GOD HAS NO NEEDS

ACTS 17:22-34

We have many needs:

    Oxygen to breath

    Light to survive

    Food

    Water

    Clothing

    Health

    Warmth

    Children (young) need parents

    Laws

    Rest

     Matt. 6.8, 32; Phil. 4.19; Heb. 4.16

God doesn’t need anything. He gave.

He created everything for man. He has created every need we have. He has left nothing out.

Isaiah 42:5  Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Isaiah 43:7  Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

Colossians 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Revelation 4:11  Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

God does not need you and I. That will humble us.

God WANTS – DESIRES some things

I.                  SOULS SAVED.

A.   “Man’s greatest need is God’s greatest desire.”

1.               Luke 19.10

2.               2 Peter 3.9

3.               1 Timothy 2:4  Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

B.   Salvation is the most important thing that man needs. More than all that was list above.

II.              OUR SERVICE.

A.     We have a choice to make. Serve him or not.

1.                Joshua 24.14, 15

III.          OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

A.     God is not interested in sharing you with the world.

1.                Matt. 6.24

2.                2 Timothy 4:10  For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

3.                1 John 2.15,16

IV.           OUR SURRENDERED LIFE.

A.     Your life is a vapor. Here today and gone tomorrow.

1.                Ill. Jeff King – 6 mos. To live.

2.                James 4:14  Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

B.     God wants our life.

1.                Rom 12.1,2

2.                Phil 1.20, 21

         V.               OUR TITHES

A.     God doesn’t need your money.

1.                Psalms 50:10-11  For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

B.     He desires it to be used for His work.

1.                Mal. 3.8-11

C.     Tithing is a way to show your love for God.

1.                2 Cor. 8.8

VI.           OUR FELLOWSHIP.

A.     God created man with fellowship in mind.

B.     Does God need it? No. He wants or desires it.

1.                1 John 1.3,7

IT IS BETTER TO BE WANTED THAN NEEDED

                       JOB

                             FAMILY