Using the analogy of a father's love for his daughters, Mike Redrick explains that God wants all of us because we are purchased possessions, bought with the precious blood of Christ.
Scripture Text
Acts 9:11, 17; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Main Points or Ideas
Four Characteristics of the Man God Uses:
- A Surrendered Man: Takes hands off his own life and places it in God's hands for God to use (illustrated by P. Cameron Scott's story)
- A Supplicating Man: Recognizes spiritual warfare requires spiritual weapons, primarily prayer (Charles Spurgeon's church example)
- A Spirit-Filled Man: Lives under the control of the indwelling Holy Spirit, as Jesus and the disciples did (Thomas Boston story about preaching without God's anointing)
- A Serving Man: Has a deep burden for souls, like great missionaries James Fraser, Hudson Taylor, and William Booth
Conclusion
God wants to use each believer today just as He used great men of faith in the past, but we must place ourselves in a position where God can use us by embodying these four characteristics.
