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...

• GOD IS OUR PROVIDER...
• Of physical life itself...
• Acts 17:28 ...for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'
• Of that which sustains our physical life...
• Acts 14:17 ...Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."
• Matthew 5:45 ...that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

• GOD IS OUR PROVIDER...
• Of spiritual strength that we need...
• Ephesians 3:16 ...that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,...
• Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us....
• Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

• GOD IS OUR PROVIDER...
• Has promised to meet our physical needs...
• Matthew 6:25 ...Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? ....31 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
• If we will put Him and His righteousness first in our lives...
• Matthew 6:33 ...But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
• And He has promised to meet our spiritual needs as well...
• Ephesians 1:3 ...Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

• SUMMARY…
• 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"...

• 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...
• That is why we need God...!

By Carey Scott from an outline by Ron Lehde

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