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.
 GOD IS OUR PROVIDER...
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...
 SUMMARY
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...!