The God We Need
Jerry Watts
Haggai 2:1-9
If I were to pass out pen and paper to each of you and ask you to give me the greatest 3 needs in the world, what would you write? Because this is a church service, the answers would be decidedly 'religious,' but I wonder, what would be the answers outside.
When asked, Dr. R. C. Sproul responded this way, ''What we need is to discover the true identity of God.'' This is our need and the God we need. Our culture has many gods. If I were to begin naming things which we have made into gods, it could really get offensive. Satan takes a good thing, makes it into the ultimate thing, so it becomes a bad thing. Sadly, too often, we worship at the feet of these gods. These gods might give us a rush, but nothing to build life on. When push comes to shove (''in that day''), the gods we tend to worship will be like those gods Elijah faced on Mt. Carmel (1 Kings 18). It was said of them ''no sound, answer, or paid attention.' Our great need is to discover ''The God We Need.'' Our text helps us discover Him. ''LET READ'' (9 times in 9 vs)
Let's remember the life-changing experience that we call ''The Burning Bush''. It was out of the burning bush that that great voice told Moses two things: 1) I have heard the cry oppressed people in Egypt and 2) ''I am sending YOU to Pharaoh.'' Moses wasn't really excited about this, but God didn't give Him a choice. In Egypt, Moses was still a marked man. So in his attempt to change God's mind, he asked, ''If I go and they ask, 'What is the name of your God?' What should I tell them?'' I dare say that Moses was not expecting what He heard God say.
God said, ''I AM WHO I AM.'' Not I was, have been, or will be. I am. Yes, He was, He will be, and He has been, but make no mistake, HE IS. He is the ''I am''. Jesus, the 2nd person in the trinity, continued this theme 7 ''I am'' statement in His earthly life. ''I am the true vine, the bread of life, the light of the world, the door, the resur ...
Jerry Watts
Haggai 2:1-9
If I were to pass out pen and paper to each of you and ask you to give me the greatest 3 needs in the world, what would you write? Because this is a church service, the answers would be decidedly 'religious,' but I wonder, what would be the answers outside.
When asked, Dr. R. C. Sproul responded this way, ''What we need is to discover the true identity of God.'' This is our need and the God we need. Our culture has many gods. If I were to begin naming things which we have made into gods, it could really get offensive. Satan takes a good thing, makes it into the ultimate thing, so it becomes a bad thing. Sadly, too often, we worship at the feet of these gods. These gods might give us a rush, but nothing to build life on. When push comes to shove (''in that day''), the gods we tend to worship will be like those gods Elijah faced on Mt. Carmel (1 Kings 18). It was said of them ''no sound, answer, or paid attention.' Our great need is to discover ''The God We Need.'' Our text helps us discover Him. ''LET READ'' (9 times in 9 vs)
Let's remember the life-changing experience that we call ''The Burning Bush''. It was out of the burning bush that that great voice told Moses two things: 1) I have heard the cry oppressed people in Egypt and 2) ''I am sending YOU to Pharaoh.'' Moses wasn't really excited about this, but God didn't give Him a choice. In Egypt, Moses was still a marked man. So in his attempt to change God's mind, he asked, ''If I go and they ask, 'What is the name of your God?' What should I tell them?'' I dare say that Moses was not expecting what He heard God say.
God said, ''I AM WHO I AM.'' Not I was, have been, or will be. I am. Yes, He was, He will be, and He has been, but make no mistake, HE IS. He is the ''I am''. Jesus, the 2nd person in the trinity, continued this theme 7 ''I am'' statement in His earthly life. ''I am the true vine, the bread of life, the light of the world, the door, the resur ...
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