[God] did not come up with a mission for His church as much as He formed a church for His mission… If a church is not engaging in mission, it really has no point in existing.
J.D. Greear

The Great Provider

The Great Provider 62 B8-12-4P.P1 THE GREAT PROVIDER Mk. 8:1-10

INTRODUCTION:

I. HE KNOWS OUR NEEDS

  1. He knows the difference between wants and needs
    1. They were hungry
    2. “Blessed are they which do dunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Mt. 5:6)
  2. He observes the price we are willing to pay
    1. He recognized that they had come from far
    2. He is aware if we try to “keep back part of the price of the land” (Acts 5:3, Ananias & Sapphira)
    3. 1 Chron. 21:24, “I will not…[offer unto the Lord] burnt offerings without cost.” (David to Ornan)
  3. He requires that we give all to Him first
    1. Mt. 6:32,33, “For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
    2. De. 4:29, “But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.”

II. HE CARES THAT WE HAVE NEEDS

  1. “I have compassion on the multitudes”
  2. “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you (Jn. 14:18)
  3. Mt. 7:7, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
  4. This is the third time in Mt. alone that it is said that Jesus had compassion on the multitude.

III. HE IS ABLE TO SUPPLY ALL OUR NEEDS

  1. Ph. 4:19, “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus”
  2. Ps. 23:1, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
  3. Ps. 24:1, “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof”
  4. The cattle upon a thousand hills are God’s (Ps. 50:10)
  5. Ps. 84:11, “No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”
  6. De. 8:18, “Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth”
  7. 1 Chron. 29:12, “Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is pwer and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.”

ALTAR CALL:

  1. 1 Pet. 5:7, “Casting all your care upon Him; for he careth for you.”
  2. Is. 41:10, “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; Yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
  3. Ps. 31:23, “O love the Lord, all ye his saints; for the Lord preserveth the faithful”
  4. 2 Tim. 4:18, “The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom”

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