Message: “We Are Important-God Really Cares About Each of Us?” from Joe Summers
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CloseJoe Summers - November 13, 2022
We Are Important-God Really Cares About Each of Us?
We Are Important God Really Cares About Each of Us? Lesson Objective: We are important and God cares so we must understand the importance of the role that each of us has in this journey called life. Scripture: Matthew 10: 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered Acts 27: 34 Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head Introduction: Does God really care about each of us Isaiah 46: 4 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you 1 Peter 5: 6-7 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you Philippians 4: 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Minor Characters that God showed that he cares Leah – Genesis 29:35 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2029-35&version=NIV Reuben—The Lord sees Simeon- The Lord hears/ to listen Levi- The Lord bonds/joiner Judah- Praise Genesis 49: 29-33 Then he gave them these instructions: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. 31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah. God shows that we are important in that Christ came through the lineage of Leah We usually spend more time discussing Joseph and less time discussing Judah Judah 4th son of Jacob Revelations 5: 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Genesis 37: 26:27 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed. Genesis 43: 8-9 Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die. 9 I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life. Genesis 49: 8-10 Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you. 9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? 10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his. The nation of Israel was divided with 10 tribes (northern) and 2 tribes (southern/Judah) Josiah 2 Kings 22: 1-2 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left 2 Kings 22: 10-13 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: 13 “Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us 2 Kings 22: 18-20 Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: 19 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse[b] and be laid waste—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.’” Jabez 1 Chronicles 4:10: “Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!” Centurion God shows that we are important by using the centurion to demonstrate real faith. Luke 7: 6-10 So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7 That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.y 8 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” 10 Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well. Summary- We are important to God- God really cares about each of us God cared about Leah—a women who was not loved by her husband Judah- a man who learned a valuable lesson in life Josiah- a child who understood his relationship with God Jabez- a nobody but knew enough to petition God God cared about a Gentile- A man who respected the power of God God cares about me- a sinner who repented and struggles to follow his commandments We do not need to be David or Elijah or Daniel or Paul for God cares about each of us and has a plan for us.
Scripture References: Matthew 10:30
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