Our God: All Sufficient
The sermon emphasizes the eternal and self-existent nature of God, highlighting His sufficiency and the importance of worshiping Him in a way that is worthy of His greatness.
A.W. Tozer emphasizes the eternal and all-sufficient nature of God, challenging modern individuals to reflect on God's self-existence and the futility of thinking we can contribute to Him through our offerings. He highlights that God is uncreated, eternal, and beyond the constraints of time and space, urging worship and reverence for His infinite nature. Tozer draws inspiration from Frederick William Faber's poetic celebration of God's eternal existence, reminding us that God is the source of all life and cannot be measured by human standards.
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Have we modern men and women never given thought or meditation concerning the eternal nature of God? Who are we to imagine that we are "bailing out" the living God when we drop a $10 bill in the Sunday offering plate? Let us thank God for the reality of His causeless existence. Our God only is all sufficient, uncreated, unborn, the living and eternal and self-existent God! I refer often to the great worshiping heart of Frederick William Faber, who in these words celebrated his vision of God's eternal self-existence: Father! the sweetest, dearest Name, That men or angels know! Fountain of life, that had no fount From which itself could flow. Thy vastness is not young or old, Thy life hath never grown; No time can measure out Thy days, No space can make Thy throne!
Sermon Outline
- The Eternal Nature of God
- God's Sufficiency
- Celebrating God's Eternal Self-Existence
- The significance of God's name
- The source of life and existence
- Self-existent
Key Quotes
“Our God only is all sufficient, uncreated, unborn, the living and eternal and self-existent God!” — A.W. Tozer
“Father! the sweetest, dearest Name, That men or angels know!” — A.W. Tozer
“Fountain of life, that had no fount From which itself could flow.” — A.W. Tozer
Application Points
- We should worship and offer to God in a way that is worthy of His greatness, recognizing His eternal self-existence.
- We should trust in God's ability to provide for us, rather than trying to 'bail Him out' with our offerings.
- We should recognize that God is self-existent and requires nothing from anyone else, and that we are not responsible for His existence or well-being.