MAKING THEIR NEED YOUR NEED
Phil. 4:19
I believe the greatest discovery that one can make after salvation is that Jesus not only wants to be our Saviour
HE WANTS TO BE OUR SUPPLIER
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in
glory by Christ Jesus.”
Psalm 50:10-15
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.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
HAGGAI 2:8
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
The Key to untold and untapped resources is Giving
In the Context of Scripture Phil. 4:19
The Philippians were missions supporters
This is known by verse 14 & 17
14 -- The word “COMMUNICATE”
It means Partaker or partner
THEY SENT SUPPLIES TO PAUL
17 “They sent a Gift to Paul”
MANY TAKE THIS VERSE AND RUN WITH IT SAYING THAT GOD WILL SUPPLY FOR THEM
I BELIEVE HE SUPPLIES FOR THOSE WHO ARE SACRIFICIAL TO THE WORK OF GOD!!!
GOD’S PEOPLE ARE ALL TOO OFTEN BOUND BY THE WORLD’S ECONOMY
BUT HAPPY DAY WHEN YOU MAKE THIS DISCOVERY
“THAT GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS”
2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Le 26:5
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall
reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full,
and dwell in your land safely.
De 30:9
And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit
of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as
he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Ps 132:15
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Isa 30:23
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Ps 37:23-25
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
So then what’s the problem
We have no needs!!!
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THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE NO NEEDS!!!
I IF I KNOW MY BIBLE AND I BELIEVE I DO – WE ARE ALIVING IN THE LAODICEAN CHURCH AGE
ACCORDING TO REVELATION 3
“THE CHURCH TODAY IS RICH, INCREASED WITH GOODS AND HAS NEED OF NOTHING”
LET’S BE HONEST
Really and truly – 99% of us in here today have our needs met
IF YOUR NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET IN AMERICA – IT’S PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU WANTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN
IF YOUR NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET IN AMERICA – IT’S PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU WANTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL
LISTEN HERE’S THE MESSAGE
WE NEED TO MAKE THEIR NEED OUR NEED
MAKE THEIR NEED YOUR NEED
Get out of your box Tonight and get a Vision of the Spiritual Hunger in the World
DO YOU NEED FOR SINNERS TO BE SAVED???
I studied the word need this morning
A need is a Requirement
A need is an essential
A Have To
That which is necessary
That Which is Vital
An Obligation
A Duty
A Responsibility
IS IT YOUR NEED FOR SINNERS TO BE SAVED???
IS IT ESSENTIAL TO YOU THAT SINNERS BE BORN AGAIN
ILLUSTRATE
PAW BARKER – 86 Years Old
Friday – I was at the Hospital – I was telling him about John
He said “That’s wonderful”
I Said “That’s all that really matter”
He began to Weep and here’s what he said
I want everybody to Go to Heaven!!!
I want everybody to be saved!!!
I don’t want anybody to go to Hell!!!
OH IT STIRRED MY SOUL
IT CHALLENGED MY HEART
HERE’S A MAN THAT AFTER 40-50 years of Preaching the Gospel
SICK
Infection all in his body
Weakest he’s ever been
BUT HE STILL HAS A VISION
WHY – THE NEED OF MAN IS HIS NEED!!!
He’s Going to Glory when he dies
Heaven is his home
YET HE STILL HAS A NEED
I don’t need a Saviour – BUT THE SINNER DOES
I don’t need Peace in my heart – BUT THE SINNER DOES
I don’t need Joy in my Soul – BUT THE SINNER DOES
I don’t need a Song in my mouth -- BUT THE SINNER DOES
I NEED TO MAKE THEIR NEED MY NEED
CONCLUSION
IS IT A REQUIREMENT TO YOU THAT YOUR LOVED ONE NOT GO TO HELL
IS IT NECESSARY FOR YOU THAT THESE BUS KIDS CONTINUE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL
IS IT AN OBLIGATION TO YOU THAT MEXICO GET REACHED WITH THE GOSPEL
IS IT YOUR NEED, YOUR DUTY THAT IDAHO HAVE A PREACHER
REJOICE IN THE BLESSINGS WHICH GOD HAS BESTOWED TO YOU AND THEN MAKE THEIR NEED YOUR NEED
Instead of padding our pocket Books and filling our garages with Wants – LET’S MEET THE NEED OF THIS DYING WORLD
WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH
Eze 3:17-20
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
These verses make every saved person responsible to witness and win those that are around us
Paul said in Acts 20:26 "Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men."
The Serious Question Is -- How will I stand before God?
How will you stand before God?
Will you stand before God at the Judgment Seat in sorrow, stricken with grief, smitten in shame, holding out blood-soaked hands.
Will you be ashamed because you let opportunity after opportunity slip away from you
What I’m seeing in the Church today is a lot of worship and no burden!!!
I wonder could the sinner have walked out because we didn’t pray enough
I wonder if they would have gotten saved if I had had prayed all night
How much did you pray for the Service tonight before you left home
I wonder if every member had prayed this Past Sunday Morning for the Service -- I WONDER IF THE LOST WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SAVED?
I dread standing before God knowing that I’ve not done all that I could
I dread seeing people cast into Hell that I could have won if I only Cared
THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN WE STAND BEFORE GOD – HE WILL REQUIRE THE BLOOD OF MEN FROM OUR HANDS
We have Tremendous Opportunities and Obligations--yet we are so
Indifferent.
1. 65% on Earth--unreached and untouched
2. Over 1,000 tribes have never heard about Jesus
3. 1,789 languages---Not one verse of Scripture
a. Yet Hardly Anyone is Surrendering to the Mission Field
b. Multitudes still will not give to Missions.
C. What about America?
1. 37 million young people who never go to church
2. Adults only 8 out of 100--Go to Church on Sunday morning
only 2 out of 100---Go to Church on Sunday Night.
only 1 out of 1,000 Wednesday Night.
3. 4 Million Babies born in America each year---only 300,000 will be
reached with the Gospel
93% of the Babies born in the hospitals today will probably go to Hell.
C. We Claim to Believe a Glorious Gospel--Rom. 1:16--"For I am not
ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto
salvation to everyone that believeth."
1. Yet we’ve lost our vision, quit our praying, stopped visiting,
stopped witnessing---We’ve become lax, lazy, to busy, priorities
misplaced while souls are going to Hell.
WE NEED TO SEE THE NEED
WE NEED TO MAKE THEIR NEED OUR NEED
