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- 1. Why has God Chosento Use You?
- 2. Scripture 15 I nolonger call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”— John 15:15, 16 (NIV) ”I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”—Philippians 4:13 (New King James)
- 3. Questions • If Godcan accomplish His will with or without us, why would God use people to accomplish His will? • If God can accomplish His will with or without you, why has God chosen to work through you to accomplish His will?
- 4. Maslow’s Pyramid ofHuman Needs Self-Actualization—Need to be Creative, Spontaneous, Moral, Accepted, Experience Purpose, Meaning and Inner Potential. Self-Esteem—Need to Experience Confidence, Achievement, Respect of Others, and the Need to be a Unique Individual Love and Belonging—Need to Experience Intimacy and a Sense of Connection With Others (Friends, Family, Spouses) Safety and Security—Need to Feel Safe, be Healthy, and Experience Social Stability, Have a Family, Be Employed Physiological Needs—Food, Water, Shelter, Clothing and Sleep
- 5. God created usin His Image. • “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”—Genesis 1:27 (NIV) • Absent our sinful nature, our virtues are all a reflection of God’s character. • Because we have been created in God’s image we have been endowed by God with an intellectual curiosity, creativity, imagination, the ability to love, and a special sense of purpose.
- 6. God created usto glorify Him. • “Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”—Isaiah 43:7 (ESV) • “If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen”—I Peter 4:11 (NIV)
- 7. God has givenus a unique honor. • God created each of us with a special purpose. • God loved us so much that He chose to make us a part of accomplishing His will. • “In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will”—Ephesians 1:11 (NIV)
- 8. God will meetour needs. • God knows exactly what we need—physical, emotional, intellectual, psychological, and spiritual—and will provide for all of our needs. • “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus”—Philippians 4:19 (NIV)
- 9. The Parable ofthe Talents • Each person is given certain abilities, talents and gifts. • Each person has certain limitations. • God gives according to His will and purpose, and that not all are given to equally. • God expects us to put our gifts and talents to work for Him. • God will give more to those who use their gifts and will take away from those who do not.
- 10. Philippians 4:13 ”I cando all things through Christ who strengthens me.”—(New King James) • God has endowed us with abilities, talents and gifts. • We have the choice to use these abilities, gifts and talent for Him or not. • God has given us the honor to share in the sense of accomplishment of His will. • We must realize that we can accomplish anything if Christ gives us the strength.
- 11. There are GreatRewards for Serving God. • “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”—Colossians 3:23 and 24 (NIV) • Serving God requires great effort. • There is no greater reward in life than the satisfaction you get from using your gifts and talents in service to God. • The rewards of serving God are immediate and eternal.
- 12. The Bible Teaches •God created us in His image. • God created us to glorify Him. • God created each of us with a special purpose • God created us and knows our needs better than we know. • God will provide for all of our needs: physical, emotional, intellectual, psychological, and spiritual. • God loved us so much that He chose to make us a part of accomplishing His will.
- 13. What Can YouDo to Allow God To Use You? • Decide that You Want to Be a Part of What God Has In Store for You. • Unify with Christ. • Rely on the Holy Spirit. • Submit Your Will to His. • Be Obedient In Everything. • Live an Example Before Others. • Tell Others About Christ. • Minister to the Needs of Others. • Do everything for the glory of God.
- 14. “The efforts whichthe Christian makes are not the doomed attempts of the unsaved to merit glory. They are the appointed avenue along which we express outwardly the new life in Christ which we already possess, and the means by which we come to enjoy that new life more completely.”—J. Alec Motyer The Message of Philippians (The Bible Speaks Today series)
- 15. What Are YouGoing to Do? • If you are Christian, are you allowing God to accomplish His will in and through your life? If not, what is keeping you from experiencing the joy of what can be accomplished through Christ? • If you are not a Christian, what is keeping you from giving your life to Christ this morning?
- 16. What Are YouGoing to Do About It? • There is nothing more important than your relationship with Jesus Christ. • There is nothing more important than settling where you will spend eternity. • Put your trust in Jesus Christ this morning. • Satan would love nothing more than for you to delay your decision. • You will never have this opportunity again.
Editor's Notes
- #5 That brings us back to our original question. If God doesn’t need you to accomplish His will and purpose, why does He desire to use you for that purpose? Since He does not need us to accomplish His will and purpose, then the fact that He uses us is a choice He makes. He has chosen to use you and me. In fact the His word tells us that it was a conscious act on the part of God to use you and me in accomplishing His will. In other word, God chooses to use us. In fact, one could argue that it may be easier for God to use other means to accomplish His will given our sinful and rebellious nature and our limitations. For this let look at a demonstration.You probably remember times when you were growing up, that your dad or mom or another adult allowed you to work with them in making or repairing something. It may have been helping your mom mixed the ingredients and bake a cake, or helping your dad build something or make repairs. As an adult, you may have allowed your child to help you with a project. No doubt, in many cases, it would have been easier for the adult to just do it themselves. So why did your dad or mom or you invite the child to help out. Was it because you needed them? No, it was because you loved them, and you wanted them to share in the joy of the sense of accomplishment they would receive from working on a project and seeing it completed. God does not chose us for His benefit. Out of His grace and great love for us, He choses us for our benefit. He choses us to so we can share in the rewards of working for and in His kingdom and seeing the results of our work. To understand this more, we can use what we have learned from psychologists. Maslow’s Pyramid…
- #6 God has created us in His image. That means that we share in the attributes of God. God is creative. We are creative. We have all been given not only an ability to imagine, but a drive to use our imagination. God is all-knowing. We crave knowledge. We have an intellectual creativity. God is loving. We long to love and be loved. He has honored us in such a way to share in His image, His attributes, His characteristics, His love, His creativity, His imagination, His purpose. This is one thing that separates us from all the other species in the animal kingdom. Only we have been created in the very image of God. It is a tremendous honor that God has given us. Not because we in any way deserve it, but because of God’s grace and His love for us.
- #7 God has created us for a unique purpose. That purpose is to glorify Him. Our lives should be lived in fulfillment of this purpose 24/7. It is God who created us and not we ourselves. We need to constantly be aware of our purpose to glorify God in everything we do. Our every thought and action should be for the purpose of bringing glory to God. A question that should always be behind everything we say and do should be “Will this bring glory to God?” Without God this is impossible. The only way we can live a life that glorifies God is to rely on the power that God only gives. And that comes from the realization that you cannot do this on your own. It is when others see God’s work in our life that our lives truly glorify God. That is only possible when we get ourselves out of the way and do everything for God’s glory, for God’s praise, for God’s favor—not man’s.
- #8 Make no mistake about this, each person is created by God for a special purpose. You were created for a special purpose. The overriding purpose is to bring glory to God. As a part of that purpose, God has chosen you for the purpose of accomplishing His will. Indeed God through Jesus Christ has chosen to make us partners in accomplishing His will. In verse 15, Jesus said that He no longer calls us slaves, but considers us as friends. Now this does not change the fact that we are God’s servants, and it in no way means that we are in any way equal to Christ. But what it does mean, is that through our personal relationship with Jesus Christ, we have a relationship with God, and God has chosen to make His will known to us so that we can be a part of God’s work to accomplish His will. What a tremendous honor, that God would consider us friends and make us partners in His work although we are so unworthy and so inadequate in so many ways. But because of His love for us, He chose us. He loved you so much, He chose you.
- #9 God has instilled in us basic needs. Among them are the need for a sense of personal accomplishment, and God fulfills this need in our lives by allowing us to use our God-given talents, abilities, and gifts in service to Him. Indeed, He uses the need for need we have to fulfill a higher purpose to give us the desire to serve Him. He uses the need for personal achievement to give us the desire to do the work necessary to accomplish His will in our lives.
- #10 Parable of the Talents—Matthew 1-30. God gives every Christian certain talents and gifts and abilities for the purpose of accomplishing His will in and through us. God expects you to use the gifts and talents that God has given you. Using our gifts and talents requires work. There is no greater reward than the rewards for using our talents and gifts for God. God gives more gifts and abilities to do greater things when we use the abilities God has given us. God takes away gifts and talents we do not use. It is a terrible thing to waste the gifts and talents that God has given us. Do you know what your gifts and talents are? Are you using them for God?
- #11 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Notice “I can do all things through Christ” In this passage, Paul is referring to his ability—through the strength of Jesus Christ—to get through any situation, but the principle applies elsewhere as well. God has endowed us with abilities, talents, and gifts. We can chose to use those abilities, gifts and talents for Him or not. God has given us the honor to share in the sense of accomplishment of His will through our work for God, but only when we realize that anything we accomplish is only through the power of Jesus Christ living within us.
- #17 If you are Christian this morning, are you allowing God to accomplish His will and purpose in your life? If you allowed God to examine your life, what would He say about how you are living your life to glorify Him and Him only. What would He say about how you are using your gifts and talents in the accomplishment of His purpose? Are you allowing God to bless you with the joy that only comes from putting your gifts and talents to work for His kingdom? If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Savior, there is nothing more important than establishing a relationship with Jesus Christ. There is nothing more important than settling this morning where you will spend eternity. Give you life to Christ this morning and start experiencing the joy of a daily relationship with your God, Your Creator, Your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Start experiencing the joy of knowing that no matter what happens, you have the assurance of knowing you will spend eternity with Christ in heaven. Put your trust in Jesus Christ this morning.Satan would love nothing more than for you to delay your decision. For if you are already convinced that you need Jesus Christ, the only hope that Satan has is for you to delay that decision until it is too late. You want peace of mind this morning, take care of your relationship with Christ this morning. Make Christ your Savior and Lord this morning . Remember: YOU WILL NEVER HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN. As brother Travis comes to lead us in the invitation, and Brother Stuart joins me down front, you come as God leads you.